Chas. R. McCarron
Charles Russell McCarron (1891 – January 28, 1919) was a United States Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. McCarron is credited on such numbers as "Fido Is a Hot Dog Now", "Your Lips Are No Man's Land But Mine", "Our Country's In It Now, We've Got to Win It Now", and "Eve Wasn't Modest 'till She Ate that Apple". He collaborated with other composers including Albert Von Tilzer, Carey Morgan, and Chris Smith. He died of pneumonia at his home in New York on January 28, 1919 at age 27. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1891, Died January 28, 1919 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1903 - 1941
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-406 | 10-in. | 9/9/1903 | Down where the Swanee River flows | Franklyn Wallace | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | B-1448 | 10-in. | 6/9/1904 | Down where the Swanee River flows | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | A-1448 | 7-in. | 6/8/1904 | Down where the Swanee River flows | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | B-6723 | 10-in. | 1/14/1909 | Down where the Swanee River flows | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-12567 | 10-in. | 11/5/1912 | At the levee on revival day | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-14780 | 10-in. | 4/30/1914 | Fido is a hot dog now | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-15140 | 10-in. | 8/21/1914 | Poor Pauline | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-15177 | 10-in. | 9/4/1914 | Where the oceans meet in Panama (That's where I'll meet you) | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-15734 | 10-in. | 2/24/1915 | That southern hospitality | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-15995 | 10-in. | 5/5/1915 | She lives down in our alley | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Victor | B-16715 | 10-in. | 10/25/1915 | When old Bill Bailey plays the ukalele | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Victor | B-16716 | 10-in. | 10/25/1915 | If you only had my disposition | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-16792 | 10-in. | 11/18/1915 | Out of a city of six million people (Why did you pick on me?) | Ada Jones | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | C-16827 | 12-in. | 11/30/1915 | When old Bill Bailey plays the ukalele | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | songwriter | |
Victor | B-16916 | 10-in. | 12/17/1915 | At the fountain of youth | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-16918 | 10-in. | 12/17/1915 | When you're dancing the old-fashioned waltz | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | C-16952 | 12-in. | 1/3/1916 | When old Bill Bailey plays the ukalele | Victor Military Band | Band | songwriter | |
Victor | B-17022 | 10-in. | 1/18/1916 | Since Mother goes to the movie shows | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-17259 | 10-in. | 3/6/1916 | Down where the Swanee River flows | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-17492 | 10-in. | 4/13/1916 | Honky tonky one-step | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-17763 | 10-in. | 6/1/1916 | When old Bill Bailey plays the ukulele | Nora Bayes | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-18061 | 10-in. | 7/5/1916 | Oh! How she could yacki hacki wicki wacki woo | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-19109 | 10-in. | 1/22/1917 | The Honolulu hicki boola boo | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-19501 | 10-in. | 3/22/1917 | When the sun goes down in Dixie (And the moon begins to rise) | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-19517 | 10-in. | 3/27/1917 | Eve wasn't modest till she ate that apple (We'll have to pass the apples again) | Louis J. Winsch | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-19691 | 10-in. | 5/4/1917 | What kind of an American are you? | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-21685 | 10-in. | 4/18/1918 | Your lips are no man's land but mine | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-21689 | 10-in. | 4/23/1918 | Our country's in it now | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22290 | 10-in. | 10/23/1918 | I'm glad I can make you cry | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-22441 | 10-in. | 11/29/1918 | I'm crazy about my daddy (In a uniform) | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-22621 | 10-in. | 3/12/1919 | Wait and see (You'll want me back) | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra | songwriter | |
Victor | B-23000 | 10-in. | 6/11/1919 | Blues (My naughty sweetie gives to me) | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-23173 | 10-in. | 9/26/1919 | Blues (My naughty sweetie gives to me) | Esther Walker | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-24591 | 10-in. | 12/31/1918 | Oh Helen | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-065227 | 10-in. | 5/7/1941 | Blues (my naughty sweetie gives to me) | Eugenie Baird ; Tony Pastor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | [Trial 1915-03-17-04] | Not documented | 3/17/1915 | When you play in the game of love | Will C. Robbins | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | [Trial 1915-10-05-03] | Not documented | 10/5/1915 | When old Bill Bailey plays the uka-le-le | Anne Chandler | Female vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
Victor | [Trial 1917-06-02-04] | Not documented | 6/2/1917 | When the sun goes down in Dixie | Frank Mason ; John Sullivan | Male vocal duet, with piano | lyricist | |
Columbia | 38436 | 10-in. | 11/22/1912 | At the levee on revival day | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 39504 | 10-in. | 7/27/1914 | Fido is a hot dog now | Billy Watkins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 39594 | 10-in. | 10/26/1914 | Poor Pauline | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 39779 | 10-in. | 1/18/1915 | She used to be the slowest girl in town | Ada Jones ; Will C. Robbins | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 39832 | 10-in. | 2/9/1915 | That southern hospitality | Ada Jones ; Will C. Robbins | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 45568 | 10-in. | 4/21/1915 | She lives down in our alley | Billy Burton ; Herbert Stuart | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Columbia | 45660 | 10-in. | 5/20/1915 | When the Lusitania went down | Herbert Stuart | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Columbia | 46061 | 10-in. | 9/25/1915 | When old Bill Bailey plays the ukulele | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 46153 | 10-in. | 10/25/1915 | If you only had my disposition | Samuel Ash ; Edith Chapman | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 46158 | 10-in. | 10/27/1915 | Out of a city of six million people | Marguerite Farrell | Female vocal solo and monologue, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 46220 | 10-in. | 11/23/1915 | At the fountain of youth | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 46222 | 10-in. | 11/23/1915 | When you're dancing