Joseph E. Howard

Joseph E. Howard

Joseph Edgar Howard (February 12, 1870 – May 19, 1961) was an American Broadway composer, lyricist, librettist, and performer. A famed member of Tin Pan Alley along with wife and composer Ida Emerson as part of the song-writing team of Howard and Emerson, his hits included "Hello! Ma Baby" and Broadway musicals like "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now?".

Birth and Death Data: Born February 12, 1878 (New York City), Died May 19, 1961 (Chicago)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1899 - 1948

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, tenor vocal, songwriter

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Berliner	05	7-in.	4/15/1899	Hello ma baby	Len Spencer	Male vocal solo	composer
Berliner	0534	7-in.	9/23/1899	Hello! ma baby	Edward M. Favor	Male vocal solo	composer
Berliner	01004	7-in.	2/19/1900	Hello! ma baby	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo	composer
Berliner	01149	7-in.	3/30/1900	Hello! ma baby	Nellie V. Nichols	Female vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]402	7-in.	9/27/1900	Hello, my baby	Frank P. Banta	Piano solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1300	10-in.	3/6/1902	On a Saturday night	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1300	7-in.	3/6/1902	On a Saturday night	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix C-]1392	12-in.	5/28/1902	On a Saturday night	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1392	10-in.	5/17/1902	On a Saturday night	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1392	7-in.	5/17/1902	On a Saturday night	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	B-1130	10-in.	3/17/1904	Goodbye my lady love	Arthur Pryor's Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	A-1130	7-in.	3/17/1904	Goodbye my lady love	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-1320	10-in.	5/18/1904	Good-bye, my lady love	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	A-1320	7-in.	5/18/1904	Good-bye, my lady love	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-2674	12-in.	6/27/1905	The man in the moon	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-2675	10-in.	6/27/1905	Central, give me back my dime	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-3243	10-in.	4/2/1906	Cross your heart	Harry Macdonough ; Elise Stevenson	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	E-3251	8-in.	4/5/1906	You look awful good to Father	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-3251	10-in.	4/5/1906	You look awful good to Father	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-3396	10-in.	5/17/1906	The umpire is a most unhappy man	Bob Roberts	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-3457	10-in.	6/12/1906	Cross your heart	Frank C. Stanley ; Elise Stevenson	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-3849	10-in.	10/4/1906	I don't like your family	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-3872	10-in.	10/11/1906	Don't you tell	Florence Hinkle ; Harry Macdonough	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-3904	10-in.	10/16/1906	Don't you tell	Harry Macdonough ; Elise Stevenson	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-6302	10-in.	7/13/1908	Oh, gee! Be sweet to me, kid	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-6426	10-in.	9/19/1908	The girl question : Selection	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-6779	10-in.	2/8/1909	When you first kiss the last girl you love	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-7082	10-in.	5/14/1909	Don't be cross with me	Elizabeth Wheeler	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-8145	12-in.	8/12/1909	Gems from The prince of to-night	Victor Light Opera Company	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-8250	10-in.	9/22/1909	A stubborn Cinderella : Selection	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	C-8299	12-in.	10/15/1909	Gems from The golden girl	Victor Light Opera Company	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-8327	10-in.	10/28/1909	I wonder who's kissing her now	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-11230	10-in.	11/13/1911	The Frisco frizz	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-16217	12-in.	7/21/1915	Songs of the past, no. 5	Victor Mixed Chorus	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20534	10-in.	8/27/1917	Somewhere in France is Daddy	Charles Hart	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20880	10-in.	10/18/1917	Somewhere in France is the lily	Charles Hart	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-23343	10-in.	11/20/1919	Roses at twilight	Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-25520	10-in.	8/17/1921	On a little side street	Ada Jones ; Billy Murray	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BS-014618	10-in.	10/4/1937	I wonder who's kissing her now	The Old Timer's Orchestra ; Jimmy Ray	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-038319	10-in.	7/10/1939	I wonder who's kissing her now?	Wayne King ; Wayne King Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-043394	10-in.	11/20/1939	Honeymoon	Norsemen	Male vocal quartet, with instrumental quintet	composer
