Lewis James (1892-1959)
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Lewis James Collection 1925-1931 | Great list of recordings by The Internet Archive |
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Down the Trail to Home Sweet Home (1920) | E.R. Ball | Charles Hart Lewis James |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4238 |
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Little Crumbs of Happiness (1921) | E.R. Ball | Lewis James | Edison Blue Amberol: 4249 |
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Leaf by Leaf the Roses Fall (1920) | T.B. Bishop | Vernon Archibald Lewis James |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3956 |
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Only a Step to Jesus (1920) | W.H. Doane | Fred East Lewis James |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4030 |
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The Last Little Mile Is the Longest (1921) | W. Donaldson | Lewis James | Edison Blue Amberol: 4340 |
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While Others Are Building Castles in the Air I'll Build a Cottage For Two (1920) | F. Fisher | Lewis James | Edison Blue Amberol: 4053 |
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As You Were When I First Met You (1920) | C. Gaskill | Charles Hart Lewis James |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4055 |
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You Are Free (1920) | V. Jacobi | Lewis James Betsy Lane Shepherd |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3975 |
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Up in the Clouds (1922) | T.A. Johnstone | Lewis James Elizabeth Spencer |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4507 |
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Fare Thee Well, Love (1921) | E.A. Keith | Lewis James Elizabeth Spencer |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4366 |
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Golden Gate (1920) | J. Kendis | Lewis James Elizabeth Lennox |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3933 |
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⇑In Old Manila (1921) | R.A. King | Lewis James Betsy Lane Shepherd |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4155 |
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Where My Caravan Has Rested (1921) | H. Löhr | Lewis James | Edison Blue Amberol: 4518 |
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Good-Bye (1921) | H. Levey | Lewis James Elizabeth Spencer |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4230 |
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Shall We Meet Beyond the River (1920) | E.S. Rice | Vernon Archibald Lewis James |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3948 |
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By the Babbling Brook (1919) | J. Ringleben | Sibyl Sanderson Fagan Lewis James |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3807 |
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Once Upon a Time (1920) | S. Romberg | Lewis James | Edison Blue Amberol: 3981 |
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The Garden of Roses (1921) | J.C Schmid | Lewis James | Edison Blue Amberol: 4208 |
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Remember the Rose (1921) | S.B. Simons | Lewis James Betsy Lane Shepherd |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4467 |
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Our Little Love Affair, Fifty-Fifty (1921) | A. Swanstrom | Lewis James Betsy Lane Shepherd |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4176 |
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Love's Adieu (1920) | H. Temple | Vernon Archibald Lewis James |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3916 |
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My Little Sister Mary (1921) | P. Wendling | Lewis James | Edison Blue Amberol: 4400 |
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When Shall We Meet Again? (1922) | R.A. Whiting | Lewis James Gladys Rice |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4476 |
| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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Bells of St. Mary's (1920) | A.E. Adams | Lewis James | Edison: 7593 |
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Away From You (1925) | M. Ager | Lewis James | Columbia: 140336 |
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I Wonder What's Become of Sally? (1924) | M. Ager | Franklyn Baur Wilfred Glenn Lewis James Elliott Shaw |
Victor: B-30460 |
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Mother's Hands (1920) | M. Ager | Lewis James | Columbia: 78993 |
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King All Glorious (1924) | J. Barnby | Della Baker Elsie West Baker Royal Dadmun Wilfred Glenn Lewis James Olive Kline Lucy Isabelle Marsh Lambert Murphy |
Victor: B-30264 |
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Moon Has Raised Her Lamp Above, The (1919) | J. Benedict | Vernon Archibald Lewis James |
Edison: 7066 |
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Leaf by Leaf the Roses Fall (1919) | T.B. Bishop | Vernon Archibald Lewis James |
Edison: 7034 |
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You're Just a Flower From an Old Bouquet (1924) | L. Denni | Lewis James | Columbia: 140141 |
