[DOC] [TLE] Stephen Foster - Wikipedia [PAR] While he was in Cincinnati, Foster penned his first successful songsamong 
them "Oh! Susanna", which became an anthem of the California Gold Rushin... [DOC] [TLE] Stephen Foster - Pittsburgh Music History - Sites - Google [PAR] Inaugural Pittsburgh Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame Celebration 01/23/14 ..... Oh! 
Susanna became a national hit after performances by the Christy Minstrels in ... 
In 1849 Foster quit his book keeping job in Cincinnati to return to Pittsburgh to 
pursue ... He may have been influenced to reform minstrel music by his boyhood 
friend... [DOC] [TLE] Singing a New Song: Stephen Foster and the New American ... [PAR] Stephen Foster's music became the backbone of the American minstrel show in 
the 1840s, ... When his parlor ballads could no longer sustain him financially, 
however, he .... [23]. The Anglo-Celtic influence on Foster is particularly evident in 
the ..... Foster's Oh! Susanna follows the minstrel stereotype more closely than 
the... [DOC] [TLE] American Experience | Stephen Foster | Transcript - PBS [PAR] He spent his first years on a handsome estate called "The White Cottage." 
Stephen's mother .... It would become the biggest hit the world had ever known. ... 
Narrator: "Oh! Susanna" was a windfall for everyone but Foster. His ... Narrator: In 
the Winter of 1850, Foster -- now 23 -- returned to Pittsburgh to launch his new 
career. [DOC] [TLE] Stephen Foster on Apple Music [PAR] His songs, including "Oh! Susanna," "Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair," "My Old 
Kentucky ... In 1849, he latched onto a piece of popular culture immortality when 
he wrote ... He became a professional songwriter the following year, at around 
the same time that he married. .... Itzhak Perlman's Greatest Hits, Itzhak Perlman. [DOC] [TLE] Brief Biographical / Historical Sketch - Guides to Archives and ... [PAR] ... first tried out his polka-songs "Lou'siana Belle" and "Susanna" (Oh! Susanna) 
and the ... "Susanna" became an instant hit, even before he offered it to the 
publisher ... he signed a contract with the New York publishers Firth, Pond & Co. 
in 1849, ... Only 23 of the songs have 'southern' themes, but these provided 90% 
of his... [DOC] [TLE] full text - Guides to Archives and Manuscript Collections at the ... [PAR] "Susanna" became an instant hit, even before he offered it to the publisher W.C. 
... he signed a contract with the New York publishers Firth, Pond & Co. in 1849, 
then ... Only 23 of the songs have 'southern' themes, but these provided 90% of 
his ...... Lou'siana BelleUncle Ned--& Oh, Susanna to several persons 
before I... [DOC] [TLE] 1849 Review: Oh Susanna, Don't You Cry for this Game [PAR] 1849 Review: Oh Susanna, Don't You Cry for this Game. John-Paul. June 1, 
2014. Reviews. There year is 1849. ... mansions as physiological needs are met 
and luxury resources become consistently available. ... I found myself turning off 
the music and listening to some country hits (which is a big ... September 23, 
2013. [DOC] [TLE] Pops celebrate Cincinnati icon - Cincinnati Enquirer [PAR] Joel M. Beall , jbeall@enquirer.com 12:33 a.m. EST January 23, 2015 ... It was 
here that, in 1849, he penned his breakout. ... this era paralleled with the 
California Gold Rush, "Oh! Susanna" became the unofficial anthem for the forty-
niners who trekked west. ... Before Foster's hit, no American song had sold over 
5,000 units. [DOC] [TLE] First published in 1848, Oh! Susanna was the first big hit of ... [PAR] The song became an anthem of the California Gold Rush in 1849, and remained 
... Foster allegedly wrote this song for his wife, Jennie, from whom he was ...... On 
23 August 1994, thirty-three years after his death, and seventy-seven years to... [DOC] [TLE] Find A Grave - Pittsburgh [PAR] Records 41 - 60 ... He

Question: He was 23 in 1849 when his "Oh! Susanna" became a hit
Answer: Stephen Foster