Will Oakland

Overview

112 way cylinder recordings

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Dear Little Boy of Mine (1919)	E.R. Ball	Will Oakland	Edison Blue Amberol: 3781
Dear Old Ma (1910)	E.R. Ball	Will Oakland	Edison Standard Record: 10461
My Wild Irish Rose (1911)	E.R. Ball	Will Oakland	Lakeside Indestructible Cylinder Record: 1109
My Wild Irish Rose (1910)	E.R. Ball	Will Oakland William H. Thompson	Edison Amberol: 567
Denver Town (1909)	G. Botsford	John H. Bieling William F. Hooley Billy Murray Will Oakland	Edison Standard Record: 10155
We've Been Chums For Fifty Years (1909)	T. Chattaway	Will Oakland	Edison Standard Record: 10245
On Mobile Bay (1911)	C.N. Daniels	Will Oakland	Edison Standard Record: 10495
Bring Back the Roses Kathleen Mavourneen (1919)	F. Fisher	Will Oakland	Edison Blue Amberol: 3678
Ring Me Up Heaven, Please, Central (1909)	L. Friedman	Will Oakland	Edison Standard Record: 10263
I'll Remember You, Love, in My Prayers (1911)	W.S. Hays	Will Oakland	Edison Amberol: 808
Mollie Darling (1912)	W.S. Hays	Will Oakland	Edison Amberol: 963
⇑Take This Letter to My Mother (1917)	W.S. Hays	Will Oakland	Edison Blue Amberol: 3097
Ma Pickaninny Babe (1914)	C.L. Johnson	Will Oakland	Edison Blue Amberol: 2416
Dearie (1909)	C.B. Kummer	Will Oakland	Edison Amberol: 201
Norah Acushla! (1912)	H. Millard	Will Oakland	Edison Blue Amberol: 1569
The Longest Way 'round Is the Sweetest Way Home (1909)	K. Mills	Will Oakland	Edison Amberol: 145
You Can't Make Me Stop Loving You (1910)	K. Mills	Will Oakland	Edison Standard Record: 10418
Mother Machree (1910)	C.C. Olcott	Will Oakland	Edison Amberol: 583
The Curse of an Aching Heart (1913)	A. Piantadosi	Will Oakland	Edison Blue Amberol: 2022
Think It Over, Mary (1911)	A. Piantadosi	Will Oakland	Lakeside Indestructible Cylinder Record: 1253
Just Before the Battle, Mother (1909)	G.F. Root	Will Oakland	Edison Amberol: 297
That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone (1919)	A.M. Sanders	Will Oakland	Edison Blue Amberol: 3876
Peek A Boo (1911)	W.J. Scanlan	Will Oakland	Edison Amberol: 651
⇑As I Sat Upon My Dear Old Mother's Knee (1913)	J.P. Skelly	Will Oakland	Edison Blue Amberol: 1787
When the Autumn Moon Is Creeping Thru' the Woodlands (1911)	A. Solman	Will Oakland	U.S. Everlasting Record: 1151
Eilleen Allanna (1911)	J.R. Thomas	Will Oakland
Sweet Genevieve (1912)	H. Tucker	Will Oakland William H. Thompson	Lakeside Indestructible Cylinder Record: 1484

MP3s

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares (1909)	C.K. Harris	Will Oakland	Edison's National Phonograph Company: 10163

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


I'll Await My Love (1911)	F. Howard	Will Oakland	Columbia: 19308
Only a Pansy Blossom (1916)	F. Howard	George Wilton Ballard William F. Hooley Will Oakland S. Porter	Edison: 4469
Garland of Old Fashioned Roses (1913)	E.C. Keithley	Will Oakland	Columbia: 38801
Eilleen Allanna (1922)	J.R. Thomas	David Brazell Clara Butt Hughes Macklin Will Oakland	Columbia: 71850
Who Will Care For Mother Now. (1916)	C.F. Thompson	George Wilton Ballard William F. Hooley Will Oakland Betsy Lane Shepherd	Edison: 5070

Monologues

This list is derived from information provided by Monologues.co.uk which went down sometime in 2023.
The loss of this valuable resource is very sad and a mystery.

	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.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Garland of Old Fashioned Roses (1911)	E.C. Keithley (music) Charles Hamilton Musgrove (words) Will Oakland (perf.)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace

Works

The peformer is featured on 33 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m) ER

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Items


Dear Old Ma (1910)	Ernest Roland Ball	Bartley Costello (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
My Wild Irish Rose (1910)	Ernest Roland Ball	Chancellor 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.)
Denver Town (1908)	George Botsford	Harry J. Breen (words) John H. Bieling (perf.) William F. Hooley (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.)
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, Please, Central (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.)
⇑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.)
I'll Await My Love (1911)	Frank Howard	Frank Howard (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Only a Pansy Blossom (1916)	Frank Howard	Eben E. Rexford (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) William F. Hooley (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.) Steve Porter (perf.)
Ma Pickaninny Babe (1913)	Chas. L. Johnson(w&m)	Will Oakland (perf.)
Garland of Old Fashioned Roses (1911)	E. Clinton Keithley	Charles Hamilton Musgrove (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Dearie (1905)	Clare Beecher Kummer(w&m)	Will Oakland (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.)
You Can't Make Me Stop Loving You (1910)	Kerry Mills	Edgar Leslie (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Buy a Bale of Cotton For Me (1914)	Lewis F. Muir	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
⇑Mother Machree (1910)	Chancellor Chauncey Olcott(w&m)	Ernest R Ball. (co-author) Rida Johnson Young (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Think It Over, Mary (1911)	Al Piantadosi	Thomas J. Gray (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Curse of an Aching Heart (1913), The	Al Piantadosi	Henry Fink (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Just Before the Battle, Mother (1863)	George Frederick Root(w&m)	Will Oakland (perf.)
Where the River Shannon Flows (1905)	James I. Russell(w&m)	Will Oakland (perf.)
That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone (1918)	Alma M. Sanders	Monte Carlo (co-author) Richard W. Pascoe (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Peek A Boo (1881)	William James Scanlan	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	Monroe H. Rosenfeld (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Eilleen Allanna (1873)	J.R. Thomas	E.S. Marble (words) David Brazell (perf.) Clara Butt (perf.) Hughes Macklin (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.)
Who Will Care For Mother Now. (1863)	C.F. Thompson	C.C. Sawyer (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) William F. Hooley (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.)
⇑Sweet Genevieve (1869)	Henry Tucker	George Cooper (words) Will Oakland (perf.) William H. Thompson (perf.) Frederick J. Wheeler as James F. Harrison (perf.)