Robert A. King (1862-1932)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Robert A. King [born Robert Keiser] was a prolific American composer and songwriter of popular music; born and died in New York. He published using both names, anonymously and also used a pseudonym, Mary Earl. His total output will probably never be known.
He worked at Ditson's music store as a child before entering Tin Pan Alley at the publisher, Leo Feist, where he produced his first hit Anona (1903). In 1918, he was contracted to Shapiro-Bernstein Music Publishers to write 4 songs per month. These included the hits Beautiful Ohio (1918) and Dreamy Alabama (1919).
Of ragtime interest, is his very early Everything is Ragtime Now (1899) written as Robert Keiser.

Websites:
	Robert A. King (composer)	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR: Robert King	List of 330 historic recordings from 1900 to 1940.

Robert A. King (1862-1932) has at least 17 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Aristocratic Annie Song
Music by: Robert A. King.
Words by: Geo. Totten Smith

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Autumn Breezes
Music by: Robert A. King.

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Blushing Beauty Intermezzo
Music by: Robert A. King.

Publisher:	Unknown
Suppliers:
Printed: 1907.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

Dewdrop and the Rose, The Song
Music by: Robert A. King.
Words by: Geo. Totten Smith

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1903.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Has Your Mother Any More Like You? Song
Words and Music by: Robert A. King.

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1902.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

I Have Something to Say to You Song
Music by: Robert A. King.
Words by: Carroll Fleming

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1903.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Just Plain Jane Song
Music by: Robert A. King.
Words by: Geo. Totten Smith

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1903.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Musket or the Sword, The Song
Music by: Robert A. King.
Words by: Carroll Fleming

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1903.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Spring Dreams
Music by: Robert A. King.

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Squaw Man, The Indian intermezzo.
Music by: Robert A. King.

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Summer Zephyrs Idylle
Music by: Robert A. King.

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Sunshine Song
Music by: Robert A. King.
Words by: Samuel Honest

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

When the Woodbine Leaves Turned Red Song
Music by: Robert A. King.
Words by: La Touche Hancock

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1903.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Wintry Winds
Music by: Robert A. King.

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Zenobie
Music by: Robert A. King.

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1904.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Zenobie - Song
Words and Music by: Robert A. King.

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1904.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Zingaloo Idylle
Music by: Robert A. King.

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Cylinders

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


In Old Manila (1921)	Lewis James Betsy Lane Shepherd	Edison Blue Amberol: 4155
Broken Blossoms (1920)	George Wilton Ballard Helen Clark	Edison Blue Amberol: 3922
Has Your Mother Any More Like You? (1904)	Grace Nelson F.C. Stanley	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8831
Beyond the Gates of Paradise (1896-1901)	Addison Dashiell Madeira	Edison Record: 7658

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


Beautiful Ohio (1918)		Unknown
Connecticut Yankee (1922), A		Unknown
Everything Is Ragtime Now (1899)		James Pitt-Payne
Honeymoon Chimes (1922)		James Pitt-Payne
I Ain't Nobody's Darling (1921)		James Pitt-Payne
Why Did I Kiss That Girl? (1924)	R. Henderson	Denese Coulbeck

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Beautiful Ohio (1918)	R.A. King	Marguerite Dunlap Olive Kline	Victor: B-22474
I Scream - You Scream - We All Scream For Ice Cream (1927)	R.A. King	Poley McClintock Fred Waring	Victor: BVE-40750
Little Girl a Little Boy a Little Moon, A (1927)	R.A. King	G. Rowell Ford Rush	Columbia: W144398
My Moon-Beam Babe (1901)	R.A. King	Albert Campbell George J. Gaskin Harry MacDonough Joseph Natus	Columbia: 225
Your Eyes, Your Lips, Your Heart (1917)	R.A. King	H. Burr	Victor: B-20058

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Jazz Music CDs:
Stumptown Jazz	On Track
Ragtime Music CDs:
Big Tiny Little	Best of Honky Tonky Piano Vol. 1
Palm Court Theatre Orchestra	Down Peacock Alley	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
George Lewis	George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 01
George Lewis	George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 02
Joe ''Fingers'' Carr	Honky Tonk Hits of Joe "Fingers" Carr

Monologues

This list is derived from information provided by Monologues.co.uk which went down sometime in 2023.
The loss of this valuable resource is very sad and a mystery.

