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- Although it became the biggest commercial hit of the 1890s, it nearly didn't happen. The original singer, Sam Doctor, forgot the words, which can't have gone down well with the audience, but Harris published the song himself and found another singer, baritone J. Aldrich Libby, who sang it in A Trip To Chinatown.
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The song is also heard in the 1936 movie, San Francisco. In the HBO series Carnivàle, the second episode of the first season is titled "After the Ball is Over", and a fragment is sung at the end of the episode.
Dec 13, 2012 · after the ball, a song from 1892 written by charles k. harris. one of the most popular songs of the 1890'srecorded by many artists including gerald adams and...
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May 6, 2024 · The song “After the Ball” was written by Charles K. Harris in 1892 and became one of the most popular songs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Initially performed in New York City’s vaudeville theaters, it soon spread throughout the country and became a favorite of both performers and audiences alike.
Although Tin Pan Alley was established in the 1880s, it only achieved national prominence with the first “platinum” song hit in American music history—Charles K. Harris’s “After the Ball”—that sold two million pieces of sheet music in 1892 alone.
The song was probably penned in 1891, and was published the following year, becoming an absolutely massive hit. In 1893 it was published in London by Howard & Co, arranged by J.Clauder; the following year it was published in Sweden, and as well as being widely recorded has been parodied.
This tearjerker was the first million selling song.words and music by Charles K. Harrisarranged by Joseph Clauderpublished by Chas. K. Harris, New York Citys...
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Apr 27, 2011 · In fact, it was because Harris was offended by low payment for another song that he decided to publish “After the Ball” himself. It became the first sheet music in history to sell a million copies. It didn’t stop there, either. Eventually it sold about five million copies worldwide.
