Bert Kalmar (1884-1947)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Bert Kalmar (born in New York) was an American vaudeville magician, comedian, dancer before becoming a lyricist and publisher.
He collaborated with Harry Puck both in song writing and publishing forming Kalmar & Puck Music Co. Inc. They were joined by Maurice Abrahams to form Kalmar, Puck & Abrahams.
He also teamed with Harry Ruby.. Kalmar was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
He died in Los Angeles, California.

Websites:
	Bert Kalmar	Biography by wikipedia.org.

Cylinders

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


Timbuctoo (1921)	H. Ruby	A. Bernard	Edison Blue Amberol: 4228
Susie (1923)		Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	Edison Blue Amberol: 4655
So Long! Oo-Long (1920)	H. Ruby	A. Bernard	Indestructible Record: 3509
Rebecca (1921)	H. Ruby	Jim Doherty	Edison Blue Amberol: 4251
Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dixieland (1922)	H. Ruby	Don Parker Trio	Edison Blue Amberol: 4557
Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dixieland (1922)	H. Ruby	Don Parker Trio	Edison Blue Amberol Record: 4557
My Sunny Tennessee (1921)	H. Ruby Herman Ruby	Broadway Dance Orchestra	Edison Blue Amberol: 4394
In My Heart - on My Mind - All Day Long (1922)	H. Ruby	Signor Lou Chiha Friscoe	Edison Blue Amberol: 4458
He's Coming Back (1912)		Ada Jones	U.S. Everlasting Record: 1379
Little Min-Nee-Ha! Ha! (1921)	H. Ruby	Isabella Patricola	Edison Blue Amberol: 4468
My Friends, Morris and Max (1920)		Maurice Burkhart	Edison Blue Amberol: 4002
⇑Snoops the Lawyer (1920)		Maurice Burkhart	Edison Blue Amberol: 3970

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


Down in Maryland (1922)	H. Ruby	Unknown
He Ran Up-Stairs : (1913)		James Pitt-Payne
I Gave You Up Just Before You Threw Me Down (1922)	H. Ruby Fred E. Ahlert	James Pitt-Payne
I'm Makin' For Macon in Georgia (1914)		James Pitt-Payne
In My Home Town (1922)	H. Ruby	James Pitt-Payne
Kiss to Build a Dream On, A (1951)	O. Hammerstein	James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Little Min-Nee-Ha! Ha! (1921)	B. Kalmar	Isabella Patricola	Edison: 8244

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Angels (1921)	B. Kalmar (w&m) H. Ruby (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace
Down in Maryland (1922)	B. Kalmar (w&m) H. Ruby (coauth.) W. Remington Welch (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer YorkSpace	Pub.
Helen of Troy, New York (1923)	B. Kalmar (music) H. Ruby (coauth.)	Piano	YorkSpace	Pub.
I Gave You Up Just Before You Threw Me Down (1922)	B. Kalmar (w&m) H. Ruby (coauth.) Fred E. Ahlert (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer YorkSpace	Pub.
I Like a Big Town, I Like a Small Town (1923)	B. Kalmar (music) H. Ruby (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace	Pub.
I Want a Ragtime Bungalow (1913)	B. Kalmar (w&m) E. Morton (perf.) Helene Davis (perf.) Weber, Beck & Frazer (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana YorkSpace
I'm Makin' For Macon in Georgia (1914)	B. Kalmar (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
⇑In My Heart - on My Mind - All Day Long (1921)	B. Kalmar (music) H. Ruby (coauth.)	Piano	YorkSpace	Pub.
In My Home Town (1922)	B. Kalmar (music) H. Ruby (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer YorkSpace	Pub.
It Was Meant to Be (1923)	B. Kalmar (music) H. Ruby (coauth.)	Piano	YorkSpace	Pub.
Kiss to Build a Dream On, A (1951)	B. Kalmar (music) O. Hammerstein (coauth.) H. Ruby (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Laff It Off! (1924)	B. Kalmar (w&m) H. Ruby (coauth.) Jim Shields (perf.) Tom Waring (perf.)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace YorkSpace
Look For the Happy Ending (1923)	B. Kalmar (w&m) H. Ruby (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace	Pub.
Look What You've Done With Your Dog-Gone Dangerous Eyes (1920)	B. Kalmar (w&m) H. Ruby (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace	Pub.
My Sunny Tennessee (1921)	B. Kalmar (music) H. Ruby (coauth.) Herman Ruby (coauth.) E. Cantor (perf.) E. Cantor (perf.)	Piano	Greer Indiana	Pub.
⇑No Other Girl (1923)	B. Kalmar (w&m) H. Ruby (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace	Pub.
Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dixieland (1922)	B. Kalmar (w&m) H. Ruby (coauth.)	Piano	Indiana YorkSpace	Pub.
Rebecca (1921)	B. Kalmar (music) H. Ruby (coauth.) E. Cantor (perf.)	Piano	Indiana	Pub.
She's Mine, All Mine! (1921)	B. Kalmar (w&m) H. Ruby (coauth.)	Piano	Indiana	Pub.
Sheik of Avenue B (1922), The	B. Kalmar (w&m) H. Ruby (coauth.) C. Friend (coauth.) Van & Schenck (perf.)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace	Pub.
So Long! Oo-Long (1920)	B. Kalmar (w&m) H. Ruby (coauth.)	Piano	Indiana YorkSpace	Pub.
Sweeter Than You (1926)	B. Kalmar (w&m) H. Ruby (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace
Waikiki, I Hear You Calling Me (1922)	B. Kalmar (music) H. Ruby (coauth.) E. Cantor (perf.)	Piano	Indiana	Pub.
⇑Wait'll You See How Sorry You'll Be (1919)	B. Kalmar (w&m) H. Ruby (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
You Flew Away From the Nest (1926)	B. Kalmar (w&m) H. Ruby (coauth.) Joe Lewis (perf.)	Piano, Voice	YorkSpace

