Harry Tierney

Harry Austin Tierney (May 21, 1890 – March 22, 1965) was an American composer of musical theatre, best known for long-running hits such as Irene (1919), Broadway's longest-running show of the era (620 performances), Kid Boots (1923) and Rio Rita (1927), one of the first musicals to be turned into a talking picture (and later remade starring Abbott and Costello).

Birth and Death Data: Born May 21, 1890 (Perth Amboy), Died March 22, 1965 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1912 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, piano

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 215 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	C-18693	12-in.	11/23/1916	Sometime	Raymond Hitchcock	Male vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra	composer
Victor	C-18991	12-in.	1/16/1917	How's every little thing in Dixie	Victor Military Band	Band	composer
Victor	C-18992	12-in.	1/16/1917	Follow me	Victor Military Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-19108	10-in.	1/22/1917	She's Dixie all the time	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-19615	10-in.	4/23/1917	It's time for every boy to be a soldier	Charles Hart	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-20159	12-in.	6/25/1917	For you a rose	Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	C-20362	12-in.	7/3/1917	She's Dixie all the time	Conway's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-20460	10-in.	7/30/1917	M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i	Frances White	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-22093	10-in.	9/6/1918	'N' everything	Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-22214	10-in.	8/15/1918	Everything is hunky dory down in honky tonky town	Marion Harris	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-22489	10-in.	12/27/1918	I found the end of the rainbow	Charles Harrison	Male vocal solo, with celeste, violin, and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-23078	10-in.	7/17/1919	My baby's arms	John Steel	Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-23416	10-in.	10/16/1919	My baby's arms	Pietro	Accordion solo	composer
Victor	B-23599	10-in.	1/26/1920	Alice blue gown	Edith Day	Female vocal solo, with violin obbligato and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-23700	10-in.	1/26/1920	Irene	Edith Day	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-23860	12-in.	3/19/1920	Irene	Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	C-24140	12-in.	5/20/1920	Gems from Irene	Victor Light Opera Company	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-24513	10-in.	10/5/1920	Alice blue gown	Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-24654	10-in.	10/21/1920	Where do mosquitos go in the wintertime?	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-24819	12-in.	3/2/1921	Why don't you?	All Star Trio ; All Star Trio Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-24819	10-in.	1/25/1921	Why don't you?	All Star Trio ; All Star Trio Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-27153	10-in.	11/15/1922	Journey's end	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-27874	10-in.	5/2/1923	Saw Mill River Road	Great White Way Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-28973	10-in.	11/20/1923	Take oh take those lips away	Brooke Johns Orchestra ; Brooke Johns ; Jack Shilkret	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	B-29161	10-in.	12/27/1923	Along the old lake trail	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tierney, Harry," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108717.

Tierney, Harry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108717.

"Tierney, Harry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.