Harry Williams

Harry Hiram Williams (August 23, 1879 – May 15, 1922) was an American composer, lyricist, and publisher of popular music from 1903 until his death in 1922. One of his early hits, written in 1905 with Egbert Van Alstyne, is "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree". He also produced story ideas and directed silent movies with Mack Sennett for Keystone Studios, according to Sennett's biography The King of Comedy. Williams joined The Lambs Club in 1908.

Birth and Death Data: Born August 23, 1879 (Faribault), Died May 15, 1922 (Oakland)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1903 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, vocalist, drums

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 51-75 of 185 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-6359	10-in.	8/25/1908	My rosy rambler	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-6546	10-in.	10/15/1908	There never was a girl like you	John H. Bieling ; Harry Macdonough	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-6571	10-in.	10/29/1908	Alabam'	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-6581	10-in.	11/6/1908	I want someone to call me Dearie	Frank C. Stanley ; Elise Stevenson	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-6596	10-in.	11/12/1908	I used to be afraid to go home in the dark	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-6758	10-in.	1/29/1909	It looks like a big night to-night	Clarice Vance	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-6836	10-in.	2/25/1909	Golden arrow	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-7011	10-in.	4/26/1909	Liza	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist
Victor	B-8175	10-in.	8/25/1909	I want someone to play with	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	C-8230	12-in.	9/16/1909	Gems from The broken idol	Victor Light Opera Company	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-8409	10-in.	11/30/1909	What makes the world go round?	Ada Jones ; Billy Murray	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-8655	10-in.	2/24/1910	What's the matter with Father?	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-8770	10-in.	3/30/1910	Zoo Lou	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	C-9846	12-in.	1/24/1911	Moriah	Montgomery and Stone	Comic dialogue and male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-10209	10-in.	4/18/1911	Go back	Gene Greene	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-10258	10-in.	5/3/1911	I'm just pining for you	Walter Van Brunt	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-10942	10-in.	9/8/1911	Who are you with to-night?	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-11106	10-in.	10/16/1911	Oh, that Navajo rag	American Quartet ; Billy Murray	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-11595	10-in.	2/15/1912	When I was twenty-one and you were sweet sixteen	American Quartet ; Harry Macdonough	Male vocal quartet and male vocal soloist, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-11901	10-in.	4/22/1912	That slippery slide trombone	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-12754	10-in.	12/31/1912	There's no place like home (When there's no place else to go)	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-13504	10-in.	7/1/1913	You're the same old girl	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-13698	10-in.	8/13/1913	The Kellys are at it again	Ed Morton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Victor	B-13839	10-in.	9/22/1913	That ragtime suffragette	Nat M. Wills	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14184	10-in.	12/11/1913	Don't blame it all on Broadway	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist

(Results 51-75 of 185 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Harry," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107789.

Williams, Harry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107789.

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