although not yet on the radio, what the public loved to listen to in the 1917, the year before the Spanish Flu. Thanks to the kind written permission of Archeophone of Champaign, IL for presenting the following wonderful clear original recordings from 103 years ago: Popular Records of 1917 (PART TWO) Popular Records of 1917 (PART TWO)
1 FOR ME AND MY GAL – VAN AND SCHENCK
2 OVER THERE – AMERICAN QUARTET
3 PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR OLD KIT BAG
(AND SMILE, SMILE, SMILE) – JAMES F. HARRISON
& KNICKERBOCKER QUARTET
4 OVER THERE - PEERLESS QUARTET
5 LILY OF THE VALLEY – COLLINS AND HARLAN
6 LIVERY STABLE BLUES –
ORIGINAL DIXIELAND “JAZZ” BAND
7 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? –
ARTHUR FIELDS & PEERLESS QUARTET
8 M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I – ADA JONES
9 KATINKA MEDLEY – VICTOR MILITARY BAND
10 I AINT GOT NOBODY MUCH – MARION HARRIS
more information on track 1…….
FOR ME AND MY GAL – VAN & SCHENCK
recorded 3-1-1917 Camden, NJ
Victor 18258 charted 5-26-17 (10 weeks) peaked @ # 1 POP (3 w)
flipside: DANCE & GROW THIN (recorded 3-1-2017)
printed on record: “Baritone and Tenor duet with orchestra”
ROSARIO BOURDON & HIS ORCHESTRA
lyrics by EDGAR LESLIE (1885-1976)
co-wrote (lyrics) AMONG MY SOUVENIRS (1927)
(# 1 POP hit for PAUL WHITEMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA {1928}
# 7 POP hit {1960} for - CONNIE FRANCIS {1959}
# 1 C&W hit for MARTY ROBBINS {1976})
lyrics by E.RAY GOETZ (1886-1954)
co-wrote (lyrics) YAAKA HULA HICKEY DULA
(HAWAIAAN LOVE SONG) (1916)
music by GEORGE W. MEYER (1884-1959)
co-wrote (music)
IF HE CAN FIGHT LIKE HE CAN LOVE, GOODBYE GERMANY (1918)
a # 3 POP HIT for THE FARBER SISTERS
selected other recordings of FOR ME AND MY GAL:
by PRINCE’S ORCHESTRA Columbia 5957 c 6-2-17 {3 w} p @ # 5 POP)
by HENRY BURR & ALBERT CAMPBELL Pathe 20163 c 7-21-17 {2 w} p @ # 7 POP)
by BILLY MURRAY Edison 50407 c 8-18-17 {1 w} @ # 9)
by JUDY GARLAND & GENE KELLY Decca 18480 c 1-24-42 {21 w} p @ # 3 POP)
by GUY LOMBARDO & HIS ROYAL CANADIANS Decca 4371 c 1-23-43 {1 w} @ # 17 POP)
by FREDDY CANNON Swan 4083 c 10-16-61 {6 w} p @ # 71 POP)
VAN = two man piano act
GUS VAN = AUGUST VAN GLAHN
born 8-12-1887 Ridgewood, Brooklyn (now Queens), NYC
died 3-12-1968 (age 80)
sang baritone (character singer)
JOE SCHENCK (“skenk”) – JOSEPH THUMA SCHENCK
born c. 1891 Ridgewood, Brooklyn (now Queens), NYC
died 6-28-1930 (age 38 or 39)
played piano & sang high tenor
(15 year old MAE WEST was his girlfriend)
They were vaudeville stars and made appearances in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1921
charted POP 1917-24 / 28
three # 1 POP hits:
FOR ME AND MY GAL (1917)
AIN’T WE GOT FUN (1921
CAROLINA IN THE MORNING (1923)
Step off your time machine a hundred years ago and hear the music of that time Thanks to Archeophone for it's kind written permission to present wonderfully clear digital presentations of hit recordings of 1917 Popular Records of 1917 (PART ONE)
1 THEY GO WILD, SIMPLY WILD, OVER ME –
MARION HARRIS
2 OVER THERE – NORA BAYES
3 THEY’RE WEARING THEM HIGHER IN HAWAII –
COLLINS AND HARLAN
4 OH JOHNNY, OH JOHNNY, OH! – AMERICAN QUARTET
5 ‘TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY –
ANNA WHEATON & JAMES HARROD
6 GOOD-BYE BROADWAY, HELLO FRANCE –
AMERICAN QUARTET
7 I MAY BE GONE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME –
SHANNON FOUR
8 INDIANA – STERLING TRIO
9 MY OWN IONA –
RENE DIETRICH AND HORACE WRIGHT
10 LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN – CAMPBELL AND BURR
more information about track 1……………..
