Robert S. Roberts (1871-1930)

Overview

Websites:
	Bob Roberts (singer)	Biography by wikipedia.org.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


as Performer
Dat Friend of Mine (1908)	E.A. van Alstyne	R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9740
I've Got a Vacant Room in My Heart For You (1907)	E.A. van Alstyne	R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9488
Gee, But I Like Music With My Meals (1912)	N.D. Ayer	R.S. Roberts	U.S. Everlasting Record: 1498
That Opera Rag (1912)	I. Berlin	R.S. Roberts	Lakeside Indestructible Cylinder Record: 457
That Opera Rag (1912)	I. Berlin	R.S. Roberts	U.S. Everlasting: 457
M-A Double R-I-E-D (1908)	G.M. Cohan	R.S. Roberts	Indestructible Record: 721
He Handed Me a Lemon (1907)	B. Cole	R.S. Roberts	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 33077
I Want to Sing in Opera (1911)	W. David	R.S. Roberts	Edison Amberol: 906
Blitz and Blatz at the Ball Game (1909)	F. Duprez	F. Duprez R.S. Roberts	Indestructible Record: 1137
Blitz and Blatz Among the Indians (1910)	F. Duprez	F. Duprez R.S. Roberts	Indestructible Record: 3104
Blitz and Blatz at the Sea Shore (1909)	F. Duprez	F. Duprez R.S. Roberts	Indestructible Record: 1160
⇑It's a Good World, After All (1906)	G. Edwards	R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9200
You'll Have to Wait Till My Ship Comes In (1907)	G. Evans	R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9590
In the Lives of Famous Men (1904)	S. Furth	R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8634
No Wedding Bells For Me (1907)	S. Furth	R.S. Roberts	Columbia Record: 33139
No Wedding Bells For Me (1907)	S. Furth	R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9538
Uncle Quit Work Too (1906)	J. Havez	R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9251
Mister Dinkelspiel (1908)	J.F. Helf	R.S. Roberts	Indestructible Record: 877
Fables (1913)	J.F. Helf	R.S. Roberts	Edison Blue Amberol: 1632
Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1912)	L.F. Muir	R.S. Roberts
The Load That Father Carried (1906)	J.B. Mullen	R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9179
I'm Getting Ready For My Mother-In-Law (1907)	J. Norworth	R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9440
Never (1905)	A. Rogers	R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8930
⇑Dan, Dan, Dan-u-el (1905)	E. Rogers	Billy Murray R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8913
Come Down McGinty (1906)	E. Rogers	Albert Campbell R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9381
Farewell, Mister Abner Hemingway (1905)	J. Schwartz	Billy Murray R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8963
They're All Good American Names (1911)	J. Schwartz	R.S. Roberts	Edison Amberol: 722
Yankee Boodle (1906)	J. Schwartz	R.S. Roberts	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 32900
I've Got a Little Money and I Saved It All For You (1905)	M. Silver	Billy Murray R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8991
I Said ''Hello'', She Said the Same, Then We Both Said "Good-Bye" (1908)	M. Silver	R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9854
Foolish Questions (1908)	A.B. Sloane	R.S. Roberts	Indestructible Record: 851
How Did the Bird Know That? (1909)	L. Stuart	R.S. Roberts	Indestructible Record: 1230
Teasing (1904)	A. von Tilzer	R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8804
Alexander, Don't You Love Your Baby No More? (1904)	H. von Tilzer	R.S. Roberts	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 32563
Don't Take Me Home (1908)	H. von Tilzer	R.S. Roberts	Indestructible Record: 889
⇑I Love, I Love, I Love My Wife, But Oh! You Kid! (1909)	H. von Tilzer	R.S. Roberts	Indestructible Record: 1129
Wouldn't It Make You Hungry? (1904)	H. von Tilzer	R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8602
Just Because I'm From Missouri (1905)	P. Wenrich	R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9088
Dat's Harmony (1912)	B.A. Williams	R.S. Roberts	Edison Amberol: 887
He's a Cousin of Mine (1906)	B.A. Williams	R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9412

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	I'm Certainly Living a Rag-Time Life (1900)		James Pitt-Payne
	Pride of Bucktown (1897), The		Colin D. McDonald

MP3s

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


as Performer
That's Gratitude (1907)	W.S. Camp	R.S. Roberts	Edison's National Phonograph Company: 9654
Everybody Works But Father (1905)	J. Havez	R.S. Roberts	Edison's National Phonograph Company: 9100

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	I'm Certainly Living a Rag-Time Life (1900)	R.S. Roberts (music) G. Jefferson (words) Artie Hall (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP

Titles

This list is arranged by composer and contains 42 works performed by Robert S. Roberts 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


Tippecanoe (1904)	Egbert A. van Alstyne	Harry Williams (words) Willliam Gould (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
I've Got a Vacant Room in My Heart For You (1906)	Egbert A. van Alstyne	Harry Williams (words) Zoa Matthews (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
Dat Friend of Mine (1908)	Egbert A. van Alstyne	Harry Williams (words) Edgar Atchinson Ely (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)	Pub.
Gee, But I Like Music With My Meals (1911)	Nathan D. Ayer	Seymour Brown (words) William Burress (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)	Pub.
That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn Tune (1909)	Irving Berlin(w&m)	Bessie Browning (perf.) Ed'w. T. Connelly (perf.) Frank Coombs (perf.) Sherman Gypsy Girls (perf.) Al Herman (perf.) Myrtle E. Huntley (perf.) Kaplan & Samuels (perf.) Bessie Kyle (perf.) Musical Lamoine (perf.) Grace Leonard (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.) Albert Weston (perf.) Willie Weston (perf.)
That Opera Rag (1910)	Irving Berlin	Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
That's Gratitude (1907)	W. Sheppard Camp	George A. Norton (words) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
M-A Double R-I-E-D (1908)	George. M. Cohan	Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
He Handed Me a Lemon (1906)	Bob Cole	J Rosamond Johnson (words) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
I Want to Sing in Opera (1910)	Worton David	George Arthurs (words) Wilkie Bard (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
⇑Blitz and Blatz at the Ball Game (1909)	Fred Duprez	Fred Duprez (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
Blitz and Blatz at the Sea Shore (1909)	Fred Duprez	Fred Duprez (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
Blitz and Blatz Among the Indians (1910)	Fred Duprez	Fred Duprez (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
It's a Good World, After All (1906)	Gus Edwards	Vincent Bryan (words) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
You'll Have to Wait Till My Ship Comes In (1906)	George Evans	Ren Shields (words) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
In the Lives of Famous Men (1903)	Seymour Furth	Edward P. Moran (words) Robert S. Roberts (perf.) Jerome Sykes (perf.)	Pub.
No Wedding Bells For Me (1906)	Seymour Furth	Edward P Moran (words) Will A. Heelan (words) Trixie Friganza (perf.) Pauline Des Landes (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
Everybody Works But Father (1905)	Jean Havez(w&m)	Arthur Collins (perf.) Lew Dockstader (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.) Madie Scott (perf.)
Uncle Quit Work Too (1906)	Jean Havez	Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
Mister Dinkelspiel (1908)	J. Fred Helf	Eddie Moran (words) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
Fables (1913)	J. Fred Helf	Jeff T Branen (words) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
⇑Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1912)	Lewis F. Muir	Maurice Abrahams (co-author) Grant Clarke (words) Bonita Armstrong (perf.) Arturo de Cordova (perf.) Lew Hearn (perf.) Eddy Howard (perf.) Betty Hutton (perf.) Nettie May Lyon (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.) Jack Sidney (perf.) Paul Russell Stone (perf.)
Load That Father Carried (1905), The	James B. Mullen	Frank Fogerty (words) Tom Breen (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
I'm Getting Ready For My Mother-In-Law (1906)	Jack Norworth(w&m)	Gallagher & Schell (perf.) Edward Meeker (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.) Raymond Teal (perf.)
Never (1904)	Alexander Rogers	Robert S. Roberts (perf.) Nat Wills (perf.)
Come Down McGinty (1904)	Ed Rogers(w&m)	Albert Campbell (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
Dan, Dan, Dan-u-el (1904)	Ed Rogers	Madge Fox (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.) Ethel Robinson (perf.)	Pub.
Farewell, Mister Abner Hemingway (1905)	Jean Schwartz	William Jerome (words) Billy Murray (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.) Clarice Vance (perf.) May Yohé (perf.)
Yankee Boodle (1905)	Jean Schwartz	Wm. Jerome (words) Billy Murray (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
They're All Good American Names (1911)	Jean Schwartz	William Jerome (words) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)	Pub.
I've Got a Little Money and I Saved It All For You (1905)	Maxwell Silver	Billy Murray (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
I Said ''Hello'', She Said the Same, Then We Both Said "Good-Bye" (1908)	Maxwell Silver	Ed Rose (words) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
⇑Foolish Questions (1909)	Alfred Baldwin Sloane	William Lee (words) Jefferson De Angelis (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Ada Reeve (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
How Did the Bird Know That? (1907)	Leslie Stuart	Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
Teasing (1904)	Albert von Tilzer	Cecil Mack (words) Mary Baker (perf.) Libby Blondell (perf.) Jessie Bradbury (perf.) Mae Curtis (perf.) May Emory (perf.) Mildred Hanson (perf.) Harry Jankins (perf.) Sabel Johnson (perf.) Anna Kenwick (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Harry H. Richard (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.) Joe Rosey (perf.) Raymond Teal (perf.) Ellaine Terriss (perf.)	Pub.
Alexander, Don't You Love Your Baby No More? (1904)	Harry von Tilzer	Andrew B. Sterling (words) Effie Brooklin (perf.) Chas. McAvoy (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)	Pub.
Wouldn't It Make You Hungry? (1904)	Harry von Tilzer	Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
Don't Take Me Home (1908)	Harry von Tilzer	Vincent Bryan (words) Ed Morton (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)	Pub.
I Love, I Love, I Love My Wife, But Oh! You Kid! (1909)	Harry von Tilzer	Jimmy Lucas (words) Edward M. Favor (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)	Pub.
Just Because I'm From Missouri (1903)	Percy Wenrich(w&m)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Stella Mayhew (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
Dat's Harmony (1911)	Bert A. Williams	Grant Clarke (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)	Pub.
He's a Cousin of Mine (1906)	Bert A. Williams	Robert S. Roberts (perf.)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 3 works by Robert S. Roberts (1871-1930). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Bundle of Rags, A	1897
Pride of Bucktown, The	1897		Pub.
I'm Certainly Living a Rag-Time Life	1900	Gene Jefferson (words) Artie Hall (perf.)