Billy Murray - Over There [1917].

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[Written by George M. Cohan].
Opening Verse "Johnny Get Your Gun"
From A Popular American Song Published in 1886.
1st. Recorded 23 June 1917 by Peerless Quartet
Also 3 July 1917 by Billy Murray
13 July 1917 by Nora Bayes
1st. Performed Publicly Fall 1917 by Charles King at a Red Cross Benefit in New York
1st. Performed On Stage 1917 by Nora Bayes
By the end of the First World War Over 2 Million Copies of Sheet Music were sold.

In 1942 President Roosevelt
Presented the Congressional Medal of Honor to George Cohan for This Song

Issued on Edison Blue Amberol 3275 [cylinder].
Also Recorded 1917 on Edison 50443

Recorded 3 July 1917 New York -
Billy Murray [vcl solo] with Mixed Chorus and Orchestra

Born William Thomas Murray in Philadelphia, PA [1877 - 1954].
Recorded from 1897 to 1943
1st Recorded 1897 on Cylinder with Matt Keefe [tenor and yodeller]
No Early Recordings Survived