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Back to EpisodesFrank Dumont: "Gentlemen Be Seated" - Standardizing Minstrelsy
Episode 451
Published 9 months, 3 weeks ago
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BBB:LHWS #051-3 Frank Dumont...
...was a seminal figure in minstrel culture. He began as a performer in a troupe that set the enduring standard format for minstrel shows. Dumont introduced popular songs such as “Silver Threads Among the Gold” and “When You and I Were Young, Maggie."