Bert Kalmar  (1884-1947)
Last updated: 18.12.23
According to the Internet source given below, Bert Kalmar (born in New York) was an American vaudeville magician, comedian, dancer before becoming a lyricist and publisher.
He collaborated with Harry Puck both in song writing and publishing forming Kalmar & Puck Music Co. Inc. They were joined by Maurice Abrahams to form Kalmar, Puck & Abrahams.
He also teamed with Harry Ruby.. Kalmar was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
He died in Los Angeles, California.

Websites:
url15.gif Bert Kalmar Biography by wikipedia.org.  
  Title (Release Year) Co-Author(s) Performers Issue
         
cylinder15.gif Timbuctoo (1921) H. Ruby A. Bernard Edison Blue Amberol: 4228
cylinder15.gif Susie (1923) Arthur Collins
Byron George Harlan
Edison Blue Amberol: 4655
cylinder15.gif So Long! Oo-Long (1920) H. Ruby A. Bernard Indestructible Record: 3509
cylinder15.gif Rebecca (1921) H. Ruby Jim Doherty Edison Blue Amberol: 4251
cylinder15.gif Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dixieland (1922) H. Ruby Don Parker Trio Edison Blue Amberol: 4557
cylinder15.gif Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dixieland (1922) H. Ruby Don Parker Trio Edison Blue Amberol Record: 4557
cylinder15.gif My Sunny Tennessee (1921) H. Ruby
Herman Ruby
Broadway Dance Orchestra Edison Blue Amberol: 4394
cylinder15.gif In My Heart - on My Mind - All Day Long (1922) H. Ruby Signor Lou Chiha Friscoe Edison Blue Amberol: 4458
cylinder15.gif He's Coming Back (1912) Ada Jones U.S. Everlasting Record: 1379
cylinder15.gif Little Min-Nee-Ha! Ha! (1921) Isabella Patricola Edison Blue Amberol: 4468
cylinder15.gif My Friends, Morris and Max (1920) Maurice Burkhart Edison Blue Amberol: 4002
cylinder15.gif  Snoops the Lawyer (1920) Maurice Burkhart Edison Blue Amberol: 3970
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif He Ran Up-Stairs : (1913) James Pitt-Payne
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Angels (1921) B. Kalmar (w&m)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Piano, Voice YorkSpace wvicon.gif


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Down in Maryland (1922) B. Kalmar (w&m)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
W. Remington Welch (perf.)
Piano, Voice

Indiana
YorkSpace
Pub.
pdf15.gif Helen of Troy, New York (1923) B. Kalmar (music)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Piano YorkSpace Pub.
pdf15.gif I Gave You Up Just Before You Threw Me Down (1922) B. Kalmar (w&m)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Fred E. Ahlert (coauth.)
Piano, Voice YorkSpace Pub.
pdf15.gif I Like a Big Town, I Like a Small Town (1923) B. Kalmar (music)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Piano, Voice YorkSpace Pub.

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I Want a Ragtime Bungalow (1913) B. Kalmar (w&m)
Ed Morton (perf.)
Helene Davis (perf.)
Weber, Beck & Frazer (perf.)
Piano, Voice
IMSLP
Indiana
YorkSpace
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pdf15.gif I'm Makin' For Macon in Georgia (1914) B. Kalmar (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif  In My Heart - on My Mind - All Day Long (1921) B. Kalmar (music)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Piano YorkSpace Pub.
pdf15.gif In My Home Town (1922) B. Kalmar (music)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Piano YorkSpace Pub.
pdf15.gif It Was Meant to Be (1923) B. Kalmar (music)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Piano YorkSpace Pub.


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Laff It Off! (1924) B. Kalmar (w&m)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Jim Shields (perf.)
Tom Waring (perf.)
Piano, Voice

YorkSpace
YorkSpace
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pdf15.gif Look For the Happy Ending (1923) B. Kalmar (w&m)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Piano, Voice YorkSpace Pub.
pdf15.gif Look What You've Done With Your Dog-Gone Dangerous Eyes (1920) B. Kalmar (w&m)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Piano, Voice YorkSpace Pub.



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My Sunny Tennessee (1921) B. Kalmar (music)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Herman Ruby (coauth.)
E. Cantor (perf.)
E. Cantor (perf.)
E. Cantor (perf.)
Piano


