James Brockman (1886-1967)
Last updated: 25.01.24
According to the Internet source given below, James Brockman was an American songwriter and in his early years, a stage comedian. He studied music at the Cleveland conservatory. His most endurable success must be I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (1918) which was introduced by June Caprice in the The Passing Show. Other hits include Down Among The Sheltering Palms, Feather Your Nest (1920) and I Faw Down An' Go Boom. (1928). Towards the end of his long and successful career he wrote film scores. Of ragtime interest is his Chicken Rag (1911).His portrait on the left is taken from Wop, Wop, Wop! (1908) published by M. Witmark and Sons, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, USA.
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James Brockman (1886-1967) has at least 2 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
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I Never Knew I Had a Heart Until I Met You Ballad Words and Music by: James Brockman.
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Some One Else Song Words and Music by: James Brockman.
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In Dear Old Napoli (1917) | J. Brockman | W.V. Brunt | Edison Blue Amberol: 3091 |
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You Don't Know How Much You Have to Know in Order to Know How Little You Know (1910) | J. Brockman | Eddie Weston | U.S. Everlasting: 214 |
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That's Yiddisha Love (1910) | J. Brockman | Edward Meeker | Edison Amberol: 597 |
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You Can Look and You Can Listen But M-U-M Is the Word (1908) | J. Brockman | Ada Jones | Edison Amberol: 33 |
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Mariutch Down at Coney Isle (1908) | H. von Tilzer | J. Brockman | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9730 |
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Palm Court Theatre Orchestra | The Picnic Party | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)        |
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Chicken Rag (1911), The | J. Brockman (music) Artie Hall (perf.) |
Piano | Indiana |  |
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Feather Your Nest (1920) | J. Brockman (w&m) Howard Johnson (coauth.) J. Kendis (coauth.) Anna Chandler (perf.) Howard & Howard (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana Indiana |
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I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome (1919) | J. Brockman (w&m) J. Kendis (coauth.) Nat Vincent (coauth.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana Greer |
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In Old Madeira (1915) | J. Brockman (music) N. Osborne (coauth.) George Graff (coauth.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
This list is arranged by composer and contains 6 works performed by James Brockman 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)
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Moolbarri (1907) | Junie McCree(w&m) | James Brockman (perf.) Eddie Foy (perf.) |
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Mariutch Down at Coney Isle (1907) | Harry von Tilzer | Andrew B. Sterling (words) James Brockman (perf.) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) |
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 39 works by James Brockman (1886-1967).
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| Garibaldi (w&m) | 1907 | James Brockman (perf.) | |
| Marianina (w&m) | 1907 | Ray Bailey (perf.) James Brockman (perf.) |
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| Moolbarri | 1907 | Junie McCree (words) James Brockman (perf.) |
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| You've Got to Love Me a Lot | 1907 | John B. Lowitz (co-author) | |
| If I Could Gain the World by Wishing | 1908 | Ed Gardenier (words) | |
| My Fluff-A- De Ruff | 1908 | Ed Gardinier (words) Lalla Selbini (perf.) |
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| Some One Else | 1908 |  |
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| Wop, Wop, Wop! (w&m) | 1908 | James Brockman (perf.) | |
| You Can Look and You Can Listen But M-U-M Is the Word | 1908 | Ada Jones (perf.) | |
| Abie, Take an Example From Your Fader (w&m) | 1909 | Pub. | |
| I Trust My Husband Anywhere But I Like to Stick Around (w&m) | 1909 | Grace Tyson (perf.) | Pub. |
| ⇑ That's Yiddisha Love (w&m) | 1910 | Edward Meeker (perf.) | Pub. |
| Tie Your Little Bull Outside | 1910 | ||
| Chicken Rag, The | 1911 | Artie Hall (perf.) |  |
| Yum Pum Pa (w&m) | 1912 | May Green (perf.) | |
| Story the Shamrock Told, The | 1913 | Billy Johnson (words) | |
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| America First | 1915 | |
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| I Never Knew I Had a Heart Until I Met You | 1915 | |
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| In Dear Old Napoli | 1915 | Walter Van Brunt (perf.) | Pub. |
| In Old Madeira | 1915 | Nat Osborne (co-author) George Graff (co-author) |
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| Ghost of the Ukulele, The | 1916 | Jack Smith (co-author) Howard & Howard (perf.) |
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| Kid Is Clever, The | 1916 | Pub. | |
| Garden in Our Back Yard, The | 1917 | Jeff Branen (words) | Pub. |
| In the Days of Old Black Joe | 1917 | Pub. | |
| Why I Love You I Don't Know | 1917 | ||
| I'm Like a Ship Without a Sail (w&m) | 1918 | |
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| I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome (w&m) | 1919 | James Kendis (co-author) Nat Vincent (co-author) |
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| ⇑ You Don't Know How Much You Have to Know in Order to Know How Little You Know | 1919 | Bert Fitzgibbon (co-author) Louis Weslyn (co-author) Eddie Weston (perf.) |
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| Ages and Ages | 1920 | James Kendis (co-author) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) |
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| Feather Your Nest (w&m) | 1920 | Howard Johnson (co-author) James Kendis (co-author) Anna Chandler (perf.) |
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| You Darling You | 1923 | ||
| Nightingale (w&m) | 1924 | Arr. by Dick Konter | |
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| I Was Never So Lonesome Before | 1925 | Ira Schuster (co-author) Ben Russell (words) |
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| Silver Head | 1925 | Vincent Lopez (co-author) Joseph Nussbaum (co-author) |
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| Laughing Eyes, Don't You Cry | 1926 | Joseph Moss (co-author) Will Oakland (co-author) |
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| Wait Till My Ship Comes In (w&m) | 1926 | Will Oakland (co-author) Joseph Moss (co-author) |
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| I Faw Down and Go Boom! | 1928 | Leonard Stevens (words) | |
| Faithfully Yours (w&m) | 1931 | Abe Lyman (co-author) Ted Snyder (co-author) |
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| Oh! How I Wish I Knew (w&m) | n.d. | Pete Wendling (co-author) | |