Oh You Beautiful Doll - Billy Murray and the American Quartet . 1911 Hit Record! Vintage Audio

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  • Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 259

  • @lisalayne7100
    @lisalayne7100 8 лет назад +217

    my great grandma was sixteen when this song was released, she lived a long full life and passed in 2002 at 106. what a legacy and to be alive during this time was just extraordinary!

    • @shri5915
      @shri5915 7 лет назад +21

      WOW LUCKY HER I BET NOW SHES GLAD SHES NOT HERE THIS WORLD TODAY, HAS LOST ITS MIND . HOWEVER SHE DID LIVE IN A MUCH MORE FAMILY AND GOD FEARING TIME THEN NOW .IT IS SO IMORAL NOW .

    • @chrisguzman5080
      @chrisguzman5080 6 лет назад +7

      I'm sorry for your lost Her death has my age 15

    • @aydenirwin2173
      @aydenirwin2173 5 лет назад +8

      My Great Great Great Grandpa was 5 when this came out personally I prefer Big Band Jazz from the 1920s but I’ll still listen and respect this music. I cannot stand music after 1985 and I’m 13.

    • @sofiabravo1994
      @sofiabravo1994 4 года назад +5

      @@ragnarthomsen3914 that’s not something to mock but admire because most kids don’t know music even 20 years old. This is wonderful.

    • @ragnarthomsen3914
      @ragnarthomsen3914 4 года назад +1

      @@sofiabravo1994 No idea why I said that. I am Sorry.

  • @aimeejo-wv9ri
    @aimeejo-wv9ri 9 лет назад +151

    My grandad used to play this when I was a little girl and pick me up and dance round the living room with me, and as soon as the song was over id say again again again:') this is the one song that can bring me to tears!

    • @megabojan1993
      @megabojan1993 7 лет назад +10

      Such a wonderful story :)

    • @geraldclay6685
      @geraldclay6685 6 лет назад +2

      Damn you're old!

    • @j.porlando5091
      @j.porlando5091 6 лет назад +2

      That’s beautiful

    • @Rhovanion85
      @Rhovanion85 5 лет назад +2

      That's the most romantic thing ever said by someone who has a profile picture with a snapchat filter.

    • @bellasheets5487
      @bellasheets5487 5 лет назад +2

      now now Gerald 😭

  • @PennyxOfxIthaca
    @PennyxOfxIthaca 6 лет назад +90

    Something about music from the early 20th century just tugs at my heartstrings.

    • @L0RDK3Y
      @L0RDK3Y 5 лет назад +12

      It could be either the sound quality or the fact that this is better singing most pop singers toady

    • @hidinginyourcloset
      @hidinginyourcloset 5 лет назад +9

      It could also be the fact that you're listening to a person singing who has long since passed.

    • @colinclarke4285
      @colinclarke4285 3 года назад +2

      @@L0RDK3Y I think you just about hit the nail on the head...back then you either could sing or you couldn't

    • @colinclarke4285
      @colinclarke4285 3 года назад

      You might be interested in the soundtrack to the HBO series boardwalk empire...

    • @deejaykay1975
      @deejaykay1975 3 года назад

      Mine too!

  • @ZadeMeadowsLittleMouse
    @ZadeMeadowsLittleMouse 3 года назад +11

    My grandmother would sing this to me when I was a baby!! I love this song!! 😍💖

  • @DavyanHatch
    @DavyanHatch 4 месяца назад +3

    How is this song better than every song released since 2010

  • @rishanali420
    @rishanali420 3 года назад +11

    lady dance in the garden

  • @Josh-le6lu
    @Josh-le6lu 5 лет назад +16

    I swear to god every song Ada and this man made was an absolute banger.

  • @SirCrooner
    @SirCrooner 14 лет назад +15

    I can't believe this version! The rhythm makes it sound like '50s rock. And this is by far my favorite Billy Murray song now.

  • @RavenSelena
    @RavenSelena 9 лет назад +16

    The year my Grandma was born! RIP, Grandma Sue! Such beautiful music.

  • @plantman6981
    @plantman6981 7 месяцев назад +6

    I just whant to say that i am 15 and listening to this kind of music

  • @matthewrichards88
    @matthewrichards88 10 лет назад +86

    I always think this song, and this recording - seems modern for its time. It is very much like do-wop from the 50s. I am certain, and heard examples that you could say was rock and roll from back then - incredible!

