1905 IN MY MERRY OLDSMOBILE By Billy Murray Played On Victor III Phonograph Automobile Song

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11 жыл бұрын

Composed in 1905 and recorded here in 1909 this is Billy Murray singing Gus Edwards' beloved automobile song, "In My Merry Oldsmobile" on an early Victor Grand Prize label single-sided record. As with my previous video, "Under The Anheuser Bush", "In My Merry Oldsmoble" was definitely not a good selling record and it is very difficult to find today especially in nice playing condition. I have only found 2 of these records on Victor in 25 years. It is played here on one of my Victor III phonographs with an oak horn. I have it sitting atop a very early model XIV Victrola (such a shame as now the XIV hardly gets played!). As always, thanks for stopping in for a visit and I hope you enjoy the video.

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@catwomn64 9 жыл бұрын

This amazing man was my great uncle. He was married to my great Aunt, Madelyn Murray, and my mother was his niece. Thank you so much for sharing this!!

@himynameisdan1317 6 жыл бұрын

Mhm

@aurelianoii8260 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulation for such talent of your clan!

@LeonardAngussmith 4 жыл бұрын

Born in Philly but has a strong flat British accent. I wonder where his parents lived before coming to Philly , or if this is the Philly dialect of the time.

@gunnarthefeisty 3 жыл бұрын

that's incredible

@mulelpi2151 3 жыл бұрын

@@LeonardAngussmith His parents were Irish immigrants. They moved to Denver Colorado when he was about 5 years old and that is where he was raised. On comic songs, he often deliberately sang slightly flat, which he felt helped the comic effect. Also, this recording was made before microphones, which means "singing" meant shouting as loudly as possible into a horn so there is that also...

@MichaelFearnleyBass 9 жыл бұрын

'You can go as far as you like with me in my merry oldsmobile' I laughed when I heard that one, it has some rather different connotations in the 21st century!

@michaelf7093 3 жыл бұрын

No, it had the same connotations in 1905. Just a subtle innuendo.

@smadaf Жыл бұрын

The same innuendo then and now, and not subtle.

@shortyblackwellll 11 жыл бұрын

Nice song. I remember hearing this in cartoons as a kid.

@aurelianoii8260 4 жыл бұрын

Young Johnny Steele has an Oldsmobile He loves his dear little girl She is the queen of his gas machine She has his heart in a whirl Now when they go for a spin, you know, She tries to learn the auto, so He lets her steer, while he gets her ear And whispers soft and low... Come away with me, Lucille In my merry Oldsmobile Down the road of life we'll fly Automobubbling, you and I To the church we'll swiftly steal Then our wedding bells will peal You can go as far as you like with me In my merry Oldsmobile. They love to "spark" in the dark old park As they go flying along She says she knows why the motor goes The "sparker" is awfully strong Each day they "spoon" to the engine's tune Their honeymoon will happen soon He'll win Lucille with his Oldsmobile And then he'll fondly croon... Come away with me, Lucille In my merry Oldsmobile Down the road of life we'll fly Automobubbling, you and I To the church we'll swiftly steal Then our wedding bells will peal You can go as far as you like with me In my merry Oldsmobile.

@ThomasAlva 11 жыл бұрын

I haven't gone automo-bubbling in YEARS! Thank you for sharing

@ShadowsOnTheScreen 9 жыл бұрын

The innuendo has not changed a bit in 100 years.

@MusicBoxBoy 11 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome and thank you for the nice comments.

@MusicBoxBoy 11 жыл бұрын

I like the old car horn sound effects too! Thanks for the comments.

@Dallas_K Жыл бұрын

Old? Those horns were state-of-the-art when this was recorded!

@MrEriesal 10 жыл бұрын

wow, more than a hundred years recording.

@Kiyoko504 9 жыл бұрын

And were still enjoying them

@MusicBoxBoy 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the fun comments! Always a pleasure to hear from you.

@muzhikforchaplin1203 4 жыл бұрын

That wooden horn is so beautiful!!!

@arthurhovey9281 11 жыл бұрын

I thank you for sharing another Billy Murray recording. I certainly enjoy that. I want to listen again and again...

