Gus Edwards (1879-1945)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Gus(tave) Edwards was an American songwriter and vaudevillian. He also organised his own theatre companies and was a music publisher.

Websites:
	Gus Edwards	Biography by wikipedia.org.

	Title	Instruments/Issue	Performers


MP3 File(s)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon	Edison's National Phonograph Company: 10362	Ada Jones
Good-Bye, Little Girl, Good-Bye	Edison's National Phonograph Company: 8750	William H. Thompson
I Never Trouble Trouble Until Trouble Troubles Me	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 7816	Arthur Collins Joseph Natus
In My Merry Oldsmobile	Columbia Phonograph Company: 85016	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan
In Zanzibar	Columbia Phonograph Company: 32449	John W. Myers
It's a Good World, After All	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9200	Bob Roberts
Planning	Edison Amberol: 571	J.B. Maxwell
Pocahontas	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9208	Edward M. Favor
Midi File(s)		Sequencer(s)
Come on Play Ball With Me Dearie (1909)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Have You Seen My Baby? (1908)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
My Sunburned Salome (1908)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Ragtime Music CDs:
	Jody Dall'Armi	On the Level, You're a Little Devil
	Bill Edwards	Perfessor Bill Sings Volume 1
	Bill Edwards	A Ragtime Sampler

Monologues

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	By the Light of the Silvery Moon	Gus Edwards (music) Edward Madden (words) Lillian Lorraine (perf.)
	I Don't Care to Be Your Lady Friend No More	Gus Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words) May Irwin (perf.)
	Little Bit's a Whole Lot Better Than None at All, A	Gus Edwards (music) Alfred Bryan (words) Fred Duprez (perf.) May Irwin (perf.)
	Somebody's Sweetheart I Want to Be	Gus Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words) Lillian Russell (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1909)	G. Edwards (music) E. Madden (words) Bing Crosby (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Kirk Greer
Could You Be True to Eyes of Blue? (1902)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words) J. van R. Wheeler (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Don't You Think It's Time to Marry? (1906)	G. Edwards (music) Addison Burkhardt (words) Beatrice Golden (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Farewell Killarney (1906)	G. Edwards (music) E. Madden (words) Julius Marx (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
For You a Rose (1917)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Greer
Gee! It Must Be Tough to Be a Rich Man's Kid (1912)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Girl Who Cares For Me (1904), The	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words) James R. Purvis (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Good-Bye, Little Girl, Good-Bye (1904)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words) Corinne Griffith (perf.) Walter McGrail (perf.) Sallie Stemblers (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Greer	Pub.
Have You Seen My Baby? (1908)	G. Edwards (music) Paul West (words)	Piano, Voice	Kirk	Pub.
He's Me Pal (1905)	G. Edwards (music) V. Bryan (words) Jeanie Brooker (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
Hip! Hip! Hooray! (1907)	G. Edwards (music) Edgar Smith (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
I Can't Tell Why I Love You, But I Do (1900)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words) Miss Jewell (perf.) Johnnie Carroll (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana
I Don't Care to Be Your Lady Friend No More (1899)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words) M. Irwin (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
I Lost My Heart in Honolulu (1916)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
I Want You Morning, Noon and Night (1921)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words) G. Edwards (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
If I Was a Millionaire (1912)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
In My Merry Oldsmobile (1905)	G. Edwards (music) V. Bryan (words) Sue Smith (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Jimmy Valentine (1910)	G. Edwards (music) E. Madden (words) G. Edwards (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Kirk	Pub.
Johnny I'll Take You (1904)	G. Edwards (music) Will D Cobb (words) Lotta Faust (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Little Partner of Mine (1921)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words) G. Edwards (perf.)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Mamie, Don't You Feel Ashamie (1901)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words) Gregg Patti (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
My Cafe Girl (1908)	G. Edwards (music) Paul West (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
On a Beautiful Night With a Beautiful Girl (1912)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
School Mates (1909)	G. Edwards (music) E. Gardenier (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Greer	Pub.
Sunbonnet Sue (1908)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Greer	Pub.
Tell That to the Marines! (1918)	G. Edwards (music) Bernard S. Barron (words)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Twinkle, Twinkle, My Little Star (1908)	G. Edwards (music) E. Gardenier (words)	Piano, Voice	Kirk	Pub.
When the Music Starts to Play (1908)	G. Edwards (music) Paul West (words)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
When the Whole World Has Gone Back on You (1913)	G. Edwards (music) E. Madden (words) Adele Ritchie (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Kirk	Pub.
Who Wants to Meet Me After School Lets Out (1911)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Won't Be Home to Dinner (1908)	G. Edwards (music) Paul West (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
You're There, Little Girl, You're There (1920)	G. Edwards (music) L. M. Bell (words) G. Edwards (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
As performer
I Can't Tell Why I Love You, But I Do (1900)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words) Miss Jewell (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
If I Was a Millionaire (1912)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
When the Music Starts to Play (1908)	G. Edwards (music) Paul West (words)	Piano	IMSLP
Pleasant Moments (1909)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP

Titles

This list is arranged by composer and contains 10 works performed by Gus Edwards who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m) ER

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Jimmy Valentine (1910)	Gus Edwards	Edward Madden (words) Gus Edwards (perf.)
Italian Romeo (1911)	Gus Edwards(w&m)	Gus Edwards (perf.)
Just As Soon As I Laid Eyes on You (1916)	Gus Edwards	Will D. Cobb (words) Gus Edwards (perf.)
You're There, Little Girl, You're There (1920)	Gus Edwards	L. M. Bell (words) Gus Edwards (perf.)
I Want You Morning, Noon and Night (1921)	Gus Edwards	Will D. Cobb (words) Gus Edwards (perf.)	Pub.
Little Partner of Mine (1921)	Gus Edwards	Will D. Cobb (words) Gus Edwards (perf.)	Pub.
I Can't Tell Why I Love You, But I Do (1900)	Gus Edwards	Will D. Cobb (words) Johnnie Carroll (perf.) Laura Comstock (perf.) Miss Jewell (perf.) Julie Mackey (perf.) W.J. Sullivan (perf.) Myrtle Tressider (perf.)
Pleasant Moments (1909)	Scott Joplin	Gerlüz (perf.)
If I Was a Millionaire (1912)	Gus Edwards	Will D. Cobb (words)
When the Music Starts to Play (1908)	Gus Edwards	Paul West (words)	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 138 works by Gus Edwards (1879-1945). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

1898-1903

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


All I Wants Is My Black Baby Back	1898	Emma Carus (perf.) Susie Forrester (perf.)
Across the Hills to Georgia	1899	Will D. Cobb (words)
I Don't Care to Be Your Lady Friend No More	1899	Will D. Cobb (words) May Irwin (perf.)
Singer and the Song, The	1899	Will D. Cobb (words)
You Are the Only Girl I'll Ever Care About	1899	Will D Cobb (words) John Parr (perf.)	Pub.
All For a Man Whose God Was Gold	1900	Will D. Cobb (words)
I Ain't Got No Time to Be Your Baby	1900
I Can't Tell Why I Love You, But I Do	1900	Will D. Cobb (words) Johnnie Carroll (perf.) Laura Comstock (perf.) Miss Jewell (perf.) Julie Mackey (perf.) W.J. Sullivan (perf.) Myrtle Tressider (perf.)
If I Dared to Tell My Love For You	1900	Will D Cobb (words) Dorothy Morton (perf.)
My Charcoal Charmer	1900	Will D. Cobb (words)
Bessie, My Right Hand Bower	1901	Will D. Cobb (words) Bessie Clayton (perf.) Mamie Gehrue (perf.)
⇑ Forget	1901	Will D. Cobb (words) Helen Mora (perf.)	Pub.
I Don't Want Money	1901	Will D. Cobb (words)
I Never Trouble Trouble Until Trouble Troubles Me	1901	J.H. Flynn (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Joseph Natus (perf.)	Pub.
I'll Be With You When the Roses Bloom Again	1901	Will D. Cobb (words) Edward Flowers (perf.) Evelyn Fonner (perf.) Lottie Gilson (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Dreaming of a Bygone Day	1901	Will D. Cobb (co-author)
It's Awfully Nice to Be a Regular Soldier	1901	Will D. Cobb (co-author)
Mamie, Don't You Feel Ashamie	1901	Will D. Cobb (words) Gregg Patti (perf.)	Pub.
Could You Be True to Eyes of Blue?	1902	Will D. Cobb (words) J. van R. Wheeler (perf.)	Pub.
Have You Seen My Sweetheart in His Uniform of Blue?	1902
Louisiana Louise	1902	Andrew B. Sterling (words) Billy Clifford (perf.)	Pub.
Sentimental Tommy	1902		Pub.
You'll Never Know What Love Is Until I Love You	1902	Edgar Smith (words)
⇑ I Love Only One Girl in This Wide, Wide World	1903	Will D. Cobb (words)
Kitchy Koo	1903