    • @JohnDoe-zh4li
      @JohnDoe-zh4li 6 лет назад +3

      When I first heard this song, I, too thought that it was rather ahead of its time. I agree, great song!

    • @colinclarke4285
      @colinclarke4285 3 года назад +4

      Now you mention it about the doo wop i can see your comparison ..also at the turn of the century barber shop staff would sing acapella to entice customers and that was probably the predecessor to doo wop

    • @AdelaideBeemanWhite
      @AdelaideBeemanWhite 3 года назад +3

      Some other examples of 1910s proto-rock and roll are Casey Jones (1910) and Denver Town (1909).

  • @themightyquinn94
    @themightyquinn94 5 лет назад +12

    My beautiful grandmother always sang this to me when I was a child. What a great song!

  • @alejandrorodrigiuez123
    @alejandrorodrigiuez123 8 лет назад +65

    I love old fashion music

  • @Zenithxblack
    @Zenithxblack 11 лет назад +33

    I work in elder care and sing this to my residents.. this is the first time I have heard a vintage recording of this song. It's so wonderful.. thanks for sharing!

    • @thegiftedone
      @thegiftedone 7 месяцев назад

      that was very sweet of you

  • @thegoddessdiana9185
    @thegoddessdiana9185 3 года назад +3

    Who's listening to this on the 110th anniversary of this song's popularity?

  • @thegoddessdiana9185
    @thegoddessdiana9185 2 года назад +4

    I'd love to see a vintage picture of how the singers and musicians were positioned around the recording horn.

  • @japanfanatic1415
    @japanfanatic1415 2 года назад +4

    Honey dear, want you near; just turn out the light and then come over here!
    Nestle close, up to my side.
    My heart's a-fire, with love's desire!
    In my arms, rest complete.
    I never thought that life could ever be so sweet!
    Till I met you some time ago!
    But now I know, I love you so!

    My honey!
    Oh, you beautiful doll, you great big beautiful doll!
    Let me put my arms about you; I could never live without you!
    Oh you beautiful doll you great big beautiful doll!
    If you ever leave me how my heat will ache; I want to hug you but I fear you'd break!
    Oh!
    Oh!
    Oh!
    Oh!
    Oh, you beautiful doll!
    Precious prize, close your eyes.
    Now we're going to visit lover's paradise!
    Press your lips again to mine!
    For love is king of everything!
    Squeeze me dear, I don't care!
    Hug me just as if you were a grizzly bear!
    This is how I'll go through life!
    No care or strife, when you're my wife!
    My honey!
    Oh, you beautiful doll, you great big beautiful doll!
    Let me put my arms about you; I could never live without you!
    Oh, you beautiful doll, you great big beautiful doll!
    If you ever leave me how my heart will ache; I want to hug you but I fear you'd break!
    Oh!
    Oh!
    Oh!
    Oh!
    Oh, you beautiful doll!

  • @33uptempo
    @33uptempo 6 лет назад +8

    My parents had this record, and my sisters and I used to play it all the time. The first few notes are similar to the (modern) song "All That Jazz" from the musical 'Chicago'.

  • @gabrieleduardosotomontoya5330
    @gabrieleduardosotomontoya5330 6 лет назад +7

    my great great grandfather lived in this is times

  • @atheodorasurname6936
    @atheodorasurname6936 3 года назад +2

    I had thought of this charming song as from the early jazz era. Only now I realize it's even older, from the ragtime days, and this version is a barbershop quartet.

  • @LouSoufier
    @LouSoufier 13 лет назад +6

    Billy Murray is truly a classic. It's amazing that 100 years ago he was a star and everyone knew his name and now he's been forgotten. Same can be said for any performers of that era and the same will apply for our modern performers.

  • @myover10018account
    @myover10018account 12 лет назад +10

    My great grandma who's still alive was born in this year lol.

  • @Jsd8675
    @Jsd8675 14 лет назад +6

    The oldest guy in America would have been in High School when this came out... a nice connection to the past.

  • @schlesmail1
    @schlesmail1 13 лет назад +13

    Quartet personnel on this recording: John Bieling, tenor; Billy Murray, lead; Steve Porter, baritone; William Hooley, bass. This was one of their major hits.

