Victor matrix B-17299. Some sort of somebody / Edna Brown ; Billy Murray

TitleSource
Some sort of somebody (Primary title)Disc label (RDI)
Very good Eddie (Work title)Disc label (RDI)
Authors and ComposersNotes
Jerome Kern (composer)
Elsie Janis (lyricist)
PersonnelNotes
Edna Brown (vocalist : contralto)Pseudonym for Elsie Baker.
Billy Murray (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Elsie Baker (vocalist : contralto)
Walter B. Rogers (conductor)
Additional Information
  • Description: Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
3/13/1916 Camden, New Jersey 1 Master/destroy
3/13/1916 Camden, New Jersey 2 Hold/master Victor 17992 10-in.

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3/13/1916 Camden, New Jersey 3 Destroy
3/13/1916 Camden, New Jersey 4 Destroy

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix B-17299. Some sort of somebody / Edna Brown ; Billy Murray," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700002326/B-17299-Some_sort_of_somebody.

Victor matrix B-17299. Some sort of somebody / Edna Brown ; Billy Murray. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700002326/B-17299-Some_sort_of_somebody.

"Victor matrix B-17299. Some sort of somebody / Edna Brown ; Billy Murray." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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