Byron Gay (1886-1945)
Last updated: 07.10.25
According to the Internet source given below, Byron Sturges Gay was an American songwriter. His best-known songs is probably Four or Five Times. Byron also worked with Richard A. Whiting, writing such songs as Horses (1926) and Fire (1926), both popular dance and comedy songs.
Of ragtime interest is his The Vamp (1919) published by Will Rossiter, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Of ragtime interest is his The Vamp (1919) published by Will Rossiter, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Byron Gay | Biography by wikipedia.org. |
| Title (Release Year) | Co-Author(s) | Performers | Issue |
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Gasoline Gus and His Jitney Bus (1915) | Charley Brown | Billy Murray | Edison Blue Amberol: 2684 |
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Fast Asleep in Poppyland (1919) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Fate (1922) | Unknown | |
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Gasoline Gus and His Jitney Bus (1915) | Charley Brown | James Pitt-Payne |
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Horses (1926) | Richard A. Whiting | James Pitt-Payne |
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It's a Rambling Flivver (1917) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Just a Little Drink (1925) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Little Ford Rambled Right Along, The (1914) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Murder! (1920) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Oh! a New Jazz Hit! (1919) | A. Johnson | James Pitt-Payne |
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Sand Dunes - Song (1918) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Vamp, The (1919) | James Pitt-Payne |
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Various Artists | Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 1: The Twenties (1923-1929) | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)        |
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Bill Edwards | T-Model Tunes |
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Catalina (1921) | B. Gay (w&m) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP |  |
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Dragon's Eye (1916) | B. Gay (music) Nonette (perf.) Nonette (perf.) |
Piano | IMSLP Indiana |
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Fast Asleep in Poppyland (1919) | B. Gay (music) Grace Moy (perf.) Grace Moy (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
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Fate (1922) | B. Gay (w&m) T. Lewis (perf.) T. Lewis (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Sheet Music Singer Indiana |
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Gasoline Gus and His Jitney Bus (1915) | B. Gay (music) Charley Brown (coauth.) Rae Samuels (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Happy Tom O'Day (1915) | B. Gay (w&m) Kathryn Durkin (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Horses (1926) | B. Gay (w&m) Richard A. Whiting (coauth.) Harvey Marburger (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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⇑I Lost My Pal (1924) | B. Gay (w&m) | Piano | IMSLP | |
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It's a Rambling Flivver (1917) | B. Gay (w&m) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
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Just a Little Drink (1925) | B. Gay (w&m) |
Piano | IMSLP Sheet Music Singer |
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Little Ford Rambled Right Along (1914), The | B. Gay (w&m) C. R Foster (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
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Little Ford Rambled Right Along, The (1914) | B. Gay (music) C. R Foster (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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Murder! (1920) | B. Gay (w&m) | Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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My Angel of the Flaming Cross (1918) | B. Gay (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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O (1919) | B. Gay (music) A. Johnson (coauth.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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⇑Oh! a New Jazz Hit! (1919) | B. Gay (music) A. Johnson (coauth.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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Sand Dunes - Song (1918) | B. Gay (w&m) Norma Brandt (perf.) Norma Brandt (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
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Soldier's Dream (1918), A | B. Gay (w&m) | Piano, Orchestra | IMSLP | |
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Vamp (1919), The | B. Gay (w&m) |
Piano, Voice | Greer IMSLP |
Pub. |
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Vamp Me (1922) | B. Gay (w&m) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Vamp, The (1919) | B. Gay (w&m) | Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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When the Fields Are White With Daisies I'll Come Back to You (1917) | B. Gay (w&m) | Piano | IMSLP | |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 71 works by Byron Gay (1886-1945).
