John Raymond Hubbell (1879-1954)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, John Raymond Hubbell, also known as Raymond Hubbell, was an American writer, composer and lyricist. Today he is most remembered for the popular song, Poor Butterfly (1916).
He was born in Urbana, Ohio and studied music in Chicago forming a dance band. He was employed by Charles K. Harris Publishers as a staff arranger and pianist. He composed for a number of stage musicals until 1915 when he became musical director for the New York Hippodrome. He composed for the theater until 1923. According to his obituary, he thought his best song was The Ladder of Rose(1915).
His last Broadway work was the score for the musical Three Cheer (1928), starring Will Rogers. He retired to Miami, Florida shortly after. He was one of the founding members of ASCAP in 1914.
Of ragtime interest is his Down in Dixie

Websites:
	Raymond Hubbell	Biography by wikipedia.org.

John Raymond Hubbell (1879-1954) has at least 20 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

About Town
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.
Words by: Jos. W. Herbert

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
Printed: 1906.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Musical play. Separate songs.

Alexis From Texas
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.
Words by: John P. Wilson

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Chow-Chow
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.
Words by: Addison Burkhardt.

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
Printed: 1902.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Selections from the musical extravaganza. Separate songs.

Clever Stunt, A Characteristic two-step
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Forever and a Day
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.
Words by: Frederic Ranken

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
Printed: 1903.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Girl at the Helm, A
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Musical comedy. Separate songs.

Girl Who Loves to Love, The
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.
Words by: Addison Burkhardt

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
Printed: 1906.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

If Christopher Columbus Hadn't Sailed
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.
Words by: Addison Burkhardt

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1902.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

If I Could Only Land a Millionaire
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.
Words by: Robt. B. Smith

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Kisses Intermezzo
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
Printed: 1909.	Sheet Music 8 pages.

Knight For a Day, A
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.
Words by: Robert B. Smith

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
Printed: 1906.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Musical comedy. Separate songs.

La Danse Parisienne
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1906.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Le Dindon Danse eccentrique
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
Printed: 1906.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Little Place That I Call Home, The
Words and Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
Printed: 1901.	Sheet Music 4 pages.

Mam'selle Sally
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.
Words by: Robt. B. Smith

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
Printed: 1906.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

A musical comedy in two acts. Separate songs.

Mexicana (Hubbel)
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1905.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

A Mexican comic opera, etc. Separate songs.

Paint Me a Picture of Mamma
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.
Words by: Addison Burkhardt

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
Printed: 1911.	Sheet Music 4 pages.

Rooster Dance, The
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
Printed: 1903.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

From The Runaways.

Runaways, The
Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.
Words by: Addison Burkhardt

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
Printed: 1902.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Musical comedy. Vocal numbers.

She's a Queen
Words and Music by: John Raymond Hubbell.

Publisher:	Chas. K. Harris
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1900.	Sheet Music 4 pages. Limited availability.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


Poor Butterfly (1917)	Elizabeth Spencer	Edison Blue Amberol: 3039
Cheer Up 'Liza (1918)	Jaudas' Society Orchestra	Edison Blue Amberol: 3369
Eily Riley (1909)	Ada Jones	Edison Standard Record: 10285
I Should Worry and Get Wrinkles (1912)	Ada Jones	U.S. Everlasting Record: 1635
Melody Land (1918)	Thomas Chalmers	Edison Blue Amberol: 3370
Poor Butterfly (1917)	Jaudas' Band	Edison Blue Amberol: 3146
Poor Butterfly (1917)	A. Vecsey	Edison Blue Amberol: 3242
My Word (1905)	Ada Jones	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9114

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Cheer Up 'Liza (1917)		James Pitt-Payne
	I Should Worry and Get Wrinkles (1912)		James Pitt-Payne
	I Want to Learn to Dance (1918)		James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Hello! I've Been Looking For You (1917)	J.R. Hubbell	Arthur Hall	Edison: 5379
I'm Coming Back to You Poor Butterfly (1917)	J.R. Hubbell	Donald Alexander Chalmers Helen Clark Marion Evelyn Cox Vernon Dalhart S. Porter Gladys Rice John Young	Edison: 5881
Melody Land (1917)	J.R. Hubbell	Thomas Chalmers Helen Clark Marion Evelyn Cox Lawrence E. Gilbert Marie De Kyser Gladys Rice Betsy Lane Shepherd	Edison: 5780
Poor Butterfly (1916)	J.R. Hubbell	Nannette Flack as Katherine Clark	Columbia: 47167

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Brass Music CDs:
South Shore Circus Concert Band	Sounds of the Circus - Volume 24	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Ragtime Music CDs:
Jody Dall'Armi	On the Level, You're a Little Devil

