Melville J. Gideon (1884-1933)

Overview

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:
	Melville Gideon	Biography by wikipedia.org.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Yankiana-Rag (1909)	M.J. Gideon	American Symphony Orchestra	Edison Standard Record: 10168

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Bambooland (1909)		James Pitt-Payne
	Cutey (1909)		James Pitt-Payne
	Have You Seen My Puss Cat? (1908)		James Pitt-Payne
	I Give You All You Ask (1911)		James Pitt-Payne
	Mammy's Shufflin' Dance (1911)		James Pitt-Payne
	Meanderin' (1922)		Unknown
	Oh! That Yankiana Rag (1908)		James Pitt-Payne

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Ragtime Music CDs:
	Various Artists	From Cake-Walk To Ragtime 1898-1916	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)

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


	I'm Tickled to Death I'm Single	Melville J. Gideon (music) Clifford Seyler (words) Melville J. Gideon (perf.)

Music Halls

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Bambooland (1909)	M.J. Gideon (music) Gideon, Melville J. (coauth.) Goetz, E. Ray, b. (words) P. Rooney (perf.) P. Rooney (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer
Billiken Man (1909), The	M.J. Gideon (music) E. Ray Goetz (words) Blanche Ring (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Cutey (1909)	M.J. Gideon (music) Daphne Pollard (perf.) Daphne Pollard (perf.)	Piano	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Don't Let 'em Scrap the British Navy (1924)	M.J. Gideon (music) B. Lee (words) R.P. Weston (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Have You Seen My Puss Cat? (1908)	M.J. Gideon (music) Edgar Selden (words) Alice Hollander (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
I Give You All You Ask (1911)	M.J. Gideon (music) Edgar Selden (words) Leon Rogee (perf.) Brownie Carroll (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
I Never Realized (1921)	M.J. Gideon (music) C. Porter (words) Original Dixieland Jazz Band (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
⇑I'm Tickled to Death I'm Single (1923)	M.J. Gideon (music) Clifford Seyler (words) M.J. Gideon (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
If Winter Comes (1922)	M.J. Gideon (music) Clifford Grey: (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Lover's Lane (1910)	M.J. Gideon (w&m) Gideon, Melville J. (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Mammy's Shufflin' Dance (1911)	M.J. Gideon (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Grace Wilson (perf.) Grace Wilson (perf.) Grace Wilson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana Sheet Music Singer
Meanderin' (1922)	M.J. Gideon (music) L. Cliff (words) Melville Gideon (words) Mona Magnet (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Oh! That Yankiana Rag (1908)	M.J. Gideon (music) E. Ray Goetz (words) Anna Held (perf.) Anna Held (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Oh, You Kid! (1908)	M.J. Gideon (music) Edgar Selden (words) Georgie Kelly (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
On the Levee Before the War (1912)	M.J. Gideon (music) Atteridge, Harold Richard (words) M. Irwin (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
⇑Ragtime Land (1909)	M.J. Gideon (music) E.R. Goetz (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
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.
Take Plenty of Shoes (1908)	M.J. Gideon (music) Will D. Cobb (words) M. Cahill (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Texas Prance (1911)	M.J. Gideon (music) Belle Baker (perf.)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Yankiana-Rag (1906)	M.J. Gideon (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano	Pub.

Works

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

(w&m)

1906-1909

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Yankiana-Rag	1906	American Symphony Orchestra (perf.)
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) Alice Hollander (perf.)	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.)	Pub.
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.
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.)
Loving Ways	1909
My Little Yiddisha Queen	1909	Edgar Selden (words)	Pub.

1909-1911

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Puddin' Face	1909
Ragtime Land	1909	E. Ray Goetz (words)
Under a Picture Hat	1909
Baby Face	1910
I'd Like to Spend a Honeymoon With You	1910	Edward L. Nelson (words)
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.) Brownie Carroll (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)
Mammy's Shufflin' Dance	1911	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Dolce Sisters (perf.) Grace Wilson (perf.) Alma Youlin (perf.)
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)

1911-1922

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Two to Duluth	1911	Hough (words) Adams (words)
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)
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.)
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.
Shimmy Jazz, The	1919		Pub.
There's a Girl in Chateau Thierry	1919	E. Ray Goetz (words)
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
Burnt Sugar	1922

1922-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


If Winter Comes	1922	Clifford Grey (words)
Meanderin' (w&m)	1922	Laddie Cliff (words) Mona Magnet (perf.)	Pub.
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	?

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	M.J. Gideon	Arizona (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry