Robert A. King (1862-1932)
Last updated: 17.10.18
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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Stumptown Jazz | on "On Track" |   |
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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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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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Joe "Fingers" Carr | on "Honky Tonk Hits of Joe "Fingers" Carr" | |
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: Electronic Resource Items
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| Cora, Won't You Tell Me That You Love Me Too? | 1899 | George Totten Smith | as Robert Keiser  |
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| Everything Is Ragtime Now | 1899 | Geo. Totten Smith | as Robert Keiser |
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| You're the Only One | 1899 | George Totten Smith | |
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| Beyond the Gates of Paradise | 1900 | Henry V. Neal | |
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| De Sandman's Comin' 'round | 1900 | as Robert A. Keiser |
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| My Moon-Beam Babe | 1900 | George Totten Smith | as Robert Keiser |
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| Sunbeam Sue: Serenade | 1900 | as Robert Keiser | ||
| The Daisy and the Butterfly | 1901 | as Robert Keiser | ||
| Sesame | 1901 | |
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| Sunbeams and Shadows | 1901 | as Robert Keiser |
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| Has Your Mother Any More Like You? | 1902 | as Robert Keiser  |
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| National Airs | 1902 | as Robert Keiser |
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| Anona | 1903 | |||
| The Dewdrop and the Rose | 1903 | George Totten Smith | as Robert A. Keiser |
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| I Have Something to Say to You | 1903 | as Robert Keiser |
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| ⇑ Just Plain Jane | 1903 | Geo. Totten Smith | |
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| The Musket or the Sword | 1903 | Carroll Fleming | |
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| When the Woodbine Leaves Turned Red | 1903 | La Touche Hancock | |
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| Zenobie | 1904 | |
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| Zenobie - Song | 1904 | |
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| Americana | 1905 | as Robert Keiser |
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| Aristocratic Annie | 1905 | Geo. Totten Smith | |
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| Flowers and Ferns | 1905 | as Robert Keiser |
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| German Airs | 1905 | as Robert Keiser |
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| Irish Airs | 1905 | as Robert Keiser |
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| My Lady's Eyes | 1905 | Words & Music by King | |
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| The Rosary | 1905 | |
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| The Squaw Man | 1905 | |
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| Sunshine | 1905 | Samuel Honest | |
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| Zingaloo | 1905 | |
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| French Airs | 1906 | as Robert Keiser |
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| In Starlight | 1906 | |
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| Blushing Beauty | 1907 | as Robert Keiser |
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| Fanella | 1907 | as Robert Keiser |
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| Autumn Breezes | 1908 | |
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| ⇑ Spring Dreams | 1908 | |
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| Summer Zephyrs | 1908 | |
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| Wintry Winds | 1908 | |
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| Heart O' Mine: Coeur De Mon Coeur | 1913 | Eugene Platzmann | |
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| Neath the Shadow of the Pyramids | 1914 | Harry Carroll | |
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| Be Good to California, Mr. Wilson | 1916 | Andrew B. Sterling | as Robert Keiser |
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| Hawaii and You | 1916 | Robert F. Roden | as Robert A. Keiser |
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| My Old Gal | 1916 | Bartley Costello | |
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| When Grandma Sings the Songs She Loved at the End of a Perfect Day | 1916 | Bartley Costello | as Robert Keiser |
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Gee! What a Wonderful Time We'll Have when the Boys Come Home |
1917 | as Mary Earl |
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| Granada | 1917 | as Robert Keiser |
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| My Sweetheart Is Somewhere in France | 1917 | Words & Music by King | as Mary Earl |
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| Beautiful Ohio | 1918 | Ballard MacDonald | as Mary Earl |
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| Cheer Up, Mother | 1918 | Words & Music by King | as Mary Earl |
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| From Valley Forge to France | 1918 | as Mary Earl |
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| Lafayette | 1918 | as Mary Earl |
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| Broken Blossoms | 1919 | Ballard MacDonald | |
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| Dreamy Alabama | 1919 | Ballard MacDonald | as Mary Earl |
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| Hawaiian Smiles | 1919 | as Mary Earl |
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| Hearts | 1919 | Ballard MacDonald | |
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| ⇑ Ruspana One Step | 1919 | Thomas Field | as Mary Earl |
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| Sweet Siamese | 1919 | Edward Madden | as Mary Earl |
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| In Old Manila | 1920 | Words & Music by King | as Mary Earl |
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| Isle of Paradise | 1920 | Ted Fiorito | as Mary Earl |
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| Mohammed | 1920 | Ballard MacDonald | |
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| The Angelus Lullaby | 1921 | Walter Hirsch | as Mary Earl |
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| By the Old Ohio Shore | 1921 | Ballard Macdonald | as Mary Earl |
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| I Ain't Nobody's Darling | 1921 | Elmer Hughes | |
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| Just Like a Rainbow | 1921 | Ted Fiorito | as Mary Earl |
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| Love Bird | 1921 | Ted Fiorito | as Mary Earl |
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| Honeymoon Chimes | 1922 | Lew Brown | as Mary Earl |
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| Toot, Toot, Tootsie | 1922 | |||
| I've Got the Yes! We Have No Banana Blues | 1923 | |||
| All Because of You | 1924 | Darl MacBoyle | |
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| Peter Pan I Love You | 1924 | Ray Henderson | |
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| Why Did I Kiss That Girl? | 1924 | Ray Henderson, Lew Brown | |
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| Ain't My Baby Grand? | 1925 | Ray Henderson | Lew Brown | |
| I Scream You Scream We All Scream For Ice Cream | 1925 | Howard E. Johnson, Billy Moll | |
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| Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann | 1925 | Andrew B. Sterling | |
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| Seminola | 1925 | Harry Warren | |
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| ⇑ Bridget O'Flynn Where've Ya Been? | 1926 | Andrew B Sterling | |
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| Charlie Boy | 1927 | as Mary Earl |
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| Heart of Kentucky | 1927 | H.E. Johnson | |
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| Fashionette | 1928 | J. Glogau | |
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| California Sunshine | 1929 | Tom Ford | as Mary Earl |
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