Chris Smith (1879-1949)
Last updated: 27.03.21
According to the Internet source given below, Chris Smith was an Afro-American composer and songwriter of popular music born in Charleston, South Carolina. His first experience in show business was in a medicine show. He came to New York around the turn of the century with his childhood friend and lifelong vaudeville partner, Elmer Bowman. He and Bowman penned many songs including I've Got De Blues (1901), one of the earliest songs with blues in the title. Bowman and Smith's first big hit was "Good Morning Carrie (1901) co-written with Cecil Mack and sung on stage by Bert Williams
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Chris Smith | Brief biography by ass.com |
Chris Smith (1879-1949) has at least 3 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
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Coon's Day in May By: Chris Smith. Words by: Theo. Bowman.
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I've Got De Blues By: Chris Smith. Co-Author: Elmer Bowman.
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You're in the Right Church But the Wrong Pew By: Chris Smith. Words by: Cecil Mack.
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Various Performers | The High Priestess of Jollity & The Southern Singer |        |
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Turk Murphy | Turk Murphy's Jazz Band Favorites | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Pee Wee Russell | The Land of Jazz | |
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Various Artists | Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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The Skirtlifters | A Ragtime Episode | |
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St. Louis Ragtimers | The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 5 | |
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Peter Muir | Spontaneous Ragtime | |
This list is arranged by composer and contains 1 song sung by C. Smith who is featured on sheet music covers.
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.
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Ten Choice Negro Folk Songs (1901) | Harry Dacre | J Rosamond Johnson (words) C. Smith (sung by) |
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 101 works by Chris Smith (1879-1949).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| Coon's Day in May | 1898 | Theo. Bowman (words) |  |
| Don't Believe All You Hear, Honey | 1901 | P. Eldridge (sung by) | |
| Good Morning Carrie! | 1901 | E. Bowman (co-author) R.C. McPherson (words) Williams & Walker (sung by) |
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| I've Got De Blues (w&m) | 1901 | E. Bowman (co-author) | |
| Humming Coon, The (w&m) | 1902 | E. Bowman (co-author) | |
| Since I Heard From Home | 1902 | Johnson & Dean (sung by) | |
| While the Rain Am Falling | 1902 | Ethel Carter (sung by) | |
| Your Face Looks Familiar to Me | 1902 | E. Bowman (co-author) Ritter & Leavitt (sung by) |
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| Liza | 1903 | Mable Bennett (sung by) | |
| Mister Moon (w&m) | 1903 | E. Bowman (co-author) Smith & Bowman (sung by) |
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| Dinner Bells | 1904 | Harry Leslie Brown (co-author) | |
| ⇑ Does You Love Me As Tou Used To, Miss Jane? | 1904 | Avery and Hart (words) Harry Brown (sung by) |
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| Why Hello Bill Who's Yo' Friend | 1904 | Harry Brown (sung by) | |
| Medley From Shame on You | 1905 | |
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| Nobody Has More Trouble Than Me | 1905 | M. Irwin (sung by) | |
| Sweetie Don't | 1905 | Elmer Bowman (words) | |
| Ta'int De Kind O' Grub I've Been Gettin' Down Home | 1905 | M. Irwin (sung by) | |
| Who's There Knocking at My Door | 1905 | Harry Brown (sung by) | |
| All in Down and Out | 1906 | E. Bowman (words) R.C. McPherson (words) Johnson (words) Clarice Vance (sung by) |
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| Good-Bye Ma Honey I'm Gone | 1906 | Murphy & Frances (sung by) | |
| He's a Cousin of Mine | 1906 | S. Hein (co-author) C. Mack (words) |
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| If I Ever Get Back to Cincinnati | 1906 | S. H Dudley (sung by) | |
| In the Shadows of the Silv'ry Moon (w&m) | 1906 | B. Johnson (co-author) | |
| ⇑ There's a Time and Place For Everything | 1906 | Artie Hall (sung by) | |
| Business Is Business With Me | 1907 | Billy B. Johnson (words) | |
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| Common Sense | 1907 | Jolly John Larkins (sung by) | |
| Dat's Music to Me | 1907 | Harry Armstrong (sung by) Billy Clark (sung by) |
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| It's Hard to Love Somebody | 1907 | Aida Overton Walker (sung by) | |
| Just an Old Friend of the Family | 1907 | Williams & Walker (sung by) | |
| No, No, Positively No | 1907 | Nat M. Wills (sung by) | |
| Baby Talk | 1908 | Schatz & Swanson (sung by) | |
| Hot Corn | 1908 | |
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| You're in the Right Church But the Wrong Pew | 1908 | Cecil Mack (words) Clarice Vance (sung by) |
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| Gee! But Aint America a Grand Old Place | 1909 | Paul Lincke (sung by) | |
| If You Ain't Got It Go and Get It | 1909 | ||
| Is Julia Home? | 1909 | Jack Driscoll (sung by) | |
| ⇑ There's a Big Cry-Baby in the Moon | 1909 | James Burris (words) | |
| Trans-Mag-Ni-Fi-Can-Bam-Dam-U-Ality | 1909 | |
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| If He Comes In, I'm Going Out | 1910 | Cecil Mack (words) | |
| Rubber-Necking Moon (w&m) | 1910 | Abbie Mitchell Cook (sung by) | |
| She's a Patient of Mine | 1910 | Harry Van Fossen (sung by) George Austin Moore (sung by) |
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| There's a Pickaninny Crying in the Moon | 1910 | Julius Steger (sung by) | |
| Barn-Yard Rag, The | 1911 | B. Johnson (words) | |
| Honky Tonky Monkey Rag (w&m) | 1911 | |
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| Monkey Rag | 1911 | ||
| Undertaker Man, The (w&m) | 1911 | Happy Benway (sung by) | |
| After All That I've Been to You | 1912 | Jack Drislane (words) | |
| At the Levee on Revival Day | 1912 | ||
| ⇑ Beans! Beans!! Beans!!! | 1912 | E. Bowman (words) Charles Hart (sung by) Gus Van (sung by) |
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| He's Got My Goat | 1912 |
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| Honey Rose | 1912 | Joe McCarthy (words) Joe Goodwin (words) |
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| I Want a Little Lovin', Sometimes (w&m) | 1912 | M. Cahill (sung by) | |
| I'm Glad You're Goin' Good-Bye | 1912 | ||
| If We Were Alone | 1912 | |
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| Keep It Up - Song | 1912 | ||
| Love, Honor and Obey | 1912 | Joseph McCarthy (words) Joe Goodwin (words) |
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| My Little Loving Aero Man | 1912 | Chas. R. McCarron (words) Ferd E. Mierisch (words) |
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| Round My Heart | 1912 | Harry Collins (sung by) | |
| That Precious Little Thing Called Love (w&m) | 1912 | Cecil Mack (co-author) | |
| That Puzzlin' Rag | 1912 | E. Bowman (co-author) Tascott (sung by) Arr. Eugene Platzmann |
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| When Mother Plays a Rag Upon the Sewing Machine | 1912 | J. McCarthy (words) Joe Goodwin (words) |
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| ⇑ Ballin' the Jack - Song | 1913 | J.R. Europe (co-author) Jim Burris (words) Holton Herr (sung by) Janet McIlwaine (sung by) |
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| Boom, Tum, Ta-Ra-Ra Zing Boom | 1913 | Eli Dawson (sung by) | |
| Concert in the Sky, The | 1913 | Ferd E. Meirsch (words) Chas R.M. Carron (words) Peggy Lennie (sung by) |
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| Fifteen Cents | 1913 | |
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| In a Year From Now | 1913 | Ferd. E. Mierisch (words) | |
| Jungle Jamboree Rag | 1913 |  |
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| Please Don't Love Anybody Else But Me (w&m) | 1913 | Brierre & King (sung by) | |
| When Everything Seems to Go Wrong | 1913 | Ferd E Mierisch (words) | |
| Ballin' the Jack | 1914 | J.R. Europe (co-author) | |
| Fifty - Fifty | 1914 | Jim Burris (words) Lillian Lorraine (sung by) Isabella Patricola (sung by) |
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| He's My Cousin if She's Your Niece | 1914 | Clarice Vance (sung by) | |
| I Have Shed My Last Tears For You | 1914 | Willie Howard (sung by) Eugene Howard (sung by) |
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| ⇑ Keep It Up | 1914 | |
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| Piping Rock | 1914 | |
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| Shame on You | 1914 | John Larkins (co-author) | |
| Forget Me | 1915 | ||
| Goofer Dust | 1915 | ||
| Scaddle-De-Mooch | 1915 | |
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| Scaddle-De-Mooch - Song | 1915 | |
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| Down in Honky Tonk Town | 1916 | Charles McCarron (words) | |
| It's a Pretty Thing | 1916 | Jim Burris (words) | |
| My Waikiki Ukulele Girl | 1916 | Cooper & Smith (sung by) | |
| San Francisco Blues | 1916 | |
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| Shoot the Rabbit | 1916 | Jim Burris (words) | |
| Shoot the Rabbit - Song | 1916 | ||
| ⇑ Coolin' the Coffee Pot | 1917 | ||
| Farm Yard Blues, The | 1917 | Henry Troy (co-author) | |
| Jazbo Johnson's Hokum Band | 1917 | ||
| Sons of Uncle Sam Have Always Brought the Bacon Home, The | 1917 | Henry Troy (words) | |
| I Want to Know Where Tosti Went/ When He Said ''good-Bye'' (w&m) | 1920 | |
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| Irish Were Egyptians Long Ago, The | 1920 | Alfred Bryan (words) | |
| Fandango | 1921 | |
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| You'll Never Need a Doctor No More | 1921 | Chris smith (words) B.A. Williams (sung by) |
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| At the Honky-Tonk Steppers' Ball | 1922 | Jimmy Durante (co-author) | |
| Missing Link, The | 1922 | |
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| After Tea | 1925 | ||
| Camel Walk | 1925 | brymn, (co-author) Cecil Mack (words) Bob Schafer (words) |
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| ⇑ Cake Walkin' Babies From Home | ? | Henry Troy (words) C. Williams (words) |
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| Ellen, I Am Serenading You (w&m) | ? | E. Bowman (co-author) |
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| You'll Long For Me | ? | C. Williams (words) |
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At the Honky-Tonk Steppers' Ball | 2:07 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | C. Smith | |
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Ballin' the Jack | 1:49 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | C. Smith | |
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The Concert in the Sky | 2:00 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | C. Smith | |
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De Wash Tub Blues | 2:17 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | C. Smith | |
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The Farm Yard Blues | 1:17 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | C. Smith | |
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I've Got De Blues | 1:12 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | C. Smith | |
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Jazbo Johnson's Hokum Band | 3:17 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | C. Smith | |
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Jungle Jamboree Rag | 3:37 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | C. Smith | |
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Keep It Up | 1:21 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | C. Smith | |
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⇑The Missing Link | 2:04 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | C. Smith | |
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Piping Rock | 2:26 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | C. Smith | |
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San Francisco Blues | 1:158 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | C. Smith | |
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Shoot the Rabbit | 2:22 | Ragtime Dorian Henry | C. Smith |