  • @upstateguitar
    @upstateguitar  11 лет назад +7

    Thanks for taking good care of hose old folks!

  • @TimoGramophone
    @TimoGramophone 11 лет назад +16

    Great recording! Those early vocal quartets are always wonderful to hear.

  • @maureen1938
    @maureen1938 10 лет назад +12

    Fantastic to hear this lovely music from so long ago. Thank you for posting.

  • @thearchivest
    @thearchivest 11 месяцев назад +1

    since i joined the oldest club at my school the barbershop club we have been singing this at every school dance 3 generations of club members my school has the best dances and 1920s day is the clubs favorite day in fact! we even have the proper barbershop outfits

  • @robertchesnosky3508
    @robertchesnosky3508 2 года назад +2

    THIS CLASSIC MUSIC IS PART OF OUR NATIONAL HERITAGE

  • @mollycarson4081
    @mollycarson4081 2 года назад +1

    My grandmother used to put on her favourite red dress and dance to this song in our garden, so mesmerising

  • @thomashogan16
    @thomashogan16 5 лет назад +13

    My grandmother would make me play this on her piano. She said it was the first song she and my grandfather ever danced to. They were married at Old St.Joseph's, in Springfield Ill in 1914. Tears.

  • @eoau
    @eoau 8 лет назад +14

    my grandad died recently at the age of 91 and i regret not asking him what type of music he liked, i would have loved to see if he listened to stuff like this

    • @inflatedginger8778
      @inflatedginger8778 8 лет назад +2

      I'm sorry for your lost

    • @MichaelSmith-ui5zs
      @MichaelSmith-ui5zs 8 лет назад +6

      Well this would have been too early for him, but I'm sure he would have known it, and wouldhave enjoyed the vintage songs on RUclips. I know my mother certainly would have, it's such a shame that RUclips was not around when she was alive.

    • @abbott9846
      @abbott9846 8 лет назад +2

      This song was played on the "Cotton Club" movie, which took place in the 1930's.

    • @jameshorn270
      @jameshorn270 7 лет назад +2

      Actually, in small towns, there were picnics and other events at which there was community singing at least into the 50s, with much of the music being from the turn of the century. Sometime in the 60s, there seems to have been a disconnect with prior periods of music. It was rock or nothing. Likewise, in "serious" orchestral music, all previous notions of harmony and tunefulness were jettisoned. Frankly, there is little, aside from some movie scores, that I feel is worth listening to since then, at least in the US. Thanks to You Tube, I am finding some rays of hope in EUrope

  • @macearcsw5034
    @macearcsw5034 2 года назад +2

    Honey dear, want you near,
    Just turn out the lights and then come over here!
    Nestle close, up to my side,
    My heart's afire, with love's desire
    In my arms, rest complete,
    Never thought that life could ever be so sweet
    'Til I met you, some time ago,
    But now you know,
    I love you so!
    Oh, you beautiful doll!
    You great, big, beautiful doll!
    Let me put my arms about you,
    I could never live without you.
    Oh, you beautiful doll!
    You great, big, beautiful doll!
    If you ever leave me how my heart would ache,
    I want to hug you but I fear you'd break
    Oh, oh, oh, oh,
    Oh, you beautiful doll!
    Precious prize, close your eyes,
    Now we're goin' to visit lover's paradise,
    Press your lips,
    Again to mine,
    For love is king of ev'rything
    Squeeze me dear, I don't care!
    Hug me just as if you were a grizzly bear
    This is how I'll go through life,
    No care or strife, when you're my wife
    Oh, you beautiful doll!
    You great, big, beautiful doll!
    Let me put my arms about you,
    I could never live without you.
    Oh, you beautiful doll!
    You great, big, beautiful doll!
    If you ever leave me how my heart would ache,
    I want to hug you but I fear you'd break
    Oh, you beautiful doll! Oh, oh, oh, oh

  • @JasonKaisercheeto
    @JasonKaisercheeto 7 лет назад +12

    Easy to hear the harmonies that were later "reinvented" when doo wop reigned. So much of our music today is very closely tied to ragtime and Tin Pan Alley. Folks just don't know!

