James A. Bland

James Alan Bland (October 22, 1854 – May 5, 1911), also known as Jimmy Bland, was an American musician, song writer, and minstrel performer. He is best known for the song "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" which was the official State Song of Virginia from 1940 to 1997.

Birth and Death Data: Born October 22, 1854, Died May 6, 1911

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1898 - 1951

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, songwriter

= 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	4250	7-in.	Jan. 1898	Moonlight medley	Diamond Four	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Berliner	01159	7-in.	4/3/1900	Carry me back to old Virginny	S. H. Dudley	Male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]656	10-in.	5/12/1902	Carry me back to old Virginny	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]656	7-in.	2/7/1901	Carry me back to ole Virginnie	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3087	10-in.	2/7/1901	Carry me back to ole Virginie	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3511	10-in.	7/17/1901	Medley of plantation songs	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer
Victor	B-599	10-in.	10/27/1903	Carry me back to old Virginny	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Victor	A-599	7-in.	10/27/1903	Carry me back to old Virginny	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-1047	10-in.	2/25/1904	Golden slippers medley	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer
Victor	B-2451	10-in.	4/6/1905	In the evening by the moonlight	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	E-2453	8-in.	9/12/1906	Carry me back to old Virginny	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-2453	10-in.	4/6/1905	Carry me back to old Virginny	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-2792	10-in.	10/10/1905	Carry me back to old Virginny	Orthian Ladies' Trio	Female vocal trio	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-15397	12-in.	11/13/1914	Carry me back to old Virginny	Alma Gluck	Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-17855	12-in.	6/13/1916	Songs of the past, no. 15	Victor Mixed Chorus	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-18440	10-in.	9/19/1916	Carry me back to old Virginia	J. Worth Allen	Banjo solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-18569	10-in.	10/20/1916	Carry me back to old Virginny	Orpheus Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	C-20600	12-in.	8/8/1917	Evening by the moonlight medley	Boston Quintet	Male quintet (vocal quartet and piano)	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-20603	10-in.	8/8/1917	Medley of old songs	Boston Quintet	Male quintet (vocal quartet and piano)	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-25317	10-in.	5/24/1921	When you and I were young, Maggie	Victor Band	Band (for vocal accompaniment)	composer
Victor	B-25646	10-in.	10/11/1921	Carry me back to old Virginny	Horace Davis ; Sam Moore	Guitar and octo-chorda duet	composer
Victor	B-25647	10-in.	10/11/1921	My old Kentucky home	Horace Davis ; Sam Moore	Instrumental duet	composer
Victor	B-27008	10-in.	10/4/1922	Carry me back to old Virginny	Michel Gusikoff	Violin solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-27008	10-in.	10/12/1925	Carry me back to old Virginny	Michel Gusikoff	Violin solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-28210	10-in.	6/22/1923	Oh Susanna	Hugo Frey ; Great White Way Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus	composer
Victor	CVE-32856	12-in.	6/2/1925	Carry me back to old Virginny	Rosa Ponselle	Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-33015	10-in.	6/23/1925	Carry me back to old Virginny	Shannon Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-35444	10-in.	5/4/1926	In the evening by the moonlight	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	BVE-37920	10-in.	2/18/1927	Going to ride that midnight train	Georgia Yellow Hammers	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Victor	BVE-38151	10-in.	3/9/1927	Golden slippers	Vernon Dalhart ; Carson Robison	Male vocal duet, with instrumental quartet	composer
Victor	BVE-38619	10-in.	5/22/1927	Carry me back to old Virginny	Wendell Clark Glover	Organ solo	composer
Victor	CVE-43383	12-in.	3/20/1928	Southern melodies waltz, no. 2	Walter Kolomoku’s Honoluluans	Instrumental ensemble (Hawaiian)	composer
Victor	CVE-49077	12-in.	1/18/1929	Minstrel show of 1929	Victor Minstrels	Minstrels, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-53011	10-in.	4/15/1931	Carry me back to old Virginny	Renée Chemet ; Anca Seidlova	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-56726	10-in.	9/27/1929	Carry me back to old Virginny	Robert MacGimsey	Whistling solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-57668	10-in.	12/10/1929	In the land of the sky blue waters	Blanche Arter Myers	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-67766	10-in.	1/7/1931	Carry me back to old Virginny	Jean Tennyson	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BS-046870	10-in.	2/9/1940	In the evening by the moonlight	Golden Memory Boys	Male vocal quartet, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	BS-068386	10-in.	12/4/1941	Carry me back to old Virginny	Emile Coté ; Victor Mixed Chorus	Mixed vocal chorus, with instrumental ensemble	composer, lyricist
