Gramophone matrix 0B3048. Won't you come home, Bill Bailey / Ambrose Orchestra
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| Won't you come home, Bill Bailey (Primary title) | Disc label (BHC verso) |
| Fox trot (Title descriptor) | Disc label (BHC verso) |
| Bill Bailey, won't you please come home? (Normalized title) | ADP editors |
| Authors and Composers | Notes |
| Hughie L. Cannon (composer) | |
| Hughie L. Cannon (lyricist) | |
| Composer information source: Disc label (BHC); sheet music. | |
| Personnel | Notes |
| Ambrose Orchestra (Musical group) | |
| Ambrose, Bert (leader) | |
| Sam Browne (vocalist : baritone vocal) | |
| Elsie Carlisle (vocalist) | |
- Description: Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet
- Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
- Language: English
- Master Size: 10-in.
| Notes |
|---|
| Source(s): Rust Dance bands (take information; vocalists); Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/18/1932 London, England | [1] | Unknown | ||||
| 3/18/1932 London, England | 2 | Master | Gramophone 30-8422 (Not issued) | Gramophone face no. | ||
| 3/18/1932 London, England | 2 | Master | Gramophone B-6162 | |||
| 3/18/1932 London, England | [2]1R | Master | Bluebird B-6837 | |||
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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gramophone matrix 0B3048. Won't you come home, Bill Bailey / Ambrose Orchestra," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000264848/0B3048-Wont_you_come_home_Bill_Bailey.
Gramophone matrix 0B3048. Won't you come home, Bill Bailey / Ambrose Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000264848/0B3048-Wont_you_come_home_Bill_Bailey.
"Gramophone matrix 0B3048. Won't you come home, Bill Bailey / Ambrose Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.
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