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Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee

Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee

Song

"Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" is a popular song. The music was written by Henry I. Marshall and the lyrics by Stanley Murphy. The song was published in 1912, and appeared in the 1912 play A Winsome Widow.[1]

Quick Facts Song, Published ...

The song has since become a standard, recorded by many artists. One of the most popular early recordings was by Ada Jones and Billy Murray[2] who recorded it as a duet on July 8, 1912 for Victor Records (catalog 17152 B).

Doris Day and Russell Arms performed the song in the 1953 film By the Light of the Silvery Moon.[3]

Noteworthy recordings

References

  1. [1]
    Boardman, Gerald Martin. American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle, pp. 322-23 (2011 ed.)
  2. [2]
    Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954. Wisconsin: Record Research. pp. 237, 239. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  3. [3]
    Jasen, David A. (2013-10-15). A Century of American Popular Music. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-35264-6.
  4. [4]
    1912 Recording, Library of Congress, Retrieved 9 March 2023
  5. [5]
    "Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  6. [6]
    Movie Musicals on Record: A Directory of Recordings of Motion Picture Musicals, 1927-1987. Greenwood Press. 1989. ISBN 978-0-313-26540-2.
  7. [7]
    Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1953-03-28.


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