Helen Clark

Overview

It is surprising that so little is known about this performer considering the large number of compositions located. All that can presently (July 2022) be gleaned about Helen Clark, an American mezzo-soprano, from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she has recorded some on 140+ works between 1911 and 1925.
SecondHandSongs writes of her that she was a:
Soprano and Contralto vocalist from Rochester, New York. When she was seventeen years of age she was brought to New York where she studied for two years with Madame Jaeger of the Metropolitan Opera Company. She was able to sing in both the soprano and contralto ranges. She recorded blues for Edison as Emma Johnson
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	Title	Composer	Instruments/Issue


MP3 File(s)
I'm in Heaven When I'm in My Mother's Arms	M. Ager	Edison Blue Amberol: 4124
Mrs. Sippi, You're a Grand Old Girl!	B. Ashlyn	Edison Blue Amberol: 2495
The Man in the Silvery Moon	N.D. Ayer	Edison Amberol: 570
After the Roses Have Faded Away	E.R. Ball	Edison Blue Amberol: 2575
Each Stitch Is a Thought of You, Dear	B. Baskette	Edison Blue Amberol: 3496
Old Rugged Cross	G. Bennard	Edison Blue Amberol: 4783
Baby Swing High, Swing Low	L. Bennett	Edison Blue Amberol: 2890
All by Myself	I. Berlin	Edison Blue Amberol: 4352
Stop! Look! Listen! That Hula Hula	I. Berlin	Edison Blue Amberol: 2855
Moonlight and Roses	B. Black	Edison Blue Amberol: 5018
In the Candle-Light - Song	F.J. Brown	Edison Blue Amberol: 2254
⇑A Wondrous Rose	E.W. Burnham	Edison Blue Amberol: 3077
In the Old Sweet Way	J. Caddigan	Edison Blue Amberol: 3897
Salvation Lassie of Mine	J. Caddigan	Edison Blue Amberol: 3747
So Long, Letty	E, Carroll	Edison Blue Amberol: 2949
My Beautiful Lady	I. Caryll	U.S. Everlasting Record: 1252
Knit, Knit, Knit	I. Caryll	Edison Blue Amberol: 3406
The Boat With My True Love's Name	C. Coe	Edison Blue Amberol: 2485
My Bugler Boy	H.E. Darewski	Edison Blue Amberol Record: 23372
Sleep Little Baby of Mine	C. Dennée	Edison Blue Amberol: 4562
I'll Take You Home Again, Pal O'Mine	H. Dixon	Edison Blue Amberol: 4984
Good-Bye, Sunshine Hello Moon!	W. Eckstein	Edison Blue Amberol: 4082
Playmates	F. Fisher	Edison Blue Amberol: 4273
⇑In the Palace of Dreams	L. Friedman	Edison Blue Amberol: 2398
Good-Bye Everybody	J. Gilbert	Edison Blue Amberol: 2661
Sunshine and Cloud	C.W. Glover	Edison Blue Amberol: 4078
Linger Longer Letty	A. Goodman	Edison Blue Amberol: 3960
O Sing to God	C. Gounod	Edison Blue Amberol: 3031
Let By-Gones Be By-Gones	B.F. Grant	Edison Blue Amberol: 2551
When You're Away	B.F. Grant	Edison Blue Amberol: 1505
Lullaby	E.W. Hanscom	Edison Blue Amberol: 3425
Come to Me	F.D. Heltman	Edison Blue Amberol: 2472
A Little Love, a Little Kiss	M.O. Hill	Edison Blue Amberol: 2841
Hello Frisco! - Song	L.A Hirsch	Edison Blue Amberol: 2687
For Every Boy Who's Lonely, There's a Girl Who's Lonely Too	K.L. Hoschna	Lakeside Indestructible Cylinder Record: 1285
⇑All That I Ask of You Is Love	H. Ingraham	Edison Standard Record: 10457
Face to Face	H. Johnson	Edison Blue Amberol: 2042
When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget	E.A. Keith	Edison Blue Amberol: 2600
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles	J. Kenbrovin	Edison Blue Amberol: 3798
When the Ships Come Home	J. Kern	Edison Blue Amberol: 3503
Broken Blossoms	R.A. King	Edison Blue Amberol: 3922
Last Night	H. Kjerulf	Indestructible Record: 3212
It's a Long Lane That Has No Turning	M. Klein	Indestructible Record: 3254
When I Met You	F.H. Klickmann	Edison Blue Amberol: 3815
When You Hold Me in Your Arms	F.H. Klickmann	Edison Blue Amberol: 3822
Firelight Faces	G.M. Lane	Edison Blue Amberol: 4525
When the Lights Are Low	G.M. Lane	Edison Blue Amberol: 3392
⇑Love's Golden Dream	L. Lennox	Edison Blue Amberol: 2592
That Naughty Waltz	S.P. Levy	Edison Blue Amberol: 4062
Teenie, Eenie, Weenie Suzi	P. Lincke	Edison Blue Amberol: 2540
The Bells of Lee	M. Maybrick	Edison Blue Amberol: 2832
You're My Girl	D. Meher	Edison Blue Amberol: 2745
You're a Dangerous Girl - Song	J.V. Monaco	Edison Blue Amberol: 2974
For You	H. Montague	Edison Blue Amberol: 2516
I Know Why	J. Morgan	Edison Blue Amberol: 4089
Isle of Love	M. Murray	Edison Blue Amberol: 4367
Down Old Virginia Way	A. Olman	Edison Blue Amberol: 4664
Daisies Won't Tell	A. Owen	Edison Blue Amberol: 2719
When It's Night-Time Down in Burgundy	H. Paley	Edison Blue Amberol: 2437
⇑There Are Tears in Your Dear, Dear Eyes	W. Perrins	Edison Blue Amberol: 3579
Molly Dear It's You I'm After	H.E. Pether	Edison Blue Amberol: 2797
I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier	A. Piantadosi	Edison Blue Amberol: 2580
I'm Glad My Boy Grew Up to Be a Soldier	A. Piantadosi	Edison Blue Amberol: 23379
Underneath the Moon	V.C. Plunkett	Edison Blue Amberol: 4015
Old Fashioned Garden	C. Porter	Edison Blue Amberol: 3972
Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag	F. Powell	Edison Blue Amberol: 3139
I'd Like to Take You Away	H. Riesenfeld	Edison Blue Amberol: 4143
There's Not a Song That Trembles (Cantilena)	W.T. Rogers	Edison Blue Amberol: 3974
On the Banks of Lovelight Bay	W. Rossiter	Edison Blue Amberol: 2332
When I Met You Last Night in Dreamland	W. Rossiter	Edison Blue Amberol: 1627
It's Written in the Book of Destiny	W.A. Schroeder	Edison Blue Amberol: 2585
⇑I've Made Up My Mind to Mind a Maid Made Up Like You	J. Schwartz	Edison Blue Amberol: 3885
Where the Red, Red Roses Grow	J. Schwartz	Edison Blue Amberol: 1921
Mother's Dear Old Chair	G. Scott	Edison Blue Amberol: 2316
Flee As a Bird	M.D. Shindler	Edison Blue Amberol: 2160
For You	S. Smith	Edison Blue Amberol: 3986
Ship of My Dreams	A. Solman	Edison Blue Amberol: 1783
Ev'rybody Calls Me Honey	C.T. Straight	Edison Blue Amberol: 4019
A Day Dream	A. Strelezki	Edison Blue Amberol: 1635
When the Maple Leaves Were Falling	T. Taylor	Edison Blue Amberol: 2302
Alice Blue Gown	H.A. Tierney	Edison Blue Amberol: 4108
Don't Take My Darling Boy Away!	A. von Tilzer	Edison Blue Amberol: 2622
What Kind of an American Are You?	A. von Tilzer	Edison Blue Amberol: 3252
⇑On the South Sea Isle	H. von Tilzer	Edison Blue Amberol: 3015
What Could Be Sweeter	H. von Tilzer	Edison Blue Amberol: 3878
Just Suppose	L. Udall	Edison Blue Amberol: 4544
Come Along, Ma Honey	H. Weeks	Edison Blue Amberol: 3534
Chimes of Normandy	J. Wells	Edison Blue Amberol: 3529
Moonlight Bay - Song	P. Wenrich	Indestructible Record: 3264
Daddy Mine	L. Wilson	Edison Blue Amberol: 3555
Whispering Hope - Song	S. Winner	Edison Blue Amberol: 1518
Grandfather's Clock	H.C. Work	Edison Blue Amberol: 2526
Drifting With the Silver Tide	C. Wynne	Edison Blue Amberol: 2673
The Nightingale Song	C. Zeller	Edison Blue Amberol: 2803

Works

This list is arranged by composer and contains 94 works performed by Helen Clark 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


I'm in Heaven When I'm in My Mother's Arms (1920)	Milton Ager	Howard Johnson (words) Cliff Hess (words) Helen Clark (perf.)
Mrs. Sippi, You're a Grand Old Girl! (1914)	Belle Ashlyn	Helen Clark (perf.) Sidney Grant (perf.) Charlotte Greenwood (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.)	Pub.
Man in the Silvery Moon (1905), The	Nathan D. Ayer	A. Seymour Brown (words) Helen Clark (perf.)
After the Roses Have Faded Away (1914)	Ernest Roland Ball	Bessie Buchanan (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)
Each Stitch Is a Thought of You, Dear (1918)	Billy Baskette	Al Sweet (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Criterion Quartet (perf.)	Pub.
Old Rugged Cross (1913)	George Bennard(w&m)	Helen Clark (perf.) Ernest Hare (perf.)
Baby Swing High, Swing Low (1916)	Leo Bennett(w&m)	Helen Clark (perf.)
Stop! Look! Listen! That Hula Hula (1916)	Irving Berlin	Helen Clark (perf.)
All by Myself (1921)	Irving Berlin(w&m)	Helen Clark (perf.)
Moonlight and Roses (1925)	Ben Black(w&m)	Edwin H. Lemare (co-author) Charles Neil Daniels (co-author) Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)
⇑In the Candle-Light - Song (1913)	Fleta Jan Brown(w&m)	Helen Clark (perf.) Emory B. Randolph (perf.) Belle Story (perf.) Bert Wainwright (perf.) Bessie Wynn (perf.)	Pub.
Wondrous Rose (1917), A	Eunice Waite Burnham	Helen Clark (perf.)
Salvation Lassie of Mine (1918)	Jack Caddigan	Chick Story (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Charles Hart (perf.)
In the Old Sweet Way (1919)	Jack Caddigan	Chick Story (co-author) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.)	Pub.
So Long, Letty (1915)	Earl Carroll(w&m)	Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)
My Beautiful Lady (1910)	Ivan Caryll	C.M.S. McLellan (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Elizabeth Spencer (perf.)
Knit, Knit, Knit (1917)	Ivan Caryll	Helen Clark (perf.) Marion Evelyn Cox (perf.) Gladys Rice (perf.)
Boat With My True Love's Name (1893), The	Collin Coe(w&m)	Vernon Archibald (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.)
My Bugler Boy (1915)	Hermann E. Darewski	R. P Weston (words) Helen Clark (perf.)
Sleep Little Baby of Mine (1922)	Charles Dennée	Inez Barbour (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.)
I'll Take You Home Again, Pal O'Mine (1923)	Harold Dixon	Claude Sacre (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Will Mahoney (perf.)
⇑Good-Bye, Sunshine Hello Moon! (1919)	Willie Eckstein	Gene Buck (words) Helen Clark (perf.)
Playmates (1921)	Fred Fisher	Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)
In the Palace of Dreams (1914)	Leo Friedman	Frank Tyler Daniels (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Reine Davies (perf.) Emory B. Randolph (perf.)
Good-Bye Everybody (1912)	Jean Gilbert	Wm. M. Hough (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)	Pub.
Sunshine and Cloud (1920)	Charles William Glover	Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)
Linger Longer Letty (1919)	Alfred Goodman	Oliver Morosco (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)	Pub.
O Sing to God (1916)	Charles Gounod	Helen Clark (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.)
When You're Away (1911)	Bert F. Grant	Joe Young (words) Seymour Brown (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Harvey Hindermyer (perf.)
Let By-Gones Be By-Gones (1914)	Bert F. Grant	Harry Williams (words) Joe Young (words) Vernon Archibald (perf.) Burkes & Lorraine (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.)
Lullaby (1920)	E.W. Hanscom	Helen Clark (perf.) Shannon Quartet (perf.)
Come to Me (1913)	Fred Dunham Heltman	A. H. Eastman (words) Vernon Archibald (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.)
⇑Little Love, a Little Kiss (1916), A	May O. Hill	Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)
Hello Frisco! - Song (1915)	Louis Achille Hirsch	Gene Buck (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Harvey Hindermeyer (perf.)	Pub.
For Every Boy Who's Lonely, There's a Girl Who's Lonely Too (1911)	Karl L. Hoschna	Otto Hauerbach (words) Harry Anthony (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Ralph C. Herz (perf.) Elizabeth Spencer (perf.)	Pub.
All That I Ask of You Is Love (1910)	Herbert Ingraham	Edgar Selden (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Isabell D'Armond (perf.) Della Fox (perf.) Marie Laurant (perf.) Frank Mullane (perf.) Eva Shirley (perf.) Bessie Wynn (perf.)
Face to Face (1917)	Herbert Johnson(w&m)	Harry Anthony (perf.) Henry Burr (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Royal Dadmun (perf.)
When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget (1919)	E. Austin Keith(w&m)	Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.)
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (1919)	Jaan Kenbrovin	John William Kellette (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) June Caprice (perf.) Helen Carrington (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Charles Hart (perf.) Elliott Shaw (perf.)
When the Ships Come Home (1918)	Jerome Kern	P.G. Wodehouse (words) Helen Clark (perf.)	Pub.
Broken Blossoms (1919)	Robert A. King	Ballard MacDonald (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.)
Last Night (1912)	Halfdan Kjerulf	Charles B. Cory (words) Christian Winther (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Frank Ormsby (perf.)
It's a Long Lane That Has No Turning (1911)	Manuel Klein	Arthur A. Penn (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.)	Pub.
⇑When I Met You (1919)	Frank Henri Klickmann	Paul B. Armstrong (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.)
When You Hold Me in Your Arms (1919)	Frank Henri Klickmann	George Buchanan (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.)	Pub.
When the Lights Are Low (1872)	Gerald M. Lane	Helen Clark (perf.)
Firelight Faces (1905)	Gerald M. Lane	Helen Clark (perf.)
Love's Golden Dream (n.d.)	Lindsay Lennox	Helen Clark (perf.) Emory B. Randolph (perf.)
That Naughty Waltz (1920)	Sol P. Levy	Edwin Stanley (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Vivian Holt (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.) Lillian Rosedale (perf.)
Teenie, Eenie, Weenie Suzi (1915)	Paul Lincke	Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)
Bells of Lee (n.d.), The	Michael Maybrick	Helen Clark (perf.)
You're My Girl (1915)	Donovan Meher	L. Silbermann (co-author) Mason Dixon (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) George Carvey (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.)
You're a Dangerous Girl - Song (1916)	James V. Monaco	Grant Clarke (words) Bresnen (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Al Jolson (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)
For You (1913)	Harold Montague	Anon (words) Vernon Archibald (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.)	Pub.
⇑I Know Why (1919)	Jimmy Morgan	Benny Davis (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)
Isle of Love (1921)	Maud Murray	Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)
Down Old Virginia Way (1922)	Abe Olman	Gladys Gillette (co-author) Jack Yellen (words) Stevens Vernon T (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Walter Scanlan (perf.)	Pub.
Daisies Won't Tell (1908)	Anita Owen(w&m)	Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.) Manuel Romain (perf.)	Pub.
When It's Night-Time Down in Burgundy (1914)	Hermann Paley	Alfred Bryan (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.)	Pub.
There Are Tears in Your Dear, Dear Eyes (1917)	William Perrins	Helen Clark (perf.)
Molly Dear It's You I'm After (1915)	Henry E. Pether	Frank Wood (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Blanche Ring (perf.) Henry Trio (perf.)
I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier (1915)	Al Piantadosi	Alfred Bryan (words) Henry Burr (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) American Comedy Four (perf.) McCormack & Irving (perf.) Ed Morton (perf.) Parillo & Frabito (perf.) Chief Tendehoa (perf.) Chee Toy (perf.) Will J. Ward (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Glad My Boy Grew Up to Be a Soldier (1915)	Al Piantadosi	Helen Clark (perf.)
Underneath the Moon (1920)	Vincent C. Plunkett	Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)
Old Fashioned Garden (1919)	Cole Porter(w&m)	Helen Clark (perf.) Cary Grant (perf.) Raymond Hitchcock (perf.) Alexis Smith (perf.)	Pub.
⇑Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag (1915)	Felix Powell	George Asaf (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Royal Dadmun (perf.) Florrie Forde (perf.)	Pub.
I'd Like to Take You Away (1919)	Hugo Riesenfeld	Harry B. Smith (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)
There's Not a Song That Trembles (1920)	William T. Rogers	Helen Clark (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.)
When I Met You Last Night in Dreamland (1911)	Will Rossiter	Beth Slater Whitson (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Maude Lambert (perf.) Edwin Skedden (perf.)
On the Banks of Lovelight Bay (1913)	Will Rossiter(w&m)	Helen Clark (perf.) Maude Lambert (perf.) Emory B. Randolph (perf.)	Pub.
It's Written in the Book of Destiny (1915)	William A. Schroeder	Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)
Where the Red, Red Roses Grow (1913)	Jean Schwartz	Wm. Jerome (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Milt Francis (perf.) Ted Holmes (perf.) Lulu Wells (perf.)
I've Made Up My Mind to Mind a Maid Made Up Like You (1920)	Jean Schwartz	Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)
Mother's Dear Old Chair (1914)	Genevieve Scott	Helen Clark (perf.) Harvey Hindermeyer (perf.)
Flee As a Bird (1855)	Mary Dana Shindler	George Alexander (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.)	Pub.
For You (1897)	Sydney Smith	Helen Clark (perf.)
⇑Ship of My Dreams (1913)	Alfred Solman	Arthur J. Lamb (words) Harry Anthony (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.)
Ev'rybody Calls Me Honey (1919)	Charles T. Straight	Joe Lyons (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)	Pub.
Day Dream (1913), A	Anton Strelezki	Helen Clark (perf.)
When the Maple Leaves Were Falling (1912)	Tell Taylor	Helen Clark (perf.) La-Cey Sisters (perf.) Emory B. Randolph (perf.)
Alice Blue Gown (1919)	Harry Austin Tierney	Joe McCarthy (words) Billie Burke (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Edith Day (perf.) Alan Marshal (perf.) Stuart Robertson (perf.) May Robson (perf.) Arthur Treacher (perf.) Roland Young (perf.)
Don't Take My Darling Boy Away! (1915)	Albert von Tilzer	Will Dillon (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)
What Kind of an American Are You? (1917)	Albert von Tilzer	Lew Brown (words) Chas. McCarron (words) Helen Clark (perf.)	Pub.
On the South Sea Isle (1916)	Harry von Tilzer(w&m)	Irène Bordoni (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Lola Wentworth (perf.)
What Could Be Sweeter (1919)	Harry von Tilzer	Andrew B. Sterling (words) Billy Curtis (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)	Pub.
Just Suppose (1922)	Lyn Udall	Karl Kennett (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Joseph A. Phillips (perf.)
Come Along, Ma Honey (1917)	Harold Weeks(w&m)	Helen Clark (perf.)
⇑Chimes of Normandy (1917)	Jack Wells	Alfred Bryan (words) Helen Clark (perf.)	Pub.
Moonlight Bay - Song (1912)	Percy Wenrich	Edward Madden (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Dolly Connolly (perf.) Doris Day (perf.) Gordon MacRae (perf.) American Quartet (perf.) Peerless Quartet (perf.)
Daddy Mine (1918)	Lew Wilson(w&m)	Alexander Dubin (co-author) Helen Clark (perf.) Mae Marsh (perf.)
Whispering Hope - Song (1910)	Septimus Winner	Harry Anthony (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Alma Gluck (perf.) Louise Homer (perf.) Christine Miller (perf.) Marie Rappold (perf.)	Pub.
Grandfather's Clock (1876)	Henry Clay Work(w&m)	Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Burl Ives (perf.) Christy Minstrels (perf.) Edison Male Quartette (perf.) George Formby Sr. (perf.)
Drifting With the Silver Tide (1915)	Cecil Wynne(w&m)	Helen Clark (perf.) James F. Harrison (perf.)
Nightingale Song (1891), The	Carl Zeller	Helen F. Tretbar (words) Vincent Bach (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Alma Gluck (perf.)