Rida Johnson Young
Rida Johnson Young (born Rida Louise Johnson, February 28, 1869 – May 8, 1926) was an American playwright, songwriter and librettist. In her career, Young wrote over 30 plays and musicals and approximately 500 songs. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. Some of her better-known lyrics include "Mother Machree" from the 1910 show Barry of Ballymore, "Italian Street Song", "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" and "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" from Naughty Marietta, and "Will You Remember?" from Maytime. |
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 138 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-40173 | 10-in. | 10/12/1927 | Mother Machree | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | CVE-40610 | 12-in. | 10/13/1927 | Selections from Naughty Marietta | Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-41284 | 10-in. | 12/29/1927 | Ah! Sweet mystery of life | The Troubadours | Jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | PBVE-42027 | 10-in. | 2/25/1928 | Mother Machree | Tom Kenyon | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | PBVE-42138 | 10-in. | 3/16/1928 | Ah! Sweet mystery of life | Robert Olsen | Male vocal solo, with violin, cello, and piano (take 3) | lyricist | |
Victor | CVE-43189 | 12-in. | 3/28/1928 | Ah! Sweet mystery of life | Fred Waring ; Waring's Concert Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo and chorus | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-43734 | 10-in. | 4/23/1928 | Ah! Sweet mystery of life | Richard Crooks | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-49072 | 10-in. | 1/16/1929 | I'm falling in love with someone | Richard Crooks | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-56723 | 10-in. | 9/27/1929 | Mother Machree | Robert MacGimsey | Whistling solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-58663 | 10-in. | 2/17/1930 | Oh! Dulce misterio de la vida | Tito Schipa | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | CVE-59838 | 12-in. | 3/19/1930 | Wild rose | Coca Cola Topnotchers | Radio broadcast : Orchestra, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | CVE-63155 | 12-in. | 10/15/1930 | Maytime | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-87393 | 10-in. | 1/17/1935 | Mother Machree | Richard Crooks ; Nathaniel Shilkret | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-89303 | 10-in. | 3/11/1935 | Tramp, tramp, tramp along the highway | Nelson Eddy ; Nathaniel Shilkret | Baritone vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-89304 | 10-in. | 3/11/1935 | Ah! Sweet mystery of life | Nelson Eddy ; Nathaniel Shilkret | Baritone vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-89305 | 10-in. | 3/11/1935 | I'm falling in love with someone | Nelson Eddy ; Nathaniel Shilkret | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-89306 | 10-in. | 3/11/1935 | 'Neath the Southern moon | Nelson Eddy ; Nathaniel Shilkret | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | CS-89595 | 12-in. | 4/24/1935 | Gems from Maytime | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company | Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | PBS-90072 | 10-in. | 3/20/1935 | Italian street song | Jeanette MacDonald ; MGM Studio Orchestra ; Herbert Stothart | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | PBS-90073 | 10-in. | 3/20/1935 | Italian street song | Jeanette MacDonald ; MGM Studio Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | PBS-90074 | 10-in. | 3/20/1935 | Ah! Sweet mystery of life | Jeanette MacDonald ; MGM Studio Orchestra ; Herbert Stothart | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | PBS-90075 | 10-in. | 3/20/1935 | Ah! Sweet mystery of life | Jeanette MacDonald | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | PBS-97848 | 10-in. | 9/19/1936 | Ah! Sweet mystery of life | Nelson Eddy ; Jeanette MacDonald ; Nathaniel Shilkret | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | PBS-97856 | 10-in. | 9/21/1936 | Will you remember | Nelson Eddy ; Jeanette MacDonald ; Nathaniel Shilkret | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-01193 | 10-in. | 9/14/1936 | The road to paradise | Wayne King Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Young, Rida Johnson," accessed October 1, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105012.
Young, Rida Johnson. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 1, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105012.
"Young, Rida Johnson." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 October 2024.
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