Victor	BS-068059	10-in.	10/29/1941	I wonder who's kissing her now	Wood-Nymphs ; Barry Wood	Male vocal solo and female vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	D7VB-0504	10-in.	4/20/1947	I wonder who's kissing her now	Jean Sablon ; Toots Camarata Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	1815	10-in.	ca. 1904	Good bye, my lady love	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	3379	10-in.	between January and July 1906	Cross your heart	Corinne Morgan ; Frank C. Stanley	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	3419	10-in.	between January and June 1906	You look awful good to father	Bob Roberts	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	3459	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Aug. 1906	Won't you be my girlie?	Frank C. Stanley	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	3568	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Mar. 1907	I don't like your family	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	3916	10-in.	ca. Jan.-July 1908	Love me just because	Harry Tally	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	3918	10-in.	ca. Jan.-July 1908	I've lost my heart, but I don't care	James F. Harrison	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	3928	10-in.	between January and October 1908	When you first kiss the last girl you love	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	3929	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Oct. 1908	Don't be cross with me	Elise Stevenson	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	4109	10-in.	between January and July 1909	I wonder who's kissing her now	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	19386	10-in.	5/25/1911	I love the girls from A to Z	Frederick V. Bowers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	19680	10-in.	12/4/1911	The Frisco frizz	Columbia Quartette	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77203	10-in.	7/12/1917	Somewhere in France is Daddy	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77393	10-in.	10/1/1917	Somewhere in France is the lily	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77486	10-in.	11/3/1917	Somewhere in France is the lily	Prince's Band	Band	composer
Columbia	80295	10-in.	4/12/1922	Keep on building castles in the air	Frank Westphal Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	49400	12-in.	5/6/1918	While the incense is burning	Jockers Brothers	Violin and piano duet	composer
Columbia	49592	12-in.	2/28/1919	I'm forever blowing bubbles	Columbia Orchestra ; Charles Adams Prince	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	[W]143773	10-in.	3/26/1927	You look awful good to me	Chris Bouchillon	Male vocal solo, with guitar	composer
Columbia	W146482	10-in.	6/23/1928	Blow the smoke away	Vic Meyers' Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	W146996	10-in.	9/14/1928	A lonesome boy's rosary	Maurice J. Gunsky	Male vocal solo, with instrumental sextet	composer
OKeh	S-7389	10-in.	Apr. 1920	Whistle a song	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	[Br cat 5170-a]	10-in.	approximately Oct. 1917	Somewhere in France is the lily	Brunswick Military Band	Band	composer
Brunswick	E29457	10-in.	Mar. 1929	Honeymoon	Joseph E. Howard	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist, tenor vocal, composer
Brunswick	E29460	10-in.	Mar. 1929	Blow the smoke away	Joseph E. Howard	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal, composer
Brunswick	C4453	10-in.	4/17/1930	Montana	Strain Brothers Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble, with vocal	songwriter
Brunswick	C5859	10-in.	June 1930	Montana	Ray Miller and his Orchestra [Dell Lampe Orchestra]	Jazz/dance band, with vocal; without vocal (take G)	composer
Edison	1549	Not documented	4/28/1922	Waltz medley	Clifford Murray	Piano solo	composer
Edison	1553	10-in.	2/16/1922	On a little side street	Ernest L. Stevens	Piano solo	composer
Edison	5902	10-in.	11/27/1917	Somewhere in France is the lily	Edward Allen	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	8206	10-in.	9/6/1921	On a little side street	Ada Jones ; Billy Jones	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Gramophone	19731b	10-in.	11/6/1915	Ties luoja ken sua suutelee	Wäinö Sola	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Leeds & Catlin	[L & C cat 212-B]	10-in.	between late 1908 and early 1909	Cross your heart	Frank C. Stanley ; Elise Stevenson	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CL7906	10-in.	3/9/1944	Malgré tes serments	Aimé Barelli ; Lucienne Delyle	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CL8545	10-in.	4/26/1948	Malgré tes serments	Aimé Barelli ; Lucienne Delyle	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Howard, Joseph E.," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109862.

Howard, Joseph E.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109862.

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