Billy Golden
William B. Shires (June 9, 1858 – January 29, 1926), who performed and recorded as Billy Golden, was an American blackface comic, and singer who was a popular recording artist between the 1890s and the 1910s. |
Birth and Death Data: Born June 9, 1858 (Cincinnati), Died January 29, 1926
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1895 - 1926
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, speaker, author, performer, composer, whistling, lyricist
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berliner | 403 | 7-in. | 11/18/1896 | The mocking bird | Artists vary | Whistling solo | vocalist, whistling | |
| Berliner | 419 | 7-in. | Before Sept. 1897 | Yodel duet | Chalfant ; Billy Golden | Male vocal duet (yodeling) | vocalist | |
| Berliner | 423 | 7-in. | 3/6/1897 | Laughing | Billy Golden ; George Graham | Male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Berliner | 635 | 7-in. | 8/24/1895 | Rabbit hash | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | speaker | |
| Berliner | 670 | 7-in. | 3/8/1897 | Virginia campmeeting | Artists vary | Comic dialogue; with male vocal duet (3/8/1897 take) | speaker | |
| Berliner | 725 | 7-in. | 1/25/1896 | Roll on de ground | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Berliner | 726 | 7-in. | 12/19/1896 | Turkey in de straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Berliner | 727 | 7-in. | 11/4/1895 | Bye bye ma honey | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Berliner | 728 | 7-in. | Before Apr. 1899 | Uncle Jefferson | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Berliner | 729 | 7-in. | 12/19/1896 | Mixed ale party | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Berliner | 730 | 7-in. | 12/19/1896 | The wedding ober de hill | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Berliner | 731 | 7-in. | 4/16/1897 | Hot time medley | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Berliner | 732 | 7-in. | 6/22/1897 | Negro oddity | Billy Golden ; George Graham | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Berliner | 0539 | 7-in. | 9/27/1899 | Roll on de ground | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Berliner | 0541 | 7-in. | 9/27/1899 | Turkey in de straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Berliner | 0542 | 7-in. | 9/27/1899 | Yaller gal | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Berliner | 0543 | 7-in. | 9/27/1899 | Bye bye ma honey | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Berliner | 0544 | 7-in. | 9/27/1899 | Hot time medley | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Berliner | 0545 | 7-in. | 9/27/1899 | Rabbit hash | Billy Golden | Monologue | speaker | |
| Berliner | 0546 | 7-in. | 9/27/1899 | The wedding o'er the hill | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Berliner | 0775 | 7-in. | 12/1/1899 | Uncle Jefferson | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]65 | 7-in. | 1/9/1901 | Turkey in de straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]65 | 10-in. | 10/31/1901 | Turkey in de straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]68 | 7-in. | 6/9/1900 | Bye bye, ma honey | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]68 | 10-in. | 10/31/1901 | Bye, bye, ma honey | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]616 | 7-in. | 1/9/1901 | Roll on the ground | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]616 | 10-in. | 10/31/1901 | Roll on de ground | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]617 | 7-in. | 1/9/1901 | Crap shooting | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist, composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]617 | 10-in. | 10/31/1901 | Crap shooting | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist, composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]618 | 7-in. | 1/9/1901 | The mocking bird | Billy Golden | Whistling solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]618 | 10-in. | 10/31/1901 | The mocking bird | Billy Golden | Whistling solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]619 | 7-in. | 1/9/1901 | The wedding o'er the hill | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]619 | 10-in. | 10/31/1901 | The weddin' o'er the hill | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]620 | 7-in. | 1/9/1901 | Laughing song, 'Yaller girl' | Arthur Collins ; Billy Golden | Male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]620 | 10-in. | 10/31/1901 | Yaller gal (Laughing song) | Arthur Collins ; Billy Golden | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]621 | 7-in. | 1/9/1901 | Uncle Jefferson | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]621 | 10-in. | 10/31/1901 | Uncle Jefferson | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]622 | 7-in. | 1/9/1901 | Rabbit hash | Billy Golden | Monologue | author, speaker | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]622 | 10-in. | 10/31/1901 | Rabbit hash | Billy Golden | Monologue | author, speaker | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1946 | 7-in. | 2/6/1903 | 'The mocking bird' medley | Spencer Trio | Male vocal trio, with piano | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1946 | 10-in. | 2/6/1903 | 'The mocking bird' medley | Spencer Trio | Male vocal trio, with piano | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1947 | 7-in. | 2/6/1903 | Alpine specialty | Spencer Trio | Male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1947 | 10-in. | 2/6/1903 | Alpine specialty | Spencer Trio | Male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1948 | 7-in. | 2/6/1903 | In front of the old cabin door | Spencer Trio | Male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1948 | 10-in. | 2/6/1903 | In front of the old cabin door | Spencer Trio | Male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | A-376 | 7-in. | 9/1/1903 | Turkey in the straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-376 | 10-in. | 9/1/1903 | Turkey in de straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | A-377 | 7-in. | 9/1/1903 | Roll on the ground | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-377 | 10-in. | 9/1/1903 | Roll on the ground | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | A-378 | 7-in. | 9/1/1903 | The mocking bird | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, unaccompanied | vocalist, whistling | |
| Victor | A-379 | 7-in. | 9/1/1903 | The wedding o'er the hill | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-379 | 10-in. | 9/1/1903 | The wedding o'er the hill | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | A-380 | 7-in. | 9/1/1903 | Uncle Jefferson | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-380 | 10-in. | 9/1/1903 | Uncle Jefferson | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | A-381 | 7-in. | 9/1/1903 | Rabbit hash | Billy Golden | Monologue, unaccompanied | speaker, author | |
| Victor | B-381 | 10-in. | 9/1/1903 | Rabbit hash | Billy Golden | Monologue, unaccompanied | speaker, author | |
| Victor | A-1705 | 7-in. | 9/26/1904 | "Mocking bird" medley | Spencer Trio | Male vocal trio, with piano | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-1705 | 10-in. | 9/26/1904 | Mocking bird medley | Spencer Trio | Male vocal trio, with piano | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-1706 | 10-in. | 9/26/1904 | Alpine specialty | Spencer Trio | Male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | A-1706 | 7-in. | 9/26/1904 | Alpine specialty | Spencer Trio | Male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | A-1707 | 7-in. | 9/26/1904 | In front of the old cabin door | Spencer Trio | Male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-1707 | 10-in. | 9/26/1904 | In front of the old cabin door | Spencer Trio | Male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-1711 | 10-in. | 9/27/1904 | Amateur night on the Bowery | Spencer Trio | Descriptive scene, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | A-2543 | 7-in. | 5/10/1905 | Turkey in de straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-2543 | 10-in. | 5/10/1905 | Turkey in de straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | E-2543 | 8-in. | 9/25/1906 | Turkey in de straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-2544 | 10-in. | 5/10/1905 | Roll on the ground | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-2545 | 10-in. | 5/10/1905 | Yaller gal | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | E-2545 | 8-in. | 9/25/1906 | Yaller gal | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-3832 | 10-in. | 9/25/1906 | Bye, bye, ma honey | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | E-3832 | 8-in. | 9/25/1906 | Bye, bye, ma honey | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-3834 | 10-in. | 9/25/1906 | Sisseretta's visit to the North | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist, composer | |
| Victor | E-3834 | 8-in. | 9/25/1906 | Sisseretta's visit to the North | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist, composer | |
| Victor | B-6615 | 10-in. | 11/24/1908 | Shipmates | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and male vocal duet, with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | B-6622 | 10-in. | 11/28/1908 | The liars, or My uncle's farm | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and male vocal duet, with orchestra | performer | |
| Victor | B-8985 | 10-in. | 5/24/1910 | Epitaphs, or Two darkies in a cemetery | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and male vocal duet, with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | B-8986 | 10-in. | 5/24/1910 | Turkey specialty | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and male vocal solo, with orchestra | performer | |
