Elsie West Baker (1883-1958)
Last updated: 03.01.23
According to the Internet source given below, Elsie Baker was an American contralto born in Chicago, Illinois. She recorded between 1906 and 1936 some of the early recordings of which were under the pseodonym of Edna Brown.
She died in Manhattan, New York City.
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Elsie Baker | Discography by adp.library.ucsb.edu |
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You're My Baby | N.D. Ayer | U.S. Everlasting: 1626 |
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Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold | E.R. Ball | Indestructible Record: 3308 |
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All Night Long | S. Brooks | Indestructible Record: 3295 |
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See the Pale Moon | F. Campana | U.S. Everlasting: 1533 |
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Sleepy Chile | C.N. Daniels | Edison Blue Amberol: 1935 |
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The Land of Golden Dreams | E.F. Dusenberry | Edison Blue Amberol: 1562 |
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Pickaninny's Lullaby | G.W. Gage | Edison Standard Record: 10552 |
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If We Were on Our Honeymoon | J. Kern | Edison Blue Amberol: 2077 |
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I'll Sit Right on the Moon and Keep My Eyes on You | J.V. Monaco | Edison Blue Amberol: 1623 |
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Oh! That We Two Were Maying | E.W. Nevin | U.S. Everlasting Record: 1445 |
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Drifting - Song | W. Rossiter | Edison Amberol: 1111 |
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⇑Cradle Song | K. Vannah | Edison Blue Amberol: 2097 |
This list is arranged by composer and contains 14 works performed by Elsie West Baker 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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You're My Baby (1912) | Nathan D. Ayer | A.S. Brown (words) Babe Latour (perf.) Elsie West Baker (perf.) Frederick J. Wheeler (perf.) Premier Quartet (perf.) Belle Baker (perf.) Blanche Babette (perf.) Hortense Wayne (perf.) Roy Sumner (perf.) Dorothy Brenner (perf.) |
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Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold (1911) | Ernest Roland Ball | George Graff Jr. (words) Donald Alexander Chalmers (perf.) Elsie West Baker (perf.) |
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All Night Long (1912) | Shelton Brooks | Anna Chandler (perf.) Elsie West Baker (perf.) Grace Wilson (perf.) |
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See the Pale Moon (1866) | F. Campana(w&m) | Elsie West Baker (perf.) J. Wells (perf.) |
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Sleepy Chile (1908) | Charles Neil Daniels | Earle C. Jones (words) Elsie West Baker (perf.) |
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Land of Golden Dreams (1912), The | E. Frederick Dusenberry | C. M. Denison (words) Elsie West Baker (perf.) James F. Harrison (perf.) W.H. Thompson (perf.) |
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Missouri Waltz - Song (1914) | John Valentine Eppel | J.R Shannon (words) Elsie West Baker (perf.) Bing Crosby (perf.) |
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Pickaninny's Lullaby (1907) | Geo W. Gage | Wm Frederick Peters (words) Elsie West Baker (perf.) |
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If We Were on Our Honeymoon (1913) | Jerome Kern | Elsie West Baker (perf.) Royal James Fish (perf.) |
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I'll Sit Right on the Moon and Keep My Eyes on You (1912) | Jimmie V. Monaco(w&m) | Elsie West Baker (perf.) | |
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⇑Oh! That We Two Were Maying (1902) | Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin | Kingsley (words) Corinne Morgan (perf.) F.C. Stanley (perf.) Elsie West Baker (perf.) Frederick J. Wheeler (perf.) |
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Homing (1917) | Teresa del Riego | Arthur Leslie Salmon (words) Elsie West Baker (perf.) Reinnald Werrenrath (perf.) |
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Drifting - Song (1908) | Will Rossiter | Elsie West Baker (perf.) James F. Harrison (perf.) |
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Cradle Song (1893) | Kate Vannah | Eben E Rexford (words) Elsie West Baker (perf.) |
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