Harry Williams
Harry Hiram Williams (August 23, 1879 – May 15, 1922) was an American composer, lyricist, and publisher of popular music from 1903 until his death in 1922. One of his early hits, written in 1905 with Egbert Van Alstyne, is "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree". He also produced story ideas and directed silent movies with Mack Sennett for Keystone Studios, according to Sennett's biography The King of Comedy. Williams joined The Lambs Club in 1908. |
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Recordings (Results 126-150 of 185 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 3767 | 10-in. | ca. 1907-Feb. 1908 | I'm afraid to come home in the dark | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 3955 | 10-in. | ca. 1908 | Alabam' | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 4038 | 10-in. | between January and June 1909 | Golden arrow | Henry Burr ; Frank C. Stanley | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 4128 | 10-in. | between January and August 1909 | Liza | Columbia Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 4165 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Nov. 1909 | I've lost my gal | Frank C. Stanley ; Elise Stevenson | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 4168 | 10-in. | ca. 1909 | Heinz is pickled again | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 4175 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Nov. 1909 | Then we'll all go home | Eddie Morton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 4197 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Nov. 1909 | A little China doll | Elise Stevenson | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 4198 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Nov. 1909 | What makes the world go 'round | Frank C. Stanley ; Elise Stevenson | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 4288 | 10-in. | between 1909 and February 1910 | Zoo Lou | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 19657 | 10-in. | 11/8/1911 | Oh that Navajo rag | Dolly Connolly | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 19742 | 10-in. | 1/30/1912 | When I was twenty-one and you were sweet sixteen | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 39189 | 10-in. | 1/20/1914 | Don't blame it all on Broadway | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 39556 | 10-in. | 9/11/1914 | Let by-gones be by-gones | Albert Campbell ; Irving Gillette | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 39557 | 10-in. | 9/11/1914 | You're the same old girl | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 39585 | 10-in. | 10/16/1914 | It's a long, long way to Tipperary | Prince's Band | Band, with male vocal chorus | songwriter | |
Columbia | 78045 | 10-in. | 9/10/1918 | Mickey | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 78950 | 10-in. | 1/28/1920 | Peggy | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 80717 | 10-in. | 12/13/1922 | Medley of "old timers" | Shannon Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 30048 | 12-in. | ca. 1906 | I'm going right back to Chicago | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 30385 | 12-in. | 3/12/1910 | Linder green (Opening chorus) | Arthur Collins ; Minstrels [Columbia Records group] | Minstrels and male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 37045 | 12-in. | 10/16/1914 | It's a long, long way to Tipperary | Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson | Band, with vocal chorus | songwriter | |
Columbia | 37086 | 12-in. | ca. 1914 | It's a long, long way to Tipperary | David Scull Bispham | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Columbia | 49405 | 12-in. | 12/31/1918 | In Monterey | Dorothy Brunton | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | W140691 | 10-in. | 6/16/1925 | Won't you come over to my house? | Riley Puckett | Male vocal solo, with guitar | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Harry," accessed September 4, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107789.
Williams, Harry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 4, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107789.
"Williams, Harry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 September 2024.
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LCNAR: Williams, Harry, 1879-1922 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98009450
Wikidata: Harry Williams - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5673421
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/64190328
MusicBrainz: Harry Williams - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/aef35dca-ae8b-4f0c-9023-955105760ea3
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