Arthur Collins

Arthur Francis Collins (February 7, 1864 – August 2, 1933) was an American baritone who was one of the most prolific and beloved of pioneer recording artists, regarded in his day as "King of the Ragtime Singers". He recorded on different occasions in the 1890s the Ernest Hogan song "All Coons Look Alike To Me," a song that is important since its 1896 sheet music has the first known use of "rag" as a musical term. Many of Collins' recordings are identified as a "coon song" or "darky song," which may be one reason scholars avoid crediting this white singer with popularising ragtime.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played Arthur's 'Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey?' track for the Peelenium 1902. No other tracks from the artist seemed to have been played by Peel according to available tracklistings on this site.
==Shows Played==
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*19 May 1999: Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey? (Peelenium 1902)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists