Frances Curran
Last updated: 11.08.25
p_curranfranc.jpgAll that can presently (November 2023) be gleaned about Frances Curran from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an American actress/singer who has been featured on 8 works published between 1899 and 1900.
Her portrait on the left is taken from I Ain't A-Goin to Weep No More (1900) music by Harry von Tilzer, words by Geo. Totten Smith and published by Shapiro, Bernstein & von Tilzer, New York, USA. Here she is described as "The Clever Comedienne"
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     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Every Race Has a Flag But the Coon (1900) W.A. Heelan (w&m)
J. Fred Helf (coauth.)
Frances Curran (perf.)
Zoa Matthews (perf.)
Lottie Gilson (perf.)
Marie Dressler (perf.)
Williams & Walker (perf.)
Johnnie Carroll (perf.)
Clarice Vance (perf.)
Joe Bonnell (perf.)
Hodges & Launchmere (perf.)
Libby & Bennett (perf.)
Zoa Matthews (perf.)
Gertie Gilson (perf.)
Eldridges (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif I Ain't A-Goin to Weep No More (1900) H. von Tilzer (music)
Geo. Totten Smith (words)
Frances Curran (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection wvicon.gif
The peformer is featured on 8 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m) ER
     Title Composer Attribution Items
         
perf15.jpg I've Got Chicken on the Brain (1899) Elmer Bowman(w&m) Frances Curran (perf.)
perf15.jpg I Won't Be an Actor No More (1900) George. M. Cohan(w&m) Frances Curran (perf.)
perf15.jpg Every Race Has a Flag But the Coon (1900) Will A. Heelan J. Fred Helf (co-author)
Frances Curran (perf.)
perf15.jpg My Lady Love (1900) Al Johns Elmer Bowman (words)
Frances Curran (perf.)
Edna Murrillo (perf.)
perf15.jpg My Hannah Lady, Whose Black Baby Is You? (1899) David Reed Jr.(w&m) Frances Curran (perf.)
perf15.jpg I Am Waiting Here For Julia (1900) Frederick Rowley Joe Kearney (words)
Frances Curran (perf.)
perf15.jpg I'd Leave Ma Happy Home For You (1899) Harry von Tilzer Will A. Heelan (words)
Frances Curran (perf.)
perf15.jpg I Ain't A-Goin to Weep No More (1900) Harry von Tilzer Geo. Totten Smith (words)
Frances Curran (perf.)