Belle Ashlyn

Overview

All that can presently (November 2023) be gleaned about Belle Ashlyn from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an American actress/singer and composer who has been featured on 3 works published between 1911 and 1923.
She is also the one-off composer of Mrs. Sippi, You're a Grand Old Girl! (1914) published by Leo Feist, New York, USA.
On Broadway, she is known to have performed in The Rollicking Girl (1905 as Sophronia), Funabashi (1908 as Miss Owna Panhard) and Maid in America (1915 as French Actress, Charmion, The Modern Woman, Miss Wise-Un, Miss Moving Pictures and Dorziat).
Her portrait on the left is taken from That Reuben Glide - Song (1911) music by Bert F. Grant, co-author Jean Boynton, words by Cecil Mack & Joe Young, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit, USA.
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	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Wax Cylinders
	Mrs. Sippi, You're a Grand Old Girl! (1915)	B. Ashlyn	Helen Clark Billy Murray	Edison Blue Amberol: 2495

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Mrs. Sippi, You're a Grand Old Girl! (1914)	B. Ashlyn (music) Billy Gould (words) Charlotte Greenwood (perf.) Sidney Grant (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
As performer
Down in Dear Old New Orleans (1912)	C. Conrad (music) J. Young (words) Jay Whidden (words) B. Ashlyn (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Short Dress Ball (1923), The	H.O. Gilbert (music) W.R. Williama (words) B. Ashlyn (perf.) Billy Gould (perf.)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace
That Reuben Glide - Song (1911)	B.F. Grant (music) Jean Boynton (coauth.) C. Mack (words) J. Young (words) B. Ashlyn (perf.)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace	Pub.

Titles

The peformer is featured on 3 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Down in Dear Old New Orleans (1912)	Con Conrad	Joe Young (words) Jay Whidden (words) Belle Ashlyn (perf.)
Short Dress Ball (1913), The	Halpin O'Reilly Gilbert	W.R. Williama (words) Belle Ashlyn (perf.) Billy Gould (perf.)
That Reuben Glide - Song (1911)	Bert F. Grant	Jean Boynton (co-author) Cecil Mack (words) Joe Young (words) Belle Ashlyn (perf.)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 1 work by Belle Ashlyn. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Mrs. Sippi, You're a Grand Old Girl!	1914	Billy Gould (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Sidney Grant (perf.) Charlotte Greenwood (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.)