Madelyn Sheppard

Madelyn Sheppard (died in 1990) was an American pianist, singer, and composer from Selma, Alabama. She frequently collaborated with lyricist Annelu Burns on spirituals and blues songs, including creating music for the theater and film industries. She composed the score for the 1922 Broadway musical, Just Because, which "may well have been the first full-length Broadway musical authored entirely by women", according to the Library of Congress.

Birth and Death Data: Born November 23, 1896, Died October 10, 1990

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1918 - 1929

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, soprano vocal

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= 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
Victor	B-24616	10-in.	10/7/1920	Pickaninny Rose	Olive Kline	Female vocal solo, with piano, violin, and orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-32707	10-in.	5/19/1925	Many, many years ago	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio, violin, guitar, and harmonica	composer
Victor	BVE-Test-607	10-in.	1/10/1929	High up on the hilltop	Sunshine Sisters	Female vocal duet	vocalist, soprano vocal
Victor	BVE-Test-609	10-in.	1/10/1929	I must have that man	Claude Reese ; Madelyn Sheppard	Female-male vocal duet	vocalist, soprano vocal
Victor	BVE-Test-610	10-in.	1/10/1929	I'm satisfied just loving you	Sunshine Trio	Mixed vocal trio	vocalist, soprano vocal
Columbia	79673	10-in.	Feb. 1921	Pickaninny Rose	Art Hickman's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	W140452	10-in.	3/19/1925	That little old sweetheart of mine	Lewis James	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	composer
Columbia	W140832	10-in.	8/10/1925	Many, many years ago	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar	composer, lyricist
OKeh	S-7617	10-in.	Oct. 1920	Pickaninny Rose	Ernest Hare	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
OKeh	S-72003	10-in.	11/3/1923	O Saroo, Saroo	Reese Du Pree	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Brunswick	E3926	10-in.	10/13/1926	Many, many years ago	Robert A. Gardner ; Lester McFarland	Male vocal duet, with guitar and harmonica	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E16001-E16002	10-in.	6/18/1925	Many many years ago	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with guitar and violin	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E16067-E16069	10-in.	6/29/1925	Many, many years ago	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	composer, lyricist
Edison	6430	10-in.	between 10/23/1918 and 10/28/1918	Waiting	Marie Morrisey	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	7481	10-in.	8/5/1920	Pickaninny Rose	Margaret A. Freer	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	10210	10-in.	2/18/1925	Kalua moon	Herbert Soman Salon Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Edison	10343	10-in.	4/30/1925	Many, many years ago	Vernon Dalhart and Company	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar	composer, lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sheppard, Madelyn," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107767.

Sheppard, Madelyn. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107767.

"Sheppard, Madelyn." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.

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