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George Washington Dixon (1801? – March 2, 1861) was an American singer, stage actor, and newspaper editor. He rose to prominence as a blackface performer (possibly the first American to do so) after performing "Coal Black Rose", "Zip Coon", and similar songs.
El capitán George Dixon ( Kirkoswald, 1748 - Bermudas, 11 de noviembre de 1795) fue un oficial naval, explorador y comerciante marítimo de pieles inglés, recordado por haber participado en el tercero de los viajes del capitán James Cook y por haber realizado después una de las primeras expediciones de reconocimiento de la costa Noroeste del Pací...
After the 1798 fire, the grounds were divided into lots and sold. In the early 1830s, a house, The George W. Dixon House, was built for George W. Dixon, a wealthy merchant tailor and former mayor of New Bern. The Robert Hay House, built at the start of the 19th century, was purchased in 1816 by Robert Hay, a Scottish immigrant and wainwright.
The Dixon House – Open for touring Tuesday through Saturday. See below for times. George W. Dixon built this dwelling in the early 1830s. Dixon was a merchant tailor who briefly served as town commissioner. He purchased the lot the house stands on in 1826. It was part of the original Tryon Palace grounds sold after the Palace burned in 1798.
Dixon, George W. Tenor who was one of the original lead vocalists of The Spinners. He replaced C.P. Spencer around the time the group changed their name to The Spinners from The Domingoes. George was in turn replaced in 1962 by Edgar Edwards.
George Washington Dixon (1801? – March 2, 1861) was an American singer, stage actor, and newspaper editor. He rose to prominence as a blackface performer (possibly the first American to do so) after performing "Coal Black Rose", "Zip Coon", and similar songs.
George Washington Dixon. DIXON, George Washington, comic singer, born about 1808; died in New Orleans, La., in March 1861. He first appeared in 1827 as a comedian, in small parts, at the amphitheatre in Albany, N. Y.
