Ben Albert  (1876-1925)
Last updated: 26.01.24
p_albertb.jpgAll that can presently (March 2021) be gleaned about Ben Albert from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that he has 26 works published/recorded between 1902 and 1913.
Having had a fairly prolific recording career between 1902 and 1925 it is somewhat surprising that so little biographical information about him can be found.
Of interest is his Three Ages of Women (1908) recorded on Zono 40 which can be heard on the "Audio" tab above.
His illustration by Sidney Kent is taken from sheet music cover of I Don't Mind, If It Amuses You(1904 - music: Henry E. Pether; words: Fred W. Leigh) and published by Francis, Day & Hunter, London W.C.2, England.
Surfers are welcome to contribute information about this composer.
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
  MP3 Files from Various Sources      
audioextmp315.gif Three Ages of Women (1908) B. Albert B. Albert Zonophone Twin 40
  as Performer      
audioextmp315.gif What Is It Master Likes So Much? (1911) C. Coborn B. Albert Beka 485
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Folk Music CDs:
cd15.gif Ben Albert Ben Albert - A Little Bit Here and There
cd15.gif Various Performers At The Football Match Last Saturday flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
     Title Attribution Remarks
       
url15.gif Artful Alliterations Alf Ellerton (The Elder) (words & music)
Ben Albert (perf.)
 
url15.gif His Whiskers! E.W. Rogers (words & music)
Ben Albert (perf.)
 
url15.gif Honeysuckle and the Bee - Parody, The William H. Penn (music)
Al. H. Fritz (words)
Ben Albert (perf.)
 
url15.gif Logic Charles Osborne (words & music)
Ben Albert (perf.)
 
url15.gif Oh, What an Exhibition! Fred W. Leigh (words & music)
Ben Albert (perf.)
 
url15.gif On the Day King Edward Gets His Crown On Mark Lorne (music)
Harry Pleon (words)
Ben Albert (perf.)
Harry Pleon (perf.)
 
url15.gif While You Wait A.J. Mills (music)
Harry Ford (words)
Frank W Carter (words)
Ben Albert (perf.)
 
url15.gif Wrong Side of the Rails Unknown (words & music)
Ben Albert (perf.)
 
This list is arranged by composer and contains 15 works performed by Ben Albert who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
     Title Composer Attribution Remarks
         
perf15.jpg What Is It Master Likes So Much? (1911) Charles Coborn Ben Albert (perf.) wvicon.gif audioextmp315.gif
perf15.jpg Artful Alliterations (1910) Alf Ellerton (The Elder)(w&m) Ben Albert (perf.) wvicon.gif
perf15.jpg Oh, What an Exhibition! (1908) Fred W. Leigh(w&m) Ben Albert (perf.)
Albert Ben (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Was That a Knock? (1903) Frank Leo(w&m) Ben Albert (perf.) Pub.
perf15.jpg On the Day King Edward Gets His Crown On (1902) Mark Lorne Harry Pleon (words)
Ben Albert (perf.)
Harry Pleon (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Ha! Ha! Ha! He! He! He! (1910) Sam Mayo Worton David (words)
Ben Albert (perf.)
Sam Mayo (perf.)
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perf15.jpg While You Wait (1899) A.J. Mills Harry Ford (words)
Frank W Carter (words)
Ben Albert (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Logic (1905) Charles Osborne(w&m) Ben Albert (perf.) Pub.
perf15.jpg Whistle and Shut Your Eyes (1908) Charles Osborne(w&m) Ben Albert (perf.)
Albert Ben (perf.)
Pub.
perf15.jpg Honeysuckle and the Bee - Parody (1901), The William H. Penn Al. H. Fritz (words)
Ben Albert (perf.)
perf15.jpg  His Whiskers! (1894) E.W. Rogers(w&m) Ben Albert (perf.)
Albert Ben (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Women and Men (1906) Unknown Ben Albert (perf.)
perf15.jpg Chapter of Incidents (?), A Unknown Ben Albert (perf.)
perf15.jpg Tra La La (?) Unknown Ben Albert (perf.)
perf15.jpg Wrong Side of the Rails (?) Unknown Ben Albert (perf.)
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 24 works by Ben Albert (1876-1925). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Go Away,Good Massa Bee (w&m) 1902 Ben Albert (perf.)
Parody on ''Good-Bye Dolly Gray'' 1902
End of the Chapter, The (w&m) 1904 Ben Albert (perf.)
Chapter of Incidents, A (w&m) 1905 Ben Albert (perf.)  youtube15.jpg
Inquisitive Kiddie (w&m) 1905 Ben Albert (perf.)  youtube15.jpg
Leave Them Alone (w&m) 1906
Seven Ages of Man (w&m) 1906 Ben Albert (perf.)
What Is Work? (w&m) 1906 Ben Albert (perf.)
Damaged Blacksrnith, The (w&m) 1907 Ben Albert (perf.)
After You With the Soap 1908 Fred Vernon (words)
Ben Albert (perf.)
Do You Remember? How Can I Forget 1908 Ruby Verdi (words)
Ben Albert (perf.)
Faces (w&m) 1908 Ben Albert (perf.)
Li-cen-sor, The (w&m) 1908 Ben Albert (perf.)
Potted Poetry (w&m) 1908 Ben Albert (perf.)
Three Ages of Women (w&m) 1908 Ben Albert (perf.)   audioextmp315.gif
Why Go Abroad (w&m) 1908 Ben Albert (perf.)
Geography (w&m) 1909 Ben Albert (perf.)
Little Bit Here and There, A (w&m) 1910 Ben Albert (perf.)
What's the Use of Sighing? (w&m) 1910 Ben Albert (perf.)
Cook Who Cooks, The 1912 Ben Albert (perf.)
Derby Day 1912 Ben Albert (perf.)
What Is It Likes So Much? (w&m) 1912 Ben Albert (perf.)
Fat Lot to Crow About, A (w&m) 1913 Ben Albert (perf.)
When the Women Earn All the Money (w&m) 1913 Ben Albert (perf.)
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg M. Lorne On the Day King Edward Gets His Crown On (2:01) B. Albert
youtube15.jpg C. Osborne Whistle and Shut Your Eyes (1905) (3:27) B. Albert
youtube15.jpg Unknown A Chapter of Incidents (2:07) B. Albert
youtube15.jpg Unknown Inquisitive Kiddie (1905) (3:11) B. Albert
youtube15.jpg Unknown Tra La La (2:31) B. Albert
youtube15.jpg Unknown Women and Men (1906) (2:20) B. Albert