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 51 works by Bert Kalmar (1884-1947). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

1912-1921

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


He's Coming Back	1912	Ada Jones (perf.)
He Ran Up-Stairs :	1913
I Want a Ragtime Bungalow (w&m)	1913	Helene Davis (perf.) Ed Morton (perf.) Weber, Beck & Frazer (perf.)	Pub.
My Parcel Post Man	1913	Harry Puck (words)
I'm Makin' For Macon in Georgia (w&m)	1914		Pub.
How Sorry You'll Be	1919	Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
Mister Sun Man Roll the Clouds Away	1919	Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
Wait'll You See How Sorry You'll Be (w&m)	1919	Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
Look What You've Done With Your Dog-Gone Dangerous Eyes (w&m)	1920	Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
My Friends, Morris and Max	1920	Edgar Leslie (words) Harry Ruby (words) Maurice Burkhart (perf.)
Snoops the Lawyer	1920	Harry Ruby (words) Maurice Burkhart (perf.)
⇑ So Long! Oo-Long (w&m)	1920	Harry Ruby (co-author) Al. Bernard (perf.)	Pub.
Timbuctoo	1920	Harry Ruby (co-author) Al. Bernard (perf.)	Pub.
Angels (w&m)	1921	Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
In My Heart - on My Mind - All Day Long	1921	Harry Ruby (co-author) Signor Lou Chiha Friscoe (perf.)	Pub.
Little Min-Nee-Ha! Ha!	1921	Harry Ruby (co-author) Isabella Patricola (perf.)

1921-1923

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


My Sunny Tennessee	1921	Harry Ruby (co-author) Herman Ruby (co-author) Broadway Dance Orchestra (perf.) Eddie Cantor (perf.)
Rebecca	1921	Harry Ruby (co-author) Eddie Cantor (perf.) Jim Doherty (perf.)	Pub.
She's Mine, All Mine! (w&m)	1921	Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
Down in Maryland (w&m)	1922	Harry Ruby (co-author) W. Remington Welch (perf.)	Pub.
I Gave You Up Just Before You Threw Me Down (w&m)	1922	Harry Ruby (co-author) Fred E. Ahlert (co-author)	Pub.
In My Home Town	1922	Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dixieland (w&m)	1922	Harry Ruby (co-author) Don Parker Trio (perf.)	Pub.
Sheik of Avenue B, The (w&m)	1922	Harry Ruby (co-author) Cliff Friend (co-author) Van & Schenck (perf.)	Pub.
Waikiki, I Hear You Calling Me	1922	Harry Ruby (co-author) Eddie Cantor (perf.)	Pub.
Cry Baby	1923
Helen of Troy, New York	1923	Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
⇑ Hotsy Totsy Town	1923	Harry Ruby (co-author) M.K. Jerome (co-author)	Pub.
I Like a Big Town, I Like a Small Town	1923	Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
It Was Meant to Be	1923	Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
Left All Alone With the Blues	1923	Harry Ruby (co-author) Lou Handman (co-author) Bert Kalmar (words) Harry Ruby (words) Lou Handman (words)	Pub.
Look For the Happy Ending (w&m)	1923	Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.

1923-1933

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


No Other Girl (w&m)	1923	Harry Ruby (co-author)
Susie	1923	Harry Ruby (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.)
Laff It Off! (w&m)	1924	Harry Ruby (co-author) Waring's Pennsylvanians (perf.) Jim Shields (perf.) Tom Waring (perf.)
Baby Looks Like Me, The	1925	Henry B Murtagh (co-author) Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
Sweeter Than You (w&m)	1926	Harry Ruby (co-author)
You Flew Away From the Nest (w&m)	1926	Harry Ruby (co-author) Joe Lewis (perf.)
You Smile at Me	1926	Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
Thinking of You	1927	Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
Watching the Clouds Roll By	1928	Harry Ruby (co-author) Marx Brothers (perf.)	Pub.
Who's Been List'ning to My Heart	1928	Harry Ruby (co-author) Marx Brothers (perf.)	Pub.
Just a Little Glimpse of Paradise	1929	Harry Ruby (words) Harry Warren (words)
⇑ I'm So Afraid of You	1930	Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
Three Little Words	1930	Harry Ruby (words)	Pub.
Nevertheless	1931	Harry Ruby (co-author)
Keep on Doin' What You're Doin'	1933	Harry Ruby (co-author)
Keep Romance Alive	1933	Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.

1933-1951

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Tired of It All	1933	Harry Ruby (co-author) Ruth Etting (perf.) Wheeler &. Woolsey (perf.)
Cabin on the Hilltop	1936	Harry Ruby (co-author)	Pub.
Kiss to Build a Dream On, A	1951	Oscar Hammerstein (co-author) Harry Ruby (words) Louis Armstrong (perf.) Barney Bigard (perf.) Kay Brown (perf.) Vic Damone (perf.) Sally Forest (perf.) Earl Hines (perf.) Monica Lewis (perf.) Mickey Rooney (perf.) Jack Teagarden (perf.)