Raymon Moore (-1916)
Last updated: 05.08.24
All that can presently (August 2024) be gleaned about Raymon Moore [real name real name John A. Wallace] from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that he was an American composer, songwriter and tenor who has been featured on 14 works published between 1891 and 1901.He is said to have been friends with John Philip Sousa as well as composing some 200 songs under Moore and other pen names.
His portrait on the left is taken from He Brought Home Another (1896) music by Paul Dresser, words by Raymon Moore and published by Howley, Haviland & Dresser, New York, USA.
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DAHR: Raymon Moore | List of 13 historic recordings from 1894 to 1929. |
| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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Sweet Maggie May (1903) | R. Moore | William H. Thompson | Victor: [Pre- B-]2096 |
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Dear Louise (1894) | R. Moore (w&m) | Piano, Voice | Indiana |  |
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Eileen Aroon (1894) | R. Moore (music) Gerald Griffin (words) |
Piano, Voice | Kirk | |
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Sweet Marie (1893) | R. Moore (music) Cy Warman (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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When She's Just About to Fall (1894) | R. Moore (music) Cy Warman (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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He Brought Home Another (1896) | P. Dresser (music) R. Moore (words) R. Moore (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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I Wonder Where She Is To-Night? (1899) | P. Dresser (music) George B Alexander (words) R. Moore (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
The peformer is featured on 17 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
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That Dear Old Song (1897) | M. F. Carey(w&m) | ||
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Just Have the Band Play Home Sweet Home (1901) | Costen(w&m) | Andrew B. Sterling (co-author) | |
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Dear Old Tennessee (1899) | Dox Cruger | C. Randolph (words) | |
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He Brought Home Another (1896) | Paul Dresser | Raymon Moore (words)
Raymon Moore (perf.) |
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I Wonder Where She Is To-Night? (1899) | Paul Dresser | George B Alexander (words)
Raymon Moore (perf.) |
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Break the News to Mother (1897) | Charles K. Harris(w&m) | ||
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Will I Find My Mamma There? (1898) | Charles K. Harris(w&m) | ||
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One Night in June (1899) | Charles K. Harris(w&m) | ||
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Nodding Off to Sleep (1893) | Joseph Hart | ||
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⇑I'll Not Belive Thee False (1891) | Monroe H. Rosenfeld | Robert J. Donnolly (words) | |
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Katie and Tom (1892) | Henry J. Sayers | ||
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When You Were Sweet Sixteen (1898) | James Thornton(w&m) | ||
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True Love the Whole Year Round (1894) | Charles B. Ward | Harry Emmet (words) | |
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True Love (1895) | Charles B. Ward(w&m) |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 16 works by Raymon Moore (-1916).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| You and I | 1891 | |
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| Sweet Marie | 1893 | Cy Warman (words) Irene Dunne (perf.) William Powell (perf.) |
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| Dear Louise (w&m) | 1894 | |
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| Eileen Aroon | 1894 | Gerald Griffin (words) | |
| Just About to Fall | 1894 | Cy Warman (words) Raymon Moore (perf.) |
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| Love That I Lost When a Boy, The (w&m) | 1894 | |
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| Remember Me (w&m) | 1894 | Pub. | |
| Rose Song (w&m) | 1894 | Pub. | |
| When She's Just About to Fall | 1894 | Cy Warman (words) Raymon Moore (perf.) |
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| Across the Brooklyn Bridge (w&m) | 1895 | Pub. | |
| Just in the Same Old Way | 1895 | Earle Remington (words) Raymon Moore (perf.) |
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| ⇑ When the Bloom Is on the Clover | 1895 | Pub. | |
| Bound With a Golden Chain | 1900 | Andrew B. Sterling (words) | |
| Violet (w&m) | 1900 | Pub. | |
| Sweet Maggie May | 1903 | Raymon Moore (words) William H. Thompson (perf.) |
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| Bonnie Jean | 1905 |