Will Oakland

Overview

112 way cylinder recordings

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	with Performers	Issue


Dear Little Boy of Mine (1919)	E.R. Ball		Edison Blue Amberol: 3781
Dear Old Ma (1910)	E.R. Ball		Edison Standard Record: 10461
My Wild Irish Rose (1911)	E.R. Ball		Lakeside Indestructible Cylinder Record: 1109
My Wild Irish Rose (1910)	E.R. Ball	William H. Thompson	Edison Amberol: 567
Denver Town (1909)	G. Botsford	John H. Bieling Billy Murray William F. Hooley	Edison Standard Record: 10155
We've Been Chums For Fifty Years (1909)	T. Chattaway		Edison Standard Record: 10245
On Mobile Bay (1911)	C.N. Daniels		Edison Standard Record: 10495
Bring Back the Roses Kathleen Mavourneen (1919)	F. Fisher		Edison Blue Amberol: 3678
Ring Me Up Heaven, Please, Central (1909)	L. Friedman		Edison Standard Record: 10263
I'll Remember You, Love, in My Prayers (1911)	W.S. Hays		Edison Amberol: 808
Mollie Darling (1912)	W.S. Hays		Edison Amberol: 963
⇑Take This Letter to My Mother (1917)	W.S. Hays		Edison Blue Amberol: 3097
Ma Pickaninny Babe (1914)	C.L. Johnson		Edison Blue Amberol: 2416
Dearie (1909)	C.B. Kummer		Edison Amberol: 201
Norah Acushla! (1912)	H. Millard		Edison Blue Amberol: 1569
The Longest Way 'round Is the Sweetest Way Home (1909)	K. Mills		Edison Amberol: 145
You Can't Make Me Stop Loving You (1910)	K. Mills		Edison Standard Record: 10418
Mother Machree (1910)	C.C. Olcott		Edison Amberol: 583
The Curse of an Aching Heart (1913)	A. Piantadosi		Edison Blue Amberol: 2022
Think It Over, Mary (1911)	A. Piantadosi		Lakeside Indestructible Cylinder Record: 1253
Just Before the Battle, Mother (1909)	G.F. Root		Edison Amberol: 297
That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone (1919)	A.M. Sanders		Edison Blue Amberol: 3876
As I Sat Upon My Dear Old Mother's Knee (1913)	J.P. Skelly		Edison Blue Amberol: 1787
⇑When the Autumn Moon Is Creeping Thru' the Woodlands (1911)	A. Solman		U.S. Everlasting Record: 1151
Eilleen Allanna (1911)	J.R. Thomas
Sweet Genevieve (1912)	H. Tucker	William H. Thompson	Lakeside Indestructible Cylinder Record: 1484

MP3s

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	with Performers	Issue


	Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares (1909)	C.K. Harris		Edison's National Phonograph Company: 10163

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	with Performers	Issue


I'll Await My Love (1911)	F. Howard	Will Oakland	Columbia: 19308
Only a Pansy Blossom (1916)	F. Howard	Will Oakland S. Porter George Wilton Ballard William F. Hooley	Edison: 4469
Who Will Care For Mother Now. (1916)	C.F. Thompson	Will Oakland William F. Hooley Betsy Lane Shepherd George Wilton Ballard	Edison: 5070

Monologues

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Just Before the Battle, Mother	George Frederick Root (words & music) Will Oakland (perf.)
	Where the River Shannon Flows	James I. Russell (words & music) Will Oakland (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Garland of Old Fashioned Roses (1911)	E.C. Keithley (music) Charles Hamilton Musgrove (words) Will Oakland (perf.)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace

Works

This list is arranged by composer and contains 33 works performed by Will Oakland who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m) ER

