Abe Olman (1888-1984)
Last updated: 14.03.25
Abe Olman was an American songwriter and composer of popular music born in Cincinnati. He was very active in the American Society ASCAP and was its director between 1946 and 1956. As a co-founder of the Songwriters Hall of Fame he is honoured there by having its highest award, The Abe Olman Award, named after him. His most successful songs were Down Among The Sheltering Palms (1915) and Oh Johnny, Oh! (1917). Of ragtime interest is his Red Onion Rag (1912) which was one of around half-a-dozen of such pieces. He died in Rancho Mirage, California.
In common with many of his contemporaries he also used a pseudonym namely Arthur Manlowe.
In common with many of his contemporaries he also used a pseudonym namely Arthur Manlowe.
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Abe Olman | Biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards |
| Title (Release Year) | Co-Author(s) | Performers | Issue |
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You're Breaking My Heart With ''Good-Bye'' (1919) | Leola Lucey | Edison Blue Amberol: 3764 | |
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Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny! Oh! (1917) | Dan W. Quinn | Indestructible Record: 1557 | |
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Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny! Oh! (1917) | Premier Quartet | Edison Blue Amberol: 3237 | |
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Down Old Virginia Way (1922) | Gladys Gillette | Walter Van Brunt as Walter Scanlan Helen Clark |
Edison Blue Amberol: 4664 |
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All I Need Is Just a Girl Like You (1918) | Billy Murray Gladys Rice |
Edison Blue Amberol: 3411 |
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Down by the O - Hi - O, O, My, O! (1940) | A. Olman | Mary Ann Mercer | Victor: BS-050525 |
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Ev'rything You Do (1924) | A. Olman | Joseph Anthony Phillips | Edison: 9612 |
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Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny! Oh! (1939) | A. Olman | Marion Hutton | Victor: BS-043392 |
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You're Breaking My Heart With ''Good-Bye'' (1919) | A. Olman | Leola Lucey | Edison: 6654 |
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Boswell Sisters | Shout Sister Shout |        |
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Various Artists | Hits of '21: Ain't We Got Fun? | |
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Various Artists | Ragtime to Jazz: Vol. 1 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Various Artists | Ragtime, Vol. 1: 1897-1919 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Various Artists | That Devilin' Tune | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Eddie Condon | Eddie Condon 1947-1950 | |
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Paragon Ragtime Orchestra | More Candy | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Stephane Grappelli | Stephane's Tune-Original Recordings | |
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Jo Ann Castle | Jo Anne Castle - 22 Greatest Ragtime Hits: Vol. 1 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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All I Need Is Just a Girl Like You (1917) | A. Olman (music) Addison Burkhart (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP |  |
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Ask the Rose (1920) | A. Olman (music) J. Yellen (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Sheet Music Singer Indiana |
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At Seven, Seventeen and Seventy (1917) | A. Olman (music) Raymond B. Egan (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Blue Birds (1914) | A. Olman (music) |
Piano | IMSLP Indiana |
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Candle-Stick Rag (1910) | A. Olman (music) |
Piano | IMSLP Indiana |
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Cheerful Blues (1917) | A. Olman (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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Colleen Machree (1917) | A. Olman (music) J. Mahoney (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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⇑Come Along to Caroline (1916) | A. Olman (music) Will J. Harris (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Sheet Music Singer Indiana |
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Come Back to Wai-Ki-Ki (1916) | A. Olman (music) R. Lewis (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Cootie Tickle (1919), The | A. Olman (music) J. Yellen (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Sheet Music Singer |
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Curly Head (1922) | A. Olman (music) | Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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Dancing Down in Dixieland (1916) | A. Olman (w&m) Irving Bibo (coauth.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
Pub. |
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Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1914) | A. Olman (music) J. Brockman (words) A. Jolson (perf.) A. Jolson (perf.) Clipper Trio (perf.) Clipper Trio (perf.) E. Brice (perf.) Charles King (perf.) F.V. Bowers (perf.) A. Jolson (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Greer Indiana Indiana Sheet Music Singer Indiana Indiana |
