Nora Kelly
Last updated: 08.06.25
p_kellynora.jpgAll that can presently (May 2022) be gleaned about Nora Kelly from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an Irish an actress/singer who has been featured on 4 works published between 1907 and 1925.
Her portrait on the left is taken from Stingy Kid (1909) music by Nat Goldstein, words by Alfred Bryan and published by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit, USA of which she is described as The Dublin Girl.. She is credited as the lyricist of My Wild Irish Rose of Killarney (1907) music by Joseph S. Nathan and published by Maurice Shapiro Music Publisher, New York, USA.
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     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Stingy Kid (1909) N. Goldstein (music)
A. Bryan (words)
Nora Kelly (perf.)
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The peformer is featured on 5 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.
     Title Composer Attribution Items
         
perf15.jpg Oh Say! Can I See You To-Night (1925) Leon Flatow Henry Creamer (co-author)
Joe Schuster (co-author)
Brooks & Ross (perf.)
Nora Kelly (perf.)
perf15.jpg Stingy Kid (1909) Nat Goldstein Alfred Bryan (words)
Nora Kelly (perf.)
perf15.jpg Follow the Swallow (1924) Ray Henderson Billy Rose (words)
Mort Dixon (words)
Art Kahn (perf.)
Nora Kelly (perf.)
Ray Stillwell (perf.)
perf15.jpg My Wild Irish Rose of Killarney (1907) Joseph S. Nathan Nora Kelly (words)
Nora Kelly (perf.)
perf15.jpg Rock-A-Bye Time (1925) Richard A. Whiting Gene Shirley (words)
Raymond B. Egan (words)
Nora Kelly (perf.)