James L. Molloy

James L. Molloy

James Lynam Molloy (19 August 1837 – 4 February 1909) was an Irish composer, poet, and author. His songs were praised by his contemporaries; one said that he "will be remembered, or certainly his songs will, long after the 'superior' and so-called 'art-songs' of to-day are forgotten."

Birth and Death Data: Born 1837, Died February 4, 1909

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1894 - 1946

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist

= 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	181	7-in.	11/16/1896	Love’s old sweet song	George J. Gaskin	Male vocal solo	composer
Berliner	365	7-in.	11/2/1894	Punchinello	Grace McCulloch	Female vocal solo	composer
Berliner	578	7-in.	Apr. 1898	Love’s old sweet song	Annie Carter	Female vocal solo	composer
Berliner	0787	7-in.	11/21/1899	Love's old sweet song	Herbert L. Clarke	Cornet solo	composer
Berliner	01213	7-in.	4/19/1900	The Kerry dance	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Berliner	01270	7-in.	4/28/1900	Love's old sweet song	E. Francisco	Baritone vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]116	7-in.	7/11/1900	The Kerry dance	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]500	7-in.	11/9/1900	Love's old sweet song	Herbert L. Clarke	Cornet solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1550	10-in.	8/11/1902	Oh! How delightful	Arthur Pryor ; Walter B. Rogers	Cornet and trombone duet	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1550	7-in.	8/11/1902	Oh! How delightful	Arthur Pryor ; Walter B. Rogers	Cornet and trombone duet	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3338	10-in.	5/10/1901	The Kerry dance	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-234	10-in.	8/4/1903	Love's old sweet song	Clarke's Band of Providence	Band, with cornet solo	composer
Victor	A-234	7-in.	8/4/1903	Love's old sweet song	Clarke's Band of Providence	Band, with cornet solo	composer
Victor	B-1201	10-in.	4/8/1904	Oh! How delightful!	Arthur Pryor's Band ; Walter B. Rogers	Band, with cornet solo	composer
Victor	A-1201	7-in.	4/8/1904	Oh! How delightful!	Arthur Pryor's Band ; Walter B. Rogers	Band, with cornet solo	composer
Victor	C-1712	12-in.	9/28/1904	Love's old sweet song	Corinne Morgan	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-1712	10-in.	9/28/1904	Love's old sweet song	Corinne Morgan	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-1932	10-in.	11/15/1904	Love's old sweet song	Manhattan Female Quartet	Female vocal quartet	composer
Victor	B-3098	10-in.	1/8/1906	The Kerry dance	Trombone Quartet, Boston Symphony Orchestra	Trombone quartet, unaccompanied	composer
Victor	B-4553	10-in.	6/3/1907	The Kerry dance	Lyric Quartet	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-8052	10-in.	6/15/1909	Love's old sweet song	Whitney Brothers Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer
Victor	B-8615	10-in.	2/10/1910	The king's highway	Reinald Werrenrath	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-8926	10-in.	5/9/1910	The dustman	Reinald Werrenrath	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-9017	12-in.	9/15/1910	The Kerry dance	Elizabeth Wheeler	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	BB-9017	10-in.	5/26/1910	The Kerry dance	Elizabeth Wheeler	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	CVE-10584	12-in.	7/28/1925	Love's old sweet song	Neapolitan Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	C-10584	12-in.	6/22/1911	Love's old sweet song	Neapolitan Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	CVE-12262	12-in.	6/9/1927	Love's old sweet song	Clarence Whitehill	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-12262	12-in.	7/22/1912	Love's old sweet song	Clarence Whitehill	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-12595	10-in.	11/7/1912	Alice, where art thou	William H. Reitz	Bells solo	composer
