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 176-185 of 185 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Edison | 6620 | 10-in. | 2/13/1919 | Mickey | Vernon Dalhart | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 6812 | 10-in. | 5/29/1919 | The raggity man | Edward Meeker | Male vocal solo and female-male dialogue, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 18210 | 10-in. | 2/2/1928 | Rose room | Melville Morris ; Piccadilly Players and Singers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Gramophone | ak18232e | 10-in. | 8/28/1914 | British troops passing through Boulogne | Chorus [Gramophone Company] ; Gramophone Company Orchestra | Descriptive, with vocal chorus and orchestra | songwriter | |
Gramophone | ak18717e | 10-in. | 12/19/1914 | They sang 'God save the King' | Murray Johnson [i.e., Stanley Kirkby] | Male vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | songwriter | |
Leeds & Catlin | 6252 | 10-in. | before Aug. 1905 | In the shade of the old apple tree | Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Leeds & Catlin | 6307 | 10-in. | before Aug. 1905 | In the shade of the old apple tree | Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Leeds & Catlin | 9594 | 10-in. | between late 1908 and early 1909 | I used to be afraid to go home in the dark | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Leeds & Catlin | [L & C cat 219-B] | 10-in. | between late 1908 and early 1909 | Alabam' | Arthur Collins ; Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL7207 | 10-in. | 1/3/1940 | If you were the only girl in the world | Josephine Baker ; Wal-Berg ; Wal-Berg Orchestre | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter |
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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