Melville J. Gideon  (1884-1933)
Last updated: 18.12.23
According to the Internet source given below, Melville J. Gideon was an American composer, lyricist and performer of ragtime music, composing many themes for hit Broadway musicals. He was also a director, producer and performer.
Of ragtime interest is Ragtime Land (1909) published by Maurice Shapiro Music Publisher, New York, USA.
Websites:
url15.gif Melville Gideon Biography by wikipedia.org.  
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
cylinder15.gif Yankiana-Rag (1909) M.J. Gideon American Symphony Orchestra Edison Standard Record: 10168
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Bambooland (1909) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Mammy's Shufflin' Dance (1911) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Meanderin' (1922) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Oh! That Yankiana Rag (1908) James Pitt-Payne
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Ragtime Music CDs:
cd15.gif Various Artists From Cake-Walk To Ragtime 1898-1916 CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
     Title Attribution Remarks
       
url15.gif I'm Tickled to Death I'm Single Melville J. Gideon (music)
Clifford Seyler (words)
Melville J. Gideon (perf.)
 
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Bambooland (1909) M.J. Gideon (music)
P. Rooney (perf.)
Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Billiken Man (1909), The M.J. Gideon (music)
E. Ray Goetz (words)
Blanche Ring (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Cutey (1909) M.J. Gideon (music)
Daphne Pollard (perf.)
Piano IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Don't Let 'em Scrap the British Navy (1924) M.J. Gideon (music)
B. Lee (words)
R.P. Weston (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif


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I Give You All You Ask (1911) M.J. Gideon (music)
Edgar Selden (words)
Unknown (perf.)
Leon Rogee (perf.)
Piano, Voice

Kirk
Indiana
Pub.
pdf15.gif I Never Realized (1921) M.J. Gideon (music)
C. Porter (words)
Original Dixieland Jazz Band (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif I'm Tickled to Death I'm Single (1923) M.J. Gideon (music)
Clifford Seyler (words)
M.J. Gideon (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
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 If Winter Comes (1922) M.J. Gideon (music)
Clifford Grey (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP
Indiana
Pub.


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Mammy's Shufflin' Dance (1911) M.J. Gideon (music)
L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
Grace Wilson (perf.)
Grace Wilson (perf.)
Piano, Voice

IMSLP
Indiana
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pdf15.gif Meanderin' (1922) M.J. Gideon (w&m)
L. Cliff (words)
Piano, Voice Kirk Pub.
pdf15.gif Oh! That Yankiana Rag (1908) M.J. Gideon (music)
E. Ray Goetz (words)
Anna Held (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Oh, You Kid! (1908) M.J. Gideon (music)
Edgar Selden (words)
Georgie Kelly (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Ragtime Land (1909) M.J. Gideon (music)
E.R. Goetz (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.


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Take Me 'Round in a Taxi Cab (1908) M.J. Gideon (music)
Edgar Selden (words)
Grace Leigh (perf.)
Grace Leigh (perf.)
Piano, Voice

