Gladys Rice (1890-1983)
Last updated: 19.04.24
Gladys Rice (née Gladys Hillsburg) was an American soprano vocalist born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She made numerous recordings in the 1910s and 1920s using pseudonyms such as Dolly Vernon, Ethel Andrews,and Rachel Grant. Rice was also a vocalist with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra.
It is somewhat surprising, given the sheer number of recordings (70+ and counting) with so many partners and works by so many composers, that so little can be found about her by Internet searching.
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| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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Good-Bye, Good Luck, God Bless You (1916) | E.R. Ball | Gladys Rice W.V. Brunt |
Edison Blue Amberol: 2991 |
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You're Making a Miser of Me (1919) | E.R. Ball | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3847 |
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Go to Sleep My Little Pickaninny (1916) | J.A. le Barge | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 2857 |
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Dardanella (1920) | F. Bernard | Gladys Rice Vernon Dalhart |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4042 |
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Chin-Chin (1916) | A.S. Brown | Burton Lenihan Gladys Rice |
Edison Blue Amberol: 2788 |
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I Never Knew (1916) | E, Carroll | Gladys Rice W.V. Brunt |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3017 |
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Knit, Knit, Knit (1918) | I. Caryll | Gladys Rice Marion Evelyn Cox Helen Clark |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3406 |
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In a Kingdom of Our Own (1919) | G.M. Cohan | Gladys Rice George Wilton Ballard |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3770 |
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Kisses (1919) | L.F. Cowan | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3740 |
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After You've Gone (1919) | H. Creamer | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3666 |
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My Hula Maid (1915) | L. Edwards | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 2736 |
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⇑Around the Map + Song (1916) | H. Finck | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 2880 |
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Oui, Oui, Marie (1918) | F. Fisher | Gladys Rice Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3596 |
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There's a Little Bit of Bad in Every Good Little Girl (1917) | F. Fisher | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3038 |
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When You Feel a Little Longing in Your Heart (1918) | A. Francis | Gladys Rice Vernon Dalhart |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3527 |
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Alabama Moon (1920) | G.H. Green | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 4058 |
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Say It Again (1919) | J. Greer | Gladys Rice Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3694 |
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Think Love of Me (1919) | F.H. Grey | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3809 |
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I'll Think of You Will You Think of Me? (1918) | L.A Hirsch | Gladys Rice Vernon Dalhart |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3532 |
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As We Part (1917) | M. Ilgenfritz | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3308 |
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Marion, You'll Soon Be Marryin' Me (1920) | N. Ingham | Gladys Rice Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4065 |
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Marie, My Own Marie (1917) | H. Israel | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3151 |
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Pretty Baby (1916) | T. Jackson | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3019 |
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⇑Silver Star - Song (1917) | C.L. Johnson | Gladys Rice George Wilton Ballard |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3068 |
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For Love, Fiddlers Three (1919) | A. Johnstone | Gladys Rice Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3693 |
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Just a Voice to Call Me, Dear (1918) | E. Kálmán | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3459 |
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In the Garden of Romance (1917) | E. Kálmán | Gladys Rice Frederick J. Wheeler |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3063 |
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Sunnyside Sal (1921) | J. Kendis | Gladys Rice Vernon Dalhart |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4353 |
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Very Good, Eddie (1916) | J. Kern | Gladys Rice W.V. Brunt |
Edison Blue Amberol: 2900 |
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The Bungalow in Quogue (1918) | J. Kern | Gladys Rice Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3391 |
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I'm So Busy, Have a Heart (1917) | J. Kern | Gladys Rice Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3179 |
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Jazz Baby (1919) | J. Kern | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3760 |
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Left All Alone Again Blues (1920) | J. Kern | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 4017 |
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Nesting Time in Flatbush (1917) | J. Kern | Gladys Rice Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3295 |
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They Didn't Believe Me (1915) | J. Kern | Gladys Rice W.V. Brunt |
Edison Blue Amberol: 2759 |
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⇑You Said Something (1917) | J. Kern | Gladys Rice Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3300 |
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Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight - Song (1918) | F.H. Klickmann | Gladys Rice Marion Evelyn Cox |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3606 |
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Fair Hawaii (1916) | J.F. Kutz | Gladys Rice W.V. Brunt |
Edison Blue Amberol: 2964 |
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My Hawaii You're Calling Me (1918) | L.W. Lewis | Gladys Rice Vernon Dalhart |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3401 |
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I'll Make You Want Me (1917) | J.P. Long | Gladys Rice Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3098 |
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What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For (1917) | J. McCarthy | Gladys Rice Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3121 |
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I'm Going to Follow the Boys (1918) | J.V. Monaco | Gladys Rice Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3477 |
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I'm Not Jealous, But I Just Don't Like It (1919) | E.G. Nelson | Gladys Rice Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3812 |
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All I Need Is Just a Girl Like You (1918) | A. Olman | Gladys Rice Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3411 |
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Keep the Love Lamp Burning (1921) | H. Riesenfeld | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 4151 |
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Childhood Days (1917) | S. Romberg | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3061 |
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Come Back, Sweet Dream! (1917) | S. Romberg | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3062 |
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⇑Auf Wiedersehn (1916) | S. Romberg | Burton Lenihan Gladys Rice |
Edison Blue Amberol: 2775 |
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Dance With Me (1916) | P.A. Rubens | Gladys Rice I. Kaufman |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3078 |
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That Creepy, Weepy Feeling (1917) | W.A. Schroeder | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3301 |
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Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land (1918) | J. Schwartz | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3595 |
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Give Me All of You (1917) | M.E. Schwarzwald | Gladys Rice W.V. Brunt |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3059 |
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Florabella (1917) | M.E. Schwarzwald | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3076 |
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Garden of My Dreams (1919) | D. Stamper | Gladys Rice Vernon Dalhart |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3626 |
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It's Time For Every Boy to Be a Soldier (1917) | H.A. Tierney | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3243 |
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Forever Is a Long Long Time (1918) | A. von Tilzer | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3359 |
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Close to Your Heart (1920) | A. von Tilzer | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 4096 |
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Waters of Venice (1919) | A. von Tilzer | Gladys Rice Vernon Dalhart |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3776 |
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Wonderful Girl, Good Night! (1917) | H. von Tilzer | Gladys Rice Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3318 |
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⇑Juanita (1916) | Traditional | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 2867 |
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Naughty! Naughty! Naughty! (1917) | N.H. Vincent | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3137 |
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Alabama Lullaby (1919) | C. de Voll | Gladys Rice Marion Evelyn Cox |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3772 |
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One Loving Caress (1920) | P. Wenrich | Gladys Rice Marion Evelyn Cox |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4073 |