Victor	BVE-12802	10-in.	7/16/1929	The Kerry dance	Katharina Hoffman ; Ernestine Schumann-Heink	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-12802	10-in.	2/17/1913	The Kerry dance	Ernestine Schumann-Heink	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-12802	12-in.	1/16/1913	The Kerry dance	Ernestine Schumann-Heink	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-13042	12-in.	3/31/1913	Thursday	Wilfred Glenn	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-13173	10-in.	4/21/1913	The old refrain	Lyric Quartet	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-13303	10-in.	5/13/1913	Love's old sweet song	Elsie Baker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-13873	12-in.	9/29/1913	The Kerry dance	Mrs. A. T. Roberts	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-16526	10-in.	9/21/1915	Rose-Marie	Herbert Witherspoon	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-17648	12-in.	5/9/1916	The Kerry dance	John McCormack	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	C-18031	12-in.	6/29/1916	Love's old sweet song	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-18321	10-in.	9/1/1916	Annie Laurie	Victor Military Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-18358	10-in.	9/12/1916	Love's old sweet song	Imperial Quartet	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer
Victor	B-18372	10-in.	9/14/1916	Love's old sweet song	Imperial Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-19661	12-in.	5/1/1917	Love's old sweet song	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-20496	12-in.	8/6/1917	The Kerry dance	Charles Hart	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-20601	10-in.	8/8/1917	Love's old sweet song	Boston Quintet	Male quintet (vocal quartet and piano)	composer
Victor	B-23091	10-in.	7/25/1919	Stará sladká píseň lásky	František A. Pangrác	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-24179	10-in.	6/22/1920	Love's old sweet song	Amelita Galli-Curci	Soprano vocal solo, with harp, violin obbligato, and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-29434	10-in.	2/1/1924	Punchinello	Royal Dadmun	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-31373	10-in.	6/24/1924	Love's old sweet song	Florence G. Yard	Whistling solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-33282	10-in.	9/25/1925	Love's old sweet song	The De Reszke Singers	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer
Victor	BVE-34560	10-in.	6/16/1925	Eilleen Allanna	Elizabeth M. O'Connell	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-36114	10-in.	8/10/1926	The Kerry dance	The De Reszke Singers	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied (takes 4-9); with piano (takes 1-3)	composer
Victor	BVE-38615	10-in.	5/19/1927	Love's old sweet song	Wendell Clark Glover	Organ solo	composer
Victor	BVE-38709	10-in.	4/29/1927	Love's old sweet song	Marghee Knaffl	Piano solo	composer
Victor	BVE-39532	10-in.	7/14/1927	Accompaniment for singing, no. 12	Victor Band	Band	composer
Victor	BVE-39566	10-in.	8/15/1927	Bantry Bay	Colin O'More	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-40005	10-in.	9/12/1927	Love's old sweet song	Mary Lewis	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	CVE-40165	12-in.	10/11/1927	Love's old sweet song	John McCormack	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-45150	10-in.	5/16/1928	Love's old sweet song	Amelita Galli-Curci	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	CVE-45181	12-in.	5/25/1928	Punchinello	Reinald Werrenrath	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-49436	10-in.	6/21/1929	All through the night	Ralph Crane ; Royal Dadmun	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-53581	10-in.	6/25/1929	Love's old sweet song	Chuck Campbell ; Victor Salon Group	Trombone solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	BVE-56193	10-in.	10/17/1929	Bantry Bay	John McCormack	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BS-87394	10-in.	1/17/1935	Love's old sweet song	Richard Crooks ; Nathaniel Shilkret	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	PBS-90263	10-in.	6/12/1935	Love's old sweet song	Nelson Eddy ; Nat Shilkret Orchestra	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	PB-79	10-in.	2/5/1925	Love's old sweet song	Max Dolin	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BS-050501	10-in.	5/3/1940	Love's old sweet song	Frank La Forge	Piano solo	composer
Victor	BS-057004	10-in.	10/17/1940	The Kerry dance	Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble	composer
Victor	BS-063368	10-in.	4/17/1941	Love's old sweet song	Dick Leibert	Organ solo	composer
Victor	BS-065648	10-in.	5/23/1941	The Kerry dance	Charles Magnante	Accordion solo	composer
