Grace le Boy (1890-1983)

Overview

Very little is known about Grace Le Boy. The daughter of Russian immigrants she was born in New York, She composed a number of popular songs such as I Wish I Had A Girl (1908), lyrics by Gus Kahn, the copyright of which she sold for the then record sum of $10,000. Others include Early in the Morning (1916) and The Good Ship Mary Ann (1914).
She met Gus Kahn in 1908, married in 1916 and had two children. She was his collaborator from 1908 until 1932 and they were the subjects of the film I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) starring Doris Day. Of ragtime interest is her Everybody Rag With Me (1914).

Many thanks to Alison Brown of Carmel, Indiana, who kindly sent biographical details by Email in August, 2013.

Grace le Boy (1890-1983) has at least 7 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Are You Lonesome?
Music by: Grace le Boy.
Words by: Gus Kahn

Publisher:	The Thompson Music Company
Suppliers:
Printed: 1909.	Sheet Music 4 pages. Limited Availability.

I Wish I Had a Girl
Music by: Grace le Boy.
Words by: Gus Kahn

Publisher:	The Thompson Music Company
Suppliers:
Printed: 1907.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

June, July and August
Music by: Grace le Boy.
Words by: Gus Kahn

Publisher:	Unknown
Suppliers:
Printed: 1909.	Sheet Music 4 pages. Limited Availability.

Liking's Not a Bit Like Loving
Music by: Grace le Boy.
Words by: Gus Kahn

Publisher:	Victor Kremer Co.
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

Pretty Soft For Me
Music by: Grace le Boy.
Words by: Gus Kahn

Publisher:	Maurice Shapiro Music Publisher
Suppliers:
Printed: 1909.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited Availability.

Say Boys! I've Found a Girl
Music by: Grace le Boy.
Words by: Gus Kahn

Publisher:	Maurice Shapiro Music Publisher
Suppliers:
Printed: 1909.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited Availability.

What's the Use of Moonlight When There's No One 'round to Love
Words and Music by: Grace le Boy.
Co-Author: Gus Kahn

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1909.	Sheet Music 6 pages. Limited Availability.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


I Wish I Had a Girl (1909)		Manuel Romain	Edison Standard Record: 10068
Music Vot's Music Must Come From Berlin (1912)		Maurice Burkhart	U.S. Everlasting Record: 488
Music Vot's Music Must Come From Berlin (1912)		Maurice Burkhart	Edison Blue Amberol: 1535
To the Strains of That Wedding March (1911)	A. Gumble	W.V. Brunt	Cylinder18014
To the Strains of That Wedding March (1921)	A. Gumble	Marguerite E. Farrell	Edison Blue Amberol: 4280
What's the Use of Moonlight (1909)	G. Kahn	W.V. Brunt	Indestructible Record: 1133
Oh, How That Woman Could Cook (1915)		Maurice Burkhart	Edison Blue Amberol: 2647

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	It's Tough When Izzy Rosenstein Loves Genevieve Malone (1910)		James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Good Ship Mary Ann, The (1913)	G. le Boy	N. Bayes	Victor: B-14210

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Ragtime Music CDs:
	Various Artists	Real Ragtime
	Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band	Preserves

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Are You Lonesome? (1909)	G. le Boy (music) G. Kahn (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Breath O' Spring (1917)	G. le Boy (music)	Piano	Indiana
Dublin Bay (1912)	G. le Boy (music) G. Kahn (words)	Piano, Voice	Kirk Indiana	Pub.
Everybody Rag With Me (1914)	G. le Boy (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Everybody Rag With Me - Song (1914)	G. le Boy (music) G. Kahn (words) A. Jolson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer Indiana Indiana	Pub.
Good Ship Mary Ann (1914), The	G. le Boy (music) G. Kahn (words) Rae Samuels (perf.) Three Grouch Killers (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer Kirk Indiana	Pub.
Henry Oh Henry (1912)	G. le Boy (music) G. Kahn (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
⇑I Wish I Had a Girl (1907)	G. le Boy (music) G. Kahn (words) Ida Burt Laurence (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer Kirk Indiana	Pub.
I'm on the Jury (1913)	G. le Boy (music) G. Kahn (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
It's Tough When Izzy Rosenstein Loves Genevieve Malone (1910)	G. le Boy (music) G. Kahn (words) Ben Welch (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Kentucky Sal (1915)	G. le Boy (music) Will Mar (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Lay Down Your Arms (1915)	G. le Boy (music)	Piano	Indiana	Pub.
Little Bit of Irish (1911), A	G. le Boy (music) G. Kahn (words) Maggie Cline (perf.) Maggie Cline (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana
Moonlight on the Mississippi (1913)	G. le Boy (music) G. Kahn (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Oh, How That Woman Could Cook (1914)	G. le Boy (music) G. Kahn (words) Sam Chip (perf.) Mary Marble (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑Over the Heather (1910)	G. le Boy (music) G. Kahn (words) Grace Hazard (perf.) Grace Hazard (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Pass the Pickles (1913)	G. le Boy (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano	Pub.
Say Boys! I've Found a Girl (1909)	G. le Boy (music) G. Kahn (words) Sue Smith (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
That's a Lovely Evening (1914)	G. le Boy (music) G. Kahn (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Those Olden Golden Days of Long Ago (1917)	G. le Boy (music) Daisy Sullivan (words)	Piano, Voice	Ragtime Piano Indiana	Pub.
What's the Use of Moonlight (1909)	G. le Boy (w&m) G. Kahn (coauth.) Kahn & Le Boy (perf.) Kahn & Le Boy (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
You All Got to Be Born and Bred in Kentucky (1917)	G. le Boy (music)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 48 works by Grace le Boy (1890-1983). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1907-1911

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I Wish I Had a Girl	1907	Gus Kahn (words) Al Jolson (perf.) Ida Burt Laurence (perf.) Manuel Romain (perf.)
Are You Lonesome?	1909	Gus Kahn (words)	Pub.
June, July and August	1909	Gus Kahn (words)
Pretty Soft For Me	1909	Gus Kahn (words)
Say Boys! I've Found a Girl	1909	Gus Kahn (words) Lulu Beeson (perf.) Sue Smith (perf.)	Pub.
What's the Use of Moonlight (w&m)	1909	Gus Kahn (co-author) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Kahn & Le Boy (perf.)
Has Anybody Got a Kiss to Spare?	1910	Gus Kahn (words)	Pub.
I'm Awfully Afraid of Girls	1910	Richard Carle (perf.)
It All Goes Up in Smoke	1910	Richard Carle (perf.)
It's Tough When Izzy Rosenstein Loves Genevieve Malone	1910	Gus Kahn (words) Ben Welch (perf.)	Pub.
Little Old Dreamy Waltz, A	1910	Richard Carle (perf.)
⇑ Only a Man	1910	Richard Carle (perf.)
Over the Heather	1910	Gus Kahn (words) Grace Hazard (perf.)	Pub.
When You're in Wrong With the Right Girl	1910	Gus Kahn (words)
Little Bit of Irish, A	1911	Gus Kahn (words) Maggie Cline (perf.)	Pub.
Music Vot's Music Must Come From Berlin	1911	Gus Kahn (words) Maurice Burkhart (perf.) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)

1911-1915

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


To the Strains of That Wedding March (w&m)	1911	Albert Gumble (co-author) Gus Kahn (words) Jack Yellen (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Marguerite E. Farrell (perf.)
When Jack Came Sailing Home Again	1911	Gus Kahn (words) Louise Dresser (perf.)
Dublin Bay	1912	Gus Kahn (words)
Henry Oh Henry	1912	Gus Kahn (words)
I'm on the Jury	1913	Gus Kahn (words) Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.)	Pub.
Moonlight on the Mississippi	1913	Gus Kahn (words)	Pub.
Pass the Pickles	1913		Pub.
Everybody Rag With Me	1914		Pub.
Everybody Rag With Me - Song	1914	Gus Kahn (words) Al Jolson (perf.)	Pub.
Good Ship Mary Ann, The	1914	Gus Kahn (words) Nora Bayes (perf.) E.F. Cochran (perf.) Three Grouch Killers (perf.) Daisy Leon (perf.) Rae Samuels (perf.) Blossom Seeley (perf.) Chee Toy (perf.)	Pub.
Love and Springtime	1914	Gus Kahn (words)	Pub.
⇑ Oh! How He Can Sing an Irish Song	1914
Oh, How That Woman Could Cook	1914	Gus Kahn (words) Maurice Burkhart (perf.) Sam Chip (perf.) Mary Marble (perf.)	Pub.
On the Good Ship Mary Ann	1914	Gus Kahn (words)
That's a Lovely Evening	1914	Gus Kahn (words)	Pub.
Bring Along Your Dancing Shoes	1915	Gus Kahn (words) Al Jolson (perf.)	Pub.

1915-1950

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Early in the Morning	1915	Gus Kahn (words)
Kentucky Sal	1915	Will Mar (words)	Pub.
Lay Down Your Arms	1915		Pub.
Breath O' Spring	1917		Pub.
Those Olden Golden Days of Long Ago	1917	Daisy Sullivan (words)	Pub.
You All Got to Be Born and Bred in Kentucky	1917		Pub.
Liking's Not a Bit Like Loving	1918	Gus Kahn (words)
Will You Be Sorry?	1928	Gus Kahn (words)	Pub.
My Love For You You're Always Sure Of	1930	Gus Kahn (words)
You're Always Sure of My Love For You	1930	Gus Kahn (words)	Pub.
You Gave Me Ev'rything But Love	1931	Kahn Gus (words)	Pub.
⇑ Lazy Day	1932	George Posford (co-author) Gus Kahn (words) Earl Martin (words)
Twas Only a Summer Night's Dream	1932	Gus Kahn (words)	Pub.
Ev'rything But Love	1934	Gus Kahn (words)	Pub.
Ev'ry Night at Eight (w&m)	1941	Gus Kahn (co-author)
Dream a Little Longer (w&m)	1950	Gus Kahn (co-author)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	G. le Boy	Everybody Rag With Me (4:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry