Favor, Edward Addison
(1856–1936)
Favor, Edward Addison (29 Aug 1856–10 Jan 1936) American tenor, one of the first professional artists to make records. His high, piping, typically Irish voice (Walsh) suited his preferred repertoire of Irish ditties. He recorded comic songs and show tunes in the early 1890s to about 1914, with the major output on Edison cylinders beginning in 1898 with I.O.U. (#6101). Koenigsberg lists 85 cylinders to 1912, including such enduring favorites as Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder…