Victor matrix B-17588. Simple melody / Edna Brown ; Billy Murray

TitleSource
Simple melody (Primary title)Disc label (RDI)
Watch your step (Work title)Disc label (RDI)
Play a simple melody (Normalized title)Sheet music
Authors and ComposersNotes
Irving Berlin (composer)
Irving Berlin (lyricist)
PersonnelNotes
Edna Brown (vocalist : contralto)Pseudonym for Elsie Baker.
Billy Murray (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Elsie Baker (vocalist : contralto)
Rosario Bourdon (conductor)
Additional Information
  • Description: Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
5/2/1916 Camden, New Jersey 1 Master Victor 18051 10-in.

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5/2/1916 Camden, New Jersey 2 Hold/destroy

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix B-17588. Simple melody / Edna Brown ; Billy Murray," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700002622/B-17588-Simple_melody.

Victor matrix B-17588. Simple melody / 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/700002622/B-17588-Simple_melody.

"Victor matrix B-17588. Simple melody / Edna Brown ; Billy Murray." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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