Will D. Cobb

William Denight Cobb (July 5, 1876 – January 20, 1930) was an American lyricist and composer. He and a partner, Ren Shields, produced several popular musicals and musical comedies in the early 20th century. Cobb also had a long-run collaboration with Gus Edwards.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 6, 1876, Died January 20, 1930

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1900 - 1946

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, composer, songwriter

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Berliner	0921	7-in.	1/27/1900	I couldn't stand to see ma baby loose	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]222	7-in.	9/25/1900	I can't tell why I love you, but I do	Albert Campbell	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]512	7-in.	11/15/1900	Oh! Wouldn't that jar you?	S. H. Dudley	Male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]533	10-in.	9/8/1902	I can't tell why I love you, but I do	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]533	7-in.	11/21/1900	I can't tell why I love you, but I do	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]648	10-in.	2/2/1901	My charcoal charmer	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]648	7-in.	2/2/1901	My charcoal charmer	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix C-]655	12-in.	6/11/1902	Good-bye Dolly Gray	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]655	10-in.	2/15/1902	Good-bye Dolly Gray	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]655	7-in.	2/6/1901	Good-bye Dolly Gray	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]679	10-in.	4/29/1903	All for a man whose god was gold	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]679	7-in.	2/16/1901	All for a man whose god was gold	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]790	7-in.	5/13/1901	I couldn't stand to see my baby lose	Silas F. Leachman	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]828	7-in.	5/21/1901	Mamie	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]914	7-in.	7/17/1901	Good-bye Dolly Gray	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1093	10-in.	11/13/1901	My charcoal charmer	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1093	7-in.	11/13/1901	My charcoal charmer	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1097	10-in.	11/20/1901	I'll be with you when the roses bloom again	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1097	7-in.	11/20/1901	I'll be with you when the roses bloom again	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1108	10-in.	11/27/1901	My lonesome little Louisiana lady	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1108	7-in.	11/27/1901	My lonesome little Louisiana lady	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1116	10-in.	11/27/1901	I'll be with you when the roses bloom again	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1116	7-in.	11/27/1901	I'll be with you when the roses bloom again	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix C-]1136	12-in.	7/8/1902	Way down yonder in the cornfield	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1136	10-in.	12/10/1901	Way down yonder in the cornfield	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1136	7-in.	12/10/1901	Way down yonder in the cornfield	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1147	10-in.	12/13/1901	Minne-ha-ha	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1147	7-in.	12/13/1901	Minne-ha-ha	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1233	10-in.	2/5/1902	It's hard to leave your girl behind	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1233	7-in.	2/5/1902	It's hard to leave your girl behind	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1273	10-in.	2/20/1902	He ought to have a tablet in the Hall of Fame	S. H. Dudley	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1273	7-in.	2/20/1902	He ought to have a tablet in the Hall of Fame	S. H. Dudley	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1307	10-in.	3/8/1902	Sally's Sunday hat	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1307	7-in.	3/8/1902	Sally's Sunday hat	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1456	10-in.	7/1/1902	I'm the man that makes the money in the mint	Silas Leachman	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1456	7-in.	7/1/1902	I'm the man that makes the money in the mint	Silas Leachman	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix C-]1470	12-in.	7/11/1902	If Aladdin would lend me his lamp	Dan W. Quinn	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1470	10-in.	7/11/1902	If Aladdin would lend me his lamp	Dan W. Quinn	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1470	7-in.	7/11/1902	If Aladdin would lend me his lamp	Dan W. Quinn	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1656	10-in.	10/2/1902	Fare thee well, Molly darling	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1656	7-in.	10/2/1902	Fare thee well, Mollie darling	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1658	10-in.	10/2/1902	Could you be true to eyes of blue?	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1658	7-in.	10/2/1902	Could you be true to eyes of blue?	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1794	10-in.	11/20/1902	Fare thee well, Mollie darling	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1794	7-in.	11/20/1902	Fare thee well, Mollie darling	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1951	10-in.	2/9/1903	Way down yonder in the cornfield	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1951	7-in.	2/9/1903	Way down yonder in the cornfield	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]2126	10-in.	3/30/1903	Mamie	S. H. Dudley	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]2155	10-in.	4/3/1903	Please Mamma buy me a baby	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3007	10-in.	1/4/1901	Oh! Wouldn't that jar you?	