Bert F. Grant (1878-1951)
Last updated: 10.01.25
Although Bert F. Grant is known to have published at least 41 works between 1910 and 1923, virtually nothing is known about him. His best known popular hits include When The Angelus Is Ringing (1914) If I Knock The "L" Out of Kelly (1916) and Arrah, Go On, I'm Gonna Go Back To Oregon, (1916).
Of ragtime interest is his Aero-Rag (1910).
Of ragtime interest is his Aero-Rag (1910).
| Title (Release Year) | Co-Author(s) | Performers | Issue |
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Let By-Gones Be By-Gones (1915) | Vernon Archibald Helen Clark |
Edison Blue Amberol: 2551 | |
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When You're Away (1912) | Helen Clark Harvey Hindermeyer |
Edison Blue Amberol: 1505 | |
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You're the Same Old Girl (1913) | W.V. Brunt | Edison Blue Amberol: 2020 | |
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Along the Rocky Road to Dublin (1916) | Premier Quartet | Edison Blue Amberol: 2817 | |
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The Trolley Car Swing (1910) | W.V. Brunt | U.S. Everlasting Record: 486 | |
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When the Angelus Is Ringing (1914) | H. Burr | Edison Blue Amberol: 2428 | |
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The Worst Is Yet to Come (1919) | Billy Murray | Edison Blue Amberol: 3673 | |
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Arrah Go On, I'm Gonna Go Back to Oregon (1916) | Billy Murray | Edison Blue Amberol: 2986 | |
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I'm the Guy (1912) | Billy Murray | Edison Blue Amberol: 1592 | |
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That Reuben Tango Huskin' Bee (1914) | Byron George Harlan | Edison Blue Amberol: 2369 | |
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If I Knock the L Out of Kelly It Would Still Be Kelly to Me (1916) | Ada Jones | Edison Blue Amberol: 2940 |
| Title | Co-Author(s) | Sequencer |
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| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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Let By-Gones Be By-Gones (1914) | B.F. Grant | Vernon Archibald Helen Clark |
Edison: 3148 |
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Love Me at Twilight - Song (1916) | B.F. Grant | Inez Barbour Charles W. Harrison |
Columbia: 47041 |
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Trolley Car Swing, The (1912) | B.F. Grant | Elida Morris | Victor: B-11491 |
| Performer | CD Title | Supplier |
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| Ragtime Music CDs: | |||
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Various Artists | S. Joplin; G. Gershwin; I. Berlin; P. Whiteman |      |
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Heidelberg Quintet | Floating Down the River |   |
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.
The loss of this valuable resource is very sad and a mystery.
| Title | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Out Where the Blue Begins | Bert F. Grant (music) Jimmy McHugh (words) Kate Carney (perf.) |
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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Aero-Rag (1910) | B.F. Grant (music) | Piano | IMSLP |  |
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Along the Rocky Road to Dublin (1915) | B.F. Grant (music) J. Young (words) Blanche Ring (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
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Arrah Go On, I'm Gonna Go Back to Oregon (1916) | B.F. Grant (music) J. Young (words) S. Lewis (words) Maggie Cline (perf.) Maggie Cline (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
Pub. |
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Bluebird, Bring Back My Happiness (1917) | B.F. Grant (music) Geo. Graff Jr. (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
Pub. |
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Don't Blame It All on Broadway (1913) | B.F. Grant (music) H. Williams (words) J. Young (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
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Don't Blame Me For What Happens in the Moonlight (1915) | B.F. Grant (music) J. Young (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
Pub. |
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Don't Write Me Letters (1916) | B.F. Grant (music) J. Young (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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⇑How Could I Know That You Loved Me (1912) | B.F. Grant (music) A. Seymour Brown (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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I'm the Guy (1912) | B.F. Grant (music) Rube Goldberg (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
Pub. |
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I've Got a Pair of Swinging Doors (1919) | B.F. Grant (music) Charles King (perf.) |
Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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If I Knock the L Out of Kelly It Would Still Be Kelly to Me (1916) | B.F. Grant (music) Sam M. Lewis (words) J. Young (words) N.V. Nichols (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Greer Indiana |
Pub. |
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Is the Old Love Lamp Still Burning (1914) | B.F. Grant (music) J. Young (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Love Me at Twilight - Foxtrot (1916) | B.F. Grant (music) Melville Ellis (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Mammy's Little Pansy (1918) | B.F. Grant (music) Geo Graff (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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My Barney Lies Over the Ocean (1919) | B.F. Grant (music) J. Young (words) Sam M. Lewis (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
Pub. |
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⇑Nephews of Uncle Sam (1917) | B.F. Grant (music) George Graff (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
Pub. |
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Night, the Moon and You (1920), The | B.F. Grant (music) Sam M Lewis (words) J. Young (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Out Where the Blue Begins (1923) | B.F. Grant (music) George Graff (words) Jimmy McHugh (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Pearl Eyes (1910) | B.F. Grant (music) Bert Grant (coauth.) B. Jones (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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Put Me to Sleep in Your Heart (1919) | B.F. Grant (music) Sam M Lewis (words) J. Young (words) |
Piano, Voice | Greer | Pub. |
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Serenade Me Sadie (1912) | B.F. Grant (music) J. Young (words) |
Piano, Voice | Greer Indiana |
Pub. |
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Tale the Church Bell Told (1918), The | B.F. Grant (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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That Dippy Glide (1910) | B.F. Grant (music) B. Jones (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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⇑That Reuben Glide - Song (1911) | B.F. Grant (music) Jean Boynton (coauth.) C. Mack (words) J. Young (words) B. Ashlyn (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | YorkSpace | Pub. |
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That Reuben Tango Huskin' Bee (1914) | B.F. Grant (music) J. Young (words) H. Williams (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Trolley Car Swing (1912), The | B.F. Grant (music) J. Young (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Under the Love Tree (1911) | B.F. Grant (music) A. Seymour Brown (words) Blanche Ring (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Valley of the Giants (1919), The | B.F. Grant (music) Sam M Lewis (words) J. Young (words) Wallace Reid (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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When Mister Cupid Comes to Town (1910) | B.F. Grant (music) B. Jones (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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When the Angelus Is Ringing (1914) | B.F. Grant (music) J. Young (words) Violet Carleton (perf.) Kelly & Violette (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
Pub. |
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When the Sun Goes Down in Romany (1916) | B.F. Grant (music) Sam M Lewis (words) J. Young (words) Lew Fields (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
Pub. |
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⇑Worst Is Yet to Come (1918), The | B.F. Grant (music) Sam M Lewis (words) J. Young (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
Pub. |
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You Don't Have to Come From Ireland to Be Irish (1917) | B.F. Grant (music) George Graff Jr (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 54 works by Bert F. Grant (1878-1951).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
(w&m)
(w&m)
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Aero-Rag | 1910 | |
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| Anywhere | 1910 | ||
| Pearl Eyes | 1910 | Bert Grant (co-author) Bobby Jones (words) |
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| That Dippy Glide | 1910 | Bobby Jones (words) | |
| When Mister Cupid Comes to Town | 1910 | Bobby Jones (words) | |
| Creatore | 1911 | Seymour A. Brown (words) Joe Young (words) |
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| That Reuben Glide | 1911 | Joe Young (words) Cecil Mack (words) |
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| That Reuben Glide - Song | 1911 | Jean Boynton (co-author) Cecil Mack (words) Joe Young (words) Belle Ashlyn (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Under the Love Tree | 1911 | A. Seymour Brown (words) Blanche Ring (perf.) |
