Biography
Charles Coborn, a fixture of the British music halls, earned lasting fame for two early-1900s standards: his own composition “Two Lovely Black Eyes” and Fred Gilbert’s “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo.” Born Colin McCallum in 1852, he stepped onto the boards before his twentieth birthday and spent the next seventy years touring hundreds of venues across the country. Armed with a stock of comic numbers, he delighted listeners and routinely coaxed them into sing-alongs, remaining active until shortly before his death.