THEY GO WILD, SIMPLY WILD, OVER ME – MARION HARRIS
recorded 7-12-17 NYC
Victor 18343 charted 12-15-17 (5 weeks) peaked @ # 2 POP (2 weeks)
(flipside: SOME SWEET DAY)
backed by ROSARIO BOURDON * (1885-1961) & ORCHESTRA
(* worked for Victor/ RCA Victor 1909-1931 / later directed musical scores for Disney, etc.)
music by FRED FISHER (ALFRED BREITENBACH) (1875-1942)
(co-wrote {1937} THAT’S WHEN YOUR HEARTACHES BEGIN)
lyrics by JOE McCARTHY (1885-1943)
(co-wrote {1913} YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU {I DIDN’T WANT TO DO IT})
MARION HARRIS was born MARY ELLEN HARRISON
died in a hotel fire (smoking in bed)
at the Hotel Le Marquis (Manhattan East Side)
on 4-23-44 (age approximately 48)
she had 43 charted POP hits 1916-30
and had 4 # 1 POP hits:
AFTER YOU’VE GONE 1918
ST LOUIS BLUES 1920
LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING 1921
TEA FOR TWO 1925
what the public loved to listen to in the 1919, the last year of the Spanish Flu. Thanks to the kind written permission of Archeophone of Champaign, IL for presenting the following wonderful clear original recordings from 101 years ago: Popular Records of 1919 (PART TWO)
1 HOW ‘YA GONNA KEEP ‘EM DOWN ON THE FARM?
(AFTER THEY’VE SEEN PAREE) – NORA BAYES
2 THE ALCOHOLIC BLUES – BILLY MURRAY
3 NOBODY KNOWS (AND NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE) –
IRVING AND JACK KAUFMAN
4 OH! WHAT A PAL WAS MARY – HENRY BURR
5 BEAUTIFUL OHIO – WALDORF-ASTORIA DANCE ORCHESTRA
6 I’M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES – CAMPBELL AND BURR
7 THE VAMP – JOSEPH C. SMITH’S ORCHESTRA
8 A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND – MARION HARRIS
9 JA-DA (JA DA, JA DA, JING JING!) – ARTHUR FIELDS
10 TILL WE MEET AGAIN – NICHOLAS ORLANDO’S ORCHESTRA
what the public loved to listen to in the 1919, the last year of the Spanish Flu. Thanks to the kind written permission of Archeophone of Champaign, IL for presenting the following wonderful clear original recordings from 101 years ago:
1 AFTER YOU’VE GONE – MARION HARRIS
2 I’M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES – SELVIN’S NOVELTY ORCHESTRA
3 TILL WE MEET AGAIN – CAMPBELL AND BURR
4 A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY – JOHN STEEL
5 OUI, OUI, MARIE (WEE, WEE, MARIE) – ARTHUR FIELDS
6 MANDY - VAN AND SCHENCK
7 I’LL SAY SHE DOES – AL JOLSON
8 WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE HEART OF A ROSE – JOHN McCORMACK
9 THE ROSE OF NO MAN’S LAND – CHARLES HART AND ELLIOTT SHAW
10 BEAUTFUL OHIO – HENRY BURR
what the public loved to listen to in the year that THE GREAT WAR ended and Spanish Flu raged Thanks to the kind written permission of Archeophone of Champaign, IL for presenting the following wonderful clear original recordings from 102 years ago:
1 ROCK-A-BYE YOUR BABY WITH A DIXIE MELODY – AL JOLSON
2 THEY WERE ALL OUT OF STEP BUT JIM – BILLY MURRY
3 I DON’T WANT TO GET WELL – VAN & SCHENCK
4 I’M SORRY I MADE YOU CRY – HENRY BURR
5 JUST A BABY’S PRAYER AT TWILIGHT
(FOR HER DADDY OVER THERE) – HENRY BURR
6 HAIL! HAIL! THE GANG’S ALL HERE –
IRVING KAUFMAN & COLUMBIA QUARTETTE
7 SMILES – JOSEPH C. SMITH’S ORCHESTRA
8 OH! FRENCHY – ARTHUR FIELDS
9 OVER THERE – ENRICO CARUSO
Here is the chorus to OVER THERE
“Over there, over there,
Send the word, send the word over there
That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming
The drums rum-tumming everywhere.
