Recommended Materials
THE PHONOGRAPHIC YEARBOOK: THE 1890’S: WEAR YER BRAN’ NEW GOWN
Part of the Phonographic Yearbook series, this collection features the 1890's. Tracks include the 1899 #1 hit recording by Arthur Collins, “Hello Ma Baby” and the #1 from 1898 “My Old New Hampshire Home”, recorded by George Gaskin.
Archephone # 9006, 2003.
AMERICAN POP: AN AUDIO HISTORY
9 CD collection of the top recordings from 1893 through 1946. Tracks include the #3 hit recording from 1907 by Harry Macdonough, “In the Evening By the Moonlight, Dear Louise.”
Music and Arts Programs of America # 4017, 1998.
THE PHONOGRAPHIC YEARBOOK: 1913: COME AND SEE THE BIG PARADE
Collection of the hit songs from 1913 and part of the Phonographic Yearbook series. Tracks include Henry Burr’s #1 recording of “Last Night Was the End of the World.”
Archeophone Records # 9005, 2003.
BILLY MURRAY ANTHOLOGY: THE DENVER NIGHTINGALE
Collection of recordings by Billy Murray from 1903 through 1940. Tracks include the #1 hit from 1904, “Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis.”
Archeophone Records # 5501, 2003.