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.

Birth and Death Data: Born August 23, 1879 (Faribault), Died May 15, 1922 (Oakland)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1903 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, vocalist, drums

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 126-150 of 185 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
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

(Results 126-150 of 185 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Harry," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107789.

Williams, Harry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107789.

"Williams, Harry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.