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Won't You Come Over to My House? (1906)	Egbert A. van Alstyne	Hattie Williams (words) Henry Burr (perf.) J.A. Driscoll (perf.) Louise Henry (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.)
Dear Old Ma (1910)	Ernest Roland Ball	Bartley Costello (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
My Wild Irish Rose (1910)	Ernest Roland Ball	Chancellor Chauncey Olcott (words) Will Oakland (perf.) William H. Thompson (perf.)
Dear Little Boy of Mine (1918)	Ernest Roland Ball	J. Keirn Brennan (words) Ben Alexander (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.)
Denver Town (1908)	George Botsford	Harry J. Breen (words) John H. Bieling (perf.) William F. Hooley (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.)	Pub.
We've Been Chums For Fifty Years (1905)	Thurland Chattaway(w&m)	Will Oakland (perf.)
On Mobile Bay (1910)	Charles Neil Daniels	Earle C. Jones (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Bring Back the Roses Kathleen Mavourneen (1918)	Fred Fisher	Alfred Bryan (words) Joe McCarthy (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Ring Me Up Heaven, Please, Central (1908)	Leo Friedman	Beth Slater Whitson (words) Myrtle Huntley (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.)
Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares (1909)	Charles K. Harris(w&m)	Will Oakland (perf.)
⇑Mollie Darling (1871)	Will S. Hays(w&m)	Frank Coombs (perf.) Charles Hart (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.)
Take This Letter to My Mother (1872)	Will S. Hays(w&m)	Will Oakland (perf.)
I'll Remember You, Love, in My Prayers (1877)	Will S. Hays	Will Oakland (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.)
I'll Await My Love (1911)	Frank Howard	Frank Howard (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Only a Pansy Blossom (1916)	Frank Howard	Eben E. Rexford (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) William F. Hooley (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.) Steve Porter (perf.)
Ma Pickaninny Babe (1913)	Chas. L. Johnson(w&m)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.)
Garland of Old Fashioned Roses (1911)	E. Clinton Keithley	Charles Hamilton Musgrove (words) Adams & Lewis (perf.) Harry Downing (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.) Dora Pelletier (perf.) Louis Zoeller (perf.)
Dearie (1905)	Clare Beecher Kummer	George Alexander (perf.) Sallie Fisher (perf.) Harry MacDonough (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.)
Norah Acushla! (1876)	Harrison Millard	George Cooper (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Longest Way 'round Is the Sweetest Way Home (1908), The	Kerry Mills	Ren Shields (words) Will Oakland (perf.) William Redmond (perf.)
You Can't Make Me Stop Loving You (1910)	Kerry Mills	Edgar Leslie (words) Will Oakland (perf.) Jennie Ward (perf.)	Pub.
⇑Buy a Bale of Cotton For Me (1914)	Lewis F. Muir	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Moss & Potter (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.) Carrie Reynolds (perf.)	Pub.
Mother Machree (1910)	Chancellor Chauncey Olcott(w&m)	Ernest Roland Ball (co-author) Young (words) Rida Johnson (words) Henry Burr (perf.) Charles D'Almaine (perf.) Albert Lindquest (perf.) John McCormack (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.) Chancellor Chauncey Olcott (perf.) Monty Woolley (perf.)
Think It Over, Mary (1911)	Al Piantadosi	Thomas J. Gray (words) Will Oakland (perf.) Frankie Seigel (perf.)
Curse of an Aching Heart (1913), The	Al Piantadosi	Henry Fink (words) Joe Burns (perf.) Emma Carus (perf.) Manne & Bell (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.)	Pub.
Just Before the Battle, Mother (1863)	George Frederick Root(w&m)	John H. Bieling (perf.) Henry Burr (perf.) Harry MacDonough (perf.) John W. Myers (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.) Frank C. Stanley (perf.)	Pub.
Where the River Shannon Flows (1905)	James I. Russell(w&m)	Will Oakland (perf.) John Russell (perf.)	Pub.
That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone (1918)	Alma M. Sanders	Monte Carlo (co-author) Richard W. Pascoe (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
As I Sat Upon My Dear Old Mother's Knee (1913)	J.P. Skelly	Will Oakland (perf.)
When the Autumn Moon Is Creeping Thru' the Woodlands (1908)	Alfred Solman	Monroe H. Rosenfeld (words) Will Oakland (perf.)
Eilleen Allanna (1873)	J.R. Thomas	E.S. Marble (words) David Brazell (perf.) Clara Butt (perf.) Hughes Macklin (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.)
Who Will Care For Mother Now. (1863)	C.F. Thompson	C.C. Sawyer (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) William F. Hooley (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.)
⇑Sweet Genevieve (1869)	Henry Tucker	George Cooper (words) Clara Butt (perf.) Ida Gardner (perf.) James F. Harrison (perf.) John McCormack (perf.) Will Oakland (perf.) William H. Thompson (perf.)	Pub.