Gertie Gilson
Last updated: 13.03.25
All that can presently (December 2022) be gleaned about Gertie Gilson from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an American actress/singer who has been featured on 3 works published between 1895 and 1901.Her portrait on the left is taken from the sheet music cover of She's the Daughter of Officer Porter (1896) music by George Maywood, words by M.E. Rourke and published by Whaley - Royce & Co., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The cover describes her as "The Inimitable Comedienne",
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 She's the Daughter of Officer PorterMusic by: George Maywood. Performed by: Gertie Gilson
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| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away (1897) | P. Dresser (w&m) Gertie Gilson (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana |  |
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Every Race Has a Flag But the Coon (1900) | W.A. Heelan (music) J.F. Helf (coauth.) Frances Curran (perf.) Zoa Matthews (perf.) Lottie Gilson (perf.) Marie Dressler (perf.) Williams & Walker (perf.) Johnnie Carroll (perf.) Clarice Vance (perf.) Joe Bonnell (perf.) Hodges & Launchmere (perf.) Libby & Bennett (perf.) Zoa Matthews (perf.) Gertie Gilson (perf.) Eldridges (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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I'm Livin' Easy (1899) | I. Jones (music) Lottie Gilson (perf.) Belle Davis (perf.) Emma Carus (perf.) I. Franklin (perf.) Dolly Mestayer (perf.) Clarice Vance (perf.) Gertie Gilson (perf.) Maud MacIntyre (perf.) Lydia Hall (perf.) Ida Howell (perf.) |
Piano | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Everybody Has a Whistle Like Me (1901) | E. Rogers (w&m) Gertie Gilson (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
The peformer is featured on 6 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
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On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away (1897) | Paul Dresser(w&m) | Gertie Gilson (perf.) |
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Every Race Has a Flag But the Coon (1900) | Will A. Heelan | J. Fred Helf (co-author)
Gertie Gilson (perf.) |
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I'm Livin' Easy (1899) | Irving Jones | Gertie Gilson (perf.) | |
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Maym, Maym, Come Tell Me That You Love Me (1895) | Nathaniel D. Mann(w&m) | Gertie Gilson (perf.) | |
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She's the Daughter of Officer Porter (1896) | George Maywood | M.E. Rourke (words)
Gertie Gilson (perf.) |
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Everybody Has a Whistle Like Me (1901) | Ed Rogers(w&m) | Gertie Gilson (perf.) |