    • @chrisguzman5080
      @chrisguzman5080 6 лет назад +4

      Jason Kaiser the modern music is SHIT. And I'm only 15

    • @hidinginyourcloset
      @hidinginyourcloset 5 лет назад +2

      @@chrisguzman5080
      I think alot of us teens can agree that it's a stinking pile of garbage.
      I don't even consider it singing anymore.

  • @TheXczech
    @TheXczech 12 лет назад +3

    My great grandma born this year a is still alive :)

  • @victorianghost16
    @victorianghost16 5 лет назад +3

    I miss the old days :(

  • @TheXczech
    @TheXczech 11 лет назад +4

    R.I.P great grandma 1911-2013

  • @ShaNaNa242
    @ShaNaNa242 4 года назад +8

    109 years ago.

    • @DavyanHatch
      @DavyanHatch 4 месяца назад +2

      113 years ago

    • @ShaNaNa242
      @ShaNaNa242 4 месяца назад

      @@DavyanHatch correct

  • @dietoxickidthe2nd889
    @dietoxickidthe2nd889 6 лет назад +6

    this feels like the times of my historian job when I only listened to these old songs ;(

  • @russellsimonds7148
    @russellsimonds7148 6 лет назад +4

    Wow! Those vocal harmonies are tight. Love this stuff

  • @Corrie121
    @Corrie121 13 лет назад +2

    Brilliant post. Thanks for sharing.

  • @wookinooki9023
    @wookinooki9023 Год назад +3

    all the voices are recorded at the same distance & power. so the melody gets lost.

  • @drsunshine1959
    @drsunshine1959 7 лет назад +3

    Brilliant arrangement and vocal work! I'd never heard the verse before...it's wonderful.

  • @TheDarkelflover
    @TheDarkelflover 11 лет назад +3

    My mom said she used to sang this to me when i was a baby, although i'm sure it was a remake she heard somewhere as she as well as i was born quite a few years after 1911.Good to hear the original.Thanks for the upload!!!

  • @g0thchik77
    @g0thchik77 9 лет назад +9

    My great grandma was 5 years old. :-)

  • @janettewalker3991
    @janettewalker3991 9 лет назад +2

    Absolutely mavellous!

  • @willdukeshire1991
    @willdukeshire1991 10 лет назад +3

    T hanx for the bouncing ball cartoon songs....I remember!

  • @xJasbo
    @xJasbo 12 лет назад +2

    I always felt the "rockin rollin" in this piece too , cool to know someone else catches it also.

  • @jbhamblen6806
    @jbhamblen6806 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you so very much for sharing this....

  • @bourgeoistramp5569
    @bourgeoistramp5569 12 лет назад +15

    Billy Murray and the American Quartet > One Direction

  • @rondarawson6236
    @rondarawson6236 3 года назад

    This is AMAZING....LOVE THE MUSIC BACK THEN.....LOVE THE OLD SOUND.....😇❤❤❤❤❤

  • @aDogNamedHandsome
    @aDogNamedHandsome 11 месяцев назад

    Never heard of them. Surprised to hear a quartet recorded so early. Thanks for posting.

    • @DavyanHatch
      @DavyanHatch 6 месяцев назад +3

      This quarter even goes back to 1899

  • @shri5915
    @shri5915 7 лет назад +4

    MY FAVORITE SONG BORN IN 1976

  • @enispeni
    @enispeni 11 лет назад +3

    Wonderful
    03-10-1905

  • @kevmichael2064
    @kevmichael2064 2 года назад +1

    I grew Up hearing. This Song by verious People...never knew it was from 1911... 😲....The Lyrics are very Cute....that Girl must had been a a Real Beautiful Doll?

  • @upstateguitar
    @upstateguitar  11 лет назад +2

    Wow, that's quite a long life! R.I.P.

  • @AIKevorkian
    @AIKevorkian 14 лет назад

    Wow, this was popular in my old Country (USA) fifty eight years before I was born! Thanks to modern internet technology, I can finally hear old songs like this for real that I might have heard whistled on my G.Grandpa's farm when I was only really young, like 4-5...