Victor	D9VB-0703	10-in.	8/9/1949	Oh dem golden slippers	Spade Cooley ; Roy Rogers ; Spade Cooley and his Orchestra	String band, with dance calls	composer
Victor	D9VB-1232	10-in.	4/1/1949	Golden slippers	Main Street String Band	String band, with vocal ensemble	composer
Victor	BVE-Test-186	10-in.	7/11/1929	Jump back, honey	Show Boat Four	Vocal quartet, with piano	composer
Victor	[Trial 1919-09-23-04]	Not documented	9/23/1919	Carry me back to old Virginia	Ada Pratt	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Columbia	511	10-in.	between January and September 1902	Carry me back to old Virginia	Artists vary	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist, composer
Columbia	511	7-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	Carry me back to old Virginia	Artists vary	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist, composer
Columbia	45793	10-in.	6/19/1915	Carry me back to old Virginia	Columbia Stellar Quartette	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer, lyricist
Columbia	47039	10-in.	9/22/1916	Oh! Dem golden slippers	Harry C. Browne ; Knickerbocker Quartet	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with banjo and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	77277	10-in.	8/20/1917	Carry me back to old Virginny	Nellie Hoone Wetmore	Cornet solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78170	10-in.	10/31/1918	In the evening by the moonlight	Columbia Stellar Quartette	Male vocal quartet	lyricist, composer
Columbia	79309	10-in.	6/25/1920	In the evening by the moonlight	Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Margaret Romaine	Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	80827	10-in.	2/2/1923	Southern medley	Harry Reser ; Shannon Four	Male vocal quartet, with banjo and orchestra	composer
Columbia	81849	10-in.	6/27/1924	Carry me back to old Virginny	Duci De Kerékjártó	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	30782	12-in.	5/29/1911	Fireside minstrels	Arthur Collins ; Minstrels [Columbia Records group]	Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra	composer
Columbia	37484	12-in.	12/24/1915	Carry me back to old Virginny	Oscar Seagle	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	49123	12-in.	2/13/1917	Carry me back to old Virginny	Louis Graveure	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	49273	12-in.	11/20/1917	Carry me back to old Virginny	Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Lucy Gates	Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	49497	12-in.	ca. 1918	Carry me back to old Virginny	Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Barbara Maurel	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	W141059	10-in.	9/29/1925	Carry me back to old Virginny	Cyrena Van Gordon	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W142485	10-in.	7/31/1926	Carry me back to old Virginny	Shannon Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with cello	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W142584	10-in.	8/31/1926	In the evening by the moonlight	Shannon Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	W146424	10-in.	6/11/1928	Oh dem golden slippers	Vernon Dalhart ; Carson Robison	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W146462	10-in.	6/19/1928	O dem golden slippers	The Lions Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with guitar	lyricist, composer
Columbia	146596	10-in.	6/28/1928	Them golden slippers	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet	composer
Columbia	[W]148909	10-in.	8/20/1929	Carry me back to old Virginny	Franklyn Ferris ; Sidney James	Organ solo, with male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W98580	12-in.	9/5/1928	Carry me back to old Virginny	Sophie Braslau	Contralto vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO45644	10-in.	4/4/1951	Three's a crowd (golden slippers)	Lawrence Loy	Male square dance caller, with string band	composer, lyricist
OKeh	S-7468	10-in.	May 1920	Carry me back to old Virginny	The Three Virginians.	Vocal trio, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
OKeh	9382	10-in.	Sept. 1925	Carry me back to old Virginny	W. W. Macbeth	Harmonica solo	composer
OKeh	W80460	10-in.	2/21/1927	Hand me down my walking cane	Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson	Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W400474	10-in.	3/12/1928	Carry me back to old Virginny	Zack and Glenn	Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar	lyricist, composer
