Bert Williams Comic Songs Ziegfeld Follies Encore 2 (Rec 1917-1922) (Listen) CD

Description: We combine shipping on all purchased items. It is now automatically calculated and discounted based on your location. Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 - March 4, 1922) was a Bahamian-American entertainer. He was one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. Williams was by far the best-selling black recording artist before 1920. In 1918, the New York Dramatic Mirror called Williams "one of the great comedians of the world". In 1893, while still a teenager, Williams joined different West Coast minstrel shows. He met his partner George Walker in 1893. He and Walker performed song-and-dance numbers, comic dialogues and skits and humorous songs. They performed together till 1909 when Walker suffered a stroke. From this point on Bert Williams led a very successful solo career. He was the 1st black to perform in the Ziegfeld Follies beginning in 1910. Williams appeared in several Ziegfeld Follies editions (1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1919) and other musical comedies. Williams' stage career lagged after his final Follies appearance in 1919. Williams became sick and developed pneumonia in December of 1921 while performing. He returned to New York, but his health worsened. He died at his home, 2309 Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, New York City on March 4, 1922 at the age of 47. This CD presents many of the recordings made by Williams as a solo performer. These were made during the peak of his career and several were performed in various editions of the Ziegfeld Follies. All recordings have been digitally restored by Vintage Recordings. ******************************************************* Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Bert Williams (Encore 2) [Comic Ragtime and Minstrel Songs] (Recorded 1917-1922) Several Items will have a symbol next to a song. You can listen to a sound clip with the windows media player. Track Listing 01 No Place Like Home (Recorded 1917) 02 Twenty Years (Recorded 1917) 03 O Death Where Is Thy Sting (Recorded 1918) 04 When I Return (Recorded 1918) 05 Bring Back Those Wonderful Days (Recorded 1919) 06 Everybody Wants A Key To My Cellar (Recorded 1919) 07 I’m Sorry I Ain’t Got it You Can Have It If I Had It (Recorded 1919) Your browser does not support the audio element. 08 It’s Nobody’s Business But My Own (Recorded 1919) 09 Oh Lawdy (Recorded 1919) 10 The Moon Shines On The Moonshine (Ziegfeld Follies Of 1919) (Recorded 1919) 11 Eve Cost Adam Just One Bone (Recorded 1920) 12 Get Up (Recorded 1920) 13 I’m Gonna Quit Saturday (Recorded 1920) 14 I Want To Know Where Tosti Went , When He Said Goodbye (Recorded 1920) 15 My Last Dollar (Recorded 1920) 16 Ten Little Bottles (Recorded 1920) 17 Unlucky Blues (Recorded 1920) 18 You Can’t Trust Nobody (Recorded 1920) Your browser does not support the audio element. 19 You’ll Never Need A Doctor No More (Recorded 1920) 20 Brother Low Down (Recorded 1921) 21 Unexpectedly (Recorded 1921) 22 Not Lately (Recorded 1922) [Last Recording]

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