Early Billy Murray - The Yankee Doodle Boy [c.1905].

Early Versions Before the Seven Years War and the American Revolution. Melody goes back to Folk Songs of Medievil Europe Written Circa 1755 by Dr. Richard Shuckburgh ReWritten 1776 by Edward Bangs ReWritten 1903 by George M. Cohen aka (I'm A) Yankee Doodle Dandy STATE ANTHEM of Connecticut Adopted 1978 [Written by George M. Cohan] From the 1904 Broadway Musical "Little Johnny Jones" Based on the Jockey Ted Sloan who Rode a Horse named "Yankee Doodle" in the English Derby. Recorded Circa August 1905 by Arthur Collins Issued on Edison Gold Moulded Record 8910 [cylinder]. Also Recorded 1904 on Zonophone 75 [piano] Victor 4229 [orchestra] 1905 on Columbia 32625 [cylinder] c.1905/06 Zonophone [orchestra] 1906 on Victor 4229 [orchestra Zonophone 75 (orchestra] 1910 on Victor 16495 [with Haydn Quartet and Orchestra] Recorded Circa 1905 - New York Billy Murray [vcl solo] with 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