An early Sophie Tucker recording – from 1910, the Reuben Rag.
Reuben Rag
Company
Edison's National Phonograph Company
Cylinder #
10449
Category
Comic song
Title
Reuben Rag
Performed by
Sophie Tucker
Circa
December 1910
Announcement
None
Sophie Tucker (1884-1966) began her extraordinary recording career with six Edison
two-minute wax recordings in 1910 and 1911.
Hers was an enormous performance career:
She was one of only a very few two-minute wax cylinder recording artists to later
appear live on network television – an over fifty-year career!
Click here to learn more about
Sophie Tucker's early performance days (courtesy of the Museum of the City of San Francisco).
