Harry DeCosta (1885-1964)
Last updated: 12.03.25
According to the Internet source given below, Composer, songwriter (Hold That Tiger"), author and pianist who accompanied Jones & Hare, and a writer of special material for vaudeville. He was a pianist for music publishers and a radio script writer and composer. Joining ASCAP in 1925, his other popular-song compositions include "Little Gray Mother", "Ragamuffin Romeo", "That Soothing Serenade", "Slappin' the Bass", "Mary Dear", "Love Me a Little Little", "My Mammy Knows", and "Love Made a Gypsy Out of Me".
Harry DeCosta (1885-1964) has at least 3 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
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Are You Half the Man Your Mother Thought You'd Be? Music by: Harry DeCosta. Co-Author: Leo Wood
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 I'm Saving Up the Means to Get to New OrleansMusic by: Harry DeCosta. Words by: Howard Johnson
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 Love Made a Gypsy Out of MeMusic by: Harry DeCosta.
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| Title (Release Year) | Co-Author(s) | Performers | Issue |
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The Little Grey Mother (1915) | Jim Doherty | Edison Blue Amberol: 2762 |
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When the Major Plays Those Minor Melodies (1916) | H. DeCosta | Michael J. O'Connell | Columbia: 47078 |
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Bunny Hug Rag (1912), The | H. DeCosta (music) | Piano | Ragtime Piano |  |
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He Draws No Color Line (1918) | H. DeCosta (music) Val Trainor (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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I'm Saving Up the Means to Get to New Orleans (1916) | H. DeCosta (music) Howard Johnson (words) Emma Carus (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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I've Got the Shimmee Blues (1919) | H. DeCosta (w&m) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
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Little Grey Mother (1915), The | H. DeCosta (music) Bernard Grossman (words) Mary Maurice (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Greer | Pub. |
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Mary, Dear - Some Day We Will Meet Again (1922) | H. DeCosta (w&m) M. K. Jerome (coauth.) Sybil Vane (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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My Mammy Knows (1921) | H. DeCosta (w&m) M. K. Jerome (coauth.) |
Piano | Indiana | Pub. |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 27 works by Harry DeCosta (1885-1964).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Golden Feather | 1909 | Bernard Stern (co-author) | |
| Bunny Hug Rag, The | 1912 |  |
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| In Alabama, Dear, With You | 1915 | Ellen Orr (co-author) | |
| Little Grey Mother, The | 1915 | Bernard Grossman (words) Jim Doherty (perf.) Mary Maurice (perf.) |
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| Are You Half the Man Your Mother Thought You'd Be? | 1916 | Leo Wood (co-author) |  |
| Eyes of Heaven, The | 1916 | William A. Wilander (words) | Pub. |
| I'm Saving Up the Means to Get to New Orleans | 1916 | Howard Johnson (words) Emma Carus (perf.) |
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| When the Major Plays Those Minor Melodies | 1916 | William Alexander (words) Michael J. O'Connell (perf.) |
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| At the Coffee Cooler's Tea | 1918 | Alex Sullivan (co-author) | Pub. |
| He Draws No Color Line | 1918 | Val Trainor (words) | Pub. |
| Old Grand Army Man, An (w&m) | 1918 | Pub. | |
| ⇑ That Soothing Serenade (w&m) | 1918 | Howard Bros (perf.) Adele Rowland (perf.) |
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| We Want Our Daddy Dear, Back Home | 1918 | James M. Reilly (words) | Pub. |
| When the Good Lord Makes a Record of a Hero's Deed He Draws No Color Line | 1918 | ||
| I'll Be Back Home in Indiana | 1919 | Frank Chodrow (words) | Pub. |
| I've Got the Shimmee Blues (w&m) | 1919 | Pub. |
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| My Mammy Knows (w&m) | 1921 | M. K. Jerome (co-author) | Pub. |
| Mary, Dear - Some Day We Will Meet Again (w&m) | 1922 | M. K. Jerome (co-author) Sybil Vane (perf.) |
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| Dumber They Come the Better I Like 'em, The | 1924 | Eddie Cantor (perf.) | |
| Lullaby Lane | 1925 | Leo Wood (co-author) | |
| Oh Boy! How It Was Raining (w&m) | 1926 | Abner Silver (co-author) | |
| Vulgar Boatman | 1926 | Sidney Claire (co-author) James V Monaco (co-author) Paul Smith (perf.) |
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| Prune Song, The | 1928 | Frank Crumit (words) Frank Crumit (perf.) |
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| ⇑ Dancing Animal Crackers | 1929 | Herbert Steiner (co-author) | |
| Love Made a Gypsy Out of Me | 1929 | Pub. |
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| Slappin' the Bass | 1930 | ||
| Love Me a Little Little | ? |