Victor matrix B-23883. Oh! How I laugh when I think how I cried about you / Victor Roberts [i.e., Billy Jones]
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| Oh! How I laugh when I think how I cried about you (Primary title) | Disc label |
| Authors and Composers | Notes |
| Roy Turk (lyricist) | |
| George Jessel (lyricist) | |
| Willy White (composer) | |
| Composer information source: Disc label. | |
| Personnel | Notes |
| Victor Roberts [i.e., Billy Jones] (vocalist : tenor vocal) | |
| Howard Rattay (instrumentalist : violin) | |
| John Witzmann (instrumentalist : violin) | |
| Billy Jones (vocalist : tenor vocal) | |
| Rosario Bourdon (conductor) | |
- Description: Male vocal solo, with violin duet and orchestra
- Category: Vocal
- Language: English
- Master Size: 10-in.
| Notes |
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| Victor ledgers (3/24/1920) show singer's name as Billy Jones, noting "First recording of this artist—records to be listed in the Black label class." |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/24/1920 Camden, New Jersey | 1 | Destroy | ||||
| 3/24/1920 Camden, New Jersey | 2 | Destroy | ||||
| 3/24/1920 Camden, New Jersey | 3 | Destroy | ||||
| 3/24/1920 Camden, New Jersey | 4 | Destroy | ||||
| 3/31/1920 Camden, New Jersey | 5 | Destroy | ||||
| 3/31/1920 Camden, New Jersey | 6 | Destroy | ||||
| 3/31/1920 Camden, New Jersey | 7 | Master | Victor 18670 | |||
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Audio of this recording from the Library of Congress |
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Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix B-23883. Oh! How I laugh when I think how I cried about you / Victor Roberts [i.e., Billy Jones]," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700009074/B-23883-Oh_How_I_laugh_when_I_think_how_I_cried_about_you.
Victor matrix B-23883. Oh! How I laugh when I think how I cried about you / Victor Roberts [i.e., Billy Jones]. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700009074/B-23883-Oh_How_I_laugh_when_I_think_how_I_cried_about_you.
"Victor matrix B-23883. Oh! How I laugh when I think how I cried about you / Victor Roberts [i.e., Billy Jones]." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.
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