| Victor | B-9099 | 10-in. | 6/21/1910 | Darky school days | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and male vocal duet, with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | B-9121 | 10-in. | 6/21/1910 | Jinin' the church | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and vocal(?), with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | B-9126 | 10-in. | 6/23/1910 | Bear's oil | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and vocal(?), with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | B-9127 | 10-in. | 7/23/1910 | Down in Turkey Hollow | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and vocal(?), with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | B-9357 | 10-in. | 8/18/1910 | The colored doctors | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and vocal(?), with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | C-10933 | 12-in. | 9/7/1911 | Whistling Pete | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Minstrels | performer, author | |
| Victor | B-10934 | 10-in. | 9/7/1911 | Aunt Mandy | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and vocal, with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | C-10935 | 12-in. | 9/7/1911 | Working on the farm | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue, unaccompanied | speaker, author | |
| Victor | B-10936 | 10-in. | 9/7/1911 | Darktown poets | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue | speaker, author | |
| Victor | B-11196 | 10-in. | 11/7/1911 | That minstrel man | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and vocal(?) | performer, author | |
| Victor | C-11196 | 12-in. | 11/7/1911 | That minstrel man | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and vocal(?) | performer, author | |
| Victor | B-11463 | 10-in. | 1/17/1912 | Matrimonial troubles | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and vocal(?), with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | C-11464 | 12-in. | 1/17/1912 | Jimmie Trigger, or The military hero | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and vocal(?), with orchestra | performer | |
| Victor | C-12678 | 12-in. | 12/6/1912 | Unlucky Mose | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue | speaker, author | |
| Victor | B-12679 | 10-in. | 12/6/1912 | The darktown editors | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue, with orchestra | speaker, author | |
| Victor | C-12902 | 12-in. | 2/11/1913 | The rival salesmen | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue | speaker, author | |
| Victor | C-12903 | 12-in. | 2/11/1913 | Clamy Green | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and vocal(?), with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | B-14913 | 10-in. | 5/29/1914 | Gwine back to Arkansas | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and vocal, with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | B-14914 | 10-in. | 5/29/1914 | The servant girls | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and vocal, with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | C-14915 | 12-in. | 5/29/1914 | Jimmy Trigger returns from the war | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue and song, with bugle, drum, and piccolo | performer, author | |
| Victor | C-16666 | 12-in. | 10/14/1915 | Curiosity hunt | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue and male vocal duet, with banjo | performer | |
| Victor | C-16682 | 12-in. | 10/20/1915 | Henry attempts suicide | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue and male vocal duet, with banjo | performer | |
| Victor | C-16683 | 12-in. | 10/20/1915 | The insect powder agent | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue and male vocal duet, with banjo | speaker | |
| Victor | C-17272 | 12-in. | 3/8/1916 | Matrimonial difficulties | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue, with banjo | speaker | |
| Victor | C-17273 | 12-in. | 3/8/1916 | A love-sick darky | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue, with banjo | speaker | |
| Victor | C-18124 | 12-in. | 7/17/1916 | The hospital patients | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Victor | C-18125 | 12-in. | 7/17/1916 | The liars' contest | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue, with banjo | speaker | |
| Victor | C-18938 | 12-in. | 12/28/1916 | The darky waiters | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue, with banjo | speaker | |
| Victor | C-18939 | 12-in. | 12/28/1916 | A darky's oration on women | Golden and Marlowe | Comic monologue[?], with banjo | speaker | |
| Victor | C-19889 | 12-in. | 5/24/1917 | A trip to paradise | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue, with banjo | speaker | |
| Victor | C-19890 | 12-in. | 5/24/1917 | The death of Towser | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue, with banjo | speaker | |
| Victor | C-20646 | 12-in. | 9/7/1917 | In a bird store | Billy Golden ; Billy Heins | Comic dialogue, with bird imitations | performer, author | |
| Victor | C-20647 | 12-in. | 9/7/1917 | Up for sentence | Billy Golden ; Billy Heins | Comic dialogue | speaker, author | |
| Victor | B-21929 | 10-in. | 5/22/1918 | The colored recruits | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue, with banjo | speaker | |
| Victor | B-21930 | 10-in. | 5/22/1918 | Good and bad | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue, with banjo or orchestra | speaker | |
| Victor | B-21999 | 10-in. | 6/24/1918 | The darktown editors | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue, with orchestra | speaker | |
| Victor | B-22450 | 10-in. | 12/6/1918 | Would-be recruits | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue, with bugle, drum, and piccolo | speaker | |
| Victor | B-22451 | 10-in. | 12/6/1918 | Sniping 'possum | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue, with banjo | speaker | |
| Victor | B-22471 | 10-in. | 12/16/1918 | Stingy coon | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue and male vocal duet, with orchestra | performer | |
| Victor | B-22472 | 10-in. | 12/16/1918 | The liars, or My uncle's farm | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue and male vocal duet | performer, author | |
| Victor | [Trial 1914-12-09-02] | Not documented | 12/9/1914 | The insect powder agent | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue and male vocal duet, with banjo | performer | |
| Columbia | 648 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | Alpine specialty | Spencer Trio | Male vocal trio, with yodeling and piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 653 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | The mocking bird medley | Spencer Trio | Male vocal trio, with whistling | vocalist, whistling | |
| Columbia | 653 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | The mocking bird medley | Spencer Trio | Male vocal trio, with whistling | vocalist, whistling | |
| Columbia | 1101 | 7-in. | ca. 1903-Oct. 1905 | Turkey in the straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 1101 | 10-in. | ca. 1903 | Turkey in the straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 1102 | 7-in. | ca. 1903 | Bye-bye, ma honey, I'm gone | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 1102 | 10-in. | ca. 1903 | Bye-bye, ma honey, I'm gone | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 1103 | 10-in. | approximately 1903 | Rabbit hash | Billy Golden | Monologue, with piano | speaker, author | |
| Columbia | 1103 | 7-in. | approximately 1903 | Rabbit hash | Billy Golden | Monologue, with piano | speaker, author | |
| Columbia | 1105 | 7-in. | ca. 1903 | Roll on the ground | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, composer | |
| Columbia | 1105 | 10-in. | ca. 1903-1908 | Roll on the ground | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, composer | |
| Columbia | 1108 | 7-in. | ca. 1903-Oct. 1905 | Uncle Jefferson | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 1108 | 10-in. | ca. 1903-1908 | Uncle Jefferson | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 1109D | 7-in. | ca. 1903 | An evening with the minstrels | Minstrels [Columbia Records group] | Minstrels : Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 3581 | 10-in. | ca. Late 1906-Feb. 1907 | Sisseretta's visit to the North | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, composer | |
| Columbia | 19565 | 10-in. | 9/15/1911 | Darktown poets | Golden & Hughes | Comic dialogue | speaker, author | |
| Columbia | 19892 | 10-in. | 5/21/1912 | Jimmy Trigger, or the boy hero | Golden & Hughes | Comic dialogue | speaker, author | |
| Columbia | 38214 | 10-in. | 8/23/1912 | Whistling Pete | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue, with whistling solo and orchestra | speaker, author | |
| Columbia | 38215 | 10-in. | 8/23/1912 | Turkey in de straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 39420 | 10-in. | 5/28/1914 | Jimmy Trigger's return from Mexico | Golden & Hughes | Comic dialogue | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 46381 | 10-in. | 2/7/1916 | Marriage difficulties | Billy Golden ; James Marlowe | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 46937 | 10-in. | 7/21/1916 | The hospital patient | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue | speaker, author | |
| Columbia | 47196 | 10-in. | 11/27/1916 | Coon waiters | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 47264 | 10-in. | 1/3/1917 | Darky's oration on women | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue, with banjo | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 77166 | 10-in. | 6/18/1917 | A trip to heaven | Golden and Heins | Comic scene | speaker, author | |
