Category: Entertainment
Posted in Entertainment
Grand Theater
The Grand remained a popular spot into the early 1950s, when television and a lack of parking caused attendance to fall.
April 20, 2023
Posted in Entertainment
Tydeman & Dooley
TYDEMAN & DOOLEY were a pair of comedic acrobats who starred on the B.F. Keith vaudeville circuit in the 1900’s and 1910’s.
June 17, 2022
Posted in Music
Camden NJ and the Beginnings of Country Music
On November 30, 1927, Jimmie Rodgers arrived in Camden to cut his first professionally recorded records. Three months earlier Ralph Peer, a talent scout for Camden’s Victor Records had traveled south to Bristol VA/TN, seeking some new talent for Victor. Rodgers was the first to be invited back to Camden to record. The Carter Family followed in the spring of 1928.
November 30, 2021