Charles Ross Taggart
Charles Ross Taggart (19 March 1871, Washington, D.C. – 4 July 1953, Kents Hill, Maine) was an American comedian and folklorist who appeared all over North America as "The Man From Vermont" and "The Old Country Fiddler" from 1895 to 1938. |
Birth and Death Data: Born March 19, 1871, Died July 4, 1953
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1914 - 1928
Roles Represented in DAHR: speaker, author, violin, vocalist, banjo, composer
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-15532 | 10-in. | 12/21/1914 | Old country fiddler in New York | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin imitation | speaker | |
| Victor | B-15533 | 10-in. | 12/21/1914 | Violin mimicry | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin imitation | speaker | |
| Victor | B-15587 | 10-in. | 4/12/1915 | The old country fiddler at chore time | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin | speaker | |
| Victor | B-15593 | 10-in. | 1/14/1915 | The old country fiddler at the hotel | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin imitation | speaker | |
| Victor | B-15599 | 10-in. | 1/14/1915 | The old soldier's vision | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin imitation | speaker | |
| Victor | B-15600 | 10-in. | 1/14/1915 | The Pineville band | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin imitation | speaker | |
| Victor | B-15601 | 10-in. | 1/14/1915 | Old country fiddler in a New York restaurant | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin imitation | speaker | |
| Victor | B-15883 | 10-in. | 4/12/1915 | Old country fiddler at the party | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin | speaker | |
| Victor | B-15884 | 10-in. | 4/12/1915 | The old country fiddler at the singing school | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin | speaker | |
| Victor | B-15885 | 10-in. | 4/12/1915 | Interview with Mark Twain | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | B-15886 | 10-in. | 4/12/1915 | At the county fair | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin | speaker | |
| Victor | C-16721 | 12-in. | 10/27/1915 | The old country fiddler on astronomy | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | B-16721 | 10-in. | 6/21/1916 | The old country fiddler on astronomy | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | B-16722 | 10-in. | 10/27/1915 | The old country fiddler on the school board | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | C-16723 | 12-in. | 10/27/1915 | Pineville school board | Charles Ross Taggart | Comic monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | B-16724 | 10-in. | 10/27/1915 | Sister Sorrowful entertains the minister | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | B-16725 | 10-in. | 10/27/1915 | The old country fiddler and the book agent | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin | speaker | |
| Victor | B-16726 | 10-in. | 10/27/1915 | The old country fiddler and the railroad | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin | speaker | |
| Victor | B-16727 | 10-in. | 10/27/1915 | The phonograph in church | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin | speaker | |
| Victor | B-17103 | 10-in. | 2/3/1916 | Old country fiddler on woman suffrage | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | B-17104 | 10-in. | 2/3/1916 | The old country fiddler buys a Victrola | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | C-17105 | 12-in. | 2/3/1916 | Old country fiddler at the wedding | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | C-17106 | 12-in. | 2/3/1916 | Old country fiddler hears Billy Sunday | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | B-18001 | 10-in. | 6/21/1916 | Plain old kitchen chap | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | B-18002 | 10-in. | 6/21/1916 | The stock in the 'tie-up' | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | B-18003 | 10-in. | 6/21/1916 | Old country fiddler at the telephone | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | B-18004 | 10-in. | 6/21/1916 | The old country fiddler and the new minister | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | B-18005 | 10-in. | 6/21/1916 | Fiddler cured the camp | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin | speaker, instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | C-18015 | 12-in. | 6/23/1916 | Old country fiddler at the dance | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin and orchestra | speaker, instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | B-19384 | 10-in. | 3/19/1917 | The old country fiddler and the Pine Hill School | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | B-19385 | 10-in. | 3/19/1917 | A friendly talk by the old country fiddler | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin | speaker | |
| Victor | B-19386 | 10-in. | 3/19/1917 | The entertainer and the janitor | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin | speaker | |