Victor	CS-068345	12-in.	11/21/1941	Love's old sweet song	Lucy Monroe ; Charles O'Connell ; Victor Concert Ensemble	Soprano vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	BS-068662	10-in.	12/16/1941	Love's old sweet song	Frank Munn	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	D6VB-3284	10-in.	11/20/1946	The Kerry dance	Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra	Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance octet	composer
Columbia	190	10-in.	ca. 1901	Love's old sweet song	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	190	7-in.	ca. 1901	Love's old sweet song	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	3947	10-in.	approximately 1908	Love's old sweet song	Alan Turner	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	19141	10-in.	12/1/1910	Love's old sweet song	Stehl, Richard and Schuetze	Instrumental trio	composer
Columbia	39178	10-in.	1/8/1914	Our last waltz	Andrea Sarto	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77195	10-in.	7/10/1917	Love's old sweet song	Herbert L. Clarke	Cornet solo, with band	composer
Columbia	77866	10-in.	5/31/1918	The sweetest story ever told	Joe Green	Xylophone solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	79076	10-in.	3/25/1920	Love's old sweet song	Gloria Trumpeters	Trumpet quartet, unaccompanied	composer
Columbia	79206	10-in.	5/25/1920	Love's old sweet song	Oscar Seagle	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	80746	10-in.	12/26/1922	Old favorites waltz medley	Columbia Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	140055	10-in.	9/22/1924	Songs of the past	National Quartet	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer
Columbia	30734	12-in.	ca. Jan.-Nov. 1911	Love's old sweet song	Margaret Keyes	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	36681	12-in.	approximately 1913	Thursday	David Scull Bispham	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	37174	12-in.	2/13/1915	Love's old sweet song	Alice Nielsen	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	37255	12-in.	4/16/1915	Love's old sweet song	Corinne Rider-Kelsey	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	48586	12-in.	2/5/1916	The Kerry dance	Helen Stanley	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	49065	12-in.	1/13/1917	Love's old sweet song	Margaret Keyes	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	49176	12-in.	4/9/1917	The Kerry dance	Oscar Seagle	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	49627	12-in.	5/1/1919	Love's old, sweet song	Barbara Maurel	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	98079	12-in.	5/1/1923	The Kerry dance	Tandy MacKenzie	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	W140591	10-in.	5/7/1925	Love's old sweet song	Florence Macbeth	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	W140981	10-in.	9/17/1925	Love's old sweet song	Art Kahn	Piano solo	composer
Columbia	W141221	10-in.	10/30/1925	Love's old sweet song	Hemstreet Singers	Female vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer
Columbia	W141658	10-in.	2/10/1926	Love's old sweet song	Art Kahn	Piano solo	composer
Columbia	W141911	10-in.	4/3/1926	Love's old sweet song	Oscar Seagle	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	W144362	10-in.	6/24/1927	Love's old sweet song	Milton Charles ; Belle Forbes Cutter	Organ solo, with female vocal solo	composer
Columbia	W144586	10-in.	8/29/1927	Love's old sweet song	Sophie Braslau	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	6209	12-in.	approximately September 1912	The Kerry dance	Morgan Kingston	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	76021	12-in.	approximately 1918	Love's old sweet song	Clara Butt	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	76600	12-in.	approximately 1919	Love's old sweet song	Carrie Herwin	Female vocal solo, with vocal quartet and orchestra	composer
Columbia	90134	10-in.	between 1918 and 1925	Love's old sweet song	Columbia Band	Band	composer
OKeh	S-70453	10-in.	Feb. 1922	Love's old sweet song	The Florence Society Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-70563	10-in.	Mar. 1922	The Kerry dance	Charles Hart	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
OKeh	S-71088	10-in.	Dec. 1922	Love's old sweet song	Prince Lei Lani	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
OKeh	74201	10-in.	June 1926	Love's old sweet song	Peerless Four	Male vocal quartet	composer
OKeh	W400476	10-in.	3/12/1928	Love's old sweet song	Zack and Glenn	Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar	composer
