Harry Akst (1894-1963)

Overview

Websites:
	Harry Akst	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR: Harry Akst	List of 501 historic recordings from 1919 to 1949.

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


Am I Blue? (1929)		Unknown
Away Down South (1922)		Unknown
Crocodile, The (1920)	O. Motzan
Dearest, You're the Nearest to My Heart (1922)		Rose Vanderbosch
Dinah (1925)		James Pitt-Payne
Do I - Do I - Do I Love Her (1922)		Unknown
Granny, You're My Mammy's Mammy (1921)		James Pitt-Payne
I'm Somebody Nobody Loves (1923)		James Pitt-Payne
I'm the Medicine Man For the Blues (1929)		James Pitt-Payne
If It's Love (1934)
In My Bouquet of Memories (1928)		James Pitt-Payne
Let Me Have My Dreams (1929)		James Pitt-Payne
Nobody Cares if I'm Blue (1929)		James Pitt-Payne
One Sweet Little Yes (1929)		James Pitt-Payne
There's the One For Me (1929)		James Pitt-Payne
⇑This Is Heaven (1929)		James Pitt-Payne
Until You Said Goodbye (1953)	B. Davis M. Ager	James Pitt-Payne
Wouldn't It Be Wonderful? (1929)		James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Am I Blue? (1929)	H. Akst	Annette Hanshaw	Columbia: [W]148647
Am I Blue? (1929)	H. Akst	E. Waters	Columbia: W148532
Away Down South (1922)	H. Akst	Marion Harris	Columbia: 80411
Birmingham Bertha (1929)	H. Akst	E. Waters	Columbia: W148531
Birmingham Bertha (1929)	H. Akst	Scrappy Lambert	ARC: 8937
Dinah (1929)	H. Akst	Scrappy Lambert	Brunswick: E29709
Everything's Gonna Be All Right (1926)	H. Akst	Peggy English as Jane Gray	Columbia: 141701
First, Last and Always (1923)	H. Akst	J. Garber	Victor: B-28633
I Can't Get Mississippi Off My Mind (1931)	H. Akst	J. Miller	Columbia: W351082
If I'd Only Believed in You (1926)	H. Akst	Billy Hillpot Scrappy Lambert	Brunswick: E20807-E20809
My Little Bunch of Happiness (1927)	H. Akst	Poley McClintock Fred Waring	Victor: BVE-37427
Nobody Cares if I'm Blue (1930)	H. Akst	Annette Hanshaw	Columbia: [W]150652
Nobody Loves You Like I Do (1924)	H. Akst	Brox Sisters	Victor: B-30918
Once in a Love Time (1940)	H. Akst	Mary Ann Mercer	Victor: BS-051553
Sweet Henry (1923)	H. Akst	Dolly Kay	Columbia: 81174
Sweet Henry (1924)	H. Akst	E. Blake N. Sissle	Victor: B-29188
⇑There's a Little White House on a Little Green Hill Where the Red Red Roses Grow (1926)	H. Akst	G. Rowell Ford Rush	Columbia: W142991
Wet Yo' Thumb (1923)	H. Akst	Dolly Kay	Columbia: 80892

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Folk Music CDs:
	Vaughn de Leath	Original Radio Girl
	Jazz Music CDs:
	Boswell Sisters	Shout Sister Shout
	Boswell Sisters	That's How Rhythm Was Born

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Am I Blue? (1929)	H. Akst (music) G. Clarke (words) E. Waters (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Away Down South (1922)	H. Akst (music) Sam M. Lewis (words) J. Young (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer
Crocodile, The (1920)	H. Akst (music) O. Motzan (coauth.) Howard Emmett Rogers (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Dearest, You're the Nearest to My Heart (1922)	H. Akst (music) B. Davis (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Dinah (1925)	H. Akst (music) Sam M. Lewis (words) J. Young (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Do I - Do I - Do I Love Her (1922)	H. Akst (music) J. Young (words) Sam S. Lewis (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Granny, You're My Mammy's Mammy (1921)	H. Akst (music) J. Young (words) Sam M. Lewis (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
⇑I'm Somebody Nobody Loves (1923)	H. Akst (music) B. Davis (words) Benton Ley (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
I'm the Medicine Man For the Blues (1929)	H. Akst (music) G. Clarke (words) T. Lewis (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
If It's Love (1934)	H. Akst (music) L. Brown (words) Patsy Flick (perf.) Patricia Bowman (perf.) Jack Whiting (perf.) Mitzi Hajos (perf.) Everett Marshall (perf.) Gertrude Niesen (perf.) Lou Holtz (perf.) P. Baker (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
In My Bouquet of Memories (1928)	H. Akst (music) Lewis (words) Young (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Let Me Have My Dreams (1929)	H. Akst (music) G. Clarke (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
My Laddie (1919)	H. Akst (music) Howard Emmett Rogers (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Nobody Cares if I'm Blue (1929)	H. Akst (music) G. Clarke (words) Dorothy Mackaill (perf.) F. Fay (perf.) Noah Beery (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
One Sweet Little Yes (1929)	H. Akst (music) G. Clarke (words) Charlotte Greenwood (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
⇑South Sea Eyes (1923)	H. Akst (w&m) Gilda Gray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
There's the One For Me (1929)	H. Akst (music) J. Yellen (words) Ronald Coleman (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
This Is Heaven (1929)	H. Akst (music) Jack Yeller (words) Vilma Bánky (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Until You Said Goodbye (1953)	H. Akst (w&m) B. Davis (coauth.) M. Ager (coauth.) Eddie Fisher (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Who'll Dry Your Tears (1921)	H. Akst (music) Sam M Lewis (words) J. Young (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Wouldn't It Be Wonderful? (1929)	H. Akst (music) G. Clarke (words) T. Lewis (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 112 works by Harry Akst (1894-1963). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

1029-1926

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Welcome Home	1029	Grant Clarke (words)
In the Land of Jazz	1919	Grant Clarke (words)
My Laddie	1919	Howard Emmett Rogers (words)
Samoa	1919	Grant Clarke (words)
While They Still Make Those Beautiful Girls	1919	Howard Emmett Rogers (words)
Crocodile, The	1920	Otto Motzan (co-author) Howard Emmett Rogers (words)
I'm Saving Up My Dough For Rae and Me	1920	Garfield Kilgour (words)	Pub.
Granny, You're My Mammy's Mammy	1921	Joe Young (words) Sam M. Lewis (words)	Pub.
I've Got the Joys	1921	Sam M Lewis (words) Joe Young (words)	Pub.
Who'll Dry Your Tears	1921	Sam M Lewis (words) Joe Young (words)	Pub.
Away Down South	1922	Sam M. Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) Marion Harris (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Dearest, You're the Nearest to My Heart	1922	Benny Davis (words)	Pub.
Do I - Do I - Do I Love Her	1922	Joe Young (words) Sam S. Lewis (words)	Pub.
Bad News Blues	1923	Benny Davis (words)
First, Last and Always	1923	Benny Davis (words) Jan Garber (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Somebody Nobody Loves	1923	Benny Davis (words) Benton Ley (words)
South Sea Eyes (w&m)	1923	Gilda Gray (perf.)
Stella	1923	Al Jolson (words) Benny Davis (words)
Sweet Henry	1923	Benny Davis (words) Eubie Blake (perf.) Dolly Kay (perf.) Noble Sissle (perf.)
Wet Yo' Thumb	1923	Lew Cooper (words) Alex Hyde (perf.) Dolly Kay (perf.)
Nobody Loves You Like I Do	1924	Benny Davis (words) Brox Sisters (perf.)
Dawn	1925	Grant Clarke (words)
Dinah	1925	Sam M. Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) Boswell Sisters (perf.) Ace Brigode (perf.) Gus. C. Edwards (perf.) Scrappy Lambert (perf.) Rudy Vallée (perf.) Rube Wolf (perf.)
⇑ Steppin' in Society	1925	Alex Gerber (words) Arr. by Dick Konter;
Ev'rything's Gonna Be All Right	1926	Benny Davis (words) Peggy English as Jane Gray (perf.) John Mertz (perf.) Three Australian Boys (perf.) Wright & Marion (perf.)

