Arthur Fields (1884-1953)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Arthur Fields was an American singer (baritone) and songwriter born Abraham Finkelstein in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania growing up however in in Utica, New York..
Initially, he toured with the Guy Brother's Minstrel Show and co-founded the vaudeville act Weston, Fields and Carroll..
His first song writing success was On the Mississippi (1912 - words: Harry Carroll and Ballard MacDonald). Another success was his The Aba Daba Honeymoon (1914 - co-author: Walter Donovan). Thereafter he made almost 300 recordings with many bands and for many labels during which he used some 15 pseudonyms.
Fields retired to Florida in 1946 but also worked in radio on WKAT Miami. He was killed tragically while recovering from a heart attack in a fire at Littlefield Nursing Home in Largo, Florida.

Websites:
	Arthur Fields	Biography by wikipedia.org.

Arthur Fields (1884-1953) has at least 2 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Aba Daba Honeymoon, The
Music by: Arthur Fields.
Co-Author: Walter Donovan
Performed by: Debbie Reynolds

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music 4 pages.

Eleven More Months and Ten More Days
Music by: Arthur Fields.
Co-Author: Fred Hall

Publisher:	Piedmont Music Co., Inc
Suppliers:
Printed: 1930.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


as Performer
Good Bye Broadway, Hello France (1917)	B. Baskette	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3321
We're All Going Calling on the Kaiser (1918)	J.A. Brennan	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3568
When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France (1918)	A. Bryan	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3553
You'll Find Old Dixieland in France (1919)	G. Clarke	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3659
I'm True to Them All (1919)	G.M. Cohan	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3855
You May Hold a Million Girlies in Your Arms (1917)	F. Fisher	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3299
Singapore (1919)	L.W. Gilbert	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3721
Ragging the Chopsticks (1919)	A. Gottler	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3836
Rolling Stones (1917)	A. Gottler	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3163
I Don't Want to Get Well (1918)	H. Jentes	A. Fields Grace Woods	Edison Blue Amberol: 3378
Where Do We Go From Here? (1917)	H.E. Johnson	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3260
⇑Honolulu, America Loves You (1917)	J.V. Monaco	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3087
What's the Use of Going Home (1916)	J.V. Monaco	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 2930
When Yankee Doodle Learns to Parlez Vous Francais (1918)	E.G. Nelson	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3447
Hello, Montreal (1928)	B. Rose	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 5523
Hong Kong (1917)	A.M. Sanders	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3238
Mother, Dixie and You (1917)	J.H. Santly	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3340
Oh, What Wonderful Things One Little Girlie Can Do (1917)	I. Schuster	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3257
Jim, Jim, I Always Knew You'd Win (1919)	H. von Tilzer	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3680
The Man Behind the Hammer and the Plow (1917)	H. von Tilzer	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3245
I Ain't Got Weary Yet! (1919)	P. Wenrich	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3642
Send Me Away With a Smile (1917)	L. Weslyn	A. Fields	Edison Blue Amberol: 3324

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Aba Daba Honeymoon (1914), The	W. Donovan	Unknown

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


as Performer
Ain't That a Grand and Glorious Feeling? (1927)	M. Ager	A. Fields	Columbia: 144265
My Pet (1928)	M. Ager	A. Fields	Columbia: 146300
Smile All the While (1925)	M. Ager	A. Fields	Columbia: 140810
Tom, Dick and Harry and Jack (1918)	M. Ager	A. Fields	Columbia: 77615
When You're With Somebody Else (1927)	A. Baer	A. Fields	Columbia: 145454
When You're With Somebody Else (1927)	R. Etting	A. Fields	Columbia: 145454
Wake Up, America! (1916)	J. Glogau	Merle Alcock A. Fields William F. Hooley S. Porter Gladys Rice	Edison: 4549
Throw No Stones in the Well That Gives You Water (1917)	T.F. Morse	A. Fields	Columbia: 77183
We'll Knock the Heligo-Into Heligo Out of Heligoland! (1917)	T.F. Morse	A. Fields	Columbia: 77475
When I Get Back to My American Blighty (1918)	T.F. Morse	A. Fields	Victor: B-22161
When I Get Back to My Canadian Blighty (1918)	T.F. Morse	A. Fields	Brunswick: [Br cat 5238-b]
Bury Me in the Tennessee Mountains (1930)	G. Rowell	A. Fields	Columbia: W150441
Nephews of Uncle Sam (1917)	H. Ruby	Donald Alexander Chalmers Marion Evelyn Cox A. Fields S. Porter Gladys Rice John Young	Edison: 5491
I'll Think of You Sweetheart (1930)	V. Smith	A. Fields Fred Hall	Columbia: [W]149751
Amos 'n' Andy (1930)	J. Stanley	A. Fields Fred Hall	Columbia: [W]149958
Lady Whippoorwill (1928)	H.A. Tierney	A. Fields	Columbia: 146931
⇑Salaaming the Rajah (1928)	H.A. Tierney	A. Fields Robert Wood	Columbia: 146930

