Lawrence Wright

Frederick Lawrence Wright (15 February 1888 – 19 May 1964) was a British songwriter, music publisher, and the founder of the music journal Melody Maker. He used the pseudonyms Horatio Nicholls and Everett Lynton for his songwriting activities.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 15, 1888 (Leicester), Died May 19, 1964 (Blackpool)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1908 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, lyricist

Notes: Lawrence Wright wrote under many pseudonyms including Everett Lynton, Gene Williams, Betsy O'Hagan, and Horatio Nicholls.

See Also: Wright, Lawrence; Nicholls, Horati

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 101-125 of 146 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Brunswick	E30384-E30385	10-in.	7/25/1929	Mistakes	Regent Club Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal; without vocal (take G)	composer
Brunswick	C3875	10-in.	July 1929	Mistakes	Freddie Rose	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	C3966	10-in.	7/30/1929	Mistakes	Freddie Rose	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Brunswick	C4374	10-in.	9/18/1929	Wyoming lullaby	Kalaluhi Honolulu Quartet	Instrumental quartet, with vocal quartet	composer
Brunswick	C1381-C1383	10-in.	12/18/1927	Among my souvenirs	Eddie Dunstedter	Pipe organ solo	composer
Brunswick	A154	10-in.	July 1927	Whispering pines of Nevada	Ambrose Mayfair Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	844W-846W	10-in.	5/22/1925	The memory of a song (Love came to me in that sweet song divine)	Colin O'More	Male vocal solo, with string quartet, tuba, and piano	composer
Brunswick	TCL1418	10-in.	3/2/1931	Say a little prayer for me	Morton Downey	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	DB135	10-in.	11/8/1928	My inspiration is you	Melville Gideon	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Brunswick	DB151	10-in.	11/21/1928	The magic violin	Instrumental sextet [Unidentified; Brunswick Records]	Instrumental sextet, with female vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	[Br (U.K.) cat 197-a]	10-in.	approximately Aug. 1928	My inspiration is you	Harry Shalson	Male vocal solo, with violin and piano	composer
Brunswick	DB206	10-in.	6/24/1929	My ideal	Sidney Wilson	Vocal solo, with piano	composer
Brunswick	[Br (U.K.) cat 208-b]	10-in.	Dec. 1928	High Street, Africa	Cicely Courtneidge	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Brunswick	R322	10-in.	approximately Sept. 1927	Souvenirs	Harry Shalson	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Brunswick	ME36385	10-in.	5/13/1931	Say a little prayer for me	Jack Denny Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Edison	3456	10-in.	Nov. 1914	Farewell, Isabelle	Reed Miller	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Edison	3842	10-in.	6/3/1915	Some little girl named Mary	Irving Kaufman	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Edison	3859	10-in.	6/8/1915	Take me back to your heart	George Wilton Ballard	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Edison	3921	10-in.	6/30/1915	Somebody's boy	Elizabeth Spencer	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Edison	4711	10-in.	5/8/1916	The garden of flowers	Walter Van Brunt	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Edison	4787	10-in.	6/14/1916	There's a little baby up in the moon	Irving Kaufman	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Edison	5923	10-in.	12/12/1917	Blue bird	Gladys Rice	Female vocal solo and mixed vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	6485	10-in.	between 12/2/1918 and 12/11/1918	'Twas an old fashioned song	Lewis James	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Edison	7175	10-in.	2/24/1920	I'd build a world in the heart of a rose	Thomas Chalmers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	7225	10-in.	3/18/1920	The kingdom within your eyes	Talbot O'Farrell	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

(Results 101-125 of 146 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wright, Lawrence," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/100861.

Wright, Lawrence. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/100861.

"Wright, Lawrence." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.

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Lawrence Wright

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