1926-1929

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Georgianna	1926	Lewis Young (words)
If I'd Only Believed in You	1926	Benny Davis (words) Billy Hillpot (perf.) Scrappy Lambert (perf.)
There's a Little White House on a Little Green Hill Where the Red Red Roses Grow	1926	Billy Rose (words) Earl & Bell (perf.) Peggy English (perf.) Gilbert C. Friar (perf.) Glenn Rowell (perf.) Ford Rush (perf.)
It's a Million to One You're in Love	1927	Benny Davis (words)
My Little Bunch of Happiness	1927	Benny Davis (words) Poley McClintock (perf.) Fred Waring (perf.)
No Wonder I'm Happy	1927	Benny Davis (words)
Sad 'n Blue	1927	Benny Davis (co-author)
Waiting For the Rainbow	1927	Benny Davis (words) Billy Rose (words)
We Two	1927	Grant Clarke (words)
Whip, The	1927	Grant Clarke (words)
In My Bouquet of Memories	1928	Lewis (words) Young (words)
⇑ Revenge	1928	Sam M. Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) Dolores Del Río (perf.)	Pub.
Wait For Me	1928	Lewis & (words) Young (words)
Am I Blue?	1929	Grant Clarke (words) Annette Hanshaw (perf.) Ethel Waters (perf.)
As Long As I'm With You	1929	Grant Clarke (words) Bernice Claire (perf.) Louise Fazenda (perf.) Alexander Gray (perf.)	Pub.
Birmingham Bertha	1929	Grant Clarke (words) Scrappy Lambert (perf.) Vaughn de Leath (perf.) Ethel Waters (perf.)	Pub.
Come Back to Me	1929	Grant Clarke (words)	Pub.
Don't It Mean a Thing to You	1929	Grant Clarke (words)
Gypsy Charmer	1929	Grant Clarke (words)	Pub.
I Says to Myself, Says I, Says I, There's the One For Me Heme Song of the Photoplay "Bulldog Drummond"	1929	Jack Yellen (words)
I Still Believe in You	1929	Grant Clark (words) Benny Davis (words) Corinne Griffith (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Blue For You - New Orleans	1929	Grant Clarke (words)
I'm the Medicine Man For the Blues	1929	Grant Clarke (words) Ted Lewis (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ In the Land of Let's Pretend	1929	Grant Clarke (words)
Let Me Have My Dreams	1929	Grant Clarke (words) Betty Compson (perf.) Sally O'Neil (perf.)	Pub.

1929-1934

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Lift the Juleps to Your Two Lips	1929	Grant Clarke (words)
My Strongest Weakness Is You	1929	Grant Clarke (words) Charlotte Greenwood (perf.)
Nobody Cares if I'm Blue	1929	Grant Clarke (words) Noah Beery (perf.) Frank Fay (perf.) Annette Hanshaw (perf.) Dorothy Mackaill (perf.)
One Sweet Little Yes	1929	Grant Clarke (words) Charlotte Greenwood (perf.)
Sacred Flame, The	1929	Grant Clarke (words)
There's the One For Me	1929	Jack Yellen (words) Ronald Coleman (perf.)
This Is Heaven	1929	Jack Yeller (words) Vilma Bánky (perf.)	Pub.
Wishing and Waiting For Love	1929	Grant Clarke (words) Alice White (perf.)	Pub.
Wouldn't It Be Wonderful?	1929	Grant Clarke (words) Ted Lewis (perf.)	Pub.
Every Little Girl He Sees	1930	Grant Clarke (words)
One Little Drink	1930	Grant Clarke (words)
⇑ Guilty (w&m)	1931	Gus Kahn (co-author) Richard A Whiting (co-author) Frank Gallagher (perf.)
I Can't Get Mississippi Off My Mind	1931	Joe Young (words) Jack Miller (perf.)
Nothing's Too Good For My Baby	1931	Benny Davis (words) Eddie Cantor (words)
Forget the Past	1933	Sidney D. Mitchell (words)
La Melodia Prohibida	1933	Jose Spanish Mojica (words) Enrique Jardiel Spanish Poncela (words) L. Wolfe Eng Gilbert (words)
My Imaginary Sweetheart	1933	Edward Eliscu (words)
Sing to Me	1933	Edward Eliscu (words)	Pub.
Heaven on Earth	1934	Roy Turk (words)
I Don't Want to Be President	1934	Lew Brown (words)	Pub.
I'd Like to Dunk You in My Coffee	1934
I'm Just That Way	1934	Roy Turk (words)
I've Nothing to Offer	1934	Lew Brown (words)
⇑ If It's Love	1934	Lew Brown (words) Phil Baker (perf.) Patricia Bowman (perf.) Patsy Flick (perf.) Mitzi Hajos (perf.) Lou Holtz (perf.) Everett Marshall (perf.) Gertrude Niesen (perf.) Jack Whiting (perf.)	Pub.
It Happened When Your Eyes Met Mine	1934	Roy Turk (words) Lanny Ross (perf.)

