C "Murray secured solo recording deals with Edison and Victor Records and from 1903 to the mid-1920’s released a string of recordings that hit #1 on the charts....With his collaborators, had #1 hits with “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” (1908), "
C From here to Shanghai. "While Harlan enjoyed an extremely successful solo career with over 50 top ten recordings from 1899 through 1919, he became hugely famous as one half of the “Half-ton duo” with baritone Arthur Collins."
Billy Murray, Songwriters Hall of Fame
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