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 151-175 of 185 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W141064 | 10-in. | 9/30/1925 | Won't you come over to my house? | Riley Puckett | Male vocal solo, with guitar | lyricist | |
Columbia | W142407 | 10-in. | 7/8/1926 | Won't you come over to my house | Ford and Glenn | Male vocal duet, with piano | lyricist | |
Columbia | W145050 | 10-in. | 10/31/1927 | It's a long way to Tipperary | Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble | songwriter | |
Columbia | W145090 | 10-in. | 11/3/1927 | In the shade of the old apple tree | Bob Nichols ; Riley Puckett | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | lyricist | |
Columbia | W146493 | 10-in. | 6/28/1928 | Rose room | Garden Dancing Palace Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W149452 | 10-in. | 10/28/1929 | Rose room | Vic Meyers' Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W150164 | 10-in. | 4/2/1930 | Don't forget to drop a line to Mother | Frank McCravy ; James McCravy | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 28490 | 10-in. | approximately 1913 | It's a long, long way to Tipperary | Stanley Kirkby | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
OKeh | 363 | 10-in. | approximately Sept. 1918 | Mickey | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
OKeh | 9852 | 10-in. | 11/1/1926 | Long way to Tipperary | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
OKeh | W80352 | 10-in. | 1/28/1927 | Long way to Tipperary | Frank Hutchison | Guitar and harmonica | songwriter | |
OKeh | W81157 | 10-in. | 7/9/1927 | In the shade of the old apple tree | Frank McCravy ; James McCravy | Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio | lyricist | |
OKeh | W402329 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | In the shade of the old apple tree | Harmony Boys ; Elmer McMichen | String band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E21782 | 10-in. | 3/8/1927 | It’s a long, long way to Tipperary | McClung Brothers | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E27650 | 10-in. | 6/6/1928 | In the shade of the old apple tree | Richard Brooks ; Rueben Puckett | Male vocal duet, with violin and guitar | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E31485 | 10-in. | 11/25/1929 | In the shade of the old apple tree | Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers | Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with guitar and 2 violins | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E37436 | 10-in. | 12/1/1931 | Slow and easy | Five Pennies ; Red Nichols | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E4989-E4990 | 10-in. | 5/10/1927 | In the shade of the old apple tree | Uncle Dave Macon | Male vocal solo, with banjo | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E21780-E21781 | 10-in. | 3/7/1927 | It’s a long, long way to Tipperary | McClung Brothers | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E25726-E25727 | 10-in. | 12/22/1927 | Won’t you come over to my house | Frank McCravy ; James McCravy | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | LAE47 | 10-in. | January 1928 | Rose room | Herb Wiedoeft Orchestra ; Lucas Brothers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | lyricist | |
Brunswick | KC603 | 10-in. | Nov. 1929 | Won’t you come over to my house | Julia Lee | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Edison | 3148 | 10-in. | July 1914 | Let by-gones be by-gones | Vernon Archibald ; Helen Clark | Vocal duet (contralto and baritone), with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 3300 | 10-in. | 9/16/1914 | It's a long, long way to Tipperary | Albert Farrington | Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Edison | 4281 | 10-in. | 11/17/1915 | In Monterey | Burton Lenihan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | 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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