IMSLP
Indiana
Pub.
pdf15.gif Take Plenty of Shoes (1908) M.J. Gideon (music)
Will D. Cobb (words)
M. Cahill (perf.)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif  Texas Prance (1911) M.J. Gideon (music)
Belle Baker (perf.)
Piano IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Yankiana-Rag (1906) M.J. Gideon (music) Piano Ragtime Piano Pub.
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 65 works by Melville J. Gideon (1884-1933). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Yankiana-Rag 1906 American Symphony Orchestra (perf.)  wvicon.gif audioextmp315.gif
And Other Things 1908
Gee! Ain't I Glad I'm Single! 1908 Edgar Selden (words)
Charles J. Ross (perf.)
 Pub.
Have You Seen My Puss Cat? 1908 Edgar Selden (words)  Pub.
It's Never Late Till Morning and It's Early After That 1908
Oh! That Yankiana Rag 1908 E. Ray Goetz (words)
Anna Held (perf.)
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Oh, You Kid! 1908 Edgar Selden (words)
Georgie Kelly (perf.)
 Pub.
Single Day 1908 Sydney Rosenfeld (words)
Lulu Glaser (perf.)
 Pub.
Take Me 'Round in a Taxi Cab 1908 Edgar Selden (words)
Grace Leigh (perf.)
 Pub.
Take Plenty of Shoes 1908 Will D. Cobb (words)
Marie Cahill (perf.)
 Pub.
As the Years Roll On 1909
Bambooland 1909 Pat Rooney (perf.)  Pub. audiomidi15.gif
Billiken Man, The 1909 E. Ray Goetz (words)
Blanche Ring (perf.)
 Pub.
Boulevard Glide, The 1909 E. Ray Goetz (words)
Jefferson De Angelis (perf.)
 Pub.
Cutey 1909 Daphne Pollard (perf.)  Pub.
Dance Coquette 1909 Edgar Leslie (words)  Pub.
In That Old College Town 1909 E. Ray Goetz (words)  Pub.
Lovelight 1909 Edgar Selden (words)
Bessie Wynn (perf.)
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Loving Ways 1909
My Little Yiddisha Queen 1909 Edgar Selden (words)  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Puddin' Face 1909
Ragtime Land 1909 E. Ray Goetz (words)  wvicon.gif
Under a Picture Hat 1909
Baby Face 1910
I'd Like to Spend a Honeymoon With You 1910 Edward L. Nelson (words)  wvicon.gif
Lover's Lane 1910  Pub.
My Mamie Rose 1910
Rahnee 1910  Pub.
When Rosalie Sings 'Ciribiribi' 1910 E. Ray Goetz (words)  Pub.
Cupid's Lane 1911 Louis A Hirsch (words)
I Give You All You Ask 1911 Edgar Selden (words)
Arthur Aldridge (perf.)
Leon Rogee (perf.)
Edgar Selden (perf.)
 Pub.
I Love You Better Than Anyone Ever Loved Anyone Else Before 1911
I Met You in Pittsburg 1911 Louis A Hirsch (words)
I've Never Had a Sweetheart 1911 Hough (words)
Adams (words)
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Mammy's Shufflin' Dance 1911 L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
Dolce Sisters (perf.)
Grace Wilson (perf.)
Alma Youlin (perf.)
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Mazuma Plant 1911
My Honolulu Honey Lou 1911 Hough (words)
Adams (words)
 Pub.
Rag Pipe Bag Pipe Band 1911
Texas Prance 1911 Belle Baker (perf.)  Pub.
Tony Caponi 1911 Louis A Hirsch (words)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Two to Duluth 1911 Hough (words)
Adams (words)
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Way Down on Sunny Tampa Bay 1911
What Is Life Without You, Dear 1911
When I Kissed Your Tears Away 1911 Beth Slater Whitson (words)  wvicon.gif
When I'm Far Away 1911
Carmia 1912
I'll Follow You 1912
On the Levee Before the War 1912 Harold Atteridge (words)
May Irwin (perf.)
 Pub.
Somebody's Happy To-Night 1912 Frank Bernard (words)  Pub.
Girl in the Uniform, The 1917 Leslie Stiles (words)
Arthur Collins (perf.)
Florence Smithson (perf.)
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Honeymoon Hotel 1917 Leslie Stiles (words)
Florence Smithson (perf.)
Madge Titheradge (perf.)
 Pub.
In My Kitchen Garden 1917 James Heard (words)
Arthur Collins (perf.)
Florence Smithson (perf.)
 Pub.
Alone With You 1918 Cole Porter (words)
Arizona 1918 James Heard (words)  Pub. youtube15.jpg
Shimmy Jazz, The 1919  Pub.
There's a Girl in Chateau Thierry 1919 E. Ray Goetz (words)  wvicon.gif
Faust on Toast 1920 Willie Redstone (words)
I Never Realized 1921 Cole Porter (words)
Original Dixieland Jazz Band (perf.)
 Pub.
M'yes! M'no! 1921  wvicon.gif
Burnt Sugar 1922
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
If Winter Comes 1922 Clifford Grey (words)  wvicon.gif
Meanderin' (w&m) 1922 Laddie Cliff (words)  Pub. audiomidi15.gif
I'm Tickled to Death I'm Single 1923 Clifford Seyler (words)
Melville J. Gideon (perf.)
 Pub.
Don't Let 'em Scrap the British Navy 1924 Bert Lee (words)
R.P. Weston (words)
 Pub.
Ragtime Table D'hote ?
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg M.J. Gideon Arizona (0:00) Ragtime Dorian Henry