Bonita Armstrong 
Last updated: 17.12.23
p_armstrongb.jpgAll that can presently (December 2023) be gleaned about Bonita Armstrong from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an American actress/singer who has been featured on 4 works published between 1909 and 1920.
Her portrait on the left is taken from Oh Miss Malinda (1908) of which she is credited as the composer together with co-author Max Armstrong (possibly related) and published by Will Rossiter, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Surfers are welcome to contribute any further information about this composer.
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audiomidi15.gif Oh Miss Malinda (1908) Max Armstrong James Pitt-Payne
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           


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Oh Miss Malinda (1908) B. Armstrong (w&m)
Max Armstrong (coauth.)
B. Armstrong (perf.)
B. Armstrong (perf.)
Piano

Greer
Kirk
Kirk
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  As performer        
pdf15.gif Temptation Rag - Song (1909) T.H. Lodge (music)
L. Weslyn (words)
B. Armstrong (perf.)
Piano, Voice YorkSpace wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1912) L.F. Muir (music)
M. Abrahams (coauth.)
G. Clarke (words)
B. Armstrong (perf.)
Lew Hearn (perf.)
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pdf15.gif Please Don't Take My Lovin' Man Away (1912) A. von Tilzer (music)
L. Brown (words)
B. Armstrong (perf.)
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This list is arranged by composer and contains 5 works performed by Bonita Armstrong who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.
     Title Composer Attribution Remarks
         
perf15.jpg Temptation Rag - Song (1909) Thomas Henry Lodge Louis Weslyn (words)
Bonita Armstrong (perf.)
Arthur Collins (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1912) Lewis F. Muir Maurice Abrahams (co-author)
Grant Clarke (words)
Bonita Armstrong (perf.)
Arturo de Cordova (perf.)
Lew Hearn (perf.)
Eddy Howard (perf.)
Betty Hutton (perf.)
Nettie May Lyon (perf.)
Billy Murray (perf.)
Bob Roberts (perf.)
Jack Sidney (perf.)
Paul Russell Stone (perf.)
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perf15.jpg You Ought to See Her Now (1920) Harry Pease Ed G Nelson (co-author)
Bob Russak (co-author)
Harry Pease (words)
Ed G Nelson (words)
Bob Russak (words)
Bonita Armstrong (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Please Don't Take My Lovin' Man Away (1912) Albert von Tilzer Lew Brown (words)
Bonita Armstrong (perf.)
Belle Baker (perf.)
Dorothy Brenner (perf.)
Anna Chandler (perf.)
Watson Sisters (perf.)
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 1 work by Bonita Armstrong. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Oh Miss Malinda (w&m) 1908 Max Armstrong (co-author)
Bonita Armstrong (perf.)
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