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Billy Jones [US1]

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Aliases
Billy West
Carlton Williams [US2]
Harry Blake
Reese Jones
Victor Roberts
William Reese and Male Trio
William Reese and White Way Quartet
William West
Real name
William Reese Jones
Born
March 15, 1889
Died
November 23, 1940
Country
United States
Comments
Tenor vocalist, early recording artist and radio star
Member of
The Harmonizers
Billy Jones and Ernest Hare
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Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Ain't We Got Fun Billy Jones [US1] 1921 Edison
All Aboard for Heaven - Christofo Columbo (Thought the World Was Round-O) Arthur Hall and John Ryan - Billy Jones 1925 Edison
All for the Love of Mike Harry Blake (Billy Jones [US1]) 1922 Pathé Actuelle
Barney Google - Down by the River Harry Blake and Robert Judson - Robert Judson 1923 Perfect [US1]
Barney Google - I Love Me Thomas and West - Billy West (Billy Jones [US1], Billy Jones and Ernest Hare) April 15, 1923 Banner [US1]
Barney Google – I Love Me Jones & Hare – Billy Jones June 1923 Vocalion [US]
Broadway Rose – Little Crumbs of Happiness Billy Jones - Lewis James February 1921 OKeh
Cut Yourself a Piece of Cake – No No Nora Billy West - Bob White (Billy Jones [US1], Vernon Dalhart) September 1923 Regal [US1]
"Deeze," "Doze" and "Dem" - Mamma Goes Where Papa Goes (Or Papa Don't Go Out To-Night) Billy Jones - Elsie Clark 1923 Edison
Do-Do-Do Vincent Rizzo and His Hotel Sylvania Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Billy Jones 1927 OKeh
Don't We Carry On! – I Love Me (I'm Wild About Myself) Harry Blake and Robert Judson - Harry Blake 1923 Pathé Actuelle
Down by the Winegar Woiks Billy Jones [US1] 1926 OKeh
Faded Love Letters – My Mother's Lullaby Billy Jones - Billy Jones and Ernest Hare 1923 Brunswick
Faded Love Letters - Who's Sorry Now Lewis James - Billy Jones April 1923 Gennett
For My Sweetheart – Here I Am Billy Jones – Arthur Fields November 1926 Banner [US1]
Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh? Billy Jones [US1] 1926 OKeh
"Gimme" a Little Kiss Will "Ya" Huh? – Thanks for the Buggy Ride Billy Jones – Ernest Hare and Billy Jones (The Happiness Boys) 1926 Banner [US1]
Honolulu Honey / Humming Billy Jones - Criterion Quartet 1921 Edison
I'd Love to Fall Asleep and Wake Up in My Mammy's Arms Billy Jones [US1] May 1920 Pathé Actuelle
If I Knew You Then as I Know You Now – Just a Girl That Men Forget Irving Kaufman - Billy Jones September 1923 Vocalion [US]
I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a 5 & 10c Store - My Girl Has Eye Trouble Irving Kaufman - Billy Jones November 1926 Banner [US1]
I Found a Round-a-bout Way to Heaven – I Don't Want the World (All I Want Is You) Billy West – Irving Kaufman 1926 Harmony [US]
If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie) - Nuthin's Gonna Stop Me Now Eddie Cantor - Billy Jones 1925 Columbia [US]
I Gave You Up Just Before You Threw Me Down Billy Jones [US1] March 1923 Emerson [US]
I Like It - Down by the O-H-I-O O-My-O Arthur Hall - Billy Jones April 1921 Arto
I'll Forget You Billy Jones [US1] September 1921 Pathé Actuelle
I Love Me (I'm Wild About Myself) Rega Dance Orchestra – Incidental Chorus by Billy Jones 1923 OKeh
