Chris Smith (1879-1949)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Chris Smith was an Afro-American composer and songwriter of popular music born in Charleston, South Carolina. His first experience in show business was in a medicine show. He came to New York around the turn of the century with his childhood friend and lifelong vaudeville partner, Elmer Bowman. He and Bowman penned many songs including I've Got De Blues (1901), one of the earliest songs with blues in the title. Bowman and Smith's first big hit was "Good Morning Carrie (1901) co-written with Cecil Mack and sung on stage by Bert Williams
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Websites:
	Chris Smith	Brief biography by ass.com

Chris Smith (1879-1949) has at least 3 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Coon's Day in May
Music by: Chris Smith.
Words by: Theo. Bowman

Publisher:	F. A. Mills
Suppliers:
Printed: 1898.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

I've Got De Blues
Music by: Chris Smith.
Co-Author: Elmer Bowman

Publisher:	The Lyceum Publishing Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1901.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

You're in the Right Church But the Wrong Pew
Music by: Chris Smith.
Words by: Cecil Mack

Publisher:	McPherson & Smith
Suppliers:	B0000D3DMZ: not available.
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music.

Cylinders

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


That Precious Little Thing Called Love (1912)	C. Mack	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	U.S. Everlasting Record: 1501
You're in the Right Church But the Wrong Pew (1908)		E. Morton	Indestructible Record: 854
If He Comes In, I'm Going Out (1911)		Edward Meeker	Edison Standard Record: 10488
Shame on You (1905)	John Larkins	William H. Tascott	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9033
Wooden Hut - Parody (1906)		B. Williams	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 13548
All in Down and Out (1907)		Arthur Collins	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9492
Ballin' the Jack (1914)	J.R. Europe	National Promenade Band	Edison Blue Amberol: 2480
Bye-Bye, My Eva, Bye-Bye (1905)		Arthur Collins	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9150
Common Sense (1908)	John Larkins	Bob Roberts	Indestructible Record: 761
Dinah Dear (1909)		Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison Amberol: 222
Good Morning Carrie! (1901)	E. Bowman	Edison Concert Band	Edison Record: 7999
⇑If He Comes In, I'm Going Out (1910)		Arthur Collins	Indestructible Record: 1381
Slip on Your Gingham Gown (1909)		Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison Amberol: 358
Ta'int De Kind O' Grub I've Been Gettin' Down Home (1905)		Bob Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8983
Trans-Mag-Ni-Fi-Can-Bam-Dam-U-Ality (1909)		Billy Murray	Edison Standard Record: 10143
When I Want a Little Loving (1913)		Henry Burr as Irving Gillette Albert Campbell	Edison Blue Amberol: 1932

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


At the Honky-Tonk Steppers' Ball (1922)	Jimmy Durante	Unknown
Ballin' the Jack - Song (1913)	J.R. Europe	Unknown
Barn-Yard Rag (1911), The		James Pitt-Payne
Darktown Reveille (1923)	W. C. Handy	James Pitt-Payne
Down in Honky Tonky Town (1916)		Unknown
Farm Yard Blues (1917), The	Henry Troy	Unknown
Fifty - Fifty (1914)		James Pitt-Payne
Good Morning Carrie! (1901)	E. Bowman	Unknown
He's a Cousin of Mine (1906)	S. Hein	James Pitt-Payne
I've Got De Blues (1901)	E. Bowman	Unknown
Keep It Up - Song (1912)		James Pitt-Payne
My Little Loving Aero Man (1912)		James Pitt-Payne
Nobody Has More Trouble Than Me (1905)		James Pitt-Payne
Right Church But the Wrong Pew (1908), The		James Pitt-Payne
Shame on You (1904)	John Larkins	James Pitt-Payne
⇑Snake (1912), The	E. Bowman	Unknown
That Precious Little Thing Called Love (1912)	C. Mack	James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


If You Don't Want Me, Send Me to My Ma (1916)	C. Smith	Morton Harvey	Victor: B-18059
Just an Old Friend of the Family (1907)	C. Smith	E. Morton	Victor: B-4710
Right Church But the Wrong Pew, The (1908)	C. Smith	E. Morton	Victor: B-6263

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Folk Music CDs:
Various Performers	The High Priestess of Jollity & The Southern Singer
Jazz Music CDs:
Turk Murphy	Turk Murphy's Jazz Band Favorites	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Pee Wee Russell	The Land of Jazz
Leona Williams	Leona Williams and Her Dixie Band
Ragtime Music CDs:
Various Artists	Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
The Skirtlifters	A Ragtime Episode
St. Louis Ragtimers	The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 5
Peter Muir	Spontaneous Ragtime

