Lyons & Yosco

Overview

George Lyons (harpist) and Bob Yosco (mandolin player) were a vaudeville double act that toured the circuit in the mid- to late ragtime era. Perhaps best known for their The Spaghetti Rag (1910), the first of other Italian titles and centrepiece of their act, which regained popularity in the fifties ragtime revival. The duo also recorded for Victor.

	Title	Instruments	Performers


DBE MP3 Sample
Mardi Gras Rag (1914)	T/T/T/B/GB(B)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.
Spaghetti Rag (1910)	D/A/T/T+B/B/GB(B)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.
Midi File(s)		Sequencer(s)
Mardi Gras Rag (1914)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Spaghetti Rag (1910)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Ragtime Music CDs:
Various Artists	Spaghetti Rag: Rag Music with Mandolins	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Big Tiny Little	Honky Tonk Piano	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Meg Graf	Eatin' Time -- A Ragtime Feast	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Jo Ann Castle	Jo Anne Castle - 22 Greatest Ragtime Hits: Vol. 1	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Jo Ann Castle	Ragtime Piano Gal	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Paul Bisaccia	Ragtime Lullabies

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE554	Mardi Gras Rag (1914) T/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 2¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE555	Spaghetti Rag (1910) D/A/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 3 mins.	1-2 days

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Mardi Gras Rag (1914)	T/T/T/B/GB(B)
	Spaghetti Rag (1910)	D/A/T/T+B/B/GB(B)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 8 works by Lyons & Yosco. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Spaghetti Rag	1910	Bob Yosco (co-author)
Mardi Gras Rag	1914	Bob Yosco (co-author)
Don't Worry, Dearie	1917	Bert Fitzgibbon (words)
Macaroni Joe	1917	Bob Yosco (co-author) James Donohue (words) Al Dubin (words)	Pub.
Road For You and Me, The	1917	James Donahue (co-author) Bob Yosco (co-author)	Pub.
Sweet Anna Marie	1919	Bob Yosco (co-author)
Come Along and Hum Along With Me	1920	Bob Yosco (words)
Spaghetti Rag - Song	1950	Bob Yosco (co-author) Dick Rogers (words)	Pub.

Videos

	Title	Duration	Performer


	Mardi Gras Rag	1:48	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	Spaghetti Rag	2:46	Ragtime Dorian Henry