I Love the Moonlight Mike Markel's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Billy Jones 1926 OKeh
I Love You – What Do You Do Sunday, Mary? Hugh Donovan – Billy West (Charles Harrison [US], Billy Jones [US1]) 1924 Regal [US1]
I'm a Lonesome Little Raindrop (Looking for a Place to Fall) Victor Roberts (Billy Jones [US1]) February 1921 Victor
I'm Gonna Do It if I Like It - Blue Jeans Billy Jones - Charles Harrison April 1921 Gennett
I'm Just a Little Blue for You – Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses Charles Cinway – Harry Blake 1923 Pathé Actuelle
I'm on My Way Home - That's a Good Girl Jerry Underhill - Billy Jones 1926 Banner [US1]
I've Got the Yes! We Have No Banana Blues Billy Jones [US1] 1923 Banner [US1]
I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight Billy Jones [US1] 1925 Banner [US1]
Jealous of You - I Wonder Who (You're Calling Sweetheart) Billy Jones [US] - Vaughn De Leath November 1921 OKeh
Ka-Lu-A – Say It with Music William Reese and Male Trio – Elliott Shaw and Male Trio March 1922 Brunswick
Last Night on the Back Porch - Mamma Goes Where Papa Goes Billy West - Bob White (Billy Jones [US1], Vernon Dalhart) 1923 Banner [US1]
Little Rover (Don't Forget to Come Back Home) – Sunset Valley Billy Jones – The Greenwich Villagers 1923 Brunswick
Lost (A Wonderful Girl) – Away Down East in Maine Billy West – Billy Clarke (Irving Kaufman, Billy Jones [US1]) 1923 Banner [US1]
Lost (A Wonderful Girl) – Nellie Kelly I Love You Ernest Hare – William Reese and White Way Quartet 1923 Brunswick
Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses Billy West (Billy Jones [US1]) 1923 Cameo [US1]
Ma Billy Jones [US1] 1921 OKeh
Mammy's Good-Night Lullaby – I'd Love to Fall Asleep and Wake Up in My Mammy's Arms Crescent Trio – Reese Jones 1921 Edison
Me and the Boy Friend Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Billy Jones 1924 OKeh
Mindin' My Bus'ness – Hula Lou Bob Thomas – Billy Jones 1924 Regal [US1]
My Little Bimbo Down on the Bamboo Isle Billy Jones [US1] November 1920 OKeh
My Old Ramshackle Shack - What Do You Mean by Love Vernon Dalhart - Billy West (Vernon Dalhart, Billy Jones [US1]) 1923 Banner [US1]
My Sunny Tennessee – Oh Dear Elliott Shaw – Billy Jones 1922 Odeon
My Sunny Tennessee – Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old 'Tucky Home Lewis James - Billy Jones January 1922 OKeh
Nellie Kelly I Love You – All for the Love of Mike Sam Ash – Billy Jones 1922 OKeh
Nobody Else Can Love Me Like My Old Tomato Can - Come On, Spark Plug! Billy Jones - Fred Hillebran December 1923 OKeh
Oh by Jingo – Profiteering Blues Billy Jones – Jack Kaufman 1920 Gennett
Oh! Gee, Oh! Gosh, Oh! Golly I'm in Love Bailey's Lucky Seven - Billy Jones sings Chorus 1923 Gennett
Oh! Gee, Oh! Gosh, Oh! Golly, I'm in Love - Last Night on the Back Porch (I Loved Her Best of All) Billy Jones - Arthur Hall January 1924 Bell Record [US1]
Oh Gee! Say Gee! You Ought to See My Gee Gee from the Fiji Isle – My Home Town Is a One Horse Town but It's Big Enough for Me Billy Murray - Victor Roberts and Harmonizers Quartet February 1921 Victor
Oh! You Little Sun-Uv-Er-Gun / If I Can't Get the Sweetie I Want Billy West - Arthur Fields 1923 Regal [US1]
Out Where the Blue Begins Harry Blake (Billy Jones [US1]) 1923 Pathé Actuelle
