Willie Anderson  (-1927)
Last updated: 13.09.24
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:
url15.gif  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
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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
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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
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Printed: 1917. Sheet Music 3 pages.
Dear Loraine
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.
Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
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 ⇑ 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
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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
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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
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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
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 ⇑ Printed: 1902. Sheet Music. Limited availability.
Good Night, Dear
Music by: Willie Anderson.
Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
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Printed: 1918. Sheet Music 5 pages.
Good Old Doctor Long-Green
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.
Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
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Printed: 1902. Sheet Music. Limited availability.
Have All the Fun You Can
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.
Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
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Printed: 1907. Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.
Here's to the Girl
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.
Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
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 ⇑ 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
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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
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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
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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
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 ⇑ Printed: 1898. Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.
I Love You All the Time
Music by: Willie Anderson.
Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
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Printed: 1904. Sheet Music.
I'd Rather Be A-Smiling
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.
Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
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Printed: 1907. Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.
If the Girl Loves You
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.
Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
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Printed: 1903. Sheet Music. Limited availability.
If You'll Only Show Me How
Music by: Willie Anderson.
Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
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 ⇑ 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
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Printed: 1905. Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.
In My Little Steam Canoe
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.
Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
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Printed: 1907. Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.
b0000cs9dc_m.jpgJust Some One
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.
Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
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Printed: 1907. Sheet Music. Limited availability.
Look on Your Coon Oh Babe
Music by: Willie Anderson.
Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
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 ⇑ Printed: 1898. Sheet Music 5 pages.
She Was One of the Working Girls
Music by: Willie Anderson.
Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
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Printed: 1900. Sheet Music 5 pages.
Take It From Me
Music by: Willie Anderson.
Words by: Will B. Johnstone
Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
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Printed: 1918. Sheet Music.
Tessie, You Are the Only, Only, Only Song
Words and Music by: Willie Anderson.
Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
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Printed: 1902. Sheet Music.
Your Eyes
Music by: Willie Anderson.
Co-Author: Will B. Johnstone
Publisher: M. Witmark and Sons
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 ⇑ Printed: 1914. Sheet Music 4 pages.
  Title (Release Year) Co-Author(s) Performers Issue
         
cylinder15.gif Good Night, Dear (1910) Elizabeth Wheeler Indestructible Record: 1279
cylinder15.gif Bring Me a Letter From My Old Home Town (1918) Billy Jones Edison Blue Amberol: 3549
cylinder15.gif Good Night, Dear (1909) J. Wells Edison Amberol: 187
cylinder15.gif I Love You All the Time (1904) Harry MacDonough Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8720
cylinder15.gif Just Some One (1913) Manuel Romain Edison Blue Amberol: 1945
cylinder15.gif Tessie, You Are the Only, Only, Only (1904-1908) William H. Thompson Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8364
cylinder15.gif Tessie, You Are the Only, Only, Only (1903) Billy Murray Columbia Phonograph Co.: 32099
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Key-Stone (1921) Sakae Watanabe
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
recordmp3.gif Bring Me a Letter From My Old Home Town (1918) W.R. Anderson Charles W. Harrison Columbia: 77845
recordmp3.gif Call of the Cosy Little Home, The (1919) W.R. Anderson Charles Hart
Leola Lucey		 Edison: 6717
recordmp3.gif Tessie, You Are the Only, Only, Only (1903) W.R. Anderson John H. Bieling
Harry MacDonough		 Victor: B-499
recordmp3.gif Your Eyes (1914) W.R. Anderson George MacFarlane Victor: C-15148
  Title (Release Year) Performers Instruments
       
audiodbemp315.gif Key-Stone (1921) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. A/T/T/B/GB(B)
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Brass Music CDs:
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Ragtime Music CDs:
cd15.gif Alan Martin Everything is Ragtime Now flag15us.gif flag15de.gif
cd15.gif Sue Keller Ol' Muddy CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15de.gif
Item Title Available €     £     $     Other
             
