Nora Bayes (1880-1928)

Overview

Nora Bayes was a popular American entertainer born Leonora Goldberg to a Jewish family in Joliet, Illinois. 18-years old, she was performing professionally in vaudeville in Chicago. After touring from San Francisco, California to New York she became a star both on vaudeville and Broadway. She was an accomplished singer, comedian and actress. After her marriage to singer/songwriter Jack Norworth in 1908 they toured together and were credited for collaborating on a number of tunes, including their huge hit Shine On, Harvest Moon which the pair debuted in Florenz Ziegfeld's Follies of 1908. Later she recorded with the Victor Talking Machine Company and Columbia Records. She died in New York.

Nora Bayes (1880-1928) has at least 2 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Come Along My Mandy
Words and Music by: Nora Bayes.
Co-Author: J. Norworth
Perf. by: N. Bayes, J. Norworth

Publisher:	T.B. Harms & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1907.	Sheet Music 6 pages.

I'm Glad I'm a Boy and I'm Glad I'm a Girl
Words and Music by: Nora Bayes.
Co-Author: J. Norworth

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1909.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

	Title	Instruments	Performers


DBE MP3 Sample
Nora Bayes Fox Trot (1917), The	T/T/T+D/B+A/B/GB(B)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.
Prohibition Blues (1919)	T/T/B/B/GB(B)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.
Midi File(s)		Sequencer(s)
Pinkerton Detective Moon (1912)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Ragtime Music CDs:
Various Artists	Cotton Club: A Nostalgic Collection
Various Artists	The Great War: Classical And Popular Selections From The Time Of World War I	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Nora Hulse	Ragtime Refreshments
Jody Dall'Armi	On the Level, You're a Little Devil
Knuckles O'Toole	Knuckles O'Toole: Plays Honky Tonk Piano
Joe ''Fingers'' Carr	Honky Tonk Hits of Joe "Fingers" Carr
Bill Edwards	Perfessor Bill Sings Volume 2

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE1300	The Nora Bayes Fox Trot (1917) T/T/T+D/B+A/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins.	print-on-demand	€12.00	£10.00	$15.50
DBE1301	Prohibition Blues (1919) - Song T/T/B/B/GB(B), approx. 2½ mins.	print-on-demand	€9.00	£7.50	$11.75

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Nora Bayes Fox Trot (1917), The	T/T/T+D/B+A/B/GB(B)
	Prohibition Blues (1919)	T/T/B/B/GB(B)

Mono.

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Shine on Harvest Moon	Nora Bayes (music) Jack Norworth (co-author) N. Bayes (perf.) J. Norworth (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Mister Moon-Man Turn Off the Light	N. Bayes (music) J. Norworth (coauth.)	Piano	Kirk
Shine on Harvest Moon	N. Bayes (music) J. Norworth (words)	Piano, Voice	Kirk
As performer
Oh! You Beautiful Coon (1911)	G.M. Cohan (words & music) N. Bayes (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Over There (1917)	G.M. Cohan (words & music) N. Bayes (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Kinky Kids' Parade (1925), The	W. Donaldson (music) G. Kahn (words) N. Bayes (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Home Sickness Blues (1916)	C. Hess (words & music) N. Bayes (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Scaddle-de-Mooch (1915)	C. Mack (music) C. Smith (coauth.) N. Bayes (perf.)	Piano	IMSLP
For Months and Months and Months (1909)	J. Tabrar (words & music) N. Bayes (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Broken Doll (1916), A	J.W. Tate (music) F Clifford Harris (words) N. Bayes (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
You Will Have to Sing an Irish Song (1908)	A. von Tilzer (music) N. Bayes (perf.)	Piano	IMSLP
When You're Down in Louisville (1915)	I. Berlin (words & music) N. Bayes (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly!	C.W. Murphy (words & music) W. Letters (coauth.) W.J. McKenna (coauth.) N. Bayes (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Kirk
Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny! Oh!	A. Olman (music) Ed. Rose (words) N. Bayes (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer
Over There	G.M. Cohan (words & music) N. Bayes (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
Over There	G.M. Cohan (words & music) N. Bayes (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
Take Me Out to the Ball Game	A. von Tilzer (music) J. Norworth (words) N. Bayes (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.

Titles

This list is arranged by composer and contains 48 works performed by Nora Bayes 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


Follow the Crowd on a Sunday (1904)	Henry W. Armstrong	James L. Morrison (words) N. Bayes (perf.)
Did You Mean It? (1927)	Phil Baker(w&m)	Sid Silverman (co-author) Abe Lyman (co-author) N. Bayes (perf.) Lee Morse (perf.) Bee Palmer (perf.) Marion Harris (perf.)
For Dixie and Uncle Sam (1916)	Ernest Roland Ball	J. Keirn Brennan (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.) N. Bayes (perf.)	Pub.
Come Along My Mandy (1907)	Nora Bayes(w&m)	J. Norworth (co-author) N. Bayes (perf.) J. Norworth (perf.)
Shine on Harvest Moon (1908)	Nora Bayes	J. Norworth (words) N. Bayes (perf.) J. Norworth (perf.) Ruth Etting (perf.)
Sing Me a Come-All-Ye Like My Daddy Sang to Me (1908)	Nora Bayes	N. Bayes (perf.)
Falling Star (1909)	Nora Bayes	Jack Norworth (co-author) Nora Bayes (words) Jack Norworth (words) N. Bayes (perf.) J. Norworth (perf.)	Pub.
Pinkerton Detective Moon (1912)	Nora Bayes(w&m)	J. Norworth (co-author) N. Bayes (perf.)	Pub.
All My Life (1918)	Nora Bayes	Irving Fisher (co-author) Harry Akst (co-author) N. Bayes (perf.)	Pub.
Prohibition Blues (1919)	Nora Bayes	Ring Lardner (words) N. Bayes (perf.)	Pub.
⇑When You're Down in Louisville (1915)	Irving Berlin(w&m)	Belle Baker (perf.) N. Bayes (perf.)
Wasn't It Yesterday? (1917)	Irving Berlin(w&m)	N. Bayes (perf.)	Pub.
Who Do You Love? (1918)	Gene Buck	J.F. Hanley (co-author) N. Bayes (perf.)	Pub.
Oh! You Beautiful Coon (1911)	George. M. Cohan(w&m)	N. Bayes (perf.) J. Norworth (perf.)
Over There (1917)	George. M. Cohan(w&m)	Billy Murray (perf.) Indestructible Male Quartet (perf.) Peerless Quartette (perf.) N. Bayes (perf.)
Kinky Kids' Parade (1925), The	Walter Donaldson	Gus Kahn (words) N. Bayes (perf.) Duncan Sisters (perf.)
We're Going to Celebrate the End of the War in Ragtime (1915)	Coleman Goetz	N. Bayes (perf.)
Old Maid Blues (1943)	David W. Guion	Web Maddox (words) N. Bayes (perf.)	Pub.
Home Sickness Blues (1916)	Cliff Hess(w&m)	N. Bayes (perf.)	Pub.
Regretful Blues (1918)	Cliff Hess	G. Clarke (words) N. Bayes (perf.)
Freckles (1919)	Cliff Hess(w&m)	H.E. Johnson (co-author) M. Ager (co-author) N. Bayes (perf.)
⇑Taxation Blues (1919)	Cliff Hess(w&m)	Joe Rosey (co-author) Jos. H. Santly (co-author) N. Bayes (perf.)	Pub.
Dat's Ma Honey Sho's Yo' Born (1912)	Joe Jordan	N. Bayes (perf.)
M-A-Y-B-E (1919)	Edgar Leslie	N. Bayes (perf.)
Have You Ever Loved Any Other Girl? (1911)	J.P. Long	B. Scott (words) J. Norworth (words) Louis F Werba (words) Mark A Luescher (words) Alice Lloyd (perf.) N. Bayes (perf.)
Scaddle-de-Mooch (1915)	Cecil Mack	C. Smith (co-author) N. Bayes (perf.)	Pub.
When It's Apple Blossom Time in Normandie (1912)	Tom Mellor	H. Gifford (co-author) Huntley Trevor (co-author) Henry Burr (perf.) Belle Story (perf.) N. Bayes (perf.) Maybelle Morgan (perf.) Eva Shirley (perf.)
Susie Ann (1915)	Tom Mellor	H. Gifford (words) N. Bayes (perf.)	Pub.
Come Along My Mandy! (1938)	Tom Mellor	A.J. Lawrance (words) H. Gifford (words) J. Norworth (words) Ada Jones (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) N. Bayes (perf.) J. Norworth (perf.)
Meet Me in St Louis, Louis (1904)	Kerry Mills	Andrew B. Sterling (words) Billy Murray (perf.) Charles Foreman (perf.) Vera King (perf.) Lottie Gilson (perf.) Kitty Miley (perf.) The Brownings (perf.) Judy Garland (perf.) May Curtis (perf.) Ethel Levey (perf.) Will H. Sloan (perf.) Nat Willis (perf.) Lew Hawkins (perf.) Paul Barnes (perf.) Lizzie B. Raymond (perf.) Anna Caldwell (perf.) N. Bayes (perf.) Many O (perf.)
Ten Little Bottles (1920)	Jimmie V. Monaco	N. Bayes (perf.)
Broadway Blues (1920), The	Carey Morgan	Arthur Swanstrom (words) N. Bayes (perf.) J. Norworth (perf.) T. Lewis (perf.) Henry Santrey (perf.) A. Bernard (perf.)