| Columbia | 77167 | 10-in. | 6/18/1917 | Towser is dead | Golden and Heins | Comic scene | speaker, author | |
| Columbia | 77363 | 10-in. | 9/21/1917 | In a bird store | Golden and Heins | Comic scene, with bird imitations | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 77364 | 10-in. | 9/21/1917 | Up for sentence | Golden and Heins | Comic scene | speaker | |
| Columbia | 77655 | 10-in. | 1/31/1918 | The colored recruit | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue, with male vocal solo | speaker | |
| Columbia | 78090 | 10-in. | 10/1/1918 | Sniping possum | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue | speaker, author | |
| Columbia | 78177 | 10-in. | 11/18/1918 | Turkey in de straw | Golden and Heins | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 78412 | 10-in. | 4/30/1919 | Fishing and drinking | Golden & Hughes | Comic dialogue, with vocal solo and orchestra | speaker | |
| Columbia | 78416 | 10-in. | 5/3/1919 | Back home on the farm | Golden & Hughes | Comic dialogue | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 78417 | 10-in. | 5/3/1919 | The colored doctors | Golden & Hughes | Comic dialogue | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 78603 | 10-in. | 7/28/1919 | Darkey's oration on women | Golden & Hughes | Comic dialogue, with banjo | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 78604 | 10-in. | 7/28/1919 | The hospital patient | Golden & Hughes | Comic scene | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 78729 | 10-in. | 10/10/1919 | A matrimonial mix-up | Golden & Hughes | Comic scene, with orchestra | speaker | |
| Columbia | 78731 | 10-in. | 10/10/1919 | The bell boys | Golden & Hughes | Comic scene, unaccompanied | author, speaker | |
| Columbia | 79186 | 10-in. | 5/19/1920 | The last will of John Barleycorn | Golden & Hughes | Comic scene | speaker, author | |
| Columbia | 79187 | 10-in. | 5/19/1920 | Who stole the chickens? | Golden & Hughes | Comic scene | speaker, author | |
| Columbia | 79574 | 10-in. | 12/14/1920 | The mocking bird | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 79642 | 10-in. | 1/18/1921 | Turkey in the straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 30041 | 12-in. | 10/6/1906 | Turkey in the straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 30183 | 12-in. | 10/26/1908 | Shipmates | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Dialogue, with piano | speaker, author | |
| Columbia | 30405 | 12-in. | 3/26/1910 | My uncle's farm | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue, with orchestra | speaker | |
| Columbia | 30406 | 12-in. | 3/26/1910 | Darkies' schooldays | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue, with orchestra | speaker | |
| Columbia | 30850 | 12-in. | 9/18/1911 | Working on the farm | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue | speaker, author | |
| Columbia | 36848 | 12-in. | 12/23/1913 | Unlucky Mose | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 36849 | 12-in. | 12/23/1913 | Clammy green | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 36982 | 12-in. | 5/26/1914 | I'se gwine back to Arkansaw | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 37148 | 12-in. | ca. 1915 | Insect powder agent | Billy Golden ; Jim Marlowe | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 37418 | 12-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1915 | The curio seekers | Billy Golden ; Jim Marlowe | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 37454 | 12-in. | 10/29/1915 | A coon's attempted suicide | Billy Golden ; Jim Marlowe | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 48658 | 12-in. | 3/25/1916 | A love sick coon | Billy Golden ; Jim Marlowe | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| OKeh | 163 | 10-in. | ca. June 1918 | Scheme to enter heaven | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| OKeh | 164 | 10-in. | approximately June 1918 | The colored recruit | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue | speaker, author | |
| OKeh | 403 | 10-in. | ca. Oct. 1918 | She's mine, mine, mine | Golden and Heins | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| OKeh | 404 | 10-in. | ca. Oct. 1918 | Good and bad | Golden and Heins | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| OKeh | S-7099 | 10-in. | ca. Dec. 1919 | The bell boys | Billy Golden ; William Hughes | Comic dialogue | speaker, author | |
| OKeh | S-7100 | 10-in. | ca. Dec. 1919 | Back home on the farm | Golden & Hughes | Comic dialogue | speaker, author | |
| OKeh | S-7678 | 10-in. | Nov. 1920 | Turkey in the straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, composer | |
| OKeh | S-7694 | 10-in. | Nov. 1920 | Rabbit hash | Billy Golden | Monologue | speaker, author | |
