Henry Creamer (1879-1930)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, together with Turner Layton Henry Sterling Creamer was part of the successful songwriting and vaudeville duo Creamer & Layton. They chiefly remembered for their After You've Gone (1918) published by Broadway Music Corp., New York, USA and Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (1922) published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., New York & Chicago, USA
Henry Creamer was an American singer, dancer, songwriter and stage producer/director. born in Richmond, Virginia. He was a co-founder with James Reese Europe of the Clef Club, an important early organization for African-American musicians and entertainers in New York City.
He died at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, New York.

Websites:
	Henry Creamer	Biography by wikipedia.org.

Cylinders

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


	After You've Gone (1919)	T. Layton	Gladys Rice	Edison Blue Amberol: 3666

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


After You've Gone (1918)	T. Layton	James Pitt-Payne
Bronx Express (1922)	T. Layton	James Pitt-Payne
Childhood Days (1922)	T. Layton	Unknown
Come Along I'm Through With Worryin' (1922)	T. Layton	Unknown
Cute Little Wigglin Dance (1917), The	T. Layton	James Pitt-Payne
Down in Borneo Isle (1917)	T. Layton	James Pitt-Payne
Ev'rybody's Crazy 'bout the Doggone Blues (1918)	T. Layton	Unknown
Good-Bye Alexander (1918)	T. Layton	James Pitt-Payne
If I Could Be With You One Hour To-Night (1926)	J.P. Johnson	James Pitt-Payne
Strut, Miss Lizzie - Song (1921)	T. Layton	James Pitt-Payne
Sweet Emalina, My Gal (1917)	T. Layton	James Pitt-Payne

MP3s

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


	After You've Gone (1918)	T. Layton	Marion Harris

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


After You've Gone (1927)	H. Creamer	R. Etting	Columbia: W143563
Good-Bye Alexander (1918)	H. Creamer	Farber Sisters	Columbia: 77840
I'm Nobody's Gal (1922)	H. Creamer	Dolly Kay	Columbia: 80526
Won't You Be a Dear, Dear Daddy (1918)	H. Creamer	Farber Sisters	Columbia: 77754

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Brass Music CDs:
Sellers Engineering Band	Band Played on
Jazz Music CDs:
Bix Beiderbecke	The Art of Bix Beiderbecke
Pee Wee Russell	The Land of Jazz
Jack Teagarden	Jack Teagarden - Big T: A Hundred Years from Today
Sidney Bechet	Les Oignons
Thomas Waller	Complete Associated Transcription Session 1935-1939	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	The Definitive Fats Waller Vol. 1: His Piano, His Rhythm
Thomas Waller	A Handful of Keys	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Live at the Yacht Club
Thomas Waller	Piano Masterworks Vol. 2 (1929-1943)
⇑Thomas Waller	Piano Solos-Turn on the Heat
Thomas Waller	Yacht Club Swing & Other Radio	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Yacht Club Swing 1938
Ragtime Music CDs:
Various Artists	From Ragtime to Jazz Vol. 4: 1896-1922	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	Ragtime to Jazz: Vol. 1	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	Tunes for Tommy	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Knucklehead Jug Band	Incognito
Firehouse Stompers	Leaving Our Mark
Tommy Yetta	Tommy Yetta: New Orleans Jazz: Autographed (signed): Vinyl LP
James Price Johnson	Carolina Shout	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James Price Johnson	Harlem Stride Piano
⇑James Price Johnson	Harlem Stride Piano 1921-1929
James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson 1921-28
James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson 1921-44
James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson 1943-44
Paul Lingle	Live at the Jug Club
Big Tiny Little	Honky Tonk Piano	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra	Black Manhattan	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Stephane Grappelli	Stephane's Tune-Original Recordings
Wilbur C. Sweatman	Jazzin' Straight Thru' Paradise	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Wilbur C. Sweatman	Recorded in New York 1916-1935
Sue Keller	I Got What It Takes	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
⇑George Lewis	George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 03
Jody Dall'Armi	On the Level, You're a Little Devil
Budapest Ragtime Band	Funny Christmas
Budapest Ragtime Band	Trubadur
Rod Miller	Rod Miller Ragtime
Butch Thompson	Butch & Doc
Johnny Maddox	Dixieland Blues	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


After You've Gone (1918)	H. Creamer (w&m) T. Layton (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer
Bronx Express (1922)	H. Creamer (w&m) T. Layton (coauth.) Charles Coburn (perf.) Iva Coburn (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Childhood Days (1922)	H. Creamer (w&m) T. Layton (coauth.) K. Norman (perf.) J. Darcey (perf.)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer
Come Along I'm Through With Worryin' (1922)	H. Creamer (w&m) T. Layton (coauth.) Gilda Gray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Cute Little Wigglin' Dance (1917), The	H. Creamer (music) T. Layton (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Down in Borneo Isle (1917)	H. Creamer (music) T. Layton (coauth.)	Piano	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Ev'rybody's Crazy 'bout the Doggone Blues (1918)	H. Creamer (music) T. Layton (coauth.) B.A. Williams (perf.) B.A. Williams (perf.)	Piano	Sheet Music Singer Indiana	Pub.
⇑Good-Bye Alexander (1918)	H. Creamer (w&m) T. Layton (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
I'm Too Tired to Make Love (1918)	H. Creamer (w&m) T. Layton (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
If I Could Be With You One Hour To-Night (1926)	H. Creamer (music) J.P. Johnson (coauth.) Joan Crawford (perf.) Zachery Scott (perf.) Sydney Greenstreet (perf.)	Piano	Greer Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Liza Jane (1918)	H. Creamer (music) T. Layton (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Strut, Miss Lizzie - Song (1921)	H. Creamer (w&m) T. Layton (coauth.) Van & Schenck (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer
Sweet Emalina, My Gal (1917)	H. Creamer (w&m) T. Layton (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (1922)	H. Creamer (music) T. Layton (coauth.) Lillian Bernard (perf.) Tess Gardella (perf.) B. Seeley (perf.)	Piano	Indiana Indiana Indiana	Pub.

