"Cut Yourself a Piece of Cake", Billy Murray -  Victor 19114-A (06/25/1923)


This week's theme: more Billy Murray

Yes, the old Denver Nightingale himself.

Murray was one of the top popular recording artists of the early 20th 
century.

He recorded hundreds of titles and was a major star.

Murray was the kind of singer the average person listened to.

His songs are typically light - with a little touch of silliness.

They reflect the typical pop songs of that era.

His voice seemed to record well on the early acoustical recording equipment 
which was a relatively rare thing for singers of his day.


"The Denver Nightingale" - Official Billy Murray Website
http://www.denvernightingale.com/


Billy Murray (singer)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Murray_(singer)


The Internet Archive has hundreds of his songs online
https://archive.org/search.php?query=Billy%20Murray%20AND%20collection%3Aaudio_music


Here is a very small sample of his work.

"Come Josephine In My Flying Machine" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray 1911
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFZDB6DqAnA


Billy Murray - He'd Have to get under Get out and get under - 1913 - Victor 
Record Version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQsdEkQCZSs


Billy Murray - Under the Anheuser Bush (1904)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOxrFGXQrzY


Billy Murray - Pretty Baby (Victor 78rpm)
https://archive.org/details/BillyMurray-PrettyBabyvictor78rpm


Billy Murray & the Heidelberg Quintette sings - By the Beautiful Sea - 
Columbia Graphophone 1914
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yAQUYVPpTs


Give My Regards to Broadway sung by Billy Murray 1905 - Edison Fireside 
Phonograph
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRkqklWdgMY


Billy Murray sings- I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now - from 1909 on a Victor 
II Gramophone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghUJeWrX6Y4


Casey Jones - Billy Murray & American Quartet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSmGjMrVukw


Billy Murray - Ever Since the Movies Learned to Talk - 1929 Edison Disc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6GRqof78k4


Billy Murray sings TWO versions of "Oh By Jingo" -- one is RARE from 1942 
radio, other is 1920
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paayi8Ypvho



Stay Jazzed!
--Tom Swezey
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