William Austin Dillon (1877-1966)
Last updated: 28.01.24
According to the Internet source given below, William Austin Dillon was an American songwriter and Vaudevillian born in Cortland, New York. He is best known as the lyricist for the song I Want A Girl (Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad (1911) written in collaboration with Harry von Tilzer. He performed in Vaudeville with his brothers John and Harry and billing his own act as the Man of a Thousand Songs".After suffering injuries a car accident he died in Ithaca, New York.
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| Title (Release Year) | Co-Author(s) | Performers | Issue |
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Ev'ry Little Bit, Added to What You've Got, Makes Just a Little Bit More (1907) | Laurence M. Dillon | Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan |
Edison's National Phonograph Company: 9611 |
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I'll Wed the Girl I Left Behind (1916) | W.A. Dillon | George Wilton Ballard | Edison: 5084 |
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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End of the Road (1924) | W.A. Dillon (music) H. Lauder (coauth.) H. Lauder (perf.) |
Piano | Greer |  |
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Every Little Bit Added to What You've Got Makes Just a Little Bit More (1907) | W.A. Dillon (music) Laurence M. Dillon (coauth.) Mamie Harnish (perf.) |
Piano | Greer | |
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I Want One Like Pa Had Yesterday (1907) | W.A. Dillon (w&m) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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I'd Rather Be a Little Too Soon Than Just a Little Bit Too Late (1909) | W.A. Dillon (w&m) | Piano | YorkSpace | Pub. |
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That Girl of Mine (1916) | W.A. Dillon (music) H. Tobias (coauth.) A. Lange (coauth.) |
Piano | Greer | |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 19 works by William Austin Dillon (1877-1966).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| I'd Like to Know You Better (w&m) | 1902 | Arr. by Ed. A Dicky | |
| Mary Ann | 1904 | |
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| Ev'ry Little Bit, Added to What You've Got, Makes Just a Little Bit More | 1907 | Laurence M. Dillon (co-author) Arthur Collins (perf.) Lew Dockstader (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) Mamie Harnish (perf.) |
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| Bonnie, My Highland Lassie (w&m) | 1908 | Blanche Ring (perf.) | |
| I'd Rather Be a Little Too Soon Than Just a Little Bit Too Late (w&m) | 1908 | Mabel Webb (perf.) | Pub. |
| I'd Rather Have a Girlie Than an Automobile (w&m) | 1908 | Pub. | |
| Playtime | 1908 | Pub. | |
| I Want One Like Pa Had Yesterday (w&m) | 1912 | |
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| Take Me to the Cabaret (w&m) | 1912 | Will Dillon (words) Emma Carus (perf.) Bert Walton (perf.) |
Pub. |
| I'll Wed the Girl I Left Behind (w&m) | 1916 | George Wilton Ballard (perf.) | Pub. |
| My Grandfather's Girl (w&m) | 1916 | Blanche Ring (perf.) | Pub. |
| ⇑ On the Old Back Seat of the Henry Ford | 1916 | Lawrence Dillon (co-author) Arthur Collins (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Take Me to My Alabam' | 1916 | Harry Tobias (co-author) | |
| That Girl of Mine | 1916 | Harry Tobias (co-author) Arthur Lange (co-author) |
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| End of the Road | 1924 | Harry Lauder (co-author) Harry Lauder (perf.) |
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| Our Father Who Art in Heaven | 1929 | ||
| I Know Who's Kissing Her Now (w&m) | 1948 | |
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| Come Back My Own United States | ? | ||
| Your Town and My Town | n.d. | Pub. |