Ada Jones & Billy Murray : Old Front Porch

I first heard this song on the 1968 album "God Bless Tiny Tim" which features Tiny singing both parts of the duet. This is the original version sung by Ada Jones and Billy Murray, huge stars at the time, released in early 1914. Lyrics by Bobby Heath and music by Arthur Lange

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Music

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• old
• front
• porch
• ada
• jones
• billy
• murray
• tiny
• tim
• heath
• lang

[nickonoise]

I rather like this original version. It has a charm all it's own. Tiny Tim did an intentionally cartoonish version of this song where as these two did a more whimsical but lovely (of the era) version.

[MikeLXXXVIII]

Well people have to remember how this is from 1914, but yeah Tiny Tim gave this song a lot of personality. One of my favourites :)

[KawhackitaRag]

@2gigabit Why? Sure, it's not the best transfer, and I'm sure with remastering and speed correction (it sounds slightly fast) it will sound much better. If you don't understand the singing and performance styles of this era, that's your problem.

I don't have a problem with you saying that you don't like it, that's your opinion and you're entitled to it, but you don't state it like an opinion... you state it as though it is irrefutable fact, and that is what gets me.

I also like Tiny Tim.

[blackjackdealer]

Thank you for posting this video and song. I actually got to sing this song with Tiny Tim back stage at a show in Laughlin, Nv. He was just thrilled to meet somebody who knew the song and he whipped his eucolally out of his shopping bag and boom we were singing. I actually had to help with the words. It was a great moment for this life time Tiny Tim fan.

[drivingmissdaisymad]

Tiny Tim's was cuter. This man just sounds like a rapist.

[seanokeogh1988]

it's quite a creepy song

[2gigabit]

This sucks compared to Tiny Tim's

[xuangelxa]

in my opinion tiny tims versions is better