The Ragtime Wedding

 

 

Fred Godfrey & Billy Williams, 1913.

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Columbia-Rena 2103-BColumbia R2103-BRegal G6646-A

 

Recordings

Billy Williams recorded five versions of this song: ca. January-February 1913 for Columbia-Rena, ca. March 1913 for Edison Blue Amberol, ca. March-April 1913 for Favorite,, ca. June 1913 for Homophon, and ca. June 1913 for Pathé. 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).