Nora Bayes

Nora Bayes

Nora Bayes (born Rachel Eleonora "Dora" Goldberg; October 3, 1880 – March 19, 1928) was an American singer and vaudeville performer who was popular internationally between the 1900s and 1920s. She is credited with co-writing the song "Shine On, Harvest Moon" and performed many successful songs during the First World War, including "Over There." She was also noted for her independent views and unconventional private life, becoming an early media celebrity. She made over 160 recordings.

Birth and Death Data: Born October 8, 1880 (Joliet), Died March 19, 1928 (Brooklyn)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1908 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: soprano vocal, composer, songwriter, lyricist, speaker, arranger

Notes: Nora Bayes was married to Jack Norworth between 1908 and 1913. Sheet music and U.S. Copyright Office records for the song "When Jack comes sailing home" credit her for music and lyrics as "Nora Bayes-Norworth."

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

Recordings (Results 101-125 of 175 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	79423	10-in.	9/17/1920	I could have had you (but I let you get by)	Art Hickman's Orchestra ; Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist, vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79536	10-in.	11/24/1920	Love nights	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79537	10-in.	11/24/1920	Home again blues	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79570	10-in.	12/13/1920	Why worry	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79571	10-in.	12/13/1920	Just snap your fingers at care	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79572	10-in.	12/13/1920	Secrets	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79655	10-in.	1/24/1921	The little tin soldier (the little rag doll)	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79656	10-in.	1/24/1921	Now I lay me down to sleep	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79723	10-in.	2/11/1921	Make believe	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79724	10-in.	2/11/1921	Darling	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79779	10-in.	3/7/1921	Broken moon	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79784	10-in.	3/11/1921	In a little front parlor (on an old back street)	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79804	10-in.	4/20/1921	Chérie	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79805	10-in.	4/20/1921	Tea leaves	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79828	10-in.	5/6/1921	Wyoming	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79887	10-in.	6/14/1921	When you're in, you're in, in Indiana	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79888	10-in.	6/14/1921	Saturday	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79897	10-in.	6/17/1921	Tenement rose	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79935	10-in.	7/12/1921	I've got the joys	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79939	10-in.	7/13/1921	You've made a chicken of your mother (but you can't make a goose of me)	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	80081	10-in.	11/26/1921	The schoolhouse blues	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	80128	10-in.	1/8/1922	He's a panic	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	80129	10-in.	1/8/1922	Complainin'	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	80228	10-in.	3/4/1922	Sing song man	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	80249	10-in.	3/17/1922	Oh sing-a-loo	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, soprano vocal

(Results 101-125 of 175 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bayes, Nora," accessed November 4, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106524.

Bayes, Nora. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 4, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106524.

"Bayes, Nora." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 November 2024.