Pub. |
| When Tony La Board Played the Barber Shop Chord | 1911 | Joe Young (words) Fred Watson (words) |
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| When You're Away | 1911 | Joe Young (words) Seymour Brown (words) Helen Clark (perf.) Harvey Hindermeyer (perf.) |
Pub. |
| ⇑ Election in Jungle Town | 1912 | Seymour Brown (words) | Pub. |
| How Could I Know That You Loved Me | 1912 | A. Seymour Brown (words) | Pub. |
| I'm the Guy | 1912 | Rube Goldberg (words) Billy Murray (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Serenade Me Sadie | 1912 | Joe Young (words) | Pub. |
| Trolley Car Swing, The | 1912 | Joe Young (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Elida Morris (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Don't Blame It All on Broadway | 1913 | Harry Williams (words) Joe Young (words) |
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| Go Get That Guy | 1913 | Harry Williams (words) Joe Young (words) Florence Tempest (perf.) |
Pub. |
| My Arverne Rose | 1913 | ||
| You're the Same Old Girl | 1913 | Joe Young (words) Harry Williams (words) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Is the Old Love Lamp Still Burning | 1914 | Joe Young (words) | |
| It's a Very Easy Thing to Put a Ring Upon a Finger | 1914 | Joe Young (words) | |
| Let By-Gones Be By-Gones | 1914 | Harry Williams (words) Joe Young (words) Vernon Archibald (perf.) Burkes & Lorraine (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Let's Toddle at the Midnight Ball | 1914 | E. Ray Goetz (words) Grant Clark (words) Elsie White (perf.) |
Pub. |
| My Daddy Long Legs | 1914 | E. Ray Goety (words) | Pub. |
| That Reuben Tango Huskin' Bee | 1914 | Joe Young (words) Harry Williams (words) Byron George Harlan (perf.) |
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| When the Angelus Is Ringing | 1914 | Joe Young (words) Henry Burr (perf.) Violet Carleton (perf.) Kathleen Clifford (perf.) Isabell D'Armond (perf.) Kelly & Violette (perf.) Clifton Lyons (perf.) |
Pub. |
| ⇑ Along the Rocky Road to Dublin | 1915 | Joe Young (words) Marguerite E. Farrell (perf.) Premier Quartet (perf.) Blanche Ring (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Dip and Dance | 1915 | ||
| Don't Blame Me For What Happens in the Moonlight | 1915 | Joe Young (words) | Pub. |
| In the Gloaming of Wyoming | 1915 | Joe Young (words) | Pub. |
| Arrah Go On, I'm Gonna Go Back to Oregon | 1916 | Joe Young (words) Sam Lewis (words) Maggie Cline (perf.) Marguerite E. Farrell (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Don't Write Me Letters | 1916 | Joe Young (words) | |
| If I Knock the L Out of Kelly It Would Still Be Kelly to Me | 1916 | Sam M. Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) Ada Jones (perf.) Nellie V. Nichols (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Love Me at Twilight - Foxtrot | 1916 | Melville Ellis (perf.) | Pub. |
| Love Me at Twilight - Song | 1916 | William Jerome (words) Joe Young (words) Inez Barbour (perf.) Charles W. Harrison (perf.) Grace La Rue (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Step This Way | 1916 | ||
| When the Sun Goes Down in Romany | 1916 | Sam M Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) Lew Fields (perf.) |
Pub. |
| You Ought to Go to Paris | 1916 | ||
| Bluebird, Bring Back My Happiness | 1917 | Geo. Graff Jr. (words) | Pub. |
| Nephews of Uncle Sam | 1917 | George Graff (words) | Pub. |
| You Don't Have to Come From Ireland to Be Irish | 1917 | George Graff Jr (words) | Pub. |
| Mammy's Little Pansy | 1918 | Geo Graff (words) | Pub. |
| ⇑ Tale the Church Bell Told, The | 1918 | Pub. |
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| Worst Is Yet to Come, The | 1918 | Sam M Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) Billy Murray (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Desert Gold | 1919 | ||
| I've Got a Pair of Swinging Doors | 1919 | Charles King (perf.) | Pub. |
| My Barney Lies Over the Ocean | 1919 | Joe Young (words) Sam M. Lewis (words) |
Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Put Me to Sleep in Your Heart | 1919 | Sam M Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) |
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| Valley of the Giants, The | 1919 | Sam M Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) Wallace Reid (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Night, the Moon and You, The | 1920 | Sam M Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) |
Pub. |
| Out Where the Blue Begins | 1923 | George Graff (words) Jimmy McHugh (words) Kate Carney (perf.) |
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| Russianova | 1923 | Cecil Arnold (co-author) | |
| I'm Losing You (w&m) | 1931 | Bert Grant (co-author) Jesse Crawford (perf.) |
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