In My Merry Oldsmobile - Billy Murray c.1906
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- čas přidán 19. 12. 2008
- This is a fun little song recorded in 1909. An Oldsmobile must have been quite the toy when this was recorded. From an old single sided VICTOR RECORD COMPANY 78 rpm record. Enjoy!
- Hudba
I love that people are preserving this stuff, taking recordings that might have vanished into history and making them available for everyone. Thanks for posting!
for real, god bless the internet
I found a 60 lb. box of shellac records at a garage sale, bought the entire box for $5. Tons of old songs in it, I haven't added them to the website "78 RPM on 45worlds" yet but I will eventually.
Indeed. I'm glad internet exists.
I am a fan of collecting really old records including these old shellac 78s
@@sheikahslate0243 Me too.
I loved singing this song with my mum when she had Alzheimers, I used to play it on our windup gramaphone when I was young!
This still kicks ass to this day. The first car i EVER rode in was an oldsmoble.
:-) My first car was an Olds. It had a V6 engine and it was awesome.
Same here. It was a 1997 Silhouette.
I was brought home from the hospital in an Oldsmobile after being born.
Oh i am so glad to here that the first car you rode in was a olds mobile my great great great great grandfather made it 😊also if you dont belive me my name is jenna nicole olds
@@bradywells8220 You and me both, dude!
Yes, exactly. Oldsmobile always set the pace throughout their history, and they were of course first in that field, too.
my grandma use to sing this to us when we were kids in my grandpas Oldsmobile. Thanks to the internet I can finally listen to the songs my grandma use to sing us :)
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I learned this song in fourth grade music class, circa 1980. This one really brought me back ❤️
Thanks. One of my favorites. My Dad had a 1941Oldsmobile for over 10 yrs. It is still my favorite car of all time. My cousins name is Lucille sooo we sang this to her a lot. I am 76, yeah born the same year as the GREAT car.
This song was featured in a 1938 Bette Davis movie entitled, "The Sisters". It was being played by a brass band in a dance hall. In this scene, people had gathered at the hall to dance and celebrate as the results of the 1904 elections came through as most of them were for Teddy Roosevelt. I also remember it from 1930's vintage Looneytoons whenever a scene involved an automobile.
Truly timeless. I love his voice
This is a song I remember from a songbook my great grandmother had. She passed almost two years ago now, and I still reminisce about the vintage sheet music she had. Only memories remain in the end, but sometimes that's all you need.
Young Johnny Steel has an oldsmobile and he loves a dear little girl.
She is the queen of his gas machine she has his heart in a whirl.
Now when they go for a spin you know she tries to learn his auto, so he lets her steer while he gets her ear and whispers soft and low.
Come away with me lucille, in my merry oldsmobile, down the road of life we'll fly automobubbling you and I, to the church we'll swiftly steal, then our wedding bells will peal, you can go as far as you like with me in my merry oldsmobile.
They love to spark in the dark old park as they go flying along, she says she knows why his motor goes, his sparkers awfully strong.
Each day they spoon to the engines tune, their honeymoon will happen soon, he'll win lucille with his oldsmobile, and then he'll fondly croon.
Thank you for sharing the lyrics , I own an Oldsmobile
"You can go as far as you like, with me..." very sweet and naughty lyrics.
Having been an Oldsmobile fan for my entire life, this song just tickles my heart some. It's so charming and wholesome.
I just remembered this from a songbook we used to sing in like 5th grade. So beautiful 🥰
I remember my Uncle's Oldsmobile Super 98 that had an (S) on the column and when you sat in that drivers which was the best most comfortable living room couch you ever sat on, looking across that Engine hood which was as long as a football field, put that gear into (S) super hit the gas pedal, and your head would jerk back and take off with that super V-10 engine, power unlimited.
Then my Uncle would buy a Coke A Cola for me which had real Coke in it, WOW as a kid I didn't know what was in it, but all I remember is that I liked it, that was 75 years ago.
