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On this day in 1820 Jenny Lind was born. Lind was billed by P.T. Barnum as 'the Swedish Nightingale' and he made a fortune in promoting her performances at his museum and on a national tour. As no recording was ever made of Lind's singing it is unknown just how much her reputation depended on Barnum's hype but the same procedure for making money from recording artists is still in practice today, widely used by Simon Cowell in his TV shows, which are essentially puff pieces to hype up whoever he signs and every time a bland and distinctly average band get hyped up as “The best band EVER!!!!!” (Coldplay, for example). Lind was undoubtedly a very talented singer, even if Barnum was hyping her up to epic proportions, and a nice person as she took very little money for herself from her work with Barnum, making sure almost all the huge profits went to help charitable organisations in Sweden. Knowing the buckets of money he'd make even with this clause built into the contract and seeing the increased publicity potential it would bring to the shows when he discretely revealed to the press how much of the money would be going to charity, Barnum jumped at the chance to get Lind to perform.
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P.T. Barnum answers his critics (via the acting skills of Silas Hawkins and the writing skills of myself):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le_Z4JWkQeg
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