Elida Morris (1886-1977)

Overview

The portrait on the left is taken from Why Do They Make Girls Like You? (1916) music by Al Piantadosi, words by Joe Goodwin and published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., New York & Chicago, USA.

Websites:
	Elida Morris	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR:	List of 22 historic recordings from 1910 to 1915.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	with Performers	Issue


I Want to Go Back to Michigan (1914)	I. Berlin		Indestructible Record: 3339
Stop! Stop! Stop! (1911)	I. Berlin		Indestructible Record: 1457
I've Got Your Number (1911)	G.W. Meyer	W.V. Brunt	Indestructible Record: 3191

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	with Performers	Issue


Little Things That Count, The (1914)	L. Bennett	Elida Morris	Columbia: 39421
Some Day You'll Know Who Loves You (1914)	L. Bennett	Elida Morris	Columbia: 39422
Happy Little Country Girl (1913)	I. Berlin	Elida Morris	Victor: B-13387
I Want to Go Back to the Farm (1914)	I. Berlin	Elida Morris	Columbia: 39496
I Was Aviating Around (1913)	I. Berlin	Elida Morris	Victor: B-13386
Stop! Stop! Stop! (1910)	I. Berlin	Elida Morris	Columbia: 4941
They've Got Me Doin' It Now (1913)	I. Berlin	Elida Morris	Victor: B-13385
If Every Star Was a Little Pickaninny (1912)	L. Edwards	Elida Morris	Victor: B-11479
We're Going to Celebrate the End of the War in Ragtime (1915)	C. Goetz	Elida Morris	Columbia: 45963
Trolley Car Swing, The (1912)	B.F. Grant	Elida Morris	Victor: B-11491
Hello Frisco! - Song (1915)	L.A Hirsch	Samuel Ash Elida Morris	Columbia: 45831
High Cost of Loving, The (1914)	G.W. Meyer	Elida Morris	Columbia: 39497
You'll Come Back (1910)	G.W. Meyer	Billy Murray Elida Morris	Victor: B-8572
If I Had Some One Like You at Home (1914)	J.V. Monaco	Elida Morris	Columbia: 39269
Play Me a Good Old-Fashioned Melody (1912)	W. Morrisey	Elida Morris	Victor: B-11490
Angel Eyes (1910)	H. Paley	Billy Murray Elida Morris	Victor: B-8958
⇑Kiss Me, My Honey, Kiss Me (1910)	T. Snyder	Elida Morris	Victor: B-9445
Movin' Man Don't Take My Baby Grand (1912)	T. Snyder	Elida Morris	Columbia: 19782

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


You've Got the Wrong Number But You've Got the Right Girl (1911)	K. Mills (music) Arthur J. Lamb (words) Elida Morris (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Ragging the Baby to Sleep (1912)	L.F. Muir (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Elida Morris (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Why Do They Make Girls Like You? (1916)	A. Piantadosi (music) J. Goodwin (words) Elida Morris (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Moon Has His Eyes on You (1905), The	A. von Tilzer (music) B. Johnson (words) Lillian Mills (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


I. Berlin	Stop! Stop! Stop! (2:06)	Elida Morris
J. Kendis	Angel Eyes (1910) (3:17)	Elida Morris Billy Murray
G.W. Meyer	The High Cost of Loving (3:35)	Elida Morris

Works

This list is arranged by composer and contains 28 works performed by Elida Morris 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


