1907 Billy Murray BUDWEISER's A FRIEND OF MINE / Yankee Tourist What's use 16049
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A series of great PERSONALITY Records from Movies, Vaudeville, Minstrel and Humor on 78 rpm Victrola Records
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two great songs by BILLY MURRAY
Budweiser - Dearest Friend I've ever known
A popular song from the Ziegfeld Follies of 1907.
Interpolated into the musical “The Wizard of Oz.”
Budweiser's a friend of mine
Seymour Furth (composer)
Vincent Bryan (lyricist)
Billy Murray (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Haydn Quartet (Vocal group)
Description: Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra
11/4/1907 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 Master Victor 16049
So what's the use?
The Yankee tourist (Work title)
Edward Montagu (lyricist)
Edward Montagu (composer)
Personnel Notes
Billy Murray (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Description: Male vocal solo, with orchestra
10/15/1907 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [unconfirmed] 2 Master Victor 16049
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A popular song from the Ziegfeld Follies of 1907.
Interpolated into the musical “The Wizard of Oz.”
Words by Vincent Bryan. Music by Seymour Furth.
Lyrics
The Poets may sing of the friends
Who will cling to you
When you are gloomy and blue
But I have one friend who will stick to the end
Just the dearest friend I ever knew
Whenever I’m sad
And the world treats me badly
Into some Rathskeller I stray
I fill up a stein with this old friend of mine
And I dream all my sorrow away
Chorus
Bud, Budweiser’s a friend of mine
Friend of mine, yes, a friend of mine
What care I, if the sun don’t shine
While I’ve got Budweiser
That’s the reason, I feel so fine
Feel so fine, yes, I feel so fine
For though Bill the Kaiser’s
A friend of Budweiser’s
Budweiser’s a friend of mine
The friends to take pride in
Are those you confide in
When trouble comes walking your way
Most women will scold you
And say, “Well, I told you”
Whenever your plans go astray
But my friend you see
Never talks back to me
If I’m wrong he has nothing to say
Some friends love to tell you
Why hard luck befell you
Budweiser is wiser than they Billy Murray newspaper ad from 1919 William Thomas "Billy" Murray (25 May 1877 - 17 August 1954) was one of the most popular singers in the United States in the early decades of the 20th century. While he received star billings on Vaudeville, he was best known for his prolific work in the recording studio, making records for almost every record label of the era. He was probably the best selling recording artist of the first quarter of the 20th century. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of immigrants from Ireland. He became fascinated with the theater and joined a traveling vaudeville troupe in 1893. He also performed in minstrel shows early in his career. He made his first recordings for a local phonograph cylinder company in San Francisco, California in 1897. He started recording regularly in the New York City and New Jersey area in 1903, when the nation's major record companies as well as the Tin Pan Alley music industry were concentrated there. In 1906 he waxed the first of his popular duets with Ada Jones. He also performed with Aileen Stanley, the Haydn Quartet, and the American Quartet (also known as the Premier Quartet), in addition to his solo work. He had a strong tenor voice with excellent enunciation and a more conversational delivery than common with bel canto singers of the era. On comic songs he often deliberately sang slightly flat, which he felt helped the comic effect. While he often performed romantic numbers and ballads which sold well at the time, his comedy and novelty song recordings continue to be popular with later generations of record collectors.
Murray's popularity faded with changes in public taste and recording technology; the rise of the electric microphone in the mid 1920s coincided with the rise of the crooners. His "hammering" style, as he called it, essentially yelling the song into the recording horn, did not work in the electronic era, and it took him some time to learn how to soften his voice. While he continued to work, his singing style was considered "dated" and less in demand. In the late 1920s and early 1930s he also did voices for animated cartoons, especially the "follow the bouncing ball" type which incorporated songs from his salad days. He also did radio work. Murray made his last recordings in 1943 and retired to Freeport, Long Island, New York in 1944. He died in nearby Jones Beach.
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