Cora Folsom Salisbury

[1] After her first marriage ended, Cora Folsom Salisbury helped her mother run boarding houses, tried her hand at sales, and returned to music, earning a living as an accompanist and stage pianist.

Around 1907 she started a vaudeville act as a "pianologist" ("pianologue" was her own invented word for piano performance with interspersed comedic observations),[2] and began touring the American midwest and publishing her original compositions.

[3] Works published under the name "C. Folsom Salisbury" included Paula (1906, a valse caprice for piano solo, dedicated to Paula Edwardes), Poodles Parade (1907, a march and two-step), My Light Guitar (1908), Lemons and Limes (1909, a ragtime piece), Arbutus Blossoms (1910),[4] Ghost Dance (1911), and Love's Embrace.

Benny Kubelsky eventually partnered with Cora Folsom Salisbury on tour,[5] as they both had a knack for mixing music and humor.

[7] The act succeeded enough to play the Palace Theatre in New York City, and launched the show business career of Jack Benny.