John Stromberg  (1853-1902)
Last updated: 07.11.24
John Stromberg was an American composer of popular music and songwriter who was born in New York. He worked together with lyricist Edgar Smith on stage shows for Webber and Fields which included The Geezer (1896), The Glad Hand (1897), Hurley-Burley (1898) and Whirl-i-gig (1899). Lillian Russell introduced several of his songs in the latter production. Stromberg also wrote a number of songs with Harry B. Smith. Of ragtime interest is his cakewalkThe Sun Do Move (1899). He committed suicide in New York in 1902, his Come Down, Ma Evenin' Star was published posthumously.

Websites:
url15.gif John Stromberg Biography by wikipedia.org.  
url15.gif  DAHR: John Stromberg List of 91 historic recordings from 1896 to 1921.
John Stromberg  (1853-1902) has at least 26 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
American Serio-Comic, The
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: Edgar Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1898. Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.
Colonel, The
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: H.B. Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1900. Sheet Music.
I'm Making a Bid For Popularity
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: Harry B. Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1899. Sheet Music 5 pages.
Irish Sidewalk Conversationalists, The
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: Edgar Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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  Printed: 1898. Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.
Keep Away Fom Emmaline
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: Harry B. Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1898. Sheet Music 5 pages.
King Gilhooly
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: Edgar Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1899. Sheet Music 5 pages.
Kiss Me Honey Do
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: Edgar Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1898. Sheet Music 5 pages.
Kissing Bug, The
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: H.B. Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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  Printed: 1899. Sheet Music 5 pages.
La Danse d'Arabe
Music by: John Stromberg.
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1898. Sheet Music. Limited availability.
Large Cold Bottle and a Small Hot Bird, A
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: H.B. Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1898. Sheet Music 5 pages.
Little Brunette Soubrette
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: H.B. Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1899. Sheet Music 5 pages.
Little Old New York Is Good Enough For Me
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: Harry B. Smith, Edgar Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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  Printed: 1898. Sheet Music. Limited availability.
Maud
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: H.B. Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1899. Sheet Music 5 pages.
Moonlight Serenade
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: H.B. Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1898. Sheet Music.
My Josephine
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: H.B. Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1898. Sheet Music 5 pages.
Old Glory Song of the Navy
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: H.B. Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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  Printed: 1899. Sheet Music 15 pages.
Opening of the Season, The
Music by: John Stromberg.
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1898. Sheet Music.
Oriental Guards March
Music by: John Stromberg.
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1899. Sheet Music.
Queen of Bohemia, The
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: Harry B. Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1899. Sheet Music 5 pages.
Say You Love Me Sue
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: Harry B. Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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  Printed: 1899. Sheet Music 5 pages.
Skirt Dance
Music by: John Stromberg.
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1898. Sheet Music. Limited availability.
b0000d3vez_m.jpgSun Do Move, The Cake Walk and Two Step
Music by: John Stromberg.
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1899. Sheet Music.
There Was a Time When on Broadway
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: Edgar Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1898. Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.
What! Marry Dat Gal?
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: Harry B. Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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  Printed: 1899. Sheet Music. Limited availability.
When Chloe Sings a Song
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: Harry B. Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1897. Sheet Music 5 pages.
Who'll Help Me Spend My Money
Music by: John Stromberg.
Words by: Harry B. Smith
Publisher: Weber, Fields and Stromberg Music Publishers
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Printed: 1898. Sheet Music 9 pages. Limited availability.
  Title (Release Year) Co-Author(s) Performers Issue
         
cylinder15.gif Tell Us, Pretty Ladies (1902?) Arthur Collins
Joseph Natus
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 7905
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif De Cake Walk Queen (1900) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif King Kazoo of Kakaroo (1901) James Pitt-Payne
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
recordmp3.gif Come Down, Ma Evenin' Star (1902) J. Stromberg Mina Hickman Columbia: 955
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Come Down, Ma Evenin' Star (1902) J. Stromberg (music)
Robert B Smith (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Easy Money (1901) J. Stromberg (music)
F. Templeton (perf.)
Piano, Voice Indiana
pdf15.gif King Gilhooly (1899) J. Stromberg (music)
Edgar Smith (words)
J. Kelly (perf.)
Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Kiss Me Honey Do (1898) J. Stromberg (music)
Edgar Smith (words)
Peter F. Dailey (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Tell Us, Pretty Ladies (1901) J. Stromberg (music)
Edgar Smith (words)
Lillian Russell (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 53 works by John Stromberg (1853-1902). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
If You Love Me Truly 1897 Kenneth Lee (words)  wvicon.gif
When Chloe Sings a Song 1897 Harry B. Smith (words)  amazon15.gif wvicon.gif
American Serio-Comic, The 1898 Edgar Smith (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
Clink, Clink 1898 H.Bache Smith (words)
Allen and Angelis Sisters (perf.)