| Brunswick | 347 | 10-in. | approximately late 1916 | Matrimonial difficulties | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Brunswick | 348 | 10-in. | approximately late 1916 | Curiosity hunters | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Brunswick | 550 | 10-in. | approximately early 1917 | Rabbit hash | Billy Golden | Monologue | author, speaker | |
| Brunswick | 5124 | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1921 | Henry's attempt at suicide | Billy Golden ; Billy Heins | Comic dialogue | composer, speaker | |
| Brunswick | 5128 | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1921 | Rabbit hash | Billy Golden | Comic monologue | author, speaker | |
| Brunswick | E3402-E3404 | 10-in. | 7/14/1926 | For my sweetheart | The Bostonians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Edison | 1040 | 10-in. | 5/23/1912 | The two poets | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic scene | speaker | |
| Edison | 1202 | 10-in. | 8/19/1912 | Bear's oil | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic scene | speaker | |
| Edison | 1206 | 10-in. | 8/20/1912 | Shipmates | Golden & Hughes | Comic scene | speaker | |
| Edison | 1207 | 10-in. | 8/20/1912 | My uncle's farm | Golden & Hughes | Comic scene | speaker | |
| Edison | 2729 | 10-in. | Jan. 1914 | The shipmates | Golden & Hughes | Comic scene | speaker | |
| Edison | 2730 | 10-in. | Jan. 1914 | Bear's oil | Golden & Hughes | Comic scene | speaker | |
| Edison | 2732 | 10-in. | Jan. 1914 | The two poets | Golden & Hughes | Comic scene | speaker | |
| Edison | 2733 | 10-in. | Jan. 1914 | My uncle's farm | Golden & Hughes | Comic scene | speaker | |
| Edison | 3566 | 10-in. | 2/5/1915 | Insect powder agent | Billy Golden ; James Marlowe | Comic dialogue, with banjo | speaker | |
| Edison | 3944 | 10-in. | 7/7/1915 | The insect powder agent | Billy Golden ; James Marlowe | Comic dialogue, with banjo | speaker | |
| Edison | 3952 | 10-in. | 7/10/1915 | The relic hunters | Billy Golden ; James Marlowe | Comic dialogue, with male vocal solo, whistling, and banjo | speaker | |
| Edison | 4190 | 10-in. | 10/13/1915 | Henry Gibson's narrow escape | Billy Golden ; James Marlowe | Comic dialogue, with male vocal duet and banjo | speaker | |
| Edison | 4564 | 10-in. | 3/7/1916 | Matrimonial difficulties | Billy Golden ; James Marlowe | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Edison | 4606 | 10-in. | 3/23/1916 | A love-sick coon | Golden and Marlowe | Comic scene | speaker | |
| Edison | 4870 | 10-in. | 7/18/1916 | The hospital patients | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Edison | 4871 | 10-in. | 7/13/1916 | Jimmy Trigger's return from Mexico | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue | author, speaker | |
| Edison | 5226 | 10-in. | 12/20/1916 | A darkey's oration on woman | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue, with banjo | author, speaker | |
| Edison | 5232 | 10-in. | 12/23/1916 | The coon waiters | Golden and Marlowe | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Edison | 5650 | 10-in. | 6/28/1917 | Bill's dog Towser | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue, male vocal solo, and male vocal duet | speaker, vocalist | |
| Edison | 5651 | 10-in. | 7/1/1917 | Bill's visit to St. Peter | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Edison | 5995 | 10-in. | between 2/1/1918 and 2/5/1918 | The colored recruits | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Edison | 6081 | 10-in. | Mar. 1918 | Good and bad | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Edison | 6197 | 10-in. | between 5/24/1918 and 5/30/1918 | Turkey in the straw | Empire Vaudeville Company ; Billy Golden | Comic scene | speaker | |
| Edison | 6315 | 10-in. | between 8/4/1918 and 8/12/1918 | Ambrose and Steve in court | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue, with orchestra | speaker | |
| Edison | 6505 | 10-in. | 12/16/1918 | A coon 'possum hunt | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Edison | 6962 | 10-in. | 10/7/1919 | The bell hops | Golden & Hughes | Comic scene | author, speaker | |
| Edison | 6967 | 10-in. | 10/8/1919 | Back home on the farm | Golden & Hughes | Comic dialogue | author, speaker | |
| Edison | 7035 | 10-in. | 11/26/1919 | A matrimonial mixup | Golden & Hughes | Comic dialogue | speaker, author | |
| Edison | 7364 | 10-in. | 5/22/1920 | Who stole the chickens | Golden & Hughes | Comic dialogue | speaker, author | |
| Edison | 7374 | 10-in. | 5/28/1920 | The life insurance policy | Golden & Hughes | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Edison | 7687 | 10-in. | 12/16/1920 | A scene on the levee | Empire Vaudeville Company ; Billy Golden | Comic scene, with orchestra | speaker | |