S. H. Dudley	Male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3074	10-in.	2/2/1901	My charcoal charmer	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3083	10-in.	2/6/1901	Good-bye Dolly Gray	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3110	10-in.	2/16/1901	All for a man whose god was gold	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3132	10-in.	2/21/1901	Good-bye Dolly Gray	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3181	10-in.	3/6/1901	Good bye Dolly Gray	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3346	10-in.	5/13/1901	I couldn't stand to see my baby lose	Silas F. Leachman	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3390	10-in.	5/21/1901	Mamie	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3517	10-in.	7/17/1901	Goodbye Dollie Gray	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3551	10-in.	9/10/1901	I can't tell why I love you, but I do	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	B-176	10-in.	6/30/1903	Please, Mama, buy me a baby	James Doyle	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	A-176	7-in.	6/30/1903	Please, Mama, buy me a baby	James Doyle	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	B-286	10-in.	8/25/1903	Please, Mama, buy me a baby	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	B-291	10-in.	8/27/1903	I can't tell why I love you, but I do	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	A-291	7-in.	8/27/1903	I can't tell why I love you, but I do	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	A-419	7-in.	1/27/1904	I'll be with you when the roses bloom again	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	B-419	10-in.	9/16/1903	I'll be with you when the roses bloom again	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	B-555	10-in.	10/14/1903	I love only one girl in this wide, wide world	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	A-555	7-in.	10/14/1903	I love only one girl in this wide, wide world	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	B-637	10-in.	11/6/1903	Could you be true to eyes of blue?	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	B-638	10-in.	11/6/1903	I'll be with you when the roses bloom again	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	A-638	7-in.	11/6/1903	When the roses bloom again	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	B-717	10-in.	11/18/1903	Fare thee well, Mollie darling	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	A-950	7-in.	1/19/1904	All for a man whose god was gold	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	B-1058	10-in.	3/1/1904	In Zanzibar	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	A-1058	7-in.	3/1/1904	In Zanzibar	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-1162	10-in.	3/24/1904	Fare thee well, Molly darling	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	A-1162	7-in.	3/24/1904	Fare thee well, Molly darling	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-1177	10-in.	6/8/1904	Good-bye Dolly Gray	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano and bugle	lyricist
Victor	A-1177	7-in.	3/30/1904	Good-bye Dolly Gray	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano and bugle	lyricist
Victor	B-1179	10-in.	3/30/1904	Good bye Dolly Gray	Haydn Quartet ; Walter B. Rogers	Male vocal quartet, with piano and bugle	lyricist
Victor	B-1485	10-in.	6/16/1904	Goodbye little girl, goodbye	Mina Hickman	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-2121	10-in.	1/9/1905	Good bye, little girl, good bye	Old Homestead Double Quartet	Male vocal quartet or octet	lyricist
Victor	B-2137	10-in.	1/12/1905	I can't tell why I love you, but I do	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-2651	10-in.	6/20/1905	Good bye, sweet Marie	Haydn Quartet ; Harry Macdonough	Male vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-2915	10-in.	11/29/1905	If a girl like you loved a boy like me	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-3336	10-in.	4/26/1906	While the old mill-wheel is turning	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	E-3380	8-in.	5/10/1906	Waltz me around again, Willie	Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-3380	10-in.	5/10/1906	Waltz me around again, Willie	Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-3789	10-in.	9/12/1906	I'll do anything in the world for you	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-3797	10-in.	9/17/1906	Rosebud	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	E-3877	8-in.	10/12/1906	When Tommy Atkins marries Dolly Gray	Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-3877	10-in.	10/12/1906	When Tommy Atkins marries Dolly Gray	Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-4092	10-in.	12/10/1906	The game of peek-a-boo	Ada Jones ; Billy Murray	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-4264	10-in.	2/26/1907	That welcome on the mat ain't meant for me	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-4270	10-in.	2/26/1907	School days	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-4559[a]	10-in.	6/5/1907	Captain Baby Bunting	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	E-4852	8-in.	10/2/1907	Dixie Dan	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-4852	10-in.	10/2/1907	Dixie Dan	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	E-5092	8-in.	2/21/1908	The peach that tastes the sweetest hangs highest on the tree	Ed Morton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-5092	10-in.	2/21/1908	The peach that tastes the sweetest hangs the highest on the tree	Ed Morton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-6230	10-in.	5/26/1908	Goodbye, little girl, goodbye	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist
Victor	B-6344	10-in.	8/12/1908	Sunbonnet Sue	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-6345	10-in.	8/12/1908	Sunbonnet Sue	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-6598	10-in.	11/12/1908	Take plenty of shoes	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-6623	10-in.	11/30/1908	Gee, but you look awful good to me	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-6914	10-in.	3/20/1909	Yip! I adee! I aye	Blanche Ring	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-8020	10-in.	6/4/1909	Come take a swim in my ocean	Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-10156	10-in.	4/6/1911	Two dirty little hands	Lilian Homesley	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-11855	10-in.	4/11/1912	Since my Margaret become a suffragette	Maurice Burkhart	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-12180	10-in.	7/11/1912	On a beautiful night with a beautiful girl	Heidelberg Quintette	Male vocal quintet, unaccompanied	lyricist
Victor	B-13077	10-in.	4/3/1913	I'll get you	Helen Clark ; Walter Van Brunt	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-13840	10-in.	9/22/1913	If a table at Rector's could talk	Nat M. Wills	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14312	10-in.	1/13/1914	The woman Thou gavest me	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14392	10-in.	1/28/1914	If they don't stop making them so beautiful	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14404	10-in.	1/30/1914	The woman Thou gavest me	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-15294	10-in.	10/21/1914	Sunbeam Sal	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	CVE-16098	12-in.	1/13/1927	Songs of the past, no. 1	Victor Mixed Chorus	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	C-16098	12-in.	6/17/1915	Songs of the past, no. 1	Victor Mixed Chorus	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	C-16218	12-in.	7/21/1915	Songs of the past, no. 6	Victor Mixed Chorus	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-18133	10-in.	7/19/1916	I lost my heart in Honolulu	Charles Harrison ; Herbert Stuart	Male vocal duet, with violin, cello, and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-18896	10-in.	1/2/1917	I never wanted anything so good so bad	Marie Cahill	Female vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	C-18925	12-in.	12/22/1916	Songs of the past, no. 23	Victor Mixed Chorus	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-19628	10-in.	4/25/1917	For you a rose	Edna Brown	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-20336	10-in.	7/13/1917	Laddie boy	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-21435	10-in.	1/30/1918	That grand old gentleman (Uncle Sam)	Percy Hemus	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-21699	10-in.	5/2/1918	For you a rose	Emilio de Gogorza	Baritone vocal solo, with violin, bells, and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-25593	10-in.	10/10/1921	I want you morning, noon and night	Charles Harrison	Male vocal solo, with oboe, bassoon, trombone, and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-27062	10-in.	11/2/1922	When eyes met eyes, when lips met lips (When two hearts beat as one)	Lambert Murphy	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-38494	10-in.	4/27/1927	I'll be with you when the roses bloom again	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	lyricist
Victor	BRC-72513	10-in.	4/26/1932	School days	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-030727	10-in.	12/17/1938	Medley of Gus Edwards' hits	Dick Todd	Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-030728	10-in.	12/17/1938	Medley of Gus Edwards' hits	Dick Todd	Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-041927	10-in.	8/28/1939	I can't tell why I love you but I do	Bob Chester Orchestra ; Kathleen Lane	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-047287	10-in.	2/29/1940	A bird in a gilded cage	Emile Coté ; Victor Mixed Chorus	Mixed vocal chorus, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Victor	BS-051230	10-in.	6/5/1940	Shine on harvest moon [from Ziegfeld follies of 1908]	Anita Boyer ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; The Tune Twisters ; Victor Salon Orchestra	Orchestra, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble	lyricist
