Joe Byrd (vaudeville)

Joe Byrd was an American vaudeville comedian.^[1] He was from Jacksonville, Florida.^[2]

The Indianapolis Freeman gave him plaudits in 1914 for his role with "Birdie" Byrd in the duo Byrd & Byrd.^[2] He and Billy Higgins starred in Black Sambo in 1925 and Midnight Steppers in 1927.

Shows

• My Friend from Kentucky (1913/1914)^[3]
• Let 'Em Have It (1923), co-starring with Billy Ewing
• Aces and Queens^[4]
• Lucky Sambo^[5] (1925)
• Ace High Revue (1927)^[3]
• Midnight Steppers (1927)^[3]
• Harlem Darlings (1929)^[3]
• Blackbirds of 1939 (1939)^[3]
• Harlem Cavalcade (1942)^[6]

References

1. Cullen, Frank; Hackman, Florence; McNeilly, Donald (August 8, 2007). Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780415938532 – via Google Books.
2. Sampson, Henry T. (October 30, 2013). Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810883512 – via Google Books.
3. Peterson, Bernard L. Jr. (October 25, 1993). A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313064548 – via Google Books.
4. Peterson, Bernard L. Jr. (October 25, 1993). A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313064548 – via Google Books.
5. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1926-01-31/ed-1/seq-70.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
6. Cullen, Frank; Hackman, Florence; McNeilly, Donald (August 8, 2007). Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780415938532 – via Google Books.