About Billy Golden
Billy Golden was born William B. Shires in Cincinnati, Ohio on 9 June 1858 and was raised in St. Louis. He began his entertainment career in 1874, doing a black-face talking act in vaudeville. In the 1890s, Billy Golden worked for nearly all the record companies of the time, beginning with Columbia in 1891. He met Emile Berliner in 1894 and was among the first "name" entertainers to make Berliner discs. He recorded "Rabbit Hash" for Berliner on 24 August 1895.
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Top Tracks
Turkey in the Straw (Victor 4515) [Recorded 1905]
Turkey In The Straw
Turkey In De Straw
Roll on The Ground
The Mocking Bird
I'm a Nigger That's Living High
Rabbit Hash
The Hospital Patients (Recorded 1916) [Edison 2981 Comic Minstrel Vaudeville]
Uncle Jefferson
Roll on de ground
Rabbit Hash (1903)
Turkey in the Straw (Recorded 1909) [Edison 1769 Comic Minstrel Vaudeville]
Medley of Coon Songs (1903)
Roll on the Ground (Columbia 1105) [Recorded 1902]
Turkey in the straw (144 rpm)
Turkey In De Straw (2) 1897
Medley of coon songs
Turkey in the Straw (Coon Song)
Listen To The Mocking Bird 1897
Bye Bye, My Honey
Going Back to Arkansas (Recorded 1914) [Edison 2308 Comic Minstrel Vaudeville]
Jimmy Triggers Return from Mexico (Recorded 1914) [Edison 2420 Comic Minstrel Vaudeville]
Yaller Gal (Laughing Song) 1899
Roll On De Ground 1899
Turkey In De Straw (1) 1897
Bear's Oil (Recorded 1909) [Edison 1948 Comic Minstrel Vaudeville]
Jimmy Trigger Soldier (Recorded 1913) [Edison 1644 Comic Minstrel Vaudeville]
Bye, bye, my honey
Yaller Gal (Laughing Song) (Coon Song) (1899)
An Evening with the minstrels. I'm a nigger that's living high
Comic Epitaphs (Recorded 1910) [Edison 2006 Comic Minstrel Vaudeville]
A Darkies Oration on Women (Recorded 1916) [Edison 3255 Comic Minstrel Vaudeville]
An Easy Job on the Farm (Recorded 1913) [Edison 1907 Comic Minstrel]
Darktown Eccentricities (Recorded 1912) [Edison 1571 Comic Minstrel Vaudeville]
My Uncle's Farm (Recorded 1913) [Edison 1511 Comic Minstrel Vaudeville]
The Insect Powder Agent (Recorded 1915) [Edison 2598 Comic Minstrel Vaudeville]
Hot Time Medley 1899
An Evening with the minstrels aka I'm a nigger that's living high (1903)
Turkey In the Straw (1896)
Whistling Pete
Yaller Gal (Laughing Song)
Yaller gal
Bye Bye Ma Honey
The Insect Powder Agent (Excerpt)
Ambrose and Steve in Court (Recorded 1918) [Edison 3619 Comic Minstrel Vaudeville]
Bill's Visit to Saint Peter (Recorded 1917) [Edison 3317 Comic Minstrel Vaudeville]
Good and Bad (Recorded 1918) [Edison 3559 Comic Minstrel Vaudeville]
The Coon Waiters (Recorded 1916) [Edison 3158 Comic Minstrel Vaudeville]
Unlucky Mose (Recorded 1912) [Edison 1644 Comic Minstrel Vaudeville]
Bye Bye My Honey I'm Gone
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