Robert A. King (1862-1932)
Last updated: 01.03.21
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 By: Robert A. King. 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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Dewdrop and the Rose, The Song By: Robert A. King. Words by: Geo. Totten Smith.
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Has Your Mother Any More Like You? Song Words and Music by: Robert A. King.
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I Have Something to Say to You Song By: Robert A. King. Words by: Carroll Fleming.
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Just Plain Jane Song By: Robert A. King. Words by: Geo. Totten Smith.
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Musket or the Sword, The Song By: Robert A. King. Words by: Carroll Fleming.
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Spring Dreams By: Robert A. King.
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Squaw Man, The Indian intermezzo. By: Robert A. King.
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Summer Zephyrs Idylle By: Robert A. King.
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Sunshine Song By: Robert A. King. Words by: Samuel Honest.
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When the Woodbine Leaves Turned Red Song By: Robert A. King. 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. King.
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Stumptown Jazz | On Track |   |
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Big Tiny Little | Best of Honky Tonky Piano Vol. 1 | |
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Palm Court Theatre Orchestra | Down Peacock Alley | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)      |
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George Lewis | George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 01 | |
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George Lewis | George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 02 | |
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Joe ''Fingers'' Carr | Honky Tonk Hits of Joe "Fingers" Carr | |
This list is arranged by title and contains 1 lyric written by Robert A. King. The lyrics/monologues and *.pdf files have been kindly compiled by monologues.co.uk/musichall
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Why Did I Kiss That Girl? | Ray Henderso (words) Ella Shields (sung by) |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 107 works by Robert A. King (1862-1932).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
(w&m)
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| Cora, Won't You Tell Me That You Love Me Too? | 1899 | George Totten Smith (words)
as Robert Keiser |
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| Dinah From Carolina | 1899 | |
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| Everything Is Ragtime Now | 1899 | Geo. Totten Smith (words)
as Robert Keiser |
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| You're the Only One | 1899 | George Totten Smith (words) | |
| Beyond the Gates of Paradise | 1900 | Henry V. Neal (words) | |
| De Sandman's Comin' 'round | 1900 | as Robert A. Keiser | |
| My Moon-Beam Babe | 1900 | George Totten Smith (words)
as Robert Keiser |
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| Sunbeam Sue: Serenade | 1900 | as Robert Keiser | |
| Daisy and the Butterfly, The | 1901 | as Robert Keiser | |
| Sesame | 1901 | |
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| Sunbeams and Shadows | 1901 | as Robert Keiser | |
| ⇑ Has Your Mother Any More Like You? | 1902 | as Robert Keiser |  |
| National Airs | 1902 | as Robert Keiser | |
| Anona | 1903 | as Robert A Keiser | |
| Dewdrop and the Rose, The | 1903 | George Totten Smith (words)
as Robert A. Keiser |
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| I Have Something to Say to You | 1903 | as Robert Keiser | |
| Just Plain Jane | 1903 | Geo. Totten Smith (words) | |
| Musket or the Sword, The | 1903 | Carroll Fleming (words) | |
| When the Woodbine Leaves Turned Red | 1903 | La Touche Hancock (words) | |
| Zenobie | 1904 | |
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| Zenobie - Song | 1904 | |
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| Americana | 1905 | as Robert Keiser | |
| Aristocratic Annie | 1905 | Geo. Totten Smith (words) | |
| ⇑ Flowers and Ferns | 1905 | as Robert Keiser | |
| German Airs | 1905 | as Robert Keiser | |
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| Irish Airs | 1905 | as Robert Keiser |
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| My Lady's Eyes (w&m) | 1905 | |
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| Rosary, The | 1905 | |
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| Squaw Man, The | 1905 | Mabel Morrison (sung by) Evelyn Wright (sung by) as Robert A Keiser |
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| Sunshine | 1905 | Samuel Honest (words) | |
| Zingaloo | 1905 | |
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| French Airs | 1906 | as Robert Keiser | |
| In Starlight | 1906 | |
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| Blushing Beauty | 1907 | as Robert Keiser | |
| Fanella | 1907 | Mabel McKinley (sung by)
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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| Garden of Allah, The | 1912 | |
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| Heart O' Mine: Coeur De Mon Coeur | 1913 | Eugene Platzmann (co-author) | |
| Neath the Shadow of the Pyramids (w&m) | 1914 | Harry Carroll (co-author)
as mary earl |
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| Be Good to California, Mr. Wilson | 1916 | Andrew B. Sterling (words)
as Robert Keiser |
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| Hawaii and You | 1916 | Robert F. Roden (words)
as Robert A. Keiser |
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| My Old Gal | 1916 | Bartley Costello (words)
as Robert A. Keiser |
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| Old Master's Fox Trot | 1916 | Eugene Platzmann (co-author) | |