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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| Little Ford Rambled Right Along, The (w&m) | 1914 | C. R Foster (words) | |
| Funny Moon | 1915 | ||
| Gasoline Gus and His Jitney Bus (w&m) | 1915 | Charley Brown (co-author) Billy Murray (perf.) Rae Samuels (perf.) |
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| Happy Tom O'Day (w&m) | 1915 | Kathryn Durkin (perf.) | Pub. |
| Shoot Me Back to California Land (w&m) | 1915 | Pub. | |
| Dragon's Eye | 1916 | Nonette (perf.) | Pub. |
| My Sweet Dream and You | 1916 | ||
| Somewhere on the Rio Grande | 1916 | ||
| I'm Always Happy Sunday | 1917 | Al Dubin (words) | |
| It's a Rambling Flivver (w&m) | 1917 | |
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| Sons of Liberty | 1917 | ||
| ⇑ When the Fields Are White With Daisies I'll Come Back to You (w&m) | 1917 | |
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| My Angel of the Flaming Cross (w&m) | 1918 | |
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| Sand Dunes | 1918 | Norma Brandt (perf.) | |
| Sand Dunes - Song (w&m) | 1918 | Norma Brandt (perf.) | Pub. |
| Soldier's Dream, A (w&m) | 1918 | |
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| Cleopatra Had a Little Song | 1919 | Will Hough (words) | |
| Fast Asleep in Poppyland (w&m) | 1919 | Grace Moy (perf.) | Pub. |
| Honeymoon Town | 1919 | Pub. | |
| My Buddy | 1919 | Charles N. Daniels (words)
Charles N. Daniels as Neil Morét |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| O (w&m) | 1919 | Arnold Johnson (co-author) Pee Wee Hunt (perf.) |
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| Oh! a New Jazz Hit! (w&m) | 1919 | Arnold Johnson (co-author) | Pub. |
| Snuggle, Snuggle, Snuggle | 1919 | Will Hough (words) | |
| Sunshine | 1919 | Charles N. Daniels (words) /Louis Weslyn1 (words) |
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| There's Everything Waiting For You | 1919 | Will Hough (words) | Pub. |
| Vamp, The (w&m) | 1919 | Dolly Sisters (perf.) Marie Wells (perf.) |
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| Waiting in Vain | 1919 | Herbert B. Marple (words) | |
| Western Land (w&m) | 1919 | Pub. | |
| Wonderful Night With You | 1919 | Will Hough (words) | |
| I Like to Do It | 1920 | ||
| Murder! (w&m) | 1920 | Pub. |
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| ⇑ Near to Your Heart | 1920 | ||
| Susan Doozan | 1920 | L. Frank Baum (words) | |
| To Love in Vain (w&m) | 1920 | Pub. | |
| Catalina (w&m) | 1921 | Pub. |
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| Navy Goat, The | 1921 | Pub. | |
| Fate (w&m) | 1922 | Ted Lewis (perf.) | |
| Two Little Eyes | 1922 | ||
| Vamp Me (w&m) | 1922 | Pub. |
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| Keep A-Goin' | 1923 | |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Soul of a Rose, The | 1923 | Marian Gillespie (words) | |
| I Lost My Pal (w&m) | 1924 | |
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| Radio | 1924 | ||
| Song of My Dream, The | 1924 | ||
| World is Mine (For I Have You), The | 1924 | ||
| Just a Little Drink (w&m) | 1925 | |
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| Mr Cozy Corner Man | 1925. | Arthur Freed (words) | |
| Come to Me Tonight (w&m) | 1926 | ||
| Dreamland Faces (w&m) | 1926 | ||
| Fire! (w&m) | 1926 | Richard A. Whiting (co-author) | |
| First Time You Kissed Me (I Belonged to You), The | 1926 | ||
| ⇑ Horses (w&m) | 1926 | Richard A. Whiting (co-author) Fran Frey (perf.) Harvey Marburger (perf.) B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orch. (perf.) Bob Causer's Original Collegians Orch. (perf.) |
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| No One Else (w&m) | 1926 | Pub. | |
| No! | 1926 | Richard A Whiting (co-author) | |
| Someday You'll Be Sorry (Pal O' Mine) | 1926 | W.C. Polla (words) Paul Whiteman (words) |
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| Westward! | 1926 | W.C. Polla (words) | |
| Four or Five Times | 1927 | Marco H. Hellman (words) Warren & Burgess (perf.) |
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| Moonlight on the Danube (w&m) | 1927 | Leatrice Joy (perf.) | Pub. |
| Rose of Monterey | 1927 | Charles N. Daniels (words) | |
| When Shadows Creep | 1927 | Bertram P Hargrave (words) | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Wide Open Space | 1927 | Richard Whiting (words) Paul Whiteman (words) |
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| Chicago Butterfly (w&m) | 1928 | |
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| Your Good-bye Kiss | 1928 | ||
| Who in the 'L' are You | 1929 | ||
| To Make a Long Story Short (I Love You) | 1930 | |
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| Sittin' on a Log - Pettin' My Dog (w&m) | 1933 | Zez Confrey (co-author) Jeanie Lang (perf.) |
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| Somebody's Birthday | 1935 | Cliff Gordon (words) Jimmie Grier (words) |
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| Swaying | 1939 | Cliff Gordon (words) Jimmie Grier (words) |
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| Navigator's Holiday | 1942 | /Chick Johnson1 (words) Ole Olson (words) |
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| Let's Sow a Wild Oat | ? | ||
| Love Shadows Waltzes | ? |