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Only a Step to Jesus (1920) | W.H. Doane | Fred East Lewis James |
Edison: 7153 |
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Katinka - Selections (1930) | R. Friml | Della Baker Elsie West Baker Stanley Baughman Rose Bryant Helen Clark Frank Croxton Wilfred Glenn Emily Stokes Hagar Charles Harrison Lewis James Lucy Isabelle Marsh James Melton Lambert Murphy Gladys Rice Ruth Rodgers Elliott Shaw |
Victor: CVE-58699 |
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Oh, Kay! - Vocal Gems (1927) | G. Gershwin | Della Baker Franklyn Baur Doris Doe Harry Donaghy Wilfred Glenn Judson House Lewis James Justin D. Lawry Olive Marshall Frances Paperte Virginia Rea Gladys Rice Elliott Shaw |
Columbia: W98308 |
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Joy to the World (1911) | G.F. Handel | Della Baker Elsie West Baker Royal Dadmun Wilfred Glenn Charles Hart William F. Hooley Lewis James Olive Kline Lucy Isabelle Marsh Lambert Murphy Elizabeth Spencer Elizabeth Wheeler |
Victor: B-10526 |
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Rings (1919) | L. Handman | Charles Harrison Lewis James |
Columbia: 78754 |
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Now I Know (1919) | S.R. Henry | Lewis James | Columbia: 78825 |
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Babette - Selections (1930) | V. Herbert | Della Baker Rose Bryant Helen Clark Wilfred Glenn Lewis James Edna Kellogg James Melton Elliott Shaw |
Victor: CVE-64393 |
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Eileen - Selections (1930) | V. Herbert | Della Baker Elsie West Baker Rose Bryant Helen Clark Frank Croxton Wilfred Glenn Emily Stokes Hagar Charles Harrison Lewis James Olive Kline Dorma Lee Lucy Isabelle Marsh James Melton Lambert Murphy Paul Parks Ruth Rodgers Elliott Shaw |
Victor: CVE-64359 |
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⇑Golden Gate (1919) | J. Kendis | Charles Harrison Lewis James |
Columbia: 78585 |
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I Am Climbing Mountains (1919) | J. Kendis | Charles Harrison Lewis James |
Columbia: 78628 |
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Lucky - Vocal Gems (1927) | J. Kern | Della Baker | Columbia: W98322 |
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Little Road of Dreams (1919) | A. Kramer | Charles Hart Lewis James Elliott Shaw |
Edison: 6555 |
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Don't Blame It All on Me (1924) | T.F. Morse | Lewis James | Victor: B-29941 |
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I Want to Be a Soldier Like My Dad (1918) | T.F. Morse | Lewis James Robert Lewis |
Columbia: 77848 |
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Mother, Here's Your Boy (1918) | T.F. Morse | Wilfred Glenn Charles Hart Lewis James Elliott Shaw |
Victor: B-22446 |
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Dreaming of My Old Home, Sweet Home (1923) | G.de.V. O'Hara | Helen Clark Lewis James |
Victor: B-29213 |
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Shall We Meet Beyond the River (1919) | E.S. Rice | Vernon Archibald Lewis James |
Edison: 7042 |
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Bells (1925) | J. Ringleben | Sibyl Sanderson Fagan Lewis James |
Columbia: 140422 |
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By the Babbling Brook (1919) | J. Ringleben | Sibyl Sanderson Fagan Lewis James |
Edison: 6769 |
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I'd Be Good, Yes, For Good, For a Good Girl (1920) | J. Ringleben | Charles Hart Lewis James Charles F. Robinson Elliott Shaw |
OKeh: S-7490 |
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Drinking Song (1925) | S. Romberg | Franklyn Baur Wilfred Glenn Lewis James Elliott Shaw |
Columbia: 140232 |
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Eyes That Love (1927) | S. Romberg | Lewis James | Victor: BVE-40196 |
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I Live, I Die For You! (1927) | S. Romberg | Lewis James | Victor: BVE-40195 |
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Once Upon a Time (1919) | S. Romberg | Lewis James | Edison: 7063 |
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Riff Song, The (1926) | S. Romberg | Franklyn Baur Wilfred Glenn Lewis James Elliott Shaw |
Victor: BVE-36981 |
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⇑Your Land and My Land (1927) | S. Romberg | Franklyn Baur Lewis James Elliott Shaw |
Columbia: W143992 |
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Day Is Dying in the West (1924) | W. Sherwin | Della Baker Elsie West Baker Royal Dadmun Wilfred Glenn Lewis James Olive Kline Lucy Isabelle Marsh Lambert Murphy |
Victor: B-30267 |
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Drifting to You (1924) | C. Smith | Marcia Freer Lewis James |
Victor: B-30503 |
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Jesus, I Come to Thee (1919) | G.C. Stebbins | Vernon Archibald Lewis James |
Edison: 7038 |
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Whip, The (1927) | H. Stothart | Wilfred Glenn Lewis James James Melton Elliott Shaw |
Victor: BVE-41197 |
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Last Waltz, The (1921) | O.N. Straus | Lewis James Betsy Lane Shepherd |
Edison: 8015 |
