When Mother Backed The Winner Of The Derby

Billy Williams & Fred Godfrey, 1914.

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Recordings

Billy Williams recorded four versions of this song, one of the last before his untimely demise: 1 May 1914 for Zonophone, ca. May-June 1914 for Regal, ca. early June 1914 for Beka Grand, and a recording from 1914 for Jumbo of uncertain date. 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).