DBE675 Key-Stone (1921) - Rag
A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3 mins. 		1-2 days
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     Title Instruments Remarks
       
sm15.gif Key-Stone (1921) A/T/T/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifwvicon.gif
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Bring Me a Letter From My Old Home Town (1917) W.R. Anderson (w&m)
A. G Delamater (words)		 Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Good Night, Dear (1918) W.R. Anderson (w&m)
Billie Burke (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Take It From Me (1918) W.R. Anderson (music)
Will B. Johnstone (words)		 Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 38 works by Willie Anderson (-1927). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
I Don't Care For No Coon (w&m) 1898  amazon15.gif wvicon.gif
I Long to See My Mother Ere I Go (w&m) 1898  amazon15.gif Pub.
Look on Your Coon Oh Babe 1898  amazon15.gif Pub.
Dear Loraine (w&m) 1899  amazon15.gif Pub.
Don't Tell of How She Loves You (w&m) 1899  amazon15.gif Pub.
Hear Me 1900 - from "The Viceroy"
She Was One of the Working Girls (w&m) 1900 William Norris (perf.)  amazon15.gif Pub.
Flory, Ma Morning Glory 1902 Geo. L. Glenn (words)  wvicon.gif
Girl That Waits For the Soldier in Blue, The (w&m) 1902  amazon15.gif Pub.
Good Old Doctor Long-Green (w&m) 1902  amazon15.gif 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. youtube15.jpg  recordmp3.gif cylinder15.gif cylinder15.gif
⇑ I Likes You Honey and I Likes You Mighty Well (w&m) 1903  amazon15.gif Pub.
If the Girl Loves You (w&m) 1903  amazon15.gif Pub.
I Love You All the Time 1904 Harry MacDonough (perf.)  amazon15.gif Pub.  cylinder15.gif
If You'll Take a Trip With Me 1905  amazon15.gif Pub.
At the Battle of San Juan (w&m) 1906  amazon15.gif Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Why Don't You Take One, Little Boy? 1906 Clara Palmer (perf.)
Have All the Fun You Can (w&m) 1907  amazon15.gif wvicon.gif
I'd Rather Be A-Smiling (w&m) 1907  amazon15.gif Pub.
In My Little Steam Canoe (w&m) 1907  amazon15.gif Pub.
Just Some One (w&m) 1907 Maude Lambert (perf.)
Charles Reinhart (perf.)
Manuel Romain (perf.) 		 amazon15.gif Pub.  cylinder15.gif
Good Night, Dear (w&m) 1908 Billie Burke (perf.)
Jack Wells (perf.)
Elizabeth Wheeler (perf.)
Jack Wells as John Barnes Wells		  Pub.  cylinder15.gif cylinder15.gif
Here's to the Girl (w&m) 1908  amazon15.gif Pub.
All I Want Is Something That Looks Like You (w&m) 1910  amazon15.gif Pub.
If You'll Only Show Me How 1910  amazon15.gif Pub.
Your Eyes 1914 Will B. Johnstone (co-author)
George MacFarlane (perf.) 		 amazon15.gif Pub.  recordmp3.gif
Down by the Green Caribbean 1916 Will B. Johnstone (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
⇑ I Guess the Big Town's All Right After All (w&m) 1916  amazon15.gif 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		  amazon15.gif Pub.  recordmp3.gif cylinder15.gif
Call of the Cosy Little Home, The 1918 Will B. Johnstone (words)
Charles Hart (perf.)
Leola Lucey (perf.) 		 Pub.  recordmp3.gif
I Like to Linger in the Lingerie 1918
Penny For Your Thoughts, A 1918
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Take It From Me 1918 Will B. Johnstone (words)  amazon15.gif wvicon.gif
Tanglefoot, The 1918
To Have and to Hold 1918
Selection From Take It From Me 1919
Key-Stone 1921 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  wvicon.gif  audiodbemp315.gif
Just the Same As Long Ago ?  Pub.
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg W.R. Anderson Tessie (1904) (3:02) Lil Hawthorne