Billy Murray - Over There [1917].

[Written by George M. Cohan]. Opening Verse "Johnny Get Your Gun" From A Popular American Song Published in 1886. 1st. Recorded 23 June 1917 by Peerless Quartet Also 3 July 1917 by Billy Murray 13 July 1917 by Nora Bayes 1st. Performed Publicly Fall 1917 by Charles King at a Red Cross Benefit in New York 1st. Performed On Stage 1917 by Nora Bayes By the end of the First World War Over 2 Million Copies of Sheet Music were sold. In 1942 President Roosevelt Presented the Congressional Medal of Honor to George Cohan for This Song Issued on Edison Blue Amberol 3275 [cylinder]. Also Recorded 1917 on Edison 50443 Recorded 3 July 1917 New York - Billy Murray [vcl solo] with Mixed Chorus and Orchestra Born William Thomas Murray in Philadelphia, PA [1877 - 1954]. Recorded from 1897 to 1943 1st Recorded 1897 on Cylinder with Matt Keefe [tenor and yodeller] No Early Recordings Survived