Busy-Bee was a Chicago-based record label founded in 1904 [1] that sold both cylinders and discs, often (but not always) with content licensed from other labels. [2] Their cylinders could only be played on special Busy-Bee players. A 1906 cylinder catalog shows artists including Gilmore's Band, Billy Murray, Arthur Collins, Bob Roberts, and Ada Jones. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Busy Bee was founded in April 1904 in Chicago by Arthur James O'Neill (1868–1916), Winifred B. James, and Sherwin Nelson Bisbee (1862–1924). The label is the namesake of Sherwin Nelson Bisbee (1862–1924), a banker, born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, who, at the time, was General Sales Manager for O'Neill-James Company. [8] [9] All of its cylinders had Columbia matrix numbers. [10]
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link)Busy-Bee was a Chicago-based record label founded in 1904 [1] that sold both cylinders and discs, often (but not always) with content licensed from other labels. [2] Their cylinders could only be played on special Busy-Bee players. A 1906 cylinder catalog shows artists including Gilmore's Band, Billy Murray, Arthur Collins, Bob Roberts, and Ada Jones. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Busy Bee was founded in April 1904 in Chicago by Arthur James O'Neill (1868–1916), Winifred B. James, and Sherwin Nelson Bisbee (1862–1924). The label is the namesake of Sherwin Nelson Bisbee (1862–1924), a banker, born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, who, at the time, was General Sales Manager for O'Neill-James Company. [8] [9] All of its cylinders had Columbia matrix numbers. [10]
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11380159 (all editions),
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1762297 (all editions) &
499264168.{{
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