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Leo Dryden: The Kipling of the Halls, Correspondent in Chaplin Break-Up by Trav S.D.

Born this day: Music Hall star Leo Dryden (George Dryden Wheeler, 1863-1939). Dryden was quite a well known performer in his day, nicknamed “The Kipling of the Halls” on account of his repertoire of patriotic and sentimental ballads. There is also an extant cylinder recording of him singing his most popular song “The Miner’s Dream […]

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:12PM on June 6, 2017

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