1934-1938

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Stepping Out of the Picture	1934	Lew Brown (words)
Straw Hat in the Rain	1934	Lew Brown (words)	Pub.
Who But You	1934	Roy Turk (words)
You Get a Lot of Help	1934	Lew Brown (words)
I'd Rather Be With You	1935	Lew Brown (co-author) Elsa Maxwell (co-author)
Down Aroun' Malibu Way	1936	Sidney Clare (words)
Keep That Twinkle in Your Eye	1936	Sidney Clare (words) Edward Eliscu (words) Jane Withers (perf.)
Over a Cup of Coffee	1936	Sidney Clare (words)
Pick, Pick, Pickaninny	1936	Sidney Clare (words)
Rolling Along	1936	Lew Brown (words)
Suzannah	1936	Harry Richman (co-author) Lew Brown (words)
⇑ Uncle Tom's Cabin Is a Cabaret	1936	Sidney Clare (words)
Blame It on the Danube (w&m)	1937	Frank Loesser (co-author)
Don't Throw Kisses	1937	Sidney Clare (words)
I Don't Know Myself Since I Know You	1937	Sidney Clare (words)
I'll Settle For Love	1937	Sidney Clare (words)
It's Julep Time in Dixieland	1937	Sidney Clare (words)
Sing and Be Happy	1937	Sidney Clare (words)
There I Go Again	1937	Sidney Clare (words)
Travelin' Light	1937	Sidney Clare (words)
What a Beautiful Beginning	1937	Sidney Clare (words) Anthony Martin (perf.) Leah Ray (perf.)
You're a Knockout	1937	Sidney Clare (words)
Blue Is the Evening	1938	Sidney Clare (words)
⇑ Daughter of Mademoiselle	1938	Sidney Clare (words)
Take a Tip From a Gypsy	1938	Sidney Clare (words)

1939-1953

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Father Mississippi	1939	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
On the Rancho With My Pancho	1940	Sidney Clare (words)
Once in a Love Time	1940	Benny Davis (words) Mary Ann Mercer (perf.)
Guy From Albuquerque, The	1943	Sol Meyer (words)
So This Is You	1943	Sammy Kahn (words)
Take It Off the E String	1943	Sammy Cahn (words)
Who Said Dreams Don't Come True? (w&m)	1944	Benny Davis (co-author) Al Jolson (co-author)
After a While	1945	Benny Davis (co-author)
Egg and I, The	1947	Al Jolson (co-author) Bert Kalmar (co-author) Herman Ruby (co-author)
Intrigue	1947	Sam Lerner (words)
Goodbye G.I. Al (w&m)	1951	Eddie Maxwell (words)
⇑ Until You Said Goodbye (w&m)	1953	Benny Davis (co-author) Milton Ager (co-author) Eddie Fisher (perf.)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	H. Akst	Am I Blue? (4:09)	E. Waters