Ben Albert (1876-1925)

Overview

All 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.

Websites:
	DAHR: Ben Albert	List of 3 historic recordings from 1908.

MP3s

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Three Ages of Women (1908)	B. Albert	B. Albert	Zonophone Twin 40
as Performer
What Is It Master Likes So Much? (1911)	C. Coborn	B. Albert	Beka 485

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


as Performer
Oh, What an Exhibition! (1908)	F.W. Leigh	B. Albert	Columbia: 26478
Village Blacksmith - Parody, The (1908)	C. Osborne	B. Albert	Columbia: 26479
Whistle and Shut Your Eyes (1908)	C. Osborne	B. Albert	Columbia: 26480

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Folk Music CDs:
	Ben Albert	Ben Albert - A Little Bit Here and There
	Various Performers	At The Football Match Last Saturday

Monologues

This list is derived from information provided by Monologues.co.uk which went down sometime in 2023.
The loss of this valuable resource is very sad and a mystery.

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Artful Alliterations	Alf Ellerton (The Elder) (words & music) Ben Albert (perf.)
	His Whiskers!	E.W. Rogers (words & music) Ben Albert (perf.)
	Honeysuckle and the Bee - Parody, The	William H. Penn (music) Al. H. Fritz (words) Ben Albert (perf.)
	Logic	Charles Osborne (words & music) Ben Albert (perf.)
	Oh, What an Exhibition!	Fred W. Leigh (words & music) Ben Albert (perf.)
	On the Day King Edward Gets His Crown On	Mark Lorne (music) Harry Pleon (words) Ben Albert (perf.) Harry Pleon (perf.)
	While You Wait	A.J. Mills (music) Harry Ford (words) Frank W Carter (words) Ben Albert (perf.)
	Wrong Side of the Rails	Unknown (words & music) Ben Albert (perf.)

Music Halls

Titles

The peformer is featured on 16 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


What Is It Master Likes So Much? (1911)	Charles Coborn	Ben Albert (perf.)
Artful Alliterations (1910)	Alf Ellerton (The Elder)(w&m)	Ben Albert (perf.)
Oh, What an Exhibition! (1908)	Fred W. Leigh(w&m)	Ben Albert (perf.)
Was That a Knock? (1903)	Frank Leo(w&m)	Ben Albert (perf.)
On the Day King Edward Gets His Crown On (1902)	Mark Lorne	Harry Pleon (words) Ben Albert (perf.) Harry Pleon (perf.)
Ha! Ha! Ha! He! He! He! (1910)	Sam Mayo	Worton David (words) Ben Albert (perf.)
While You Wait (1899)	A.J. Mills	Harry Ford (words) Frank W Carter (words) Ben Albert (perf.)
Logic (1905)	Charles Osborne(w&m)	Ben Albert (perf.)
Whistle and Shut Your Eyes (1908)	Charles Osborne(w&m)	Ben Albert (perf.)
Village Blacksmith - Parody (1908), The	Charles Osborne(w&m)	Ben Albert (perf.)
⇑Honeysuckle and the Bee - Parody (1901), The	William H. Penn	Al. H. Fritz (words) Ben Albert (perf.)
His Whiskers! (1894)	E.W. Rogers(w&m)	Ben Albert (perf.)
Women and Men (1906)	Unknown	Ben Albert (perf.)
Chapter of Incidents (?), A	Unknown	Ben Albert (perf.)
Tra La La (?)	Unknown	Ben Albert (perf.)
Wrong Side of the Rails (?)	Unknown	Ben Albert (perf.)

Works

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.)
Inquisitive Kiddie (w&m)	1905	Ben Albert (perf.)
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.)
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.)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


M. Lorne	On the Day King Edward Gets His Crown On (2:01)	B. Albert
C. Osborne	Whistle and Shut Your Eyes (1905) (3:27)	B. Albert
Unknown	A Chapter of Incidents (2:07)	B. Albert
Unknown	Inquisitive Kiddie (1905) (3:11)	B. Albert
Unknown	Tra La La (2:31)	B. Albert
Unknown	Women and Men (1906) (2:20)	B. Albert