Composed around two hundred
songs during the 1840s, 1850s, and
early 1860s; regarded as the first
important composer of American
popular song. He was probably the
first person in the United States to
make his living as a full-time
professional songwriter; he wrote
"Oh! Susanna," "Old Folks at
Home," "My Old Kentucky Home,
Good Night," "Jeanie with the Light