Lottie Collins was an English singer and dancer, most famous for introducing the song "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay!" in England.
Lottie Collins
Collins doing her most famous number around 1892
"Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay" is a vaudeville and music hall song first performed by the 1880s. It was included in Henry J. Sayers' 1891 revue Tuxedo in Boston, Massachusetts. The song became widely known in the 1892 version sung by Lottie Collins in London music halls, and also became popular in France.
Contemporary Bromo-Seltzer advertisement in which Lottie Collins dances and sings "Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-de-ay!"
Gene Krupa's version, "Ta-ra-ra-Boom-der-e", released as a shellac record