Henry Burr and the Peerless Quartet - Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1911)

Charted at #1 in November 1911. Written by Leo Friedman and Beth Slater Whitson. This song quickly became a standard and has been recorded by hundreds of artists.

[@jenniferk6697]

When I was eating dinner tonight on my cruise, a guy arranged for the staff to sing this song to his special lady as they gave her a cake. The whole restaurant sang along and applauded. It was so sweet. I’d melt if a guy sang this for me

[@KowaSukiIchimura]

Fuelled Short film is very Amazing!🥲

[@rayleehanzjacobo9900]

It indeed is!

[@salvadordenotta6128]

2:06 ''fuelled broke my heart´´

[@rayleehanzjacobo9900]

FELLOW FUELLED FAN HERE!!! HI!!@!!

[@nativegerry335]

Any song that survives two wars, outlived three british kings , over a dozen US presidents , the various singers who covered it and the famous actors who loved hearing it , is the best song ever written .

[@video_camera]

Four british kings*

[@nativegerry335]

@@video_camera in 1911 George V . Late queen Elizabeth's grandfather was king. Then after him his sons Edward and bertie.so 3

[@video_camera]

@@nativegerry335 Monarchs I mean.

[@nativegerry335]

Now it's 5 monarchs in total

[@video_camera]

@@nativegerry335 camera

[@cathleenberreie9768]

I remember my grandmother singing this to me long ago...sweet song!

[@maureennicholson8248]

Mine too!!

[@ThreeNinjaDucks]

Cathleen Berreie now it gonna be featured in my history presentation

[@Juliet_Capulet]

Aww.

[@malenaramonet]

I thank Anne Of Green Gables for bringing me here and introducing me to this beautiful song.

[@melissae5775]

Same here.

[@mockingbird3099]

I thank my mom for singing this song to me in my wee years in the early '60s.

[@arrow2589]

Downton Abby is how I got here

[@acacianewman4937]

Omg yesss!!!!

[@ashleydowney1222]

I first heard on Hallmark's show When Calls the Heart.

[@robertchesnosky3508]

THIS IS THE MOST ROMANTIC SONG EVER WRITTEN. AND THIS IS THE DEFINITIVE VERSION. PEERLESS QUARTET YOU WERE THE GREATEST.

[@cathyfiske6237]

This song reminds me of my Great- Aunt Dee and Uncle Chuck. They had danced to this song at their 40th wedding anniversary party. It was so beautiful. I can still see them dancing in my mind 20 years later and it makes me so happy to have that memory still. I truly miss both of them.❤

[@RobinMadden-bq3jc]

Yo fulled hit hard like in my heart plus the short introduced me to this song

[@robertchesnosky3508]

PHENOMENAL. I COULD LISTEN TO HENRY BURR AND BILLY MURRAY FOR HOURS. THEY HAD VOICES. THEY COULD SING. IN THOSE DAYS IF YOU COULDNT SING YOU DIDNT MAKE RECORDS. NOW SINGING AND REAL ABILITY DOESNT EVEN FIGURE IN IT..IF BURR AND MURRAY SAID LETS COME BACK IN 100 YEARS AND SEE HOW MUCH MUSIC HAS CHANGED..BOY WOULD THEY BE SHOCKED

[@tinyhousebigfarm4471]

I am dreaming Dear of you, day by day Dreaming when the skies are blue, When they're gray When the silv'ry moonlight gleams, Still I wander on in dreams In a land of love, it seems, Just with you Chorus: Let me call you "Sweetheart," I'm in love with you Let me hear you whisper that you love me too Keep the love-light glowing in your eyes so true Let me call you "Sweetheart," I'm in love with you Longing for you all the while, More and more; Longing for the sunny smile, I adore Birds are singing far and near, Roses blooming ev'rywhere You, alone, my heart can cheer; You, just you

[@EdisonSquirrel]

Most of the renditions of "Let me call you sweetheart" were recorded in the late '20s. It's a great change of pace to listen to an early quartet version.

