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1 of 46 tracks have a preview · 23 works · 68:18
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1 John, John, Put Your Trousers On Billy Williams 3:27
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2 The Taximeter Car Harry Heath 2:47
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3 The Hobnailed Boots That Father Wore Billy Williams 2:47
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4 Tickle Me, Timothy! Robert Patrick Weston 2:15
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5 Put a bit of Powder on it, Father Fred Godfrey 2:58
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6 Little Willie's Woodbines Robert Patrick Weston 3:13
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7 I Must Go Home Tonight William Hargreaves 3:41
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8 Girls of To-day Harry Heath 2:21
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9 The Land Where the Women Wear Trousers Billy Williams 3:09
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10 I've Found Kelly Billy Williams 2:34
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11 When Father Papered the Parlour Billy Williams 3:03
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12 St Kilda Billy Williams 2:59
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13 Let's Have a Song Upon the Gramophone Billy Williams 3:02
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14 Chanticler Theodore F. Morse 3:04
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15 I Never Heard Father Laugh So Much Before Billy Williams 2:53
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16 Take Me Where There Are No Eyes About Billy Williams 2:51
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17 She Does Like a Bit of Scotch Billy Williams 2:36
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18 It's a Grand Old Song Billy Williams 3:01
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19 The Kangaroo Hop Billy Williams 3:22
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20 Wait Till I'm as Old as Father Billy Williams 3:02
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21 The Ragtime Wedding Billy Williams 3:00
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22 There Must be Something Nice About the Isle of Man Billy Williams 2:51
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23 There's Life in the Old Dog Yet Billy Williams 3:22
One of Australia's lost superstars, known to music-hall patrons as 'The Man in the Velvet Suit', Billy Williams was among the most significant entertainers of his time. Move Records and the National Film and Sound Archive have drawn together 23 songs originally recorded between 1907 and 1914.
Includes an informative 24-page illustrated booklet.
Reviews
This compact disc deserves a warm welcome. Perhaps it might serve to introduce Billy Williams to a new generation of collectors and if so it will no doubt have performed an extremely useful function. Buy it!
Artists
Billy Williams
vocals
It could be argued that, in 1910, Billy Williams was one of the most significant popular entertainers in the world. Dozens of his songs could be heard on disc and cylinder recordings wherever English was spoken.
Fred James Barnes
composer
Harry Castling
composer
Fred E. D'Albert
composer
Fred Godfrey
composer
William Hargreaves
composer
Harry Heath
composer
Will Hyde
composer
Theodore F. Morse
composer
Robert Patrick Weston
composer
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Billy Williams · vocals
Technical credit
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Thanks to
National Film and Sound Archive
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 68 minutes 18 seconds
- Release date
- 1989
- Categories
- Australian, Vocal
- Genres
- Vocal & Opera, Folk
- Musical work copyright
- © 1989 National Film and Sound Archive
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 1989 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3077
- EAN
- 9314574307726