Beaumont Sisters (perf.)
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Her Name Is Mandy 1898 Beaumont Sisters (perf.)
How I Love My Lu 1898 Edgar Smith (words)
Louis De Lange (words)
Peter F. Dailey (perf.)
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Irish Sidewalk Conversationalists, The 1898 Edgar Smith (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
Keep Away Fom Emmaline 1898 Harry B. Smith (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
Kiss Me Honey Do 1898 Edgar Smith (words)
Peter F. Dailey (perf.)
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La Danse d'Arabe 1898  amazon15.gif Pub.
Large Cold Bottle and a Small Hot Bird, A 1898 H.B. Smith (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
Little Old New York Is Good Enough For Me 1898 Harry B. Smith (words)
Edgar Smith (words)
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Moonlight Serenade 1898 H.B. Smith (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
My Josephine 1898 H.B. Smith (words)
Peter F. Dailey (perf.)
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Opening of the Season, The 1898  amazon15.gif Pub.
Skirt Dance 1898  amazon15.gif Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
There Was a Time When on Broadway 1898 Edgar Smith (words)  amazon15.gif wvicon.gif
Who'll Help Me Spend My Money 1898 Harry B. Smith (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
I'm Making a Bid For Popularity 1899 Harry B. Smith (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
If All the Stars Were Mine 1899 H.B. Smith (words)  Pub.
King Gilhooly 1899 Edgar Smith (words)
John T. Kelly (perf.)
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Kissing Bug, The 1899 H.B. Smith (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
Little Brunette Soubrette 1899 H.B. Smith (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
Maud 1899 H.B. Smith (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
Old Glory 1899 H.B. Smith (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
Oriental Guards March 1899  amazon15.gif Pub.
Queen of Bohemia, The 1899 Harry B. Smith (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
Say You Love Me Sue 1899 Harry B. Smith (words)
Peter F. Dailey (perf.)
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Sun Do Move, The 1899  amazon15.gif Pub.
What! Marry Dat Gal? 1899 Harry B. Smith (words)
Fay Templeton (perf.)
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Beautiful Arizona 1900 Edgar Smith (words)
De Wolf Hopper (perf.)
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Colonel, The 1900 H.B. Smith (words)  amazon15.gif Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Come Back My Honey Boy to Me 1900 Lew Fields (perf.)
Lillian Russell (perf.)
Joe Weber (perf.)
De Cake Walk Queen 1900 Harry B. Smith (words)
Bessie Clayton (perf.)
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Fiddle-Dee-Dee 1900
Ma Blushin' Rosie, Ma Posie Sweet 1900 Edgar Smith (words)
Al Jolson (perf.)
Larry Parks (perf.)
Fay Templeton (perf.)
 Pub.
Nothing Doing 1900 Edgar Smith (words)
American Billionaire, The 1901
As on Moonlit Waves We Ride 1901 Lew Fields (perf.)
Lillian Russell (perf.)
De Pullman Porters' Ball 1901 Edgar Smith (words)
Fritz Williams (perf.)
 Pub.
Easy Money 1901 Fay Templeton (perf.)  pdf15.gif
I'm a Respectable Workin' Girl 1901 Edgar Smith (words)  Pub.
King Kazoo of Kakaroo 1901 Edgar Smith (words)
Lew Fields (perf.)
John T. Kelly (perf.)
John Kelly (perf.)
 Pub. 
Mary Black 1901 Edgar Smith (words)
Fay Templeton (perf.)
 Pub.
My Japanese Cherry Blossom 1901
Poor Little Fluttering Moths 1901
Queen of Society, The 1901 Lillian Russell (perf.)
Tell Us, Pretty Ladies 1901 Edgar Smith (words)
Arthur Collins (perf.)
Joseph Natus (perf.)
Lillian Russell (perf.)
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Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
When Two Little Hearts Are One 1901 Lillian Russell (perf.)
Come Down, Ma Evenin' Star 1902 Robert B Smith (words)
Lew Fields (perf.)
Mina Hickman (perf.)
Lillian Russell (perf.)
Joe Weber (perf.)
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Love a La Mode 1902
Susie Woosie 1902 Edgar Smith (words)
Peter F. Dailey (perf.)
 Pub.
Lydy What Is Studin' For the Stage ? H.B. Smith (words)
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg J. Stromberg Come Down, Ma Evenin' Star (2:49) Lillian Russell