Sadie Helf
Last updated: 08.06.25
All that can presently (June 2023) be gleaned about Sadie Helf from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an American actress/singer who has been featured on 6 works published between 1906 and 1913.Whether she is related to J. Fred Helf or not is yet to be established. Her portrait on the left is taken from Gee, But It's Great to Meet a Friend From Your Home Town (1910) music by James McGavisk, words by William Tracey and published by J. Fred Helf, New York, USA. The cover of which describes her as "Vaudeville's New Star Dainty Sadie Helf".
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| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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I'm Tying the Leaves So They Won't Come Down (1907) | J.F. Helf (music) E. S. S. Huntington (words) Sadie Helf (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana |  |
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When the Maid You've Made Your Sweetheart (1913) | J.F. Helf (music) Arthur J. Lamb (words) Sadie Helf (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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Gee, But It's Great to Meet a Friend From Your Home Town (1910) | J. McGavisk (music) W. Tracey (words) Sadie Helf (perf.) Sadie Helf (perf.) Sadie Helf (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana Sheet Music Singer YorkSpace |
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The peformer is featured on 6 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.
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Ain't You Coming Back to Old New Hampshire, Molly? (1906) | J. Fred Helf | Robert F. Roden (words)
Sadie Helf (perf.) |
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When the Whip-Poor-Will Sings Marguerite (1906) | J. Fred Helf | C. M. Denison (words)
Sadie Helf (perf.) |
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I'm Tying the Leaves So They Won't Come Down (1907) | J. Fred Helf | E. S. S. Huntington (words)
Sadie Helf (perf.) |
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Neath the Old Acorn Tree, Sweet Estelle (1907) | J. Fred Helf | C. Marion Denison (words)
Sadie Helf (perf.) |
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When the Maid You've Made Your Sweetheart (1913) | J. Fred Helf | Arthur J. Lamb (words)
Sadie Helf (perf.) |
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Gee, But It's Great to Meet a Friend From Your Home Town (1910) | James McGavisk | William Tracey (words)
Sadie Helf (perf.) |