Hattie Starr

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Hattie Starr was an American actress and songwriter of popular music.
Her Little Alabama Coon (1893) published by Willis Woodward and Co., New York, USA was recorded by Mabel Garrison of the New York Metropolitan Opera and her Somebody Loves Me (1893) published by Allan & Co. Pty. Ltd, , Melbourne, Australia was recorded by Josephine Sabel.

Websites:
	Hattie Starr	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR: Hattie Starr	List of 30 historic recordings from 1895 to 1923.

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Historic Records
Little Alabama Coon (1921)	H. Starr	Wilfred Glenn Charles Hart Billy Jones Rosa Ponselle Elliott Shaw	Columbia: 79980
Little Alabama Coon (1917)	H. Starr	Mabel Garrison William F. Hooley Harry MacDonough Lambert Murphy Reinald Werrenrath	Victor: B-18970
Little Alabama Coon (1923)	H. Starr	Shannon Quartet	Victor: B-28830
Little Alabama Coon (1913)	H. Starr	H. Burr	Columbia: 39030
Little Alabama Coon (1913)	H. Starr	Columbia Ladies Quartet	Columbia: 39102
Little Alabama Coon (1918)	H. Starr	Frieda Hempel	Edison: 6223
Somebody Loves Me! (1922)	H. Starr	Sophie Braslau	Victor: B-26487
You're So Good Daddy (1897)	H. Starr	Arthur Pryor	Berliner: 3304

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


	Little Alabama Coon	Hattie Starr (words & music) Bessie Wentworth (perf.) Nellie Richards (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Little Alabama Coon (1893)	H. Starr (w&m) Frances M. Raymond (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 27 works by Hattie Starr. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Love's a Magic Spell Warbling Song (w&m)	1888	Ella Dean (perf.)
My Mountain Daisy (w&m)	1890	Ella Dean (perf.)
Little Alabama Coon (w&m)	1893	Sophie Braslau (perf.) Henry Burr (perf.) Mabel Garrison (perf.) Wilfred Glenn (perf.) Charles Hart (perf.) Frieda Hempel (perf.) William F. Hooley (perf.) Billy Jones (perf.) Harry MacDonough (perf.) Lambert Murphy (perf.) Rosa Ponselle (perf.) Columbia Ladies Quartet (perf.) Shannon Quartet (perf.) Frances M. Raymond (perf.) Nellie Richards (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.) Bessie Wentworth (perf.) Reinald Werrenrath (perf.)	Pub.
Somebody Loves Me!	1893	Sophie Braslau (perf.) Josephine Sabel (perf.)	Pub.
Go to Sleep My Honey	1894
Moo-Low! Low-Moo! - Dats What Ole Bossie-Cow Say	1894		Pub.
Nellie Brady	1894
Two Little Babies	1894
Two Little Japanese Dolls	1894		Pub.
Dem Tantalizin' Little Twins Coons	1895		Pub.
Laugh, Yo' Little Niggers	1895		Pub.
⇑ Way Down Coon Hollow	1895	Louise Hamilton (words)	Pub.
You're So Good Daddy	1896	Arthur Pryor (perf.)	Pub.
De Pickaninny's Dream	1898	Isadore Rush (words)	Pub.
Hoodoo Coon, A	1898		Pub.
Burning of the Windsor Hotel, The	1899
If You'll Only Take Me Back (w&m)	1899		Pub.
There's Only One Girl in All New York	1899	George Starr (words) Arthur McWatters (perf.) Grace Tyson (perf.)
Where the Cotton Grows	1899		Pub.
Grandma's Last Amen	1900	Gertrude Haynes (perf.)	Pub.
My Chilly Baby (w&m)	1900
Beyond the Stars	1901	Percival B Nash (words)	Pub.
Holy Cross, The	1901
⇑ Little Lou'siana Coon, A	1901
Pawn-Shop-Man, The	1901	George A Poole (words)	Pub.
Rastus, Take Me Back	1910	Marie Dressler (words)
She May Be Happy With Riches	?	L.W. Lewis (words)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	H. Starr	Little Alabama Coon (2:51)	William F. Denny