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Put Me in My Little Bed (1918) | C.A. White | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3543 |
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Oh I How I Laugh When I Think About How I Cried About You (1920) | W. White | Gladys Rice Billy Murray |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4048 |
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Till We Meet Again (1919) | R.A. Whiting | Gladys Rice Vernon Dalhart |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3670 |
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When Shall We Meet Again? (1922) | R.A. Whiting | Gladys Rice Lewis James |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4476 |
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One Fleeting Hour (1917) | J.S. Zamecnik | Gladys Rice | Edison Blue Amberol: 3178 |
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Sweet Luana (1921) | J.S. Zamecnik | Gladys Rice Elizabeth Lennox |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4153 |
| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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I Gave You Up Just Before You Threw Me Down (1923) | F.E. Ahlert | Billy Murray Rachel Grant Gladys Rice |
Victor: B-27523 |
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Knit, Knit, Knit (1917) | I. Caryll | Gladys Rice Marion Evelyn Cox Helen Clark |
Edison: 5860 |
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In a Kingdom of Our Own (1919) | G.M. Cohan | Gladys Rice George Wilton Ballard Betsy Lane Shepherd Marion Evelyn Cox Charles Hart |
Edison: 6652 |
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Some Sweet Day, Bye and Bye (1917) | W.H. Doane | Gladys Rice Marion Evelyn Cox William F. Hooley John Young |
Edison: 5589 |
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Wake Up, America! (1916) | J. Glogau | A. Fields Gladys Rice Merle Alcock S. Porter William F. Hooley |
Edison: 4549 |
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I'm Coming Back to You Poor Butterfly (1917) | J.R. Hubbell | Vernon Dalhart Gladys Rice Helen Clark Marion Evelyn Cox John Young S. Porter Donald Chalmers |
Edison: 5881 |
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Melody Land (1917) | J.R. Hubbell | Lawrence E. Gilbert Marie De Kyser Marion Evelyn Cox Helen Clark Betsy Lane Shepherd Gladys Rice Thomas Chalmers |
Edison: 5780 |
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Erminie Airs No. 1 (1921) | E. Jakobowski | Gladys Rice Betsy Lane Shepherd Helen Clark Charles Hart George Wilton Ballard Frederick J. Wheeler Harry Donaghy |
Edison: 7853 |
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Erminie Airs No. 2 (1921) | E. Jakobowski | George Wilton Ballard Helen Clark Gladys Rice Betsy Lane Shepherd Frederick J. Wheeler Joseph A. Phillips |
Edison: 7961 |
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Siren's Song, The (1917) | J. Kern | Gladys Rice Helen Clark Harvey Hindermeyer Billy Murray Marion Evelyn Cox |
Edison: 5810 |
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Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight - Song (1918) | F.H. Klickmann | Marion Evelyn Cox Gladys Rice |
Edison: 6104 |
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Work, For The Night Is Coming (1917) | L. Mason | Donald Chalmers Marion Evelyn Cox Gladys Rice John Young |
Edison: 5926 |
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Home Over There, The (1917) | T.C. O'Kane | Gladys Rice John Young Charles Hart Donald Chalmers Elliott Shaw Marion Evelyn Cox |
Edison: 5896 |
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Nephews of Uncle Sam (1917) | H. Ruby | A. Fields Gladys Rice Marion Evelyn Cox S. Porter Donald Chalmers John Young |
Edison: 5491 |
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That Creepy, Weepy Feeling (1917) | W.A. Schroeder | Gladys Rice Marion Evelyn Cox George Wilton Ballard Harvey Hindermeyer |
Edison: 5550 |
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Longing For My Dixie Home (1917) | J.R. Shannon | Harvey Hindermeyer Gladys Rice Marion Evelyn Cox William F. Hooley Elliott Shaw |
Edison: 5924 |
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⇑Truth Reflects Upon Our Senses (1921) | C. Tillman | Gladys Rice Mrs. Why Frederick J. Wheeler John Young |
Edison: 8268 |
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Down Where the Swanee River Flows (1916) | A. von Tilzer | George Wilton Ballard Gladys Rice Merle Alcock Frederick J. Wheeler |
Edison: 4598 |
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Wait Till You Get Them Up in the Air, Boys (1919) | A. von Tilzer | Fred Hillebrand Gladys Rice Marion Evelyn Cox |
Edison: 6925 |
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Throw Out the Life-Line (1917) | E. Ufford | Marion Evelyn Cox Gladys Rice Donald Chalmers John Young |
Edison: 5925 |
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Alabama Lullaby (1918) | C. de Voll | Gladys Rice Marion Evelyn Cox |
Edison: 6682 |
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One Loving Caress (1919) | P. Wenrich | Marion Evelyn Cox Gladys Rice |
Edison: 7251 |
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Silver Bay (1917) | P. Wenrich | Gladys Rice William F. Hooley Amy Ellerman George Wilton Ballard |
Edison: 5415 |
The peformer is featured on 88 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
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I Gave You Up Just Before You Threw Me Down (1922) | Frederick Emil Ahlert | Bert Kalmar (co-author) Harry Ruby (co-author) |
