Posts Tagged ‘C.B. Cochran’
Who was Snow Ball?
Snow Ball (Boule de Neige) gained a fabulous entre into the Parisian music hall by appearing with the glamorous Dolly Sisters in their 1927 revue at the Casino de Paris, Paris-New York. He appeared in several numbers including one where he partnered the Dolly Sisters and in another playing the banjo and described as an artist aged nine years old. A few years later Snow Ball re-surfaces in C.B Cochran’s show Wake Up and Dream at the London Pavilion in 1929. (more...)View Page: Who was Snow Ball?
The Curious Tale of Peggy Marsh
Peggy Marsh was an unremarkable chorus girl and later cabaret artist in the mid-1920s, who became famous for having a baby with the son of a multi-millionaire, and then being unceremoniously disregarded. (more...)View Page: The Curious Tale of Peggy Marsh
The Trix Sisters
The Trix Sisters (Helen and Josephine) were an American vaudevillian team who made it big in Europe after the First World War. Although they appeared in some successful shows, their unique inimitable style of playing the piano, dancing and singing found even greater favour in the burgeoning cabaret circuit in London and Paris and their recordings became hugely popular. (more...)View Page: Tricks and the Trix Sisters
