who was the original recording artist on the record "Teddy bears Picnic" ?
where can I obtain a copy of the original recording?

Hello.

The song was originally recorded by the Henry Hall BBC Orchestra
(featuring Val Rosing as vocalist) in the 1930s.

sources:
"In 1906 the American composer J. K. Bratton wrote a musical piece
originally titled 'The Teddy Bear Two Step'. It became popular in an
1908 instrumental version renamed 'Teddy Bears' Picnic, performed by
the Arthur Pryor Band. The song regained prominence in 1932 when the
Irish lyricist Jimmy Kennedy added words and it was recorded by the
then popular Henry Hall (& his BBC Dance Orch) featuring Val Rosing
(Gilbert Russell) as lead vocalist, which went on to sell a million
copies."
http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/p/picnic.html

Lyrics playground: TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC
http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/t/teddybearspicnic.shtml

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The original Henry Hall recording is available as Track #6 on a CD
called "Vintage Children's Favorites 1926-1950 (ASV)," which may be
purchased from Tower Records:
http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1786713
Or Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00003E456/

search strategy:
"teddy bears picnic" lyrics
"teddy bears picnic" "jimmy kennedy", bratton
"teddy bears picnic" "henry hall"

I hope this helps.

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 16 Mar 2004 21:02 PST

I'm assuming here that want the version with lyrics.  If you want the
1908 instrumental-only version, please use the "request clarification"
to let me know.

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 16 Mar 2004 21:03 PST

That should have read:
"I'm assuming here that you want..."