| Edison | 7804 | 10-in. | 2/17/1921 | A scene on the old plantation | Empire Vaudeville Company ; Billy Golden | Comic scene | speaker | |
| Edison | 8031 | 10-in. | 5/27/1921 | Aunt Phoebe's wedding day | Golden and Heins | Comic dialogue, with orchestra | speaker | |
| Zonophone | 1033 | 9-in. | Before Feb. 1904 | Turkey in the straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | 1038 | 7-in. | ca. Nov. 1903 | Roll on the ground | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | 1039 | 9-in. | Before Feb. 1904 | Roll on the ground | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | 2510 | 7-in. | ca. May 1904 | Turkey in the straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | 2656 | 9-in. | Before July 1904 | Mixed ale party | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | 2659 | 7-in. | Before June 1904 | Nigger that's living high | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | 2660 | 9-in. | Before Oct. 1904 | Nigger that's living high | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | 4654 | 10-in. | Before Sept. 1905 | Bye-bye, ma honey | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | 4655 | 10-in. | Before June 1905 | Turkey in the straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | 9325 | 10-in. | Before May 1909 | Shipmates | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Zonophone | 9328 | 10-in. | Before May 1909 | Farmhouse liars | Billy Golden ; Joe Hughes | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat P 5767] | 7-in. | Before Feb. 1904 | Bye bye, ma honey | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | [Ox cat 5767] | 7-in. | ca. 1904-1905 | Bye bye, ma honey | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat C 5767] | 9-in. | Before Feb. 1904 | Bye bye, ma honey | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat P 5782] | 7-in. | Before Feb. 1904 | Rabbit hash | Billy Golden | Monologue, with piano | speaker | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat C 5782] | 9-in. | Before Feb. 1904 | Rabbit hash | Billy Golden | Monologue, with piano | speaker | |
| Zonophone | [Ox cat 5782] | 7-in. | ca. 1904-1905 | Rabbit hash | Billy Golden | Monologue, with piano | speaker | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat P 5789] | 7-in. | Before Feb. 1904 | Turkey in the straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat P 5936] | 7-in. | Before July 1904 | Mixed ale party | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat C 6020] | 9-in. | Before Oct. 1904 | Yaller gal | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat C 6080] | 9-in. | Before 1905 | Upon the golden shore | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat W9287] | 7-in. | Before Oct. 1900 | Turkey in the straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat W9288] | 7-in. | Before Oct. 1900 | Mixed ale party | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat W9289] | 7-in. | Before Oct. 1900 | The wedding o'er the hill | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat W9290] | 7-in. | Before Oct. 1900 | Roll on the ground | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat W9292] | 7-in. | Before Oct. 1900 | Yaller gal | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Zonophone | [Zo cat W9294] | 7-in. | Before Oct. 1900 | Upon the golden shore | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Leeds & Catlin | 6801 | 10-in. | late 1905-early 1906 | Turkey in the straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Leeds & Catlin | 7065 | 7-in. | between 1901 and 1905 | Rabbit hash | Billy Golden | Monologue, unaccompanied | speaker | |
| Leeds & Catlin | 7068 | 7-in. | between 1901 and 1905 | The whistling coon | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Leeds & Catlin | 7063 | 7-in. | between 1901 and 1905 | Turkey in the straw | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cat 44763] | 10-in. | late 1905-early 1906 | Roll on the ground | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cat 44764] | 10-in. | late 1905-early 1906 | A mixed ale party | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cat 45229] | 10-in. | Jan.-July 1906 | Sisseretta's visit to the North | Billy Golden | Male vocal solo | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Golden, Billy," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106557.
Golden, Billy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106557.
"Golden, Billy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Golden, Billy, 1858-1926 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92055502
Wikidata: Billy Golden - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16030845
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/18876592
MusicBrainz: Billy Golden - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e6977794-32cc-4ad8-82ff-b2a4520a6feb
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