Harry Ruby (1895-1974)
Last updated: 01.02.24
According to the Internet source given below, Harry Ruby [Harry Rubenstein] was an American composer and screenwriter born in New York City,
He toured the vaudeville circuit as a pianist with the Bootblack Trio and the Messenger Boys Trio, until meeting lyricist Bert Kalmar. They were a successful song writing team over three decades.
He died in Woodland Hills, California.
He toured the vaudeville circuit as a pianist with the Bootblack Trio and the Messenger Boys Trio, until meeting lyricist Bert Kalmar. They were a successful song writing team over three decades.
He died in Woodland Hills, California.
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Harry Ruby | Biography by wikipedia.org. |
| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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Nephews of Uncle Sam (1917) | H. Ruby | A. Fields Gladys Rice Marion Evelyn Cox S. Porter Donald Chalmers John Young |
Edison: 5491 |
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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And He'd Say ''Oo-La-La Wee-Wee'' (1919) | H. Ruby (w&m) George Jessel (coauth.) |
Piano | Greer Indiana |
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Come on and Play Wiz Me (1919) | H. Ruby (music) B. Kalmar (words) E. Leslie (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Come On Papa (1918) | H. Ruby (music) E. Leslie (coauth.) E. Cantor (perf.) Wellington Cross (perf.) |
Piano | Indiana Indiana |
Pub. |
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Daddy Long Legs (1919) | H. Ruby (music) Sam M. Lewis (words) J. Young (words) Mary Pickford (perf.) Mary Pickford (perf.) Mary Pickford (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Greer IMSLP Indiana |
Pub. |
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For the Two of Us (1918) | H. Ruby (music) E. Leslie (words) |
Piano, Voice | Kirk | Pub. |
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Hello, Wisconsin (1917) | H. Ruby (music) B. Kalmar (words) E. Leslie (words) Anna Chandler (perf.) Eddie Hickey (perf.) Willie Weston (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Greer Indiana Indiana |
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Hoodlum (1919), The | H. Ruby (music) Sam M. Lewis (words) J. Young (words) Mary Pickford (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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⇑I'll Be Over Your Way in the Mornin' Bill (1918) | H. Ruby (w&m) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Oh! What a Time For the Girlies (1918) | H. Ruby (music) Sam M. Lewis (words) J. Young (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Oh! What a Time For the Girlies When the Boys Come Marching Home (1918) | H. Ruby (music) Sam M. Lewis (words) J. Young (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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That's Worth Waiting For (1919) | H. Ruby (music) Sam M. Lewis (words) J. Young (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
Pub. |
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What'll We Do on a Saturday Night (1919) | H. Ruby (w&m) | Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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What'll We Do on a Saturday Night? (1919) | H. Ruby (w&m) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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When Those Sweet Hawaiian Babies Roll Their Eyes (1917) | H. Ruby (music) E. Leslie (words) E. Cantor (perf.) Lillian Watson (perf.) Clara Howard (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Greer Indiana Indiana |
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You Keep Sending 'em Over and We'll Keep Knocking 'em Down (1918) | H. Ruby (music) S. Mitchell (words) E. Cantor (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 66 works by Harry Ruby (1895-1974).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:
(w&m)
(w&m)
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Greatest Battle Song of All, The | 1916 | Al Friend (words) Sam Downing (words) Dorothy Herman (perf.) |
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| Hello, Wisconsin | 1917 | Bert Kalmar (words) Edgar Leslie (words) Anna Chandler (perf.) Eddie Hickey (perf.) Sophie Tucker (perf.) Willie Weston (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Nephews of Uncle Sam | 1917 | Donald Chalmers (perf.) Marion Evelyn Cox (perf.) Arthur Fields (perf.) Steve Porter (perf.) Gladys Rice (perf.) John Young (perf.) |
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| When Those Sweet Hawaiian Babies Roll Their Eyes | 1917 | Edgar Leslie (words) Eddie Cantor (perf.) Clara Howard (perf.) Jimmy Hussey (perf.) Lillian Watson (perf.) Billy Worsley (perf.) |
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| Come On Papa | 1918 | Edgar Leslie (co-author) Eddie Cantor (perf.) Wellington Cross (perf.) |
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| Dixieland Volunteers, The | 1918 | Edgar Leslie (words) | |
| For the Two of Us | 1918 | Edgar Leslie (words) Renee Dietrich (perf.) Horace Wright (perf.) |
Pub.  |
| I'll Be Over Your Way in the Mornin' Bill (w&m) | 1918 | Pub. | |
| Oh! What a Time For the Girlies | 1918 | Sam M. Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) |
Pub. |
| You Keep Sending 'em Over and We'll Keep Knocking 'em Down | 1918 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Eddie Cantor (perf.) |
Pub. |
| And He'd Say ''Oo-La-La Wee-Wee'' (w&m) | 1919 | George Jessel (co-author) | Pub. |
| ⇑ Come on and Play Wiz Me | 1919 | Bert Kalmar (words) Edgar Leslie (words) |
Pub. |
| Daddy Long Legs | 1919 | Sam M. Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) Mary Pickford (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Hoodlum, The | 1919 | Sam M. Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) Mary Pickford (perf.) |
Pub. |
| That's Worth Waiting For | 1919 | Sam M. Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) |
Pub. |
| What'll We Do on a Saturday Night (w&m) | 1919 | Pub. | |
| I'm a Vamp From East Broadway | 1920 | Bert Kalmar (words) Irving Berlin (words) |
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| Timbucktoo | 1920 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| My Sunny Tennessee | 1921 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| Snoops the Lawyer | 1921 | Bert Kalmar (words) |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Beautiful Girls | 1922 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| I Gave You Up Just Before You Threw Me Down | 1922 | Frederick Emil Ahlert (words) Bert Kalmar (words) |
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| Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down (In Dear Old Dixieland) | 1922 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| Happy Ending | 1923 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| I Like a Big Town | 1923 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| It Was Meant to Be | 1923 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| Tenth Interval Rag | 1924 | |
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| All Alone Monday | 1926 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| Ramblers, The | 1926 | Bobby Clark (perf.) Paul McCullough (perf.) |
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| We Won't Charleston | 1926 | Bobby Clark (perf.) Paul McCullough (perf.) |
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| Dancing the Devil Away | 1927 | Mary Eaton (perf.) | |
| ⇑ Five O'Clock Girl, The | 1927 | Mary Eaton (perf.) | |
| Same Old Moon, The | 1927 | Bert Kalmar (words) Otto Harbach (words) |
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| Thinking of You | 1927 | Bert Kalmar (words) Fred Astaire (perf.) Mary Eaton (perf.) Red Skelton (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Up in the Clouds | 1927 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| Who Did - You Did! | 1927 | ||
| I Wanna Be Loved by You | 1928 | Herbert Stothart (words) Bert Kalmar (words) Helen Kane (perf.) |
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| Watching the Clouds Roll By | 1928 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| I Love You So Much | 1930 | Bert Kalmar (words) Dorothy Lee (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Keep Your Undershirt On | 1930 | Bert Kalmar (words) |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Three Little Words | 1930 | Bert Kalmar (words) Amos n' Andy (perf.) Fred Astaire (perf.) Red Skelton (perf.) |
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| What Would I Care? | 1930 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| Wherever You Are | 1930 | Bert Kalmar (words) | Pub. |
| I'm Happy When You're Jealous | 1931 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| I'm So Afraid of You | 1931 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| Nevertheless | 1931 | Bert Kalmar (co-author) | |
| Everyone Says ''I Love You'' | 1932 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| Get a Little Fun Out of Life (w&m) | 1932 | Bert Kalmar (co-author) Eddie Cantor (perf.) |
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| Look What You've Done | 1932 | Harry Akst (words) Bert Kalmar (words) Irving Caesar (words) |
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| What a Perfect Combination | 1932 | Harry Akst (words) Bert Kalmar (words) Irving Caesar (words) |
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| Keep on Doin' What You're Doin' | 1933 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| ⇑ Tired of It All | 1933 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| One Little Kiss | 1935 | Bert Kalmar (words) | |
| Puppchen (w&m) | 1935 | Bert Kalmar (co-author) | |
| Let's Make a Wish | 1936 | Bert Kalmar (words) Sid Silvers (words) |
Pub. |
| Moon Is in the Sky (w&m) | 1936 | Bert Kalmar (words) Guy Lombardo (perf.) |
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| When You Dream About Hawaii | 1937 | Bert Kalmar (words) Sid Silvers (words) Bing Crosby (perf.) Carl Ravell (perf.) |
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| Ain't Cha Comin' Out? | 1939 | Bert Kalmar (words) | Pub. |
| Only When You're in My Arms | 1939 | Bert Kalmar (words) Conrad (words) |
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| Cigarettes | 1941 |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Do You Love Me (w&m) | 1946 | Dick Haymes (perf.) Harry James (perf.) Maureen O'Hara (perf.) |
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| Egg and I, The | 1947 | Harry Akst (words) Bert Kalmar (words) Al Jolson (words) |
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| Midnight Mood | 1948 | ||
| Moonlight on the Meadow | 1948 | ||
| Bamboola | ? | Bert Kalmar (co-author) Herbert Stothart (co-author) Vaughn de Leath (perf.) |
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| When Ragtime Rufus Rags the Humoresque | ? |
| Composer | Title | Performer |
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H. Ruby | For the Two of Us (3:04) | R. Dietrich Horace Wright |
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H. Ruby | My Sunny Tennessee (2:18) | Banta & Hess |
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H. Ruby | I Wanna Be Loved by You (2:50) | Helen Kane |