James Bland (1854-1911)

Overview

All that can presently (June 2019) be gleaned from sheet music covers and by internet searching is that James Bland has 3 works published between 1878 and 1880.
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Websites:
	DAHR: James A. Bland	List of 104 historic recordings from 1898 to 1951.

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Historic Records
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1916)	J. Bland	A. Case	Edison: 4925
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1918)	J. Bland	Barbara Maurel	Columbia: 49497

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Jazz Music CDs:
	Boswell Sisters	Shout Sister Shout

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (n.d.)	J. Bland (w&m)	Piano	YorkSpace

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 12 works by James Bland (1854-1911). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (w&m)	1878	Anna Case (perf.) Nelson Eddy (perf.) Alma Gluck (perf.) Leonard Keller (perf.) Jeanette MacDonald (perf.) Freddy Martin (perf.) Barbara Maurel (perf.)
In the Morning by the Bright Light	1879	John E Simonds (words) Billy McClellan (words)	Pub.
Golden Wedding, De (w&m)	1880		Pub.
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane	1880	Boswell Sisters (perf.)
In the Evening by the Moonlight (w&m)	1880
Dandy Black Brigade (w&m)	1881
My Own Sweet Wife To Be	1881	Mannie Friend (words)
Only To Hear Her Voice (w&m)	1881		Pub.
Tell 'em I'll Be There (w&m)	1881		Pub.
Traveling Back to Alabam	1881	Mannie Friend (words)	Pub.
Mamma Don't You Hear De Baby Cry?	1891	Bert Grant (words)
⇑ Oh Dem Golden Slippers (w&m)	1933	Lotta Crabtree (perf.)	Pub.

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	J. Bland	Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (4:21)	Alma Gluck