the old-fashioned waltz | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 46257 | 10-in. | 12/10/1915 | At the fountain of youth | Marguerite Farrell | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 46349 | 10-in. | 1/17/1916 | Since Mother goes to movie shows | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 46460 | 10-in. | 2/28/1916 | Down where the Swanee River flows | Al Jolson | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 46857 | 10-in. | 6/19/1916 | Oh how she could yacki hacki wicki wacki woo | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 46969 | 10-in. | 8/17/1916 | Love is just a lottery | Grace Nash [i.e., Grace Kerns] ; M. J. O'Connell | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 47018 | 10-in. | 9/15/1916 | I've made a study of you | Samuel Ash | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 47162 | 10-in. | 11/16/1916 | The Honolulu hicki boola boo | Knickerbocker Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 47346 | 10-in. | 2/5/1917 | When the sun goes down in Dixie | Robert Lewis ; George Wilson [James Harrod] | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 47358 | 10-in. | 2/9/1917 | I wasn't born to be lonesome | Samuel Ash | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 77056 | 10-in. | 5/14/1917 | What kind of an American are you? | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 77723 | 10-in. | 3/15/1918 | The Yanks started yankin' | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 77799 | 10-in. | 4/29/1918 | Your lips are no man's land but mine | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 77853 | 10-in. | 5/28/1918 | Bobby the bomber | Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Columbia | 78050 | 10-in. | 9/16/1918 | Oh, how she could Spanish | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 78140 | 10-in. | 10/22/1918 | I'm glad I can make you cry | Lewis James | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 78173 | 10-in. | 11/15/1918 | Mammy's pickaninny don't you cry | Nora Bayes | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 78244 | 10-in. | 1/2/1919 | Oh! Helen | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | 78314 | 10-in. | 2/20/1919 | Wait and see (You'll want me back) | Henry Burr ; Ruth Lenox | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Columbia | 78345 | 10-in. | 3/12/1919 | Tears (Of love) | Jockers’ Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Columbia | 78624 | 10-in. | 9/5/1919 | Blues (My naughty sweetie gave me) | Ted Lewis Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 79056 | 10-in. | 3/17/1920 | I wasn't born to be lonesome | Hugh Wright [i.e., George Meader] | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 81218 | 10-in. | 9/16/1923 | Ted Lewis popular favorites | Ted Lewis Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Columbia | W142445 | 10-in. | 7/16/1926 | Blues (My naughty sweetie gives to me) | Ted Lewis and his Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | W148206 | 10-in. | 4/8/1929 | Down where the Swanee River flows | Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Cross | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | lyricist | |
OKeh | 352 | 10-in. | ca. Sept. 1918 | Belinda, open up your window | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
OKeh | 627 | 10-in. | ca. Mar. 1919 | Wait and see (You'll want me back) | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
OKeh | S-7234 | 10-in. | Feb. 1920 | Blues (My naughty sweetie gives to me) | Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-71320 | 10-in. | Feb. 1923 | When the Dixie sun goes down | Shelton Brooks | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
OKeh | [OK cat 1063-b] | 10-in. | approximately 1918 | Bobby the Bomber | Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo | songwriter | |
OKeh | [OK cat 1114-b] | 10-in. | approximately 1918 | The Yanks started yankin' | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5006-a] | 10-in. | approximately late 1916 | Down where the Swanee River flows | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5125-a] | 10-in. | approximately Aug. 1917 | I sent my wife away for a rest (I needed it) | Louis J. Winsch | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5187-b] | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1917 | Keep cool, the country's saving fuel | Ada Jones ; George L. Thompson | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5218-a] | 10-in. | approximately Apr. 1918 | Your lips are no man's land but mine | Brunswick Military Band | Band | composer | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5221-a] | 10-in. | approximately Apr. 1918 | Your lips are no man's land but mine | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | C2113 | 10-in. | 7/23/1928 | Blues (My naughty sweetie gives to me) | Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | C2153 | 10-in. | 7/27/1928 | Blues (My naughty sweetie gives to me) | Ewen Hail | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | C2260 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | Blues (My naughty sweetie gives to me) | Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | K154 | 10-in. | Aug. 1929 | Down where the Swanee River flows | Ballard Cross | Male vocal solo, with guitar | lyricist | |
Edison | 3819 | 10-in. | 5/25/1915 | She lives down in our alley | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Edison | 3932 | 10-in. | 7/2/1915 | She lives down in our alley | Irving Kaufman | Mixed vocal ensemble | songwriter | |
Edison | 4195 | 10-in. | 10/15/1915 | When old Bill Bailey plays the ukulele | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 4553 | 10-in. | 3/3/1916 | Since Mother goes to movie shows | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 4574 | 10-in. | 3/10/1916 | At the fountain of youth | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 4598 | 10-in. | 3/21/1916 | Down where the Swanee River flows | George Wilton Ballard | Male vocal solo and mixed vocal trio, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 4832 | 10-in. | 6/29/1916 | Oh! How she could yacki hacki wicki wacki woo (That's love in Honolu) | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 5560 | 10-in. | 5/15/1917 | What kind of an American are you? | Helen Clark | Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 6542 | 10-in. | 1/2/1919 | Oh Helen! | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Edison | 6703 | 10-in. | 4/3/1919 | Wait and see (You'll want me back) | Charles Hart | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Edison | 7108 | 10-in. | 1/9/1920 | Blues my naughty sweetie gives to me | Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "McCarron, Chas. R.," accessed October 13, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112055.
McCarron, Chas. R.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 13, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112055.
"McCarron, Chas. R.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 13 October 2024.
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