So Now You Know
A New York publisher printed Oh! Susanna with the name of E. P. Christy as author. Christy's Minstrels were rapidly becoming the most popular group in the Bowery theater district of Manhattan, and were to be the chief performers of Foster's minstrel songs in the 1850s.
The New Christy Minstrels is an American folk music group that came to prominence in the 1960s. The name deliberately evoked Christy's Minstrels. Formed by Randy Sparks in 1961, the group had several Top 40 folk music hits, including Green, Green, Today and Ramblin'.
In the film, A Mighty Wind, nine pastel-clad "New Main Street Singers" are patterned after The New Seekers, The New Christy Minstrels and The Rooftop Singers. In the movie, they upstage the "The Folksmen" at the big concert by singing the Folksmen hit Never Did No Wanderin' from their album Ramblin'.
The New Christy Minstrels is an American folk music group that came to prominence in the 1960s. The name deliberately evoked Christy's Minstrels. Formed by Randy Sparks in 1961, the group had several Top 40 folk music hits, including Green, Green, Today and Ramblin'.
In the film, A Mighty Wind, nine pastel-clad "New Main Street Singers" are patterned after The New Seekers, The New Christy Minstrels and The Rooftop Singers. In the movie, they upstage the "The Folksmen" at the big concert by singing the Folksmen hit Never Did No Wanderin' from their album Ramblin'.
