Cheridah Simpson
Last updated: 08.07.24
All that can presently (June 2023) be gleaned about Cheridah Simpson from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was an American actress/singer who has been featured on 5 works published between 1893 and 1908. She is also credited as the composer of 2 works written in 1901 and 1911.Her portrait on the left was is taken from a Joseph Hall photograph held by the J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs
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| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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When I Marry You (1908) | A. Gumble (music) A. Bryan (words) C. Simpson (perf.) C. Simpson (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Greer Indiana |
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When You Come Back to Georgia (1899) | G. Herrmann (w&m) C. Simpson (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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Carissima (1905) | A.A. Penn (w&m) C. Simpson (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard | H.W. Petrie (music) Philip Wingate (words) C. Simpson (perf.) |
Indiana | |
The peformer is featured on 8 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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| Title | Composer | Attribution | Remarks |
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When I Marry You (1908) | Albert Gumble | Alfred Bryan (words)
Cheridah Simpson (perf.) |
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When You Come Back to Georgia (1899) | George Herrmann(w&m) | Cheridah Simpson (perf.) |
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Story Is Always the Same (1893), The | Charles J. Orth | Alfred B. Schanz (words) | |
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Carissima (1905) | Arthur A. Penn(w&m) | Cheridah Simpson (perf.) |
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If (1899) | William H. Penn | Raymond A. Browne (words)
Cheridah Simpson (perf.) |
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I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard (1894) | Henry W. Petrie | Philip Wingate (words)
Mamie Shepard (perf.) Cheridah Simpson (perf.) |
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What Has the Night Time to Do With the Girl (1905) | Jean Schwartz | William Jerome (words) | |
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It Cannot Be (1901) | Arthur Trevelyan | Edward Liggett (words) |