So prepare, say a prayer,
Send the word, send the word to beware –
We'll be over, we're coming over,
And we won't come back till it's over, over there.”
written by George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
he also wrote several dozen shows for Broadway and elsewhere
and over 300 songs, including in addition to Over There:
You're a Grand Old Rag (changed due to protest to You're a Grand Old Flag)
Give My Regards to Broadway
The Yankee Doodle Boy
what the public loved to listen to in the year that THE GREAT WAR ended and Spanish Flu raged Thanks to the kind written permission of Archeophone of Champaign, IL for presenting the following wonderful clear original recordings from 102 years ago:
1 K-K-K-KATY (STAMMERING SONG) – BILLY MURRAY
2 DARKTOWN STRUTTERS’ BALL – COLLINS & HARLAN
3 BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC –
CHARLES HARRISON & COLUMBIA STELLAR QUARTETTE
4 OH, HOW I HATE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING – ARTHUR FIELDS
5 ARE YOU FROM HEAVEN? – HENRY BURR
6 HINDUSTAN – JOSEPH C. SMITH’S ORCHESTRA
7 EVERTHING IS PEACHES DOWN IN GEORGIA – AMERICAN QUARTET
8 HELLO CENTRAL, GIVE ME NO MAN’S LAND – AL JOLSON
9 I’M ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS – CHARLES HARRISON
"Oh,How I Hate To Get Up in the Morning"
was a featured song of 30 year old Irvin Berlin's
Broadway show of 1918 entitled "Yip Yip, Yaphank" -
Sargent Berlin donated money earned from the hit production to the U. S. Army
and sang this song himself in the show.
digitized clear recordings provided by Archeophone of Champaign, IL PART TWO
1 BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF SOMEWHERE – HAROLD JARVIS
2 NOBODY KNOWS, NOBODY CARES – WILL OAKLAND
3 MY COUSIN CARUSO – BILLY MURRAY
4 LONESOME – BYRON G. HARLAN
5 TO THE END OF THE WORLD WITH YOU – HENRY BURR
6 I’VE GOT RINGS ON MY FINGERS – BLANCHE RING
7 IN THE GARDEN OF MY HEART – FRANK C. STANLEY & HENRY BURR
8 MY PONY BOY – COLUMBIA QUARTETTE
9 IT LOOKS LIKE A BIG NIGHT TO-NIGHT – CLARICE VANCE
10 BEAUTIFUL EYES – ADA JONES
11 THAT’S A PLENTY – ARTHUR COLLINS
1 I WONDER WHO’S KISSING HER NOW – HENRY BURR 2 SHINE, HARVEST MOON – ADA JONES & BILLY MURRAY 3 TAKE ME UP WITH YOU, DEARIE – BILLY MURRAY & HAYDN QUARTET 4 I’VE GOT RINGS ON MY FINGERS – ADA JONES 5 I WISH I HAD A GIRL – HARRY TALLY 6 I LOVE, I LOVE, I LOVE MY WIFE, BUT OH, YOU KID! – ARTHUR COLLINS 7 MY WIFE’S GONE TO THE COUNTRY, HURRAH! HURRAH! – COLLINS & HARLAN 8 WILD CHERRY RAG – ED MORTON 9 PUT ON YOUR OLD GREY BONNET – HAYDN QUARTET 10 FAIREST OF THE FAIR MARCH – SOUSA’S BAND
these recordings has been digitized by Archeophone of Illinois and used by kind written permission.
if music radio existed in 1920, this is what you would have heard featuring AL JOLSON's first recording of YOU AIN'T HEARD NOTHING YET / hits by EDDIE CANTOR, PAUL WHITEMAN (a hit that sold millions), etc.
turn the radio dial many decades ago Philo Vance / Jack Teagarden / Fibber Needs Glasses
Step off your time machine a hundred years ago and hear the music of that time Thanks to Archeophone for it's kind written permission to present wonderfully clear digital presentations of hit recordings of 1920
twist the radio dial many decades ago Edward R. Murrow / Henry Busse (Rarities of the 1930's) / and more
turn the radio dial many decades ago Dragnet / Bing / Fibber Magee / etc.
Twisting the radio dial the better part of s century ago
Popular Hits of the first and second decade of the 20th century
Go back in time the better part of a century and twist the radio dial.
get in your time machine and go back many decades and twist the dial of a primitive radio...
Go back in time to before the middle of the last century and twist the radio dial... Charlie McCarthy & Edgar Bergen / Wild Bill Hickok / etc.
Imagine: WWI with the atomic bomb and nationwide radio 15 WWI recordings in the public domain (digitized by Archeophone of Champaign, IL and used by kind written permission) mixed with public domain public service announcements from later in the century
Warren Storm & Yvette Landry play & comment on their own recordings behind the scenes insights on how recordings are created