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Down by the O - Hi - O, O, My, O! (1920) | A. Olman (music) J. Yellen (words) Andrews Sisters (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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Down by the O - Hi - O, O, My, O! (1940) | A. Olman (music) J. Yellen (words) Bob Strong (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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⇑Down Old Virginia Way (1922) | A. Olman (music) Gladys Gillette (coauth.) J. Yellen (words) Vernon T. Stevens (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
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Egyptia (1911) | A. Olman (music) | Piano | IMSLP | |
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High Life (1909) | A. Olman (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Honeymoon Rag (1908) | A. Olman (music) |
Piano | Ragtime Piano Indiana |
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I Am Waiting For the Message of the Rose (1918) | A. Olman (music) D. Berg (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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I Thank You (1922) | A. Olman (music) W. Donovan (coauth.) J. Yellen (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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I Wanna Go Home (1922) | A. Olman (music) J. Yellen (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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I Want to Powder My Nose (1910) | A. Olman (music) Leona Pam (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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⇑I'm Going Back to My Little Country Home (1914) | A. Olman (music) J. B. Walsh (words) Belle Meyers (perf.) Frankie Hall (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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I'm Waiting For Ships That Never Come In (1919) | A. Olman (music) J. Yellen (words) |
Piano, Voice | Greer Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
Pub. |
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I've Found the Nesting Place of the Blue Bird (1919) | A. Olman (music) J. Yellen (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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If They Were All Like You (1914) | A. Olman (music) William Dillon (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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If You've Got a Little Bit Hang on to It, It's Hard to Get a Little Bit More (1915) | A. Olman (music) Ed Rose (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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In Our Little Loveland Bungalow (1915) | A. Olman (music) James F. Hanley (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
Pub. |
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Karavan (1919) | A. Olman (w&m) R. Wiedoeft (coauth.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Lucille Love (1914) | A. Olman (music) Grace Cunard (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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⇑Mississippi Cradle (1921) | A. Olman (music) J. Yellen (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Moon Face (1907) | A. Olman (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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Moonlight in Mandalay (1920) | A. Olman (music) J. Yellen (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Not So Very Far From Zanzibar (1916) | A. Olman (music) Ed Rose (words) Joseph McCarthy (words) Bert Wheeler (perf.) Betty Wheeler (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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O-Hi-O (1920) | A. Olman (music) J. Yellen (words) E. Cantor (perf.) Van & Schenck (perf.) A. West (perf.) Lou Holtz (perf.) A. Jolson (perf.) A. Jolson (perf.) E. Cantor (perf.) Van & Schenck (perf.) A. West (perf.) Lou Holtz (perf.) A. Jolson (perf.) George Wheeler (perf.) T. Lewis (perf.) Jack Strause (perf.) Don Barclay (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana Indiana Indiana |
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Oh! Susie Behave (1918) | A. Olman (music) Ed Rose (words) |
Piano, Voice | Greer Indiana |
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Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny! Oh! (1917) | A. Olman (music) E. Rose (words) George Watts (perf.) N. Bayes (perf.) Bonnie Baker (perf.) Bernie Baker (perf.) Orrin Tucker (perf.) H. Lewis (perf.) Anna Held (perf.) Andrews Sisters (perf.) Baby Sylvia Jaffee (perf.) N. Bayes (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Greer Greer Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana |
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Old Horse That Knows His Way Home (1917), An | A. Olman (music) Ed Rose (words) Olive Briscoe (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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⇑Over the Phone (1917) | A. Olman (music) Will J. Hart (words) Ed Rose (words) Margaret Young (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Pick a Little Four Leaf Clover and Send It Over to Me (1918) | A. Olman (music) Ed Rose (words) C. Francis Reisner (words) Great Lakes Sextette (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Poppy Blossom (1919) | A. Olman (music) J. Yellen (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
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Ragadora (1920) | A. Olman (music) J. Yellen (words) |
Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Red Onion Rag (1912) | A. Olman (music) | Piano | IMSLP | |
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Roll Along, Silvery Moon, to Slumberland (1915) | A. Olman (music) Elias J. Marks (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Sea Weeds Rag (1910) | A. Olman (music) |
Piano | IMSLP Indiana |
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She Never Kissed Anything Else Except the Blarney Stone (1917) | A. Olman (music) William J. Hart (words) Lew Hayes (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
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⇑Sooner or Later (1915) | A. Olman (music) Ed Rose (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
Pub. |
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Star of Love (1909) | A. Olman (music) | Piano | Indiana | |
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Step Along Henry (1916) | A. Olman (music) |
Piano | IMSLP Indiana |
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Sweet Eileen of Killarney (1914) | A. Olman (music) J. A. Pedersen (words) Johnny Keane (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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Tango Rag (1914) | A. Olman (music) | Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Telephone For Me (1914) | A. Olman (music) J. B. Walsh (words) G. Clarke (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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There's a Girl Down South in Dixie Land (1915) | A. Olman (music) J. Brandon Walsh (words) Helene Wohlford (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Valse Ellis (1915) | A. Olman (w&m) Josephine Harriman (perf.) Josephine Harriman (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana |
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⇑When the Girl You Love Lives in California (1917) | A. Olman (music) D. Berg (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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When You Sang Hush-A-Bye Baby to Me (1918) | A. Olman (music) F.K. Logan (coauth.) Jesse G. M. Glick (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Who Wants a Baby? (1919) | A. Olman (music) J. Yellen (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Winter Garden Rag (1912) | A. Olman (music) Mary Adelaide Dickey (perf.) |
Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Winter Garden Rag (1912), The | A. Olman (music) Adelaide & Hughes (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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You're Breaking My Heart With ''Good-Bye'' (1917) | A. Olman (music) Raymond B Egan (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Your Absence Makes Me Lonely (1915) | A. Olman (music) M. Lee (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 79 works by Abe Olman (1888-1984).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| Moon Face | 1907 | |
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| Honeymoon Rag | 1908 |  |
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| Violetta | 1908 | Pub. | |
| High Life | 1909 | |
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| Star of Love | 1909 | |
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| Candle-Stick Rag | 1910 | |
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| I Want to Powder My Nose | 1910 | Leona Pam (perf.) | |
| Sea Weeds Rag | 1910 | |
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| Egyptia | 1911 | Pub. |
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| Hallowe'en Rag | 1911 | |
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| Red Onion Rag | 1912 | |
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| ⇑ Winter Garden Rag, The | 1912 | Adelaide & Hughes (perf.) Mary Adelaide Dickey (perf.) |
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| Sweetest Little Sweetheart of Them All | 1913 | H.L. Becker (words) | |
| Blue Birds | 1914 | |
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| Down Among the Sheltering Palms | 1914 | James Brockman (words) Boswell Sisters (perf.) Frederic V. Bowers (perf.) Elizabeth Brice (perf.) Emma Carus (perf.) Clipper Trio (perf.) Tommy Dorsey (perf.) Al Jolson (perf.) Charles King (perf.) Monica Lewis (perf.) Pied Pipers (perf.) |
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| I'm Going Back to My Little Country Home | 1914 | J. B. Walsh (words) Frankie Hall (perf.) Belle Meyers (perf.) |
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| If They Were All Like You | 1914 | William Dillon (words) | Pub. |
| Lucille Love | 1914 | Grace Cunard (perf.) | Pub. |
| Sweet Eileen of Killarney | 1914 | J. A. Pedersen (words) Johnny Keane (perf.) |
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| Tango Rag | 1914 | Pub. |
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| Telephone For Me | 1914 | J. B. Walsh (words) Grant Clarke (words) |
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| If You've Got a Little Bit Hang on to It, It's Hard to Get a Little Bit More | 1915 | Ed Rose (words) | Pub. |
| In Our Little Loveland Bungalow | 1915 | James F. Hanley (words) | Pub. |
| Lilly and the Frog, The | 1915 | Grant Clark (words) Eddie Allen (perf.) Dorothy Brenner (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Roll Along, Silvery Moon, to Slumberland | 1915 | Elias J. Marks (words) | Pub. |
| Sooner or Later | 1915 | Ed Rose (words) | |
