Anna Driver

Overview

It is surprising that so little is known about this performer considering the large number of compositions located. All that can presently (September 2022) be gleaned about Anna Driver from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an American actress/singer who has been featured on 18 works published between 1898 and 1913.
Her portrait on the left is taken from My Little Kangaroo (1909) words & music by James Kendis, co-author Herman Paley, and published by Maurice Shapiro Music Publisher, New York, USA.
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	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Any Little Girl, That's a Nice Little Girl (1910)	F. Fisher (music) Thomas J. Gray (words) Anna Driver (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
You Won't Have to Pick Any Daisies Apart to Find Out Whether I Love You (1912)	L.A Hirsch (music) Will D. Cobb (words) Anna Driver (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Blue Bell (1904)	T.F. Morse (music) E. Madden (words) Anna Driver (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Just Kiss Yourself Good-Bye (1902)	J. Schwartz (music) W. Jerome (words) Anna Driver (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP

Works

This list is arranged by composer and contains 18 works performed by Anna Driver who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m) ER

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Those Tantalizing Eyes (1902)	James Timothy Brymn	Anna Driver (perf.) Anna Wilks (perf.)
There's a Big Cry-Baby in the Moon (1909)	James Timothy Brymn	James Burris (words) Anna Driver (perf.)
She Was Bred in Old Kentucky (1898)	Stanley Carter	Harry Braisted (words) Klein Bros. (perf.) Madeline Burdette (perf.) Anna Driver (perf.) Ida Emerson (perf.) Chas Folke (perf.) Irene Franklin (perf.) Lottie Gilson (perf.) Harlan & Yost (perf.) Joseph Edgar Howard (perf.) Jere Mahoney (perf.)
Any Little Girl, That's a Nice Little Girl (1910)	Fred Fisher	Thomas J. Gray (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Hazel Carlton (perf.) Isabell D'Armond (perf.) Maybel Drew (perf.) Anna Driver (perf.) David Mac Fadyen (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.) May Ward (perf.) Harry Webb (perf.)
If Every Hour Were a Day (1911)	Fred Fisher	Alfred Bryan (words) Anna Driver (perf.)	Pub.
Make Me Love You Like I Never Loved Before (1911)	Fred Fisher	Alfred Bryan (words) Anna Driver (perf.)	Pub.
Hoop-La! (1910)	John H. Flynn	Will D. Cobb (words) Anna Driver (perf.)	Pub.
You Won't Have to Pick Any Daisies Apart to Find Out Whether I Love You (1912)	Louis Achille Hirsch	Will D. Cobb (words) Anna Driver (perf.)	Pub.
This Is No Place For a Minister's Son (1909)	Herbert Ingraham	Earl C. Jones (words) Anna Driver (perf.)	Pub.
You Are the Ideal of My Dreams (1910)	Herbert Ingraham(w&m)	Arne Deck (perf.) Anna Driver (perf.) Frank Mullane (perf.) Bessie Wynn (perf.)	Pub.
⇑Angel Eyes (1909)	James Kendis	Herman Paley (co-author) Alfred Bryan (words) Anna Driver (perf.)	Pub.
My Little Kangaroo (1909)	James Kendis(w&m)	Herman Paley (co-author) Anna Driver (perf.) Gussie Kline (perf.)	Pub.
Blue Bell (1904)	Theodore F. Morse	Edward Madden (words) Albert Benzler (perf.) Effie Brooklin (perf.) Anna Driver (perf.) Frederick W. Hager (perf.) Irene Jernon (perf.) Dolly Jordan (perf.) Lillian Mills (perf.) Nellie Nichols (perf.) The Rogers (perf.) Alma Doergo Stirling (perf.) Lillian Tyce (perf.)
Johnnie (1903)	James B. Mullen	Vincent Bryan (words) Anna Driver (perf.)	Pub.
Gambling Man (1902), The	Jean Schwartz	William Jerome (words) Anna Driver (perf.) Orth & Fern (perf.) William H. Tascott (perf.)	Pub.
Just Kiss Yourself Good-Bye (1902)	Jean Schwartz	William Jerome (words) Anna Driver (perf.) Leah Russell (perf.)	Pub.
When Mother Sang Those Dear Sweet Songs of Old (1913)	H. Wakefield Smith(w&m)	Anna Driver (perf.)	Pub.
Can You Blame Me For Lovin' Dat Man? (1901)	Harry von Tilzer	Andrew B. Sterling (words) Kate Dahl (perf.) Anna Driver (perf.)