Eddie Healy

America Vaudevillian singer. Born: Providence, RI 1894 Died: 1939. He began performing at a young age as an "Irish Minstrel Boy." At some point before 1920 he began singing as part of the duet "Healy & Cross," who achieved a degree of fame on the Orpheum and Keith Circuits, performing all over the country, and headlining at the Palace Theater and the Loews State Theater. They were together for twelve years as a team. Healy and Cross introduced many classic songs by legendary songwriters, some of which have become standards, including "I'm Sitting on Top of the World, "Mamma Loves Papa (Papa Loves Mamma)," and "Take 'Em to the Door Blues". In the 1930s, Healy retired from show business, settled down, and opened a chop house in Providence. Eddie Healy has one songwriting credit "Sweet Mamma of Mine", co-written with Allan Cross and songwriters-hall-of-famer Ted Snyder.