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You're Making a Miser of Me (1909) | Ernest Roland Ball | Al Dubin (words) | |
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Good-Bye, Good Luck, God Bless You (1916) | Ernest Roland Ball | J. Keirn Brennan (words) | |
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Go to Sleep My Little Pickaninny (1915) | J.A. le Barge | Fred Dunham Heltman (co-author) | |
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Dardanella (1919) | Felix Bernard | Johnny S. Black (co-author) Fred Fisher (words) |
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Chin-Chin (1915) | A. Seymour Brown(w&m) | |
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I Never Knew (1916) | Earl Carroll(w&m) | |
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Knit, Knit, Knit (1917) | Ivan Caryll | |
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In a Kingdom of Our Own (1919) | George. M. Cohan(w&m) | |
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I Still Get a Thrill (1930) | J. Fred Coots | Benny Davis (words) | |
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⇑Kisses (1918) | Lynn F. Cowan | Alex Sullivan (words) | |
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After You've Gone (1918) | Henry Creamer | Turner Layton (co-author) | |
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Some Sweet Day, Bye and Bye (1917) | W. Howard Doane | Fanny Crosby (words) | |
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My Hula Maid (1915) | Leo Edwards | Harold Richard Atteridge (words) | |
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Around the Map + Song (1915) | Herman Finck | C. M. S Stewart (words) | |
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There's a Little Bit of Bad in Every Good Little Girl (1916) | Fred Fisher | Grant Clarke (words) | |
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Oui, Oui, Marie (1918) | Fred Fisher | Alfred Bryan (words) Joe McCarthy (words) |
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When You Feel a Little Longing in Your Heart (1917) | Alfred Francis | Earl Carroll (words) | |
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Wake Up, America! (1916) | Jack Glogau | George Graff Jr. (words) | |
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Alabama Moon (1920) | Geo. Hamilton Green(w&m) | |
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Say It Again (1918) | Jessie Greer | Walter Van Brunt (words) | |
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⇑Think Love of Me (1918) | Frank Henry Grey(w&m) | |
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I'll Think of You Will You Think of Me? (1917) | Louis Achille Hirsch | Rennold Wolf (words) | |
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I'm Coming Back to You Poor Butterfly (1917) | John Raymond Hubbell | Andrew Donnelly (words) | |
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As We Part (1917) | McNair Ilgenfritz | |
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Marion, You'll Soon Be Marryin' Me (1920) | Nelson Ingham | Geo. B. McConnell (co-author) Frank Kienzle (words) Charles Smith (words) |
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Marie, My Own Marie (1917) | Harry Israel | |
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Pretty Baby (1916) | Tony Jackson | Egbert A.van Alstyne (co-author) Gus Kahn (words) |
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Erminie Airs No. 1 (1921) | Edward Jakobowski | |
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Erminie Airs No. 2 (1921) | Edward Jakobowski | |
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Silver Star - Song (1911) | Chas. L. Johnson(w&m) | William R. Clay (words) | |
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For Love, Fiddlers Three (1919) | Alexander Johnstone | |
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⇑In the Garden of Romance (1915) | Emmerich Kálmán | Herbert Reynolds (words) | |
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Just a Voice to Call Me, Dear (1917) | Emmerich Kálmán | P. G. Wodehouse (words) | |
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Sunnyside Sal (1921) | James Kendis(w&m) | Brockman (co-author) | |
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They Didn't Believe Me (1914) | Jerome Kern | Herbert Reynolds (words) | |
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Very Good, Eddie (1915) | Jerome Kern | Schuyler Greene (words) Herbert Reynold (words) |
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Bungalow in Quogue (1917), The | Jerome Kern | P.G. Wodehouse (words) | |
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I'm So Busy, Have a Heart (1917) | Jerome Kern | |
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Nesting Time in Flatbush (1917) | Jerome Kern(w&m) | P.G.Wodehouse (words) | |
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Siren's Song (1917), The | Jerome Kern | P.G. Wodehouse (words) | |
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You Said Something (1917) | Jerome Kern | P.G. Wodehouse (words) | |
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Jazz Baby (1919) | Jerome Kern | |
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⇑Left All Alone Again Blues (1920) | Jerome Kern | Anna Caldwell (words) | |
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Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight - Song (1918) | Frank Henri Klickmann | Harold G. Frost (words) | |
