Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan

Arthur Collins, the leading Minstrel-style dialect-comedy singer of the early 1900s, was born on February 7, 1864 in Philadelphia. Kansas-born (August 29, 1861) Byron G. Harlan became famous for his long series of hit duets with Arthur Collins, but enjoyed great success as a solo artist. Long a friend and neighbor of Thomas Edison, Harlan died on September 11, 1936.

Arthur Collins, the leading Minstrel-style dialect-comedy singer of the early 1900s, was born on February 7, 1864 in Philadelphia. Kansas-born (August 29, 1861) Byron G. Harlan became famous for his long series of hit duets with Arthur Collins, but enjoyed great success as a solo artist. Long a friend and neighbor of Thomas Edison, Harlan died on September 11, 1936. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..