William A. Heelan
William A. Heelan was an American lyricist during the early 20th century. He collaborated with a number of composers and lyricists including E. P. Moran, Seymour Furth, J. Fred Helf and Harry Von Tilzer. |
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1899 - 1927
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, composer
Notes: Pseudonym for William A. Heelan.
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berliner | 0712 | 7-in. | 11/9/1899 | I'd leave my happy home for you | Edward M. Favor | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Berliner | 0753 | 7-in. | 11/25/1899 | I've just received a telegram from baby | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Berliner | 0758 | 7-in. | 11/25/1899 | I'd leave my happy home for you | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Berliner | 01290 | 7-in. | May 1900 | I’ve just received a telegram from baby | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]37 | 7-in. | 5/23/1900 | Parody on "I"d leave my happy home for you" | S. H. Dudley | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]160 | 10-in. | 9/19/1902 | I'd leave my happy home for you | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]160 | 7-in. | 7/20/1900 | I'd leave my happy home for you | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]538 | 7-in. | 11/24/1900 | Every race has a flag but the coon | Arthur Collins ; Metropolitan Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]612 | 7-in. | 1/8/1901 | A picture without a frame | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix C-]744 | 12-in. | 7/11/1902 | That's what the Germans sang | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]744 | 10-in. | 4/26/1901 | That's what the Germans sang | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]744 | 7-in. | 4/26/1901 | That's what the Germans sang | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]768 | 10-in. | 11/20/1901 | In the house of too much trouble | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]768 | 7-in. | 5/3/1901 | In the house of too much trouble | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]865 | 7-in. | 6/12/1901 | There are two sides to a story | Steve Porter | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1858 | 10-in. | 1/12/1903 | Tobie, I kind o' likes you | Silas Leachman | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1858 | 7-in. | 1/12/1903 | Tobie, I kind o' likes you | Silas Leachman | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]2154 | 7-in. | 4/3/1903 | Just a line from Jennie | Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3106 | 10-in. | 2/15/1901 | I'd leave my happy home for you | George P. Watson | Male vocal solo (yodeling) | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3286 | 10-in. | 4/26/1901 | That's what the German sang | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3312 | 10-in. | 5/3/1901 | In the house of too much trouble | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3467 | 10-in. | 6/12/1901 | There are two sides to a story | Steve Porter | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-421 | 10-in. | 9/16/1903 | In the house of too much trouble | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | A-421 | 7-in. | 9/16/1903 | In the house of too much trouble | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-562 | 10-in. | 10/14/1903 | In the house of too much trouble | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-766 | 10-in. | 12/2/1903 | That's what the Germans sang | Frank Wilson | Male vocal solo (yodeling), with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | A-766 | 7-in. | 12/2/1903 | That's what the Germans sang | Frank Wilson | Male vocal solo (yodeling), with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-1033 | 10-in. | 2/10/1904 | That's what the Germans sang | Brothers Wilson | Male vocal ensemble (with yodeling), with "conversation" | lyricist | |
| Victor | A-1033 | 7-in. | 2/10/1904 | That's what the Germans sang | Brothers Wilson | Male vocal ensemble (with yodeling) | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-1034 | 10-in. | 2/10/1904 | Under the mistletoe bough | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | A-1034 | 7-in. | 2/10/1904 | Under the mistletoe bough | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | C-1063 | 12-in. | 3/2/1904 | Under the mistletoe bough | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-1063 | 10-in. | 3/2/1904 | Under the mistletoe bough | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | A-1063 | 7-in. | 3/2/1904 | Under the mistletoe bough | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-1180 | 10-in. | 4/4/1904 | That's what the Germans sang | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-1185 | 10-in. | 4/4/1904 | Du, Du, lichs mir im Herzen | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | A-1185 | 7-in. | 4/4/1904 | Du, Du Lichs mir im Herzen or, the wearing of the green | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-1339 | 10-in. | 5/23/1904 | When the coons have a dreamland of their own | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | A-1339 | 7-in. | 5/23/1904 | When the coons have a dreamland of their own | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-1579 | 10-in. | 7/11/1904 | A bit o' blarney | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | A-1579 | 7-in. | 7/11/1904 | A bit o' blarney | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | E-3330 | 8-in. | 4/24/1906 | Nothing like that in our family | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-3330 | 10-in. | 4/24/1906 | Nothing like that in our family | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | E-3466 | 8-in. | 6/14/1906 | Alice, where art thou going? | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-3466 | 10-in. | 6/14/1906 | Alice, where art thou going? | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | E-4379 | 8-in. | 4/8/1907 | No wedding bells for me | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-4379 | 10-in. | 4/8/1907 | No wedding bells for me | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-6300 | 10-in. | 7/13/1908 | A singer sang a song | Ed Morton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-12526 | 10-in. | 10/22/1912 | You're just as sweet at sixty as you were at sweet sixteen | American Quartet ; Walter Van Brunt | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | C-17476 | 12-in. | 4/11/1916 | Songs of the past, no. 12 | Victor Mixed Chorus | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-18703 | 10-in. | 11/13/1916 | Put on your slippers and fill up your pipe (You're not going bye-bye to-night) | Ada Jones | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 55 | 7-in. | ca. 1901 | In the house of too much trouble | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | 55 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | In the house of too much trouble | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 1752 | 10-in. | Jan.-Mar. 1904 | Du, Du lichs mir im Herzen | Edward M. Favor | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 1834 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-July 1904 | Bit o' blarney | Edward M. Favor | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 3368 | 10-in. | ca. Jan-Apr. 1906 | Nothing like that in our family | Will F. Denny | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 3533 | 10-in. | ca. 1906 | Alice where art thou going? | Columbia Quartette ; Billy Murray | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 3574 | 10-in. | between January and September 1906 | I've such a funny feeling when I look at you | Bert Williams | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 3659 | 10-in. | between January and June 1907 | No wedding bells for me | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 4475 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1910 | Clap hands | Grace LaRue | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 19401 | 10-in. | 6/9/1911 | It's nice to be nice, to a nice little girl like you | Ada Jones ; Walter Van Brunt | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 38802 | 10-in. | 4/22/1913 | You're just as sweet at sixty as you were at sweet sixteen | Will Oakland | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 45911 | 10-in. | 8/4/1915 | Indoor sports | Bert Williams | Male vocal solo and monologue, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 47073 | 10-in. | 10/16/1916 | Put on your slippers and fill up your pipe | Albert Farrington | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 47174 | 10-in. | 11/17/1916 | Put on your slippers and fill up your pipe | M. J. O'Connell | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| OKeh | W80956 | 10-in. | 6/2/1927 | Every race has a flag but the coons | Uncle Tom Collins | Banjo solo, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Edison | 5160 | 10-in. | 11/20/1916 | Put on your slippers and fill up your pipe (You're not going bye-bye to-night) | Ada Jones | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Heelan, William A.," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112712.
Heelan, William A.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112712.
"Heelan, William A.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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Wikipedia: Will A. Heelan
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LCNAR: Heelan, William A. - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005040631
Wikidata: Will A. Heelan - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q8002661
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/76046709
MusicBrainz: Will A. Heelan - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8c445fe1-d40b-4d7a-a8ee-1f05722d8f5b
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