Volume 10 , Issue 33

Billy Murray - The Denver Nightingale

William Thomas "Billy" Murray was born in Philadelphia on May 25, 1877. His parents had migrated to the US from County Kerry, Ireland as young adults and in 1883 the family relocated to Denver, Colorado. Billy Murray's early nickname was "The Denver Nightingale".

Murray outsold all other performers from the time of his breakout records in 1903 through to his retirement in 1943. Each of Murray's successive efforts first, "Yankee Doodle Boy," then "The Grand Old Rag," and later, "Casey Jones," by the Murray-led American Quartet and was announced as the biggest seller for Victor Records.
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