Everybody Have A Good Old Time - Arthur Collins (1906)
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"Everybody Have A Good Old Time"
Arthur Collins
Edison Gold Moulded Record 9406
1906
Arthur Collins was among the half dozen most prolific recording artists during the acoustic era.
He was closely associated with the comic song "The Preacher and the Bear," which he recorded for many companies. One trademark was a short laugh, often interjected between lines in songs.
In the December 1942 issue of Hobbies, Jim Walsh attributed Collins' popularity to these qualities: "There probably has never been a sweeter, more naturally musical baritone voice than his....Then, too, Arthur Collins managed invariably to get into the wax the impression of a warm, lovable personality. The unctuous sound of his chuckles in dialect work is unfailingly charming. His negro [sic] heroes usually were in hard luck, but they bore up bravely and saw the funny side of their own misfortunes."
Arthur Francis Collins was born on February 7, 1864, in the home of his grandfather, Reverend Joseph Perry (a chaplain in the U.S. Navy), on Gerard Avenue in Philadelphia.
The oldest of ten children, he was about 14 when his father--Captain Arthur Collins, a devout Quaker--retired from seafaring occupations and bought a home in Barnegat, New Jersey, where he opened a country store. Collins' wife supplied this information to Walsh, who reported it in the November 1942 issue of Hobbies.
Collins joined the lifesaving station on the New Jersey coast. By 17 he was singing at church festivals and concerts, and his parents sent him to Philadelphia to take voice lessons. He joined the Old King Company, an unsuccessful touring company.
He then joined a company starring Fay Templeton, but this company also failed. He next sang in summer operas in St. Louis and eventually toured with Francis Wilson in Merry Monarch and The Lion Tamer, remaining with Wilson for ten years, according to the October 1916 issue of Edison Phonograph Monthly.
In 1895 in New York City's St. Timothy's Episcopal Church he married an Irish-born singer named Anna Leah Connolly (18 May 1867 - 14 May 1949), leaving show business to study shorthand, typewriting, and bookkeeping.
Around 1898 the marriage produced a son. Page 65 of the September 15, 1918 issue of Talking Machine World features a photograph of a proud Collins "saying good-bye to son," with 20-year old Sergeant Arthur Perry Collins taking leave in uniform, headed for France.
Collins worked for a cigar company but resigned after six months when his right arm became lame. After recovering, he worked for the De Wolf Hopper Company, singing in Wang, and soon received a letter from Edison's National Phonograph Company inviting him to make a trial recording.
One of his most popular numbers in the earliest years was Thurland Chattaway's "Mandy Lee," recorded in early 1900 for Edison (7404) and in two sessions for Victor in that year.
Walsh states in Ronald Dethlefson's Edison Blue Amberol Recordings 1915-1929 (Brooklyn, NY: APM Press, 1981).
Arthur Collins
Edison Gold Moulded Record 9406
1906
Arthur Collins was among the half dozen most prolific recording artists during the acoustic era.
He was closely associated with the comic song "The Preacher and the Bear," which he recorded for many companies. One trademark was a short laugh, often interjected between lines in songs.
In the December 1942 issue of Hobbies, Jim Walsh attributed Collins' popularity to these qualities: "There probably has never been a sweeter, more naturally musical baritone voice than his....Then, too, Arthur Collins managed invariably to get into the wax the impression of a warm, lovable personality. The unctuous sound of his chuckles in dialect work is unfailingly charming. His negro [sic] heroes usually were in hard luck, but they bore up bravely and saw the funny side of their own misfortunes."
Arthur Francis Collins was born on February 7, 1864, in the home of his grandfather, Reverend Joseph Perry (a chaplain in the U.S. Navy), on Gerard Avenue in Philadelphia.
The oldest of ten children, he was about 14 when his father--Captain Arthur Collins, a devout Quaker--retired from seafaring occupations and bought a home in Barnegat, New Jersey, where he opened a country store. Collins' wife supplied this information to Walsh, who reported it in the November 1942 issue of Hobbies.
Collins joined the lifesaving station on the New Jersey coast. By 17 he was singing at church festivals and concerts, and his parents sent him to Philadelphia to take voice lessons. He joined the Old King Company, an unsuccessful touring company.
He then joined a company starring Fay Templeton, but this company also failed. He next sang in summer operas in St. Louis and eventually toured with Francis Wilson in Merry Monarch and The Lion Tamer, remaining with Wilson for ten years, according to the October 1916 issue of Edison Phonograph Monthly.
In 1895 in New York City's St. Timothy's Episcopal Church he married an Irish-born singer named Anna Leah Connolly (18 May 1867 - 14 May 1949), leaving show business to study shorthand, typewriting, and bookkeeping.
Around 1898 the marriage produced a son. Page 65 of the September 15, 1918 issue of Talking Machine World features a photograph of a proud Collins "saying good-bye to son," with 20-year old Sergeant Arthur Perry Collins taking leave in uniform, headed for France.
Collins worked for a cigar company but resigned after six months when his right arm became lame. After recovering, he worked for the De Wolf Hopper Company, singing in Wang, and soon received a letter from Edison's National Phonograph Company inviting him to make a trial recording.
One of his most popular numbers in the earliest years was Thurland Chattaway's "Mandy Lee," recorded in early 1900 for Edison (7404) and in two sessions for Victor in that year.
Walsh states in Ronald Dethlefson's Edison Blue Amberol Recordings 1915-1929 (Brooklyn, NY: APM Press, 1981).