Walter Van Brunt

About the artist

Walter Van Brunt (April 22, 1892 - April 11, 1971), said to have been Thomas Edison’s favorite tenor, began his recording career at the age of 17. Recording and performing with such giants of his era as Billy Murray, Ada Jones, the American Quartet and John Bieling, Van Brunt had 40 hits on the pop charts including ‘When I Dream in the Gloaming of You’ (#3, 1909), ‘It’s Hard to Kiss Your Sweetheart (When the Last Kiss Means Good-Bye)’ (#2

Top songs

  1. Don't Bite The Hand That's Feeding You
  2. Meet Me 'neath the Persian Moon
  3. When I Was 21 and You Were Sweet 16 - When I Was Twenty-one and You Were Sweet Sixteen
  4. I Left Her on the Beach at Honolulu
  5. Teasing Moon
  6. Yaaka hula hickey dula
  7. Everything's at Home Except Your Wife
  8. She sang "aloha" to me
  9. When I Was 21 and You Were Sweet 16
  10. When you wore a tulip and I wore a big red rose
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  1. My Melancholy Baby
  2. My Melancholy Baby (1915)
  3. On a Beautiful Night with a Beautiful Girl
  4. I'd love to live in Loveland with a girl like you
  5. The Village Band
  6. My Wild Irish Rose
  7. And the Green Grass Grew All Round
  8. Any girl looks good in summer
  9. Everything’s at home except your wife: Oh! Oh! Delphine
  10. That Railroad Rag
  11. Peg o' my heart
  12. Carrie Marry Harry
  13. Climbing Up de Golden Stairs
  14. Carrie Marry Harry (1910)
  15. Any Girl Looks Good in Summer (1913)
  16. In a Dusty Carvan (1916)
  17. Take Me Back To The Garden Of Love
  18. How Late Can You Stay Out Tonight (1913)
  19. When I Dream in the Gloaming of You
  20. Are You Half the Man Your Mother Thought You'd Be (1916)
  21. And The Green Grass Grew All Around
  22. Off with the old love, on with the new
  23. Let George Do It (1910)
  24. Somebody's Coming to My House (1913)
  25. I've Got the Time, I've Got the Place, but it's Hard to Find the Girl
  26. That Mellow Melody
  27. That Mellow Melody (1912)
  28. Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1913)
  29. Hear the Pickaninny Band (1913)
  30. When You Wore a Tulip (1915)
  31. Where Did You Get That Girl (1913)
  32. There's a Dixie Girl Who's Longing for a Yankee Doodle Boy
  33. Rose of Italy (1915)
  34. You're the Same Old Girl (1913)
  35. Your're Plenty Up to Date for Me (1915)
  36. I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
  37. Love's Last Word
  38. I Love The Name Of Mary
  39. My Wild Irish Rose (1916)
  40. There's One in a Million Like You (1913)
  41. Peg O' My Heart (1913)
  42. There's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning (1915)
  43. I Love the Name of Mary (1912)
  44. that railroad gang
  45. When I Dream in the Gloaming of You (1909)
  46. Something Seems Tingle-Ingleing (1914)
  47. Love's Last Word (1914)
  48. In Florida among the palms
  49. Any Little Girl, Thats a Nice Little Girl
  50. Driving home the cows from pasture
  51. There's a girl in the heart of Maryland
  52. Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula (1916)
  53. It's Moonlight All the Time on Broadway (1910)
  54. That's the Song of Songs for Me (1915)
  55. Climbing Up De Golden Stairs 1903
  56. Mother Machree
  57. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1913)
  58. Georgia Land (1913)
  59. Mandy, Come Out in the Pale Moonlight (1912)
  60. Everything is at home except y0ur wife
  61. You've Got Your Mother's Big Blue Eyes (1914)
  62. Indiana
  63. The battle cry of freedom
  64. Sweet Girl of My Dreams
  65. Garden of flowers
  66. The Girl I'll Call My Sweetheart Must Look Like You
  67. I Love A Piano: Stop! Look! Listen!
  68. There's a little spark of love still burning
  69. Where Did You Get That Girl?
  70. Meet Me 'Neath the Persian Moon (1914)
  71. Mary Ann
  72. Ma Lady Lu (1912)
  73. Who Are You With Tonight (1911)
  74. Hear the Pickaninny Band
  75. My mother's rosary
  76. I Wish I Had My Old Girl Back Again (1910)
  77. On a Beautiful Night with a Beautiful Girl (1912)
  78. The Girl I'll Call My Sweetheart Must Look Like You (1912)
  79. Take Me Back to the Garden of Love (1912) a
  80. Driving Home the Cows From Pasture (1912)
  81. The Old Town is Looking Mighty Good Tonight (1911)
  82. I'll Get You (1913)
  83. Oh! What a Beautiful Dream (1913)
  84. Wait Till the Clouds Roll By (1916)
  85. It Takes a Little Rain with the Sunshine (1913)
  86. Sometimes the Dream Comes True (1916)
  87. Mandy, Come Out in the Pale Moonlight
  88. Trail of the Lonesome Pine
  89. If a Picture I Could Paint
  90. It's moonlight all the time on Broadway

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