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


At the Honky-Tonk Steppers' Ball (1922)	C. Smith (w&m) Jimmy Durante (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Ballin' the Jack - Song (1913)	C. Smith (music) J.R. Europe (coauth.) Jim Burris (words) May Orletta (perf.) Mae Mills (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer
Barn-Yard Rag (1911), The	C. Smith (music) B. Johnson (words) Sam Herman (perf.) Dixie Emmette (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana
Darktown Reveille (1923)	C. Smith (music) W. C. Handy (coauth.) W. Hirsch (words) Lester Harris (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Dat's Music to Me (1907)	C. Smith (music) Billy Clark (perf.) H.W. Armstrong (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Dinner Bells (1904)	C. Smith (music) Harry Leslie Brown (coauth.)	Piano	Indiana
Does You Love Me As Tou Used To, Miss Jane? (1904)	C. Smith (music) Avery and Hart (words) Sherman Coates (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
⇑Down in Honky Tonky Town (1916)	C. Smith (w&m) Charles McCarron (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Farm Yard Blues (1917), The	C. Smith (w&m) Henry Troy (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Fifty - Fifty (1914)	C. Smith (music) Jim Burris (words) Cooper & Smith (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Good Morning Carrie! (1901)	C. Smith (music) E. Bowman (coauth.) C. Mack (words) P.D. Landes (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Honky Tonky Monkey Rag (1911)	C. Smith (music) Rae Samuels (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
I Want a Little Lovin', Sometimes (1912)	C. Smith (music) M. Cahill (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
I Want to Know Where Tosti Went (1920)	C. Smith (music) B.A. Williams (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
I'll Do As Much For You (1904)	C. Smith (w&m) Harry Leslie Brown (coauth.) Edna Wallace Hopper (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
⇑I've Got De Blues (1901)	C. Smith (w&m) E. Bowman (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
If He Comes In, I'm Going Out (1910)	C. Smith (music) C. Mack (words) Stella Mayhew (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
If You Ain't Got It Go and Get It (1909)	C. Smith (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
In the Shadows of the Silv'ry Moon (1906)	C. Smith (music) B. Johnson (coauth.) Joe Kane (perf.)	Piano	Indiana
Irish Were Egyptians Long Ago (1920), The	C. Smith (music) A. Bryan (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
It's Hard to Love Somebody (1907)	C. Smith (music) C. Mack (words) Aida Overton Walker (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Jungle Jamboree Rag (1913)	C. Smith (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Keep It Up - Song (1912)	C. Smith (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
⇑My Little Loving Aero Man (1912)	C. Smith (music) Chas. R. McCarron (words) Ferd E. Mierisch (words) Carrie Reynolds (perf.) Carrie Reynolds (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
My Sweet Savannah Lize (1903)	C. Smith (music) Walter Hilliard (words) Jones & Sul**** (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Nobody Has More Trouble Than Me (1905)	C. Smith (music) M. Irwin (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Please Don't Love Anybody Else But Me (1913)	C. Smith (w&m) Brierre & King (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Univ. of Maine
Right Church But the Wrong Pew (1908), The	C. Smith (music) C. Mack (words) Samuel H. Dudley (perf.) B.A. Williams (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Shame on You (1904)	C. Smith (w&m) John Larkins (coauth.) Lew Dockstader (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Shame on You (1914)	C. Smith (music) John Larkins (coauth.) Lew Dockstader (perf.)	Piano	Indiana	Pub.
Snake (1912), The	C. Smith (w&m) E. Bowman (coauth.) Fanny Brice (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
⇑That Precious Little Thing Called Love (1912)	C. Smith (music) C. Mack (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
That Puzzlin' Rag (1912)	C. Smith (music) E. Bowman (coauth.) Cecil Worsley (perf.)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
When Mother Plays a Rag Upon the Sewing Machine (1912)	C. Smith (music) J. McCarthy (words) J. Goodwin (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 115 works by Chris Smith (1879-1949). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1898-1906