[@Thym_]

Great, I'll never be able to listen to 1:06 without having an emotional breakdown.

[@adh2413]

Oh yeah... is it the animation?

[@lilecx]

@@adh2413 I Think He Ks Talking Of The Animation Called "Fuelled"

[@adh2413]

@@lilecx yeah i think

[@CPorter]

There is no reason why they shouldn't have credited this song in the description or credits

[@finnik1246]

@@lilecx god i do love that film

[@saturnian1]

The 1910's often seem to be forgotten, but when you look back at it, it looks like a nice time.

[@walterbrown8694]

My grandmother got married in 1910. As a young boy, I remember she would often whistle songs as she did her housework. One time she laughed after whistling a song and said - "A whistling maid and a crowing hen - Both will come to no good end" .

[@z.z3842]

ww1

[@dpo1713]

@@walterbrown8694 It is in a similar position to the 30s. All that death and destruction just around the corner, but they don't know it yet, brings a piquant melancholy to the period.

I have love for this fantastic music! 105 years later and now yet it is hearted for someone like us.

[@roseogrady8785]

Let me Call You Sweet Heart...How lovely.

[@manfredgustavlouw9103]

I remember as a young boy My grandma used to sing this delightful song many years ago with her piano accordion RIP ma often think of you

[@otigalaivoj1994]

"Fuelled" brought me here.

[@yawoyfisinmedms4365]

Same lol

[@nothingisreal6816]

As a lover of this kind of music, I couldn't believe my ears when I heard Henry's voice on the video, despite not being able to tell the exact source hehe. Outstanding animation btw

[@CPorter]

I seriously don't understand why they didn't just credit it in the description or credits. Just because it's public domain because it's 111 years old doesn't make it so that you don't have to credit it.

[@video_camera]

@@CPorter True. I wish they did.

[@FakeGelatinLovesGatorades]

samee

[@libertytree3209]

The Peerless Quartet sold more records, as a percentage of population at the time, than any modern artist. It's amazing to think artists like the Peerless Quartet, Billy Murray and Arthur Collins had more number one records than anyone nowadays.

[@eyuin5716]

Do you have a source for that?

[@libertytree3209]

@@eyuin5716 It was in a book titled "Joel Whitburn Presents a Century of Pop Music: Year-By-Year Top 40 Rankings of the Songs & Artists That Shaped a Century". It is OOP now but you can get a used copy yet. It has all the top 40 songs from each year from the 1900s with the specifics of the dates. If you are a music data nerd it is quite interesting. Early recording artists were sold by advertisements in magazines, because there was not a lot of radio and of course no TV. So people bought a lot of records based on names they knew. When they saw "Peerless Quartet", it was a known quality to them, and they would order the record. At least, IMHO this would account for the reason the early vocalists had high ranking records - 1 to 3 on the charts - by amounts that would make today's artist stagger. Like 50, 60 records or even more.

[@libertytree3209]

@@eyuin5716 I got this from Wikipedia, but it jogs with the book "In his book Pop Memories 1890-1954, music archivist and statistician Joel Whitburn assessed a variety of sources such as Talking Machine World 's lists of top-selling recordings, and Billboard 's sheet music and vaudeville charts, to estimate the most successful recordings of the period. He concluded that the Peerless Quartet had 102 "top ten" hits in all between 1904 and 1926, and in the decade 1910-1919 had more successful recordings than any other musician or group.[3] Although Whitburn's methods of assessment have been criticized,[7] this broadly confirms statements that the group were the most popular of their era.[5]"

[@nothingisreal6816]

@@libertytree3209 Oh man, if only pop was like this nowadays.

[@CPorter]

@@libertytree3209 his methods have been criticized very unfairly. Because what those who write him off desire something that is completely impossible and ridiculously high standards. Yes of course he had to make his own new ranking system for this because not every charting system was made like Billboard's from the 40s onwards. He made a mistake in his first print of Pop Memories, which he later rectified in other editions, but that followed him his entire life through.