Out Where the Blue Begins - Barney Google William West - Frank Williams 1923 Cameo [US1]
Peggy O'Neil – All by Myself Billy Jones – Ernest Hare and Crescent Trio 1921 Brunswick
Peggy O'Neil - The Last Little Mile Is the Longest (When You're Longing for Home Sweet Home) Billy Jones - Lewis James 1921 Edison
Pucker up and Whistle (Till the Clouds Roll by) - Peggy O'Neil The Harmonizers - Billy Jones 1921 Pathé Actuelle
Say It with Music – I Ain't Nobody's Darling Arthur Burns – Billy Jones January 1922 Vocalion [US]
So Long Oolong (How Long You Gonna Be Gone?) - Ching-A-Ling's Jazz Bazaar Billy Jones with Rega Orchestra - Shannon Four with Rega Orchestra June 1920 OKeh
Stella Rega Dance Orchestra - Chorus by Billy Jones 1923 OKeh
Stella - Barney Google William West - Ed Smith 1923 Lincoln [US1]
Stella / Bebe Al Jolson - Billy Jones [US] 1923 Columbia [US]
Stella – Oh! How She Lied Irving Kaufman - Billy Jones August 1923 Vocalion [US]
Sweet Indiana Home - Why Should I Cry over You? Aileen Stanley - Victor Roberts September 1922 Victor
That Old Gang of Mine – Swingin' down the Lane Cross and Healy – William West 1923 Cameo [US1]
The Gold-Diggger (Dig a Little Deeper) – Just a Girl That Men Forget Billy Jones – Jim Doherty 1923 Edison
The Grass Is Always Greener – I Can't Get the One I Want Billy Jones – Arthur Fields 1924 Regal [US1]
The Grass Is Always Greener (In the Other Fellow's Yard) Billy Jones [US1] 1924 Paramount
There's a Vacant Chair at Home Sweet Home - Just for a While Carlton Williams - Robert Bruce November 1920 Pathé
The Sidewalks of New York – I'm Just a Ragged Newsboy, but My Heart's True Blue Billy Jones – Walter Scanlan 1924 Edison
The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise – Down in Maryland Billy West – Thomas & West (Billy Jones [US1], Billy Jones and Ernest Hare) 1923 Cameo [US1]
Time After Time - You Can Have Every Light on Broadway Edwin Dale - Billy Jones 1922 Columbia [US]
Tomorrow – My Buddy Billy Jones – Jane Williams November 1922 Gennett
Up in the Clouds Dave Kaplan with His Happiness Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Billy Jones 1928 Edison
Waikiki, I Hear You Calling Me - Lovesick Blues Billy Jones - Elsie Clark 1922 OKeh
Wait Until You See My Madeline Victor Roberts (Billy Jones [US1]) July 1921 Victor
Wanita (Wanna Eat? Wanna Eat?) – Lost (A Wonderful Girl) Billy Jones – Aileen Stanley 1923 OKeh
Wanita (Wanna Eat-Wanna Eat) – Maxie Jones (King of the Saxophones) Billy Jones – Al Bernard May 1923 Vocalion [US]
We're Back Together Again – It's Time to Keep Away from You Eddie Cantor - Billy Jones 1925 Columbia [US]
Whenever You're Lonesome – Send Back My Honey-Man Billy Jones – Honey Hurst September 1922 Vocalion [US]
When It's Night Time in Italy – Tell All the Folks in Kentucky Billy West – Vernon Dalhart December 1923 Banner [US1]
When You and I Were Young Maggie Blues – Rock Me in My Swanee Cradle Billy Jones – Vernon Dalhart July 1922 Edison
Who's Sorry Now? Billy Jones [US1] June 1923 OKeh
Who's Sorry Now – You Said Something When You Said Dixie Billy West - Arthur Fields June 1923 Regal [US1]
Why Did I Kiss That Girl? Columbia Novelty Orchestra - Incidental Chorus by Billy Jones July 1924 Columbia [US]
Why Should I Cry Over You Billy Jones [US1] 1922 OKeh
Yes! We Have No Bananas Billy West (Billy Jones [US1]) June 1923 Regal [US1]
