Raymond Hubbell
John Raymond Hubbell (June 1, 1879 – December 13, 1954) was an American writer, composer and lyricist. He is best known for the popular song, "Poor Butterfly". |
Birth and Death Data: Born June 1, 1879, Died December 13, 1954
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1904 - 1941
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, conductor
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-1939 | 10-in. | 11/16/1904 | The farewell waltz | Corinne Morgan ; Frank C. Stanley | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | E-2425 | 8-in. | 3/20/1906 | Just my style | Corinne Morgan ; Frank C. Stanley | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-2425 | 10-in. | 3/29/1905 | Just my style | Corinne Morgan ; Frank C. Stanley | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-2865 | 10-in. | 11/3/1905 | My word | Ada Jones | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-3191 | 10-in. | 3/20/1906 | I was just supposing | Corinne Morgan ; Frank C. Stanley | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-6491 | 10-in. | 10/1/1908 | Situation | Ada Jones | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-8075 | 10-in. | 6/24/1909 | Eily Riley | Blanche Ring | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-11897 | 10-in. | 4/19/1912 | A girl like me | Lyric Quartet ; Elizabeth Wheeler | Soprano vocal solo and mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-12768 | 10-in. | 1/6/1913 | I should worry and get wrinkles? | Ada Jones | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-13838 | 10-in. | 9/22/1913 | New York, what's the matter with you? | Nat M. Wills | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-13840 | 10-in. | 9/22/1913 | If a table at Rector's could talk | Nat M. Wills | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | C-14936 | 12-in. | 6/4/1914 | Gems from Follies of 1914 | Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-16750 | 10-in. | 11/5/1915 | The ladder of roses | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-16772 | 10-in. | 11/11/1915 | The ladder of roses | Olive Kline | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-16782 | 10-in. | 11/18/1915 | The ladder of roses | Blue and White Marimba Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | C-16863 | 12-in. | 12/7/1915 | Hip-hip hooray | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-17543 | 10-in. | 4/26/1916 | Heart o' th' heather | George MacFarlane | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | C-18336 | 12-in. | 9/8/1916 | The big show | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | C-18763 | 12-in. | 11/29/1916 | Poor Butterfly | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-18820 | 10-in. | 12/7/1916 | Poor Butterfly | Lucy Isabelle Marsh | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-18900 | 10-in. | 12/15/1916 | Poor Butterfly | Edna Brown | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-19070 | 10-in. | 2/2/1917 | Poor Butterfly | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-19096 | 10-in. | 2/19/1917 | Poor Butterfly | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-19187 | 10-in. | 2/16/1917 | Poor Butterfly | Frances Alda | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-19322 | 10-in. | 3/1/1917 | Poor Butterfly | Fritz Kreisler | Violin solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-20478 | 10-in. | 8/1/1917 | Poor Butterfly | Ferdinand Himmelreich | Piano solo | composer | |
| Victor | B-20803 | 10-in. | 9/26/1917 | Cheer up, 'Liza | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-20836 | 10-in. | 10/4/1917 | Melody land | Shannon Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-20839 | 10-in. | 10/8/1917 | Melody land | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-20840 | 10-in. | 10/8/1917 | Cheer up, 'Liza | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-20883 | 10-in. | 10/19/1917 | I'm coming back to you poor Butterfly | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-23324 | 10-in. | 11/5/1919 | Love is wonderful | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-25544 | 10-in. | 9/1/1921 | My dear old chum | Elliott Shaw | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-26904 | 10-in. | 9/28/1922 | Blowing bubbles all day long | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-37586 | 10-in. | 2/1/1927 | Look at the world and smile | Jean Goldkette Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-37742 | 10-in. | 2/4/1927 | Somebody else | Bob Borger ; Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music ; Bob Rice | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-41680 | 10-in. | 2/7/1928 | Poor Butterfly | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quintet | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-47582 | 10-in. | 10/2/1928 | Just my style | Frank Crumit | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | BAVE-74255 | 10-in. | July 1933 | Pobre Mariposa | Orquesta Adolfo Carabelli | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | BS-042772 | 10-in. | 10/2/1939 | Poor butterfly | Red Nichols Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | PBS-055482 | 10-in. | 3/14/1941 | Poor Butterfly | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | [Trial 1917-05-09-05] | Not documented | 5/9/1917 | Poor Butterfly | Gwendolyn McCormack | Female vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | [Trial 1917-11-14-02] | Not documented | 11/14/1917 | My Arabian maid | Philadelphia Banjo Club | Instrumental quartet | composer | |
| Columbia | 3268 | 10-in. | between January and November 1905 | Just my style | Corinne Morgan ; Frank C. Stanley | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 3411 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-June 1906 | I was just supposing | Corinne Morgan ; Frank C. Stanley | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 46343 | 10-in. | 1/14/1916 | The ladder of roses | Howard Kopp | Bells solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 46849 | 10-in. | 6/16/1916 | A New York Hippodrome rehearsal | R. H. Burnside ; Raymond Hubbell ; New York Hippodrome Chorus | Comic monologue, with female vocal chorus and orchestra | composer, conductor | |
