Isham Jones (1894-1956)
Last updated: 08.09.24
According to the Internet source given below, Isham Edgar Jones was an American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter born in Coalton, Ohio. He composed the tune We're In The Army Now (1917 as the United States entered World War I. And became popular again during World War II being played by the U.S. Army Band.
His band, The Isham Jones' Orchestra was one of the most popular dance bands in the 1920s and 1930s. He performed at the Fred Mann's Rainbo Gardens and Green Mill Gardens in Chicago before moving to New York City. He also toured England with his orchestra in 1925.
His band recorded on the Brunswick, Victor, Decca and ARC labels. He retired after leaving Decca in 1936.
Of ragtime interest is Virginia Rag (1913) published by Jones Brothers, Saginaw, Missourt, USA.
He died Hollywood, Florida.
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Isham Jones | Biography by wikipedia.org. |
| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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On the Alamo (1922) | I. Jones | Harry Raderman's Orchestra | Edison Blue Amberol: 4563 |
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Swingin' Down the Lane (1923) | I. Jones | Paul Victorin's Orchestra | Edison Blue Amberol: 4800 |
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Oh! Min! (1918) | I. Jones | Edward Meeker | Edison Blue Amberol: 3514 |
| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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I'll See You in My Dreams (1925) | I. Jones | G. Rowell Ford Rush |
Columbia: 140277 |
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It Had to Be You (1924) | I. Jones | Billy Murray Aileen Stanley |
Victor: B-30247 |
| Performer | CD Title | Supplier |
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Isham Jones | Song of the Blues 1923-1932 |        |
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Various Artists | American Fantasy: Gems from the American theater orchestra tradition | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Various Artists | The Gods Are in the House | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Various Artists | The Hits of '22: Do It Again! | |
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Various Artists | The Hits of '23: Dreamy Melody | |
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Jack Hilton | Tiger Rag - Jack Hilton and His Orchestra | |
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Charles Thompson | The Neglected Professor | |
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Elliott Adams | That Demon Rag | |
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Terry Waldo | Hot House Rag | |
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Rod Miller | Rod Miller Ragtime | |
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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At the End of a Winding Lane (1924) | I. Jones (music) G. Kahn (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP |  |
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Broken Hearted Melody (1922) | I. Jones (music) G. Kahn (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
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Call For Mr. Brown (1918) | I. Jones (music) Ole Olsen (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
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Frisco's Chinatown (1916) | I. Jones (music) Ole Olsen (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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I'll See You in My Dreams (1924) | I. Jones (music) G. Kahn (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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It Had to Be You (1924) | I. Jones (music) G. Kahn (words) Holt & Leonard (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Greer | |
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Lady of the Nile (1925) | I. Jones (music) G. Kahn (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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⇑Meet Me in Bubble Land (1919) | I. Jones (music) Casper Nathan (words) Joe Manne (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
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Never Again (1924) | I. Jones (music) G. Kahn (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Oh! Min! (1918) | I. Jones (music) Ole Olsen (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
Pub. |
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One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else (1924), The | I. Jones (music) G. Kahn (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Say Young Feller, Where'd You Get That Girl? (1918) | I. Jones (music) Chip Donaldson (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