1904-1907

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Della	1904	Robt. B. Smith (words) Eva W. Wallace (perf.)
Girl Who Cares For Me, The	1904	Will D. Cobb (words) James R. Purvis (perf.)	Pub.
Good-Bye, Little Girl, Good-Bye	1904	Will D. Cobb (words) Corinne Griffith (perf.) Madge Lessing (perf.) Walter McGrail (perf.) Sallie Stemblers (perf.) William H. Thompson (perf.)	Pub.
In Zanzibar	1904	Will D. Cobb (words) Emma Carus (perf.) John W. Myers (perf.)
Johnny I'll Take You	1904	Will D Cobb (words) Lotta Faust (perf.)	Pub.
Little Miss No-One From No-Where	1904	Robert B. Smith (words) Della Fox (perf.)	Pub.
Take Me Back to My Louisiana Home	1904	Will D Cobb (words) Ethel Robinson (perf.)	Pub.
Tale of a Cassowary, The	1904	Will D. Cobb (co-author)
He's Me Pal	1905	Vincent Bryan (words) Jeanie Brooker (perf.) Eleanor Falk (perf.) Lillie Lawson (perf.)	Pub.
If a Girl Like You Loved a Boy Like Me	1905	Will D. Cobb (co-author)
In My Merry Oldsmobile	1905	Vincent Bryan (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) Sue Smith (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Somebody's Sweetheart I Want to Be	1905	Will D. Cobb (words) Lillian Russell (perf.)
Tammany	1905	Jefferson DeAngelis (perf.)	Pub.
Tammany - Song	1905	Vincent Bryan (words)	Pub.
Don't You Think It's Time to Marry?	1906	Addison Burkhardt (words) Beatrice Golden (perf.) Grace LaRue (perf.)
Farewell Killarney	1906	Edward Madden (words) Julius Marx (perf.)	Pub.
I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave	1906	Will D. Cobb (words)
I Miss You in a Thousand Different Ways	1906	Will D. Cobb (words) Nellie McCoy (perf.)	Pub.
I'd Like to See a Little More of You	1906	Will D. Cobb (words)
I'll Do Anything in the World For You	1906	Will D. Cobb (co-author)
It's a Good World, After All	1906	Vincent Bryan (words) Bob Roberts (perf.)
Pocahontas	1906	Edward M Favor (words) Edward M. Favor (perf.)
Two Dirty Little Hands	1906	Will D. Cobb (words)
⇑ Dear Old East Side	1907	Ed Gardenier (words)
Does Anybody Want a Blonde	1907	Robert B. Smith (words)	Pub.

1907-1908

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Hip! Hip! Hooray!	1907	Edgar Smith (words)
On the Grand Old Sand	1907	Will D. Cobb (words)	Pub.
On the Old See-Saw	1907	Ed Gardenier (words)
School Days, When We Were a Couple of Kids	1907	Will D. Cobb (words)
See Saw	1907
Sweet Ivy Green	1907	Edgar Smith (co-author)
That Welcome on the Mat Ain't Meant For Me	1907	Will D Cobb (words) Ethel Levey (perf.)	Pub.
Welcome on the Mat Ain't Meant For Me, The	1907	Will D. Cobb (words) Edgar Smith (words)
You Have Me	1907	Robert B. Smith (words)
Betty, You're the One Best Bet	1908	Paul West (words)
Cafe Girl, The	1908	Paul West (words)
⇑ Ev'rybody Loves Me But the One I Love	1908	Ed Gardenier (words)	Pub.
Good-Bye Dinah	1908	Ed Gardenier (words)
Have You Seen My Baby?	1908	Paul West (words)	Pub.
I'm After Madame Tetrazzini's Job (w&m)	1908	Bessie Wynn (perf.)	Pub.
Little Bit's a Whole Lot Better Than None at All, A	1908	Alfred Bryan (words) Fred Duprez (perf.) May Irwin (perf.)	Pub.
Maybe It's a Bear	1908	Vincent Bryan (words)	Pub.
Merry-Go-Round Rag, The	1908		Pub.
My Cafe Girl	1908	Paul West (words) from "The-Merry-Go-Round"	Pub.
My Old Lady	1908	Vincent P. Bryan (words)	Pub.
My Sunburned Salome	1908	Will D. Cobb (words)	Pub.
Some-Day Sweetheart, Some-Day	1908	Ed. Gardenier (words)
Sunbonnet Sue	1908	Will D. Cobb (words)	Pub.
⇑ Twinkle, Twinkle, My Little Star	1908	Ed Gardenier (words)	Pub.
When the Music Starts to Play	1908	Paul West (words) from "The-Merry-Go-Round"	Pub.

