Nora Bayes

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Nora Bayes

Nora Bayes (born Rachel Eleonora "Dora" Goldberg; October 3, 1880 – March 19, 1928) was an American singer and vaudeville performer who was popular internationally between the 1900s and 1920s. She is credited with co-writing the song "Shine On, Harvest Moon" and performed many successful songs during the First World War, including "Over There." She was also noted for her independent views and unconventional private life, becoming an early media celebrity. She made over 160 recordings.

Birth and Death Data: Born October 8, 1880 (Joliet), Died March 19, 1928 (Brooklyn)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1908 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: soprano vocal, composer, songwriter, lyricist, speaker, arranger

Notes: Nora Bayes was married to Jack Norworth between 1908 and 1913. Sheet music and U.S. Copyright Office records for the song "When Jack comes sailing home" credit her for music and lyrics as "Nora Bayes-Norworth."

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

Recordings (Results 76-100 of 175 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	46229	10-in.	12/1/1915	When you're down in Louisville	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	46230	10-in.	12/1/1915	I work eight hours, I sleep eight hours, that leaves eight for love	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	46236	10-in.	12/3/1915	Hello, Hawaii, how are you?	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	78173	10-in.	11/15/1918	Mammy's pickaninny don't you cry	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	78174	10-in.	11/15/1918	My Barney lies over the ocean (just the way he lied to me)	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	78175	10-in.	11/15/1918	Good-bye France	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	78202	10-in.	12/13/1918	When Yankee Doodle sails upon the good ship Home, Sweet Home	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	78203	10-in.	12/13/1918	Without you	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	78218	10-in.	12/20/1918	How'ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm? (After they've seen Paree)	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	78546	10-in.	7/3/1919	Jerry	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	78547	10-in.	7/3/1919	You can't get lovin' where there ain't any love	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	78574	10-in.	7/17/1919	In Miami	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	78575	10-in.	7/17/1919	Prohibition blues	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	78576	10-in.	7/17/1919	Taxation blues	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	78578	10-in.	7/18/1919	Ev'rybody calls me honey	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	78640	10-in.	9/11/1919	Freckles	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	78698	10-in.	9/26/1919	Snoops, the lawyer	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	78734	10-in.	10/12/1919	Patches	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	78735	10-in.	10/12/1919	Oh! How I laugh when I think that I cried over you	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	arranger, vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79335	10-in.	7/9/1920	Sally Green, the village vamp	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79337	10-in.	7/10/1920	The Argentines, the Portuguese and the Greeks	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79383	10-in.	8/24/1920	You're just as beautiful at sixty as you were at sweet sixteen	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79386	10-in.	8/25/1920	The Japanese sandman	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79388	10-in.	8/26/1920	Singin' the blues	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79389	10-in.	8/26/1920	The Broadway blues	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal

(Results 76-100 of 175 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bayes, Nora," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106524.

Bayes, Nora. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106524.

"Bayes, Nora." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.