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Bio

Billy Murray (1877-1954) was probably the most popular recording artist of the acoustic era. Edison released Murray cylinders in 1903. Murray started recording fairly regularly at that time, first for Edison, and then for Columbia and Victor. Murray's voice was well suited for acoustic recording. He sounded natural while singing loudly into the recording horn used in the acoustic recording process. When electrical recording became the standard in 1925, Murray had to adjust. He had to sing more quietly to avoid overdriving the microphones and amplifiers. The public's tastes in music were also changing (largely due to the influence of jazz), and Murray's popularity declined rapidly at this point.
In the thirties, Murray recorded only sporadically. He performed on radio, and provided voices for a couple of cartoons. In the forties, he performed on the National Barn Dance radio show. He made his last record in 1943 for the Victor Bluebird label.

This CD includes many of Billy Murray’s comic recordings made during the Ragtime and World War 1 Era . The period covered by this CD is 1916 to 1919. He is joined by Ada Jones and  The American Quartet on several tracks.

Billy Murray
(Comic Ragtime & World War 1 Songs - Encore 5)
[Recorded 1916-1918]
 

1- THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF BAD IN EVERY GOOD LITTLE GIRL
VICTOR 18143  RECORDED 1916
2- IF IT WASN’T FOR YOU 
VICTOR 18205  RECORDED 1917  WITH ADA JONES 

3- EVERYTHING IS GOING UP  VICTOR 18233  RECORDED 1917

4- DON’T SLAM THAT DOOR WHEN YOU’RE GOING OUT 
VICTOR 18236  RECORDED 1917  WITH ADA JONES

5- I CAN’T BEHAVE WHEN YOU’RE AROUND 
VICTOR 18236  RECORDED 1917  WITH ADA JONES

6- RAGTIME DRAMA 
VICTOR 18288  RECORDED 1917  WITH ADA JONES

7- I’D FEEL AT HOME IF THEY LET ME JOIN THE ARMY (WW1)

VICTOR 18386  RECORDED 1917

8- THE FURTHER IT IS FROM TIPPERARY (WW1)

VICTOR 18432  RECORDED 1918 

9- I’LL TAKE YOU BACK TO ITALY

VICTOR 18436  RECORDED 1918

10- K–K–K–KATY (WW1)

VICTOR 18455  RECORDED 1918

11- THEY WERE ALL OUT OF STEP BUT JIM  (WW1)
VICTOR 18465  RECORDED 1918  

12- WHEN TONY GOES OVER THE TOP  (WW1)

VICTOR 18510  RECORDED 1918

13- THE WORST IS YET TO COME  (WW1) 
VICTOR 18515  RECORDED 1918

14- CAN YOU TAME WILD WIMMEN
VICTOR 18515  RECORDED 1918

15- MY BARNEY LIES OVER THE OCEAN (WW1)

VICTOR 18530  RECORDED 1919
16- HOW ARE YOU GONNA WET YOUR WHISTLE 
VICTOR 18537  RECORDED 1919

17- I’VE GOT MY CAPTAIN WORKING FOR ME NOW  (WW1)
VICTOR 18604  RECORDED 1919   

18- JUST AS WE USED TO DO 
COLUMBIA 2746  RECORDED 1919  
19- TAKE ME TO THE LAND OF JAZZ 
COLUMBIA 2766  RECORDED 1919  

20- AND HE’D SAY OO-LA-LA WEE WEE 

VICTOR 18610  RECORDED 1919  

21- DIXIE IS DIXIE ONCE MORE

VICTOR 18610  RECORDED 1919 WITH THE AMERICAN QUARTET

22- WAIT TILL YOU GET THEM UP IN THE AIR BOYS

VICTOR 18628  RECORDED 1919  

23- FLOATIN’ DOWN TO COTTON TOWN

VICTOR 18628  RECORDED 1919  WITH THE AMERICAN QUARTET