Joe Belmont (bird impressionist)

Belmont pictured from Edison Amberol promotional material

Joe Belmont was the stage name of Joseph Walter Fulton (July 22, 1876 – August 29, 1949) who was a whistling performer and baritone in the United States who came to be known as "The Human Bird".[1] He was one of the most popular recording artists in the years leading to 1900 and sang as a baritone and whistled for the Columbia Quartet along with Albert Campbell, Jim Reynard and Joe Majors. His top-selling records included "Beautiful Birds, Sing On", "Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" (with Byron G. Harlan, Frank C. Stanley, and the Florodora Girls, Columbia 31604, 1901).[2]

  1. ^ Walsh, Jim (March 1948). "Favorite Pioneer Recording Artists: Joe Belmont, "The Human Bird"". Hobbies. Chicago: Lightner Publishing Corporation. pp. 35–37.
  2. ^ Frank Hoffmann. Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900-2000.