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Why Did I Kiss That Girl?	Robert A. King (music) Ray Henderso (words) Ella Shields (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Autumn (1918)	R.A. King (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Autumn Breezes (1908)	R.A. King (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Be Good to California, Mr. Wilson (1916)	R.A. King (music) Andrew B. Sterling (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Beautiful Ohio (1918)	R.A. King (music) B. MacDonald (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer Greer IMSLP Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Broken Blossoms (1919)	R.A. King (music) B. MacDonald (words) Marion Davies (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
By the Old Ohio Shore (1921)	R.A. King (music) Ballard Macdonald (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Cheer Up, Mother (1918)	R.A. King (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑Connecticut Yankee (1922), A	R.A. King (music) W. Hirsch (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Daisy and the Butterfly (1901), The	R.A. King (music) A. Holzmann (coauth.) S. Ehrlich (words) B. Armstrong (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Dewdrop and the Rose (1903), The	R.A. King (music) George Totten Smith (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Dreamy Alabama (1919)	R.A. King (music) B. MacDonald (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Everything Is Ragtime Now (1899)	R.A. King (music) Geo. Totten Smith (words) Perry & Hylands (perf.) Tom Mack (perf.) Tom Mack (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Indiana Sheet Music Singer
From Valley Forge to France (1918)	R.A. King (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Garden of Allah (1912), The	R.A. King (music)	Piano	YorkSpace
Genevieve (1921)	R.A. King (music) Robert Levenson (words)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace
⇑Hawaii and You (1916)	R.A. King (music) Robert F. Roden (words) I. D'Armond (perf.) I. D'Armond (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Hawaiian Smiles (1919)	R.A. King (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Honeymoon Chimes (1922)	R.A. King (music) L. Brown (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
I Ain't Nobody's Darling (1921)	R.A. King (music) Elmer S. Hughes (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
In Old Manila (1920)	R.A. King (music)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
In Rosetime (1922)	R.A. King (music) Bartley Costello (words) J. Stanley (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Irish Airs (1905)	R.A. King (music)	Piano	YorkSpace
Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann (1925)	R.A. King (music) R. Henderson (coauth.) A.B. Sterling (words)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace	Pub.
⇑La Prima Donna (1902)	R.A. King (music)	Piano	Indiana	Pub.
Lafayette (1918)	R.A. King (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Little Ball of String (1929), A	R.A. King (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Love Bird (1921)	R.A. King (music) T. Fiorito (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Mohammed (1920)	R.A. King (music) B. MacDonald (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Moonbeams (1903)	R.A. King (music)	Piano	Indiana	Pub.
Musket or the Sword (1903), The	R.A. King (music) Carroll Fleming (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
My Old Gal (1916)	R.A. King (music) Bartley Costello (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑My Sweetheart Is Somewhere in France (1917)	R.A. King (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
National Airs (1902)	R.A. King (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Romany Waltz (1915)	R.A. King (music)	Piano	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Ruspana - Song (1919)	R.A. King (music) Thomas Field (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Squaw Man (1905), The	R.A. King (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Sweet Siamese (1919)	R.A. King (music) E. Madden (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Voice of My Granny Machree (1920)	R.A. King (music) Chris Traynor (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
When Grandma Sings the Songs She Loved at the End of a Perfect Day (1916)	R.A. King (music) Bartley Costello (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑When the Boys Come Home (1917)	R.A. King (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Why Did I Kiss That Girl? (1924)	R.A. King (music) R. Henderson (coauth.) L. Brown (words) Joe Smith (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Wild Flower (1920)	R.A. King (music) George Martens (coauth.)	Piano	Indiana	Pub.
Witching Waves (1919)	R.A. King (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Zenobie - Song (1904)	R.A. King (music) Carroll Fleming (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 124 works by Robert A. King (1862-1932). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1895-1905

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Dearest in the World to Me	1895	George Cooper (words) Keiser, Robert A.
Cora, Won't You Tell Me That You Love Me Too?	1899	George Totten Smith (words) as Robert Keiser
Dinah From Carolina	1899
Everything Is Ragtime Now	1899	Geo. Totten Smith (words) Tom Mack (perf.) Perry & Hylands (perf.) as Robert Keiser
You're the Only One	1899	George Totten Smith (words) Eleanor Falk (perf.)	Pub.
Beyond the Gates of Paradise	1900	Henry V. Neal (words) Addison Dashiell Madeira (perf.)
De Sandman's Comin' 'round	1900	as Robert A. Keiser	Pub.
My Moon-Beam Babe	1900	George Totten Smith (words) Albert Campbell (perf.) George J. Gaskin (perf.) Harry MacDonough (perf.) Joseph Natus (perf.) as Robert Keiser	Pub.
Sunbeam Sue: Serenade	1900	as Robert Keiser
Daisy and the Butterfly, The	1901	Abe Holzmann (co-author) Sam Ehrlich (words) Bonita Armstrong (perf.) as Robert Keiser
Sesame	1901		Pub.
⇑ Sunbeams and Shadows	1901	as Robert Keiser
Has Your Mother Any More Like You?	1902	Grace Nelson (perf.) Frank C. Stanley (perf.) as Robert Keiser	Pub.
La Prima Donna	1902
National Airs	1902	as Robert Keiser	Pub.
Anona	1903	as Robert A Keiser
Dewdrop and the Rose, The	1903	George Totten Smith (words) as Robert A. Keiser	Pub.
I Have Something to Say to You	1903	as Robert Keiser	Pub.
Just Plain Jane	1903	Geo. Totten Smith (words)	Pub.
Moonbeams	1903	as Robert A. Keiser	Pub.
Musket or the Sword, The	1903	Carroll Fleming (words) as Robert A. Keiser	Pub.
When the Woodbine Leaves Turned Red	1903	La Touche Hancock (words)	Pub.
Zenobie	1904		Pub.
⇑ Zenobie - Song	1904	Carroll Fleming (words)	Pub.
Americana	1905	as Robert Keiser	Pub.