⇑Argentines, the Portuguese and the Greeks (1925), The	Carey Morgan	Arthur Swanstrom (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.) Tom G Clare (perf.) N. Bayes (perf.) E. Cantor (perf.) Edward Meeker (perf.)
Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly! (1909)	C.W. Murphy	Will Letters (words) Florrie Forde (perf.) N. Bayes (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.)	Pub.
Only Bit of Ireland in Old New York (1911), The	C.W. Murphy	N. Bayes (perf.) J. Norworth (perf.)
Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny! Oh! (1917)	Abe Olman	E. Rose (words) Dan W. Quinn (perf.) N. Bayes (perf.) Bonnie Baker (perf.) Orrin Tucker (perf.) H. Lewis (perf.) George Watts (perf.) Andrews Sisters (perf.) Premier Quartet (perf.)
Muddy Water (1926)	Peter De Rose	Harry Richman (co-author) Jo' Trent (words) N. Bayes (perf.)
Fine Strawberries (1911)	Herbert Rule	James McGhee (words) N. Bayes (perf.) J. Norworth (perf.) F. Cromer (perf.)
When John McCormack Sings a Song (1915)	Jean Schwartz	William Jerome (words) E Ray Goetz (words) N. Bayes (perf.)	Pub.
Just Like a Gipsy (1919)	Seymour B. Simons(w&m)	Nora Bayes (co-author) N. Bayes (perf.)
Remember the Rose (1921)	Seymour B. Simons	Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.) Lewis James (perf.) N. Bayes (perf.) Alan Edwards (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Crazy 'bout Somebody (1912)	Dave Stamper	N. Bayes (perf.)
For Months and Months and Months (1909)	Joseph Tabrar(w&m)	N. Bayes (perf.) J. Norworth (perf.) Jack Smiles (perf.)
⇑Broken Doll (1916), A	James W. Tate	F Clifford Harris (words) N. Bayes (perf.) Clarice Mayne (perf.) Manuel Romain (perf.) Jaudas' Society Orchestra (perf.)	Pub.
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1908)	Albert von Tilzer	Jack Norworth (words) Edward Meeker (perf.) Reynolds & Tucker (perf.) Ida Burt Laurence (perf.) N. Bayes (perf.) Trixie Friganza (perf.)
You Will Have to Sing an Irish Song (1908)	Albert von Tilzer	N. Bayes (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.)	Pub.
Just Around the Corner (1925)	Harry von Tilzer	Dolph Singer (words) N. Bayes (perf.) T. Lewis (perf.)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 26 works by Nora Bayes (1880-1928). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Come Along My Mandy (w&m)	1907	J. Norworth (co-author) N. Bayes (perf.) J. Norworth (perf.) Original version by Mellor, Lawrence and Giffard.
Shine on Harvest Moon	1908	J. Norworth (words) N. Bayes (perf.) J. Norworth (perf.) Ruth Etting (perf.)
Sing Me a Come-All-Ye Like My Daddy Sang to Me	1908	N. Bayes (perf.)
Blarney	1909	J. Norworth (words)	Pub.
Falling Star	1909	Jack Norworth (co-author) Nora Bayes (words) Jack Norworth (words) N. Bayes (perf.) J. Norworth (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Glad I'm a Boy and I'm Glad I'm a Girl (w&m)	1909	J. Norworth (co-author)	Pub.
If It Were Not For Dear Old Father (w&m)	1909	J. Norworth (co-author)	Pub.
Let's Get the Umpire's Goat (w&m)	1909	J. Norworth (co-author)	Pub.
No More Staying Out Late	1909
Back to My Old Home Town	1910	J. Norworth (co-author)
Mister Moon-Man Turn Off the Light	1910	Jack Norworth (co-author)	Pub.
⇑ Young America	1910
Ev'ry One in Favor Say Aye (w&m)	1911	J. Norworth (co-author)	Pub.
Fairy Tales	1911
I Have Longed So Long	1911
Parlor Games	1911
Please Go Find My Billy Boy	1911
Turn Off Your Light, Mr. Moon Man (w&m)	1911	J. Norworth (co-author)	Pub.
In My Birch Bark Canoe, With Emily Lou	1912
Pinkerton Detective Moon (w&m)	1912	J. Norworth (co-author) N. Bayes (perf.)	Pub.
She Believes I'm in Brooklyn To-Night	1912
Nora Bayes Fox Trot, The	1917	D. Ganiard (co-author)
All My Life	1918	Irving Fisher (co-author) Harry Akst (co-author) N. Bayes (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Just Like a Gypsy	1919	Seymour Simons (words)	Pub.
Prohibition Blues	1919	Ring Lardner (words) N. Bayes (perf.)	Pub.
I'll Tell the World	1920

Videos

	Title	Duration	Performer


	Prohibition Blues performed by Nora Bayes	3:10	Nora Bayes