Little Things That Count (1914), The	Leo Bennett(w&m)	Elida Morris (perf.)
Some Day You'll Know Who Loves You (1914)	Leo Bennett(w&m)	Elida Morris (perf.)
Stop! Stop! Stop! (1910)	Irving Berlin(w&m)	Bennett Twins (perf.) Rutan's Song Birds (perf.) Those Singing Boys (perf.) Helen van Buren (perf.) Carl Cook (perf.) Sidney C. Gibson (perf.) Mabel L. Howard (perf.) Augusta Audrey Lang (perf.) Joe McAnallan (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.)
I Was Aviating Around (1913)	Irving Berlin	Vincent Bryan (words) Elida Morris (perf.)
Happy Little Country Girl (1913)	Irving Berlin	Elida Morris (perf.)
They've Got Me Doin' It Now (1913)	Irving Berlin	Elida Morris (perf.)	Pub.
I Want to Go Back to Michigan (1914)	Irving Berlin(w&m)	Jack Boyle (perf.) Max Burkhardt (perf.) 4 Melodious Chaps1 (perf.) Gertrude Cogut (perf.) Colbert & Lewis (perf.) Billy Cree (perf.) Dave Ferguson (perf.) Greenlee & Drayton (perf.) Howell Sisters (perf.) Daisy James (perf.) Lillian Maynard (perf.) McCormack & Irving (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.) Frank Mullane (perf.) Bobbie Russell (perf.) Frankie Seigel (perf.) Lynch Trio (perf.)	Pub.
I Want to Go Back to the Farm (1914)	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin (words) Elida Morris (perf.)
If Every Star Was a Little Pickaninny (1912)	Leo Edwards	Joseph McCarthy (words) Elida Morris (perf.) Tanner, Shea & Potter (perf.)
We're Going to Celebrate the End of the War in Ragtime (1915)	Coleman Goetz	Nora Bayes (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.)
⇑I'm Afraid I'm Beginning to Love You (1913)	Joe Goodwin(w&m)	Lew Brown (co-author) Henry Bergman (perf.) Gladys Clark (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.)	Pub.
Trolley Car Swing (1912), The	Bert F. Grant	Joe Young (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.)
Hello Frisco! - Song (1915)	Louis Achille Hirsch	Gene Buck (words) Samuel Ash (perf.) Lynn Bari (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Alice Faye (perf.) Harvey Hindermeyer (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.) Jack Oakie (perf.) John Payne (perf.)
If You Don't Want Me Send Me to My Ma (1916)	Cecil Mack	Chris Smith (co-author) Elida Morris (perf.)
You'll Come Back (1909)	George W. Meyer	Jack Drislane (words) Stella Mayhew (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Pealson, Goldie & Hill (perf.)
I've Got Your Number (1910)	George W. Meyer	Alfred Bryan (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Harry Fox & Millership Sisters (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.) Murray Whiteman (perf.) Winton &. Lawrence (perf.)	Pub.
Isch Ga-Bibble, I Should Worry (1913)	George W. Meyer	Sam M Lewis (words) Billie Baker (perf.) Edith Clifford (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.) Gertrude Valerie (perf.)
High Cost of Loving (1914), The	George W. Meyer	Alfred Bryan (words) Emma Carus (perf.) Eddie Cassady (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.) Bobbie Russell (perf.) Frankie Siegel (perf.) Lee White (perf.)
You've Got the Wrong Number But You've Got the Right Girl (1911)	Kerry Mills	Arthur J. Lamb (words) Elida Morris (perf.) Parcy & Carr (perf.)
If I Had Some One Like You at Home (1914)	James V. Monaco	Joseph McCarthy (words) Elida Morris (perf.)
Play Me a Good Old-Fashioned Melody (1912)	Will Morrisey	Charles N. Grant (words) Elida Morris (perf.)
⇑Keep a Little Cozy Corner in Your Heart For Me (1903)	Theodore F. Morse	Jack Drislane (words) Flossie Allenand (perf.) Effie Brooklin (perf.) Gertie De Milt (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.) Madge O'Brien (perf.)	Pub.
Ragging the Baby to Sleep (1912)	Lewis F. Muir	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Frank Elling (perf.) McGill & Livingston (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.) Dorothy Russell (perf.) Stepp, Mehlinger & King (perf.) Willie Weston (perf.)	Pub.
Angel Eyes (1910)	Hermann Paley	James Kendis (words) Elida Morris (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.)
Why Do They Make Girls Like You? (1916)	Al Piantadosi	Joe Goodwin (words) Elida Morris (perf.)
Kiss Me, My Honey, Kiss Me (1910)	Ted Snyder	Irving Berlin (words) Little Amy Butler (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.)	Pub.
Movin' Man Don't Take My Baby Grand (1911)	Ted Snyder	Bert Kalmar (words) Marie Fenton (perf.) Jack Manion (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.) Paul Smith (perf.)	Pub.
Moon Has His Eyes on You (1905), The	Albert von Tilzer	Billy Johnson (words) Lillian Carter (perf.) Laura Davis (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.) Lillian Mills (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.) Maude Morris (perf.) Nevins & Arnold (perf.) Empire City Quartette (perf.) Lillian Russell (perf.) Tell Taylor (perf.) Juliet Winston (perf.)