1905-1916

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Aristocratic Annie	1905	Geo. Totten Smith (words)
Flowers and Ferns	1905	as Robert Keiser
German Airs	1905	as Robert Keiser	Pub.
Irish Airs	1905	as Robert Keiser	Pub.
My Lady's Eyes (w&m)	1905		Pub.
Rosary, The	1905
Squaw Man, The	1905	Mabel Morrison (perf.) Evelyn Wright (perf.) as Robert A Keiser	Pub.
Sunshine	1905	Samuel Honest (words)	Pub.
Zingaloo	1905		Pub.
French Airs	1906	as Robert Keiser	Pub.
In Starlight	1906		Pub.
⇑ Blushing Beauty	1907	as Robert Keiser
Fanella	1907	Mabel McKinley (perf.) as Robert Keiser
Autumn Breezes	1908		Pub.
Spring Dreams	1908		Pub.
Summer Zephyrs	1908		Pub.
Wintry Winds	1908		Pub.
Garden of Allah, The	1912
Heart O' Mine: Coeur De Mon Coeur	1913	Eugene Platzmann (co-author)
Neath the Shadow of the Pyramids (w&m)	1914	Harry Carroll (co-author) as mary earl	Pub.
Romany Waltz	1915	as Robert Keiser	Pub.
Be Good to California, Mr. Wilson	1916	Andrew B. Sterling (words) as Robert Keiser	Pub.
Hawaii and You	1916	Robert F. Roden (words) Isabell D'Armond (perf.) as Robert A. Keiser	Pub.
⇑ My Old Gal	1916	Bartley Costello (words) as Robert A. Keiser	Pub.
Old Master's Fox Trot	1916	Eugene Platzmann (co-author)	Pub.

1916-1919

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


When Grandma Sings the Songs She Loved at the End of a Perfect Day	1916	Bartley Costello (words) as Robert Keiser
Gee! What a Wonderful Time We'll Have when the Boys Come Home	1917	as Mary Earl	Pub.
Granada	1917	as Robert Keiser	Pub.
My Sweetheart Is Somewhere in France (w&m)	1917	Elizabeth Spencer (perf.) as Mary Earl	Pub.
When the Boys Come Home (w&m)	1917	as Mary Earl	Pub.
Your Eyes, Your Lips, Your Heart	1917	Joseph A. Wyngood (words) Henry Burr (perf.)
Alabama Waltz	1918	as Mary Earl	Pub.
Autumn	1918	as Mary Earl	Pub.
Beautiful Ohio	1918	Ballard MacDonald (words) Marguerite Dunlap (perf.) Olive Kline (perf.) as Mary Earl	Pub.
Cheer Up, Mother (w&m)	1918	as Mary Earl	Pub.
From Valley Forge to France (w&m)	1918	as Mary Earl	Pub.
⇑ Lafayette (w&m)	1918	as Mary Earl	Pub.
Beautiful Ohio Blues	1919		Pub.
Broken Blossoms	1919	Ballard MacDonald (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Marion Davies (perf.)	Pub.
Dreamy Alabama	1919	Ballard MacDonald (words) as Mary Earl	Pub.
Hawaiian Smiles	1919	as Mary Earl	Pub.
Hearts	1919	Ballard MacDonald (words)	Pub.
Pleasant Dreams	1919	as Mary Earl	Pub.
Ruspana - Song	1919	Thomas Field (words) as Mary Earl	Pub.
Ruspana One Step	1919	as Mary Earl	Pub.
Salaam	1919		Pub.
Sweet Siamese	1919	Edward Madden (words) as Mary Earl	Pub.
Ting Ling Toy	1919		Pub.
⇑ Weeping Willow Blues	1919		Pub.
Witching Waves (w&m)	1919	as Mary Earl	Pub.

