Henry Clay Work

Henry Clay Work

Henry Clay Work (October 1, 1832 – June 8, 1884) was an American composer and songwriter known for the songs Kingdom Coming, Marching Through Georgia, The Ship That Never Returned and My Grandfather's Clock.

Birth and Death Data: Born October 1, 1832 (Middletown), Died June 8, 1884

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1894 - 1936

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist

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

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Berliner	111	7-in.	Before 1895	Marching through Georgia	Band (unidentified; Berliner Gramophone Co.)	Band, with cheering	composer
Berliner	172	7-in.	Before May 1895	Marching through Georgia	Artists vary	Male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Berliner	4260	7-in.	between June 1897 and April 1898	Marching through Georgia	Artists vary	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Berliner	060	7-in.	4/14/1899	Marching through Georgia	George J. Gaskin	Male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Berliner	01235	7-in.	4/20/1900	Marching through Georgia	S. H. Dudley	Male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]39	7-in.	5/25/1900	Marching through Georgia	John Yorke AtLee	Whistling solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]822	10-in.	5/21/1901	Marching through Georgia	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]822	7-in.	5/21/1901	Marching through Georgia	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1992	10-in.	2/26/1903	Marching through Georgia	Metropolitan Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1992	7-in.	2/26/1903	Marching through Georgia	Metropolitan Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3384	10-in.	5/21/1901	Marching through Georgia	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	E-1746	8-in.	1/23/1907	Marching through Georgia	Byron G. Harlan ; Frank C. Stanley	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-1746	10-in.	10/10/1904	Marching through Georgia	Byron G. Harlan ; Frank C. Stanley	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	E-2225	8-in.	5/29/1906	Marching through Georgia	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-2225	10-in.	2/8/1905	Marching through Georgia	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	A-2225	7-in.	2/8/1905	Marching through Georgia	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-2558	10-in.	5/17/1905	Grandfather's clock	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-13461	10-in.	6/19/1913	Song of a thousand years	Reed Miller	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-14480	10-in.	2/18/1914	Song of a thousand years	Raymond Dixon [i.e., Lambert Murphy]	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-16524	12-in.	9/21/1915	Memories of the War : 1861-1863	Conway's Band	Band	composer
Victor	C-16583	12-in.	10/1/1915	Songs of the past, no. 7	Victor Mixed Chorus	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-17714	10-in.	5/22/1916	Marching through Georgia	Clarence Whitehill	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-18029	12-in.	6/28/1916	Songs of the past, no. 19	Victor Mixed Chorus	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-20007	10-in.	6/1/1917	American national airs	Pietro	Accordion solo	composer
Victor	C-20014	12-in.	6/6/1917	Four American folk songs	Maud Powell	Violin solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-20388	12-in.	7/11/1917	Songs of the nation	Conway's Band	Band	composer
Victor	BVE-33031	10-in.	6/24/1925	Father, dear Father, come home with me now	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-33652	10-in.	12/22/1925	Grandfather's clock	Frank Crumit	Male vocal solo, with guitar and organ (takes 4-7); with guitar, organ, and traps (takes 1-3)	composer
Victor	BVE-38441	10-in.	4/8/1927	Wake Nicodemus	Frank Crumit	Male vocal solo, with guitar and organ	composer
Victor	BVE-39538	10-in.	7/20/1927	Marching through Georgia	Clarence Whitehill	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-41124	10-in.	11/29/1927	Kingdom coming (And the year of Jubilo)	Frank Crumit	Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet	lyricist, composer
Victor	BVE-64020	10-in.	10/14/1930	The ship that never returned	Jesse Baird	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-64021	10-in.	10/14/1930	The ship that never returned	Louis A. Hirshorn	Piano solo	composer
Victor	BS-81018	10-in.	1/2/1934	Grandfather's clock	The Revelers	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-81386	10-in.	2/14/1934	The ship that never returned	Bradley Kincaid	Male vocal solo, with guitar	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-102722	10-in.	6/20/1936	Father, dear Father	Dixie Reelers	Male vocal trio, with violin and 2 guitars	composer, lyricist
Victor	BVE-[Unnumbered 1928-04-20-01]	10-in.	4/21/1928	Grandfather's clock	Paul Reimers	Tenor vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist, composer
Columbia	507	10-in.	ca. 1902	Marching through Georgia	Columbia Band	Band	composer
Columbia	507	7-in.	ca. 1902	Marching through Georgia	Columbia Band	Band	composer
Columbia	1776	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Apr. 1904	Marching through Georgia	Harlan and Stanley	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	46118	10-in.	10/16/1915	Marching through Georgia	Prince's Band	Band	composer
Columbia	46796	10-in.	5/20/1916	Marching through Georgia	Prince's Band	Band	composer
Columbia	46890	10-in.	6/30/1916	Marching through Georgia	Prince's Band	Band	composer
Columbia	46968	10-in.	8/17/1916	Medley of patriotic airs	Prince's Band	Band	composer
Columbia	47014	10-in.	9/12/1916	Kingdom come	Harry C. Browne	Male vocal solo, with banjo and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	47392	10-in.	2/27/1917	Marching through Georgia	Adkins Morton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	77528	10-in.	11/24/1917	Favorites of other days, part 1	Columbia Stellar Quartette	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	36814	12-in.	ca. 1913	A thousand years	Columbia Mixed Quartette	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	49425	12-in.	5/17/1918	A thousand years	Columbia Mixed Quartette	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W140448	10-in.	3/19/1925	The ship that never returned	Charles Lewis Stine	Male vocal solo, with guitar	composer, lyricist
Columbia	W143781	10-in.	3/28/1927	The ship that never returned	Roe Brothers and Morrell	Male vocal trio, with fiddle (violin) and guitar	composer, lyricist
OKeh	W81143	10-in.	7/7/1927	Poor little Bennie	Greene County Singers ; Bela Lam	Mixed vocal quartet, with banjo and guitar	composer, lyricist
OKeh	W81762	10-in.	10/12/1927	Year of Jubilee	The Georgia Crackers [OKeh Records jazz/dance band, 1927]	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E34417	10-in.	9/16/1930	Marching through Georgia	Kessinger Brothers	Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet	composer
Brunswick	E2136-E2138	10-in.	1/14/1926	The ship that never returned	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with violin, guitar, and harmonica	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E2590-E2592	10-in.	3/3/1926	Katinka	Six Hayseeds	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Edison	573	Not documented	3/24/1911	Marching through Georgia	James F. Harrison	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	3081	10-in.	May-June 1914	Marching through Georgia	Knickerbocker Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	3278	10-in.	9/10/1914	Grandfather's clock	Helen Clark ; Walter Scanlan	Female-male vocal duet and vocal ensemble, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	10586	10-in.	9/22/1925	The ship that never returned	Vernon Dalhart and Company	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	composer, lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Work, Henry Clay," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108918.

Work, Henry Clay. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108918.

"Work, Henry Clay." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.