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“With a good personality, a fair singing voice, an immaculate appearance in evening dress and ‘Lovely Joe’ with original verses for the opening, Chase started off flying.” “Chase puts his material over well, but with just a slight overabundance of confidence, tending to handicap his earlier efforts.” “A little less facial contortion and easier style approaching the encore will improve.” In the next to closing position, Billy Chase caught on at once with the audience.
Adopting a patter delivery while keeping a up a continual line of rapid fire talk throughout, Chase delivers “Sugar Moon,” “Daddy Was a Grand Old Man” and a medley among others. “A neat little patter encore number proved a capital getaway, displaying a pleasing side of his personality which failed to show earlier. Chase manifests he has a desire to please strongly, and the ability to forge ahead.”
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Variety 21:5 (01/07/1911)