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Fancies (1922) | R.M. Stults | Lewis James | Edison: 8451 |
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Rio Rita - Vocal Gems (1927) | H.A. Tierney | Della Baker | Columbia: W98321 |
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Caroline - Pal O' Mine (1924) | E. Tillman | Lewis James | Victor: B-30926 |
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You Only Want Me When You're Lonesome (1927) | E. Tillman | Lewis James | Columbia: W144671 |
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Love's Adieu (1919) | Traditional | Vernon Archibald Lewis James |
Edison: 6954 |
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Gems From La Traviata (1915) | G. Verdi | Della Baker Elsie West Baker Helen Clark Frank Croxton Royal Dadmun Marguerite Dunlap Wilfred Glenn Emily Stokes Hagar Charles Harrison Judson House Edna Indermauer Lewis James Olive Kline Harry MacDonough Lucy Isabelle Marsh Lambert Murphy Miss Shaffner Elliott Shaw Reinald Werrenrath Elizabeth Wheeler |
Victor: C-15564 |
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Honeymoon Time (1923) | I. Weill | Lewis James Olive Kline |
Victor: B-27388 |
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I Want to Be Happy (1924) | V.M. Youmans | Helen Clark Lewis James |
Victor: B-30923 |
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Tea For Two (1924) | V.M. Youmans | Helen Clark Lewis James |
Victor: B-30922 |
The peformer is featured on 66 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
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Bells of St. Mary's (1917) | A. Emmett Adams | Douglas Furber (words)
Lewis James (perf.) |
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Mother's Hands (1920) | Milton Ager | Grant Clarke (words)
Lewis James (perf.) |
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I Wonder What's Become of Sally? (1924) | Milton Ager(w&m) | Jack Yellen (words)
Franklyn Baur (perf.) Wilfred Glenn (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.) |
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Away From You (1925) | Milton Ager | Benny Davis (words)
Lewis James (perf.) |
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Down the Trail to Home Sweet Home (1920) | Ernest Roland Ball(w&m) | Charles Hart (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) |
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Little Crumbs of Happiness (1920) | Ernest Roland Ball | J. Keirn Brennan (words)
Lewis James (perf.) |
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King All Glorious (1924) | Joseph Barnby | Della Baker (perf.) Elsie West Baker (perf.) Royal Dadmun (perf.) Wilfred Glenn (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Olive Kline (perf.) Lucy Isabelle Marsh (perf.) Lambert Murphy (perf.) |
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Moon Has Raised Her Lamp Above (186-), The | Julius Benedict | Vernon Archibald (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) |
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Leaf by Leaf the Roses Fall (1865) | T. Brigham Bishop | Vernon Archibald (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) |
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You're Just a Flower From an Old Bouquet (1924) | Lucien Denni | Gwynne Denni (words)
Lewis James (perf.) |
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⇑Only a Step to Jesus (1920) | W. Howard Doane | Fanny Crosby (words)
Fred East (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) |
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Last Little Mile Is the Longest (1921), The | Walter Donaldson | Sam M. Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) Lewis James (perf.) |
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While Others Are Building Castles in the Air I'll Build a Cottage For Two (1919) | Fred Fisher | Jack Mahoney (words)
Lewis James (perf.) |
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Katinka - Selections (1930) | Rudolf Friml | Otto Harbach (words)
Della Baker (perf.) Elsie West Baker (perf.) Stanley Baughman (perf.) Rose Bryant (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Frank Croxton (perf.) Wilfred Glenn (perf.) Emily Stokes Hagar (perf.) Charles Harrison (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Lucy Isabelle Marsh (perf.) James Melton (perf.) Lambert Murphy (perf.) Gladys Rice (perf.) Ruth Rodgers (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.) |
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As You Were When I First Met You (1918) | Clarence Gaskill(w&m) | Charles Hart (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) |
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Oh, Kay! - Vocal Gems (1927) | George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin (words)
Della Baker (perf.) Franklyn Baur (perf.) Doris Doe (perf.) Harry Donaghy (perf.) Wilfred Glenn (perf.) Judson House (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Justin D. Lawry (perf.) Olive Marshall (perf.) Frances Paperte (perf.) Virginia Rea (perf.) Gladys Rice (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.) |
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Joy to the World (1911) | George F. Handel | Isaac Watts (words)
