Shine On, Harvest Moon
Billy Murray (25 May 1877 - 17 August 1954) was one of the most popular sin… Read Full Bio ↴Billy Murray (25 May 1877 - 17 August 1954) was one of the most popular singers in the United States in the early decades of the 20th century. While he received star billings on Vaudeville, he was best known for his prolific work in the recording studio, making records for almost every record label of the era. He was probably the best selling recording artist of the first quarter of the 20th century.

He was born as William Thomas Murray in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of immigrants from Ireland. He became fascinated with the theater and joined a traveling vaudeville troupe in 1893. He also performed in minstrel shows early in his career. He made his first recordings for a local phonograph cylinder company in San Francisco, California in 1897. He started recording regularly in the New York City and New Jersey area in 1903, when the nation's major record companies as well as the Tin Pan Alley music industry were concentrated there.

In 1906 he waxed the first of his popular duets with Ada Jones. He also performed with Aileen Stanley, the Haydn Quartet, the Premier Quartet, and the American Quartet (the latter two actually being the same group), in addition to his solo work.

He had a strong tenor voice with excellent enunciation and a more conversational delivery than common with bel canto singers of the era. On comic songs he often deliberately sang slightly flat, which he felt helped the comic effect.

While he often performed romantic numbers and ballads which sold well at the time, his comedy and novelty song recordings continue to be popular with later generations of record collectors.

Murray's popularity faded with changes in public taste and recording technology; the rise of the electric microphone in the mid 1920s coincided with the rise of the crooners. His "hammering" style, as he called it, essentially yelling the song into the recording horn, did not work in the electronic era, and it took him some time to learn how to soften his voice. While he continued to work, his singing style was considered "dated" and less in demand. In the late 1920s and early 1930s he also did voices for animated cartoons, especially the "follow the bouncing ball" type which incorporated songs from his salad days. He also did radio work.

Murray made his last recordings in 1943 and retired to Freeport, Long Island, New York in 1944. He died in nearby Jones Beach.

Shine On Harvest Moon
Billy Murray Lyrics


We have lyrics for 'Shine On Harvest Moon' by these artists:


Ada Jones & Billy Murray The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see For…
Betty Carter Shine on, shine on, shine on harvest moon up in…
Billy Vaughn The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see,…
Bing Crosby The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see For…
Count Basie and His Orchestra & Jimmy Rushing The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see,…
Embleton The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see For…
Ethel Waters Shine on, shine on harvest moon up in the sky I…
Four Aces Shine On Harvest Moon January, February, June, or July I sai…
Hal Kemp Shine on, shine on harvest moon up in the sky I…
Jack Norworth The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see For…
Jimmy Rushing The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see,…
Leon Redbone The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see, And…
Liza Minnelli The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see For…
Rosemary Clooney;Nelson Riddle Orchestra The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see For…
Ruth Etting Shine on, shine on harvest moon up in the sky I…
Sarah Harmer The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see…
The Dave Brubeck Quartet The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see,…
The Four Aces Shine On Harvest Moon January, February, June, or July I sai…
The Ink Spots Shine On Harvest Moon The Ink Spots Written by Jack Norworth…
The Platters The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see,…
Vaughn Monroe The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see For…
waters ethel Shine on, shine on harvest moon up in the sky I…


We have lyrics for these tracks by Billy Murray:


Alexander's ragtime band Oh ma honey, oh ma honey, Better hurry and let's meander. …
By The Light Of The Silvery Moon Place, park, scene, dark Silvery moon is shining through the…
Come Josephine in My Flying Machine Oh! Say! Let us fly, dear Where, kid? To the sky,…
Don't Bring Lulu Your presence is requested, wrote little Johnny White, But w…
Grand Old Rag There's a feeling comes a-stealing, And it sets my brain…
I Love A Piano As a child I went wild When a band played How I ran To…
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now? You have loved lots of girls in the sweet long…
I'Ll See You In C VERSE ONE: Not So Far From Here There's a very lively atmosp…
I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover I'm looking over a four-leaf clover I overlooked before On…
I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover I'm looking over a four leaf clover That I overlooked before…
In My Merry Oldsmobile Young Johnny Steele has an Oldsmobile He loves his dear litt…
I`ll See You In C-U-B-A VERSE ONE: Not So Far From Here There's a very lively atmosp…
K-K-K-Katy (Stammering Song) Jimmy was a soldier brave and bold, Katy was a maid…
Oh You Beautiful Doll Honey dear, want you near, Just turn out the lights and…
Pretty Baby You ask me why I'm always teasing you. You hate to…
Stumbling 'Tention folks, speak of jokes This is one on me Took my…
That Old Gang of Mine I've got a longing way down in my heart For that…
The Cubanola Glide Way down in Cuba where skies are clear Where it is…
The Further It Is From Tipperary The tommies in the trenches seem to have one favorite…
The Grand Old Rag There's a feeling comes a-stealing, And it sets my brain a-…
The Yankee Doodle Boy I'm the kid that's all the candy, I'm a Yankee Doodle…
They Were All Out of Step But Jim Jimmy's mother went to see her son Marching along on parade …



You're A Grand Old Flag You're a grand old flag, You're a high flying flag And forev…


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Greg: Not a single goose in the whole city doctor.
(Frog Ribbiting)
Wirt: Get in, we're leaving
Greg: (sigh)
Wirt: Where's John Cropps
Greg: near the thing with Cabbage Lady
(0:46)
Wirt: JHON, Jhon we're... we're leaving
(0:54)
Beatrice: He seems happy, let's just go
Wirt: no way we can't just.
(Crow crowing)
Wirt: Ahh your right.



All comments from YouTube:

@aileen9553

Hear how clean they sing. No singers of today sing so clean as Billy and Ada

@missrecorderr2100

This is one of the only songs from this era in a minor key at least for some of it. I love the D minor part! I could listen to this countless times!
1909? Very good quality! To think that these words could be heard so clearly is amazing! This is so neat!
Also, I'm doing an arrangement of this with my German friend and my other American frIt's going to be on YouTube soon too!!!

@Billy219

I love it. ❤️❤️

@tomthumb3897

randomly came across one of these singers through sheer who knows what. Obviously stuck in my head that his name was basically Bill Murray, so I started to look up his stuff. K-K-K--Katy and "Come Josephine in my flying machine" are the best examples I can think of. Literally 10/10.

@Billy219

NOT Bill Murray. It is BILLY Murray

@Satans_Legion_of_Evil

@Billy No, it's Milly Burray.

@tonyanderton3521

Just wonderful!

@2uconner

shine on shine on Harvest Moon in the sky !!!Lovely my Brother played this on the organ

@michaeloleary1867

Excellent!

@jasong428

Superior in many ways.

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