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Ragtime Music CDs:
	Bill Edwards	Perfessor Bill Sings Volume 3
	Bill Edwards	Syncopated Safari

Music Halls

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Aba Daba Honeymoon (1914), The	A. Fields (w&m) W. Donovan (coauth.) Ruth Roye (perf.) Fred Heider (perf.) Ruby Raymond (perf.) Ruth Roye (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Indiana Sheet Music Singer
Eleven More Months and Ten More Days (1930)	A. Fields (music) Fred Hall (coauth.) Lew Dite (perf.)	Piano	IMSLP
As performer
Singapore (1918)	L.W. Gilbert (w&m) A. Friedland (coauth.) A. Fields (perf.)	Piano	Indiana
Where Do We Go From Here? (1917)	H.E. Johnson (w&m) P. Wenrich (coauth.) A. Fields (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana

Titles

The peformer is featured on 41 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m) ER

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Tom, Dick and Harry and Jack (1917)	Milton Ager	Howard E. Johnson (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
Ain't That a Grand and Glorious Feeling? (1927)	Milton Ager	Jack Yellen (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
My Pet (1928)	Milton Ager	Jack Yellen (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
Smile All the While (1925)	Milton Ager	Arthur Fields (perf.)
When You're With Somebody Else (1927)	Abel Baer	Ruth Etting (co-author) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
Good Bye Broadway, Hello France (1917)	Billy Baskette	C. Francis Reisner (words) Benny Davis (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
Whose Little Heart Are You Breaking Now? (1917)	Irving Berlin(w&m)	Arthur Fields (perf.)
We're All Going Calling on the Kaiser (1918)	James Alexander Brennan	Jack Caddigan (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France (1918)	Alfred Bryan	Cliff Hess (co-author) Edgar Leslie (co-author) Arthur Fields (perf.)
I'm Going Down to Tennessee (1912)	Harry Carroll	Arthur Fields (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
⇑You'll Find Old Dixieland in France (1919)	Grant Clarke	George W. Meyer (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
I'm True to Them All (1918)	George. M. Cohan(w&m)	Arthur Fields (perf.)
When You're With Somebody Else (1928)	Ruth Etting	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
You May Hold a Million Girlies in Your Arms (1916)	Fred Fisher	Howard Johnson (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
Singapore (1918)	Louis Wolfe Gilbert(w&m)	Anatol Friedland (co-author) Arthur Fields (perf.)
Wake Up, America! (1916)	Jack Glogau	George Graff Jr. (words) Merle Alcock (perf.) Arthur Fields (perf.) William F. Hooley (perf.) Steve Porter (perf.) Gladys Rice (perf.)
Rolling Stones (1916)	Archie Gottler	Edgar Leslie (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
Ragging the Chopsticks (1919)	Archie Gottler	Abe Frankl (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
I Don't Want to Get Well (1917)	Harry Jentes	Harry Pease (words) Howard E. Johnson (words) Arthur Fields (perf.) Grace Woods (perf.)
Where Do We Go From Here? (1917)	Howard E. Johnson(w&m)	Percy Wenrich (co-author) Arthur Fields (perf.)
What's the Use of Going Home (1915)	James V. Monaco	Grant Clark (words) Joe McCarthy (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
⇑Honolulu, America Loves You (1916)	James V. Monaco	Eddie Cox (co-author) Grant Clarke (co-author) Arthur Fields (perf.)
