Cecil Mack

Cecil Mack (November 6, 1873 – August 1, 1944) was an American composer, lyricist and music publisher.

Birth and Death Data: Born November 6, 1883 (New York City), Died August 1, 1944

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1901 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer

Notes: Early in his career, Cecil Mack is credited as R. C. McPherson. His birth name is Richard Cecil McPherson.

= 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
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]920	10-in.	10/30/1902	Good morning, Carrie	Dan W. Quinn	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]920	7-in.	7/18/1901	Good morning, Carrie	Dan W. Quinn	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]952	10-in.	10/30/1901	Good morning, Carrie	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]952	7-in.	9/10/1901	Good morning, Carrie	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]995	10-in.	10/11/1901	Junie	George Walker	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]995	7-in.	10/11/1901	Junie	George Walker	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]996	10-in.	10/11/1901	Good afternoon, Mr. Jenkins	George Walker	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]996	7-in.	10/11/1901	Good afternoon, Mr. Jenkins	George Walker	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]997	10-in.	10/11/1901	Good morning, Carrie	Williams and Walker	Male vocal duet, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]997	7-in.	10/11/1901	Good morning, Carrie	Williams and Walker	Male vocal duet, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1121	10-in.	12/3/1901	Good morning Carrie	Silas Leachman	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1121	7-in.	12/3/1901	Good morning, Carrie	Silas Leachman	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1393	10-in.	5/17/1902	Josephine, my Jo	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1393	7-in.	5/17/1902	Josephine, my Jo	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1630	10-in.	9/18/1902	Please let me sleep	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1630	7-in.	9/18/1902	Please let me sleep	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1798	10-in.	11/20/1902	Molly Green	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1798	7-in.	11/20/1902	Molly Green	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1903	10-in.	1/16/1903	I take things easy	Len Spencer	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1903	7-in.	1/16/1903	I take things easy	Len Spencer	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]2062	10-in.	3/6/1903	Those tantalizing eyes	Len Spencer	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]2062	7-in.	3/6/1903	Those tantalizing eyes	Len Spencer	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3522	10-in.	7/18/1901	Good morning Carrie	Dan W. Quinn	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3556	10-in.	9/10/1901	Good morning, Carrie	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3613	10-in.	10/11/1901	Junie	George Walker	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	A-639	7-in.	11/6/1903	Good morning, Carrie	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	A-1013	7-in.	2/3/1904	Please let me sleep	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	B-1013	10-in.	2/3/1904	Please let me sleep	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	A-1583	7-in.	7/11/1904	Mandy Lou	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	B-1583	10-in.	7/11/1904	Mandy Lou	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	B-1668	10-in.	9/6/1904	Teasing	Bob Roberts	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	A-1668	7-in.	9/6/1904	Teasing	Bob Roberts	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	B-1675	10-in.	9/8/1904	Teasing	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	A-1675	7-in.	9/8/1904	Teasing	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	C-1732	12-in.	10/5/1904	Teasing	Haydn Quartet ; Harry Macdonough	Male vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-1732	10-in.	10/5/1904	Teasing	Haydn Quartet ; Harry Macdonough	Male vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-1905	10-in.	11/7/1904	In the shadow of the pyramid	Frank C. Stanley	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-2141	10-in.	2/15/1905	Teasing	Florence Hayward	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-2160	10-in.	1/18/1905	Teasing	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-2873	10-in.	11/8/1905	Mandy Lou	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-4019	10-in.	11/9/1906	He's a cousin of mine	Clarice Vance	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-4710	10-in.	7/25/1907	Just a friend of the family	Ed Morton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-4769	10-in.	8/7/1907	That's where friendship ends	Clarice Vance	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	E-4988	8-in.	12/31/1907	He's a cousin of mine	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-5090	10-in.	2/21/1908	That's where friendship ends	Ed Morton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-6263	10-in.	6/11/1908	The right church but the wrong pew	Ed Morton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-6269	10-in.	6/15/1908	Teasing	Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-6672	10-in.	12/16/1908	Down among the sugar cane	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-8015	10-in.	5/28/1909	I'd rather be a minstrel man than a multi-millionaire	Ed Morton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-8092	10-in.	7/6/1909	Abraham Lincoln Jones	Ed Morton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-9322	10-in.	7/25/1910	If he comes in, I'm going out	Ed Morton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-10713	10-in.	7/12/1911	You can lead a mule to water, but you can't make him drink	Ed Morton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-11594	10-in.	2/14/1912	The last shot got him	Ed Morton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-11697	10-in.	3/12/1912	Welcome to our city	Victor Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-11873	10-in.	4/15/1912	That precious little thing called love	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-13631	10-in.	7/24/1913	You got to rag it	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	B-18059	10-in.	7/5/1916	If you don't want me, send me to my ma	Morton Harvey	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-28729	10-in.	10/10/1923	Charleston	Arthur Gibbs and his Gang ; Arthur Gibbs	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-28730	10-in.	10/10/1923	Old-fashioned love	Arthur Gibbs and his Gang ; Arthur Gibbs	Jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	B-29189	10-in.	1/8/1924	Old fashioned love	Eubie Blake ; Noble Sissle	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	BVE-49781	10-in.	3/13/1929	Shine	Boyd Senter ; Senterpedes	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-72617	10-in.	5/4/1932	Old fashioned love in my heart	Joe Haymes Orchestra ; Jimmy Underwood	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-75980	10-in.	7/29/1933	Shine	King's Jesters	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Victor	BS-75999	10-in.	8/1/1933	Got that old fashioned love in my heart	Herb Cook and his Three Little Words	Vocal quartet, with piano	songwriter