OKeh	W402019	10-in.	7/31/1928	Love's old sweet song	Ralph Richardson	Male vocal solo and yodeling, with instrumental trio	composer
Brunswick	[Br cat 5274-a]	10-in.	approximately late 1918	Love's old sweet song	Ruth Lenox	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	4397	10-in.	approximately Oct. 1920	Kerry dance	Dorothy Jardon	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	3495-3496	10-in.	approximately Jan. 1920	Love's old sweet song	Irene Pavloska	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	5099-5100	10-in.	approximately Feb. 1921	Love's old sweet song	Gondolier Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Brunswick	13822-13823	10-in.	9/19/1924	Love’s old sweet song	Elizabeth Lennox	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E27430	10-in.	4/26/1928	Love’s old sweet song	Marie Morrisey	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E28311	10-in.	9/25/1928	Love’s old sweet song	Blackstone Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Brunswick	E30083	10-in.	June 1929	Love’s old sweet song	Jessica Dragonette	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	XE30372	12-in.	July 1929	Brunswick brevities [program] B, pt. 2	Brunswick Concert Orchestra	Radio transcription disc : Orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E19724-E19726	10-in.	7/10/1926	Love’s old sweet song	Andy Sanella ; William Wirges	Guitar solo (Hawaiian), with piano	composer
Brunswick	E19924-E19926	10-in.	7/26/1926	Love’s old sweet song	Andy Sannella ; William Wirges	Steel guitar and piano duet	composer
Brunswick	E25612-E25613	10-in.	12/14/1927	Love’s old sweet song	Frank McCravy ; James McCravy	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E26456-E26457	10-in.	2/9/1928	Love’s old sweet song	Blackstone Trio	Instrumental trio, with harmonium	composer
Brunswick	XC6956	12-in.	3/4/1931	Union Mutual Life Company, program 37	Instrumentalist(s) (unidentified; Brunswick Records)	Radio transcription disc	composer
Brunswick	R462	10-in.	approximately Dec. 1927	Love’s old sweet song	Archie Parkhouse	Organ solo	composer
Brunswick	[Br cat 5291-b]	10-in.	approximately early 1919	Kerry dance	Charles Hart	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	616	10-in.	4/20/1911	Love's old sweet song	Venetian Instrumental Quartet	Instrumental quartet	composer
Edison	1324	10-in.	10/31/1912	Love's old sweet song	Venetian Instrumental Quartet	Instrumental quartet	composer
Edison	2147	10-in.	2/20/1913	Love's old sweet song	Mixed vocal quartet (unidentified; Edison Records)	Mixed vocal quartet	composer
Edison	2691	10-in.	1/9/1914	Love's old sweet song	Mixed vocal quartet (unidentified; Edison Records)	Mixed vocal quartet	composer
Edison	2692	10-in.	1/9/1914	Love's old sweet song	Vocal trio (unidentified; Edison Records)	Vocal trio	composer
Edison	4078	10-in.	8/30/1915	Love's old sweet song	Anita Rio	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	4338	10-in.	12/13/1915	Love's old sweet song	American Saxophone Quartet	Saxophone quartet	composer
Edison	4374	10-in.	12/28/1915	Love's old sweet song	Elizabeth Spencer	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	4461	10-in.	2/2/1916	Punchinello	Edmund A. Jahn	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	5139	10-in.	11/13/1916	Love's old sweet song	Mabel Riegelman	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	6316	10-in.	between 8/4/1918 and 8/12/1918	Love's old sweet song	Criterion Quartet ; Marie Rappold	Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	7124	10-in.	1/20/1920	The Kerry dance	Mabel Beddoe	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	7195	10-in.	3/3/1920	Darby and Joan	Helen Davis	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	7690	10-in.	12/20/1920	Love's old sweet song	Chester Gaylord	Saxophone solo	composer
Edison	8290	10-in.	11/14/1921	The Kerry dance	Betsy Lane Shepherd	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	8709	10-in.	12/8/1922	Love's old sweet song	Ferdinand Himmelreich	Piano solo	composer
Edison	8733	10-in.	3/28/1923	Love's old sweet song	Venetian Instrumental Quartet	Instrumental quartet	composer
Gramophone	0D1157	10-in.	9/30/1932	Love's old sweet song	Marek Weber Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Molloy, James L.," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105587.

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