Della Baker (perf.) Elsie West Baker (perf.) Royal Dadmun (perf.) Wilfred Glenn (perf.) Charles Hart (perf.) William F. Hooley (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Olive Kline (perf.) Lucy Isabelle Marsh (perf.) Lambert Murphy (perf.) Elizabeth Spencer (perf.) Elizabeth Wheeler (perf.) |
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Rings (1919) | Lou Handman | Alex Sullivan (words)
Charles Harrison (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) |
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Don't Bring Lulu (1925) | Ray Henderson | Billy Rose (co-author) Lew Brown (co-author) Frank Corbett (perf.) Avon Comedy Four (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Eddie Nuller (perf.) Joseph Smith (perf.) |
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Now I Know (1919) | Stephen R. Henry | D Onivas (co-author) Frank H Warren (words) Lewis James (perf.) |
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Eileen - Selections (1930) | Victor Herbert | Henry Blossom (words)
Della Baker (perf.) Elsie West Baker (perf.) Rose Bryant (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Frank Croxton (perf.) Wilfred Glenn (perf.) Emily Stokes Hagar (perf.) Charles Harrison (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Olive Kline (perf.) Dorma Lee (perf.) Lucy Isabelle Marsh (perf.) James Melton (perf.) Lambert Murphy (perf.) Paul Parks (perf.) Ruth Rodgers (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.) |
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⇑Babette - Selections (1930) | Victor Herbert | Harry B. Smith (words)
Della Baker (perf.) Rose Bryant (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Wilfred Glenn (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Edna Kellogg (perf.) James Melton (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.) |
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You Are Free (1919) | Victor Jacobi | Fritz Kreisler (co-author) William LeBaron (words) Lewis James (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.) |
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Up in the Clouds (1922) | Thomas A. Johnstone | Lewis James (perf.) Elizabeth Spencer (perf.) |
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Fare Thee Well, Love (1921) | E. Austin Keith | Lewis James (perf.) Elizabeth Spencer (perf.) |
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Golden Gate (1919) | James Kendis(w&m) | James Brockman (co-author)
Charles Harrison (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Elizabeth Lennox (perf.) |
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I Am Climbing Mountains (1919) | James Kendis(w&m) | James Brockman (co-author)
Charles Harrison (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) |
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Lucky - Vocal Gems (1927) | Jerome Kern | Harry Ruby (co-author) Otto Harbach (words) Bert Kalmar (words) Lewis James (perf.) |
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In Old Manila (1920) | Robert A. King(w&m) | Lewis James (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.) |
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Little Road of Dreams (1919) | A. Walter Kramer | Charles Hart (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.) |
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Good-Bye (1920) | Harold Levey | Zelda Sears (words)
Lewis James (perf.) Elizabeth Spencer (perf.) |
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Where My Caravan Has Rested (1909) | Hermann Löhr | Edward Teschemacher (words)
Lewis James (perf.) |
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⇑Don't Blame It All on Me (1924) | Theodore F. Morse | Dorothy Terriss (words) Leo Wood (words) Lewis James (perf.) |
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I Want to Be a Soldier Like My Dad (1918) | Theodore F. Morse | Arthur Fields (words)
Lewis James (perf.) Robert Lewis (perf.) |
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Mother, Here's Your Boy (1918) | Theodore F. Morse | Archie Gottler (co-author) Theodore F. Morse (co-author) Wilfred Glenn (perf.) Charles Hart (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.) |
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Dreaming of My Old Home, Sweet Home (1924) | Geoffrey de Vere O'Hara(w&m) | Helen Clark (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) |
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Shall We Meet Beyond the River (1918) | Elihu S. Rice | Horace L. Hastings (words)
Vernon Archibald (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Frederick J. Wheeler as James F. Harrison (perf.) John Young as Harry Anthony (perf.) |
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By the Babbling Brook (1919) | Justin Ringleben | Frederick W. Hager (co-author)
Sibyl Sanderson Fagan (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) |
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Bells (1925) | Justin Ringleben | Frederick W. Hager (words)
Sibyl Sanderson Fagan (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) |
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I'd Be Good, Yes, For Good, For a Good Girl (1920) | Justin Ringleben | Frank Goodman (words)
Charles Hart (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Charles F. Robinson (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.) |
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Once Upon a Time (1919) | Sigmund Romberg | Frederic Arnold Kummer (words)
