Virginia Burt

Overview

All that can presently (October 2024) be gleaned about Virginia Burt from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an American composer singer who has made at least 33 recordings on the Victor, OKeh, Edison labels between 1921 and 1924. Notable is her Hawaiian steel guitar vocalisations as given on Down Among the Sleepy Hills of Ten-Ten-Tennessee (1923) music by George W. Meyer, words by Sam M Lewis; Joe Young and published by Irving Berlin Inc., New York, USA
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Websites:
	DAHR: Virginia Burt	List of 33 historic recordings from 1921 to 1924.

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Historic Records
Dreamy Hawaiian Shore (1923)	V. Burt	V. Burt	Edison: 8973
Sweet Honey Love (1924)	V. Burt	Sophie Braslau	Victor: B-30724
as Performer
Dreamy Hawaiian Shore (1923)	V. Burt	V. Burt	Edison: 8973
Down Among the Sleepy Hills of Ten-Ten-Tennessee (1923)	G.W. Meyer	V. Burt	OKeh: S-71591
Mr. and Mrs (1922)	S. Romberg	V. Burt Joseph A. Phillips	OKeh: S-70588

Titles

The peformer is featured on 3 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


	Down Among the Sleepy Hills of Ten-Ten-Tennessee (1923)	George W. Meyer	Sam M Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) Virginia Burt (perf.)
	Mr. and Mrs (1922)	Sigmund Romberg	Cyrus Wood (words) Virginia Burt (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 2 works by Virginia Burt. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Dreamy Hawaiian Shore	1921	Virginia Burt (perf.)
Sweet Honey Love (w&m)	1924	Sophie Braslau (perf.)