Harry Williams
Harry Hiram Williams (August 23, 1879 – May 15, 1922) was an American composer, lyricist, and publisher of popular music from 1903 until his death in 1922. One of his early hits, written in 1905 with Egbert Van Alstyne, is "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree". He also produced story ideas and directed silent movies with Mack Sennett for Keystone Studios, according to Sennett's biography The King of Comedy. Williams joined The Lambs Club in 1908. |
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 185 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-978 | 10-in. | 1/27/1904 | Navajo | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | A-978 | 7-in. | 1/27/1904 | Navajo | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | C-1203 | 12-in. | 4/12/1904 | Good-bye, Fedora | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-1203 | 10-in. | 4/12/1904 | Good-bye, Fedora | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-1211 | 10-in. | 4/13/1904 | The gondolier | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | C-1211 | 12-in. | 4/13/1904 | The gondolier | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | A-1492 | 7-in. | 6/20/1904 | Tippecanoe | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | B-1492 | 10-in. | 6/20/1904 | Tippecanoe | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | B-1550 | 10-in. | 7/1/1904 | Seminole | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | A-1550 | 7-in. | 7/1/1904 | Seminole | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | B-1551 | 10-in. | 6/30/1904 | If I were only you | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | A-1551 | 7-in. | 7/1/1904 | If I were only you | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | B-1618 | 10-in. | 7/18/1904 | Navajo | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | A-1618 | 7-in. | 7/18/1904 | Navajo | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | A-1670 | 7-in. | 9/6/1904 | Back, back, back to Baltimore | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | B-1670 | 10-in. | 9/6/1904 | Back, back, back to Baltimore | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | B-1753 | 10-in. | 10/11/1904 | Nellie mine | Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-2118 | 10-in. | 1/6/1905 | Tennessee | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-2119 | 10-in. | 1/6/1905 | Ramblin' Sam | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-2161 | 10-in. | 1/18/1905 | Birds of a feather flock together | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-2307 | 10-in. | 2/16/1905 | The troubadour | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-2449 | 10-in. | 4/6/1905 | On a summer night | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Victor | B-2450 | 10-in. | 4/6/1905 | In the shade of the old apple tree | Haydn Quartet ; Harry Macdonough | Male vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | C-2459 | 12-in. | 4/7/1905 | In the shade of the old apple tree | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-2459 | 10-in. | 4/7/1905 | In the shade of the old apple tree | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Harry," accessed September 4, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107789.
Williams, Harry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 4, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107789.
"Williams, Harry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 September 2024.
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LCNAR: Williams, Harry, 1879-1922 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98009450
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MusicBrainz: Harry Williams - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/aef35dca-ae8b-4f0c-9023-955105760ea3
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