1920-1925

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


In Old Manila (w&m)	1920	Lewis James (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.) as Mary Earl
Isle of Paradise	1920	Ted Fiorito (co-author) as Mary Earl	Pub.
Mohammed	1920	Ballard MacDonald (words) as Mary Earl	Pub.
Voice of My Granny Machree	1920	Chris Traynor (words)	Pub.
Wild Flower (w&m)	1920	George Martens (co-author) as Mary Earl	Pub.
Angelus Lullaby, The	1921	Walter Hirsch (words) as Mary Earl	Pub.
By the Old Ohio Shore	1921	Ballard Macdonald (words) as Mary Earl	Pub.
Genevieve	1921	Robert Levenson (words)
I Ain't Nobody's Darling	1921	Elmer S. Hughes (words)	Pub.
Just Like a Rainbow (w&m)	1921	Ted Fiorito (co-author) Mary Earl (perf.) Ted Fiorito (perf.) as Mary Earl	Pub.
Love Bird (w&m)	1921	Ted Fiorito (co-author) as Mary Earl	Pub.
⇑ Rocky Mountain Lullaby	1921	Marvin Lee (words)	Pub.
Connecticut Yankee, A	1922	Walter Hirsch (words)	Pub.
Honeymoon Chimes	1922	Lew Brown (words) as Mary Earl	Pub.
In Rosetime	1922	Bartley Costello (words) Jack Stanley (words)	Pub.
Toot, Toot, Tootsie	1922
I've Got the Yes! We Have No Banana Blues	1923	James F. Hanley (co-author) Lew Brown (words)	Pub.
All Because of You	1924	Darl MacBoyle (words)	Pub.
Go 'long, Mule	1924	Henry Creamer (co-author) Sargent & Marvin (perf.)	Pub.
Peter Pan I Love You (w&m)	1924	Ray Henderson (co-author) Marilyn Miller (perf.)	Pub.
Why Did I Kiss That Girl?	1924	Ray Henderson (co-author) Lew Brown (words) Abbott & White (perf.) Jan Garber (perf.) Dave Harman (perf.) Lytell & Fant (perf.) Ella Shields (perf.) Joe Smith (perf.)	Pub.
Ain't My Baby Grand?	1925	Ray Henderson (co-author) Lew Brown (words) Joe Darcey (perf.)	Pub.
I Scream - You Scream - We All Scream For Ice Cream (w&m)	1925	Howard E. Johnson (co-author) Billy Moll (co-author) Poley McClintock (perf.) Waring's Pennsylvania (perf.) Phil Saxe (perf.) Joe Shoer (perf.) Fred Waring (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann	1925	Ray Henderson (co-author) Andrew B. Sterling (words)	Pub.
Seminola (w&m)	1925	Harry Warren (co-author) Billy Burton (perf.) Jimmy Gallagher (perf.)	Pub.

1926-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Bridget O'Flynn Where've Ya Been?	1926	Andrew B. Sterling (words) Billy Murray (perf.) Aileen Stanley (perf.)
Tell Me You Love Me	1926	Leslie Hare (words)	Pub.
Charlie Boy	1927	Ballard MacDonald (words) as Mary Earl
Heart of Kentucky, The	1927	Howard E. Johnson (words)	Pub.
Little Girl a Little Boy a Little Moon, A (w&m)	1927	Harry Warren (co-author) Cheif Gonzales (perf.) Glenn Rowell (perf.) Ford Rush (perf.)	Pub.
Fashionette	1928	Jack Glogau (co-author)
Mr. Hoover and Mr. Smith	1928	Van & Schenck (perf.)
She's the Sweetheart of Six Other Guys	1928	Howard Johnson (words)	Pub.
California Sunshine	1929	Tom Ford (words) as Mary Earl	Pub.
Little Ball of String, A	1929	as Robert Keiser
Moonlight on the Colorado	1930	Billy Moll (words)	Pub.
⇑ I Love You in the Same Sweet Way	1931	Billy Moll (words)	Pub.
Old Fashioned Home in New Hampshire	1931	Sam M. Lewis (words) Rudy Vallée (perf.)	Pub.
Sweethearts at Sweet Sixteen	1931	Billy Moll (words)	Pub.
One Day in May	1932	Sam M. Lewis (words) Rudy Vallée (perf.)	Pub.
Let's Dine Alone Tonight	1936	Ruth Sylvia Keil (words)
Apple Blossoms	?
Beautiful Hawaii	?
College Airs	?	as Robert Keiser
English Airs	?	as Robert Keiser	Pub.
Enid Waltz	?	as Mary Earl
I Need Some Pettin'	?	Ted Fio Rito (words) Gus Kahn (words)
Plantation Airs	?	as Robert Keiser	Pub.
⇑ Scotch Airs	?	as Robert Keiser	Pub.

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


R.A. King	Beautiful Ohio Blues (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
R.A. King	Dinah From Carolina (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
R.A. King	Sesame (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
R.A. King	My Sweetheart Is Somewhere in France (3:12)	Elizabeth Spencer