J. Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954)
Last updated: 02.07.22
According to the Internet source given below, John Rosamond Johnson [J. Rosamond Johnson] was an American composer and singer during the Harlem Renaissance, born in Jacksonville, Florida. He lived mostly in New York City and is remembered as the composer of the hymn Lift Every Voice and Sing, which has come to be known in the United States as the "Negro National Anthem". It was first performed live by 500 Black American students from the segregated Stanton School (elementary/middle/junior high-level), Jacksonville, Florida, in 1900. The song was published by Jos. W. Stern & Co., Manhattan, New York (later Edward B. Marks Music Company). J. Rosamond Johnson was the younger brother of poet and activist James Weldon Johnson who wrote the lyrics for Lift Every Voice and Sing .
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Nobody's Lookin' But De Owl An' De Moon | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8577 | Corinne Morgan F.C. Stanley |
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Phoebe Brown | Edison Amberol: 505 | Maude Raymond |
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Tell Me, Dusky Maiden | Edison Record: 8000 | Arthur Collins Joseph Natus |
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My Creole Belle (1900) | Midi | James Pitt-Payne |
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Saint Vitus Rag (1912), The | Midi | James Pitt-Payne |
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Sweetness, I Love You the Best of All (1910) | Midi | John Cowles |
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Up Came John | J. Rosamond Johnson (music) Bob Cole (words) T. Woottwell (perf.) |
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Animals' Convention (1902), The | J.R. Johnson (music) J.W. Johnson (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP |  |
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Awakening (1913), The | J.R. Johnson (music) J.W. Johnson (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Big Indian Chief | J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) |
Piano, Voice | Kirk | Pub. |
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Big Red Shaw (1908), The | J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Bleeding Moon (1908), The | J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Come Out, Dinah, on the Green (1901) | J.R. Johnson (music) J. W Johnson (words) B. Cole (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Congo Love Song (1903) | J.R. Johnson (music) J. W. Johnson (words) M. Cahill (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Dem Lovin' Words Sound Mighty Good to Me (1905) | J.R. Johnson (music) J.W. Johnson (words) |
Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Don't Butt In (1901) | J.R. Johnson (music) J.W. Johnson (words) Lew Dockstader (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Excuse Me Mister Moon (1912) | J.R. Johnson (music) James W Johnson (words) Alice Lloyd (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Floating Down the Nile (1906) | J.R. Johnson (music) | Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Flowers of Dixie Land (1903), The | J.R. Johnson (music) Edgar Smith (words) Lillian Russell (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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⇑Ghost of Deacon Brown (1906), The | J.R. Johnson (music) J.W. Johnson (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Hello My Lulu! (1905) | J.R. Johnson (music) Peter F. Dailey (perf.) |
Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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I Can't Think of Nothin' in the Wide, Wide World But You (1907) | J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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I Told My Love to the Roses (1916) | J.R. Johnson (music) J. A. Middleton (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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I'll Keep a Warm Spot in My Heart For You (1906) | J.R. Johnson (music) J. W Johnson (words) Aida Overton Walker (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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If You'll Be My Eve (1912) | J.R. Johnson (music) James W. Johnson (words) Alice Lloyd (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Just How Much I Love You (1906) | J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Lazy