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"In Summertime Down by the Sea" sung by Billy Heins.
Issued in 1904 by the American Record Company, #030559.
Words by Harry B. Lester
Music by Alfred J. Doyle
In summertime down by the sea
The only real place, boys, for me!
Take a ride on a trolley--get there before dark.
Take your sweetheart to Dreamland
or to Luna Park!
In summertime down by the sea
The place where we all like to be...
INFORMATION ABOUT BILLY HEINS
Billy Heins recorded comic and topical numbers for various companies. In 1898 he made three Edison cylinders: "I Want Them Presents Back" (1136), "Hugh McCue" (1137), and "Baby Lize" (1138). In 1899 he made cylinders with the Ancient City Quartet as part of a minstrel series, with numbers ranging from 4700 to 4705. A typical number is "Remus Take The Cake" (4703).
He was among the first to make Zon-o-phone discs, beginning in 1900. He made both seven-inch and nine-inch discs for the company. In 1904 he recorded "Dis-pos-zes Means Move" (5954), "Down On The Brandywine" (5955), "Follow The Merry Crowd" (5958), "Hooray For A Holiday" (5965), and "Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis" (5972). These are nine-inch discs.
The September 1905 American Record catalog identifies Heins as a baritone. He recorded for American in 1904 and 1905 such titles as "Bill Was There" (030563), "The Color Was Wrong" (030898), and "Money Was Made For Coons To Spend" (030897). As far as is known, these were his final recorded performances as a solo artist.
He cut comic routines with Billy Golden in 1917 following the death on March 21, 1917, of Golden's recording partner James Marlowe. One Golden and Heins Victor disc features "A Trip To Paradise" backed by "The Death Of Towser" (35641), recorded on May 24, 1917. The other Victor disc, also twelve-inch, features "In A Bird Store" and "Up For Sentence" (35659).
The two made Paramount and Okeh discs around this time. For Rex they cut "A Scheme To Enter Heaven" (5478). For Edison, Golden and Heins made seven Diamond Discs and a number of Blue Amberols, such as "Colored Recruits" (3546) and "Aunt Phoebe's Wedding Day" (4421).
In the August 1973 issue of Hobbies, Jim Walsh stated that the comedian "was still living about 20 years ago." Social Security records show that a William Heins was born on November 29, 1874, and died in New York in July 1971. Whether this was the recording artist is unknown.
"In Summertime Down By The Sea" Billy Heins 1904 American Record Company BIOGRAPHY OF BILLY HEINS
"In Summertime Down by the Sea" sung by Billy Heins.
Issued in 1904 by the American Record Company, #030559.
Words by Harry B. Lester
Music by Alfred J. Doyle
In summertime down by the sea
The only real place, boys, for me!
Take a ride on a trolley--get there before dark.
Take your sweetheart to Dreamland
or to Luna Park!
In summertime down by the sea
The place where we all like to be...
INFORMATION ABOUT BILLY HEINS
Billy Heins recorded comic and topical numbers for various companies. In 1898 he made three Edison cylinders: "I Want Them Presents Back" (1136), "Hugh McCue" (1137), and "Baby Lize" (1138). In 1899 he made cylinders with the Ancient City Quartet as part of a minstrel series, with numbers ranging from 4700 to 4705. A typical number is "Remus Take The Cake" (4703).
He was among the first to make Zon-o-phone discs, beginning in 1900. He made both seven-inch and nine-inch discs for the company. In 1904 he recorded "Dis-pos-zes Means Move" (5954), "Down On The Brandywine" (5955), "Follow The Merry Crowd" (5958), "Hooray For A Holiday" (5965), and "Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis" (5972). These are nine-inch discs.
The September 1905 American Record catalog identifies Heins as a baritone. He recorded for American in 1904 and 1905 such titles as "Bill Was There" (030563), "The Color Was Wrong" (030898), and "Money Was Made For Coons To Spend" (030897). As far as is known, these were his final recorded performances as a solo artist.
He cut comic routines with Billy Golden in 1917 following the death on March 21, 1917, of Golden's recording partner James Marlowe. One Golden and Heins Victor disc features "A Trip To Paradise" backed by "The Death Of Towser" (35641), recorded on May 24, 1917. The other Victor disc, also twelve-inch, features "In A Bird Store" and "Up For Sentence" (35659).
The two made Paramount and Okeh discs around this time. For Rex they cut "A Scheme To Enter Heaven" (5478). For Edison, Golden and Heins made seven Diamond Discs and a number of Blue Amberols, such as "Colored Recruits" (3546) and "Aunt Phoebe's Wedding Day" (4421).
In the August 1973 issue of Hobbies, Jim Walsh stated that the comedian "was still living about 20 years ago." Social Security records show that a William Heins was born on November 29, 1874, and died in New York in July 1971. Whether this was the recording artist is unknown.
"In Summertime Down By The Sea" Billy Heins 1904 American Record Company BIOGRAPHY OF BILLY HEINS
