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Billy Jones

voc, 1889-1940 US
Pop and Jazz
A.k.a. William Reese Jones Billy Murray Billy West (4) Carlton Williams (4) Victor Roberts William Reese (3)

William Reese Jones (March 15, 1889 – November 23, 1940) was a tenor who recorded during the 1920s and 1930s, finding fame as a radio star on The Happiness Boys radio program.Jones worked in such occupations as mining, banking, and blacksmithing before his 1918 recording debut. He recorded with the Cleartone Four, the Crescent Trio, the Harmonizers Quartet and the Premier Quartet, and he performed under a variety of names (Harry Blake, Billy Clarke, Lester George, Duncan Jones, Reese Jones, John Kelley, Dennis O'Malley, William Rees, Victor Roberts, Billy West, William West, and Carlton Williams).

     
Genres
  • Pop
  • Jazz
  • Spoken Word
Popular Tracks   
Charleston on Presenting Billy Jones by Billy Jones
Yes! We Have No Bananas on Presenting Billy Jones by Billy Jones
Ain't She Sweet on Presenting Billy Jones by Billy Jones
Yes! We Have no Bananas on 25 Best Selling Songs of the 1920's by Various Artists
Am I Blue? on Presenting Billy Jones by Billy Jones
She's the Sweetheart of Six Other Guys (Alternate Version) [Recorded April 1928] on The Happiness Boys, Vol. 3 [Recorded 1928-1930] by Billy Jones & Ernest Hare
Mary on Oscar Harris and the Twinkle Stars by Oscar Harris & The Twinkle Stars
California, Here I Come on Presenting Billy Jones by Billy Jones
Let It Be Me on Oscar Harris and the Twinkle Stars by Oscar Harris & The Twinkle Stars
There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder on Presenting Billy Jones by Billy Jones

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Discography

Title Artist Year Type
Singin' In The Bathtub / Ain't Life A Load Of HappinessBilly Jones & Ernest Hare / The Radio Imps1930Album
C-o-n-s-t-a-n-t-i-n-o-p-l-e / Chilly-Pom-Pom-PeeBilly Jones and Ernest Hare1928Album
Gotta Big Date With A Little Girl / That's My Weakness NowBilly Jones And Ernest Hare1928Album
Where Do Yoy Work-A, John? / Bridget O'Flynn (Where 've Ya Been?)Billy Jones & Ernest Hare1927Album
What! No Women / Tie Me To Your Apron Strings AgainErnest Hare And Billy Jones1926Album
Elsie Shultz-En-Heim / For No Good Reason At AllBilly Jones1926Album
I'm On My Way Home / That's A Good GirlJerry Underhill / Billy Jones1926Album
Mary Lou / You're Going To Cry Over Someone ElseBilly Jones / Arthur Fields1926Album
Talking To The Moon / Hi-Diddle-DiddleThe Frolickers / Billy Jones And Ernest Hare1926Single
Nobody's Business / What! No Women?Billy Jones And Ernest Hare1926Single
What! No Women? / The Village Blacksmith Owns The Village NowBilly Jones & Ernest Hare1926Album
Let Me Call You Sweetheart / Sweetest Little Rose In TennesseeBilly Jones And Ernest Hare1925Album
Titina / As A Porcupine Pines For It's PorkBilly Jones And Ernest Hare1925Single
Pardon Me / Happy-Go-Lucky DaysErnest Hare And Billy Jones1925Album
Ukulele Lady / Don't Bring LuluArthur Hall And John Ryan / Billy Jones And Ernest Hare1925Single
It's Time To Keep Away From You / We're Back Together AgainBilly Jones, Eddie Cantor1925Album
Oh Say! Can I See You To-Night / I Miss My SwissBilly Jones & Ernest Hare1925Album
Oh You Can't Fool An Old Hoss Fly / Mrs. Murphy's ChowderBilly Jones And Ernest Hare / Vernon Dalhart And Ed Smalle1925Single
That Certain Party / Why Aren't Yez Eatin' More OrangesThe Happiness Boys, Billy Jones, Ernest Hare1925Album