Sheet Music

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After You've Gone (D/D/A/A/T/T/T/B/B/GB)

Score and Parts.
Publisher: Polyphonic Publications (PP00117)

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Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 42 works by Henry Creamer (1879-1930). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1917-1919

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Bombo-Shay, The (w&m)	1917	Turner Layton (co-author) Henry Lewis (co-author) Anna Held (perf.)
Cute Little Wigglin' Dance, The (w&m)	1917	Turner Layton (co-author)
Down in Borneo Isle (w&m)	1917	Turner Layton (co-author)	Pub.
Sweet Emalina, My Gal (w&m)	1917	Turner Layton (co-author)	Pub.
That's It	1917	Turner Layton (co-author)
After You've Gone	1918	Turner Layton (co-author) Ruth Etting (perf.) Marion Harris (perf.) Guy Lefeuvre (perf.) Gladys Rice (perf.) Lee White (perf.) Gladys Rice as as Rachael Grant	Pub.
Ev'rybody's Crazy 'bout the Doggone Blues (w&m)	1918	Turner Layton (co-author) Bert A. Williams (perf.)	Pub.
Good-Bye Alexander (w&m)	1918	Turner Layton (co-author) Farber Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
I Can't Let 'em Suffer (w&m)	1918	Turner Layton (co-author) Farber Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Too Tired to Make Love (w&m)	1918	Turner Layton (co-author)	Pub.
I'm Waiting For You Liza Jane (w&m)	1918	Turner Layton (co-author)	Pub.
⇑ Liza Jane	1918	Turner Layton (co-author)	Pub.
Sweet N' Pretty Gee! I Wish You Were Mine (w&m)	1918	Turner Layton (co-author)	Pub.
Won't You Be a Dear, Dear Daddy	1918	Farber Sisters (perf.)
I'll Sing You a Song About Dear Old Dixie Land (w&m)	1919	Turner Layton (co-author) Al Jolson (perf.)
One and Two and Three and Four (w&m)	1919	Turner Layton (co-author)

1920-1922

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Baby Lamb (w&m)	1920	Turner Layton (co-author)
Dancing Tumble-Tom (w&m)	1920	Turner Layton (co-author)
I'm Wild About Moonshine (w&m)	1920	Turner Layton (co-author)
If, and But (w&m)	1920	Turner Layton (co-author)
It Must Be Love (w&m)	1920	Turner Layton (co-author)	Pub.
One of the Boys (w&m)	1920	Turner Layton (co-author)
Open Your Heart (w&m)	1920	Turner Layton (co-author)	Pub.
Pussy Foot (w&m)	1920	Turner Layton (co-author)	Pub.
When the Shadows Softly Come and Go	1920	Turner Layton (co-author) Vivian Holt (perf.) Lillian Rosedale (perf.)
Dear Old Southland	1921	Layton (co-author) Turner (co-author) Ruby Norton (perf.)
Strut, Miss Lizzie - Song (w&m)	1921	Turner Layton (co-author) Van & Schenck (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Bronx Express (w&m)	1922	Turner Layton (co-author) Charles Coburn (perf.) Iva Coburn (perf.)
Childhood Days (w&m)	1922	Turner Layton (co-author) Joe Darcey (perf.) Karyl Norman (perf.)
Come Along I'm Through With Worryin' (w&m)	1922	Turner Layton (co-author) Gilda Gray (perf.)
I'm Nobody's Gal	1922	Henry Creamer (words) Dolly Kay (perf.)
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (w&m)	1922	Turner Layton (co-author) Lillian Bernard (perf.) Tess Gardella (perf.) Isabella Patricola (perf.) Martha Pryor (perf.) Jessie Reed (perf.) Blossom Seeley (perf.)	Pub.

1923-1935

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time (w&m)	1923	Turner Layton (co-author)
Africa	1924	James F. Hanley. (co-author) Frances Williams (perf.)
Go 'long, Mule	1924	Robert A. King (co-author) Sargent & Marvin (perf.)	Pub.
Go, Emmaline	1924	Turner Laytom (co-author) Ray Brown (co-author) Harry Downing (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Happy Go Lucky There's Nothing on My Mind	1925	Harry Jentes (co-author) L Flatow (co-author) Elsie Clark (perf.)
Oh Say! Can I See You To-Night	1925	Turner Laytom (co-author) Joe Schuster (co-author) Leon Flatow (co-author)
I Need Lovin'	1926	Turner Laytom (co-author) Jimmy Johnson (co-author) George Price (perf.)	Pub.
If I Could Be With You One Hour To-Night	1926	James Price Johnson (co-author) Joan Crawford (perf.) Ruth Etting (perf.) Sydney Greenstreet (perf.) Florence Richardson (perf.) Zachery Scott (perf.)	Pub.
Clementine - from New Orleans	1927	Harry Warren (co-author)	Pub.
Down by the River	1935	Turner Layton (words)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	H. Creamer	I'm Happy Go Lucky There's Nothing on My Mind (2:56)	Elsie Clark
	H. Creamer	When the Shadows Softly Come and Go (2:40)	Vivian Holt L. Rosedale