Bessie Crawford
Last updated: 08.06.25
p_crawfordbes.jpgAll that can presently (August 2024) be gleaned about Bessie Crawford from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was an American vaudeville actress/singer who has been featured on 2 works published in 1909.
Her portrait, dated 1912, on the left may be found in the J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photograph.s held in the University of Washington: Special Collections.
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     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Sadie Salome (1909) E. Leslie (music)
I. Berlin (coauth.)
I. Berlin (words)
E. Leslie (words)
Bessie Crawford (perf.)
Troy Barnes (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Beautiful Eyes (1909) T. Snyder (music)
De Haven, Carter (words)
Whiting, George (words)
Troy Barnes (perf.)
Emma Carus (perf.)
Bessie Crawford (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
The peformer is featured on 2 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.
     Title Composer Attribution Items
         
perf15.jpg Sadie Salome (1909) Edgar Leslie Irving Berlin (co-author)
Troy Barnes (perf.)
Bessie Crawford (perf.)
perf15.jpg Beautiful Eyes (1909) Ted Snyder Geo. Whiting (words)
Carter De Haven (words)
Troy Barnes (perf.)
Emma Carus (perf.)
Bessie Crawford (perf.)