William Tracey
Birth and Death Data: Born July 19, 1883 (Brooklyn), Died September 5, 1957 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1910 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer
Notes: Sometimes listed as Will Tracy.
= 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 | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-9709 | 10-in. | 12/14/1910 | Gee, but it's great to meet a friend from your home town | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-12374 | 10-in. | 9/17/1912 | I'll be welcome in my home town | Walter Van Brunt | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-12509 | 10-in. | 10/11/1912 | The funny bunny hug | Ada Jones ; Billy Murray | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-13640 | 10-in. | 7/25/1913 | I want a man like dad (A sweetheart just like mother had) | Ada Jones | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-13961 | 10-in. | 10/15/1913 | When they christened brother Johnson's child | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-14998 | 10-in. | 6/24/1914 | Everything reminds me of that old sweetheart of mine | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell ; Will Oakland | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-15042 | 10-in. | 7/6/1914 | In the town where I was born | Billy Murray ; Will Oakland | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-15145 | 10-in. | 8/25/1914 | You're always welcome at our house | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-15215 | 10-in. | 9/24/1914 | You're always welcome at our house | George Wilton Ballard | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-16934 | 10-in. | 12/24/1915 | Give a little credit to your Dad | Thomas A. Weir | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-17042 | 10-in. | 1/20/1916 | Give a little credit to your Dad | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-17046 | 10-in. | 1/21/1916 | Lazy Mary, will you get up | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-17426 | 10-in. | 4/3/1916 | Oh, Joe, with your fiddle and bow, you stole my heart away | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-17598 | 10-in. | 5/3/1916 | In the beautiful seaside air | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-18830 | 10-in. | 12/11/1916 | Naughty! Naughty! Naughty! | Marguerite Farrell | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-22496 | 10-in. | 1/2/1919 | He's had no lovin' for a long, long time | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-22801 | 10-in. | 4/23/1919 | Mammy o' mine | Adele Rowland | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-23066 | 10-in. | 7/14/1919 | Dixie is Dixie once more | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-23434 | 10-in. | 10/28/1919 | Wonderful pal | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio, with violin duet and orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-24157 | 10-in. | 6/9/1920 | My Dixie rosary | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-24195 | 10-in. | 7/2/1920 | Lonesome alimony blues | Margaret Young | Female vocal solo, with bassoon and orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-25314 | 10-in. | 5/23/1921 | Honey rose | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio, with oboe, bassoon, and orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-26491 | 10-in. | 5/25/1922 | I certainly must be in love | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-35164 | 10-in. | 5/26/1926 | Down by the gas house (the werry woist part of the town) | Billy Murray ; Aileen Stanley | Female-male vocal duet, with 2 pianos | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-35721 | 10-in. | 6/25/1926 | What! No spinach? | Irving Aaronson ; Commanders | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-36646 | 10-in. | 10/30/1926 | Out in the new mown hay | Mitchell Brothers | Male vocal duet, with 2 banjos (self-accompaniment) | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-39292 | 10-in. | 6/24/1927 | Who are you fooling to-night? | Vaughn De Leath | Female vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-40943 | 10-in. | 11/23/1927 | I'm walkin' on air | Frankie Masters Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-53004 | 10-in. | 3/31/1931 | Rocky Mountain Rose | Johnny Marvin | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Victor | BRC-53091 | 10-in. | 5/11/1931 | I'm blue, but nobody cares | Walter Ashby ; Snooks Friedman ; Memphis Ramblers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | PBVE-61057 | 10-in. | 11/20/1930 | Them there eyes | Cocoanut Grove Orchestra ; Rhythm Boys | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-64004 | 10-in. | 7/29/1930 | Okay, baby | McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | PBS-09651 | 10-in. | 8/20/1937 | Gee! But it's great to meet a friend | Bobby Breen | Boy soprano vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-013321 | 10-in. | 9/2/1937 | Gee! But it's great to meet a friend (From your home town) | Ozzie Nelson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-013330 | 10-in. | 9/3/1937 | Gee, but it's great to meet a friend (From your home town) | Bunny Berigan Orchestra ; Gail Reese | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-035715 | 10-in. | 4/7/1939 | Them there eyes | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Johnny Mercer | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-2320 | 10-in. | 12/2/1947 | Them there eyes | Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | [Trial 1914-05-01-07] | Not documented | 5/1/1914 | I'd give the whole world to have you back again | George Wilton Ballard | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 4849 | 10-in. | ca. Aug. 1910 | Play that barber-shop chord | Bert Williams | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 38939 | 10-in. | 7/9/1913 | I want a man like Dad (A sweetheart just like Mother had) | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 39316 | 10-in. | 4/9/1914 | When they christened Brother Johnson's child | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 39468 | 10-in. | 6/29/1914 | Everything reminds me of that old sweetheart of mine | Lyric Trio | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 39639 | 10-in. | 11/25/1914 | It's too late now | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 46341 | 10-in. | 1/14/1916 | Give a little credit to your dad | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 46654 | 10-in. | 3/20/1916 | Oh Joe, with your fiddle and your bow, you stole my heart away | George O'Connor | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 47079 | 10-in. | 10/18/1916 | Oh! Southern city (Send us some beautiful girls) | George O'Connor | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 47149 | 10-in. | 11/13/1916 | Naughty! Naughty! Naughty! | Samuel Ash | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 77284 | 10-in. | 8/23/1917 | If I can't have you all of the time (Then I don't want you at all) | Watson Sisters | Female vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 77324 | 10-in. | 9/10/1917 | The best things in life are free | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 77617 | 10-in. | 1/8/1918 | Bring back my daddy to me | Robert Lewis | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 77786 | 10-in. | 4/24/1918 | When I come back to you (we'll have a Yankee Doodle wedding) | Broadway Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 78262 | 10-in. | 1/22/1919 | He's had no lovin' for a long long time | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 78293 | 10-in. | 2/5/1919 | He's had no lovin' for a long, long time | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 78339 | 10-in. | 3/7/1919 | Mammy o' mine | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 78445 | 10-in. | 5/23/1919 | Oh! Oh! Oh! Those landlords | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 78678 | 10-in. | 9/19/1919 | Just leave it to me | Irving Kaufman ; Jack Kaufman | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 78683 | 10-in. | 9/20/1919 | Wonderful pal | Irving Kaufman ; Jack Kaufman | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 78723 | 10-in. | 10/4/1919 | Wonderful pal | George Meader | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 79163 | 10-in. | 5/6/1920 | Lonesome alimony blues | Bert Williams | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 79177 | 10-in. | 5/12/1920 | My Dixie rosary | Frank Crumit | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 79178 | 10-in. | 5/17/1920 | My Dixie rosary | Fred Hughes | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 79211 | 10-in. | 5/29/1920 | Good-bye Dixie good-bye | Frank Crumit | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 79294 | 10-in. | 6/21/1920 | My Dixie rosary | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 79611 | 10-in. | 12/29/1920 | I'm a ladies' home companion | Tod Weinhold | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 80359 | 10-in. | 5/19/1922 | Atta baby | Nora Bayes | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 80580 | 10-in. | 10/3/1922 | You can have him, I don't want him, didn't love him anyhow blues | Van and Schenck | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 81375 | 10-in. | 11/30/1923 | You better keep babying baby | Georgians ; Billy Jones | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 81446 | 10-in. | 1/2/1924 | Dancin' Dan | Ruth Roye | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 49290 | 12-in. | 12/15/1917 | Cleopatra had a jazz band | Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson | Band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 141501 | 10-in. | 1/15/1926 | You're always a baby to Mother | Billy West | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W141609 | 10-in. | 2/8/1926 | You're always a baby to Mother | Franklyn Baur ; Lewis James | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 142260 | 10-in. | 5/27/1926 | What! No spinach? | Albert Campbell ; Jack Kaufman | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W142281 | 10-in. | 6/7/1926 | What! No spinach? | The Happiness Boys | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 142331 | 10-in. | 6/21/1926 | Out in the new mown hay | Albert Campbell ; Jack Kaufman | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W142352 | 10-in. | 6/28/1926 | Out in the new-mown hay | Macy and Smalle | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W142966 | 10-in. | 11/29/1926 | Counting the days (Till I get back to Georgia) | Ruth Etting | Female vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W144140 | 10-in. | 5/12/1927 | (That's the reason why) I wish I was in Dixie | Four Aristocrats | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W144789 | 10-in. | 9/22/1927 | I'm walkin' on air | Kitty O'Connor | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W144820 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | I'm walkin' on air | Seger Ellis ; Fred Rich Hotel Astor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 144837 | 10-in. | 10/7/1927 | I'm walkin' on air | Robert Benjamin ; Newport Society Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 144906 | 10-in. | 10/25/1927 | I'm walkin' on air | Harmony Brothers | Male vocal duet, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | [W]148890 | 10-in. | 8/19/1929 | In the town where I was born | Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W148906 | 10-in. | 8/20/1929 | At twilight | Ruth Etting | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W148985 | 10-in. | 9/6/1929 | At twilight | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | lyricist | |
| Columbia | [W]149958 | 10-in. | 2/3/1930 | Amos 'n' Andy | Arthur Fields ; Fred Hall | Male vocal duet | songwriter | |
