George Evans

George Evans

George Evans (10 March 1870 – 5 March 1915) known as "Honey Boy" Evans was a Welsh-born songwriter, comedian, entertainer, and musician active in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 10, 1870, Died March 5, 1915

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1895 - 1929

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist

Notes: American blackface minstrel, vaudeville comedian, and 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	167	7-in.	10/29/1895	Standing on the corner	Artists vary	Male vocal solo	composer
Berliner	947	7-in.	10/13/1896	I’ll be true to my honey boy	George J. Gaskin	Male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1414	10-in.	5/23/1902	It's got to be a minstrel show tonight	Dan W. Quinn	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1414	7-in.	5/23/1902	It's got to be a minstrel show tonight	Dan W. Quinn	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1655	10-in.	10/2/1902	In the good old summer time	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1655	7-in.	10/2/1902	In the good old summer time	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1793	10-in.	11/20/1902	In the good old summer time	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1793	7-in.	11/20/1902	In the good old summer time	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1814	10-in.	12/2/1902	In the good old summer time	Charles P. Lowe	Xylophone solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1814	7-in.	12/2/1902	In the good old summer time	Charles P. Lowe	Xylophone solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1833	10-in.	12/17/1902	In the good old summer time	Sousa's Band	Band, with male vocal duet and cornet and trombone solos	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1833	7-in.	12/17/1902	In the good old summer time	Sousa's Band	Band, with male vocal duet and cornet and trombone solos	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]2053	10-in.	3/3/1903	When the winter time comes 'round	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]2053	7-in.	3/3/1903	When the winter time comes 'round	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet	lyricist
Victor	B-290	10-in.	8/25/1903	When the winter time comes 'round	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet	lyricist
Victor	B-418	10-in.	9/16/1903	In the good old summer time	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	B-945	10-in.	1/19/1904	The sweetest flower that grows in Tennessee	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	A-945	7-in.	1/19/1904	The sweetest flower that grows in Tennessee	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	E-1161	8-in.	5/10/1906	In the good old summer time	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-1161	10-in.	3/24/1904	In the good old summer time	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	A-1161	7-in.	3/24/1904	In the good old summer time	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-1582	10-in.	7/11/1904	Come take a trip in my airship	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	A-1582	7-in.	7/11/1904	Come take a trip in my airship	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	B-2443	10-in.	4/4/1905	Come take a trip in my airship	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-2492	10-in.	4/25/1905	Waltzing with the girl you love	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-2847	10-in.	10/27/1905	In the good old summer time	Sousa's Band	Band, with male vocal duet and cornet and trombone solos	composer
Victor	A-2847	7-in.	10/27/1905	In the good old summer time	Sousa's Band	Band, with male vocal duet and cornet and trombone solos	composer
Victor	B-3135	10-in.	2/21/1906	Out in an automobile	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14940	10-in.	6/9/1914	In the good old summertime	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band, with male vocal chorus	composer
Victor	CVE-16216	12-in.	5/11/1927	Songs of the past, no. 4	Victor Mixed Chorus	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-16216	12-in.	7/20/1915	Songs of the past, no. 4	Victor Mixed Chorus	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-25250	10-in.	5/2/1921	Down in Arkansaw	Ford Hanford ; Pee Wee Myers	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-37908	10-in.	2/17/1927	Down where the watermelon grows	Ernest Moody ; Phil Reeve	Male vocal duet, with guitar and ukulele	composer
Victor	BVE-45610	10-in.	6/7/1928	In the good old summer time	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra	Orchestra, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	CVE-49077	12-in.	1/18/1929	Minstrel show of 1929	Victor Minstrels	Minstrels, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	940	10-in.	ca. 1902	In the good old summer time	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	940	7-in.	ca. 1902	In the good old summer time	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	1878	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Nov. 1904	Come take a trip in my airship	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	1913	7-in.	ca. 1904	In the good old summer time	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	3034	7-in.	approximately 1904	Come take a trip in my airship	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	3320	10-in.	ca. 1905-Jan. 1906	Out in an automobile	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	3660	10-in.	between January and June 1907	You'll have to wait 'till my ship comes in	Bob Roberts	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	3900	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Apr. 1908	Come to the land of Bohemia	Harvey Hindermyer	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	W141084	10-in.	10/2/1925	In the good old summertime	Riley Puckett	Male vocal solo, with guitar	composer
Columbia	W145014	10-in.	10/25/1927	In the good old summertime	Leake County Revelers	String band, with male vocal trio	composer
OKeh	W80585	10-in.	3/19/1927	Down in Arkansas	Cofer Brothers	Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar	lyricist, composer
OKeh	W81360	10-in.	9/20/1927	Down where the watermelon grow	Avoca Quartet	Vocal quartet, with 2 fiddles (violins) and guitar	composer
Brunswick	E27651	10-in.	6/6/1928	In the good old summer time	Richard Brooks ; Rueben Puckett	Male vocal duet, with violin and guitar	composer
Brunswick	E3704-E3705	10-in.	9/8/1926	In the good old summer time	Uncle Dave Macon	Male vocal solo, with banjo	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Evans, George," accessed October 31, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111243.

Evans, George. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111243.

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