Victor	D4VB-1044	10-in.	11/21/1944	I can't tell why I love you, but I do	Albert Sack ; Dinah Shore ; Sportsmen Quartet	Female vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Columbia	77	10-in.	ca. 1901	Fare thee well, Molly darling	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	77	7-in.	ca. 1901	Fare thee well, Molly darling	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	113	10-in.	ca. 1901	Good bye, Dolly Gray	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	113	7-in.	ca. 1901	Good bye, Dolly Gray	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	317	10-in.	ca. 1901	Mamie	Edward M. Favor	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	317	7-in.	ca. 1901-Sept. 1902	Mamie	Edward M. Favor	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	321	10-in.	ca. 1901-Sept. 1902	Good bye, Dolly Gray	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	321	7-in.	ca. 1901-Sept. 1902	Good bye, Dolly Gray	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	324	10-in.	ca. 1901-Sept. 1902	I can't tell why I love you, but I do	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	324	7-in.	ca. 1901	I can't tell why I love you, but I do	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	351	10-in.	ca. 1901	Pan! Pan! Pan!	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	351	7-in.	ca. 1901	Pan! Pan! Pan!	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	357	10-in.	ca. 1901	I'll be with you when the roses bloom again	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	357	7-in.	ca. 1901	I'll be with you when the roses bloom again	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	374	10-in.	ca. 1901-Sept. 1902	Bessie, my right hand bower	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	374	7-in.	ca. 1901	Bessie, my right hand bower	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	513	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	Good bye, Dolly Gray	Artists vary	Male vocal quartet, with bugle and piano	lyricist
Columbia	513	7-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	Good bye, Dolly Gray	Artists vary	Male vocal quartet, with bugle and piano	lyricist
Columbia	516[a]	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	Good bye, Dolly Gray	Climax Quartette	Male vocal quartet	lyricist
Columbia	571	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	Way down yonder in the cornfield	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	571	7-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	Way down yonder in the cornfield	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	572	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	Minnie, ha! ha!	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	572	7-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	Minnie, ha! ha!	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	598[a]	7-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	I'll be with you when the roses bloom again	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	714	10-in.	approximately 1902	Way down yonder in the cornfield	Artists vary	Male vocal quartet	lyricist
Columbia	714	7-in.	ca. 1902	Way down yonder in the cornfield	Artists vary	Male vocal quartet	lyricist
Columbia	755	10-in.	ca. 1902	If Alladin would lend me his lamp	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	755	7-in.	ca. 1902	If Alladin would lend me his lamp	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	764	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	Mamie	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	764	7-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	Mamie	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	1050	10-in.	ca. 1902-1908	Could you be true to eyes of blue (if you looked into eyes of brown)	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	1050	7-in.	approximately 1902	Could you be true to eyes of blue (If you looked into eyes of brown)	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	1192	10-in.	ca. 1903	Please, Mamma, buy me a baby	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	1192	7-in.	ca. 1903-Oct. 1905	Please, Mamma, buy me a baby	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	1722	10-in.	ca. 1903-Jan. 1904	In Zanzibar	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	1763	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Mar. 1904	In Zanzibar	Emma Carus	Female vocal solo, with female vocal chorus and orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	1840	10-in.	ca. Jan.-July 1904	Good bye, little girl, good bye	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3064	10-in.	between 1904 and February 1905	Good bye, sis	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with organ	lyricist
Columbia	3069	10-in.	between 1904 and February 1905	Mumm's the word	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3242	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1905	The girl who cares for me	Frank C. Stanley	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3306	10-in.	ca. 1905	Somebody's sweetheart I want to be	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	3322	10-in.	ca. 1905-Feb. 1906	Somebody's sweetheart I want to be	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3450	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Aug. 1906	Waltz me around again, Willie	Columbia Quartette	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3453	10-in.	Jan.-Sept. 1906	While the old mill wheel is turning	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell ; Columbia Quartette	Male vocal duet and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3479	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1906	The Rambler Minstrel Company : Record D	Collins and Harlan ; Rambler Minstrel Company	Minstrels and male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3543	10-in.	ca. 1906	Rosebud	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	3580	10-in.	between late 1906 and February 1907	When Tommy Atkins marries Dolly Gray	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3588	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Mar. 1907	I just can't make my eyes behave	Ada Jones	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	3618	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Apr. 1907	Captain Baby Bunting	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3637	10-in.	Jan.