Iriving and Jack Kaufman sing 'When the Bees Make Honey (Down in Sunny Alabam'),' Camden, NJ, 1919

Early 20th Century American Vaudeville entertainers Irving Kaufman and his brother Jack here give a snappy performance of 'When the Bees Make Honey (Down in Sunny Alabam'),' written by Walter Donaldson, with words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. It was recorded with orchestral accompaniment conducted by Rosario Bourdon for the Victor label (18553, matrix B-22672-1), at the studios in Camden, NJ, on Monday, 7 April 1919.

Further information about the Kaufman Brothers: http://www.mainspringpress.com/kaufman.html

The recording featured here is from John Culme's Footlight Notes Collection, as is the photograph of Jack and Irving Kaufman by Strand, New York, circa 1923.

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Entertainment

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• Irving Kaufman
• Jack Kaufman
• When the Bees Make Honey
• 1919
• Walter Donaldson
• Sam M. Lewis
• Joe Young

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