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Fair Hawaii (1913) | James Fulton Kutz(w&m) | |
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My Hawaii You're Calling Me (1917) | L.W. Lewis | Launa Mai (words) | |
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I'll Make You Want Me (1914) | J.P. Long | Paul Pelham (words) | |
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Work, For The Night Is Coming (1917) | Lowell Mason | Mrs. Harry Coghill (words) Raymond V. Gould (words) |
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What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For (1916) | Joe McCarthy(w&m) | Howard Johnson (co-author) Jimmy V. Monaco (co-author) |
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I'm Going to Follow the Boys (1917) | James V. Monaco | Howard Rogers (words) | |
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I'm Not Jealous, But I Just Don't Like It (1919) | Ed G. Nelson | Fred Mayo (co-author) Harry Pease (words) |
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Home Over There (1917), The | T.C. O'Kane | DeWitt Clinton Huntington (words) | |
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All I Need Is Just a Girl Like You (1917) | Abe Olman | Addison Burkhart (words) | |
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⇑Charmaine (1926) | Erno Rapee | Lew Pollack (co-author) | |
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Keep the Love Lamp Burning (1919) | Hugo Riesenfeld | Harry B. Smith (words) | |
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Auf Wiedersehn (1915) | Sigmund Romberg | Herbert Reynolds (words) | |
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Childhood Days (1916) | Sigmund Romberg | Matthew Woodward (words) | |
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Come Back, Sweet Dream! (1916) | Sigmund Romberg | Matthew Woodward (words) | |
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Dance With Me (1915) | Paul Alfred Rubens | Percy Greenbank (words) | |
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Nephews of Uncle Sam (1917) | Harry Ruby | |
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That Creepy, Weepy Feeling (1917) | William A. Schroeder | |
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Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land (1918) | Jean Schwartz | Sam M. Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) |
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Give Me All of You (1915) | Milton E. Schwarzwald | Earl Carroll (words) | |
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Florabella (1916) | Milton E. Schwarzwald | Earl Carroll (words) | |
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⇑Longing For My Dixie Home (1917) | James Royce Shannon(w&m) | |
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Garden of My Dreams (1918) | Dave Stamper | Gene Buck (words) | |
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It's Time For Every Boy to Be a Soldier (1917) | Harry Austin Tierney | Alfred Bryan (words) | |
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Truth Reflects Upon Our Senses (1921) | Charlie D. Tillman | Eliza R. Snow (words) | |
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Down Where the Swanee River Flows (1916) | Albert von Tilzer | Chas. McCarron (words) Chas. S. Alberte (words) |
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Forever Is a Long Long Time (1916) | Albert von Tilzer(w&m) | Darl MacBoyle (words) | |
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Waters of Venice (1916) | Albert von Tilzer | Neville Fleeson (words) | |
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Wait Till You Get Them Up in the Air, Boys (1919) | Albert von Tilzer(w&m) | Lew Brown (words) | |
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Close to Your Heart (1920) | Albert von Tilzer | Neville Fleeson (words) | |
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Wonderful Girl, Good Night! (1917) | Harry von Tilzer | |
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Juanita (1916) | Traditional | |
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⇑All I Want is Y-O-U (1929) | Johnny Tucker | Joe Schuster (co-author) Gladys Rice (co-author) |
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Throw Out the Life-Line (1917) | Edward S. Ufford | Edward S. Ufford (words) | |
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Naughty! Naughty! Naughty! (1916) | Nat H. Vincent | Joe Goodwin (words) William Tracey (words) |
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Alabama Lullaby (1918) | Cal de Voll | |
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Silver Bay (1916) | Percy Wenrich(w&m) | |
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One Loving Caress (1919) | Percy Wenrich(w&m) | |
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Put Me in My Little Bed (1871) | Charles Albert White | Dexter Smith (words) | |
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Oh I How I Laugh When I Think About How I Cried About You (1919) | Willy White | Roy Turk (words) George Jessel (words) |
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Till We Meet Again (1918) | Richard A. Whiting | Raymond B. Egan (words) | |
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When Shall We Meet Again? (1921) | Richard A. Whiting | Raymond B. Egan (words) | |
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One Fleeting Hour (1915) | John Stepan Zamecnik | Karl Fuhrmann (words) | |
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⇑Sweet Luana (1920) | John Stepan Zamecnik | Norma Burt (words) | |