Arthur Fields

Arthur Fields had a long and prolific career in Vaudeville and the early recording industry. Born Abraham Finkelstein in 1888, he began touring in 1908 and made his last recordings in the 1940s. He recorded under several pseudonyms, including “Eugene Buckley,” to which several recordings below are credited. See our old friend Wikipedia for more details on his career.

The Recordings

K-K-K-Katy
	Group:	Arthur Fields
	Label:	Columbia	Matrix Number:	Columbia (A2530)
	Record Type:	Double sided 10 inch 78 RPM
	Date Recorded:	March 2, 1918
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	Notes:	Columbia issued this recording of Arthur Fields doing this popular WWI song, “K-K-K-Katy” under the pseudonym Eugene Buckley.
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Good Morning Mr. Zip Zip Zip
	Group:	Arthur Fields
	Label:	Columbia	Matrix Number:	Columbia (A2530)
	Record Type:	Double sided 10 inch 78 RPM
	Date Recorded:	March 2, 1918
	Listen:	Click to play in popout player
	Notes:	Eugene Buckley was a pseudonym used by Columbia in issuing some records actually performed by Arthur Fields. This is one of those records.
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Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning
	Group:	Arthur Fields
	Label:	Victor	Matrix Number:	Victor (18489)
	Record Type:	Double sided 10 inch 78 RPM
	Date Recorded:	July 8, 1918
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	Notes:	We are quite fond of Arthur Fields’ version of this Irving Berlin song. Funny and smart.
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