| When Grandma Sings the Songs She Loved at the End of a Perfect Day | 1916 | Bartley Costello (words)
as Robert Keiser |
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Gee! What a Wonderful Time We'll Have when the Boys Come Home |
1917 | as Mary Earl | |
| ⇑ Granada | 1917 | as Robert Keiser | |
| My Sweetheart Is Somewhere in France (w&m) | 1917 | as Mary Earl | |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Beautiful Ohio | 1918 | Ballard MacDonald (words)
as Mary Earl |
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| Cheer Up, Mother (w&m) | 1918 | as Mary Earl | |
| From Valley Forge to France | 1918 | as Mary Earl | |
| Lafayette | 1918 | as Mary Earl | |
| Beautiful Ohio Blues | 1919 | |
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| Broken Blossoms | 1919 | Ballard MacDonald (words) | |
| Dreamy Alabama | 1919 | Ballard MacDonald (words)
as Mary Earl |
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| Hawaiian Smiles | 1919 | as Mary Earl | |
| Hearts | 1919 | Ballard MacDonald (words) | |
| Pleasant Dreams | 1919 | as Mary Earl | |
| Ruspana - Song | 1919 | Thomas Field (words)
as Mary Earl |
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| ⇑ Ruspana One Step | 1919 | as Mary Earl | |
| Salaam | 1919 | |
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| Sweet Siamese | 1919 | Edward Madden (words)
as Mary Earl |
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| Ting Ling Toy | 1919 | |
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| Weeping Willow Blues | 1919 | |
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| In Old Manila (w&m) | 1920 | as Mary Earl | |
| Isle of Paradise | 1920 | Ted Fiorito (co-author)
as Mary Earl |
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| Mohammed | 1920 | Ballard MacDonald (words)
as Mary Earl |
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| Angelus Lullaby, The | 1921 | Walter Hirsch (words)
as Mary Earl |
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| By the Old Ohio Shore | 1921 | Ballard Macdonald (words)
as Mary Earl |
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| I Ain't Nobody's Darling | 1921 | Elmer Hughes (words) | |
| Just Like a Rainbow (w&m) | 1921 | Ted Fiorito (co-author)
as Mary Earl |
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| ⇑ Love Bird (w&m) | 1921 | Ted Fiorito (co-author)
as Mary Earl |
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| Connecticut Yankee, A | 1922 | Walter Hirsch (words) | |
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| Honeymoon Chimes | 1922 | Lew Brown (words)
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 (words) | |
| Peter Pan I Love You | 1924 | Ray Henderson (words) Marilyn Miller (sung by) |
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| Why Did I Kiss That Girl? | 1924 | Ray Henderson (words) Lew Brown (words) Ella Shields (sung by) |
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| Ain't My Baby Grand? | 1925 | Ray Henderson (co-author) Lew Brown (words) |
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| I Scream You Scream We All Scream For Ice Cream | 1925 | Howard E. Johnson (words) Billy Moll (words) |
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| Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann | 1925 | Andrew B. Sterling (words) | |
| Seminola | 1925 | Harry Warren (words) | |
| Bridget O'Flynn | 1926 | Andrew B. Sterling (words) Billy Murray (sung by) Aileen Stanley (sung by) |
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| ⇑ Bridget O'Flynn Where've Ya Been? | 1926 | Andrew B Sterling (words) | |
| Charlie Boy | 1927 | as Mary Earl | |
| Heart of Kentucky | 1927 | H.E. Johnson (words) | |
| Fashionette | 1928 | J. Glogau (co-author) | |
| Mr. Hoover and Mr. Smith | 1928 | Van & Schenck (sung by) | |
| California Sunshine | 1929 | Tom Ford (words)
as Mary Earl |
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| Little Ball of String, A | 1929 | as Robert Keiser |
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| Moonlight on the Colorado | 1930 | |
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| I Love You in the Same Sweet Way | 1931 | Billy Moll (words) | |
| Rocky Mountain Lullaby | 1931 | Marvin Lee (words) | |
| Sweethearts at Sweet Sixteen | 1931 | Billy Moll (words) | |
| Let's Dine Alone Tonight | 1936 | Ruth Sylvia Keil (words) | |
| ⇑ Apple Blossoms | ? | ||
| Beautiful Hawaii | ? |
| Title | Dur | Performer | Composer | Score/Song |
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Beautiful Ohio Blues | 4:02 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | R.A. King | |
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Dinah from Carolina | 3:10 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | R.A. King | |
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A Little Ball of String | 2:49 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | R.A. King | |
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Old Master's Fox Trot | 1:53 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | R.A. King | |
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Pleasant Dreams | 2:48 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | R.A. King | |
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Ruspana One Step | 2:06 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | R.A. King | |
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Salaam | 1:48 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | R.A. King | |
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Sesame | 2:22 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | R.A. King | |
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Sweet Siamese | 2:10 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | R.A. King | |
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⇑Ting Ling Toy | 3:28 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | R.A. King | |
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Weeping Willow Blues | 1:42 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | R.A. King |