OKeh	W402327	10-in.	3/15/1929	Hand me down my walking cane	Harmony Boys ; Elmer McMichen	String band, with male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
OKeh	W403121	10-in.	10/14/1929	Oh dem golden slippers	Spangler and Pearson	Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet	composer
Brunswick	888	10-in.	approximately mid-1917	Carry me back to old Virginny	Marie Morrisey	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	2810	10-in.	approximately Sept. 1919	Carry me back to old Virginny	Ida Heydt	Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	3829	10-in.	approximately Jan. 1920	Carry me back to old Virginny	Marie Tiffany	Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Brunswick	10705-10708	10-in.	5/22/1923	Carry me back to old Virginny	Criterion Trio ; Marie Tiffany	Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	10765-10767	10-in.	5/29/1923	Carry me back to old Virginny	Marie Tiffany	Female vocal solo, with male vocal trio and orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	13442-13443	10-in.	6/30/1924	Golden slippers	Dixie Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus	composer
Brunswick	14123-14125	10-in.	11/4/1924	Carry me back to old Virginny	Edith Mason	Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	14313-14314	10-in.	11/28/1924	Carry me back to old Virginny	Edith Mason	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E3934	10-in.	10/14/1926	Hand me down my walking cane	Robert A. Gardner ; Lester McFarland	Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E27372	10-in.	4/18/1928	Carry me back to old Virginny	Marie Tiffany	Female vocal solo, with male vocal trio and orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E33127	10-in.	6/16/1930	Carry me back to old Virginny	Robert A. Gardner ; Lester McFarland	Male vocal duet, with guitar, mandolin, and harmonica	lyricist, composer
Brunswick	E2649-E2651	10-in.	3/16/1926	O dem golden slippers	Cotton Belt Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with piano	composer
Brunswick	E16602-E16604	10-in.	10/13/1925	Carry me back to old Virginny	Edith Mason	Soprano vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E18585-E18587	10-in.	3/27/1926	Carry me back to old Virginny	Edith Mason	Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E21845-E21847	10-in.	3/11/1927	Golden slippers	Dyke's Magic City Trio	Instrumental trio, with mixed vocal trio	composer
Brunswick	E26304-E26305	10-in.	1/28/1928	Carry me back to old Virginny	Edith Mason	Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	C2584	10-in.	11/21/1928	Carry me back to old Virginny	Eddie Dunstedter	Organ solo	composer
Edison	964	Not documented	3/21/1912	Carry me back to old Virginny	Donald Chalmers	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	981	10-in.	3/28/1912	Carry me back to old Virginny	Thomas Chalmers	Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	1536	Not documented	1921	Carry me back to old Virginia	Losey's Instrumental Quartet	Instrumental quartet	composer
Edison	2793	10-in.	2/3/1914	Carry me back to old Virginny	Thomas Chalmers	Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	3885	10-in.	6/17/1915	Aunt Dinah's golden wedding	Empire Vaudeville Company	Comic scene and singing, with orchestra	composer
Edison	4925	10-in.	8/16/1916	Carry me back to old Virginny	Anna Case ; Criterion Quartet	Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	6295	10-in.	July 1918	Carry me back to Old Virginny	Frederick MacMurray	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Edison	7421	10-in.	6/23/1920	Carry me back to old Virginny	Robert Gayler ; Vera Poppe	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Edison	7470	10-in.	8/2/1920	Carry me back to old Virginny	Carsten Woll	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Edison	10804	10-in.	1/29/1926	Carry me back to old Virginny	Donald Chalmers ; Kaplan's Melodists	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Edison	18108	10-in.	12/15/1927	O! Dem golden slippers	Vernon Dalhart and Company	Male vocal solo and male vocal duet, with violin, banjo, and guitar	composer, lyricist
Edison	19256	10-in.	6/17/1929	Carry me back to old Virginny	American Singers	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist, composer
Edison	N-961	10-in.	6/17/1929	Carry me back to old Virginny	American Singers	Male vocal quartet, with piano	composer, lyricist
Victor (Canada)	7044	10-in.	approximately November 1931	Les souliers dorés	Quatuor Lacroix	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	A354	10-in.	approximately 1924	Carry me back to old Virginny	Edna Thomas	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bland, James A.," accessed November 16, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108950.

Bland, James A.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 16, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108950.

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