Thurland Chattaway (1872-1947)
Last updated: 12.03.25
According to the Internet source given below, Thurland Chattaway was an American composer of popular music born in Springfield, Massachusetts.
He has some 22 works published between 1899 and 1916, typically songs such as is Mandy Lee (1899) published by Howley, Haviland & Dresser, New York, USA and My Honey Bee (1907) published by F. B. Haviland Publishing Co. Inc., New York, USA. He is probably best known as being the lyricist of Kerry Mills's Red Wing (1907).
Of ragtime interest is his characteristic two-step Foolish William (1899).
He died in Milford, Connecticut.
He has some 22 works published between 1899 and 1916, typically songs such as is Mandy Lee (1899) published by Howley, Haviland & Dresser, New York, USA and My Honey Bee (1907) published by F. B. Haviland Publishing Co. Inc., New York, USA. He is probably best known as being the lyricist of Kerry Mills's Red Wing (1907).
Of ragtime interest is his characteristic two-step Foolish William (1899).
He died in Milford, Connecticut.
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Thurland Chattaway | Biography by wikipedia.org. |
| Title (Release Year) | Co-Author(s) | Performers | Issue |
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Can't You Take It Back and Change It For a Boy? (1909) | Byron George Harlan | U.S. Everlasting Record: 1243 | |
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A Little Suit of Blue (1907) | Byron George Harlan | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9644 | |
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Mandy Lee (1902?) | Edison Male Quartet | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 7551 | |
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Mandy Lee (1898-1900) | John W. Myers | Columbia Phonograph Co.: 5827 | |
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Peggy Gray (1912) | Manuel Romain | Edison Amberol: 999 | |
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We've Been Chums For Fifty Years (1909) | Will Oakland | Edison Standard Record: 10245 | |
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Can't You Take It Back and Change It For a Boy? (1912) | Lottie Gilson | Edison Amberol: 890 |
| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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Mandy Lee (1902) | T. Chattaway | George J. Gaskin John W. Myers Harry Spencer L. Spencer |
Columbia: 800 |
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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Can't You Take It Back and Change It For a Boy? (1911) | T. Chattaway (w&m) Lottie Gilson (perf.) Lottie Gilson (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Sheet Music Singer |
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Little Black Me (1899) | T. Chattaway (music) | Piano | IMSLP | |
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Sweet Irish Rose (1915) | T. Chattaway (music) | Piano | IMSLP | |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 23 works by Thurland Chattaway (1872-1947).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:
(w&m)
(w&m)
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Foolish William | 1899 |  |
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| Little Black Me | 1899 | |
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| Mandy Lee (w&m) | 1899 | Edison Male Quartette (perf.) George J. Gaskin (perf.) Belle Gold (perf.) John W. Myers (perf.) Harry Spencer (perf.) Len Spencer (perf.) |
Pub. |
| I've Grown So Used to You (w&m) | 1901 | E.J. Baldwin (perf.) | Pub. |
| Just Because My Face Ain't White | 1901 | ||
| When I Gave My Heart to You | 1901 | ||
| When the Blue Sky Turns to Gold | 1901 | ||
| My Honey Lou | 1904 | ||
| I'm So Lonely (w&m) | 1905 | |
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| My Guiding Star (w&m) | 1905 | Pub. | |
| Pals, Good Old Pals (w&m) | 1905 | ||
| ⇑ We've Been Chums For Fifty Years (w&m) | 1905 | Will Oakland (perf.) | |
| I'll Go Home to Dear Old Dixie (w&m) | 1906 | |
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| In a Little House That's Built For Two (w&m) | 1906 | Byron George Harlan (perf.) Grace La Rue (perf.) |
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| Little Suit of Blue, A (w&m) | 1907 | Byron George Harlan (perf.) | Pub. |
| My Honey Bee (w&m) | 1907 | Pub. | |
| Sweetest Flower the Garden Grew, The | 1907 | ||
| Can't You Take It Back and Change It For a Boy? (w&m) | 1911 | Lottie Gilson (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Peggy Gray (w&m) | 1911 | Manuel Romain (perf.) | Pub. |
| Sweet Irish Rose | 1915 | |
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| I Can't Forget (w&m) | 1916 | Pub. | |
| New York Girl, The | ? | ||
| That's What the Robin Sang | ? |