Elizabeth M. Murray (1870-1946)

Overview

It is surprising that so little is known about this performer considering the large number of compositions located. All that can presently (June 2023) be gleaned about Elizabeth M. Murray from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an American actress/singer who has been featured on 26 works published between 1899 and 1919. She is reported that she made appearances on the vaudeville circuit as well as on Broadway
Her portrait on the left is taken from Of interest is Neutral Is My Middle Name (1915) words & music by Jack Frost, co-author James White, and published by Frank K. Root and Co., Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Elizabeth M. Murray (1870-1946) has at least 3 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Alabama Jubilee, The Song
Music by: George Linus Cobb.
Words by: Jack Yellen
Performed by: Elizabeth M. Murray

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
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Printed: 1915.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

All Aboard For Dixie Land Song
Music by: George Linus Cobb.
Words by: Jack Yellen
Performed by: Elizabeth M. Murray

Publisher:	J. Fred Helf
Suppliers:
Printed: 1913.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Norah-Floradora Irish song
Words and Music by: Theodore H. Northrup.
Performed by: Elizabeth M. Murray

Publisher:	M. Witmark and Sons
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Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Currently unavailable.

Monologues

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Alabama Jubilee, The	George Linus Cobb (music) Jack Yellen (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


I'm on the Jury (1913)	G. le Boy (music) G. Kahn (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
I Cert'ny Wish He Would Come Back (1914)	S. Brooks (music) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano	YorkSpace
Alabama Jubilee (1915), The	G.L. Cobb (music) J. Yellen (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana
All Aboard For Dixie Land (1913)	G.L. Cobb (music) J. Yellen (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Listen to That Dixie Band (1914)	G.L. Cobb (music) J. Yellen (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
If the Man in the Moon Were a Coon (1905)	F. Fisher (w&m) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Neutral Is My Middle Name (1915)	J. Frost (w&m) J. White (coauth.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Alexander's Band Is Back in Dixieland (1919)	A. Gumble (music) J. Yellen (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
On the 5.15 (1914)	H.I. Marshall (music) S. Murphy (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Fatima Brown (1915)	J.V. Monaco (music) J. McCarthy (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
When I Woke Up This Morning (1911)	J.V. Monaco (w&m) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Pliny, Come Kiss Yo' Baby (1899)	D. Reed Jr. (w&m) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Bedelia (1903)	J. Schwartz (music) W. Jerome (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (1910)	A. von Tilzer (music) J. McCree (words) Alta Virginia Houston (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Indiana
What You Goin' to Do When the Rent Comes 'Round? (1905)	H. von Tilzer (music) Andrew B. Sterling (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP

Works

This list is arranged by composer and contains 26 works performed by Elizabeth M. Murray 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 Afraid to Come Home in the Dark (1907)	Egbert A. van Alstyne	Harry Williams (words) Della Fox (perf.) May Irwin (perf.) Hetty King (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Ella Retford (perf.) Clarice Vance (perf.) May Vokes (perf.)
Music Vot's Music Must Come From Berlin (1911)	Grace le Boy	Gus Kahn (words) Maurice Burkhart (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)
I'm on the Jury (1913)	Grace le Boy	Gus Kahn (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Pub.
I Cert'ny Wish He Would Come Back (1914)	Shelton Brooks	Maude Lambert (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)
All Aboard For Dixie Land (1913)	George Linus Cobb	Jack Yellen (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Daphne Pollard (perf.)
Listen to That Dixie Band (1914)	George Linus Cobb	Jack Yellen (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)
Alabama Jubilee (1915), The	George Linus Cobb	Jack Yellen (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Pub.
If the Man in the Moon Were a Coon (1905)	Fred Fisher(w&m)	Emma Carus (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.) Maude Lambert (perf.) Pauline Des Landes (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Nichols Sisters (perf.) Al Pleau (perf.)	Pub.
Sweet Annie Moore (1901)	John H. Flynn(w&m)	Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Maida Snyder (perf.) Jas. E. Sullivan (perf.)
Neutral Is My Middle Name (1915)	Jack Frost(w&m)	James White (co-author) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)
⇑Alexander's Band Is Back in Dixieland (1919)	Albert Gumble	Jack Yellen (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Pub.
On the 5.15 (1914)	Henry I. Marshall	Stanley Murphy (words) Harry Cove (perf.) Constance Farber (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Pete Murray (perf.) William H. Thompson (perf.)
I've Got a Ragtime Bee in My Bonnet (1911)	Oreste Migliaccio	L. Wolfe Gilbert (co-author) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)
When I Woke Up This Morning (1911)	James V. Monaco(w&m)	Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Pub.
Fatima Brown (1915)	James V. Monaco	Joe McCarthy (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)
Down Around the River at the Dixie Jubilee (1919)	Melville Morris	Jack Yellen (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Pub.
I Had a Gal, I Had a Pal (1914)	Lewis F. Muir	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Carrie Reynolds (perf.)
Norah-Floradora (1905)	Theodore H. Northrup(w&m)	Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)
Early Bird Catches the Worm (1906), The	George A. Norton	Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)
Pliny, Come Kiss Yo' Baby (1899)	David Reed Jr.(w&m)	Kelly & Violette (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)
Bedelia (1903)	Jean Schwartz	William Jerome (words) Gilmore's Band (perf.) Harry Bluff (perf.) Ellmore Sisters (perf.) Edward M. Favor (perf.) Lloyd Morgan (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Blanche Ring (perf.) Clarice Vance (perf.)
⇑Dublin Rag (1910), The	Philip Schwartz	Harold R. Atteridge (words) Edward M. Favor (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)
He's Coming Back (1911)	Ted Snyder	Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)
Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (1910)	Albert von Tilzer	Junie McCree (words) Anna Boyd (perf.) Dale Evans (perf.) Judy Garland (perf.) Betty Grable (perf.) Alta Virginia Houston (perf.) Mabel L. Howard (perf.) Van Johnson (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.) Dick Kuhn (perf.) George Montgomery (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Cesar Romero (perf.) Emerson Williams (perf.)
What You Goin' to Do When the Rent Comes 'Round? (1905)	Harry von Tilzer	Andrew B. Sterling (words) Billy Beard (perf.) Rhoda Bernard (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Reading Sisters (perf.) Rosalie (perf.)
My Turkish Opal From Constantinople (1912)	Edna Williams	Arthur Gillespie (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)