A Few Things You Didn't Know About "Oh! Susanna"  Categories:
Miles-tones  On this day in 1847, legendary American songwriter
Stephen Foster debuted the song "Oh! Susanna" to a crowd at the
Andrews' Eagle Ice Cream Saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
"Who gives a tin Enchirito about something we sang in grade
school?" you're shouting because you're a weird shouty person
with a poor grasp of proper expletives. Well, you might be
surprised to learn few things about the song.  For instance, you
could argue that it was the first break out pop hit ever by an
American songwriter. Initially, Foster only made about the
equivalent of $2,000 today for composing the tune, mostly
because 21 other musicians heard the song and copyrighted it
under their own names because back in the 19th century it was
actually considered weird to not be a flaming douchenozzle.
Eventually, though, Foster hooked up with the publishing firm
Firth, Pond & Company and began earning two cents per copy sold.
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