Don Bestor (1889-1970)

Overview

All that can presently (June 2019) be gleaned from sheet music covers and by internet searching is that Don Bestor has 17 works published between 1910 and 1932.
Of ragtime interest is That Indian Rag (1910) published by Will Rossiter, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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	Title	Instruments	Performers


	Midi File(s)		Sequencer(s)
	That Indian Rag (1910)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Rosebud	D. Bestor (music) M. Lee (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
That Indian Rag	D. Bestor (music) M. Lee (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
That Indian Rag (1910)	D. Bestor (music) M. Lee (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 18 works by Don Bestor (1889-1970). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Rosebud	1910	M. Lee (words)
That Indian Rag	1910	Marvin Lee (words)	Pub.
Tiger Lily	1910		Pub.
Won't You Fly With Me	1910	Marvin Lee (words)	Pub.
Barcelona	1911	Marvin Lee (words)	Pub.
Everybody's Kissing Her But Me	1911	Irving B. Lee (words)	Pub.
Raggy Military Tune	1912	Roberts (co-author) Roger Lewis (words)
Katzenjammer Kids, The	1920	Dave M. Wolfe (words)
San Francisco Cal	1920	Dave M. Wolfe (words)	Pub.
Ten Little Sailors	1920	Dave M. Wolfe (words)	Pub.
Down by the Winegar Woiks (w&m)	1925	Walter Donovan (co-author) Roger Lewis (co-author) Benny Burt (perf.) Wallie Lehman (perf.) Raymond L. Stevens (perf.)
⇑ It's Always Raining on Me	1931	Dudley Mecum (co-author)
Contented	1932	Roy Turk (words)
Two Empty Arms	1932	Joe Young (words)
Dimples and Dollars	?
My Own	?	Roberts (co-author) Roger Lewis (words)
Oceana Roll	?	Roberts (co-author) Roger Lewis (words)
Won't You Try to Love Me	?