Edwards, Gus

Gus Edwards Composer Hohensalza, Germany, August 18, 1879; Hollywood, California, November 7, 1945. He came to America when he was eight years old, and his family settled in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. He soon discovered Manhattan’s Union Square, and began to hang around the vaudeville houses there. In 1893, singing star Lottie Gilson discovered his sweet singing voice and hired him to act as a stooge for her. He made his debut in the balcony of Hurtig and Seamon’s, where he would…