-May 1907	Ask me not	Will F. Denny	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3650	10-in.	between January and June 1907	That welcome on the mat ain't meant for me	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3665	10-in.	between January and June 1907	Meet me down at the corner	Ada Jones ; Len Spencer	Comic dialogue and vocal, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3745	10-in.	between 1907 and February 1908	School days	Albert Campbell	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	4340	10-in.	between 1909 and March 1910	Two dirty little hands	Carroll Clark	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	38323	10-in.	10/10/1912	On a beautiful night with a beautiful girl	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	38720	10-in.	3/21/1913	I'll get you	Ada Jones ; Walter Van Brunt	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	46850	10-in.	6/20/1916	I lost my heart in Honolulu	Sterling Trio	Male vocal trio, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77204	10-in.	7/12/1917	Laddie boy	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77313	10-in.	9/5/1917	For you a rose	George Wilson [James Harrod]	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77374	10-in.	9/24/1917	Way down yonder in the cornfield	Columbia Stellar Quartette	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist
Columbia	77570	10-in.	12/12/1917	Good-bye, Dolly Gray	Broadway Quartette [i.e., Columbia Stellar Quartette] ; Hugh Donovan	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77839	10-in.	5/22/1918	That grand old gentleman, Uncle Sam	Arthur Hall	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	W141365	10-in.	12/8/1925	I'll be with you when the roses bloom again	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	lyricist
Columbia	W143095	10-in.	11/6/1926	I'll be with you when the roses bloom again	Richard Burnett ; Leonard Rutherford	Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar	lyricist
Columbia	[W]143771	10-in.	3/26/1927	Waltz me around again, Willie	Chris Bouchillon	Male vocal solo and male vocal duet, with guitar	lyricist
Columbia	W145775	10-in.	3/16/1928	Yip-i-addy-i-ay!	Jack Kaufman	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Columbia	CCO4704	10-in.	12/17/1946	When the roses bloom again	Old Hickory Singers ; Claude Sharpe	Male vocal quartet, with string band	lyricist
OKeh	S-7757	10-in.	Feb. 1921	Way down yonder in de cornfield	Shannon Four	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
OKeh	S-7785	10-in.	Feb. 1921	I want you morning, noon and night	Samuel Ash	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
OKeh	S-73338	10-in.	May 1925	Mamie	Harry Robinson	Male vocal solo, with ukulele	lyricist
OKeh	W81070	10-in.	5/7/1927	When the roses bloom again	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar	lyricist
OKeh	W81161	10-in.	7/11/1927	I'll be with you when the roses bloom again	Southern Melody Artists [Justin Ring's OKeh Orchestra]	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet	lyricist
OKeh	[OK cat 1233-b]	10-in.	approximately 1919	The woman thou gavest me	Samuel Ash	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	E27665	10-in.	6/7/1928	School days	Richard Brooks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	lyricist
Brunswick	E29120	10-in.	1/15/1929	I just can’t make my eyes behave	Orchestra (unidentified; Brunswick Records)	Orchestra	songwriter
Brunswick	E25610-E25611	10-in.	12/14/1927	Goodbye, little girl, goodbye	Frank McCravy ; James McCravy	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	499	Not documented	approximately Dec. 1910	Two little dirty hands	Maurice Farkoa	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	4759	10-in.	6/1/1916	I lost my heart in Honolulu	George Wilton Ballard	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	5562	10-in.	5/15/1917	For you a rose	George Wilton Ballard	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	6144	10-in.	Apr. 1918	That grand old gentleman, Uncle Sam	Arthur Fields	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	6469	10-in.	between 11/12/1918 and 11/27/1918	Mollie darling	Charles Hart	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	11617	10-in.	3/30/1927	I'll be with you when the roses bloom again	Walter Scanlan	Male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	19078	10-in.	3/6/1929	If I was a millionaire	Bob Pierce	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	N-355	10-in.	8/17/1928	Melodies of long ago no. 1	Hank Simmon's Show Boat Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist
Edison	N-769	10-in.	3/6/1929	If I was a millionaire	Bob Pierce	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Vocalion	23268	10-in.	7/25/1938	School days	Frank Novak and his Rootin' Tootin' Boys	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal group	lyricist
Leeds & Catlin	[L & C cat 219-A]	10-in.	between late 1908 and early 1909	Take plenty of shoes (It's a long roam home)	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Leeds & Catlin	[L & C cat 233-A]	10-in.	between late 1908 and early 1909	Yip-i-addy-i-aye!	Pete Murray	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Leeds & Catlin	[L & C cat 4039[a]]	10-in.	between late 1903 and 1904	In Zanzibar	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Leeds & Catlin	[L & C cat 4039[b]]	10-in.	between late 1903 and 1904	In Zanzibar	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cobb, Will D.," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/100290.

Cobb, Will D.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/100290.

"Cobb, Will D.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.