You certainly don't look that old
Billy Murray was one of the most prolific singers ever, having recorded over 9,000 records in his career of about 30 years. THIS is what I call "oldies"!
I believe this is actually an 80 RPM record, being played at 78 rpm. A very minor detail, speeds weren't completely standardized, so many companies simply used half the speed of a cylinder record which was 160 rpm. It wasn't until the 20s that 78 rpm became the standard (except for the Edison Diamond Discs which were always 80 rpm)
Best quality I could find on CZcams, thanks for the upload!
It's crazy to think it's already a little over a century old..
Yes, someone took EXCELLENT care of that copy!
118 years old. Thank you for preserving these ancient recordings.
As vinysingleman said, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories shows Victor 4467 as being a hit in October 1905; in fact lists it as the #1 record for 7 weeks. There were no true popularity or sales charts in those days.
More interesting is that it also tells us why Oldsmobile was used, beside being convenient for rhyming. The song was "inspired by the first transcontinental auto race, won by an Oldsmobile". The race started from New York City May 8, 1905. It took the winning car 44 days. The second car (arriving 8 days later) was also an Oldsmobile.
110 years old and good playable and audible
Yes, someone took EXCELLENT care of that copy :-)
RIP Oldsmobile inc
1897-2004
Lord mr. Ford, what have you done
Thomas Servoski Jerry Reed is the best
Thomas Servo in my Smokin Chokin automobile!
I have this record and I play it on my 1923 console Victrola (the last year of the non-electric Victrola.) It makes me absurdly happy to use my Victrola console, and to enlarge my antique record collection whenever I can.
2021 and this still 🔥🔥
Right
Actually, this was a hit in 1905! The record label (4467) matches with the one given for the 1905 version. Thanks for posting.
I can't believe I found this song. when I was a little kid, in California. my family lived on our family ranch. that had been around for 100 years or so. there was tons of stuff from around the turn of the century. we found a record and it had this song on it. been in my head all this time.
we even had to look up the word automobubbling
in an old dictionary. it means to just cruise around in your "automobile " I believe
Lansing native.. first time hearing this! Legendary
Love this song
Merry Oldsmobile" DID get recorded again in 1909-10. As with many Victor records, when technology improved, and surfaces got a lot quieter, many perennially popular tunes were recorded again, usually under the same cat #, taking advantage of the improved surfaces. Especially prevalent in the case of operatics; the second take usually had an underline under the cat #.
This is the original version. The later "1909" rendition does not have the cute auto horn.
The "Come away with me Lucille" is referenced in the Jerry Reed song "Lord, Mr. Ford." The way that part sticks out from the rest of his song made me wonder if it was a call back to something - and here I am. Pretty fun. Thanks for uploading.
That ending stuck out like sore thumb, and here I is too.
It wasn't written as an advertisement, but Olds did embrace it as a theme song for a while. This was to the 1900's as "Little Deuce Coupe" would've been to the 60's.
I had a yellow 1979 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency and my Dad had a sleek green 1955 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Starfire convertible.
The best car brand ever made in the history of the automobile they will never make a better car again!
The person at GM who signed off on the decision to ditch the Oldsmobile division was required to do penance by taking a job painting the railings that wind up Poenari Bluff to Dracula's castle, the real actual place, in Romania. -- Cheryl B. Montoya, San Antonio TX
honestly, I do prefer the Locomobile racer.
I don't know, my Oakland was a fine machine indeed
Wish I'd lived then.
+Paula Pacente no you don't. the spanish influenza would have wiped out your family and you would have died in a trench somewhere by the river Somme.
+Fed5514 Well my grandparents survived and I know I don't belong in the 21st century...
My uncle restored 2 Model T's---a 1916 and a 1926. It was fun to ride in those cars!
