J. Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954)

Overview

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 .

Websites:
	J. Rosamond Johnson	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR: J. Rosamond Johnson	List of 117 historic recordings from 1901 to 1942.

Cylinders

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


Tell Me, Dusky Maiden (1902)	Arthur Collins Joseph Natus	Edison Record: 8000
Nobody's Lookin' But De Owl An' De Moon (1904)	Corinne Morgan F.C. Stanley	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8577
No Use in Asking 'cause You Know the Reason Why (1904)	Harry Tally	Columbia Phonograph Co.: 32026
Lazy Moon (1906)	Billy Murray	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9204
My Castle on the Nile (1902)	Arthur Collins	Columbia Record: 31729
Nobody Knows the Trouble I See (1918)	Vernon Dalhart	Edison Blue Amberol: 3480
Oh, Didn't He Ramble? (1902)	Arthur Collins	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8081
Roll Them Cotton Bales (1914)	Premier Quartet	Edison Blue Amberol: 2448
Run, Brudder Possum, Run! (1909)	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison Amberol: 301
Who Do You Love? (1908)	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9727
Phoebe Brown (1910)	Maude Raymond	Edison Amberol: 505

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	My Creole Belle (1900)		James Pitt-Payne
	Saint Vitus Rag (1912), The		James Pitt-Payne
	Sweetness, I Love You the Best of All (1910)		John Cowles

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Tell Me, Dusky Maiden (1902)	J.R. Johnson	Arthur Collins Joseph Natus	Victor: [Pre- A-]1296
Under the Bamboo Tree (1902)	J.R. Johnson	Arthur Collins	Victor: [Pre- B-]1633
Under the Bamboo Tree (1903)	J.R. Johnson	John H. Bieling Harry MacDonough	Victor: [Pre- A-]1998

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Jazz Music CDs:
Ferdinand Morton	The Chronological Jelly Morton (1930-1939)	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Ragtime Music CDs:
Reginald R. Robinson	Euphonic Sounds	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


	Up Came John	J. Rosamond Johnson (music) Bob Cole (words) Tom Woottwell (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Animals' Convention (1902), The	J.R. Johnson (music) James Weldon Johnson (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Awakening (1913), The	J.R. Johnson (music) James Weldon Johnson (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Big Indian Chief (1904)	J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Big Red Shaw (1908), The	J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Bleeding Moon (1908), The	J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Come Out, Dinah, on the Green (1901)	J.R. Johnson (music) J. W Johnson (words) B. Cole (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Congo Love Song (1903)	J.R. Johnson (music) J. W. Johnson (words) M. Cahill (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑Dem Lovin' Words Sound Mighty Good to Me (1905)	J.R. Johnson (music) James Weldon Johnson (words)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Don't Butt In (1901)	J.R. Johnson (music) James Weldon Johnson (words) Lew Dockstader (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Excuse Me Mister Moon (1912)	J.R. Johnson (music) James W Johnson (words) Alice Lloyd (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Floating Down the Nile (1906)	J.R. Johnson (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Flowers of Dixie Land (1903), The	J.R. Johnson (music) Edgar Smith (words) Lillian Russell (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Ghost of Deacon Brown (1906), The	J.R. Johnson (music) James Weldon Johnson (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Hello My Lulu! (1905)	J.R. Johnson (music) Peter F. Dailey (perf.)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
I Can't Think of Nothin' in the Wide, Wide World But You (1907)	J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
⇑I Told My Love to the Roses (1916)	J.R. Johnson (music) J. A. Middleton (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
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.
If You'll Be My Eve (1912)	J.R. Johnson (music) James W. Johnson (words) Alice Lloyd (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Just How Much I Love You (1906)	J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Lazy Moon (1903)	J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Lift Every Voice and Sing (1900)	J.R. Johnson (music) James Weldon Johnson (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Lit'l Gal (1902)	J.R. Johnson (music) Paul Laurence Dunbar (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Magdaline, My Southern Queen (1900)	J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) M. Irwin (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑Magdaline, My Southern Queen! (1900)	J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) M. Irwin (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Mandy, Won't You Let Me Be Your Beau? (1902)	J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) E. Leonard (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Morning, Noon and Night (1916)	J.R. Johnson (music) James Weldon Johnson (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
My Heart's Desiah Is Miss Mariah (1901)	J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) Lew Dockstader (perf.)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Nobody Knows the Trouble I See (1917)	J.R. Johnson (music) Traditional (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Nobody's Lookin' But De Owl An' De Moon (1901)	J.R. Johnson (music) James Weldon Johnson (words) B. Cole (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Old Flag Never Touched the Ground (1901), The	J.R. Johnson (music) James Weldon Johnson (words) B. Cole (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Saint Vitus Rag (1912), The	J.R. Johnson (w&m) Johnson & Hart (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
⇑Shine on My Evening Star (1903)	J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Since You Went Away (1913)	J.R. Johnson (music) James Weldon Johnson (words) Pasquala Amato (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Sweetest Gal in Town (1908), The	J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Tell Me, Dusky Maiden (1901)	J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words) James Weldon Johnson (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
There's Always Something Wrong (1907)	J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Three Questions (1917)	J.R. Johnson (music) James Weldon Johnson (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana
Two Eyes (1903)	J.R. Johnson (music) M. Cahill (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Under the Bamboo Tree (1902)	J.R. Johnson (music) James Weldon Johnson (words) M. Cahill (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
⇑Who Do You Love? (1906)	J.R. Johnson (music) B. Cole (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 77 works by J. Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1897-1902

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


On the Chattahoochee	1897
I Ain't Gwinter Work No Mo'	1900	J. W Johnson (words) Bob Cole (words)
If Dat's Society, Excuse Me	1900	Bob Cole (words) WIll JOhns (words)
Lift Every Voice and Sing	1900	James Weldon Johnson (words)
Magdaline, My Southern Queen!	1900	Bob Cole (words) May Irwin (perf.) from "The Belle of Bridgeport"
My Creole Belle	1900
Ain't Dat Scan'lous	1901	May Irwin (perf.)
Come Out, Dinah, on the Green	1901	J. W Johnson (words) Bob Cole (words)
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) Arthur Collins (perf.)
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.) Frank 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) Eddie Leonard (perf.)	Pub.

1902-1905

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Oh, Didn't He Ramble?	1902	Bob Cole [as Will Handy] (words) Arthur Collins (perf.)
Under the Bamboo Tree	1902	James Weldon Johnson (words) John H. Bieling (perf.) Marie Cahill (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Harry MacDonough (perf.)
When the Moon Comes Peeping O'Er the Hill	1902	Irene Bentley (perf.)
Congo Love Song	1903	J. W. Johnson (words) Marie Cahill (perf.)	Pub.
Flowers of Dixie Land, The	1903	Edgar Smith (words) Lew Fields (perf.) Lillian Russell (perf.) Joe Weber (perf.)	Pub.
Lazy Moon	1903	Bob Cole (words) Billy Murray (perf.)	Pub.
Maid of Timbuctoo, The	1903	Lew Fields (perf.) Lillian Russell (perf.) Joe Weber (perf.)
Mudder Knows	1903	Marie 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	Marie Cahill (perf.)	Pub.
Big Indian Chief	1904	Bob Cole (words)	Pub.
Fishing	1904	J. W. Johnson (words) Fay Templeton (perf.)	Pub.
No Use in Asking 'cause You Know the Reason Why	1904	James Weldon Johnson (words) Harry Tally (perf.)
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.

1905-1909

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Merango, The	1905
De Bo'd of Education	1906
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) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.) 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"
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.)
Run, Brudder Possum, Run!	1909	Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.)
Same Old Silv'ry Moon Is Shining, The	1909

1910-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Sweetness, I Love You the Best of All	1910
I Love My Babe	1911
Siberian Dip, The	1911
Every Woman's Eyes	1912	James W Johnson (words) Violet Dale (perf.)	Pub.
Excuse Me Mister Moon	1912	James W Johnson (words) Alice Lloyd (perf.)	Pub.
If You'll Be My Eve	1912	James W. Johnson (words) Alice Lloyd (perf.)	Pub.
Saint Vitus Rag, The (w&m)	1912	Johnson & Hart (perf.)	Pub.
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.) Premier Quartet (perf.)
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) Vernon Dalhart (perf.)
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.
Up Came John	?	Bob Cole (words) Tom Woottwell (perf.)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	J.R. Johnson	On the Chattahoochee (3:35)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	J.R. Johnson	Phoebe Brown (3:56)	Maude Raymond