Eugene Stratton (1861-1918)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Eugene Augustus Rühlmann, stage-named Eugene Stratton, was an American-born dancer and singer born in Buffalo, New York.
He went to England in 1880 and spent most of his career in British music halls was the main song & dance man in the Moore & Burgess Minstrel Show. He left the minstrels to join the music hall circuit in 1887 mainly appearing as a "black-faced" singer
His friendship & association with Leslie Stuart gave him many of the songs of which he made records of most of Stuart's songs between 1899 and 1911.
60 Old-Time Variety Songs gives him as the singer of Lily of Laguna (1898) and Little Dolly Daydream (1897) both written and composed by Leslie Stuart.
He died in Christchurch, Hampshire.

Websites:
	Eugene Stratton	Biography by wikipedia.org.

Eugene Stratton (1861-1918) has at least 3 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Idler, The
Music by: George Le Brunn.
Words by: J P Harrington, Richard Morton
Perf. by: Eugene Stratton

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1896.	Sheet Music.

Lily of Laguna
Words and Music by: Leslie Stuart.
Perf. by: Eugene Stratton

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1898.	Sheet Music.

Little Dolly Daydream
Words and Music by: Leslie Stuart.
Perf. by: Eugene Stratton

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1897.	Sheet Music.

CDs

	Title	Remarks	Supplier


	Glory of the Music Hall Vol.1
	The Golden Age of the Music Hall
	Music Hall

Monologues

This list is arranged by title and contains 5 lyrics performed by Eugene Stratton. The lyrics/monologues and *.pdf files have been kindly compiled by monologues.co.uk/musichall Keys:

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Blacks De Colour	R. W. Reynolds (music) Albert Chevalier (words) A. Chevalier (perf. by) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
	I May Be Crazy But I Love You	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
	Is Yer Mammie Always With Ye?	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
	Lily of Laguna	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
	Little Dolly Daydream	Leslie Stuart (words & music) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)

Music Hall

Videos

	Title	Composer/Song


	Lily of Laguna (3:42)	L. Stuart
	Little Dolly Daydream (3:52)	L. Stuart

Works

This list is arranged by composer and contains 18 songs sung by Eugene Stratton who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m) ER

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Cane Brake (1893), The	John Crook	Brian Daly (words) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
Keep Yer Big Feet Movin' (1893)	John Crook	Brian Daly (words) Nicola Podesta (words) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
I'm the Father of a Little Black Coon (1897)	Gussie Lord Davis	Charles Hunn (words) George Golden (words) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
Waitress' Love Letter (1894), The	William George Eaton	R. Morton (words) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
Dandy Coloured Coon (1893), The	George Le Brunn	Richard Morton (words) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
Idler (1896), The	George Le Brunn	J P Harrington (words) Richard Morton (words) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
Hoodoo (1897), The	George Le Brunn	Richard Morton (words) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
My Second Time on Earth (1897)	George Le Brunn	Richard Morton (words) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
Won't You Love Me? Won't You? (1898)	George Le Brunn	Richard Morton (words) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
Coon That Never Told a Lie (1904), The	George Le Brunn	Richard Morton (words) Sidney Kent (words) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
⇑Coloured Chloe (1896)	Orlando Powell	A. Hall (words) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
When De Golden Sun Went Down (1896)	Orlando Powell	Charles Wilmott (words) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
Blacks De Colour (1897)	R. W. Reynolds	Albert Chevalier (words) A. Chevalier (perf. by) Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
I May Be Crazy But I Love You (1902)	Leslie Stuart(w&m)	Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
Is Yer Mammie Always With Ye? (1896)	Leslie Stuart(w&m)	Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
Lily of Laguna (1898)	Leslie Stuart(w&m)	Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
Little Dolly Daydream (1897)	Leslie Stuart(w&m)	Eugene Stratton (perf. by)
Whistling Yaller Girl (1892), The	Joseph Tabrar(w&m)	Eugene Stratton (perf. by)