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 (vaudevillian)	Biography by wikipedia.org.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


I Never Trouble Trouble Until Trouble Troubles Me (1902?)	G. Edwards	Arthur Collins Joseph Natus	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 7816
Planning (1910)	G. Edwards	J.B. Maxwell	Edison Amberol: 571
It's a Good World, After All (1906)	G. Edwards	R.S. Roberts	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9200
Pocahontas (1906)	G. Edwards	Edward M. Favor	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9208

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Come on Play Ball With Me Dearie (1909)		James Pitt-Payne
	Have You Seen My Baby? (1908)		James Pitt-Payne
	My Sunburned Salome (1908)		James Pitt-Payne

MP3s

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


In My Merry Oldsmobile (1905)	G. Edwards	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Columbia Phonograph Company: 85016
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1910)	G. Edwards	Ada Jones	Edison's National Phonograph Company: 10362
In Zanzibar (1904)	G. Edwards	John W. Myers	Columbia Phonograph Company: 32449
Good-Bye, Little Girl, Good-Bye (1904)	G. Edwards	William H. Thompson	Edison's National Phonograph Company: 8750

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	For You a Rose (1917)	G. Edwards	George Wilton Ballard	Edison: 5562
	That Grand Old Gentleman, Uncle Sam (1918)	G. Edwards	Arthur Hall	Columbia: 77839

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

This list is derived from information provided by Monologues.co.uk which went down sometime in 2023.
The loss of this valuable resource is very sad and a mystery.

	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


Across the Hills to Georgia (1899)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words) Irene Mackey (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1909)	G. Edwards (music) E. Madden (words) Bing Crosby (perf.) Evelyn Keyes (perf.) Larry Parks (perf.) Ray Heatherton (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer IMSLP Indiana Indiana
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	Greer IMSLP
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) Sallie Stemblers (perf.) Corinne Griffith (perf.) Walter McGrail (perf.) Lyle J. Gardiner (perf.) Dorothy Kenton (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer IMSLP Indiana Indiana	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 Indiana
I Want You Morning, Noon and Night (1921)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words) G. Edwards (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑I'm Going to Let the Whole World Know I Love You (1914)	G. Edwards (music) G. Edwards (words) G. Edwards (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	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.) Spook Minstrels (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana Indiana	Pub.
Italian Romeo (1911)	G. Edwards (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Jimmy Valentine (1910)	G. Edwards (music) E. Madden (words) G. Edwards (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Johnny I'll Take You (1904)	G. Edwards (music) Will D Cobb (words) Lotta Faust (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Just 'round the Corner From Broadway (1914)	G. Edwards (music) B. Merrill (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
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.
Mamma's Little Daddy (1918)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
My Cafe Girl (1908)	G. Edwards (music) Paul West (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
My Cousin Carus' [Caruso] (1909)	G. Edwards (music) E. Madden (words) Chas Bigelow (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
My Sunburned Salome (1908)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
On a Beautiful Night With a Beautiful Girl (1912)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
Rosa Rigoletto (1910)	G. Edwards (music) E. Madden (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
School Mates (1909)	G. Edwards (music) E. Gardenier (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
⇑Since My Margarette Become-A Da Suffragette (1913)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Sunbonnet Sue (1908)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Take Me Back to My Louisiana Home (1904)	G. Edwards (music) Will D Cobb (words) Victor Milo (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Tell That to the Marines! (1918)	G. Edwards (music) Bernard S. Barron (words)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Two-Horse Feller in a One-Horse Town (1908)	G. Edwards (music) Paul West (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Up, Up, Up in My Aeroplane (1909)	G. Edwards (music) E. Madden (words) Lillian Lorraine (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Welcome Home Laddie Boy, Welcome Home (1918)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
When the Music Starts to Play (1908)	G. Edwards (music) Paul West (words)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑Who Wants to Meet Me After School Lets Out (1911)	G. Edwards (music) Will D. Cobb (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Won't Be Home to Dinner (1908)	G. Edwards (music) Paul West (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
You Got to Stop Pickin' on My Li'l Pickaninny (1912)	G. Edwards (music) Frank L. Staunton (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
You're There, Little Girl, You're There (1920)	G. Edwards (music) L. M. Bell (words) G. Edwards (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 142 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	Bob Alden (perf.) Emma Carus (perf.) Susie Forrester (perf.)
Across the Hills to Georgia	1899	Will D. Cobb (words) Irene Mackey (perf.)
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) Zoa Matthews (perf.) 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) Billie S. 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) May Bouton (perf.) Lyle J. Gardiner (perf.) Corinne Griffith (perf.) Dorothy Kenton (perf.) Madge Lessing (perf.) Geo. Lydecker (perf.) Walter McGrail (perf.) Fern Melrose (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) Victor Milo (perf.) 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.) Spook Minstrels (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) Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
Pocahontas	1906	Edward M Favor (words) Edward M. Favor (perf.)
School Days When We Were a Couple of Kids	1906	Will D. Cobb (words)
⇑ Two Dirty Little Hands	1906	Will D. Cobb (words)
Dear Old East Side	1907	Ed Gardenier (words)