Pub. |
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Some Other Day, Some Other Girl (1924) | I. Jones (music) G. Kahn (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Sweet Woman! (1921) | I. Jones (w&m) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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There's One More River That We're Going to Cross and That's the River Rhine (1918) | I. Jones (music) Ole Olsen (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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⇑We're in the Army Now (1917) | I. Jones (music) T. Taylor (words) Ole Olsen (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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What'll You Do? (1921) | I. Jones (music) Chester Cohn (words) E. Erdman (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me? (1924) | I. Jones (music) G. Kahn (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Wishing (1920) | I. Jones (music) H. Gillespie (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Wabash Blues (1921) | F. Meinken (music) D. Ringle (words) I. Jones (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
The peformer is featured on 10 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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I've Got Sand in My Shoes (1934) | Louis Alter | Arthur Swanstrom (words)
Weldon Heyburn (perf.) Isham Jones (perf.) Sally O'Neil (perf.) Herbert Rawlinson (perf.) |
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You've Got Ev'rything (1933) | Walter Donaldson | Gus Kahn (words)
Isham Jones (perf.) |
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On a Little Dream Ranch (1937) | Billy Hill | Isham Jones (perf.) |
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Fit As a Fiddle (1932) | Al Hoffman | Al Goodhart (co-author) Arthur Freed (words) Isham Jones (perf.) |
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Wabash Blues (1921) | Fred. Meinken | Dave Ringle (words)
Isham Jones (perf.) |
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 75 works by Isham Jones (1894-1956).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:
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(w&m)
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Bless Your Little Heart | 1909 | Tell Taylor (words) | |
| Virginia Rag | 1913 | |
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| Frisco's Chinatown | 1916 | Ole Olsen (words) | |
| America Won't You Take Me Back to You | 1917 | Ole Olsen (words) | |
| We're in the Army Now | 1917 | Tell Taylor (words) Ole Olsen (words) |
Pub. |
| Call For Mr. Brown | 1918 | Ole Olsen (words) | Pub. |
| Indigo Blues | 1918 | Pub. | |
| Oh! Min! | 1918 | Ole Olsen (words) Edward Meeker (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Say Young Feller, Where'd You Get That Girl? | 1918 | Chip Donaldson (words) | Pub. |
| There's One More River That We're Going to Cross and That's the River Rhine | 1918 | Ole Olsen (words) | Pub. |
| Meet Me in Bubble Land | 1919 | Casper Nathan (words) Joe Manne (words) |
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| ⇑ Wishing | 1920 | Haven Gillespie (words) | Pub. |
| Sweet Woman! (w&m) | 1921 | Pub. | |
| What'll You Do? | 1921 | Chester Cohn (words) Ernie Erdman (words) |
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| Broken Hearted Melody | 1922 | Gus Kahn (words) | |
| Ivy (w&m) | 1922 | Jimmy Johnson (co-author) | |
| On the Alamo | 1922 | Gilbert Keyes (words) Joe Lyons (words) Harry Raderman's Orchestra (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Indiana Moon | 1923 | Benny Davis (words) Walter Davison (perf.) Teddy Hahn (perf.) Vincent de Lopez (perf.) F. Donald Miller (perf.) Henry B. Murtaugh (perf.) Leo Terry (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Kaintucky | 1923 | Gus Kahn (words) | Pub. |
| Shanghai Dream | 1923 | Gus Kahn (words) | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Shanghai Lullaby | 1923 | Gus Kahn (words) | |
| Swingin' Down the Lane | 1923 | Gus Kahn (words) Doris Day (perf.) Isham Jones (perf.) Paul Victorin's Orchestra (perf.) Barney Rupp (perf.) Danny Thomas (perf.) |
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| At the End of a Winding Lane | 1924 | Gus Kahn (words) | |
| Gotta Getta Girl | 1924 | ||
| I'll See You in My Dreams | 1924 | Gus Kahn (words) Don Clark (perf.) Doris Day (perf.) Laraine Day (perf.) Earl & Bell (perf.) Dorothy Francisco (perf.) Florence Gast (perf.) Art Henry (perf.) Nelson Maple (perf.) Isabella Patricola (perf.) Susan Peters (perf.) Harry Richman (perf.) Glenn Rowell (perf.) Yvette Rugel (perf.) Ford Rush (perf.) Danny Thomas (perf.) Lana Turner (perf.) Fred Waring (perf.) Paul Whiteman (perf.) |
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| Isham Jones Melody, An | 1924 | Gus Kahn (words) | Pub. |
| It Had to Be You | 1924 | Gus Kahn (words) Eddie Cantor (perf.) Joan Davis (perf.) Jean Granese (perf.) Holt & Leonard (perf.) Elsie Huber (perf.) Nancy Kelly (perf.) Nelson Maple (perf.) Constance Moore (perf.) Clark Morrell (perf.) George Murphy (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Zelda Santley (perf.) Aileen Stanley (perf.) Ray Stillwell (perf.) |
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| Never Again | 1924 | Gus Kahn (words) | Pub. |
| One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else, The | 1924 | Gus Kahn (words) Belle Baker (perf.) Newhoff & Phelps (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Some Other Day, Some Other Girl | 1924 | Gus Kahn (words) | Pub. |
| Spain | 1924 | Gus Kahn (words) | Pub. |
| ⇑ Where Is That Old Girl of Mine? | 1924 | Gus Kahn (words) | |
| Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me? | 1924 | Gus Kahn (words) | Pub. |
| Headin' For Home (w&m) | 1925 | Jack M. King (perf.) | |
| I'm Tired of Everything But You (w&m) | 1925 | Pub. | |
| Ida - I Do | 1925 | Gus Kahn (words)
Arr. by May Singhi Breen |
Pub. |
| Lady of the Nile | 1925 | Gus Kahn (words) | Pub. |
| My Castle in Spain (w&m) | 1925 | Pub. | |
| Gone Again Gal | 1926 | Gus Kahn (words) Owen Bartlette (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Cat, The | 1927 | Gus Kahn (words) | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| One More Kiss and Then Good-Bye (w&m) | 1927 | Rick & Snyder (perf.) | |
| Down Where the Sun Goes Down (w&m) | 1928 | Verne Buck (co-author) Paul Ash (perf.) |
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| There's Somebody New | 1928 | Gus Kahn (words) Hayes Watson (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Feelin' That Way | 1929 | Charles Newman (words) Frank Sylvano (perf.) |
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| Song of the Blues | 1929 | Bernie Grossman (words) | |
| I Keep Remembering | 1930 | Charles Newman (words) | Pub. |
| What's the Use? | 1930 | Charles Newman (words) | Pub. |
| I Wouldn't Change You For the World | 1931 | Charles Newman (words) Isham Jones (perf.) Paul Whiteman (perf.) |
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| My Cradle Sweetheart | 1931 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| You're Just a Dream Come True | 1931 | Charles Newman (words) Art Landry (perf.) |
Pub. |
| I Can't Believe It's True (w&m) | 1932 | Charles Newman (co-author) Ben Bernie (co-author) Morton Downey (perf.) Bill Scotti (perf.) |
Pub. |
| ⇑ I Only Found You For Somebody Else | 1932 | Charles Newman (words)
Arr. by Haia Kaa |
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| I'll Never Have to Dream Again | 1932 | Charles Newman (words) Mark Fisher (perf.) Carl Grayson (perf.) Isham Jones (perf.) |
Pub. |
| If You Were Only Mine | 1932 | Charles Newman (words) Irma Glen (perf.) Frankie Masters (perf.) |
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| Let That Be a Lesson to You (w&m) | 1932 | Ben Bernie (perf.) Gene & Glenn Ford (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Let's Try Again | 1932 | Charles Newman (words) Gene & Glenn (perf.) Isham Jones (perf.) Enric Madriguera (perf.) |
Pub. |
| One Little Word Led to Another | 1932 | Charles Newman (words) | Pub. |
| Second Hand Heart | 1932 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| Wooden Soldier and the China Doll, The | 1932 | Charles Newman (words) Isham Jones (perf.) |
Pub. |
| All Mine- Almost | 1933 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Honestly | 1933 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| Why Can't This Night Go on Forever? | 1933 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| Don't Cry Baby | 1934 | Dave Franklin (words)
Arr. by R. H Noeltner |
Pub. |
| I Ain't Lazy, I'm Just Dreamin' | 1934 | ||
| It's Funny to Everyone But Me | 1934 | Dave Franklin (words) | |
| Tick Tock Town | 1934 | Charles Newman (words) | Pub. |
| Waltz of Love | 1934 | Dave Franklin (words) | Pub. |
| You're Welcome | 1934 | Charles Newman (words) | Pub. |
| Give a Broken Heart a Break | 1935 | Dave Franklin (words) | |
| No Greater Love | 1936 | Marty Simes (words) Sammy Kaye (perf.) |
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| There Is No Greater Love | 1936 | Marty Symes (words) | |
| ⇑ Thanks For Everything | 1937 | ||
| More Than Ever | 1938 | Bud Green (words) | |
| My Best to You | 1942 | Gene Willadsen (words) Eddy Howard (perf.) |
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| You've Got Me Crying Again | 1944 | Charles Newman (words) | Pub. |
| Composer | Title | Performer |
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I. Jones | I'll See You in My Dreams (3:07) | Earl & Bell |
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F. Meinken | Wabash Blues (1921) (2:56) | I. Jones |