Byron Gay (1886-1945)
Last updated: 27.10.19
According to the Internet source given below, Byron Sturges Gay was an American songwriter. His best-known songs is probably Four or Five Times. Byron also worked with Richard A. Whiting, writing such songs as Horses (1926) and Fire (1926), both popular dance and comedy songs.
Of ragtime interest is his The Vamp (1919) published by Will Rossiter, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Of ragtime interest is his The Vamp (1919) published by Will Rossiter, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Byron Gay | Biography by wikipedia.org. |
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Various Artists | Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 1: The Twenties (1923-1929) | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)        |
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Bill Edwards | T-Model Tunes |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 69 works by Byron Gay (1886-1945).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| Little Ford Rambled Right Along, The | 1914 | Words & Music by Gay | C. R Foster |  |
| Funny Moon | 1915 | |||
| Gasoline Gus and His Jitney Bus | 1915 | Charley Brown | |
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| Happy Tom O'Day | 1915 | Words & Music by Gay | |
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| Shoot Me Back to California Land | 1915 | Words & Music by Gay | |
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| Dragon's Eye | 1916 | |
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| My Sweet Dream and You | 1916 | |||
| Somewhere on the Rio Grande | 1916 | |||
| I'm Always Happy Sunday | 1917 | Al Dubin | |
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| It's a Rambling Flivver | 1917 | Words & Music by Gay | |
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| Sons of Liberty | 1917 | |||
| When the Fields Are White With Daisies I'll Come Back to You | 1917 | |
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| My Angel of the Flaming Cross | 1918 | Words & Music by Gay | |
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| Sand Dunes | 1918 | |
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| Sand Dunes - Song | 1918 | Words & Music by Gay | |
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| ⇑ Soldier's Dream, A | 1918 | |
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| Cleopatra Had a Little Song | 1919 | Will Hough | |
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| Fast Asleep in Poppyland | 1919 | Words & Music by Gay | |
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| Honeymoon Town | 1919 | |
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| My Buddy | 1919 | Charles N. Daniels | Charles N. Daniels as Neil Morét |
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| Oh! a New Jazz Hit! | 1919 | Arnold Johnson | |
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| Snuggle, Snuggle, Snuggle | 1919 | Will Hough | |
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| Sunshine | 1919 | Charles N. Daniels, /Louis Weslyn | ||
| There's Everything Waiting For You | 1919 | Will Hough | |
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| Vamp - Song, The | 1919 | Words & Music by Gay | |
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| Vamp, The | 1919 |  |
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| Waiting in Vain | 1919 | Herbert B. Marple | ||
| Western Land | 1919 | Words & Music by Gay | |
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| Wonderful Night With You | 1919 | Will Hough | ||
| I Like to Do It | 1920 | |||
| Murder! | 1920 | Words & Music by Gay | |
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| Near to Your Heart | 1920 | |||
| Susan Doozan | 1920 | L. Frank Baum | ||
| To Love in Vain | 1920 | Words & Music by Gay | |
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| Catalina | 1921 | Words & Music by Gay | |
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| ⇑ Navy Goat, The | 1921 | |
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| Fate | 1922 | Words & Music by Gay | |
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| Two Little Eyes | 1922 | |||
| Vamp Me | 1922 | |||
| Keep A-Goin' | 1923 | |
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| Soul of a Rose, The | 1923 | Marian Gillespie | ||
| I Lost My Pal | 1924 | |||
| Radio | 1924 | |||
| Song of My Dream, The | 1924 | |||
| World is Mine (For I Have You), The | 1924 | |||
| Just a Little Drink | 1925 | |
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| Mr Cozy Corner Man | 1925. | Arthur Freed | |
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| Fire! | 1926 | Richard A. Whiting | |
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| First Time You Kissed Me (I Belonged to You), The | 1926 | |||
| Horses | 1926 | Richard A. Whiting | |
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| No One Else | 1926 | Words & Music by Gay | |
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| No! | 1926 | Richard A Whiting | |
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| Someday You'll Be Sorry (Pal O' Mine) | 1926 | W.C. Polla, Paul Whiteman | ||
| Westward! | 1926 | W.C. Polla | ||
| Four or Five Times | 1927 | Marco H. Hellman | |
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| ⇑ Moonlight on the Danube | 1927 | Words & Music by Gay | |
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| Rose of Monterey | 1927 | Charles N. Daniels | ||
| When Shadows Creep | 1927 | Bertram P Hargrave | |
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| Wide Open Space | 1927 | Richard Whiting, Paul Whiteman | ||
| Chicago Butterfly | 1928 | Words & Music by Gay | |
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