100 year old Vintage Audio (1911): Oh You Beautiful Doll - Billy Murray and the American Quartet

[zonedspace]

I was searching WW1 for a school project and found this. I swear, it is the most beautiful song I have ever heard and can not help but get this great feeling every time I listen to it.

[upst8]

@zonedspace Hope you can work it into your project somehow. Glad you enjoyed it so much!

[ldogec]

Thumbs up if this song reminded you of the Click Clock Wood Theme from Banjo Kazooie?

[LouSoufier]

Billy Murray is truly a classic. It's amazing that 100 years ago he was a star and everyone knew his name and now he's been forgotten. Same can be said for any performers of that era and the same will apply for our modern performers.

[Ocelllian2]

@LouSoufier But the difference is if Rebecca Black is forgotten, nothing of value is lost.

[katjoan1]

i'm watching this in 1911. yeah i have time travel bitches!

[casestudyification]

Thank you for posting. Totally awesome.

[Somme1916Somme]

Truly Awesome..Thanks a million..

[RetroTony1959]

I'd like to see Lady Gaga sing this.

[NewDisneySucksHard]

Thumbs up if you're listening to this in 2011, 100 years after this was recorded!

[TasteOfTorment]

<3<3<3<3<3 so much love!!!!!!! The older the music is, the better!

[theraver2020]

sounds better than justin beiber!

[MrTechReviews101]

@theraver2020 tell me about it!

[NewDisneySucksHard]

@theraver2020 by far!

[casestudyification]

@theraver2020 Why even mention that dweeb?

[SanAndreasVagos]

@theraver2020 i second that, in fact a kettle on its last legs sounds or even metal screching being cut w. a high speed cutter is by far better than justin beiber

[BaronVonShrapnel]

Good quality recording, kind of reminded me of those great barbershop quartets, but the panning and zooming is TOO FAST! Still enjoyed the song though.

[Vintageart1994]

This is great! I enjoyed listening to it: :)

[Ag3ntW1nd3x]

It's so weird listening to this.

[TeamRedMedic]

WE HAVE TO GO DEEPER

[Corrie121]

Brilliant post. Thanks for sharing.



[schlesmail]

Quartet personnel on this recording: John Bieling, tenor; Billy Murray, lead; Steve Porter, baritone; William Hooley, bass. This was one of their major hits.

[DeutscheRossiya]

beautiful music :-'( so sad it's never to return to radios all we have are stupid teenagers making music.

[fluence51]

@DeutscheRossiya Actually, my music library spans from 1896 to 2011, so... There are really good music being made, but it's becoming more and more difficult to find day after day... Radio is total crap, that's the real problem.

[LuBuOWNZ]

I watched this with the 1911 setting, my mind imploded.

[JustCallMeFox]

@LuBuOWNZ HAHA I DID THE SAME THINGGGGG.

[upst8]

@LuBuOWNZ I saw the 1911 youtube logo but didn't look into it more, were they really offering some filter that 1911-ized videos?? I gotta try that!

[KittenSnipa]

@upst8 add &vintage=1911 to the end of vids to do it.

[upst8]

@KittenSnipa - that's pretty funny - Thanks! My mind didn't implode , probably becasue they replace the audio with player piano

[UpForDanceroid]

O.L.D.

[amiedetherese]

Thanks for posting this. What phonograph are you playing this on?

[upst8]

@amiedetherese Oh, I just downloaded it from somewhere, I must have googled it. Glad you enjoyed it!

[2010theraver]

nothing much changed in a 100 year...the same beat as a Ke$ha song or Lady Gaga song

[upst8]

@2010theraver Pretty much, yeah

[mushroomjay]

Hey it's Click Clock Wood from Banjo Kazooie.

[upst8]

@mushroomjay I just checked it out - you're right - it is very close!

[Crockerish]

I guess this is not the same Bill Murray we see in movies,haha.

[SirCrooner]

I can't believe this version! The rhythm makes it sound like '50s rock. And this is by far my favorite Billy Murray song now.

[TheTigerPrideBand]

just heard it on an arnold episode so i researched it

[upst8]

@TheTigerPrideBand You mean the cartoon Arnold about the kid with the football shaped head?

[TheTigerPrideBand]

@upst8 yeah the grandpa dances to this toon

[AIKevorkian]

Wow, this was popular in my old Country (USA) fifty eight years before I was born! Thanks to modern internet technology, I can finally hear old songs like this for real that I might have heard whistled on my G.Grandpa's farm when I was only really young, like 4-5...

[Jsd8675]

The oldest guy in America would have been in High School when this came out... a nice connection to the past.

[upst8]

@Jsd8675 If you talk to him, ask him if he remembers it! (But speak up!)

[galoon]

I love this song too! This is yet another one that was in the White Star Line Orchestra's songbook prior to 1912, thus was probably performed by their musicians on the RMS Titanic.

[AmericanEvita]

This is terrific music. It's 100 years old now and represents a simpler time in America before either of the World Wars! It's a great song and one of the classics from the ragtime era

[45a66]

great