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Coon's Day in May	1898	Theo. Bowman (words)
Don't Believe All You Hear, Honey	1901	Press Eldridge (perf.)
Good Morning Carrie!	1901	Elmer Bowman (co-author) Cecil Mack (words) Edison Concert Band (perf.) Pauline Des Landes (perf.) Williams & Walker (perf.) words by as as R.C. McPherson;
I've Got De Blues (w&m)	1901	Elmer Bowman (co-author)
Humming Coon, The (w&m)	1902	Elmer Bowman (co-author)	Pub.
Since I Heard From Home	1902	Johnson & Dean (perf.)
While the Rain Am Falling	1902	Ethel Carter (perf.)
Your Face Looks Familiar to Me	1902	Elmer Bowman (co-author) Ritter & Leavitt (perf.)
Liza	1903	Mable Bennett (perf.)
Mister Moon (w&m)	1903	Elmer Bowman (co-author) Smith & Bowman (perf.)
My Sweet Savannah Lize	1903	Walter Hilliard (words) Jones & Sul**** (perf.)
⇑ Dinner Bells	1904	Harry Leslie Brown (co-author)
Does You Love Me As Tou Used To, Miss Jane?	1904	Avery and Hart (words) Harry Brown (perf.) Sherman Coates (perf.)
I'll Do As Much For You (w&m)	1904	Harry Leslie Brown (co-author) Edna Wallace Hopper (perf.)
Shame on You	1904	John Larkins (co-author) Lew Dockstader (perf.) William H. Tascott (perf.)
Why Hello Bill Who's Yo' Friend	1904	Harry Brown (perf.)
Bye-Bye, My Eva, Bye-Bye	1905	Harry Brown (words) Arthur Collins (perf.)
Medley From Shame on You	1905		Pub.
Nobody Has More Trouble Than Me	1905	May Irwin (perf.)	Pub.
Sweetie Don't	1905	Elmer Bowman (words)	Pub.
Ta'int De Kind O' Grub I've Been Gettin' Down Home	1905	May Irwin (perf.) Bob Roberts (perf.)
Who's There Knocking at My Door	1905	Harry Brown (perf.)
All in Down and Out	1906	Elmer Bowman (words) R.C. McPherson (words) Johnson (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Clarice Vance (perf.)
⇑ Good-Bye Ma Honey I'm Gone	1906	Murphy & Frances (perf.)
He's a Cousin of Mine	1906	Silvio Hein (co-author) Cecil Mack (words)	Pub.

1906-1910

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


If I Ever Get Back to Cincinnati	1906	Samuel H. Dudley (perf.)
In the Shadows of the Silv'ry Moon (w&m)	1906	Billy Johnson (co-author) Joe Kane (perf.)
There's a Time and Place For Everything	1906	Artie Hall (perf.)
Wooden Hut - Parody	1906	Billy Williams (perf.)
Business Is Business With Me	1907	Billy B. Johnson (words)
Common Sense	1907	John Larkins (co-author) Jolly John Larkins (perf.) Bob Roberts (perf.) Clarice Vance (perf.)
Dat's Music to Me	1907	Henry W. Armstrong (perf.) Billy Clark (perf.)
It's Hard to Love Somebody	1907	Cecil Mack (words) Aida Overton Walker (perf.)
Just an Old Friend of the Family	1907	Ed Morton (perf.) Williams & Walker (perf.)
No, No, Positively No	1907	Nat M. Wills (perf.)
Baby Talk	1908	Schatz & Swanson (perf.)
⇑ Hot Corn	1908
Right Church But the Wrong Pew, The	1908	Cecil Mack (words) Samuel H. Dudley (perf.) Ed Morton (perf.) Bert A. Williams (perf.)	Pub.
You're in the Right Church But the Wrong Pew	1908	Cecil Mack (words) Ed Morton (perf.) Clarice Vance (perf.) Bert A. Williams (perf.)
Dinah Dear	1909	Jolly John Larkins (words) Byron G. Harlan (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.)
Gee! But Aint America a Grand Old Place	1909	Paul Lincke (perf.)
If You Ain't Got It Go and Get It	1909		Pub.
In Watermelon Time	1909	James Burris (words)
Is Julia Home?	1909	Jack Driscoll (perf.)
Slip on Your Gingham Gown	1909	Jim Burris (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.)
There's a Big Cry-Baby in the Moon	1909
Trans-Mag-Ni-Fi-Can-Bam-Dam-U-Ality	1909	Billy Murray (perf.)	Pub.
If He Comes In, I'm Going Out	1910	Cecil Mack (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Stella Mayhew (perf.) Edward Meeker (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Rubber-Necking Moon (w&m)	1910	Abbie Mitchell Cook (perf.)
She's a Patient of Mine	1910	Harry Van Fossen (perf.) George Austin Moore (perf.)