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Beautiful Queen of the Nile (1917)	J.R. Hubbell (music) John L. Golden (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer
Blowing Bubbles All Day Long (1922)	J.R. Hubbell (music) R. H. Burnside (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Charlotte Waltz (1915)	J.R. Hubbell (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Cheer Up 'Liza (1917)	J.R. Hubbell (music) John Golden (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer Indiana	Pub.
Cynical Owl (1909), The	J.R. Hubbell (music) Glen MacDonough (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Don't You Remember Those School Days (1919)	J.R. Hubbell (music) R.H. Burnside (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Fantana - Act I (1904)	J.R. Hubbell (music) Robert B. Smith (words) Sam S. Shubert (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
⇑Fantana - Acts II-III (1904)	J.R. Hubbell (music) Robert B. Smith (words) Sam S. Shubert (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Happy Days (1919)	J.R. Hubbell (music) R. H. Burnside (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Hello Honey (1913)	J.R. Hubbell (music) George V. Hobart (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
I'm Coming Back to You Poor Butterfly (1917)	J.R. Hubbell (music) Andrew Donnelly (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
I've Found the Girl I've Been Looking For (1919)	J.R. Hubbell (music) R. H. Burnside (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Just My Style (1904)	J.R. Hubbell (music) Robert B. Smith (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Ladder of Roses (1915), The	J.R. Hubbell (music) R.H. Burnside (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Laughing Little Almond Eyes (1904)	J.R. Hubbell (music) Robert B. Smith (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑Life Is a See Saw (1906)	J.R. Hubbell (music) Robert B Smith (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Lily and the Rose (1919)	J.R. Hubbell (music) R. H. Burnside (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Maggie Your Roast Is Burning (1909)	J.R. Hubbell (music) Glen MacDonough (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Mam'selle Sally (1906)	J.R. Hubbell (music) Robt. B. Smith (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Mexicana (Hubbel) (1905)	J.R. Hubbell (music) Robert B. Smith (words)	Piano, voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Montmartre (1924)	J.R. Hubbell (music) G. Buck (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Mr Johnson Shut dat Door (1898)	J.R. Hubbell (w&m) Dan Allman (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
My Beautiful American Rose (1919)	J.R. Hubbell (music) R.H. Burnside (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑My Sing Song Girl (1919)	J.R. Hubbell (music) R. H. Burnside (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Odd Jobs Jackson (1900)	J.R. Hubbell (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Paint Me a Picture of Mamma (1911)	J.R. Hubbell (music) Addison Burkhardt (words) Edith Helena (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Poor Butterfly (1916)	J.R. Hubbell (music) John Golden (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer Indiana	Pub.
Pretty Little Maid, Adelaide (1902)	J.R. Hubbell (music) Addison Burkhardt (words) Hengler Sisters (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Rooster Dance (1903), The	J.R. Hubbell (music)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Runaways (1902), The	J.R. Hubbell (music) Addison Burkhardt (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Soubrette's Secret (1909)	J.R. Hubbell (music) Glen MacDonough (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑Tangorilla (1914)	J.R. Hubbell (music) George V. Hobart (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
What Am I Going to Do to Make You Love Me (1909)	J.R. Hubbell (music) Glen MacDonough (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
You're Just Like a Rose (1920)	J.R. Hubbell (music) R.H. Burnside (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 164 works by John Raymond Hubbell (1879-1954). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1898-1904

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Hea' Comes Ma Baby (w&m)	1898
Mr Johnson Shut dat Door (w&m)	1898	Dan Allman (perf.)
Belle of the Boulevard, The	1899
Down in Dixie	1899
Ma Sombaline (w&m)	1899		Pub.
My Filipino Princess	1899		Pub.
My Pretty Alice Brown	1899	Fred B. Parker (words)	Pub.
Nancy Grey (w&m)	1899
Odd Jobs Jackson	1900
She's a Queen (w&m)	1900
Star and the Flower (w&m)	1900		Pub.
⇑ Little Place That I Call Home, The (w&m)	1901		Pub.
Chow-Chow	1902	Addison Burkhardt (words)	Pub.
Coffee	1902
If Christopher Columbus Hadn't Sailed	1902	Addison Burkhardt (words)	Pub.
Just 'cause I Loves Dat Tune	1902
Miss Susanna From Urbana	1902
My Little Hindoo Belle	1902
Pretty Little Maid, Adelaide	1902	Addison Burkhardt (words) Hengler Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Queen of the Track	1902
Runaways, The	1902	Addison Burkhardt (words)	Pub.
Forever and a Day	1903	Frederic Ranken (words)	Pub.
I'm Going Home to Dixie Land	1903
⇑ If I Were a Bright Little Star	1903	Addison Burkhardt (words)
Kiss For Each Day in the Week, A	1903	Addison Burkhardt (words) Arthur Dunn (perf.)	Pub.
Rooster Dance, The	1903		Pub.
Rose Dance	1903		Pub.
Darby and Joan	1904
Fantana - Act I	1904	Robert B. Smith (words) Sam S. Shubert (words)
Fantana - Acts II-III	1904	Robert B. Smith (words) Sam S. Shubert (words)	Pub.
Farewell Waltz	1904
It Is the Girl and Not the Horse That Wins the Prize	1904
Just My Style	1904	Robert B. Smith (words)	Pub.
Laughing Little Almond Eyes	1904	Robert B. Smith (words)	Pub.
My Word	1904	Ada Jones (perf.)
⇑ Oh Silvery Moon	1904

1904-1908

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Selection From Fantana	1904
Song of the Pipe	1904
That's Art	1904
What Would Mrs. Grundy Say	1904
Alexis From Texas	1905	John P. Wilson (words)
Bolero	1905
Clever Stunt, A	1905		Pub.
Fickle Weather Vane, The	1905	Robert B Smith (words)	Pub.
Graft	1905	Robert B. Smith (words)
I Am the Wizard of Wall Street	1905	Robert B Smith (words)
I Have Heard So Much About You	1905	Robert B Smith (words)
⇑ I Was Just Supposing	1905	Robert B Smith (words)	Pub.
I've Heard So Much About You	1905	Robt. B. Smith (words)	Pub.
If I Could Only Land a Millionaire	1905	Robt. B. Smith (words)	Pub.
Lorelei	1905	Robert B. Smith (words)
Major Marjory	1905	Robt. B. Smith (words) Christie MacDonald (perf.)	Pub.
Mexicana (Hubbel)	1905	Robert B. Smith (words)	Pub.
My Double	1905
Take Care, Señor	1905	Robert B. Smith (words)
United We Stand	1905
About Town	1906	Jos. W. Herbert (words)	Pub.
Girl Who Loves to Love, The	1906	Addison Burkhardt (words)	Pub.
Knight For a Day, A	1906	Robert B. Smith (words)	Pub.
⇑ La Danse Parisienne	1906		Pub.
Le Dindon	1906		Pub.
Life Is a See Saw	1906	Robert B Smith (words) from "A Knight for a Day"	Pub.
Mam'selle Sally	1906	Robt. B. Smith (words) from "Mam'selle Sally"	Pub.
There's No Room For a Dead One on the Great White Way	1906	Lew Fields (perf.)
Whistle When You Walk Out	1906	Robt. B. Smith (words)	Pub.
You Never Told Me That Before We Married	1906	Robert B. Smith (words)
Girl of the Great Divide	1907	Robert B. Smith (words)
Honey	1907
Little Girl in Blue, The	1907	Robert B. Smith (words)	Pub.
Situation	1907	Robert B. Smith (words)
What Fools We Mortals Be	1907	Robert B. Smith (words)
⇑ Fishing Is an Art	1908

1908-1911

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Ghost of Ragtime	1908	Robert B. Smith (words)
Girl at the Helm, A	1908
In My Little Runabout	1908	Robert B. Smith (words)
Not All, But Nearly	1908	Robert B. Smith (words)
You Are All the World to Me	1908	Robert B Smith (words)	Pub.
Carmen the Second	1909
Cynical Owl, The	1909	Glen MacDonough (words)
Eily Riley	1909	Glen MacDonough (words) Ada Jones (perf.)	Pub.
Farewell, Prosperity!	1909	Harry B Smith (words) John.Slavin (perf.)	Pub.
Half Moon, The	1909
I Saved His Life	1909	John Slavin (perf.)
⇑ I Want to Be Kissed by a Matinee Idol	1909	John Slavin (perf.)
I'd Like to Go Up in an Airship	1909	John Slavin (perf.)
Kisses	1909		Pub.
Lithograph Land	1909
Little Mary Gardeners, The	1909	Mary Garden (perf.)
Maggie Your Roast Is Burning	1909	Glen MacDonough (words)	Pub.
Music With Meals	1909
My Firefly Lady	1909
Pony Ballet	1909
Prosperity!	1909
Red Cross Girl, The	1909		Pub.
Single Bird, The	1909
⇑ Soubrette's Secret	1909	Glen MacDonough (words)	Pub.
What Am I Going to Do to Make You Love Me	1909	Glen MacDonough (words)	Pub.
Widow of Twenty Nine	1909
Yankee Honeymoon	1909
Annabelle Jerome	1911
Cake Walk From the Follies of 1911	1911
Divorce	1911
He's Crazy	1911
I've Been Looking For a Girl Like You	1911
It's Nice to Have Someone to Love You	1911	R.H. Burnside (words)
Moonlight	1911	R.H. Burnside (words)	Pub.
Oh, Romeo	1911
⇑ Paint Me a Picture of Mamma	1911	Addison Burkhardt (words) Edith Helena (perf.)	Pub.

