Robert A. King (1862-1932)
Last updated: 28.08.18
According to the Internet source given below, Robert A. King [born Robert Keiser] was a prolific American composer and songwriter of popular music; born and died in New York. He published using both names, anonymously and also used a pseudonym, Mary Earl. His total output will probably never be known.
He worked at Ditson's music store as a child before entering Tin Pan Alley at the publisher, Leo Feist, where he produced his first hit Anona (1903). In 1918, he was contracted to Shapiro-Bernstein Music Publishers to write 4 songs per month. These included the hits Beautiful Ohio (1918) and Dreamy Alabama (1919). Of ragtime interest, is his very early Everything is Ragtime Now (1899) written as Robert Keiser
He worked at Ditson's music store as a child before entering Tin Pan Alley at the publisher, Leo Feist, where he produced his first hit Anona (1903). In 1918, he was contracted to Shapiro-Bernstein Music Publishers to write 4 songs per month. These included the hits Beautiful Ohio (1918) and Dreamy Alabama (1919). Of ragtime interest, is his very early Everything is Ragtime Now (1899) written as Robert Keiser
Robert A. King (1862-1932) has at least 17 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
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Aristocratic Annie Song Music by Robert A Keiser. Words by: Geo. Totten Smith.
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Autumn Breezes By Robert A King.
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Blushing Beauty Intermezzo By Robert A. King.
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The Dewdrop and the Rose Song Music by Robert A Keiser. Words by: Geo. Totten Smith.
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Has Your Mother Any More Like You? Song Words and Music by Robert A Keiser.
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I Have Something to Say to You Song Music by Robert A Keiser. Words by: Carroll Fleming.
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Just Plain Jane Song Music by Robert A Keiser. Words by: Geo. Totten Smith.
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The Musket or the Sword Song Music by Robert A Keiser. Words by: Carroll Fleming.
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Spring Dreams By Robert A King.
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The Squaw Man Indian intermezzo. By Robert A Keiser.
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Summer Zephyrs Idylle By Robert A King.
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Sunshine Song Music by Robert A King. Words by: Samuel Honest.
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When the Woodbine Leaves Turned Red Song Music by Robert A Keiser. Words by: La Touche Hancock.
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Wintry Winds By Robert A King.
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Zenobie By Robert A King.
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Zenobie - Song Words and Music by Robert A King.
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Zingaloo Idylle By Robert A Keiser.
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Joe "Fingers" Carr | on "Honky Tonk Hits of Joe "Fingers" Carr" |  |
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George Lewis | on "George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 01" |       |
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George Lewis | on "George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 02" | |
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Big Tiny Little | on "Best of Honky Tonky Piano Vol. 1" | |
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Palm Court Theatre Orchestra | on "Down Peacock Alley" | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Stumptown Jazz | on "On Track" | |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 95 works by Robert A. King (1862-1932). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Key: Items on hold
Cora, Won't You Tell Me That You Love Me Too? (1899)  Words by: George Totten Smith as Robert Keiser | Cheer Up, Mother (1918) Words & Music: King as Mary Earl |
| Everything Is Ragtime Now (1899) Words by: Geo. Totten Smith as Robert Keiser | From Valley Forge to France (1918) as Mary Earl |
| You're the Only One (1899) Words by: George Totten Smith | Lafayette (1918) as Mary Earl |
| Beyond the Gates of Paradise (1900) Words by: Henry V. Neal | Broken Blossoms (1919) Words by: Ballard MacDonald |