Lewis James (perf.) |
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Drinking Song (1924) | Sigmund Romberg | Dorothy Donnelly (words)
Franklyn Baur (perf.) Wilfred Glenn (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.) |
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Riff Song (1926), The | Sigmund Romberg | Otto Harbach (words) Oscar Hammerstein II (words) Franklyn Baur (perf.) Wilfred Glenn (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.) |
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⇑Your Land and My Land (1927) | Sigmund Romberg | Dorothy Donnelly (words)
Franklyn Baur (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.) |
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I Live, I Die For You! (1927) | Sigmund Romberg | Harry B. Smith (words)
Lewis James (perf.) |
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Eyes That Love (1927) | Sigmund Romberg | Harry B. Smith (words)
Lewis James (perf.) |
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Garden of Roses (1909), The | Johann C. Schmid | J.E. Dempsey (words)
Arthur C. Clough as Rome Fenton (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) |
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Day Is Dying in the West (?) | William F. Sherwin | Mary A. Lathbury (words)
Della Baker (perf.) Elsie West Baker (perf.) Royal Dadmun (perf.) Wilfred Glenn (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Olive Kline (perf.) Lucy Isabelle Marsh (perf.) Lambert Murphy (perf.) |
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Remember the Rose (1921) | Seymour B. Simons | Sidney D. Mitchell (words)
Lewis James (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.) |
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Drifting to You (1924) | Clay Smith | O. J. Gunnell (words) Al. Short (words) Marcia Freer (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) |
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Jesus, I Come to Thee (1914) | George C. Stebbins | Vernon Archibald (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Frederick J. Wheeler as James F. Harrison (perf.) John Young as Harry Anthony (perf.) |
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Whip (1927), The | Herbert Stothart | Emmerich Kálmán (co-author) Oscar Hammerstein II (words) Otto Harbach (words) Wilfred Glenn (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) James Melton (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.) |
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Last Waltz (1920), The | Oscar Nathan Straus | Edward D. Dunn (words)
Lewis James (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.) |
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Fancies (1922) | Robert Morrison Stults(w&m) | Lewis James (perf.) |
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⇑Our Little Love Affair, Fifty-Fifty (1921) | Arthur Swanstrom | Lewis James (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.) |
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Love's Adieu (1893) | Hope Temple | Catules Blè (words) Frederic E. Weatherly (words) Vernon Archibald (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) |
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Rio Rita - Vocal Gems (1927) | Harry Austin Tierney | Joseph McCarthy (words)
Lewis James (perf.) |
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Caroline - Pal O' Mine (1924) | Edwin Tillman | Saul Brilliant (words)
Lewis James (perf.) |
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You Only Want Me When You're Lonesome (1926) | Edwin Tillman | Louis Seifert (words)
Lewis James (perf.) |
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Love's Adieu (1919) | Traditional(w&m) | Vernon Archibald (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) |
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Gems From La Traviata (1915) | Giuseppe Verdi | Della Baker (perf.) Elsie West Baker (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Frank Croxton (perf.) Royal Dadmun (perf.) Marguerite Dunlap (perf.) Wilfred Glenn (perf.) Emily Stokes Hagar (perf.) Charles Harrison (perf.) Judson House (perf.) Edna Indermauer (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) Olive Kline (perf.) Harry MacDonough (perf.) Lucy Isabelle Marsh (perf.) Lambert Murphy (perf.) Miss Shaffner (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.) Reinald Werrenrath (perf.) Elizabeth Wheeler (perf.) |
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Honeymoon Time (1923) | Irving Weill | Lewis James (perf.) Olive Kline (perf.) |
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My Little Sister Mary (1921) | Pete Wendling | Lewis James (perf.) |
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When Shall We Meet Again? (1921) | Richard A. Whiting | Raymond B. Egan (words)
Lewis James (perf.) Gladys Rice (perf.) |
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I Want to Be Happy (1924) | Vincent Millie Youmans | Otto Harbach (words) Irving Caesar (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) |
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⇑Tea For Two (1925) | Vincent Millie Youmans | Irving Caesar (words)
Helen Clark (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) |
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