Ren Shields (1868-1913)

Overview

All that can presently (November 2015) be gleaned about by internet searching is that Ren Shields is the one-off composer of Waltz Me Around Again Willie (1906) published by F. A. Mills, New York, USA.
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CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Folk Music CDs:
Various Performers	The High Priestess of Jollity & The Southern Singer
Ragtime Music CDs:
Claude Bolling	Original Ragtime/Original Boogie Woogie/Original Piano Blues	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)

Monologues

Ren Shields

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Waltz Me Around Again, Willie	Ren Shields (music) Will D. Cobb (words) Florrie Forde (perf. by)

	Title	Performer	Comments


Steamboat Bill	Edward Meeker	Edison Amberol: 728 at USCB
Steamboat Bill	Edward Meeker	Edison Standard Record: 10513 at USCB
They Were All Doing the Same	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan	at USCB
Waltz Me Around Again, Willie	Billy Murray	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9340 at USCB

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 7 works by Ren Shields (1868-1913). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


They Were All Doing the Same	1902.	Eddie Foy (perf. by) Ella Wheeler Wilcox (perf. by) Arthur Collins (perf. by) Byron George Harlan (perf. by)
Waltz Me Around Again, Willie	1906	Will D. Cobb (words) Florrie Forde (perf. by) M. Cooper (perf. by) George Grossmith Jr. (perf. by) Blanche Ring (perf. by) Billy Murray (perf. by)
Don't Forget to Write Me Everyday	1908	Geo. Christie (words)
Longest Way Round Is the Sweetest Way Home, The	1908
Mary Gave Him the Merry Ha! Ha!	1910	Emma Carus (perf. by)
They've Won Every Nation's Battles But Their Own	1910
Steamboat Bill (w&m)	1911	Edward Meeker (perf. by)