Moon (1903) | J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Lift Every Voice and Sing (1900) | J.R. Johnson (music) J.W. Johnson (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Lit'l Gal (1902) | J.R. Johnson (music) Paul Laurence Dunbar (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Magdaline, My Southern Queen (1900) | J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) M. Irwin (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Mandy, Won't You Let Me Be Your Beau? (1902) | J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) E. Leonard (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Morning, Noon and Night (1916) | J.R. Johnson (music) J.W. Johnson (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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⇑My Heart's Desiah Is Miss Mariah (1901) | J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) Lew Dockstader (perf.) |
Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Nobody Knows the Trouble I See (1917) | J.R. Johnson (music) Traditional (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Nobody's Lookin' But De Owl An' De Moon (1901) | J.R. Johnson (music) J.W. Johnson (words) B. Cole (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Old Flag Never Touched the Ground (1901), The | J.R. Johnson (music) J.W. Johnson (words) B. Cole (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Shine on My Evening Star (1903) | J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Since You Went Away (1913) | J.R. Johnson (music) J.W. Johnson (words) Pasquala Amato (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Sweetest Gal in Town (1908), The | J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Tell Me, Dusky Maiden (1901) | J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) J.W. Johnson (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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There's Always Something Wrong (1907) | J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Three Questions (1917) | J.R. Johnson (music) J.W. Johnson (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Two Eyes (1903) | J.R. Johnson (music) M. Cahill (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Under the Bamboo Tree (1902) | J.R. Johnson (music) J.W. Johnson (words) M. Cahill (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Who Do You Love? (1906) | J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 74 works by J. Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| On the Chattahoochee | 1897 |  |
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| I Ain't Gwinter Work No Mo' | 1900 | J. W Johnson (words) Bob Cole (words) |
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| If Dat's Society, Excuse Me | 1900 | Bob Cole (words) WIll JOhns (words) |
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| Lift Every Voice and Sing | 1900 | James Weldon Johnson (words) | |
| Magdaline, My Southern Queen | 1900 | Bob Cole (words) M. Irwin (perf.) from "The Belle of Bridgeport" |
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| My Creole Belle | 1900 | |
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| Ain't Dat Scan'lous | 1901 | M. Irwin (perf.) | |
| Come Out, Dinah, on the Green | 1901 | J. W Johnson (words) Bob Cole (words) |
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| Don't Butt In | 1901 | James Weldon Johnson (words) Lew Dockstader (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Gin | 1901 | Peter F. Dailey (perf.) | |
| Maiden With the Dreamy Eyes, The | 1901 | Bob Cole (words) | |
| ⇑ My Castle on the Nile | 1901 | James Weldon Johnson (words) Bob Cole (words) |
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| My Heart's Desiah Is Miss Mariah | 1901 | Bob Cole (words) Lew Dockstader (perf.) Christie MacDonald (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Nobody's Lookin' But De Owl An' De Moon | 1901 | James Weldon Johnson (words) Bob Cole (words) Corinne Morgan (perf.) F.C. Stanley (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Old Flag Never Touched the Ground, The | 1901 | James Weldon Johnson (words) Bob Cole (words) |
Pub. |
| Owl and the Moon, The | 1901 | Bob Cole (words) | |
| Tell Me, Dusky Maiden | 1901 | Bob Cole (words) James Weldon Johnson (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Joseph Natus (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Animals' Convention, The | 1902 | James Weldon Johnson (words) | Pub. |