1908-1912

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Won't Be Home to Dinner	1908	Paul West (words) from "The-Merry-Go-Round"
You're Just the Boy For Me	1908	Ed Gardenier (words)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon	1909	Edward Madden (words) Bing Crosby (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.) Lillian Lorraine (perf.)	Pub.
Come on Play Ball With Me Dearie	1909	Edward Madden (words)
My Cousin Carus' [Caruso]	1909	Edward Madden (words) Chas Bigelow (perf.)	Pub.
School Mates	1909	Ed Gardenier (words)	Pub.
Up, Up, Up in My Aeroplane	1909	Edward Madden (words)
Jimmy Valentine	1910	Edward Madden (words) Gus Edwards (perf.)	Pub.
Just Because You're a Poor Little Girl	1910	Ed Gardenier (words)	Pub.
Look Out For Jimmy Valentine	1910	Edward Madden (words)	Pub.
Lucy-Anna-Lou	1910	Edward Madden (words)	Pub.
⇑ Planning	1910	Will D. Cobb (words) Joseph B. Maxwell (perf.)	Pub.
I Want to Spoon to the Tune of the Silvery Moon (w&m)	1911
I've Got to Go and Get Myself a Girl Like You	1911	Will D. Cobb (words)	Pub.
Italian Romeo (w&m)	1911	Gus Edwards (perf.)	Pub.
That Frisco Bear	1911		Pub.
When the World Comes to an End	1911	Will D. Cobbs (words)	Pub.
Who Wants to Meet Me After School Lets Out	1911	Will D. Cobb (words)	Pub.
Gee! It Must Be Tough to Be a Rich Man's Kid	1912	Will D. Cobb (words)
I'll Get You	1912	Will D. Cobb (words)	Pub.
If I Was a Millionaire	1912	Will D. Cobb (words)	Pub.
In the Good Old Used-To-Be	1912	Will D. Cobb (words)
Kuddles and Kiss	1912	Edward Madden (words) Bert Green (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Levee Lou	1912	Edward Madden (words)
On a Beautiful Night With a Beautiful Girl	1912	Will D. Cobb (words)	Pub.

1912-1918

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Winsome Widow, The	1912	Edward Madden (words) Dorothy Jardon (perf.)
You Got to Stop Pickin' on My Li'l Pickaninny	1912	Frank L. Staunton (words)
Honolulu Hula Boola Boo, The	1913	Edward Madden (words)	Pub.
If I Came Back to You and Said I'm Sorry	1913	Will D. Cobb (words)
If I Were in Love With You	1913	Ed Madden (words)	Pub.
Little Miss Killarney	1913	Jean C. Havez (words)
Since My Margarette Become-A Da Suffragette	1913	Will D. Cobb (words)	Pub.
When the Whole World Has Gone Back on You	1913	Edward Madden (words) Adele Ritchie (perf.)	Pub.
Bohemian Rag	1914	Louis Silvers (co-author)	Pub.
I Want to Go to Mexico	1914	Edward Madden (words)
I'm Going to Let the Whole World Know I Love You (w&m)	1914
⇑ Panamala, The	1914	Edward Madden (words)	Pub.
That Bohemian Rag	1914	Jean C. Havez (words)	Pub.
I Lost My Heart in Honolulu	1916	Will D. Cobb (words)	Pub.
Just As Soon As I Laid Eyes on You	1916	Will D. Cobb (words) Gus Edwards (perf.)
On a Summer Night	1916		Pub.
For You a Rose	1917	Will D. Cobb (words)	Pub.
Just a Simple Country Maiden	1917	Will D. Cobb (words)
Laddie Boy	1917	Will D. Cobb (words)
Mothers of Men	1917	Will D. Cobb (words)
Mamma's Little Daddy	1918	Will D. Cobb (words)
Tell That to the Marines!	1918	Bernard S. Barron (words)	Pub.
That Grand Old Gentleman	1918	Will D. Cobb (words) Kitty Cheatham (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Welcome Home Laddie Boy, Welcome Home	1918	Will D. Cobb (words)
You're Your Mamma's Little Daddy Now	1918	Will D. Cobb (words)

1919-1929

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


America Never Took Water and America Never Will	1919	J. Keirn Brennan (words) Paul Cunningham (words)
You're There, Little Girl, You're There	1920	L. M. Bell (words) Gus Edwards (perf.)
I Want You Morning, Noon and Night	1921	Will D. Cobb (words) Gus Edwards (perf.)	Pub.
Little Partner of Mine	1921	Will D. Cobb (words) Gus Edwards (perf.)	Pub.
When Eyes Meet Eyes, When Lips Meet Lips	1922	Will D Cobb (words)
Wonderful You	1922	Will D. Cobb (words)
If My Heart Belonged to Somebody Else (w&m)	1923
Old Familiar Faces	1924	Billy Rose (words) Hazel Johnson (perf.) Doris Walker (perf.)
Little Boy Blue Jeans	1928	Gus Kahn (words)
I've Waited a Lifetime For You	1929	Joe Goodwin (words)
Nobody But You	1929	Joe Goodwin (words)
⇑ Orange Blossom Time	1929	Joe Goodwin (words) John Gilbert (perf.) Charles King (perf.)	Pub.
Your Mother and Mine	1929	Joe Goodwin (words)

Videos

	Title	Duration	Performer


	Bohemian Rag	3:13	Ragtime Dorian Henry