Joe Young

Joe Young (July 4, 1889 – April 21, 1939) was an American lyricist. He was born in New York. Young was most active from 1911 through the late-1930s, beginning his career working as a singer and song-plugger for various music publishers. During World War I, he entertained the U.S. troops, touring Europe as a singer.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 4, 1889 (New York City), Died April 21, 1939 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1910 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, guitar, composer, banjo

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

Recordings (Results 851-875 of 931 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Edison	6266	10-in.	July 1918	Rock-a-bye your baby with a Dixie melody	Vernon Dalhart	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	6273	10-in.	July 1918	Hello Central, give me No Man's Land	Gladys Rice	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	6419	10-in.	between 10/10/1918 and 10/23/1918	Oh! how I wish I could sleep until my daddy comes home	Moonlight Trio	Vocal trio (soprano, tenor, and bass), with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	6474	10-in.	11/27/1918	The worst is yet to come	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo and female vocal ensemble, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	6591	10-in.	1/28/1919	How 'ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen Paree?	Byron G. Harlan ; Ada Jones	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	6706	10-in.	4/3/1919	Don't cry, Frenchy, don't cry	George Wilton Ballard	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	6722	10-in.	4/14/1919	When the bees make honey (Down in sunny Alabam')	Irving Kaufman ; Jack Kaufman	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	6855	10-in.	7/1/1919	I'm sorry I ain't got it you could have it it if I had it	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	7081	10-in.	12/30/1919	Hippity hop	Premier Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	7085	10-in.	1/2/1920	You're a million miles from nowhere (When you're one little mile from home)	William Bonner	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	7198	10-in.	3/5/1920	What's the good of kicking, let's go 'round with a smile	Maurice Burkhart	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	7271	10-in.	3/31/1920	I'd love to fall asleep and wake up in my mammy's arms	Reese Jones	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	7529	10-in.	9/16/1920	Old pal (Why don't you answer me?)	Lewis James	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	7686	10-in.	12/16/1920	No wonder I'm blue	Ernest Hare	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	7707	10-in.	12/28/1920	My mammy	Premier Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	7776	10-in.	2/3/1921	Ump-pah-pah	Al Bernard	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	7805	10-in.	2/17/1921	'Sippi Shore	Georgie Price	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	7873	10-in.	3/29/1921	The last little mile is the longest (When you're longing for home sweet home)	Lewis James	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	8146	10-in.	7/27/1921	Tuck me to sleep (In my old Kentucky home)	Roy Cropper	Male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	8309	10-in.	12/6/1921	Granny (You're my mammy's mammy)	Homestead Trio	Female vocal trio, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	8587	10-in.	9/13/1922	While the years roll by	Lewis James ; Elizabeth Spencer	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	8808	10-in.	1/3/1923	Open your arms, my Alabamy	Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones	Male vocal duet	lyricist
Edison	8905	10-in.	4/3/1923	Down among the sleepy hills of Tennessee	Robert Denning ; Jack Holt	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	9450	10-in.	4/4/1924	Down where the South begins	Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	9488	10-in.	4/30/1924	If I can't sing about my mammy (I don't want to sing at all)	George Wilton Ballard	Male vocal solo and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra	lyricist

(Results 851-875 of 931 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Young, Joe," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109043.

Young, Joe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109043.

"Young, Joe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.