Joseph A. Burke  (1884-1950)
Last updated: 31.10.23
According to the Internet source given below, Joseph Aloysius Burke was an American composer, pianist and actor born in Phiöadelphia.
He studied at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and started as a pianist accompanying silent movies and an arranger in a music publishing firm. He also worked as a film actor, appearing in the 1915 silent movie The Senator.
Of ragtime interest is Raving Rag (1911) published by Welch & Wilsky, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Burke died in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.

Websites:
url15.gif Joe Burke (composer) Biography by wikipedia.org.  
Joseph A. Burke  (1884-1950) has at least 1 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
b00alyr544_m.jpgIt's Never Too Late to Be Sorry
Music by: Joseph A. Burke.
Words by: James E. Dempsey
Performed by: Marguerite Snow
Publisher: Shisler, Gaskill & Benkhart Music Pub
Suppliers: flag15us.gif
Printed: 1918. Sheet Music.
  Title (Release Year) Instruments/Issue Performers
       
  MP3 File(s)    
audioextmp315.gif It's Never Too Late to Be Sorry (1919) Edison Blue Amberol: 3681 Manuel Romain
audioextmp315.gif Who Wouldn't Be Blue? (1928) Edison Blue Amberol: 5555 Palais D'Or Orchestra
audioextmp315.gif Yearning Just For You (1925) Edison Blue Amberol: 5002 Greenwich Village Inn Orch.
  Midi File(s)   Sequencer(s)
audiomidi15.gif Raving Rag (1911) Midi James Pitt-Payne
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           


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pdf15.gif		 If I Had a Son For Each Star in Old Glory (1917) J.A. Burke (music)
J.E. Dempsey (words)
Larry Comer (perf.)
Florence Timponi (perf.)		 Piano, Voice

Indiana
Indiana		 wvicon.gif


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pdf15.gif		 It's Never Too Late to Be Sorry (1918) J.A. Burke (music)
James E. Dempsey (words)
Marguerite Snow (perf.)
Marguerite Snow (perf.)		 Piano, Voice

Greer
Indiana		 wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif My Yiddisha Butterfly (1917) J.A. Burke (music)
Al Dubin (words)
Eugene Howard (perf.)
Willie Howard (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Soldier's Rosary (1918), A J.A. Burke (music)
J.E. Dempsey (words)		 Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Somebody's Boy (1918) J.A. Burke (music)
J.E. Dempsey (words)		 Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Tell Me You're Sorry (1928) J.A. Burke (music)
B. Davis (words)
Doree Leslie (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Scholars Junction wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif When the Sun Goes Down in Sleepy Hollow (1918) J.A. Burke (music)
B. Davis (words)		 Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif When You Sang Soprano (1917) J.A. Burke (music)
E. Burtnett (coauth.)
James E. Dempsey (words)		 Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 100 works by Joseph A. Burke (1884-1950). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Give Me a Honeymoon That's Irish 1910 A. Dubin (words)  wvicon.gif
Raving Rag 1911 Ivy Easy (perf.)  Pub. audiomidi15.gif
Try Loving in an Aeroplane 1911 A. Dubin (words)
Message of the Honeymoon, The 1912 Al Dubin (words)
H.R. Curtis (words)
Emmett J. Welch (perf.) 		 Pub.
Germany You'll Soon Be No Man's Land 1914-8  wvicon.gif
Going Up the Sawdust Trail 1915 Al Dubin (words)  wvicon.gif
Down Honolulu Way 1916 Earl Burtnett (co-author)
J.E. Dempsey (words)
Hero of the European War, The 1916 Geo. B. McConnell (words)
Al Dubin (words)
If I Had a Son For Each Star in Old Glory 1917 J.E. Dempsey (words)
Larry Comer (perf.)
Florence Timponi (perf.) 		 Pub.
My Yiddisha Butterfly 1917 Al Dubin (words)
Eugene Howard (perf.)
Willie Howard (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
When You Sang Soprano 1917 Earl Burtnett (co-author)
James E. Dempsey (words) 		 wvicon.gif
⇑ Greatest Day the World Will Ever Know, The 1918 Ed Morton (words)
James Dempsy (words)
Ed Morton (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
It's Never Too Late to Be Sorry 1918 James E. Dempsey (words)
Manuel Romain (perf.)
Marguerite Snow (perf.) 		 amazon15.gif wvicon.gif audioextmp315.gif
Soldier's Rosary, A 1918 J.E. Dempsey (words)  Pub.
Somebody's Boy 1918 J.E. Dempsey (words)  wvicon.gif
When the Sun Goes Down in Sleepy Hollow 1918 Benny Davis (words)  wvicon.gif
If I'm Dreaming 1919 Marilyn Miller (perf.)  wvicon.gif
Look For the Silver Lining 1920 Guy Bolton (words)
Clifford Grey (words)
Al Dubin (words)
Midsummer Night Blues 1922 Lou Herscher (co-author)  Pub.
Don't Forget to Remember 1923 Mark Fisher (words)  wvicon.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
My Miami Mammy (w&m) 1923 Lou Herscher (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Dear One 1924 Cy Richardson (co-author)
Mark Fisher (co-author) 		 wvicon.gif
Lullaby of Long Ago 1924 Lou Herscher (co-author)
No Wonder 1924 Benny Davis (words)  Pub.
Who Wants a Bad Little Boy? 1924 Mark Fisher (words)  Pub.
Forever and Ever With You 1925 Benny Davis (words)
Lee Sims (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Leave Me Something to Remember 1925 Benny Davis (words)  Pub.
She Was Just a Sailor's Sweetheart (w&m) 1925  Pub.
So That's the Kind of a Girl You Are 1925 Billy Rose (words)
Al Dubin (words) 		 wvicon.gif
Yearning Just For You (w&m) 1925 Benny Davis (co-author)
Margie Carson (perf.)
Mary Cranston (perf.)
Morton Downey (perf.)
Tina Glenn (perf.)
Delbridge Gremmer (perf.)
Gerald Griffin (perf.)
John Hammond (perf.)
Mary Jayne (perf.)
Bryan Lee (perf.)
Greenwich Village Inn Orch. (perf.)
Jack Richards (perf.)
Glenn C. Smith (perf.) 		 Pub. audioextmp315.gif
And Then I Forget 1926 Benny Davis (co-author)
⇑ I Never Knew How Wonderful You Were 1926 Dorothy Terriss (words)  Pub.
I'd Love to Meet That Old Sweetheart of Mine 1926 Benny Davis (co-author)
Never Without You 1926 Benny Davis (words)  wvicon.gif
While the Years Go Drifting By 1926 Gus Kahn (words)
Baby Your Mother 1927 Andrew Donnelly (words)
Dolly Morse (words) 		 Pub.
Oh, What a Pal Was ''Whoozis'' 1927 Gus Kahn (words)
George Olsen (perf.) 		 Pub.
One More Night 1927 Billy Rose (words)
Peter Higgins (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Sweetheart Memories 1927 Benny Davis (co-author)  Pub.
Carolina Moon 1928 Benny Davis (words)
Gene Austin (perf.)
Jack Fulton (perf.)
Mike Landau (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Give Your Little Baby Lots of Lovin' 1928 Dolly Morse (words)  wvicon.gif
Tell Me You're Sorry 1928 Benny Davis (words)
Jimmie Gallagher (perf.)
Myrtle Gordon (perf.)
Doree Leslie (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Who Wouldn't Be Blue? 1928 Palais D'Or Orchestra (perf.)  audioextmp315.gif
After Business Hours 1929 Al Dubin (words)
All I Want to Do-Do-Do Is Dance 1929 Al Dubin (words)
Marilyn Miller (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif youtube15.jpg
All That I'm Asking Is Sympathy 1929 Benny Davis (co-author)
Darn Fool Woman Like Me, A 1929 Al Dubin (words)
Winnie Lightner (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Dream Mother 1929 Al Lewis (words)
Al Sherman (words)
Gene Austin (perf.)
George Olsen (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Go to Bed 1929 Al Dubin (words)
Winnie Lightner (perf.)
Nick Lucas (perf.)
Ann Pennington (perf.)
Lilyan Tashman (perf.)
Conway Tearle (perf.)
Nancy Welford (perf.) 		 Pub.
In a Kitchenette 1929 Al Dubin (words)
Winnie Lightner (perf.)
Nick Lucas (perf.)
Ann Pennington (perf.)
Lilyan Tashman (perf.)
Conway Tearle (perf.)
Nancy Welford (perf.) 		 Pub.
Like a Breath of Spring Time 1929 Al Dubin (words)  wvicon.gif
⇑ Mechanical Man 1929 Al Dubin (words)
Winnie Lightner (perf.)
Nick Lucas (perf.)
Ann Pennington (perf.)
Lilyan Tashman (perf.)
Conway Tearle (perf.)
Nancy Welford (perf.) 		 Pub.
Painting the Clouds With Sunshine 1929 Al Dubin (words)
Nick Lucas (perf.)
Virginia Mayo (perf.)
Dennis Morgan (perf.)
Lucille Morgan (perf.)
Gene Nelson (perf.)
Ann Pennigton (perf.)
S. Z. Sakall (perf.)
Lilyan Tashman (perf.)
Conway Tearle (perf.) 		 Pub.
Tip-Toe Thur' the Tulips With Me 1929 Al Dubin (words)
Winnie Lightner (perf.)
Nick Lucas (perf.)
Ann Pennington (perf.)
Lilyan Tashman (perf.)
Conway Tearle (perf.)
Nancy Welford (perf.) 		 Pub.
Dancing With Tears in My Eyes 1930 Al Dubin (words)
Rudy Vallée (perf.) 		 Pub.
For You 1930 All Dubin (words)
Sam Lanin (perf.) 		 Pub.
Highway to Heaven 1930 Al Dubin (words)
Olsen & Johnson (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
In Memory of You 1930 Al Dubin (words)  wvicon.gif
Kiss Waltz, The 1930 Al Dubin (words)
Sue Carol (perf.)
Grant Withers (perf.) 		 Pub.
Leave a Little Smile 1930 Al Dubin (words)  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Sing a Little Theme Song 1930 Al Dubin (words)  wvicon.gif
When Love Comes in the Moonlight 1930 Al Dubin (words)  Pub.
When the Little Red Roses Get the Blues For You (w&m) 1930  Pub.
Crosby, Columbo and Vallée (w&m) 1931 Al. Dubin (co-author)
Eddie Cantor (perf.)
Bing Crosby (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
If You Should Ever Need Me 1931 Al Dubin (words)  Pub.
Many Happy Returns of the Day 1931 Al Dubin (words)
Ruth Etting (perf.)
Wayne King (perf.)
Kate Smith (perf.) 		 Pub.
When the Rest of the Crowd Goes Home I Always Go 1931 Al Dubin (words)
Russ Columbo (perf.) 		 Pub.
How Can You Say No 1932 Al Dubin (words)
Irving Kahal (words)
Dick Powell (perf.) 		 Pub.
Just Another Dream of You 1932 Benny Davis (words)
Bing Crosby (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
My Wishing Song 1932 Irving Kahal (words)
Jane Froman (perf.)
Ann Leaf (perf.) 		 Pub.
Whisper Waltz, The 1932 Paul Francis Webster (words)
Guy Lombardo (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
⇑ You'll Always Be the Same Sweetheart (w&m) 1932 Peter De Rose (co-author)
Smith Ballew (perf.) 		 Pub.
Little Locket of Long Ago (w&m) 1933 Harry Woods (co-author)
Don Bestor (perf.) 		 Pub.
Memory Waltz, The 1933 Benny Davis (words)
Phil Regan (perf.) 		 Pub.
Tired Hands 1933 Dave Oppenheim (words)  wvicon.gif
I'm Lonesome For You, Caroline 1934 Rene Walker (words)  Pub.
Little Church Around the Corner, A 1934 Rene Walker (words)  Pub.
Moonlight Waltz 1934 Ned Washington (words)  wvicon.gif
Bridal Waltz, The 1935 Milton Drake (words)
Ira Schuster (words)
Cling to Me 1935 Edgar Leslie (words)  wvicon.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
I'm Lost For Words 1935 Eddie De Lange (co-author)
Archie Fletcher (co-author)
In a Little Gypsy Tea Room 1935 Edgar Leslie (words)  wvicon.gif
Little Bit Independent, A 1935 Edgar Leslie (words)
Dick Haymes & Gordon Jenkins (perf.)
Ray Heatherton (perf.)
Ozzie Nelson: (perf.)
Larry Taylor (perf.)
Rudy Vallée (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Moon Over Miami 1935 Edgar Leslie (words)
Bonnie Blue (perf.)
Patti Chapin (perf.)
Sammy Kaye (perf.)
Sterling Young (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
On Treasure Island 1935 Edgar Leslie (words)  Pub.
There's a Little Picture Playhouse in My Heart 1935 Edgar Leslie (words)  Pub.
Little Rendezvous in Honolulu, A 1936 Edgar Leslie (words)  Pub.
Midnight Blue 1936 Edgar Leslie (words)  wvicon.gif
Robins and Roses 1936 Edgar Leslie (words)
Alan Leafer (perf.) 		 Pub.
Getting Some Fun Out of Life 1937 Edgar Leslie (words)
Henry Busse (perf.) 		 Pub.
It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane 1937 Edgar Leslie (words)
Emery Deutsch (perf.)
Shep Fields (perf.)
Guy Lombardo (perf.) 		 Pub.
⇑ Neither Do I 1937 Edgar Leslie (words)
At a Perfume Counter on the Rue De La Paix 1938  Pub.
If It Rains - Who Cares! 1938 Edgar Leslie (words)  Pub.
Rainbow Valley 1939 Edgar Leslie (words)  wvicon.gif
We Must Be Vigilant (w&m) 1942 F. W. Meacham (co-author)
By the River of the Roses 1943 Marty Symes (words)
David Cheskin (perf.)
Del Courtney (perf.)
Lawrence Welk (perf.)
Ilene Woods (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Rambling Rose 1948 Joseph Allen McCarthy (words)  wvicon.gif
Are You Lonely? 1952 Lou Herscher (words)  wvicon.gif
Who Wouldn't Love You? ? Benny Davis (words)
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg J.A. Burke All I Want to Do-Do-Do Is Dance (2:35) Marilyn Miller