#1900s

August 7, 1905 and Madame Bayla Is Here This Week Only at Vintage Edmonton: http://www.vintageedmonton.com/2026/08/august-7-1905.html #yeg #alberta #edmonton #1900s

A successful number from its debut in 1908, this is a song that became a staple of film and television, maintaining popularity for decades. Even Laurel and Hardy took a crack at it. The Wikipedia page is worth a look for notes about the murky authorship and the varying order of the months in the chorus (I've opted to follow Leon Redbone's version in that respect, as I think it simply flows more rhythmically). It also lists some of the many, many recordings you can explore to find your favourite, but here's a 1931 disc from Ruth Etting who returned the song to its Ziegfeld Follies roots: https://youtu.be/D7Mu9fh23dY #Ukulele #RuthEtting #1900s

July 19, 1901 and it's The Local at Vintage Edmonton: http://www.vintageedmonton.com/2026/07/july-19-1901.html #yeg #alberta #edmonton #1900s