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Coon songs were a Genre Of Music popular in the United States from 1880 to 1920Reublin, Richard, ''Parlor Songs'' magazine, April 2001, that (often negatively) Stereotyped African Americans . RISE AND FALL FROM POPULARITY The first coon song was "The Dandy Coon's Parade" by J.P. Skelley , published in 1880.Dormon, 452. Other notable early coon songs included "The Coons are on Parade," "New Coon in Town" (by J.S. Putnam , 1883), "Coon Salvation Army" (by Sam Lucas , 1884), "Coon Schottische " (by William Dressler , 1884) By the mid- 1880s , coon songs were a national Craze ; over 600 such songs were published in the 1890s .Dormon, 453.Lemons, 106. The most successful songs sold millions of copies. To take advantage of the fad, composers "add {Link without Title} words typical of coon songs to previously published songs and rags."Reublin. After the turn of the century, coon songs began to receive criticism for their racist content.Abbott, 35. In 1905, Bob Cole , an African-American composer who had gained fame largely by writing coon songs, made somewhat unprecedented remarks about the genre. When asked in an interview about the name of his earlier comedy ''A Trip to Coontown'', he replied, "That day has passed with the softly flowing tide of revelations." Cole's comments may have been influential, and (following further criticism) the use of "coon" in song titles greatly decreased after 1910. COMPOSERS |
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