Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee
| "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" | |
|---|---|
 Sheet music, 1912 | |
| Song | |
| Published | 1912 |
| Composer(s) | Henry I. Marshall |
| Lyricist(s) | Stanley Murphy |
| Audio sample | |
Recording of Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee, performed by Billy Murray and Ada Jones (1912) | |
"Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" is a popular song. The music was written by Henry I. Marshall and the lyrics by Stanley Murphy. The song was published in 1912, and appeared in the 1912 play A Winsome Widow.[1]
The song has since become a standard, recorded by many artists. One of the most popular early recordings was by Ada Jones and Billy Murray[2] who recorded it as a duet on July 8, 1912 for Victor Records (catalog 17152 B).
Doris Day and Russell Arms performed the song in the 1953 film By the Light of the Silvery Moon.[3]
Noteworthy recordings
[edit]- Ada Jones and Billy Murray (1912)[4]
- Ada Jones and Walter Van Brunt (1912)[2]
- Gordon MacRae and June Hutton – on the album Songs from 'By the Light of the Silvery Moon'... (1953).[5][6]
- Doris Day on the album By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Boardman, Gerald Martin. American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle, pp. 322-23 (2011 ed.)
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954. Wisconsin: Record Research. pp. 237, 239. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ^ Jasen, David A. (2013-10-15). A Century of American Popular Music. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-35264-6.
- ^ 1912 Recording, Library of Congress, Retrieved 9 March 2023
- ^ "Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ^ Movie Musicals on Record: A Directory of Recordings of Motion Picture Musicals, 1927-1987. Greenwood Press. 1989. ISBN 978-0-313-26540-2.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1953-03-28.
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