James Bland  (1854-1911)
Last updated: 18.03.25
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:
url15.gif  DAHR: James A. Bland List of 104 historic recordings from 1898 to 1951.
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1878) Unknown
audiomidi15.gif In the Evening by the Moonlight (1880) Werner Tomaschewski
audiomidi15.gif Oh Dem Golden Slippers (1933) Werner Tomaschewski
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
recordmp3.gif Aunt Dinah's Golden Wedding (1915) J. Bland Arthur Collins
Byron George Harlan
Edward Meeker
Edison: 3885
recordmp3.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1916) J. Bland A. Case Edison: 4925
recordmp3.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1918) J. Bland Barbara Maurel Columbia: 49497
recordmp3.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1905) J. Bland Haydn Quartet Victor: B-2453
recordmp3.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1914) J. Bland Alma Gluck
William F. Hooley
Harry MacDonough
Lambert Murphy
Reinald Werrenrath
Victor: C-15397
recordmp3.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1922) J. Bland Michel Gusikoff Victor: B-27008
recordmp3.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1902) J. Bland Climax Quartette Columbia: 511
recordmp3.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1915) J. Bland Columbia Stellar Quartette Columbia: 45793
recordmp3.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1917) J. Bland Nellie Hoone Wetmore Columbia: 77277
recordmp3.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1917) J. Bland Louis Graveure Columbia: 49123
recordmp3.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1917) J. Bland Lucy Gates Columbia: 49273
recordmp3.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1926) J. Bland Shannon Quartet Columbia: W142485
recordmp3.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1928) J. Bland Sophie Braslau Columbia: W98580
recordmp3.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1914) J. Bland Thomas Chalmers Edison: 2793
recordmp3.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1916) J. Bland A. Case Edison: 4925
recordmp3.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1920) J. Bland Vera Poppe Edison: 7421
recordmp3.gif  Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1920) J. Bland Carsten Woll Edison: 7470
recordmp3.gif Golden Slippers Medley (1904) J. Bland Haydn Quartet Victor: B-1047
recordmp3.gif In the Evening by the Moonlight (1920) J. Bland Margaret Romaine Columbia: 79309
recordmp3.gif In the Evening by the Moonlight (1940) J. Bland Golden Memory Boys Victor: BS-046870
recordmp3.gif In the Evening by the Moonlight (1918) J. Bland Columbia Stellar Quartette Columbia: 78170
recordmp3.gif In the Evening by the Moonlight (1926) J. Bland Shannon Quartet Columbia: W142584
recordmp3.gif Oh Dem Golden Slippers (1916) J. Bland Harry C. Browne Columbia: 47039
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     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1878) J. Bland (w&m) Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (n.d.) J. Bland (w&m) Piano YorkSpace Pub.
pdf15.gif Father's Growing Old (1879) J. Bland (w&m) Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif In the Evening by the Moonlight (1880) J. Bland (w&m) Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Oh Dem Golden Slippers (1933) J. Bland (w&m)
Lotta & Ed Marble (perf.)
Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer Pub.
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 15 works by James Bland (1854-1911). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (w&m) 1878 Sophie Braslau (perf.)
Anna Case (perf.)
Thomas Chalmers (perf.)
Climax Quartette (perf.)
Columbia Stellar Quartet (perf.)
Columbia Stellar Quartette (perf.)
Nelson Eddy (perf.)
Lucy Gates (perf.)
Alma Gluck (perf.)
Louis Graveure (perf.)
Michel Gusikoff (perf.)
Haydn Quartet (perf.)
William F. Hooley (perf.)
Leonard Keller (perf.)
Jeanette MacDonald (perf.)
Harry MacDonough (perf.)
Freddy Martin (perf.)
Barbara Maurel (perf.)
Polk Miller (perf.)
Lambert Murphy (perf.)
Old South Quartette (perf.)
Vera Poppe (perf.)
Shannon Quartet (perf.)
Reinald Werrenrath (perf.)
Nellie Hoone Wetmore (perf.)
Carsten Woll (perf.)
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Father's Growing Old (w&m) 1879  wvicon.gif pdf15.gif
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 Columbia Stellar Quartette (perf.)
Golden Memory Boys (perf.)
Margaret Romaine (perf.)
Shannon Quartet (perf.)
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Dandy Black Brigade (w&m) 1881  wvicon.gif
My Own Sweet Wife To Be 1881 Mannie Friend (words)  wvicon.gif
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)  wvicon.gif
Golden Slippers Medley 1904 Haydn Quartet (perf.)   recordmp3.gif
Aunt Dinah's Golden Wedding 1915 Arthur Collins (perf.)
Byron George Harlan (perf.)
Edward Meeker (perf.)
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Oh Dem Golden Slippers (w&m) 1933 Harry C. Browne (perf.)
Lotta Crabtree (perf.)
Lotta & Ed Marble (perf.)
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     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg J. Bland Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (4:21) Alma Gluck