Throw No Stones in the Well That Gives You Water (1917)	Theodore F. Morse	Arthur Fields (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
We'll Knock the Heligo-Into Heligo Out of Heligoland! (1917)	Theodore F. Morse	John O'Brien (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
When I Get Back to My American Blighty (1918)	Theodore F. Morse	Arthur Fields (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
When I Get Back to My Canadian Blighty (1918)	Theodore F. Morse	Theodore F. Morse (co-author) Arthur Fields (perf.)
When Yankee Doodle Learns to Parlez Vous Francais (1917)	Ed G. Nelson	Will Hart (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
Hello, Montreal (1928)	Billy Rose	Mort Dixon (words) Harry Warren (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
Bury Me in the Tennessee Mountains (1930)	Glenn Rowell	Gene Carroll (co-author) Laren Skill (co-author) Arthur Fields (perf.)
Nephews of Uncle Sam (1917)	Harry Ruby	Donald Alexander Chalmers (perf.) Marion Evelyn Cox (perf.) Arthur Fields (perf.) Steve Porter (perf.) Gladys Rice (perf.) John Young (perf.)
Hong Kong (1917)	Alma M. Sanders	Richard W. Pascoe (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
Mother, Dixie and You! (1927)	Jos. H. Santly(w&m)	Howard Johnson (co-author) Arthur Fields (perf.)
⇑Oh, What Wonderful Things One Little Girlie Can Do (1917)	Ira Schuster	Jack Glogau (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
I'll Think of You Sweetheart (1930)	Van Smith	Arthur Fields (perf.) Fred Hall (perf.)
Amos 'n' Andy (1930)	Jack Stanley	Jack Stanley (co-author) Arthur Fields (perf.) Fred Hall (perf.)
Salaaming the Rajah (1928)	Harry Austin Tierney	Joseph McCarthy (words) Arthur Fields (perf.) Robert Wood (perf.)
Lady Whippoorwill (1928)	Harry Austin Tierney	Joseph McCarthy (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
Man Behind the Hammer and the Plow (1917), The	Harry von Tilzer(w&m)	Arthur Fields (perf.)
Jim, Jim, I Always Knew You'd Win (1918)	Harry von Tilzer	Bert Hanlon (words) Ben Ryan (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
I Ain't Got Weary Yet! (1918)	Percy Wenrich	Howard E. Johnson (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
Send Me Away With a Smile (1917)	Louis Weslyn(w&m)	Al. Piantadosi (co-author) Arthur Fields (perf.)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 9 works by Arthur Fields (1884-1953). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Aba Daba Honeymoon, The (w&m)	1914	Walter Donovan (co-author) Elizabeth Brice (perf.) Carleton Carpenter (perf.) Fred Heider (perf.) Wilbur Mack (perf.) Ricardo Montalban (perf.) Ed Morton (perf.) Jane Powell (perf.) Ruby Raymond (perf.) Debbie Reynolds (perf.) Ruth Roye (perf.)
Pay-Day!	1918
In Miami	1919	Archie Gottler (co-author) Sidney D Mitchell (co-author)	Pub.
Swanee Shore	1919	Sidney D Mitchell (words) Irving Kaufman (words)	Pub.
I Got a Code in My Doze	1929	Fred Hall (co-author) Billy Rose (co-author)
Eleven More Months and Ten More Days	1930	Fred Hall (co-author) Lew Dite (perf.) Eddie Younger (perf.)
I Hate to Be Called a Hobo	1932	Fred Hall (co-author)	Pub.
There's a Blue Sky 'way Out Yonder (w&m)	1932	Bert Van Cleve (co-author) Fred Hall (co-author)	Pub.
Those Were the Very Last Words He Said	1932		Pub.

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	A. Fields	Eleven more months and ten more days (2:40)	Lew Dite