Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee
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"Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" is a popular
song
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The music was written by Henry I. Marshall, the lyrics by Stanley Murphy. The song was published in 1912
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The song has since become a standard, recorded by many artists. Ada Jones
and Billy Murray
recorded it as a duet on Edison Blue Amberol cylinder record #2140.
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
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The music was written by Henry I. Marshall, the lyrics by Stanley Murphy. The song was published in 1912
1912 in music
-Events:*February 28 - In a concert in Copenhagen, Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 3 and his Violin Concerto* March - Hart A. Wand published "Dallas Blues", a jazz standard and an early published blues song....
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The song has since become a standard, recorded by many artists. Ada Jones
Ada Jones
Ada Jones was a popular mezzo-soprano who recorded from 1905 to the early 1920s. She was born in Lancashire, England but moved with her family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of six in 1879...
and Billy Murray
Billy Murray (singer)
William Thomas "Billy" Murray was one of the most popular singers in the United States in the early decades of the 20th century...
recorded it as a duet on Edison Blue Amberol cylinder record #2140.
Notable recordings
- Doris DayDoris DayDoris Day is an American actress, singer and, since her retirement from show business, an animal rights activist. With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording,...
for her album "By the Light of the Silvery MoonBy the Light of the Silvery Moon (album)By the Light of the Silvery Moon is a Doris Day album featuring songs from the movie of the same name. It was issued by Columbia Records as a 10" long-playing record, catalog number CL-6248....
" - Teresa Brewer (see Youtube)
In popular culture
- The song was featured in the film "By the Light of the Silvery MoonBy the Light of the Silvery Moon (film)By the Light of the Silvery Moon is a 1953 musical film. It is the sequel to On Moonlight Bay. Like its predecessor, the movie is based loosely on the Penrod stories by Booth Tarkington.-Plot:...
" (1953), and performed by Doris DayDoris DayDoris Day is an American actress, singer and, since her retirement from show business, an animal rights activist. With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording,...
, Gordon MacRaeGordon MacRaeGordon MacRae was an American actor and singer, best known for his appearances in the film versions of two Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, Oklahoma! and Carousel and films with Doris Day like Starlift.-Early life:Born Albert Gordon MacRae in East Orange, New Jersey, MacRae graduated from...
and Russell ArmsRussell ArmsRussell Lee Arms is an American actor and singer.-Career:Arms began his career on radio, moving up to minor screen roles during World War II as a contract player with Warner Brothers and later as a freelance performer, mostly in Westerns...
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