Thurland Chattaway
Thurland Chattaway (April 8, 1872 – November 12, 1947) was an American composer of popular music, active from approximately 1898 to 1912. He is best known for writing the words to the popular 1907 hit "Red Wing" with Kerry Mills. Other songs include "Little Black Me" and "Can't You Take It Back and Change It For a Boy". |
Birth and Death Data: Born April 8, 1872 (Springfield), Died November 12, 1947 (Milford)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1899 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, composer
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Berliner | 0757 | 7-in. | 11/25/1899 | Mandy Lee | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Berliner | 0801 | 7-in. | Nov. 1899-Jan. 1900 | Mandy Lee | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Berliner | 0803 | 7-in. | 12/8/1899 | Little black me | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Berliner | 01289 | 7-in. | May 1900 | Mandy Lee | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]107 | 10-in. | 3/4/1903 | Mandy Lee | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]107 | 7-in. | 7/10/1900 | Mandy Lee | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]163 | 7-in. | 7/21/1900 | Mandy Lee | Arthur Collins ; Metropolitan Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]682 | 7-in. | 2/16/1901 | A flower from the garden of life | Joseph Natus | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]765 | 7-in. | 5/2/1901 | Little black me | Harry Macdonough ; Addison Dashiell Madeira | Male vocal duet | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1110 | 10-in. | 11/27/1901 | When the lilies-of-the-valley bloom again | Joseph Natus | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1110 | 7-in. | 11/27/1901 | When the lilies-of-the-valley bloom again | Joseph Natus | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1112 | 10-in. | 11/27/1901 | When the blue sky turns to gold | Joseph Natus | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1112 | 7-in. | 11/27/1901 | When the blue sky turns to gold | Joseph Natus | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1215 | 10-in. | 1/23/1902 | Mandy Lee | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with violin | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1215 | 7-in. | 1/23/1902 | Mandy Lee | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with violin | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1232 | 10-in. | 2/5/1902 | The picture in the sunset skies | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1232 | 7-in. | 2/5/1902 | Picture in the sunset skies | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1302 | 10-in. | 3/6/1902 | Tell me the way to go | Joseph Natus | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1302 | 7-in. | 3/6/1902 | Tell me the way to go | Joseph Natus | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix C-]1465 | 12-in. | 7/9/1902 | In the golden field of grain | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1465 | 7-in. | 7/9/1902 | In the golden field of grain | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1702 | 10-in. | 10/17/1902 | I wonder if your love will last | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1702 | 7-in. | 10/17/1902 | I wonder if your love will last | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]2095 | 10-in. | 3/20/1903 | I wonder if your love will last | W. H. Thompson | Male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]2095 | 7-in. | 3/20/1903 | I wonder if your love will last | William H. Thompson | Male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3113 | 10-in. | 2/16/1901 | A flower from the garden of life | Joseph Natus | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3308 | 10-in. | 5/2/1901 | Little black me | Harry Macdonough ; Addison Dashiell Madeira | Male vocal duet, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | B-7 | 10-in. | 4/29/1903 | A flower from the garden of life | Joseph Natus | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | A-7 | 7-in. | 4/29/1903 | A flower from the garden of life | Joseph Natus | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | B-393 | 10-in. | 9/3/1903 | When Jane and I were wed | Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | A-734 | 7-in. | 11/20/1903 | Mandy Lee | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | B-949 | 10-in. | 1/19/1904 | When the blue sky turns to gold | Joseph Natus | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | A-949 | 7-in. | 1/19/1904 | When the blue sky turns to gold | Joseph Natus | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | B-1045 | 10-in. | 5/11/1904 | Mandy Lee | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | A-1045 | 7-in. | 2/18/1904 | Mandy Lee | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | B-1481 | 10-in. | 6/16/1904 | Mandy Lee | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with violin | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | A-1481 | 7-in. | 6/16/1904 | Mandy Lee | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with violin | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | C-3139 | 12-in. | 2/23/1906 | We've been chums for fifty years | Richard Jose | Counter-tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | B-4471 | 10-in. | 5/9/1907 | A little suit of blue | Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-5023 | 10-in. | 1/15/1908 | Red Wing | S. H. Dudley ; Harry Macdonough | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-6965 | 10-in. | 4/6/1909 | I want a girl from Yankee Doodle town | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-10150 | 10-in. | 4/5/1911 | Can't you take it back and change it for a boy? | Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | B-10185 | 10-in. | 4/14/1911 | Peggy Gray | "That Girl" Quartet | Female vocal quartet | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | C-19852 | 12-in. | 5/15/1917 | Medley of old songs | Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | B-29027 | 10-in. | 11/23/1923 | Mandy Lee | Shannon Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BVE-31348 | 10-in. | 6/24/1926 | Red Wing | Shannon Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-31348 | 10-in. | 11/21/1924 | Red Wing | Shannon Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | PBS-061517 | 10-in. | 8/8/1941 | Red wing | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-2003 | 10-in. | 11/6/1947 | Take it back and change it for a boy | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders | Female vocal solo, with string band | composer | |
Columbia | 168 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | Mandy Lee | Edward M. Favor | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | 168 | 7-in. | ca. 1901 | Mandy Lee | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | 224 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | Little black me | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | 224 | 7-in. | ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 | Little black me | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | 749 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | Mandy Lee | Artists vary | Male vocal quartet, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | 749 | 7-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | Mandy Lee | Artists vary | Male vocal quartet, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | 800 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | Mandy Lee | Artists vary | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | 800 | 7-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | Mandy Lee | Artists vary | Minstrels, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | 929 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | I have grown so used to you | Columbia Orchestra | Orchestra, with xylophone solo | composer | |
Columbia | 929 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | I have grown so used to you | Columbia Orchestra | Orchestra, with xylophone solo | composer | |
Columbia | 1012 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | I wonder if your love will last | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | 1012 | 10-in. | ca. 1902-1908 | I wonder if your love will last | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | 1525 | 10-in. | ca. 1903 | When I hold your hand in mine | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 1525 | 7-in. | ca. 1903 | When I hold your hand in mine | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 3681 | 10-in. | between January and August 1907 | Red Wing | Henry Burr ; Frank C. Stanley | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 3686 | 10-in. | between January and August 1907 | A little suit of blue | Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 4780 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Nov. 1910 | Kerry Mills' barn dance | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 19310 | 10-in. | 4/26/1911 | Can't you take it back and change it for a boy? | Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 19820 | 10-in. | 3/16/1912 | We've been chums for fifty years | Will Oakland | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 77268 | 10-in. | 8/17/1917 | Red wing | Henry Burr ; Andrea Sarto | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 81730 | 10-in. | 4/25/1924 | Red Wing | Ernest Errott Thompson | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica (self-accompaniment) | lyricist | |
Columbia | W145043 | 10-in. | 10/31/1927 | Red Wing | Riley Puckett | Male vocal solo, with guitar | lyricist | |
OKeh | W400412 | 10-in. | 3/7/1928 | Red Wing | Honolulu Strollers | Instrumental trio, with male vocal trio (Hawaiian) | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E37343 | 10-in. | 10/30/1931 | I’ve grown so used to you | Al and Joe Blackburn | Male vocal duet, with instrumental quartet | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | E22553-E22555 | 10-in. | 4/21/1927 | Mandy Lee | Buell Kazee | Male vocal solo, with violin, guitar, and piano | lyricist, composer | |
Brunswick | E25578-E25579 | 10-in. | 12/13/1927 | Mandy Lee | Frank McCravy ; James McCravy | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | E26075-E26076 | 10-in. | 1/19/1928 | Red wing | Sookie Hobbs ; Buell Kazee | Male vocal duet, with violin, guitar, and whistling | lyricist | |
Brunswick | C2089 | 10-in. | 7/20/1928 | Red Wing | Floyd Thompson and his Home Towners | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica | lyricist | |
Brunswick | C2288 | 10-in. | 8/31/1928 | Red Wing | Floyd Thompson Home Towners | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | lyricist | |
Brunswick | K8068 | 10-in. | Apr. 1930 | I’ve grown so used to it now | Robert A. Gardner ; Lester McFarland | Male vocal duet, with guitar, mandolin, and harmonica | composer, lyricist | |
Edison | 150 | Not documented | 8/2/1910 | Red Wing | Frederick H. Potter | Tenor vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 2092 | 10-in. | 1/14/1913 | Mandy Lee | Walter Van Brunt | Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Edison | 11455 | 10-in. | 1/21/1927 | Red Wing (An Indian fable) | Walter Scanlan | Male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | N-356 | 10-in. | 8/17/1928 | Melodies of long ago no. 2 | Hank Simmon's Show Boat Quartet | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Vocalion | 13666-13667 | 10-in. | 9/10/1924 | Red Wing | George Reneau | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Chattaway, Thurland," accessed September 28, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/100970.
Chattaway, Thurland. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 28, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/100970.
"Chattaway, Thurland." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 September 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Chattaway, Thurland, 1872-1947 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005035251
Wikidata: Thurland Chattaway - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7799306
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/169149196540274792312
MusicBrainz: Thurland Chattaway - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6736a05b-4799-4ada-ab18-cc2e149566ca
ISNI: 0000 0001 1440 5066 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000114405066
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