Henry Burr

Henry Burr

Henry Burr (January 15, 1882 – April 6, 1941) was a Canadian singer, radio performer and producer. He was born Harry Haley McClaskey and used Henry Burr as one of his many pseudonyms, in addition to Irving Gillette, Henry Gillette, Alfred Alexander, Robert Rice, Carl Ely, Harry Barr, Frank Knapp, Al King, and Shamus McClaskey. He produced more than 12,000 recordings, by his own estimate, and some of his most popular recordings included "Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight", "Till We Meet Again" with Albert Campbell, "Beautiful Ohio", "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" "When I Lost You" and "In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree". A tenor, he performed as a soloist and in duets, trios and quartets.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 15, 1882 (St. Stephen, New Brunswick), Died April 6, 1941 (Chicago)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1901 - 1929

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal, lyricist, leader, performer, speaker, composer, vocalist

Notes: Original name: Harry McClaskey.

Recordings (Results 376-400 of 2125 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-21608	10-in.	3/18/1918	The battle in the air	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-21613	10-in.	3/19/1918	Annie Laurie	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-21614	10-in.	3/19/1918	Auld lang syne	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-21633	10-in.	3/26/1918	I'm sorry I made you cry	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-21670	10-in.	4/8/1918	Just like Washington crossed the Delaware, General Pershing will cross the Rhine	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-21683	10-in.	4/18/1918	There's a little blue star in the window (And it means all the world to me)	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with violin duet and orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-21684	10-in.	4/18/1918	I may stay away a little longer	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-21685	10-in.	4/18/1918	Your lips are no man's land but mine	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-21697	10-in.	5/2/1918	I need Thee every hour	Albert Campbell ; Harry McClaskey	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	BVE-21697	10-in.	5/22/1925	I need Thee every hour	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-21910	10-in.	5/10/1918	We'll do our share (While you're over there)	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-21913	10-in.	5/10/1918	Cornfield medley	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra (takes 1-3, 5, and 6); unaccompanied (take 4)	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-21919	10-in.	5/10/1918	Alice I'm in Wonderland (Since the day that I first met you)	Sterling Trio	Male vocal trio, with violin duet and orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-21938	10-in.	5/29/1918	On the road that leads back home	Henry Burr ; Elizabeth Spencer	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-21939	10-in.	5/29/1918	When I send you a picture of Berlin (You'll know it's over 'over there,' I'm coming home)	Arthur Fields ; Peerless Quartet	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-21967	10-in.	6/6/1918	When you sang 'Hush-a-bye baby' to me	Sterling Trio	Male vocal trio, with harp and orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-21968	10-in.	6/6/1918	When we meet in the sweet bye and bye	Sterling Trio	Male vocal trio, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-22112	10-in.	7/1/1918	A rainbow from the U.S.A.	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-22113	10-in.	7/1/1918	I'm gonna pin my medal on the girl I left behind	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-22119	10-in.	7/8/1918	The pickaninny's paradise	Sterling Trio	Male vocal trio, with violin duet and orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-22120	10-in.	7/8/1918	America, he's for you	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-22169	10-in.	7/19/1918	Mandy and me	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-22170	10-in.	7/19/1918	When we went to Sunday school	Henry Burr ; Marguerite Dunlap	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-22171	10-in.	7/19/1918	I miss that Mississippi miss that misses me	Sterling Trio	Male vocal trio, with violin duet and orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Victor	B-22178	10-in.	7/25/1918	For your boy and my boy	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal

(Results 376-400 of 2125 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Burr, Henry," accessed November 23, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106645.

Burr, Henry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106645.

"Burr, Henry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 November 2024.