[78-L] BEER DRINKING MUSIC

[Michael Biel]

I'm surprised that nobody has brought up these two, not even in
"Lennick's Long Larger List":


Drink! Drink! Drink! from the Student Prince
Beer Barrel Polka


Mike (teetotaler) Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  

  -------- Original Message --------
 Subject: Re: [78-L] BEER DRINKING MUSIC
 From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
 Date: Sat, January 19, 2013 12:32 pm
 To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
 
 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.
 >
 
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