| Lit'l Gal | 1902 | Paul Laurence Dunbar (words) | Pub. |
| Mandy, Won't You Let Me Be Your Beau? | 1902 | Bob Cole (words) E. Leonard (perf.) |
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Oh, Didn't He Ramble? | 1902 | Bob Cole [as Will Handy] (words) | |
| Under the Bamboo Tree | 1902 | James Weldon Johnson (words) M. Cahill (perf.) |
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| When the Moon Comes Peeping O'Er the Hill | 1902 | I. Bentley (perf.) | |
| Congo Love Song | 1903 | J. W. Johnson (words) M. Cahill (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Flowers of Dixie Land, The | 1903 | Edgar Smith (words) Lillian Russell (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Lazy Moon | 1903 | Bob Cole (words) | Pub. |
| Maid of Timbuctoo, The | 1903 | Lillian Russell (perf.) | |
| Mudder Knows | 1903 | M. Cahill (perf.) | |
| My Mississippi Belle | 1903 | Bob Cole (words) | |
| Shine on My Evening Star | 1903 | Bob Cole (words) | Pub. |
| There's a Very Pretty Moon To-Night | 1903 | ||
| ⇑ Two Eyes | 1903 | M. Cahill (perf.) | Pub. |
| Fishing | 1904 | J. W. Johnson (words) F. Templeton (perf.) |
Pub. |
| On Lalawana's Shore | 1904 | James Weldon Johnson (words) | |
| Pretty Little Squaw, From Utah, The | 1904 | ||
| Pussy and the Bow-Wow, The | 1904 | ||
| Dem Lovin' Words Sound Mighty Good to Me | 1905 | James Weldon Johnson (words) | Pub. |
| Hello My Lulu! | 1905 | Peter F. Dailey (perf.) | Pub. |
| Big Indian Chief | 1906 | Bob Cole (words) | Pub. |
| De Bo'd of Education | 1906 |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Floating Down the Nile | 1906 | from "The Shoo-Fly Regiment" | |
| Ghost of Deacon Brown, The | 1906 | James Weldon Johnson (words)
from "The Shoo-Fly Regiment" |
Pub. |
| I'll Keep a Warm Spot in My Heart For You | 1906 | J. W Johnson (words) Aida Overton Walker (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Just How Much I Love You | 1906 | Bob Cole (words)
from "The Shoo-Fly Regiment" |
Pub. |
| My Lady's Fan | 1906 | ||
| Who Do You Love? | 1906 | Bob Cole (words)
from "The Shoo-Fly Regiment" |
Pub. |
| I Can't Think of Nothin' in the Wide, Wide World But You | 1907 | Bob Cole (words)
from "The Shoo-Fly Regiment" |
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| Sugar Babe | 1907 | ||
| There's Always Something Wrong | 1907 | Bob Cole (words)
from "The Shoo-Fly Regiment" |
Pub. |
| Big Red Shaw, The | 1908 | Bob Cole (words) | Pub. |
| Bleeding Moon, The | 1908 | Bob Cole (words) | Pub. |
| ⇑ Sweetest Gal in Town, The | 1908 | Bob Cole (words) | Pub. |
| As Long As the World Goes Round | 1909 | ||
| Hoola-Woola | 1909 | ||
| Love Me Baby Mine | 1909 | ||
| Phoebe Brown | 1909 | Maude Raymond (perf.) | |
| Same Old Silv'ry Moon Is Shining, The | 1909 | ||
| Sweetness, I Love You the Best of All | 1910 | Pub. |
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| I Love My Babe | 1911 | ||
| Siberian Dip, The | 1911 | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Excuse Me Mister Moon | 1912 | James W Johnson (words) Alice Lloyd (perf.) |
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| If You'll Be My Eve | 1912 | James W. Johnson (words) Alice Lloyd (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Saint Vitus Rag, The (w&m) | 1912 | |
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| Awakening, The | 1913 | James Weldon Johnson (words) | |
| Since You Went Away | 1913 | James Weldon Johnson (words) Pasquala Amato (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Roll Them Cotton Bales | 1914 | James Weldon Johnson (words) Trixie McCoy (perf.) |
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| I Told My Love to the Roses | 1916 | J. A. Middleton (words) | |
| Morning, Noon and Night | 1916 | James Weldon Johnson (words) | Pub. |
| Nobody Knows the Trouble I See | 1917 | Traditional (words) | |
| Three Questions | 1917 | James Weldon Johnson (words) | |
| Mississippi River | 1932 | Frank Abbott (words) | |
| ⇑ Johnnie Get Your Hair Cut | 1935 | Edward Bennett (co-author) J. Rosamond Johnson (words) Edward Bennett (words) |
Pub. |
| Merango (El Merengue), The | ? | ||
| Up Came John | ? | Bob Cole (words) T. Woottwell (perf.) |
| Title | Duration | Performer |
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On the Chattahoochee | 3:10 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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Phoebe Brown | 3:56 | Maude Raymond |