[@nicknelson5993]

Oh damn I’m hearing my grandmother around the house singing this beautiful song… ❤️

[@ianbentley7276]

i'm hearing my mum while she was doing chores.

[@brymorian]

Nick, I was brought up by my granny in WW11 and she be was akways singing.these old songs I am now in my 80's and can still hear her

[@nicknelson5993]

@@brymorian owww that’s cute… man it’s an honor to meet someone who haves his 80’s 🥺❤️ health and love for you and your family Sr!❤️❤️

[@brymorian]

@@nicknelson5993 Thank you Nick

[@aero5568]

Why does it.... make me cry???

[@nonchalant5315]

my Grandparent's theme song, and my Dad's lullaby song to me. Many thanks for uploading

[@rockandrollsax]

Our band played it for Ballroom dancers for several years. They really enjoyed the song and the waltz dance!

[@waltergray7722]

Lovely !! and so great to hear the verse . Thank you for sharing.

[@Snarky79]

Keep in mind this was the output of Beth Whitson and Leo Friedman who had been so cruelly cheated two years previous when their blocbuster "Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland" was stolen by the publisher and they received not a dime. Two years later their second blockbuster was published in their authorship. Justice, thank God!!

[@mh605]

This is my very favorite of all the versions I've heard of this song. I never knew it had the words at the beginning.

[@lugash4]

Yes not many people do know that it has words before the famous chorus!!!! This is a true find very very rare

[@roscaradu2617]

Life with Louie brought me to this piece. Even from another continent, great music...

[@johnnyribcage1131]

The difference between modern music and this music is amazing omgosh

[@ОлексійОлексійОлексій]

Fuelled 1:06 - 1:16 1:58 - 2:21 0:11 - 0:32

[@DerpyPossum]

i was brought here by the time period itself. :)

[@JJ-eb6ss]

Absolutely beautiful - they just don't write them like that anymore :(

[@2berrykool]

I showed this to my fiancé and he fell in love with the song the more and more he listened to it. It's unfortunate that this is the only version which has the beginning lyrics.

[@annashearson7272]

IAmMsKristina this is not the only version. there is a cylinder recorded version which is so much more clearer than this.

[@L0uieL0uie1]

Please listen to Doris Day's rendition. It is so lovely. Her phrasing is unbelievable. You won't be disappointed.

[@britishchick09]

The version sung by Ruth Etting has the beginning lyrics, albeit in the middle of the song.

[@blakemcnamara9105]

This is what a REAL barbershop quartet is supposed to sound like. The modern ones don't attempt the bel canto singing that captures the essence of the song.

[@Cyberfan2167]

Uhh no

[@Chris-cm4wn]

@@Cyberfan2167 uhh yes.

[@Cyberfan2167]

@@Chris-cm4wn no

[@Chris-cm4wn]

@@Cyberfan2167 yes.

[@Cyberfan2167]

@@Chris-cm4wn no

[@232mumboy]

Beth Slater Whitson is my great-great-grandmother or something to that effect. My grandfather still gets the occasional royalty check off this song.

[@nothingisreal6816]

Do people still buy amberol cylinders? Lol!

[@root12510]

That's really cool history to hear. Leo Friedman is my grandmas uncle. My dad gets the royalty checks from all of Leo's music these days. My pops has a lot of the og stuff from all his songs. Really cool things to look back through

[@root12510]

The old pics and newspaper articles of the time are amazing

[@franzjosef453]

Can't believe they played this on adventure time. Never thought id see the day where they play 1900's music on one of my favorite shows.

[@rampantmutt9119]

That would be 1910s though.

[@pavlikp1]

Still a classic!!!!❤

[@catchison8671]

Beautiful!!!!🥰❤️❤️👏🏼👏🏼

[@brissadlr9939]

Fuelled and Adventure Time bought me here

[@pinkpoIey]

This sounds so beautiful

[@ulexite-tv]

Thanks!> I woke up singing this and missing a few of the lyrics -- and i knew i could count on you to provide an old, original version.

[@SagebrushBands]

It's great to hear them sing the "missing" part from the covers of the Frank Sinatra era.

[@caiitlinb]

so beautiful :')

[@CatsPjamas1]

@Kittielips I think I may have a version of it by one of the quartets, but I'm not positive. We'll have to see if it comes up. It's a great song. I've always liked it ever since I heard it in "The Jolson Story".

[@mh605]

I love it. Thanks very much for posting.

[@e.tezani3877]

Sacramento train museum... 2018.. watching "evidence of a dream" a film about the Union Pacific... And I hear this song.

[@cecilpeterson7470]

I have some old 78 RPM records with Henry Burr and another man named Campbell. on the label it says "Campbell and Burr'

[@Dennis-nq8ys]

I remember the song from when I was a kid, but I heard it them sing it on Petticoat Junction the other day.

[@mojah99]

Beth Slater Whitson is depicted in the artwork on the original version of the sheet music as seen above.

[@sepur_lempung34official]

So classic and i love it

[@kylechip]

Hell, I didn't even know they were making records in 1911.

[@brandontruszkowski9870]

Chip Ballard They have two CDs with actual music from the 1890s! The sound isn't great but the fact they even have anything from that time period is simply amazing!

[@josephdoesmore8922]

they started to make records in the early or mid 1880s

[@e.tezani3877]

What you don't know can fill a werehouse lady

[@dantep4966]

@@e.tezani3877 Well, you can't even spell warehouse, so what do you know?

[@e.tezani3877]

@@dantep4966 i was referring to a man turning into a werehouse.. I know what I said

[@NippersLounge]

Very nice recording!

[@CatsPjamas1]

@EdisonSquirrel Reminds me of "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi". It was written in the 1910's, but most of the recorded versions are from the late '20's and afterwards.

[@annikapyle6654]

I Have My Record As A Kid And Also I Used To Sing Along Way Back In 2007

[@MikeBlitzMag]

Absolute, utter perfection!

[@HayenMill]

Thanks for uploading!

[@waderaney7]

Excellent ☺

[@charleswunderman8956]

This was their number one hit. It was also hugely popular in general. Strange, but it never turns up (?). Did they record it on Victor as well? Did anyone else cover it? Lovely song, a real classic.

[@69meilin]

Downton Abbey brought me here :') of all the old songs in the series, this is my most favorite. such a beautiful gem. what the fuck happened to music in our generation...heartless thumpa thumpa shit with no taste.

[@Archiv3sofpa1n]

agreed 100%

[@Archiv3sofpa1n]

I'm 16, I didn't even get to live through the 80s

[@marywolters3612]

My dad sang it all the time.

[@omega9298]

now let's be honest, you heard that in "Fuelled"

[@aero5568]

Being honest, I was surprised to hear this in Fueled because I first heard it on my mom's playlist in the early morning hours. It made me cry, nonetheless.

[@Thomas_Deering_King]

No, 50 years before that.

[@kenetickups6146]

Nope, Adventure time

[@michaeloleary1867]

Awesome!

[@gunnarthefeisty]

this is ACTUALLY the Columbia Quartet on Columbia 1057!

[@aarongranda7825]

OMG this is the year before the Titanic went down. This is even before boardwalk empire!

[@francescomacchi3198]

Thanks to Tiny Tim, for introducing me to this wonderful songs!

[@igabm32yt]

Alfalfa sang a good rendition of this song in a Little Rascals episode :)

[@antilogism]

I was wondering why I knew this song so well.

[@mikeq7134]

Does anyone know whether this song was composed independently, or whether it was from a stage musical?

[@chrisperrien7055]

Sounds like my grandmother singing, :)

[@Kblog777]

Heard this on Downtown Abbey tho knew it long before.

[@jak4470]

Adventure Time brought me here. It's actually pretty scary seeing Princess Bubblegum turning everyone into candy zombies while singing this song. It's almost as bad as Eddie Gluskin from Outlast singing I Want A Girl Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad. Question: Are songs from the early 1900's public domain?

[@bad-xtian7773]

In America I think its after 100 years since its publication. In other countries it's like 50-70 years after the author's death

[@randymi9334]

As of 2021, its anything published in 1925 or before.

[@jak4470]

@@bad-xtian7773 Good to hear.

[@jak4470]

@@randymi9334 Sweet.

[@wygtam]

Funny they already had something like a Billboard rating in 1911. Was that for the sheet music or the actual recording?

[@arrow2589]

Anyone else here from Downton Abby?

[@Rollich1]

Henry Burr was much appreciated by Tiny Tim. (Not a joke)

[@littlebennny7590]

Aben Rudy Why would that be a joke? Tiny is is amazing and so is Henry burr.

[@user-ei6st8kk4m]

어탐에 나온곡이 이거구나ㅠㅠ

[@Diz919]

Like this if your here bc of the giants cards game

[@e.tezani3877]

I liked this song before it was popular

[@5Puff]

Indeed

[@Minimalistan]

Anos, vários anos

[@roteiro5836]

também está aqui por causa daquela animação chamada fuelled?

[@gingermonette3970]

Is this a public domain recording that I can use? Thanks.

[@johnhalbert3575]

😊 😊 I'm very pls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 👆 the song but when last did you play it 💖

[@5Puff]

@@johnhalbert3575 if I remember correctly, the majority of songs before 1926 are public domain unless a big studio still claims ownership. Records like this are ok to use :)

[@patricksalvador1951]

did anyone came here cause they heard it from Downton Abbey?

[@lehandroz]

Came here coz of Adventure Time xD

[@ChristopherPérez-k4c]

Not to rain on anyone, but didn’t she sing smile in 1963, she was born 1922, so her looking like this in 1936 doesn’t make sense to me. I’m just saying that she didn’t sing smile in 1936, but on 1963. (I love this song just wanted to point out the time mistake)

[@Fivrthe5th]

Uh, I came from fuelled. Anything else?

[@maryloreta1964]

Who hear this in 2021? Hiii

[@artemis2520]

Yeeeessssss

[@DerpyPossum]

@@artemis2520 nope. i’m watching in 1911 ;)

[@artemis2520]

@@DerpyPossum nice

[@shunsey4171]

2022 :D

[@COVID-ml7iv]

190 13 Song

[@qWenzou]

.....who else is here from Fuelled?

[@adh2413]

Yes

[@Therealakosiyuri]

​@This Apple Judges Its a short film search it up

[@maryp3052]

Who here from sister wives

[@SierraLeDouxSeberg-vc2cs]

Life in the 1910s be like:

[@Kblog777]

All it's missing is for either Pitbull or Nicki M to spit a verse or two on it. :)

[@Hopelessly13Broken]

0:55

[@BradleyBaylark-xm3mm]

0:55

[@ramjetrabbit]

What the Hell has happened to music....?!!?

[@RoyalKnightVIII]

I wondered why Adventure Time used this tune. I see now, it's probably PD

[@paulstamp4106]

Laurel and hardy

[@josecristancho3151]

nací en el año incorrecto :'(

[@beinzgoofensmirtz]

d

[@deanbevilacqua6041]

Psychopaths, film brought me here!

I have love for this fantastic music! 105 years later and now yet it is hearted for someone like us.

[@annecarruthers8537]

I feel the same way you do :)

[@정희재-x5z]

Yes it really is..💕

[@jeanpalumbo3411]

A true classic brings tears to my eyes for everyone I know who danced this tune at their wedding

[@BobHairEnjoyer]

Damn.