Rida Johnson Young

Rida Johnson Young

Rida Johnson Young (born Rida Louise Johnson, February 28, 1869 – May 8, 1926) was an American playwright, songwriter and librettist. In her career, Young wrote over 30 plays and musicals and approximately 500 songs. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. Some of her better-known lyrics include "Mother Machree" from the 1910 show Barry of Ballymore, "Italian Street Song", "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" and "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" from Naughty Marietta, and "Will You Remember?" from Maytime.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 28, 1869 (Baltimore), Died May 8, 1926 (Stamford)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1906 - 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 138 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	C-3378	12-in.	5/10/1906	When love is young	Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-9650	10-in.	11/15/1910	Mother Machree	Will Oakland	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	C-9672	12-in.	11/23/1910	I'm falling in love with someone	John Barnes Wells	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-9672	10-in.	11/23/1910	I'm falling in love with someone	John Barnes Wells	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-9679	10-in.	11/30/1910	Italian street song	Lucy Isabelle Marsh ; Victor Light Opera Company	Soprano vocal solo and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-9716	10-in.	12/16/1910	I'm falling in love with someone	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-9719	10-in.	12/16/1910	I'm falling in love with someone	Evan Williams	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-10062	10-in.	3/17/1911	I'm falling in love with someone	John McCormack	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	C-10062	12-in.	3/16/1911	I'm falling in love with someone	John McCormack	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-10069	10-in.	3/17/1911	Mother Machree	John McCormack	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	C-11317	12-in.	11/29/1911	Gems from Naughty Marietta	Victor Light Opera Company	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-15659	10-in.	2/2/1915	Mother Machree	George MacFarlane	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-15827	10-in.	3/24/1915	Mother Machree	Charles Harrison	Male vocal solo, with harp and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-16319	10-in.	8/5/1915	Longing just for you	George MacFarlane	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-17510	10-in.	4/18/1916	Mother Machree	Albert Corey Whittemore	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-18948	10-in.	12/29/1916	Mother	Lambert Murphy	Male vocal solo, with celeste, harp, and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-20814	10-in.	10/1/1917	Will you remember?	Raymond Dixon ; Alice Green	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	C-23023	12-in.	6/20/1919	Gems from Sometime	Victor Light Opera Company	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-23109	10-in.	8/5/1919	Molly	Reinald Werrenrath	Baritone vocal solo, with harp and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-23715	10-in.	2/2/1920	I'm falling in love with someone	Orville Harrold	Tenor vocal solo, with violin, celeste or piano, and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-30500	10-in.	7/14/1924	My dream girl	Lambert Murphy	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-30987	10-in.	10/9/1924	The broad highway	Reinald Werrenrath	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-31804	10-in.	3/24/1925	Ah! Sweet mystery of love	Hulda Lashanska	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-31804	10-in.	1/26/1925	Ah! Sweet mystery of life	Hulda Lashanska	Soprano vocal solo, with piano and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-35496	10-in.	6/29/1926	Mother Machree	The Silver-Masked Tenor [i.e., Joseph M. White]	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist

(Results 1-25 of 138 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Young, Rida Johnson," accessed November 18, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105012.

Young, Rida Johnson. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 18, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105012.

"Young, Rida Johnson." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 November 2024.

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