@MisterTalkingMachine 11 жыл бұрын

Nice song, I remember hearing it when I was a child on old cartoon, never realized it as so ancient, and this is a very nice recording of the original version as a Waltz, then there came some of them as a Fox-Trot, like the famous version by Jean Goldkette. Lovely car horns on the recording.

@williambug8117 4 жыл бұрын

Very good quality for that many years.I own a merry Oldsmobile.

@curtisroberts1933 6 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1979 but I sure will admit that the music of yesterday is the best by far! These kids these days don't know what music is they don't have a clue. It's really odd to think that the cartoon to this song was banned in Europe back then. Thanks for the song!

@TinLizzie-uc1jw 5 жыл бұрын

CURTIS ROBERTS I’m in high school and I can’t stand what my peers are listening to! I don’t even call rap music, because it’s simply somebody talking fast with a random series of notes in the background. People my age don’t have a clue what good music is!

@TinLizzie-uc1jw 5 жыл бұрын

MorganLeeR well said!

@smadaf Жыл бұрын

There's nothing like getting an early start in life at making sweeping generalizations about entire generations and learning to state our own temporary feelings as timeless facts. It wins friends and creates an abundance of happiness. Hooray!

@chompo7 11 жыл бұрын

awesome video as always!

@Dallas_K Жыл бұрын

Automo-bubbling: cars were often called bubbles back then because of the bubbling sound they made.

@back2skooldaze 9 жыл бұрын

nice tone from a wooden horn! :)

@megabojan1993 9 жыл бұрын

back2skooldaze Wooden horns produced better sound than the all-metal ones. The all-metal ones have more tinny sound and they produce sounds that are less pleasant to the ear.

@MrRiddler6789 8 жыл бұрын

+back2skooldaze Ya I know its super clean.

@moonbear5929 3 жыл бұрын

@@megabojan1993 It's the same today with stereo speakers. I prefer wooden ones over plastic with tend to buzz and rattle.

@megabojan1993 3 жыл бұрын

@@moonbear5929 Yeah I agree with you. That's why wooden speakers are usually more expensive than the plastic ones.

@moonbear5929 3 жыл бұрын

@@megabojan1993 But worth it!

@1joshjosh1 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this!!! 🎵🎵🎶

@MusicBoxBoy 11 жыл бұрын

Always good to hear from you chompo!

@mspysu79 11 жыл бұрын

Loved it!

@MusicBoxBoy 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice comments.

@amanor409 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible that a record over 100 years old sounds that good.

@auaiao9 11 жыл бұрын

If it's good enough for Nipper the RCA dog then it's good enough for me. Nifty old song.

@joanerhard454 3 жыл бұрын

that wonderful mother of. Mine

@abseconPC 4 жыл бұрын

I always wondered if those records new had that staticy background

@lol69_52 6 жыл бұрын

RIP

@bettiedoe9958 4 жыл бұрын

That is beautiful

@ronschultz6336 Жыл бұрын

Hello there, I’ve also heard a version of this song recorded by Collins & Harlans 😊

@luciyoung777 5 жыл бұрын

LAUGH I HAD NOT EVER HEARD SO WHEN HE SAID LUCILLE I LAUGHED LUCY CLOSE ENOUGH ENJOYED VERY MUCH LUCY.

@chumanjames 11 жыл бұрын

very nice song. But how do you determine the date of the record???

@cherrysdiy5005 4 жыл бұрын

There are online registries that you can look up, with the label and number on the record.

@teamtreat3286 6 жыл бұрын

This was recorded in 1909

@beefybeans702 3 жыл бұрын

I might have that same record I would have to check

@mikeschannel1616 4 жыл бұрын

Was this the first recorded song about a car

@abseconPC 4 жыл бұрын

The Victor building still stands today it is luxury apartments now probably the only decent housing in Camden New Jersey

@Manjiro_007 4 жыл бұрын

I want sir

@flightsimfails261 3 жыл бұрын

BONZI BUDDY

@sachseco 5 жыл бұрын

SHAME ON THE HORRIBLE ROBOT TRANSLATION, NOT EVEN CLOSE! GIVE THE GUYS AT Y/T THE WORDS TO THE SONG, THANKS!

@aurelianoii8260 4 жыл бұрын