Yes! We Have No Bananas Harry Blake (Billy Jones [US1]) June 1923 Pathé Actuelle
Yes! We Have No Bananas Billy Jones [US1] September 1923 OKeh
Yes! We Have No Bananas – Aggravatin' Papa Billy West – Thomas & West (Billy Jones [US1], Billy Jones and Ernest Hare) 1923 Grey Gull
You Can Have Every Light on Broadway - I'm Hungry for Beautiful Girls Broadway Quartet - Billy Jones May 1922 Vocalion [US]

Performances also appear on

Title Performer Release date Label
Abdul Abulbul Amir – Frankie and Johnnie Ernest Hare - Billy Jones 1928 Edison
Aint We Got Fun – I Like It Billy Jones with Rega Orchestra – Billy Jones - Ernest Hare with Rega Orchestra July 1921 OKeh
Baby Face Eddie Peabody 1926 Banner [US1]
Big Boy! The Lanin Orchestra 1924 OKeh
Charley, My Boy Bennie Krueger's Orchestra September 1924 Brunswick
Cut Yourself a Piece of Cake (And Make Yourself at Home) Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager) 1923 OKeh
Dearest Don Parker's Western Melody Boys 1923 Pathé Actuelle
Down by the O-hi-o (I've Got the Sweetest Little O, My, O!) Billy Murray March 1921 Victor
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue – I Wouldn't Be Where I Am if You Hadn't Gone Away Billy Wynne & His Orch. – Fred Rich and His Hotel Astor Orchestra 1925 Harmony [US]
I Miss My Swiss - Steppin' in Society The Southern Serenaders - Manhattan Dance Makers 1925 Harmony [US]
I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover - Take Your Finger out of Your Mouth Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Fred Rich's Dance Orchestra April 1927 Banner [US1]
In a Little Garden - Am I Wasting My Time on You? Sam Lanin's Troubadours - Imperial Dance Orchestra 1926 Regal [US1]
Let's Talk About My Sweetie Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra 1926 Banner [US1]
Little Mother Willard Robison and His Orchestra 1928 Perfect [US1]
Lovin' Sam (The Sheik of Alabam') Reser Trio December 1922 Gennett
Mary Lou - Trudy Broadway Bell-Hops - Lou Gold and His Orchestra 1926 Harmony [US]
Mindin' My Business - Oh! Boy, What Joy We Had in Barefoot Days Ernest Hare - Billy Jones 1924 Edison
Oh! Gee, Oh! Gosh, Oh! Golly, I'm in Love Hollywood Dance Orchestra [Joseph Samuels] January 1924 Regal [US1]
Oh! Sister, Ain't That Hot! – Hot Roasted Peanuts Rega Dance Orchestra – Blue Diamond Dance Orchestra 1923 OKeh
Oh! You Little Sun-Uv-Er-Gun Bailey's Lucky Seven December 1923 Gennett
Palesteena – The Broadway Blues Billy Jones - Ernest Hare 1920 Arto
Someone Is Losin' Susan – Am I Wasting My Time on You? Sam Lanin's Troubadours – Hollywood Dance Orchestra September 1926 Banner [US1]
Sweet Child Ipana Troubadours - S. C. Lanin Director 1926 Columbia [US]
Who Wouldn't – Hard-To-Get Gertie Missouri Jazz Band – Joe Candullo & His Everglades Orchestra 1926 Banner [US1]
Yearning Bennie Krueger's Orchestra May 1925 Brunswick
Yes Sir, That's My Baby Harmony Dance Orch. (Ben Selvin) 1925 Harmony [US]
Yes! We Have No Bananas Bennie Krueger's Orchestra August 1923 Brunswick
Yes! We Have No Bananas – By the Shalimar Frank Silver and His Orchestra – Sam Lanin's Orchestra 1923 Paramount
Yes! We Have No Bananas – I've Got the Ain't Got Nothin', Never Had Nothin' Blues Blue Diamond Dance Orchestra, Guyon's Paradise Orchestra 1923 OKeh
You Better Keep Babying Baby The Georgians [US1] 1924 Columbia [US]