Victor	BS-77172	10-in.	12/4/1933	All in, down and out	Harry Wall	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	BS-80632	10-in.	6/18/1934	Shine	Red Nichols ; Pennies ; Songcopators	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble	songwriter
Victor	BS-82392	10-in.	5/7/1934	Old fashioned love	Mezz Mezzrow Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-94133	10-in.	8/26/1935	Old fashioned love	Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven ; Jasper Thomas ; Kirby Walker	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet	songwriter
Victor	BS-98121	10-in.	11/15/1935	S-H-I-N-E	Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	PBS-09646	10-in.	8/16/1937	Piano stomp (Shine)	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-035709	10-in.	4/6/1939	I've got an old fashioned love in my heart	Benny Goodman Quartet	Jazz/dance quartet, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	D9VB-2522	10-in.	11/15/1949	Old fashioned love	Four Tunes	Male vocal quartet, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Columbia	314	10-in.	ca. 1901	Good morning, Carrie	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	314	7-in.	ca. 1901	Good morning, Carrie	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	360	7-in.	ca. 1901-Sept. 1902	Good morning, Carrie	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	360	10-in.	ca. 1901-Sept. 1902	Good morning, Carrie	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	381	7-in.	ca. 1901	Good morning, Carrie	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	381	10-in.	ca. 1901-Sept. 1902	Good morning, Carrie	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	873	10-in.	ca. 1902	Josephine, my Jo	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	873	7-in.	ca. 1902	Josephine, my Jo	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	874	10-in.	ca. 1902	Please let me sleep	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	874	7-in.	ca. 1902	Please let me sleep	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	1857	10-in.	between January and October 1904	Teasing	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3043	7-in.	ca. 1904	Teasing	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	3216	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1905	In the shadow of the pyramid	Columbia Quartette	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	3536	10-in.	ca. Oct. 1906	He's a cousin of mine	Bert Williams	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3966	10-in.	ca. 1908	The right church, but the wrong pew	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	4156	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1909	Abraham Lincoln Jones	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	4470	10-in.	ca. Jan.-July 1910	If he comes in, I'm goin' out	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	19792	10-in.	3/7/1912	That precious little thing called love	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	19793	10-in.	3/7/1912	The last shot got him	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	45885	10-in.	7/26/1915	Scaddle de mooch	George O'Connor	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	46441	10-in.	2/23/1916	Never let the same bee sting you twice	Anna Chandler	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	79826	10-in.	5/6/1921	If you don't want me send me to my ma	Mary Stafford	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia	81200	10-in.	9/7/1923	Old fashioned love	Frank Crumit	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	81791	10-in.	5/23/1924	Shine	Van and Schenck	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	30039	12-in.	9/26/1906	All in, out and down	Bert Williams	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	30197	12-in.	12/15/1908	Down among the sugar cane	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	W140514	10-in.	4/10/1925	The original Charleston	Selvin’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia	141201	10-in.	10/27/1925	Everybody's doin' the Charleston now	Original Indiana Five	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia	W142172	10-in.	5/8/1926	You for me, me for you	Dixie Washboard Band ; Shufflin' Sam	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Columbia	W148577	10-in.	6/5/1929	Shine	Ted Lewis and his Band	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W149568	10-in.	12/6/1929	Shine	Dallas String Band ; Coley Jones	String band, with male vocal duet	lyricist
Columbia	W151763	10-in.	9/2/1931	Old fashioned love	Clyde McCoy Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
OKeh	8757	10-in.	Oct. 1924	The last shot got him	Chenoweth's Cornfield Symphony Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble	composer
OKeh	S-72028	10-in.	November 1923	Old fashioned love	Lawrence Lomax ; Eva Taylor	Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental quartet	lyricist
OKeh	S-72029	10-in.	November 1923	Open your heart	Lawrence Lomax ; Eva Taylor	Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental quartet	songwriter
OKeh	73736	10-in.	10/25/1925	Everybody's doin' the Charleston	Okeh Syncopators	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	74253	10-in.	8/11/1926	You for me, me for you (From now on)	Alberta Hunter	Female vocal solo, with piano	songwriter
OKeh	W404421	10-in.	3/9/1931	Shine	Louis Armstrong ; Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Brunswick	E16493-E16495	10-in.	10/2/1925	The original Charleston	Isham Jones Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Brunswick	LAE219	10-in.	July 1928	Shine	Jesse Stafford Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Brunswick	783W-785W	10-in.	5/8/1925	Fly 'round, young ladies, fly 'round (Fly roun' young ladies)	Hamtree Harrington	Male vocal solo, with ukulele	songwriter
Brunswick	789W-791W	10-in.	5/13/1925	Charleston	Selvin’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	1130W-1132W	10-in.	8/12/1925	Charleston	Tennessee Tooters	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	DAL140	10-in.	9/24/1935	Old fashioned love	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Edison	9223	10-in.	10/25/1923	Open your heart	Charlie Kerr Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	9362	10-in.	2/1/1924	Old fashioned love	Broadway Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Gramophone	0LA1293	10-in.	10/15/1936	Shine	Stephane Grappelli ; Quintette du Hot Club de France ; Django Reinhardt ; Freddy Taylor	Jazz/dance sextet, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia (U.K.)	WL265	10-in.	12/14/1925	Charleston	Clément Doucet ; Jean Wiener	Piano duet	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mack, Cecil," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110048.

Mack, Cecil. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110048.

"Mack, Cecil." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.