Oh! Mr. McPherson

 

 

Billy Williams & Fred Godfrey — London: Francis, Day & Hunter, 1912.

 

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Starr Gennett 4701
 Cinch 5115-B
Canadian
Starr Gennett reissue
from the early 1920s,
with incorrect
composing credits.
  

Recordings

Billy Williams recorded at least four versions of this song: 26 January 1912 for Zonophone, ca. March 1912 for Pathé, ca. April 1912 for Edison Amberol, and ca. April 1912 for Favorite. 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).