Willie Anderson (-1927)

Overview

Willie R. Anderson was an Afro-American songwriter and composer of popular music. Of ragtime interest is his rag Key-Stone (1921) which was one of the last rags to be published by John Stark.

Websites:
	DAHR: Will R. Anderson	List of 26 historic recordings from 1901 to 1919.

Willie Anderson (-1927) has at least 28 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

All I Want Is Something That Looks Like You
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1910.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

At the Battle of San Juan
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1906.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Bring Me a Letter From My Old Home Town
Music by: Willie Anderson.
Words by: A. G Delamater

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music 3 pages.

Dear Loraine
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1899.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Don't Tell of How She Loves You
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1899.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Down by the Green Caribbean
Music by: Willie Anderson.
Words by: Will B. Johnstone

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1916.	Sheet Music 4 pages. Limited availability.

Flory, Ma Morning Glory
Music by: Willie Anderson.
Words by: Geo. L. Glenn

Publisher:	Howley, Haviland & Dresser
Suppliers:
Printed: 1902.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

Girl That Waits For the Soldier in Blue, The
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1902.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Good Night, Dear
Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Good Old Doctor Long-Green
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1902.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Have All the Fun You Can
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1907.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Here's to the Girl
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

I Don't Care For No Coon
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1898.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

I Guess the Big Town's All Right After All
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1916.	Sheet Music 4 pages. Limited availability.

I Likes You Honey and I Likes You Mighty Well
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1903.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

I Long to See My Mother Ere I Go
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1898.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

I Love You All the Time
Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1904.	Sheet Music.

I'd Rather Be A-Smiling
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1907.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

If the Girl Loves You
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1903.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

If You'll Only Show Me How
Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1910.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

If You'll Take a Trip With Me
Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

In My Little Steam Canoe
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1907.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Just Some One
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1907.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Look on Your Coon Oh Babe
Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1898.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

She Was One of the Working Girls
Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1900.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Take It From Me
Music by: Willie Anderson.
Words by: Will B. Johnstone

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music.

Tessie, You Are the Only, Only, Only Song
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
Printed: 1902.	Sheet Music.

Your Eyes
Music by: Willie Anderson.
Co-Author: Will B. Johnstone

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music 4 pages.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


Good Night, Dear (1910)	Elizabeth Wheeler	Indestructible Record: 1279
Bring Me a Letter From My Old Home Town (1918)	Billy Jones	Edison Blue Amberol: 3549
Good Night, Dear (1909)	J. Wells	Edison Amberol: 187
I Love You All the Time (1904)	Harry MacDonough	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8720
Just Some One (1913)	Manuel Romain	Edison Blue Amberol: 1945
Tessie, You Are the Only, Only, Only (1904-1908)	William H. Thompson	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8364
Tessie, You Are the Only, Only, Only (1903)	Billy Murray	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 32099

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	I Love You All the Time (1904)		James Pitt-Payne
	Just Some One (1907)		James Pitt-Payne
	Key-Stone (1921)		Sakae Watanabe

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Bring Me a Letter From My Old Home Town (1918)	W.R. Anderson	Charles W. Harrison	Columbia: 77845
Call of the Cosy Little Home, The (1919)	W.R. Anderson	Charles Hart Leola Lucey	Edison: 6717
Sadie, Say You Won't Say No (1903)	W.R. Anderson	William H. Thompson	Victor: [Pre- B-]2097
Tessie, You Are the Only, Only, Only (1903)	W.R. Anderson	John H. Bieling Harry MacDonough	Victor: B-499
Your Eyes (1914)	W.R. Anderson	George MacFarlane	Victor: C-15148

Samples

	Title (Release Year)	Performers	Instruments


	Key-Stone (1921)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Brass Music CDs:
St. Louis Brass Quintet	Pops-Music of the Americas	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Ragtime Music CDs:
Alan Martin	Everything is Ragtime Now
Sue Keller	Ol' Muddy	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE675	Key-Stone (1921) - Rag A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3 mins.	1-2 days