Well, my uncle was a psychiatrist when taxes were low in the 1950s and 60s. My husband bought a 1964 Chrysler Imperial in 1993. We never had the money to restore it. We both cried when he HAD to sell it last summer. It was part of his youth that he could NEVER recapture no matter how hard we worked. C'est la vie... (That is life). At least he was able to drive a turbo-charged Chrysler when he was 17. His father had owned Chryslers for so many years that they wanted to give him the car just to test it. My father-in-law said "It has no power". My husband realized that because it was essentially a jet engine it didn't have any power "off the line". He got in the driver's seat and braked-torqued it. His father was in the passenger seat, and the car salesman was in the back seat. Al (my husband) had it going SO fast, that the car literally went airborne when they hit the RR tracks on the north side of Chicago. My father-in-law was tall, and his head hit the roof. He said to Al, "What the hell were you doing?". Al replied, "You said it had no power. I was just trying to tell you that it did". LOL
Yes. Memories are priceless...
Dammit now I sing this song when I'm driving now lol
Great song! I wished they still Oldsmobles. I used to own one. I made merry in the back seat once. She only charged me $20.
I own a 1997 Oldsmobile Aurora.
Cruisin down the street in my o nine, jockin the broads, slappin the dames.
Lol
Back in the good ole days.
For some
Thank you. Just. Thank you.
We getting out of Lansing with this one 🔥 🔥
Oldsmobile used an instrumental version of the chorus of this song in its television commercials for years in the late 1950s and 1960s.
beautiful
The first car I ever flew, I mean drove, was a brand new 1958 Oldsmobile that belonged to my parents; I currently have a 1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue, bought on Leap Year night in 2000. Let's keep the Oldsmobile legacy alive! -- Cheryl B. Montoya, San Antonio TX
Thanks for posting!
Rest in peace, Oldsmobile. Taken too soon.
You can go as far as you like with me in my merry Oldsmobile.
If you know what I mean..
love this !!!
Just heard this in Thankskilling. Really Nice song
A good sounding song there to listen to when driving.
i remember listening to this on my phonograph like it was just yesterday
Automobubbling ! Yeah !!
I love my merry 1971 Oldsmobile cutlass S
@Joseph Linz
My one buddy has a '71 Hurst Olds that he bought from a 'well endowed' girl in 1973. She liked to go braless & said the stiff suspension of the car hurt her boobs. She bought a slightly used '71 Cutlass & sold my buddy the Hurst. He STILL has it. He also picked up a '71 442 ragtop with the 455 in 'sad' shape in the late '80s. He rebuilt it & added the gold decals to match the Hurst. What a sight to see the 2 of them side by side!! (Only downfall is that they are not stick shift). My buddy told me the 442 was worth more than the 'top of the line' Hurst. Go figure :-)
trainsntile that’s amazing, My Sweet 71’ is a 350 small block with a three speed automatic, i have plenty of videos of her on my channel if you wanna see her! Happy motoring!
I HAVE A GREAT REPECT FOR THAT GREAT SINGER BILLY MURRAY..REMINDS ME OF CAGNEY.
Straight 🔥
This kicks ass
Four-cylinder Oldsmobile touring car (Model L for a 2 seat, or Model S for a 4 seat) 1906. Murray had good taste, great sponsorship or both
Recorded on August 8, 1905.
Recorded on February 1, 1909. The Oldsmobile division of General Motors, however, was disbanded years ago.
Sad to see the GM's 'experimental' car go. They tried everything on the Olds first, before putting them in the Cadillac. (Can't tarnish the flagship of GM, now can they?)
I love this song, mostly for its use in the Warner Bros. cartoons!
I own a merry Oldsmobile.
Remember when BonziBuddy sang this in the early 2000s?
"Automobubbling?"
cars were steam powered so boiling water bubbling
steve lafogg The Oldsmobile was NOT steam powered. Automobubbling was the bouncing ride (they didn't have shock absorbers) on the rough and sometimes muddy roads.
Or that old people are weird
Remember, there wouldn't be any young people if old people didn't make mistakes when they were younger. LOL.
David Miscavige it means having sex in a car
Actually, this was a hit in the fall of 1905. Source: Joel Whitburn's "Pop Memories". Thanks for posting, the record's in good shape too.
This is from 1906. There was a version recorded in 1909 but this isn't it. Very cool!
why won't the black thing fit in the CD tray Grandma??? LOL
It's a cup-holder, that's why
This song later appeared in a Fleischer cartoon sing-along featuring the old-fashioned Oldsmobile.
According to what I have read 1905 was the last year for the "Grand Prize",label on Victor records,Columbia took the Grand Prize label in1906 due in part to court precedings involving both parties.
The fact that there are people creeped out by this 👽
holy crap lol it's the lyric version of the opening titles theme from the movie "Cheaper By The Dozen" (1950)
I wondered why it was spinning so fast and then I remembered that records that old were 78 rpm.
BONZI BUDDY
THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING AHA
Bonzi Buddy Says it like spoderman
Why I'm here! Never heard this anywhere else.
Expanddong
@digitalmetadata1 yes, just looked it up. And the 1909 take 6 couldn't appear on a GP label. The 1905 take 1 is also probably pretty rare.
Oldsmobile had a wonderful run - but how sad it was that 95 years later, in 2004, Oldsmobile met its end.
dr demento sent me here. history.
@digitalmetadata1 I'm surprised this isn't in the Library Of Congress VICTOR site which virutally every major acoustic disc from 1900-1924
Now people make fun of my Oldsmobile
I get lots of compliments on mine (1999 Intrigue); some people have asked me if I wanted to sell it -- No way, Jose. -- Cheryl B. Montoya, San Antonio TX
It’s no The Little Ford Rambled Right Along (another Billy Murray song)
The first advertisement for a car
Got here via Jerry Reed’s “Lord Mr. Ford”…🤷🏻♂️
Classic! I love this in Looney Tunes!!
Written in 1905 by Vincent Bryan, music by Gus Edwards.
someone should make a cover for these these songs. With these I mean "Come Josephine", this song and other popular songs from 10', 20' and 30'
legendaarinen automerkki..
I think this guy is entertaining.... Ragtime...Etc
Young Johnny Steele has an Oldsmobile, he loves a dear little girl. She is the is the queen of his gas machine, she has his heart in a whirl. Now, when they go for a spin, she tries to learn the auto so he lets her steer while he gets her ear and whispers soft and low, "Come away with me Lucile in my merry Oldsmobile, Down the road of life we'll fly, auto-mo-bubbling you and i. To the church we'll switly steal, Then our wedding bells will peel. You can go as far as you like with me in my merry Oldsmobile." They love to spark in the dark old park as they go flying along. She says she knows why the motor goes, the sparker's awefully strong. Each day the spoon to the engine's tune, their honeymoon will happen soon. He'll win Lucile with his Oldsmobile and then they'll fondly croon. "Come away with me Lucile in my merry Oldsmobile, Down the road of life we'll fly, auto-mo-bubbling you and i. To the church we'll switly steal, Then our wedding bells will peel. You can go as far as you like with me in my merry Oldsmobile."
My great great great great grandfather made the olds mobile
I only know this song because of Bonzi the purple gorilla lol
And it's played on a Gerard turntable!
the nipper trademark was origninaly a funural ceramic peice and edison bought the nipper for his trade mark i love this song. ahooogah.
Tain't the way I heared it...
I'm from Lansing, MI and love Oldsmobiles even if they don't make them anymore.
I don't think so. The original painting was never used as a funeral ceramic piece and was never presented to the Edison company. When presented to the Edison-Bell company, they said "Dogs don't listen to phonographs". It was The Gramophone Company that bought the rights to the painting.
music hasn't changed at all
Another old automobile song about "auto eroticism" is "Please don't take advantage of my good nature" .Check out the last line !
Bonzi Buddy xD
I think that hook is in Super Mario 2
was this an advertisement for Oldsmobile from 1909? If so it is very cool, and rare in the 78 world
Oops, sorry, didn't even notice I'd already posted my info about the date a while back. Didn't mean to be redundant.
bonzi buddy :)
How did you find that record of that song
I have a copy of this that was made for gm personally.
Shoutouts to my boi Bonzi Buddy