She Is My Best Girl Now

 

 

Fred Godfrey & Billy Williams, 1912 — London: Francis, Day & Hunter, 1913.

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One of the very few songs that Billy Williams gets through without resorting to his trademark laughing. “She” turns out to be “dear old Mother.”

Columbia 2227-ARegal G6650-BHMV-Victor 120710-A

 

Recordings

Billy Williams recorded three versions of this song: 25 March 1913 for Zonophone, ca. March-April 1913 for Columbia-Rena, and ca. June 1913 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).