| Victor | B-19387 | 10-in. | 3/19/1917 | Four good stories | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | C-19388 | 12-in. | 3/19/1917 | Old country fiddler and the bandit | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin | speaker, instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | C-20076 | 12-in. | 6/22/1917 | How the old horse won the bet | Charles Ross Taggart | Recitation, unaccompanied | speaker | |
| Victor | B-20077 | 10-in. | 6/22/1917 | Mrs. Perkins takes poison | Charles Ross Taggart | Recitation, unaccompanied | speaker | |
| Victor | B-20078 | 10-in. | 6/22/1917 | Betsy and I are out | Charles Ross Taggart | Recitation, unaccompanied | speaker | |
| Victor | B-20079 | 10-in. | 6/22/1917 | How Betsy and I made up | Charles Ross Taggart | Recitation, unaccompanied | speaker | |
| Victor | B-20080 | 10-in. | 6/22/1917 | Sister Sorrowful's visit | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | BVE-37430 | 10-in. | 2/3/1927 | The country fiddler and the autograph album | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin (self-accompaniment) | speaker, instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BVE-37431 | 10-in. | 2/3/1927 | The country fiddler and his talking fiddle | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with violin (self-accompaniment) | speaker, instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | [Trial 1914-10-31-01] | Not documented | 10/31/1914 | Scotch songs and violin imitations | Charles Ross Taggart | Male vocal solo, with violin imitations | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 78206 | 10-in. | 12/16/1918 | Uncle Zed buys a Graphophone | Charles Ross Taggart | Comic monologue | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 78207 | 10-in. | 12/16/1918 | Uncle Zed at the singing school | Charles Ross Taggart | Comic monologue | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 78341 | 10-in. | 3/11/1919 | Uncle Zed on the railroad | Charles Ross Taggart | Comic monologue | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 78342 | 10-in. | 3/11/1919 | Uncle Zed in Boston | Charles Ross Taggart | Comic monologue | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 78343 | 10-in. | 3/11/1919 | Uncle Zed and his fiddle | Charles Ross Taggart | Comic monologue | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 78344 | 10-in. | 3/11/1919 | Uncle Zed and his fiddle, part 2 | Charles Ross Taggart | Comic monologue | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 78480 | 10-in. | 6/12/1919 | Scene in a country store | Charles Ross Taggart | Comic monologue | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 78481 | 10-in. | 6/12/1919 | Uncle Zed and the old red school house | Charles Ross Taggart | Comic monologue | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 78482 | 10-in. | 6/12/1919 | The story of a merry-go-round | Charles Ross Taggart | Comic monologue | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 78483 | 10-in. | 6/12/1919 | Sister sorrowful | Charles Ross Taggart | Comic monologue | author, speaker | |
| Brunswick | E26314½-E26315½ | 10-in. | 1/30/1928 | The country fiddler’s trip to the city | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with fiddle (violin) and banjo | author, speaker | |
| Brunswick | E26316½-E26317½ | 10-in. | 1/30/1928 | The country fiddler at the singing school | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with fiddle (violin) and banjo | instrumentalist, violin, banjo, author, speaker | |
| Edison | 8468 | 10-in. | 5/26/1922 | A country fiddler at home | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with fiddle (violin) | speaker, author, instrumentalist, violin | |
| Edison | 8469 | 10-in. | 5/26/1922 | A country fiddler at the hotel | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with fiddle (Violin) | speaker, instrumentalist, violin, author | |
| Edison | 8597 | 10-in. | 9/18/1922 | A country fiddler gets new thrills | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with fiddle (violin) | author, speaker, instrumentalist, violin | |
| Edison | 8598 | 10-in. | 9/18/1922 | A country fiddler at the telephone | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue, with fiddle (violin) | speaker, instrumentalist, violin, author | |
| Edison | 8968 | 10-in. | 5/10/1923 | Sister Sorrowful entertains the minister | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | author, speaker | |
| Edison | 8969 | 10-in. | 5/10/1923 | The country fiddler and the food problem | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker | |
| Edison | 9760 | 10-in. | 10/2/1924 | The country fiddler at the party | Charles Ross Taggart | Monologue | speaker |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Taggart, Charles Ross," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106600.
Taggart, Charles Ross. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106600.
"Taggart, Charles Ross." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Taggart, Charles Ross - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92071219
Wikidata: Charles Ross Taggart - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5082184
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