"Charleston"
Song
By: Cecil Mack and James P. Johnson
Date: 1923
Source: Mack, Cecil, and James P. Johnson. "Charleston." Warner Bros, Inc., 1923. Reprinted in Gottlieb, Robert, and Robert Kimball, eds. Reading Lyrics. New York: Pantheon Books, 2000.
About the Artists: Cecil Mack (1883–1944), born Richard C. McPherson in Norfolk, Virginia, wrote lyrics to many popular songs from the turn of the twentieth century through the 1920s, the height of his career. Though he lacked formal training in music or theater—;he attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania Medical School for one semester—;he was extremely successful in show business. Mack published his first lyrics in 1901, and early in 1905 he organized the Gotham Music Publishing Company, which published songs primarily composed by African Americans, including Mack's own work. Later that...
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1920's Fashion Primary Sources
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