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Key-Stone (1921)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Bring Me a Letter From My Old Home Town	W.R. Anderson (music) Delamater, A. G. (words)		Indiana
Good Night, Dear	W.R. Anderson (w&m) Billie Burke (perf.)		Indiana	Pub.
I Love You All the Time (1904)	W.R. Anderson (w&m) Bessie Wynn (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Just Some One (1907)	W.R. Anderson (w&m) Maude Lambert (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Take It From Me	W.R. Anderson (music) Johnstone, Will B. (words)		Indiana	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 39 works by Willie Anderson (-1927). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1898-1905

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I Don't Care For No Coon (w&m)	1898
I Long to See My Mother Ere I Go (w&m)	1898		Pub.
Look on Your Coon Oh Babe	1898		Pub.
Dear Loraine (w&m)	1899		Pub.
Don't Tell of How She Loves You (w&m)	1899		Pub.
Hear Me	1900	- from "The Viceroy"
She Was One of the Working Girls (w&m)	1900	William Norris (perf.)	Pub.
Flory, Ma Morning Glory	1902	Geo. L. Glenn (words)
Girl That Waits For the Soldier in Blue, The (w&m)	1902		Pub.
Good Old Doctor Long-Green (w&m)	1902		Pub.
Tessie, You Are the Only, Only, Only (w&m)	1902	John H. Bieling (perf.) Stanley Hawkins (perf.) Harry MacDonough (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) William H. Thompson (perf.) Joseph S Welsh (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ I Likes You Honey and I Likes You Mighty Well (w&m)	1903		Pub.
If the Girl Loves You (w&m)	1903		Pub.
Sadie, Say You Won't Say No	1903	Will R. Anderson (words) William H. Thompson (perf.)
I Love You All the Time	1904	Harry MacDonough (perf.) Bessie Wynn (perf.)	Pub.
If You'll Take a Trip With Me	1905		Pub.

1906-1918

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


At the Battle of San Juan (w&m)	1906
Why Don't You Take One, Little Boy?	1906	Clara Palmer (perf.)
Have All the Fun You Can (w&m)	1907		Pub.
I'd Rather Be A-Smiling (w&m)	1907		Pub.
In My Little Steam Canoe (w&m)	1907		Pub.
Just Some One (w&m)	1907	Maude Lambert (perf.) Charles Reinhart (perf.) Manuel Romain (perf.)	Pub.
Good Night, Dear (w&m)	1908	Billie Burke (perf.) Jack Wells (perf.) Elizabeth Wheeler (perf.) Jack Wells as John Barnes Wells	Pub.
Here's to the Girl (w&m)	1908		Pub.
All I Want Is Something That Looks Like You (w&m)	1910		Pub.
If You'll Only Show Me How	1910		Pub.
Your Eyes	1914	Will B. Johnstone (co-author) George MacFarlane (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Down by the Green Caribbean	1916	Will B. Johnstone (words)	Pub.
I Guess the Big Town's All Right After All (w&m)	1916		Pub.
Bring Me a Letter From My Old Home Town (w&m)	1917	A. G Delamater (words) Charles W. Harrison (perf.) Billy Jones (perf.) Billy Jone as Reese Jones	Pub.
Call of the Cosy Little Home, The	1918	Will B. Johnstone (words) Charles Hart (perf.) Leola Lucey (perf.)	Pub.
I Like to Linger in the Lingerie	1918

1918-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Penny For Your Thoughts, A	1918
Take It From Me	1918	Will B. Johnstone (words)
Tanglefoot, The	1918
To Have and to Hold	1918
Selection From Take It From Me	1919
Key-Stone	1921	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Just the Same As Long Ago	?		Pub.

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	W.R. Anderson	Tessie (1904) (3:02)	Lil Hawthorne