Baby Franklin Seals

Baby Franklin Seals
Background information
Born
H. Franklin Seals

c. 1880
Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Died(1915-12-29)December 29, 1915 (aged 35)
Anniston, Alabama, U.S.
GenresVaudeville, blues
OccupationsEntertainer, comedian, singer, songwriter
InstrumentPiano
Years active1909–1915

H. Franklin "Baby" Seals (c. 1880 – December 29, 1915) was an American vaudeville performer, songwriter and pianist, whose successful 1912 song "Baby Seals' Blues" was one of the first published blues compositions, predating W. C. Handy's "The Memphis Blues" by several months.

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