Title:
Champagne Charlie
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Creator(s):
- Lee, Alfred
- Concanen, Alfred
- Leybourne, George
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Publication Date:
1870
Instrumentation:
N/A
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N/A
WIMA Collections:
Alfred Concanen Collection
ID:
AlCon SL 00-095
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Historical Notes
George Leybourne wrote Champagne Charlie with composer Alfred Lee in 1866, premiering it in Leeds in the August of that year. It took several months before it became the hit song which would be forever linked to Leybourne’s name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Leybourne