Greer
Kirk
Indiana
Pub.
pdf15.gif No Other Girl (1923) B. Kalmar (w&m)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Piano, Voice YorkSpace Pub.
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 Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dixieland (1922) B. Kalmar (w&m)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Piano Indiana
YorkSpace
Pub.
pdf15.gif Rebecca (1921) B. Kalmar (music)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
E. Cantor (perf.)
Piano Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif She's Mine, All Mine! (1921) B. Kalmar (w&m)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Piano Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Sheik of Avenue B (1922), The B. Kalmar (w&m)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
C. Friend (coauth.)
Van & Schenck (perf.)
Piano, Voice YorkSpace Pub.
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So Long! Oo-Long (1920) B. Kalmar (w&m)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Piano Indiana
YorkSpace
Pub.
pdf15.gif Sweeter Than You (1926) B. Kalmar (w&m)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Piano, Voice YorkSpace wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Waikiki, I Hear You Calling Me (1922) B. Kalmar (music)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
E. Cantor (perf.)
Piano Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Wait'll You See How Sorry You'll Be (1919) B. Kalmar (w&m)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif  You Flew Away From the Nest (1926) B. Kalmar (w&m)
H. Ruby (coauth.)
Joe Lewis (perf.)
Piano, Voice YorkSpace wvicon.gif
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 50 works by Bert Kalmar (1884-1947). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
He's Coming Back 1912 Ada Jones (perf.)  audioextmp315.gif
He Ran Up-Stairs : 1913  wvicon.gif audiomidi15.gif
I Want a Ragtime Bungalow (w&m) 1913 Helene Davis (perf.)
Ed Morton (perf.)
Weber, Beck & Frazer (perf.)
 Pub.
My Parcel Post Man 1913 Harry Puck (words)  wvicon.gif
I'm Makin' For Macon in Georgia (w&m) 1914  Pub.
Mister Sun Man Roll the Clouds Away 1919 Harry Ruby (co-author)  Pub.
Wait'll You See How Sorry You'll Be (w&m) 1919 Harry Ruby (co-author)  Pub.
Look What You've Done With Your Dog-Gone Dangerous Eyes (w&m) 1920 Harry Ruby (co-author)  Pub.
My Friends, Morris and Max 1920 Edgar Leslie (words)
Harry Ruby (words)
Maurice Burkhart (perf.)
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Snoops the Lawyer 1920 Harry Ruby (words)
Maurice Burkhart (perf.)
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So Long! Oo-Long (w&m) 1920 Harry Ruby (co-author)
Al. Bernard (perf.)
 Pub. audioextmp315.gif
Timbuctoo 1920 Harry Ruby (co-author)
Al. Bernard (perf.)
 Pub. audioextmp315.gif
Angels (w&m) 1921 Harry Ruby (co-author)  Pub.
In My Heart - on My Mind - All Day Long 1921 Harry Ruby (co-author)
Signor Lou Chiha Friscoe (perf.)
 Pub. audioextmp315.gif
Little Min-Nee-Ha! Ha! 1921 Harry Ruby (words)
Isabella Patricola (perf.)
 audioextmp315.gif
My Sunny Tennessee 1921 Harry Ruby (co-author)
Herman Ruby (co-author)
Eddie Cantor (perf.)
Broadway Dance Orchestra (perf.)
 Pub. audioextmp315.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Rebecca 1921 Harry Ruby (co-author)
Eddie Cantor (perf.)
Jim Doherty (perf.)
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She's Mine, All Mine! (w&m) 1921 Harry Ruby (co-author)  Pub.
Down in Maryland (w&m) 1922 Harry Ruby (co-author)
W. Remington Welch (perf.)
 Pub.
I Gave You Up Just Before You Threw Me Down (w&m) 1922 Harry Ruby (co-author)
Fred E. Ahlert (co-author)
 Pub.
In My Home Town 1922 Harry Ruby (co-author)  Pub.
Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dixieland (w&m) 1922 Harry Ruby (co-author)
Don Parker Trio (perf.)
 Pub. audioextmp315.gif
Sheik of Avenue B, The (w&m) 1922 Harry Ruby (co-author)
Cliff Friend (co-author)
Van & Schenck (perf.)
 Pub.
Waikiki, I Hear You Calling Me 1922 Harry Ruby (co-author)
Eddie Cantor (perf.)
 Pub.
Cry Baby 1923
Helen of Troy, New York 1923 Harry Ruby (co-author)  Pub.
Hotsy Totsy Town 1923 Harry Ruby (co-author)
M.K. Jerome (co-author)
 Pub.
I Like a Big Town, I Like a Small Town 1923 Harry Ruby (co-author)  Pub.
It Was Meant to Be 1923 Harry Ruby (co-author)  Pub.
Left All Alone With the Blues 1923 Harry Ruby (co-author)
Lou Handman (co-author)
Bert Kalmar (words)
Harry Ruby (words)
Lou Handman (words)
 Pub.
Look For the Happy Ending (w&m) 1923 Harry Ruby (co-author)  Pub.
No Other Girl (w&m) 1923 Harry Ruby (co-author)  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Susie 1923 Harry Ruby (words)
Arthur Collins (perf.)
Byron George Harlan (perf.)
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Laff It Off! (w&m) 1924 Harry Ruby (co-author)
Jim Shields (perf.)
Tom Waring (perf.)
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Baby Looks Like Me, The 1925 Henry B Murtagh (co-author)
Harry Ruby (co-author)
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Sweeter Than You (w&m) 1926 Harry Ruby (co-author)  wvicon.gif
You Flew Away From the Nest (w&m) 1926 Harry Ruby (co-author)
Joe Lewis (perf.)
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You Smile at Me 1926 Harry Ruby (co-author)  Pub.
Thinking of You 1927 Harry Ruby (co-author)  Pub.
Watching the Clouds Roll By 1928 Harry Ruby (co-author)
Marx Brothers (perf.)
 Pub.
Who's Been List'ning to My Heart 1928 Harry Ruby (co-author)
Marx Brothers (perf.)
 Pub.
Just a Little Glimpse of Paradise 1929 Harry Ruby (words)
Harry Warren (words)
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I'm So Afraid of You 1930 Harry Ruby (co-author)  Pub.
Three Little Words 1930 Harry Ruby (words)  Pub.
Nevertheless 1931 Harry Ruby (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Keep on Doin' What You're Doin' 1933 Harry Ruby (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Keep Romance Alive 1933 Harry Ruby (co-author)  Pub.
Tired of It All 1933 Harry Ruby (co-author)
Ruth Etting (perf.)
Wheeler &. Woolsey (perf.)
 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Cabin on the Hilltop 1936 Harry Ruby (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Kiss to Build a Dream On, A 1951 Oscar Hammerstein (co-author)
Harry Ruby (words)
Louis Armstong (perf.)
Louis Armstrong (perf.)
Barney Bigard (perf.)
Kay Brown (perf.)
Vic Damone (perf.)
Sally Forest (perf.)
Sally Forrest (perf.)
Earl Fatha Hines (perf.)
Monica Lewis (perf.)
Mickey Rooney (perf.)
Jack Teagarden (perf.)
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