Baby Zena Keife (1896-1976)

Overview

All that can presently (September 2023) be gleaned about Baby Zena Keife from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an American child actress/singer who has been featured on 5 works published between 1903 and 1905.
Her portrait on the left is taken from Bright Eyes, Good-Bye (1905) music by Egbert A. van Alstyne, words by Harry Williams and published by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit, USA.
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Works

This list is arranged by composer and contains 5 works performed by Baby Zena Keife who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Bright Eyes, Good-Bye (1905)	Egbert A. van Alstyne	Harry Williams (words) Lilian Held (perf.) Baby Zena Keife (perf.) Kelly & Violette (perf.) Empire City Quartette (perf.)
Man in the Overalls (1903), The	Raymond A. Browne	Lillian Davon (perf.) Baby Zena Keife (perf.)
Ev'ry Little Bit Helps (1904)	Fred Fisher	George Whiting (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Letty Holmes (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.) Baby Zena Keife (perf.) Max Ritter (perf.) Dorothy Russell (perf.) Len Spencer (perf.)	Pub.
Under the Anheuser Bush (1903)	Harry von Tilzer	Andrew B. Sterling (words) Charlotte Coate (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Radie Furman (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) Sabel Johnson (perf.) Baby Zena Keife (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Lizzie N. Nelson (perf.)	Pub.
Go on and Coax Me (1904)	Harry von Tilzer	Andrew B. Sterling (words) Rhoda Bernard (perf.) Effie Brooklin (perf.) Butler & Wielks (perf.) Grace Cameron (perf.) Annie Carter (perf.) Jimmie Connors (perf.) Lydia Hall (perf.) Harry & Eva Puck (perf.) Sabel Johnson (perf.) Baby Zena Keife (perf.) Sadie Leonard (perf.) Baby Lund (perf.) Martha Marlow (perf.) Zoa Matthews (perf.) Rita Redmond (perf.) May Walsh (perf.)