1912-1919

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


All For You!	1912
I Should Worry and Get Wrinkles	1912	Vincent Bryan (words) Ada Jones (perf.)
Travelogues	1912
We Can't Do Without the Men	1912	Henry M. Blossom (words)
You and I	1912
Good-Bye My Tango	1913	George V. Hobart (words)	Pub.
Hello Honey	1913	George V. Hobart (words)	Pub.
Put Your Loving Arms Around Me Dearie	1913	George V. Hobart (words)	Pub.
Rock Me in the Cradle of Love (w&m)	1913
Tangorilla	1914	George V. Hobart (words)	Pub.
Charlotte Waltz	1915		Pub.
⇑ Ladder of Roses, The	1915	R.H. Burnside (words) from "Hip-Hip-Hooray"	Pub.
Come on Down to Ragtime Town	1916	John L. Golden (words)	Pub.
Gibson Girl, The	1916	Charles Dana Gibson (perf.)
Hello! I've Been Looking For You	1916	John Golden (words) Arthur Hall (perf.)	Pub.
Poor Butterfly	1916	John Golden (words) Jaudas' Band (perf.) Nannette Flack as Katherine Clark (perf.) Elizabeth Spencer (perf.) Armand Vecsey (perf.) from "The Big Show"	Pub.
Beautiful Queen of the Nile	1917	John L. Golden (words)	Pub.
Cheer Up	1917	Selection arr. by Theo. M Tobani	Pub.
Cheer Up 'Liza	1917	John Golden (words) Jaudas' Society Orchestra (perf.)	Pub.
I'll Be Somewhere in France	1917	George V Hobart (words)	Pub.
I'm Coming Back to You Poor Butterfly	1917	Andrew Donnelly (words) Donald Alexander Chalmers (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Marion Evelyn Cox (perf.) Vernon Dalhart (perf.) Steve Porter (perf.) Gladys Rice (perf.) John Young (perf.)	Pub.
Melody Land (w&m)	1917	John L. Golden (words) Thomas Chalmers (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Marion Evelyn Cox (perf.) Lawrence E. Gilbert (perf.) Marie De Kyser (perf.) Gladys Rice (perf.) Betsy Lane Shepherd (perf.)
Girl I Can't Forget, The	1918	Glen Mac Donough (words)	Pub.
⇑ I Want to Learn to Dance	1918	Robert B. Smith (words)
Rose, The	1918
Since I Met Wonderful You!	1918	Glen MacDonough (words)	Pub.
Don't You Remember Those School Days	1919	R.H. Burnside (words) from "Happy Days"	Pub.
Dreams	1919
Farmers Daughter, The	1919
Happy Days	1919	R. H. Burnside (words)	Pub.
I've Found the Girl I've Been Looking For	1919	R. H. Burnside (words)	Pub.
Lily and the Rose	1919	R. H. Burnside (words)	Pub.
M-O-N-E-Y	1919
My Beautiful American Rose	1919	R.H. Burnside (words)	Pub.
My Sing Song Girl	1919	R. H. Burnside (words)
⇑ Say-On-Ar-A	1919

1919-1929

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Somewhere There's Some Girl	1919	R. H Burnside (words)
Colorland	1920	R. H Burnside (words)	Pub.
Good Times (w&m)	1920
Hello Imagination	1920	R. H Burnsiderne (words)	Pub.
What Have They Got on You, Mr. Congressman?	1920
You're Just Like a Rose	1920	R.H. Burnside (words) from "Good Times"	Pub.
Dream	1921
Sonny	1921
Better Times	1922	R. H Burnside (words)
Blowing Bubbles All Day Long	1922	R. H. Burnside (words)	Pub.
Fabric of Dreams	1923	B.G. De Sylva (words) Arthur Francis (words)	Pub.
⇑ Lonely Little Melody	1924	Dave Stamper (co-author) Gene Buck (words)	Pub.
Montmartre	1924	Gene Buck (words)	Pub.
Syncopating Sadie	1925	Dave Stamper (co-author) Gene Buck (words)	Pub.
Look at the World and Smile	1926	Anna Caldwell (words)	Pub.
Lotus Flower	1926
Your Heart Looked Into Mine	1926
Somebody Else	1927	Anna Caldwell (words)	Pub.
My Silver Tree	1928
Smile You Miss, The	1929	Wm. Cary Duncan (words)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


J.R. Hubbell	Down in Dixie (2:31)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
J.R. Hubbell	My Filipino Princess (3:10)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
J.R. Hubbell	Cake Walk From the Follies of 1911 (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
J.R. Hubbell	Odd Jobs Jackson (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry