[78-L] BEER DRINKING MUSIC

[David Lennick]

On 1/19/2013 12:28 PM, David Breneman wrote:
>
> --- On Sat, 1/19/13, Cary Ginell<soundthink at live.com>  wrote:
>
>> The earliest one I have that has
>> "beer" in the title is "Good Old Beer" by Bob Miller (aka
>> "Slick Palmer") on the super-scarce black-on-blue Bluebird
>> label (1826), recorded 12/29/32.
>
> If we're limiting the search to US titles, we must
> remember that prohibition fever swept the land during
> the first couple decades of the 20th century, and
> "glamorizing" Demon Alcohol was considered to be in
> bad taste, even before it was outlawed.  But I'd bet
> that if you look for "Bier" rather than "Beer"
> you'll find a lot of examples in Germanic north
> central Europe, where gramophones frequently provided
> music in Gasthofen (pubs).
>
Not to forget about drinking songs in opera, including "Vin ou Biere" from 
Gounod's Faust.

If we're not restricting ourselves to beer, here's a list compiled my myself 
and some other 78-cellars er ellers some years back when there was the 
possibility of a Booze compilation:

On 6/5/2004 10:57 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>
> Scotch and Soda..Charlie Barnet
> Cocktails for Two..Duke Ellington
> Riffin' the Scotch..Benny Goodman
> Bring Another Drink..King Cole Trio
> Rum and Coca Cola..Andrews Sisters
> When I Been Drinking..Rosetta Howard
> Drink to me Only With Thine Eyes....Maxine Sullivan
> Beer Barrel Polka..Andrews Sisters
> More Beer..Andrews Sisters
> Pound Your Table Polka..Mary Martin with Horace Heidt (is this about booze?)
> Show Me the Way to Go Home - Les Brown or the Andrews Sisters
> Shoot the Likker to me John Boy
> Was I Drunk - Georgia White
> Beer Garden Blues - Clarence Williams
> How Dry I Am
> Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller
> Pink Elephants
> Ten Little Bottles in the Sink..Mel Blanc
> We'll Never Get Drunk Anymore
> What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor
> Drunk - Jimmy Liggins
> Sloppy Drunk - Sleepy John Estes
> What's the Use Gettin' Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again) - Louis
> Jordan
> Let's Get Drunk and Truck - Harlem Hamfats
> Blues 'n Booze (Art Hodes)
> Scotch And Water (Stan Kenton)
> Gin Mill Special"
> "Knockin' a Jug"
> "Feelin' no  pain"?
> "Gimme a Pigfoot and a  Bottle of Beer"
> Drinkin' Wine Spo-de-Odee".
> "Only a glass of champagne";
> "One for my  baby".
> "Cigareets 'n' whusky 'n' while while wimmin".
> "Blue Champagne"
> "Moonlight Cocktail".
> One scotch, one bourbon, one beer - Amos Milburn
> Whiskey&  Gin- Johnnie Ray
> Over a Bottle of Wine - Tony martin
> Rye Whiskey - Tex Ritter
> There's a Tear in my Beer - Hank Williams
> Bubbles in the Wine - Lawrence Welk
> Here I am Drunk Again - Lattie Moore
> Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well - Lucky Millinder
> There's A Tear In My Beer Tonight - Hoosier Hot Shots
> Sloppy Drunk Blues - Bogan, Leroy Carr, a.o.
> Sloppy Drunk Woman
> Sloppy Drunk Again - Walter Davis
> "A Pink Cocktail For A Blue Lady" Hildegarde (and others)
> "Clink, Clink, Another Drink" Spike Jones
> "The Beer I Left on the Bar"  Vaughn Monroe
> "The Lady Drinks Champagne" Johnny Ray
> "Bloodshot Eyes"..Wynonie Harris
> Ambrose - Champagne Cocktail
> Whoopee John Wilfahrt - In Heaven There Is No Beer
> Moonshine Lullaby..Ethel Merman
> Spiked Beer....Lawrence Welk
> Dry Martini.....Jack Pettis
> "Shut Up and Drink Your Beer," Merle Travis, also done by Luke Wills' Rhythm
> Busters on King.
> The Guy at the End of the Bar..Harry's Tavern Band/Billy Murray
> I Love My Whiskey (Bill Broonzy) (I have this)
> Bad, Bad Whiskey (Wynonie Harris, IIRC)
> One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (the original...I think this was John Lee
> Hooker,
>     and I think pre-1953)
> Beer Drinking Woman (I think I have this, but don't recall the artist)
> Wine, Wine, Wine (Floyd Dixon, IIRC...I have this one)
> Hey, Bartender (Floyd Dixon)
> I'm Tore Up (song is about drinking...one line runs "My head is ragged as a
> hair
>     comb with no teeth!")
> Whisky Headed Buddies Jazz Gillum
> Keep On' Drinkin' Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
>
>
>
> Prohibition:
>
> "The Alcoholic Blues" Billy Murray
> "Sahara We'll Soon Be Dry Like You" Billy Murray
> "Everyone Wants a Key to My Cellar" Ed Meeker (?)
> "Ten Little Bottles" Bert Williams
> "I'm Afraid To Come Home In The Dark" Billy Murray
> "What Are You When The Whole Town Goes Dry" Billy Murray
> "My Name Is Morgan, But It Ain't JP" (Edison 2 minute wax by??)
> "Under The Anheiser Bush" Billy Murray
> "Prohibition Blues" Nora Bayes
> Every Day Will be Sunday (When The Town Goes Dry) - Ed Meeker
> Dinnie Donohue on Prohibition - Wm Cahill (Edison)
> I've Been Floating Down The Old Green River - Billy Murray (Edison)
> Alcoholic Blues - Billy Murray (Victor) or Vernon Dalhart (Edison)
> The Moon Shines On The Moonshine - Bernard&  Hare (Edison)
> Just A Little Drink - Paul Whiteman (Victor)
> I Married the Bootlegger's Daughter..Frank Crumit
> All The Boys Love Mary..Van&  Schenck
> Hello Montreal..Fred Waring
> Show Me The Way To Go Home - Jones&  Hare (Edison)
> "My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes," by Marion Harris.
>