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  • Henry Burr
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  • Henry Burr
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  • Male
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dbo:associatedMusicalArtist
  • Peerless_Quartet
Subject
  • American radio personalities
  • Columbia Records artists
  • Deaths from esophageal cancer
  • Pioneer recording artists
  • Victor Records artists
  • Vocalion Records artists
  • Cancer deaths in Illinois
  • Radio personalities from Chicago, Illinois
  • 1882 births
  • 1941 deaths
  • Burials at Kensico Cemetery
  • Mount Allison University alumni
  • People from St. Stephen, New Brunswick
abstract
  • (January 15, 1882 - April 6, 1941) The most popular of American tenor Harry McClaskey's pseudoyms (including Irving Gillette, Henry Gillette, Alfred Alexander, Archie Alexander, Ira Allen, Harry Barr, Ralph Brainard, Robert Rice (5), Carl Ely, Harry Barr, Frank Knapp, Al King, and Shamus McClaskey, Charles Richards, Harold Spencer and many others). See Harry McClaskey for additional profile. One of the most famous ballad singers of the early 20th century, and one the first recording artists for Victor Records and Columbia.
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  • Henry Burr (January 15, 1882 – April 6, 1941) was a Canadian singer of popular songs in the early 20th century, an early radio performer and producer. He was born Harry Haley McClaskey and used Henry Burr as one of his many pseudonyms, in addition to Irving Gillette, Henry Gillette, Alfred Alexander, Robert Rice, Carl Ely, Harry Barr, Frank Knapp, Al King, and Shamus McClaskey. He was one of the first singers to make popular acoustic recordings and one of the most prolific recording artists of all time, with more than 12,000 recordings by his own estimate. A tenor, he performed as a soloist and also in duets, trios and quartets. His most famous collaboration was the Peerless Quartet.
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  • Burr
  • Henry Burr.
  • Irving Gillette
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  • a8ef4cba-9429-406b-9559-9a846d9b778d
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  • 56d83d5b53a7ddfc01f9631d
wikipedia
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  • 1882-01-15
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  • 1941-04-06
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  • 409830
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  • Henry Burr
wsb:record_label
  • Columbia
  • Victor Records
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  • Vocal
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