W. F. Hooley

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A Rare Recording of W. F. Hooley Reading Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

A Rare Recording of W. F. Hooley Reading Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Abraham Lincoln's carefully crafted gettysburg address was originally meant to be secondary to other presentations that day, following on as it did from a two hour speech by the orator Edward Everett. Although Lincoln's speech was only just over two...

A Rare Recording of W. F. Hooley Reading Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes

A Rare Recording of W. F. Hooley Reading Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes

William F. Hooley (April 16, 1861 - October 12, 1918) was a British-born American bass singer and pioneer recording artist who was popular as a solo singer, as a monologist, and as a member of several of the most successful vocal groups of the early...