| Columbia | 47167 | 10-in. | 11/17/1916 | Poor Butterfly | Katherine Clark [i.e., Nannette Flack] | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 47307 | 10-in. | 1/19/1917 | Poor Butterfly | Guido Deiro | Piano accordion solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 47312 | 10-in. | 1/24/1917 | Poor Butterfly | Saxo Sextette | Saxophone sextet | composer | |
| Columbia | 47343 | 10-in. | 2/5/1917 | Poor Butterfly | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 77334 | 10-in. | 9/13/1917 | Cheer up 'Liza | Columbia Quartette ; James F. Harrison | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 77335 | 10-in. | 9/13/1917 | Melody land | Columbia Quartette ; Hugh Donovan | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 77398 | 10-in. | 10/2/1917 | I'm coming back to you poor butterfly | Hugh Donovan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 79450 | 10-in. | 10/6/1920 | You're just like a rose | Prince's Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 48600 | 12-in. | 2/14/1916 | Ladder of roses | Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 48986 | 12-in. | 11/16/1916 | Hello! I've been looking for you | Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 49030 | 12-in. | 12/15/1916 | Poor Butterfly | Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 49245 | 12-in. | 9/12/1917 | Melody land | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 49246 | 12-in. | 9/12/1917 | Cheer up Liza | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 49692 | 12-in. | 11/8/1919 | New York Hippodrome medley | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W143380 | 10-in. | 2/2/1927 | Somebody else | Singing Sophomores | Male vocal quartet, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | W143450 | 10-in. | 2/8/1927 | Look at the world and smile | Clicquot Club Eskimos ; Harry Reser ; Tom Stacks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | W143478 | 10-in. | 2/15/1927 | Somebody else | Fred Rich Hotel Astor Orchestra ; Vincent Van Tuyl | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | W146452 | 10-in. | 6/18/1928 | Poor Butterfly | George McMurphy Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | W147147 | 10-in. | 10/29/1928 | My silver tree | Broadway Nitelites | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 6914 | 12-in. | approximately 1916 | Ladder of roses | Mabel Lee ; Geo. F. Murray | Vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 31896 | 10-in. | approximately 1913 | Hello, honey | Fanny Brice | Female vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 75443 | 12-in. | approximately 1917 | Poor butterfly | Ciro's Club Coon Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Columbia | 75908 | 12-in. | approximately 1917 | Poor butterfly | Geo. F. Murray ; Unity Quartette | Male vocal solo, with vocal quartet and orchestra | composer | |
| OKeh | 348 | 10-in. | ca. Sept. 1918 | Since I met wonderful you | Samuel Ash | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| OKeh | S-7202 | 10-in. | Feb. 1920 | Don't you remember those school days | All Star Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
| OKeh | S-71036 | 10-in. | Nov. 1922 | Blowing bubbles all day long | Finzel's Detroit Society Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | [OK cat 1085-A] | 10-in. | approximately 1918 | I want to learn to dance | Samuel Ash | Male vocal solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | 642 | 10-in. | approximately Feb. 1917 | Poor Butterfly | Peerless Dance Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Brunswick | E20168-E20169 | 10-in. | 9/15/1926 | Your heart looked into mine | Franklyn Baur | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Brunswick | E21395-E21397 | 10-in. | 2/1/1927 | Look at the world and smile | Clevelanders | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | E21398-E21400 | 10-in. | 2/1/1927 | Somebody else | Clevelanders | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | XE26772-XE26774 | 12-in. | 3/2/1928 | Poor Butterfly | Five Pennies ; Scrappy Lambert ; Red Nichols | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take XE26774) | composer | |
| Edison | 4987 | 10-in. | 9/13/1916 | Poor Butterfly | Elizabeth Spencer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 4991 | 10-in. | 9/14/1916 | We'll stand by our country | George Wilton Ballard ; Helen Clark | Female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 5306 | 10-in. | 1/19/1917 | Poor Butterfly | Jaudas' Society Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 5350 | 10-in. | 2/7/1917 | Poor Butterfly | Armand Vecsey Hungarian Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Edison | 5379 | 10-in. | 2/19/1917 | Hello, I've been looking for you | Adolph J. Hahl | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 5780 | 10-in. | 9/12/1917 | Melody land | Lawrence E. Gilbert | Baritone vocal solo and female vocal ensemble, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 5784 | 10-in. | 9/14/1917 | Cheer up, 'Liza | Jaudas' Society Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 5881 | 10-in. | 11/14/1917 | I'm coming back to you, poor Butterfly | Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 7528 | 10-in. | 9/16/1920 | Just like a rose | Max Fells' Della Robbia Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 9568 | 10-in. | 6/15/1924 | Poor Butterfly | Frederick Kinsley | Organ solo | composer | |
| Edison | 11501 | 10-in. | 2/5/1927 | Somebody else | Duke Yellman Orchestra ; Joe Schuster | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Edison | 11538 | 10-in. | 2/24/1927 | Look at the world and smile | Arthur Fields ; Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hubbell, Raymond," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/116462.
Hubbell, Raymond. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/116462.
"Hubbell, Raymond." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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Wikipedia: John Raymond Hubbell
Discogs: Raymond Hubbell
Allmusic: Raymond Hubbell
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LCNAR: Hubbell, Raymond, 1879-1954 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91035299
Wikidata: John Raymond Hubbell - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6254345
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/68787923
MusicBrainz: John Raymond Hubbell - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e33e165d-0e31-4210-80d8-da0f9d41c96c
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