Joseph Belmont
Joe Belmont was the stage name of Joseph Walter Fulton (July 22, 1876 - August 29, 1949) who was a whistling performer and baritone in the United States who came to be known as "The Human Bird". He was one of the most popular recording artists in the years leading to 1900 and sang as a baritone and whistled for the Columbia Quartet along with Albert Campbell, Jim Reynard and Joe Majors. His top-selling records included "Beautiful Birds, Sing On", "Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" (with Byron G. Harlan, Frank C. Stanley, and the Florodora Girls, Columbia 31604, 1901). |
Birth and Death Data: Born July 22, 1876 (Shamokin), Died August 29, 1949 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1901 - 1919
Roles Represented in DAHR: whistling, baritone vocal, composer, arranger
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 101-125 of 200 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia | 924 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | The robin's song | Joseph Belmont ; Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 924 | 10-in. | ca. 1902-1908 | The robin's song | Joseph Belmont ; Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 926 | 7-in. | ca. 1902-Oct. 1905 | The cuckoo song | Joseph Belmont ; Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 926 | 10-in. | between 1902 and 1908 | The cuckoo song | Joseph Belmont ; Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 927 | 7-in. | ca. 1902-Oct. 1905 | The birds | Joseph Belmont ; Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 927 | 10-in. | approximately 1902 | The birds | Joseph Belmont ; Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal duet and whistling, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 1015 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Chariot race march | Columbia Band | Band, with whistling | vocalist, whistling | |
| Columbia | 1015 | 10-in. | approximately 1902 | Chariot race march | Columbia Band | Band, with whistling | vocalist, whistling | |
| Columbia | 1097 | 7-in. | ca. 1902-Oct. 1905 | Whistling Mike | Joseph Belmont | Male vocal solo and whistling, with piano | vocalist, whistling | |
| Columbia | 1097 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | Whistling Mike | Joseph Belmont | Male vocal solo and whistling, with piano | vocalist, whistling | |
| Columbia | 1122 | 7-in. | ca. 1903 | The robin and the wren | Joseph Belmont | Whistling, with piano | vocalist, whistling | |
| Columbia | 1122 | 10-in. | ca. 1903-1908 | The robin and the wren | Joseph Belmont | Whistling, with piano | vocalist, whistling | |
| Columbia | 1164 | 7-in. | ca. 1903-Oct. 1905 | The bobolink | Joseph Belmont | Whistling, with piano | vocalist, whistling | |
| Columbia | 1164 | 10-in. | ca. 1903 | The bobolink | Joseph Belmont | Whistling, with piano | vocalist, whistling | |
| Columbia | 3651 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-June 1907 | The merry farmer boy | Joseph Belmont ; Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal duet and whistling, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 39240 | 10-in. | 2/13/1914 | Listen to the mocking bird | Joseph Belmont | Whistling solo, with orchestra | vocalist, whistling | |
| Columbia | 39285 | 10-in. | 3/17/1914 | The whistling coquette | Joseph Belmont ; Ada Jones | Female vocal solo, with male vocal solo (whistling) and orchestra | vocalist, whistling, composer | |
| Columbia | 46003 | 10-in. | 9/8/1915 | White bird | Joseph Belmont | Whistling solo, with orchestra | vocalist, whistling | |
| Columbia | 47000 | 10-in. | 9/6/1916 | Beautiful bird, sing on | Ernest Aldwell ; Lewis James | Male vocal duet, with bird imitations and orchestra | vocalist, whistling | |
| Columbia | 47150 | 10-in. | 11/13/1916 | The blue jay and the thrush | Joseph Belmont ; Lewis James | Male vocal duet, with orchestra and whistling | vocalist, whistling | |
| Columbia | 47304 | 10-in. | 1/19/1917 | Beautiful bird sing on | Joseph Belmont ; James Harrod ; Reed Miller | Male vocal duet and bird imitations, with orchestra | vocalist, whistling | |
| Columbia | 77116 | 10-in. | 6/7/1917 | Blue jay and the thrush | Joseph Belmont ; Sibyl Sanderson Fagan ; Robert Lewis | Male vocal duet and bird imitations, with orchestra | vocalist, whistling, composer | |
| Columbia | 78450 | 10-in. | 5/28/1919 | Hawaiian smiles | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band, with whistling | vocalist, whistling | |
| Columbia | 27035 | 10-in. | approximately 1910 | Dance of the honeybees | Joseph Belmont | vocalist, whistling | ||
| Columbia | 27061 | 10-in. | approximately 1910 | The nightingale | Victor King | vocalist, whistling |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Belmont, Joseph," accessed April 27, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106578.
Belmont, Joseph. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106578.
"Belmont, Joseph." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 27 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Belmont, Joseph, 1876-1949 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92063228
Wikidata: Joe Belmont - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q47037484
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/33654706
MusicBrainz: Joe Belmont - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d31eeb86-79e8-4941-a1d6-b9c958bbde79
ISNI: 0000 0000 3323 1391 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000033231391
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