How's Your Folks And My Folks (Down IN Norfolk Town) / The Old Grey MareBilly Jones And Ernest Hare1925Single
How Do You Do / Oh You Can't Fool An Old Hoss FlyBilly Jones1925Album
All Aboard For Heaven / Christofo Columbo (Thought The World Was Round-O)Arthur Hall And John Ryan / Billy Jones1925Single
I'm Looking For A Union Sweetheart / I'll Make The Pies Like Mother MadeBen Smith / Billy Jones1925Single
O Katharina / One KissBilly Jones / Frank Bessinger1925Album
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / Ain't You Coming Out Tonight?Billy Jones And Ernest Hare / Vernon Dalhart And Company1924Single
Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo / I'm Gonna Bring A WatermelonBilly Jones And Ernest Hare1924Album
The Little Wooden Whistle Wouldn't Whistle / Finnegan's In Again (There's The Devil Of A Time)Billy Jones / Robert Denning1924Single
I'm Gonna Bring A Watermelon, Etc.Billy Jones & Ernest Hare1924Single
Mindin' My Bus'ness / Oh! Boy, What Joy We Had In Barefoot DaysErnest Hare / Billy Jones1924Single
What Has Become Of Hinky Dink Parlay Voo / I'm Gonna Bring A Water-Melon (To My Girl To-Night)Al Bernard / Billy Jones And Ernest Hare1924Single
The One I Love / Blue Island BluesErnest Hare / Billy Jones1924Album
Land Of My Sunset Dreams / Memory LaneBilly Jones / Charles Warren And Frank Sterling1924Album
(What Has Become Of) Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo / It Looks Like RainBilly Jones / Ernest Hare1924Album
Me No Speak-A Good English / What Does The Pussy Cat Mean When She Says "Me-Ow?"Billy Jones And Ernest Hare1924Album
Charley, My Boy / Skin-A-Ma-Rink-A-Rink-A-ReeEddie Cantor / Billy Jones And Ernest Hare1924Album
Listenin' In On Ruby Norton / Does The Spearmint Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Over Night?Ruby Norton / Billy Jones And Ernest Hare1924Album
I'm Just A Ragged Newsboy, But My Heart's True Blue / The Sidewalks Of New YorkWalter Scanlan / Billy Jones1924Single
In Nineteen - Ninety - Nine / Tune In On L-O-V-EAl Bernard / Billy Jones1924Single
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / So This Is Venice!Billy Jones And Ernest Hare1924Album
Whose Izzy Is He / Me No Speak-A Good EnglishBilly Jones And Ernest Hare1924Album
There's Only One Mary In Maryland / Open Your Arms My AlabamyHarvey Hindermyer / Billy Jones And Ernest Hare1923Single
Little Rover (Don't Forget To Come Back Home) / Sunset ValleyBilly Jones1923Album
Barney Google / Whoa! Tillie, Take Your TimeBilly Jones - Ernest Hare / Al Bernard1923Album
Barney Google / Old King Tut (In Old King Tutenkhamen's Day)Billy Jones And Ernest Hare1923Single
I've Got The Yes We Have No Banana Blues / Papa Better Watch Your StepBilly Jones1923Album
Then Comes The Dawning Orange Blossoms / I've Had Fifty-Seven Varieties Of SweetheartsElizabeth Spencer And Lewis James / Billy Jones1923Single
Yes! We Have No Bananas / Waitin' For The Evenin' MailBilly Jones / Ernest Hare1923Single
Last Night On The Back Porch / Oh! You Little Sun-Uv Er-GunBilly Jones1923Album
Just A Girl That Men Forget / The Gold-Diggger (Dig A Little Deeper)Jim Doherty / Billy Jones1923Single
You Tell Her-I Stutter / He Loves ItBilly Jones And Ernest Hare1923Single
My Sweetie Went Away (He Didn't Say Where, When Or Why) / Oh! Gee, Oh! Gosh, Oh! Golly I'm In LoveAnna Chandler / Billy Jones And Ernest Hare1923Single
