I Never Heard Father Laugh So Much Before

 

 

I Never Heard Father Laugh So Much Before
Image source:
National Library of Australia,
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Billy Williams & Fred Godfrey, composed 1911; published London: Francis, Day & Hunter; Melbourne: Allan & Co., 1912.

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Recordings

Billy Williams recorded five versions of this song: 3 January 1912 for Zonophone, ca. March 1912 for Columbia-Rena, ca. March 1912 for Pathé, ca. April 1912 for Favorite, and ca. August 1912 for Homophon. Reissues appeared on several other labels.1

 

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Note

1  For comprehensive discographies of recordings by Billy Williams, see Brian Rust,
     British Music Hall on Record (Harrow, UK: Gramophone, 1979); and Frank
     Andrews and Ernie Bayly, Billy Williams’ Records: A Study in Discography
     (Bournemouth, UK: Talking Machine Review, 1982). For a collection of recordings of
     all the Billy Williams songs, see J.P. Myerscough, Billy Williams: All the Songs
     [8-CD set and accompanying notes] (Lowestoft, UK: Music Hall Masters, 2001).