Will Oakland

Overview

112 way cylinder recordings

	Title	Composer	Instruments/Issue


MP3 File(s)
Dear Little Boy of Mine	E.R. Ball	Edison Blue Amberol: 3781
Dear Old Ma	E.R. Ball	Edison Standard Record: 10461
My Wild Irish Rose	E.R. Ball	Lakeside Indestructible Cylinder Record: 1109
My Wild Irish Rose	E.R. Ball	Edison Amberol: 567
Denver Town	G. Botsford	Edison Standard Record: 10155
We've Been Chums For Fifty Years	T. Chattaway	Edison Standard Record: 10245
On Mobile Bay	C.N. Daniels	Edison Standard Record: 10495
Bring Back the Roses Kathleen Mavourneen	F. Fisher	Edison Blue Amberol: 3678
Ring Me Up Heaven	L. Friedman	Edison Standard Record: 10263
Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares	C.K. Harris	Edison's National Phonograph Company: 10163
I'll Remember You, Love, in My Prayers	W.S. Hays	Edison Amberol: 808
⇑Mollie Darling	W.S. Hays	Edison Amberol: 963
Take This Letter to My Mother	W.S. Hays	Edison Blue Amberol: 3097
Ma Pickaninny Babe	C.L. Johnson	Edison Blue Amberol: 2416
Dearie	C.B. Kummer	Edison Amberol: 201
Norah Acushla!	H. Millard	Edison Blue Amberol: 1569
The Longest Way 'round Is the Sweetest Way Home	K. Mills	Edison Amberol: 145
You Can't Make Me Stop Loving You	K. Mills	Edison Standard Record: 10418
Mother Machree	C.C. Olcott	Edison Amberol: 583
The Curse of an Aching Heart	A. Piantadosi	Edison Blue Amberol: 2022
Think It Over, Mary	A. Piantadosi	Lakeside Indestructible Cylinder Record: 1253
Just Before the Battle, Mother	G.F. Root	Edison Amberol: 297
That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone	A.M. Sanders	Edison Blue Amberol: 3876
⇑As I Sat Upon My Dear Old Mother's Knee	J.P. Skelly	Edison Blue Amberol: 1787
When the Autumn Moon Is Creeping Thru' the Woodlands	A. Solman	U.S. Everlasting Record: 1151
Eilleen Allanna	J.R. Thomas
Sweet Genevieve	H. Tucker	Lakeside Indestructible Cylinder Record: 1484

Monologues

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Just Before the Battle, Mother	George Frederick Root (words & music) Will Oakland (perf.)
	Where the River Shannon Flows	James I. Russell (words & music) Will Oakland (perf.)

Works

This list is arranged by composer and contains 29 works performed by Will Oakland 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


Won't You Come Over to My House? (1906)	Egbert A. van Alstyne	Hattie Williams (words) H. Burr (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.) J.A. Driscoll (perf.) Louise Henry (perf.)
Dear Old Ma (1910)	Ernest Roland Ball	Bartley Costello (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
My Wild Irish Rose (1910)	Ernest Roland Ball	Chauncey Olcott (words) Will Oakland (perf.) William H. Thompson (perf.)
Dear Little Boy of Mine (1918)	Ernest Roland Ball	J. Keirn Brennan (words) Will Oakland (perf.) Ben Alexander (perf.)
Denver Town (1908)	George Botsford	Harry J. Breen (words) Will Oakland (perf.) John H. Bieling (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) William F. Hooley (perf.)	Pub.
We've Been Chums For Fifty Years (1905)	Thurland Chattaway(w&m)	Will Oakland (perf.)
On Mobile Bay (1910)	Charles Neil Daniels	Earle C. Jones (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Bring Back the Roses Kathleen Mavourneen (1918)	Fred Fisher	Alfred Bryan (words) Joe McCarthy (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Ring Me Up Heaven (1908)	Leo Friedman	Beth Slater Whitson (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares (1909)	Charles K. Harris(w&m)	Will Oakland (perf.)
⇑Mollie Darling (1871)	Will S. Hays(w&m)	Will Oakland (perf.) Charles Hart (perf.) Frank Coombs (perf.)
Take This Letter to My Mother (1872)	Will S. Hays(w&m)	Will Oakland (perf.)
I'll Remember You, Love, in My Prayers (1877)	Will S. Hays	Will Oakland (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.)
Ma Pickaninny Babe (1913)	Chas. L. Johnson(w&m)	Will Oakland (perf.)
Dearie (1905)	Clare Beecher Kummer	George Alexander (perf.) Harry MacDonough (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.) Sallie Fisher (perf.)
Norah Acushla! (1876)	Harrison Millard	George Cooper (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Longest Way 'round Is the Sweetest Way Home (1908), The	Kerry Mills	Ren Shields (words) Will Oakland (perf.) William Redmond (perf.)
You Can't Make Me Stop Loving You (1910)	Kerry Mills	Edgar Leslie (words) Will Oakland (perf.) Jennie Ward (perf.)	Pub.
Buy a Bale of Cotton For Me (1914)	Lewis F. Muir	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Carrie Reynolds (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.)	Pub.
Mother Machree (1910)	Chancellor Chauncey Olcott(w&m)	Ball, Ernest R. (co-author) Young (words) Rida Johnson (words) Monty Woolley (perf.) H. Burr (perf.) Albert Lindquest (perf.) Charles D'Almaine (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.) C.C. Olcott (perf.) John McCormack (perf.)
Think It Over, Mary (1911)	Al Piantadosi	Thomas J. Gray (words) Frankie Seigel (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.)
⇑Curse of an Aching Heart (1913), The	Al Piantadosi	Henry Fink (words) Will Oakland (perf.) Emma Carus (perf.) Manne & Bell (perf.) Joe Burns (perf.)	Pub.
Just Before the Battle, Mother (1863)	George Frederick Root(w&m)	Harry MacDonough (perf.) John H. Bieling (perf.) F.C. Stanley (perf.) H. Burr (perf.) John W. Myers (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.)	Pub.
Where the River Shannon Flows (1905)	James I. Russell(w&m)	Will Oakland (perf.) John Russell (perf.)	Pub.
That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone (1918)	Alma M. Sanders	Monte Carlo (co-author) Richard W. Pascoe (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
As I Sat Upon My Dear Old Mother's Knee (1913)	J.P. Skelly	Will Oakland (perf.)
When the Autumn Moon Is Creeping Thru' the Woodlands (1908)	Alfred Solman	M.H. Rosenfeld (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Eilleen Allanna (1873)	J.R. Thomas	Ed Marble (words) Hughes Macklin (perf.) David Brazell (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.)
Sweet Genevieve (1869)	Henry Tucker	George Cooper (words) Ida Gardner (perf.) James F. Harrison (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.) William H. Thompson (perf.) John McCormack (perf.)	Pub.