You Know You Belong To Somebody Else / I Gave You Up Just Before You Threw Me DownIrving Kaufman / Billy Jones1923Album
Yes! We Have No Bananas / Don't We Carry OnBilly Jones1923Album
Barney Google / I Love MeBilly Jones, Ernest Hare1923Album
If I Knew You Then As I Know You Now / Just A Girl That Men ForgetIrving Kaufman / Billy Jones1923Album
River Shannon Moon / No One Loves You Better Than Your M-A-Double M-YHart & Bates / Billy Jones & Ernest Hare1923Album
Cut Yourself A Piece Of Cake (And Make Yourself At Home) / Stingo StungoBilly Jones And Ernest Hare / Robert White1923Single
Oh! Gee, Oh! Gosh, Oh! Golly, I'm In Love / MaggieErnest Hare & Billy Jones1923Album
Yes! We Have No BananasBilly Jones1923Single
Georgia Cabin Door / Who Did You Fool After AllBilly Jones1923Album
Barney GoogleErnest Hare, Billy Jones1923Album
That's A Lot Of Bunk / That Old Gang Of MineBilly Jones And Ernest Hare1923Single
Barney Google / Old King TutBilly Jones And Ernest Hare1923Album
Bebe / StellaBilly Jones / Al Jolson1923Album
You Tell Her, I Stutter / Away Down East In MaineErnest Hare And Billy Jones / Irving Kaufman1923Album
Ka-Lu-A / Lalawana LullabyShannon Four / Billy Jones And Ernest Hare1922Album
Why Should I Cry Over You / Sleepy Little Village (Where The Dixie Cotton Grows)Billy Jones1922Album
Three O'clock In The Morning / Coal Black MammyBilly Jones / Ernest Hare1922Album
He Loves It / All For The Love Of MikeIrving Kaufman / Billy Jones1922Album
Nestle In Your Dady's Armes / Down YonderBilly Jones And Ernest Hare1922Album
Dapper Dan / Bow Wow BluesBilly Jones, Ernest Hare1922Single
Darktown Dress Rehearsal / Operatic SyncopationHarmonizers Quartet / Ernest Hare & Billy Jones1922Album
Mandy 'N' Me / Dapper DanBilly Jones And Male Trio And Ernest Hare1922Album
Call Me Back Pal O' Mine / Mary DearCharles Hart And Elliott Shaw / Billy Jones And White Way Quartet1922Album
Ain't We Got Fun / Hokey PokeyBilly Jones1922Album
When You And I Were Young Maggie Blues / Rock Me In My Swanee CradleBilly Jones, Vernon Dalhart1922Single
In The Little Red School House / Broken Hearted BluesBilly Jones And Ernest Hare / Al Bernard1922Single
My Sunny Tennessee / Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky HomeLewis James / Billy Jones1922Album
Tomorrow / My BuddyBilly Jones / Jane Williams1922Album
Vamping RoseBilly Jones1921Album
Ma / Molly On A Trolley (By Golly With You)Billy Jones1921Album
Honolulu Eyes / O-Hi-OCharles Hart And Charles Harrison / Billy Jones1921Album
Tuck Me To Sleep / If You Only KnewBilly Jones And Strand Trio / Ernest Hare1921Album
Broadway Rose / SomethingBilly Jones / The Harmonizers1921Album
Scandinavia / All For YouBilly Jones1921Album
Down At The Old Swimming Hole / Nightmare BluesErnest Hare and Billy Jones / Harmonizers Quartet1921Album
Honolulu Honey / HummingBilly Jones, The Criterion Quartet1921Single
Oh Min ! / Three Thousand Years AgoBilly Jones1921Album
On A Little Side Street / When Francis Dances With MeAda Jones & Billy Jones1921Single
Pucker Up And Whistle (Till The Clouds Roll By) / Peggy O'NeilThe Harmonizers / Billy Jones1921Single
Feather Your Nest / All She'd Say Was "Umh Hum"Amphion Quartet / Billy Jones And Ernest Hare1921Album
I Used To Love You But It's All Over Now / Oh! They're Such Nice PeopleBilly Jones1921Album
Over The Hill / Playmates (I Wish I Were A Boy Again)Billy Jones, Charles Hart1921Album
My Sunny Tennessee / Down At The Old Swimming HoleVernon Dalhart / Billy Jones And Ernest Hare1921Album
Say It With Music / I Ain't Nobody's DarlingArthur Burns / Billy Jones1921Album
Whenever You're Lonesome (Just Telephone Me) / Send Back My Honey-ManBilly Jones / Honey Hurst1921Album
Plantation Lullaby" 2) Billy Jones & Ernst (sic) Hare "Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (Down in Tennessee)Crescent Trio / Billy Jones And Ernest Hare1921Single
Anna In Indiana / Oh! They're Such Nice PeopleAileen Stanley / Billy Jones1921Single
Peggy O'Neil / The Last Little Mile Is The LongestBilly Jones / Lewis James1921Single
Rebecca / I Like ItBilly Jones And Ernest Hare1921Album
Oh! They're Such Nice PeopleBilly Jones1921Album
After the Rain / The Sun Will Soon Be ShiningBilly Jones / Walter C. Mills & Arthur H. Brown1920Album
Old Pal, Why Don't You Answer / Tripoli (On The Shores Of)Sam Ash / Helen Bell Rush - Billy Jones1920Album
My Little Bimbo Down On The Bamboo IsleBilly Jones1920Album
Sweetheart Do You Remember / Tell Me Little GypsyBilly Jones1920Album
Believe Me Beloved / Somebody's EyesSam Ash / Billy Jones1920Single
Collegiate / I Miss My SwissBilly Jones, Ernest HareAlbum
Oh, My Sweet Hortense / Oh, Boy (I've Found The Baby For Me)Billy JonesAlbum
In The Little Red School House / Mister Gallagher And Mister SheanBilly Jones And Ernest HareAlbum
Collegiate / Yes Sir! That's My BabyBilly Jones And Ernest Hare / Arthur Hall And John RyanAlbum
Pardon Me Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha While I Laugh / Old Uncle BillBilly Jones And Ernest Hare / Al BernardSingle
Barney Google / I Love Me (I'm Wild About Myself)Billy Jones, Ernest HareAlbum
Happy And Go-Lucky In My Old Kentucky Home / When It's Night Time In Italy It's Wednesday Over HereRobert Denning / Billy JonesSingle
Singin' In The Bathtub / Ain't Life A Load Of HappinessBilly Jones & Ernest Hare / The Radio ImpsAlbum
The Night Before Christmas / Tomorrow Will Be ChristmasBilly Jones / Arthur HallAlbum
In The Old Town Hall / Down At The Old Swimming HoleBilly Jones And Ernest HareAlbum
The Little Ford Rambled Right Along / Si's Been Drinking CiderBilly Jones / Al Bernard & Ernest HareAlbum
Down By The Old Apple Tree / Sunny JimBilly Jones And Ernest Hare / Irving KaufmanAlbum
Oh Eva! (Ain't You Coming Out Tonight?) / A Man Never Knows When A Woman's Gonna Change Her MindErnest Hare, Billy Jones, The Happiness BoysAlbum
How Do You Do? / Go 'Long MuleErnest Hare & Billy Jones / Harry RaymondAlbum
The Grass Is Always Greener / Where The Dreamy Wabash FlowsBilly JonesAlbum
Barney Google / I Love MeBilly Jones & Ernest HareAlbum
Oh You Can't Fool An Old Hoss Fly / Doddle Doo DooBilly Jones And Ernest Hare / Eddie CantorAlbum
Uncle Josh Takes The Census / The Village PostmasterDuncan Jones / Steve Porter And Billy JonesAlbum
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 HallAlbum
Barney Come Over Here / Yum-I-Yum-I-YumBlanche Ring / Billy JonesSingle
Oh-My-Yes / Skin-A-Ma Rink A Rink-A-ReaBilly JonesAlbum
Gee! But I Hate To Go Home Alone / Rock Me In My Swanee CradleBilly Jones / Shannon FourAlbum
The Little Ford Rambled Right Along / Si's Been Drinking CiderBilly Jones / Al Bernard & Ernest HareAlbum
Flanagan's Second Hand Car / Hy And Si And The Line FenceSteve Porter And Billy JonesAlbum
Yes! We Have No Bananas / Beside A Babbling BrookBilly Jones / Arthur HallAlbum
You Tell Her I StutterErnest Hare, Billy JonesSingle
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