| There's a Girl Down South in Dixie Land | 1915 | J. Brandon Walsh (words) Helene Wohlford (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Valse Ellis (w&m) | 1915 | Josephine Harriman (perf.) | |
| Your Absence Makes Me Lonely | 1915 | Marvin Lee (words) | |
| Come Along to Caroline | 1916 | Will J. Harris (words) | Pub. |
| Come Back to Wai-Ki-Ki | 1916 | Roger Lewis (words) | |
| ⇑ Dancing Down in Dixieland (w&m) | 1916 | Irving Bibo (co-author) | Pub. |
| Not So Very Far From Zanzibar | 1916 | Ed Rose (words) Joseph McCarthy (words) Bert Wheeler (perf.) Betty Wheeler (perf.) |
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| Red Circle, The | 1916 | Ruth Roland (perf.) | |
| Step Along Henry | 1916 | Pub. |
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| All I Need Is Just a Girl Like You | 1917 | Addison Burkhart (words) Billy Murray (perf.) Gladys Rice (perf.) |
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| At Seven, Seventeen and Seventy | 1917 | Raymond B. Egan (words) | Pub. |
| Chasing the Chickens | 1917 | Raymond Walker (co-author) | Pub. |
| Cheerful Blues | 1917 | |
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| Colleen Machree | 1917 | Jack Mahoney (words) | Pub. |
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| Faugh-A-Ballagh | 1917 | Ed Rose (words) Blanche Ring (perf.) |
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| Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny! Oh! | 1917 | Ed. Rose (words) Andrews Sisters (perf.) Bernie Baker (perf.) Bonnie Baker (perf.) Nora Bayes (perf.) Anna Held (perf.) Marion Hutton (perf.) Baby Sylvia Jaffee (perf.) Henry Lewis (perf.) Premier Quartet (perf.) Dan W. Quinn (perf.) Orrin Tucker (perf.) Sophie Tucker (perf.) George Watts (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Old Horse That Knows His Way Home, An | 1917 | Ed Rose (words) Olive Briscoe (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Over the Phone | 1917 | Will J. Hart (words) Ed Rose (words) Margaret Young (perf.) |
Pub. |
| She Never Kissed Anything Else Except the Blarney Stone | 1917 | William J. Hart (words) Lew Hayes (words) |
Pub. |
| Sweetheart I'm Calling You | 1917 | Earl Haubrich (words) | Pub. |
| When I Get Back to Home Sweet Home | 1917 | ||
| When the Girl You Love Lives in California | 1917 | David Berg (words) | Pub. |
| You're Breaking My Heart With ''Good-Bye'' | 1917 | Raymond B Egan (words) Leola Lucey (perf.) |
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| I Am Waiting For the Message of the Rose | 1918 | David Berg (words) | Pub. |
| Meaning of Y.M.C.A., The | 1918 | |
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| ⇑ Oh! Susie Behave | 1918 | Ed Rose (words) | |
| Pick a Little Four Leaf Clover and Send It Over to Me | 1918 | Ed Rose (words) C. Francis Reisner (words) Great Lakes Sextette (perf.) |
Pub. |
| When You Sang Hush-A-Bye Baby to Me | 1918 | Frederic Knight Logan (co-author) Jesse G. M. Glick (words) |
Pub. |
| Cootie Tickle, The | 1919 | Jack Yellen (words) | |
| I'm Waiting For Ships That Never Come In | 1919 | Jack Yellen (words) Bing Crosby (perf.) |
Pub. |
| I've Found the Nesting Place of the Blue Bird | 1919 | Jack Yellen (words) | |
| Johnny's in Town | 1919 | Jack Yellen (words) George W. Meyer (words) |
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| Karavan (w&m) | 1919 | Rudy Wiedoeft (co-author) | Pub. |
| Nesting Place of the Bluebird | 1919 | Jack Yellen (words) | Pub. |
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| Poppy Blossom | 1919 | Jack Yellen (words) | |
| Who Wants a Baby? | 1919 | Jack Yellen (words) | |
| Ask the Rose | 1920 | Jack Yellen (words) | Pub. |
| Down by the O - Hi - O, O, My, O! | 1920 | Jack Yellen (words) Andrews Sisters (perf.) Freddy Martin (perf.) Mary Ann Mercer (perf.) Bob Strong (perf.) |
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| Fee Fi Fo Fum | 1920 | Otto Motzan (co-author) | |
| Moonlight in Mandalay | 1920 | Jack Yellen (words) | Pub. |
| O-Hi-O | 1920 | Jack Yellen (words) Don Barclay (perf.) Eddie Cantor (perf.) Lou Holtz (perf.) Al Jolson (perf.) Ted Lewis (perf.) Jack Strause (perf.) Van & Schenck (perf.) Arthur West (perf.) George Wheeler (perf.) |
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| Ragadora | 1920 | Jack Yellen (words) | Pub. |
| Mississippi Cradle | 1921 | Jack Yellen (words) | Pub. |
| Curly Head | 1922 | Pub. |
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| Down Old Virginia Way | 1922 | Gladys Gillette (co-author) Jack Yellen (words) Vernon T. Stevens (words) Walter Van Brunt as Walter Scanlan (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) |
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| ⇑ I Thank You | 1922 | Walter Donovan (co-author) Jack Yellen (words) |
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| I Wanna Go Home | 1922 | Jack Yellen (words) | Pub. |
| Ev'rything You Do | 1924 | Walter Hirsch (words) Bennett Twins (perf.) Joseph Anthony Phillips (perf.) |
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| I Left Her on the Shores of the Minnetonka | 1925 | Robert Levenson (words) | |
| Sweet Blue Bird Take My Love a Message | 1925 | Arthur J. Lamb (words) | |
| Along Miami Shore (w&m) | 1926 | Walter Hirsch (co-author) Doris Gutow (perf.) |
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| Just a Little Dance (w&m) | 1926 | Paul Ash (co-author) Bernie Grossman (co-author) |
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| Horsefeathers (w&m) | 1928 | Buddy Fields (co-author) Salerno Brothers (perf.) |
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