| De Sandman's Comin' 'round (1900) as Robert A. Keiser | Dreamy Alabama (1919) Words by: Ballard MacDonald as Mary Earl |
| My Moon-Beam Babe (1900) Words by: George Totten Smith as Robert Keiser | Hawaiian Smiles (1919) as Mary Earl |
| Sunbeam Sue: Serenade (1900) as Robert Keiser | Hearts (1919) Words by: Ballard MacDonald |
| The Daisy and the Butterfly (1901) as Robert Keiser | Ruspana One Step (1919) Words by: Thomas Field as Mary Earl |
| Sesame (1901) | Sweet Siamese (1919) Words by: Edward Madden as Mary Earl |
| Sunbeams and Shadows (1901) as Robert Keiser | In Old Manila (1920) Words & Music: King as Mary Earl |
Has Your Mother Any More Like You? (1902)  as Robert Keiser | Isle of Paradise (1920) Co-Author: Ted Fiorito as Mary Earl |
| National Airs (1902) as Robert Keiser | Mohammed (1920) Words by: Ballard MacDonald |
| Anona (1903) | The Angelus Lullaby (1921) Words by: Walter Hirsch as Mary Earl |
| The Dewdrop and the Rose (1903) Words by: George Totten Smith as Robert A. Keiser | By the Old Ohio Shore (1921) Words by: Ballard Macdonald as Mary Earl |
| I Have Something to Say to You (1903) as Robert Keiser | I Ain't Nobody's Darling (1921) Words by: Elmer Hughes |
| Just Plain Jane (1903) Words by: Geo. Totten Smith | Just Like a Rainbow (1921) Words & Music: King Co-Author: Ted Fiorito as Mary Earl |
| The Musket or the Sword (1903) Words by: Carroll Fleming | Love Bird (1921) Words & Music: King Co-Author: Ted Fiorito as Mary Earl |
| When the Woodbine Leaves Turned Red (1903) Words by: La Touche Hancock | Honeymoon Chimes (1922) Words by: Lew Brown as Mary Earl |
| Zenobie (1904) | Toot, Toot, Tootsie (1922) |
| Zenobie - Song (1904) | I've Got the Yes! We Have No Banana Blues (1923) |
| Americana (1905) as Robert Keiser | All Because of You (1924) Words by: Darl MacBoyle |
| Aristocratic Annie (1905) Words by: Geo. Totten Smith | Peter Pan I Love You (1924) Words by: Ray Henderson |
| Flowers and Ferns (1905) as Robert Keiser | Why Did I Kiss That Girl? (1924) Words by: Ray Henderson, Lew Brown |
| German Airs (1905) as Robert Keiser | Ain't My Baby Grand? (1925) Co-Author: Ray Henderson Words by: Lew Brown |
| Irish Airs (1905) as Robert Keiser | I Scream You Scream We All Scream For Ice Cream (1925) Words by: Howard E. Johnson, Billy Moll |
| My Lady's Eyes (1905) Words & Music: King | Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann (1925) Words by: Andrew B. Sterling |
| The Rosary (1905) | Seminola (1925) Words by: Harry Warren |
| The Squaw Man (1905) | Bridget O'Flynn Where've Ya Been? (1926) Words by: Andrew B Sterling |
| Sunshine (1905) Words by: Samuel Honest | Charlie Boy (1927) as Mary Earl |
| Zingaloo (1905) | Heart of Kentucky (1927) Words by: H.E. Johnson |
| French Airs (1906) as Robert Keiser | Fashionette (1928) Co-Author: J. Glogau |
| In Starlight (1906) | California Sunshine (1929) Words by: Tom Ford as Mary Earl |
| Blushing Beauty (1907) as Robert Keiser | Moonlight on the Colorado (1930) |
| Fanella (1907) as Robert Keiser | I Love You in the Same Sweet Way (1931) Words by: Billy Moll |
| Autumn Breezes (1908) | Sweethearts at Sweet Sixteen (1931) Words by: Billy Moll |
| Spring Dreams (1908) | Let's Dine Alone Tonight (1936) Words by: Ruth Sylvia Keil |
| Summer Zephyrs (1908) | Apple Blossoms (?) |
| Wintry Winds (1908) | Beautiful Hawaii (?) |
| Heart O' Mine: Coeur De Mon Coeur (1913) Co-Author: Eugene Platzmann | College Airs (?) as Robert Keiser |
| Neath the Shadow of the Pyramids (1914) Words & Music: King Co-Author: Harry Carroll | English Airs (?) as Robert Keiser |
| Be Good to California, Mr. Wilson (1916) Words by: Andrew B. Sterling as Robert Keiser | Enid Waltz (?) as Mary Earl |
| Hawaii and You (1916) Words by: Robert F. Roden as Robert A. Keiser | Garden of Allah (?) |
| My Old Gal (1916) Words by: Bartley Costello | I Need Some Pettin' (?) Words by: Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn |
| When Grandma Sings the Songs She Loved at the End of a Perfect Day (1916) Words by: Bartley Costello as Robert Keiser | A Little Ball of String (?) as Robert Keiser |
| Gee! What a Wonderful Time We'll Have when the Boys Come Home (1917) as Mary Earl | Plantation Airs (?) as Robert Keiser |
| Granada (1917) as Robert Keiser | Romany Waltz (?) as Robert Keiser |
| My Sweetheart Is Somewhere in France (1917) Words & Music: King as Mary Earl | Scotch Airs (?) as Robert Keiser |
| Beautiful Ohio (1918) Words by: Ballard MacDonald as Mary Earl |