  • @shadowoftiger116
    @shadowoftiger116 5 лет назад +1

    Wow this was very revolutionary for its time. Seriously couldve been an easy catalyst for a rock and roll - esque genre

  • @chanelmorton401
    @chanelmorton401 5 лет назад +7

    Tfw you're outside dancing in your red strapless dress and the wind picks up and ruins your hair

  • @FriendTheGameYT
    @FriendTheGameYT 4 года назад +3

    Who's still watching this video in 2020?

  • @galoon
    @galoon 14 лет назад +1

    I love this song too! This is yet another one that was in the White Star Line Orchestra's songbook prior to 1912, thus was probably performed by their musicians on the RMS Titanic.

  • @GregoryDurrance
    @GregoryDurrance 2 месяца назад

    Real Gangsta Music

  • @gw8563
    @gw8563 2 года назад

    One of the very.best..versions.Iconic!

  • @jorunisntreal
    @jorunisntreal 2 года назад +4

    I'm here from that disturbing Adult Dolly Dressup video

  • @John_Snowbird
    @John_Snowbird 12 лет назад

    I love this song, but even more, I love William Hooley hamming it up in the background of these great old American Quartet recordings.

  • @waderaney2793
    @waderaney2793 7 лет назад +1

    This is a pure joy

  • @RebelliousTreecko
    @RebelliousTreecko 3 года назад +2

    "Ooohhhh, I forgot the words and I don't care...because I'm losing my hair"

  • @Vintageart1994
    @Vintageart1994 13 лет назад +1

    This is great! I enjoyed listening to it: :)

  • @pb25801705
    @pb25801705 10 лет назад +1

    love this

  • @Somme1916Somme
    @Somme1916Somme 13 лет назад

    Truly Awesome..Thanks a million..

  • @Deutschland1093
    @Deutschland1093 12 лет назад +1

    American Quartet for ever!
    Billy murray = Lead
    John H. Bieling = Tenor
    Steve Porter = Baritone
    William F. Hooley = Bass

  • @FrankieParadiso4evah
    @FrankieParadiso4evah 6 лет назад +2

    An undeniable influence on the young Dion!

  • @russellrubert833
    @russellrubert833 10 лет назад

    Astounding1 I love !

  • @juliekronson9165
    @juliekronson9165 Год назад

    Those were the days

  • @mariogarv
    @mariogarv 3 года назад

    Lol so this was the tune that played as bg music everytime there was a kinky joke in the old looney tunes cartoons! it´s nice to find it has a name and lyrics too after all these years.

  • @upstateguitar
    @upstateguitar  11 лет назад

    You're welcome - it is pretty cool, like seeing color photographs from that era.

  • @arturval395
    @arturval395 4 года назад +3

    You know this song used rareware to make the click-clock wood in Banjo-Kazooie

    • @MarcianoSR
      @MarcianoSR 3 года назад

      It is hard to hear how this is used in Click Clock Wood, tbh.

  • @roybo1930
    @roybo1930 6 лет назад

    Also AWESOME Songs like "Texas Tommy Swing", "Sweetheart, Let`s Go -A Walking"! This one is Awesome!!

  • @AlwaysPrisms
    @AlwaysPrisms 9 лет назад +5

    my grandma was three years of age

  • @avdreader1
    @avdreader1 11 лет назад

    I like this. Especially the chorus.

  • @macearcsw5034
    @macearcsw5034 2 года назад

    Chérie, je te veux près de moi,
    Éteins la lumière et viens ici !
    Blottis-toi près de moi,
    Mon cœur brûle, avec le désir de l’amour
    Dans mes bras, reposez-vous complètement,
    Jamais pensé que la vie puisse être aussi douce
    Jusqu’à ce que je te rencontre,
    Mais maintenant tu sais,
    Je t’aime tellement !
    Oh, belle poupée !
    Grande, belle poupée !
    Laisse-moi mettre mes bras sur toi,
    Je ne pourrais jamais vivre sans toi.
    Oh, belle poupée !
    Grande, belle poupée !
    Si jamais tu me laisses comme mon cœur me ferait mal,
    Je veux te serrer dans mes bras mais j’ai peur que tu craques
    Oh, oh, oh, oh,
    Oh, belle poupée !
    Précieux prix, ferme les yeux,
    Maintenant nous allons visiter le paradis des amants,
    Pressez vos lèvres,
    Encore à la mienne,
    Car l’amour est le roi de tout
    Serrez-moi, je m’en fiche !
    Embrasse-moi comme si tu étais un grizzly
    C’est comme ça que je vivrai ma vie,
    Pas de soucis ou de conflits, quand tu es ma femme
    Oh, belle poupée !
    Grande, belle poupée !
    Laisse-moi mettre mes bras sur toi,
    Je ne pourrais jamais vivre sans toi.
    Oh, belle poupée !
    Grande, belle poupée !
    Si jamais tu me laisses comme mon cœur me ferait mal,
    Je veux te serrer dans mes bras mais j’ai peur que tu craques
    Oh, belle poupée ! Oh, oh, oh, oh

  • @danny75461
    @danny75461 9 лет назад +30

    I heard arnolds grandpa sing this on Hey Arnold

  • @gordmulcahy8709
    @gordmulcahy8709 5 лет назад

    I love it

  • @Abhartach88
    @Abhartach88 4 года назад

    Masterpiece.

  • @elbandito7504
    @elbandito7504 5 лет назад

    Nice!

  • @mushroomjay
    @mushroomjay 14 лет назад +1

    Hey it's Click Clock Wood from Banjo Kazooie.

  • @georgedonald25
    @georgedonald25 3 года назад +1

    "Lady Dances on the Garden" music...

  • @ProMax-ce6rb
    @ProMax-ce6rb Год назад +1

    アダルトドリーから、いい曲だ。🇯🇵

  • @caitmila51391
    @caitmila51391 12 лет назад

    i'm watching this in 1911 too!

  • @suede7799
    @suede7799 3 года назад +1

    I imagine rms tiranic when i hear this music

  • @upstateguitar
    @upstateguitar  13 лет назад

    @zonedspace Hope you can work it into your project somehow. Glad you enjoyed it so much!

  • @upstateguitar
    @upstateguitar  14 лет назад

    @amiedetherese Oh, I just downloaded it from somewhere, I must have googled it. Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @TheOneTrueKaliban
    @TheOneTrueKaliban 9 лет назад +1

    My mom was one year old. :)

    • @dukedanofgermany7442
      @dukedanofgermany7442 8 лет назад

      +TheOneTrueKaliban ....are you like 80?

    • @edwardharbur4907
      @edwardharbur4907 8 лет назад

      +DukeDanOfGermany Did you mean does he like the number 80? Or could you have meant does he like being 80? Like, in short, like, why did you, like, use the word 'like' in your sentence as it, like, has nothing at all to do with your, like, question? Oh, never mind - I'm. like, totally hungry, so I'm, like, going to make a like, sandwich, like.

    • @dukedanofgermany7442
      @dukedanofgermany7442 8 лет назад

      It was an approximation, buddy.

  • @TexasTwins
    @TexasTwins 9 месяцев назад +1

    Privately my Grandad would call my Grandmother “Doll” because he would sing this song to her. They met in 1910, began counting in 1912, and were married in 1914. It was their favorite popular tune at that time.
    💕🤗💕🤗💕

    • @thegiftedone
      @thegiftedone 7 месяцев назад

      thats a beautiful love story.......ty

  • @upstateguitar
    @upstateguitar  14 лет назад

    @TheTigerPrideBand You mean the cartoon Arnold about the kid with the football shaped head?

  • @greggiannino167
    @greggiannino167 5 лет назад

    This song slaps

  • @mrjimmienoone2130
    @mrjimmienoone2130 8 лет назад

    I've read that the opening chorus of this song was the first 12-bar-blues on record, one year before Hart Wand's 'Dallas Blues'. Interesting to hear that this song uses a blues as an introduction, whereas many of Bessie Smith's records use a song chorus as an intro and then turn into a blues.

    • @upstateguitar
      @upstateguitar  8 лет назад

      I had read that too, and originally stated it in the description, but I removed it for some reason. I did count it out though, it definitely is a 12 bar I-IV-V blues progression, even if it doesn't sound very bluesy!

  • @billyshane3804
    @billyshane3804 6 месяцев назад

    The precursor for Jitterbug and rock n roll

  • @upstateguitar
    @upstateguitar  12 лет назад

    @husamla I should probably change the title to "101 Year Old..." now that it is 2012!

  • @upstateguitar
    @upstateguitar  14 лет назад

    @mushroomjay I just checked it out - you're right - it is very close!