Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee

"Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee"
Sheet music, 1912
Song
Published1912
Composer(s)Henry I. Marshall
Lyricist(s)Stanley Murphy
Audio sample
Recording of Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee, performed by Billy Murray and Ada Jones (1912)

"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]

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

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References

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  1. ^ Boardman, Gerald Martin. American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle, pp. 322-23 (2011 ed.)
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954. Wisconsin: Record Research. pp. 237, 239. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  3. ^ Jasen, David A. (2013-10-15). A Century of American Popular Music. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-35264-6.
  4. ^ 1912 Recording, Library of Congress, Retrieved 9 March 2023
  5. ^ "Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  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. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1953-03-28.