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Australia's Billy Williams

Recorded between 1907 and 1914, these 23 songs offer a fascinating historical overview of one of Australia's first pop recording stars and music-hall favourites.

  • CatalogueMD 3077
  • Released1989
  • Playing time68 minutes 18 seconds

Listen & tracks

1 of 46 tracks have a preview · 23 works · 68:18

  1. 1 John, John, Put Your Trousers On Billy Williams 3:27
  2. 2 The Taximeter Car Harry Heath 2:47
  3. 3 The Hobnailed Boots That Father Wore Billy Williams 2:47
  4. 4 Tickle Me, Timothy! Robert Patrick Weston 2:15
  5. 5 Put a bit of Powder on it, Father Fred Godfrey 2:58
  6. 6 Little Willie's Woodbines Robert Patrick Weston 3:13
  7. 7 I Must Go Home Tonight William Hargreaves 3:41
  8. 8 Girls of To-day Harry Heath 2:21
  9. 9 The Land Where the Women Wear Trousers Billy Williams 3:09
  10. 10 I've Found Kelly Billy Williams 2:34
  11. 11 When Father Papered the Parlour Billy Williams 3:03
  12. 12 St Kilda Billy Williams 2:59
  13. 13 Let's Have a Song Upon the Gramophone Billy Williams 3:02
  14. 14 Chanticler Theodore F. Morse 3:04
  15. 15 I Never Heard Father Laugh So Much Before Billy Williams 2:53
  16. 16 Take Me Where There Are No Eyes About Billy Williams 2:51
  17. 17 She Does Like a Bit of Scotch Billy Williams 2:36
  18. 18 It's a Grand Old Song Billy Williams 3:01
  19. 19 The Kangaroo Hop Billy Williams 3:22
  20. 20 Wait Till I'm as Old as Father Billy Williams 3:02
  21. 21 The Ragtime Wedding Billy Williams 3:00
  22. 22 There Must be Something Nice About the Isle of Man Billy Williams 2:51
  23. 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

Photograph of Billy Williams

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.

No photograph: Fred James Barnes

Fred James Barnes

composer

No photograph: Harry Castling

Harry Castling

composer

No photograph: Fred E. D'Albert

Fred E. D'Albert

composer

No photograph: Fred Godfrey

Fred Godfrey

composer

No photograph: William Hargreaves

William Hargreaves

composer

No photograph: Harry Heath

Harry Heath

composer

No photograph: Will Hyde

Will Hyde

composer

No photograph: Theodore F. Morse

Theodore F. Morse

composer

No photograph: Robert Patrick Weston

Robert Patrick Weston

composer

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Performers

Technical credit

  • Thanks to National Film and Sound Archive

Details

List price
$25.00 AUD
Total playing time
68 minutes 18 seconds
Release date
Categories
Australian, Vocal
Musical work copyright
© 1989 National Film and Sound Archive
Sound recording copyright
℗ 1989 Move Records
Catalogue
MD 3077
EAN
9314574307726