1907-1908

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Does Anybody Want a Blonde	1907	Robert B. Smith (words)
Hip! Hip! Hooray!	1907	Edgar Smith (words)	Pub.
On the Grand Old Sand	1907	Will D. Cobb (words)	Pub.
On the Old See-Saw	1907	Ed Gardenier (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.
Two-Horse Feller in a One-Horse Town	1908	Paul West (words)	Pub.

1908-1912

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


When the Music Starts to Play	1908	Paul West (words) from "The-Merry-Go-Round"
Won't Be Home to Dinner	1908	Paul West (words) from "The-Merry-Go-Round"	Pub.
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.) Ray Heatherton (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.) Evelyn Keyes (perf.) Lillian Lorraine (perf.) Larry Parks (perf.)	Pub.
Come on Play Ball With Me Dearie	1909	Edward Madden (words)
My Cousin Carus' [Caruso]	1909	Edward Madden (words) Chas Bigelow (perf.) Enrico Caruso (perf.)	Pub.
School Mates	1909	Ed Gardenier (words)	Pub.
Up, Up, Up in My Aeroplane	1909	Edward Madden (words) Lillian Lorraine (perf.)	Pub.
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.
Rosa Rigoletto	1910	Edward Madden (words)	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		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)
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 Kisses	1912	Edward Madden (words) Bert Green (perf.)	Pub.
Levee Lou	1912	Edward Madden (words)

1912-1918

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


On a Beautiful Night With a Beautiful Girl	1912	Will D. Cobb (words)
Winsome Widow, The	1912	Edward Madden (words) Dorothy Jardon (perf.)	Pub.
You Got to Stop Pickin' on My Li'l Pickaninny	1912	Frank L. Staunton (words)	Pub.
Honolulu Hula Boola Boo, The	1913	Edward Madden (words)	Pub.
I'll Get You	1913	Will D. Cobb (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	1914	Gus Edwards (words) Gus Edwards (perf.)
Just 'round the Corner From Broadway	1914	Blanche Merrill (words)	Pub.
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)
On a Summer Night	1916		Pub.
For You a Rose	1917	Will D. Cobb (words) George Wilton Ballard (perf.)	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.

1918-1929

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


That Grand Old Gentleman, Uncle Sam	1918	Will D. Cobb (words) Kitty Cheatham (perf.) Arthur Hall (perf.)
Welcome Home Laddie Boy, Welcome Home	1918	Will D. Cobb (words)
You're Your Mamma's Little Daddy Now	1918	Will D. Cobb (words)
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.)	Pub.
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
School Day Sweethearts (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) Jack Benny (perf.) Joan Crawford (perf.) Marion Davies (perf.) Cliff Edwards (perf.) John Gilbert (perf.) William Haines (perf.) Buster Keaton (perf.) Charles King (perf.) Bessie Love (perf.) Conrad Nagel (perf.) Anita Page (perf.) Norma Shearer (perf.)	Pub.
Your Mother and Mine	1929	Joe Goodwin (words)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	G. Edwards	Bohemian Rag (3:13)	Ragtime Dorian Henry