| Columbia | C1887 | 10-in. | 10/1/1937 | Gee but it's great to meet a friend (from your home town) | Sweet Violet Boys | String band, with male group vocal | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W24879 | 10-in. | 7/05/1939 | Them there eyes | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| OKeh | 492 | 10-in. | ca. Dec. 1918 | Every day's a holiday in Dixie | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
| OKeh | 608 | 10-in. | ca. Feb. 1919 | Mammy o' mine | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| OKeh | S-70081 | 10-in. | Aug. 1921 | 'Tain't nothin' else but jazz | Rega Orchestra ; Aileen Stanley | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| OKeh | S-70383 | 10-in. | Dec. 1921 | Atta baby | Billy Jones ; Tampa Blue Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| OKeh | S-70404 | 10-in. | Jan. 1922 | Atta baby | Billy Jones | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| OKeh | S-70791 | 10-in. | Aug. 1922 | You can have him, I don't want him, didn't love him anyhow blues | Jazz Hounds ; Mamie Smith | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| OKeh | S-70915 | 10-in. | Oct. 1922 | I certainly must be in love | Elsie Clark | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| OKeh | S-72253 | 10-in. | Jan. 1924 | Dancin' Dan | Jack Kaufman ; John Ryan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| OKeh | 74188 | 10-in. | June 1926 | What? No spinach? | Albert Campbell ; Jack Kaufman | Male vocal duet | songwriter | |
| OKeh | 74222 | 10-in. | July 1926 | Out in the new mown hay | Albert Campbell ; Jack Kaufman | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| OKeh | 80061 | 10-in. | 6/7/1926 | What! No spinach? | Albert Campbell ; Jack Glogau ; Jack Kaufman | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W81552 | 10-in. | 10/17/1927 | I'm walkin' on air | Gotham Troubadours [Irwin Abrams Hotel Manger Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| OKeh | W404872 | 10-in. | 4/29/1931 | Them there eyes | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| OKeh | [OK cat 4150-A] | 10-in. | between January and June 1920 | My Dixie rosary | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | 8157 | 10-in. | approximately May 1922 | I certainly must be in love | Billy Jones | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | 11735-11737 | 10-in. | 10/26/1923 | You better keep babying baby | Margaret Young | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | 12026-12028 | 10-in. | 12/4/1923 | Dancin’ Dan | Margaret Young | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E35252 | 10-in. | 11/30/1930 | Them there eyes | Grace Johnston | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E35411 | 10-in. | 11/18/1930 | Them there eyes | Hal Kemp Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E36276 | 10-in. | 3/5/1931 | Rocky Mountain Rose | Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner | Male vocal duet, with violin and guitar | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E3468-E3470 | 10-in. | 7/20/1926 | Out in the new mown hay | The Bostonians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E19445-E19447 | 10-in. | 6/3/1926 | What! No spinach? | Ed Smalle | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E19716-E19718 | 10-in. | 7/9/1926 | Out in the new mown hay | Six Jumping Jacks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Edison | 3476 | 10-in. | Dec. 1914 | It's too late now | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | 5151 | 10-in. | 11/16/1916 | Naughty! Naughty! Naughty! | Gladys Rice | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | 5832 | 10-in. | 10/4/1917 | The best things in life are free | George Wilton Ballard | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | 6558 | 10-in. | 1/9/1919 | Every day's a holiday in Dixie | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
| Edison | 6789 | 10-in. | 5/17/1919 | Dixie is Dixie once more | Premier Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | 7386 | 10-in. | 6/4/1920 | Lonesome alimony blues | Sidney Phillips | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | 7779 | 10-in. | 2/4/1921 | Aunt Jemima's jubilee | Premier Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | 8384 | 10-in. | 3/15/1922 | Atta baby | Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | 8475 | 10-in. | 6/1/1922 | I certainly must be in love | Marguerite Farrell | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | 11078 | 10-in. | 6/30/1926 | Out in the new mown hay | Arthur Hall ; John Ryan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | 11704 | 10-in. | 5/17/1927 | That's the reason why I wish I was in Dixie | Four Aristocrats | Male vocal quartet, with instrumental quartet | lyricist | |
| Edison | 18059 | 10-in. | 11/25/1927 | I'm walkin' on air | Oreste Queensland Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Edison | 18095 | 10-in. | 12/9/1927 | I'm walkin' on air | Happy Jack ; Oreste Queensland Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Edison | N-1075 | 10-in. | 8/16/1929 | At twilight | J. Donald Parker | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tracey, William," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/112953.
Tracey, William. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/112953.
"Tracey, William." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.
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Discogs: William Tracey
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LCNAR: Tracey, William, 1893-1957 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006011841
Wikidata: William Tracey - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q80766012
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/12052966
MusicBrainz: William Tracey - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1323c158-8dbc-42ac-8424-53ca3310f280
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