1910-1913

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


There's a Pickaninny Crying in the Moon	1910	Julius Steger (perf.)
Barn-Yard Rag, The	1911	Billy Johnson (words) Dixie Emmette (perf.) Sam Herman (perf.)
Honky Tonky Monkey Rag (w&m)	1911	Rae Samuels (perf.)
I Want a Little Lovin', Sometimes (w&m)	1911	Marie Cahill (perf.)
Monkey Rag	1911
Mutt and Jeff - A Musical Comedy Song Book	1911	Billy Johnson (words)
Undertaker Man, The (w&m)	1911	Happy Benway (perf.)
After All That I've Been to You	1912	Jack Drislane (words) Rudy Vallée (perf.)
At the Levee on Revival Day	1912
Beans! Beans!! Beans!!!	1912	Elmer Bowman (words) Charles Hart (perf.) Gus Van (perf.)	Pub.
He's Got My Goat	1912
⇑ Honey Rose	1912	Joe McCarthy (words) Joe Goodwin (words)
I'm Glad You're Goin' Good-Bye	1912
If We Were Alone	1912
Keep It Up - Song	1912
Love, Honor and Obey	1912	Joseph McCarthy (words) Joe Goodwin (words)	Pub.
My Little Loving Aero Man	1912	Chas. R. McCarron (words) Ferd E. Mierisch (words) Carrie Reynolds (perf.) Blossom Seeley (perf.)
Round My Heart	1912	Harry Collins (perf.)
Snake, The (w&m)	1912	Elmer Bowman (co-author) Fanny Brice (perf.)	Pub.
That Precious Little Thing Called Love (w&m)	1912	Cecil Mack (co-author) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.)
That Puzzlin' Rag	1912	Elmer Bowman (co-author) William H. Tascott (perf.) Cecil Worsley (perf.) Arr. Eugene Platzmann	Pub.
When Mother Plays a Rag Upon the Sewing Machine	1912	Joe McCarthy (words) Joe Goodwin (words)	Pub.
Ballin' the Jack - Song	1913	James Reese Europe (co-author) Jim Burris (words) Corinne Calvet (perf.) Holton Herr (perf.) Danny Kaye (perf.) Lillian Lorraine (perf.) Janet McIlwaine (perf.) Mae Mills (perf.) May Orletta (perf.) Gene Tierney (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Boom, Tum, Ta-Ra-Ra Zing Boom	1913	Eli Dawson (perf.)
Concert in the Sky, The	1913	Ferd E. Meirsch (words) Chas R.M. Carron (words) Peggy Lennie (perf.)

1913-1917

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Fifteen Cents	1913
In a Year From Now	1913	Ferd. E. Mierisch (words)	Pub.
Jungle Jamboree Rag	1913
Please Don't Love Anybody Else But Me (w&m)	1913	Brierre & King (perf.)	Pub.
When Everything Seems to Go Wrong	1913	Ferd E Mierisch (words)	Pub.
When I Want a Little Loving	1913	Albert Campbell (words) Henry Burr (words) Henry Burr as Irving Gillette (perf.) Albert Campbell (perf.)
Ballin' the Jack	1914	James Reese Europe (co-author) National Promenade Band (perf.)	Pub.
Fifty - Fifty	1914	Jim Burris (words) Cooper & Smith (perf.) Lillian Lorraine (perf.) Isabella Patricola (perf.)	Pub.
He's My Cousin if She's Your Niece	1914	Clarice Vance (perf.)
I Have Shed My Last Tears For You	1914	Eugene Howard (perf.) Willie Howard (perf.)
Keep It Up	1914
⇑ Piping Rock	1914		Pub.
Forget Me	1915
Goofer Dust	1915
Scaddle-De-Mooch	1915		Pub.
Down in Honky Tonky Town	1916	Charles McCarron (words)
If You Don't Want Me, Send Me to My Ma	1916	Cecil Mack (words) Morton Harvey (perf.)
It's a Pretty Thing	1916	Jim Burris (words)	Pub.
My Waikiki Ukulele Girl	1916	Cooper & Smith (perf.)
San Francisco Blues	1916
Shoot the Rabbit	1916	Jim Burris (words)
Shoot the Rabbit - Song	1916
Coolin' the Coffee Pot	1917
⇑ Farm Yard Blues, The	1917	Henry Troy (co-author)	Pub.
Jazbo Johnson's Hokum Band	1917

1917-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Noon-Time in the Levee	1917
Sons of Uncle Sam Have Always Brought the Bacon Home, The	1917	Henry Troy (words)
I Want to Know Where Tosti Went (w&m)	1920	Bert A. Williams (perf.)
Irish Were Egyptians Long Ago, The	1920	Alfred Bryan (words)
Fandango	1921		Pub.
You'll Never Need a Doctor No More	1921	Chris smith (words) Bert A. Williams (perf.)
At the Honky-Tonk Steppers' Ball	1922	Jimmy Durante (co-author)
Cruel Daddy Blues (w&m)	1922	J. Tim Brymn (co-author) Leona Williams (perf.)
Missing Link, The	1922
Darktown Reveille	1923	W. C. Handy (co-author) Walter Hirsch (words) Lester Harris (perf.)
After Tea	1925
⇑ Camel Walk, The	1925	James Timothy Brymn (co-author) Cecil Mack (words) Bob Schafer (words)
Cake Walkin' Babies From Home	?	Henry Troy (words) Clarence Williams (words)
Ellen, I Am Serenading You (w&m)	?	Elmer Bowman (co-author)
You'll Long For Me	?	Clarence Williams (words)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


C. Smith	Ballin' the Jack (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
C. Smith	The Concert in the Sky (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
C. Smith	Good Morning Carrie! (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry