The Phrenologist Coon
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title:
The Phrenologist Coon
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"The Phrenologist Coon" is a 1901 song written by African-American entertainer Ernest Hogan with music by Will Accooe. Bert Williams recorded it on Victor Records and sheet music was published for it. It was produced by Williams and Walker Co. and published by Jos. W. Stern & Co. in New York City. The song's lyrics describe a "conjureman" ironically engaging in phrenology – the pseudoscientific study of human characteristics according to the shape of the skull. "In what is at first glance a deme
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1901 song
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phrenologist_Coon
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2024-01-04T04:32:04Z
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