Chris Smith (1879-1949)
Last updated: 18.11.18
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 Music 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 Music by Chris Smith. Words by: Cecil Mack.
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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 in chronological order and contains 66 works by Chris Smith (1879-1949). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Key: Electronic Resource Items
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| Coon's Day in May | 1898 | Theo. Bowman |   |
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| Good Morning Carrie! | 1901 | E. Bowman | R.C. McPherson | |
| I've Got De Blues | 1901 | E. Bowman | |
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| The Humming Coon | 1902 | E. Bowman | |
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| Your Face Looks Familiar to Me | 1902 | E. Bowman | |
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| Mister Moon | 1903 | E. Bowman | |
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| Dinner Bells | 1904 | Harry Leslie Brown | |
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| Does You Love Me As Tou Used To, Miss Jane? | 1904 | Avery and Hart | |
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| Medley From Shame on You | 1905 | |
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| Sweetie Don't | 1905 | Elmer Bowman | |
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| All in Down and Out | 1906 | E. Bowman , R.C. McPherson, Johnson | |
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| He's a Cousin of Mine | 1906 | S. Hein | C. Mack | |
| In the Shadows of the Silv'ry Moon | 1906 | B. Johnson | |
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| Business Is Business With Me | 1907 | Billy B. Johnson | |
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| Dat's Music to Me/ Sound of a Chicken Frying in a Pan | 1907 | |
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| ⇑ Hot Corn | 1908 | |
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| You're in the Right Church But the Wrong Pew | 1908 | Cecil Mack | |
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| Is Julia Home? | 1909 | |
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| There's a Big Cry-Baby in the Moon | 1909 | James Burris | |
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| 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 | |
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| Rubber-Necking Moon | 1910 | Words & Music by Smith | |
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| She's a Patient of Mine | 1910 | |
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| The Barn-Yard Rag | 1911 | B. Johnson | |
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| Honky Tonky Monkey Rag | 1911 | Words & Music by Smith | |
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| Monkey Rag | 1911 | |||
| The Undertaker Man | 1911 | Words & Music by Smith | |
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| Beans! Beans! Beans! | 1912 | E. Bowman | |
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| Beans! Beans!! Beans!!! | 1912 | |
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| Honey Rose | 1912 | Joe McCarthy, Joe Goodwin | |
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| I Want a Little Lovin', Sometimes | 1912 | Words & Music by Smith | |
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| If We Were Alone | 1912 | |
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| Love, Honor and Obey | 1912 | Joseph McCarthy, Joe Goodwin | |
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| My Little Loving Aero Man | 1912 | Chas. R. McCarron, Ferd E. Mierisch | |
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| That Precious Little Thing Called Love | 1912 | Cecil Mack | |
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| ⇑ That Puzzlin' Rag | 1912 | E. Bowman | Arr. Eugene Platzmann |
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| When Mother Plays a Rag Upon the Sewing Machine | 1912 | J. McCarthy , Joe Goodwin | |
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| Fifteen Cents | 1913 | |
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| In a Year From Now | 1913 | Ferd. E. Mierisch | |
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| Jungle Jamboree Rag | 1913 | |
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| Please Don't Love Anybody Else But Me | 1913 | Words & Music by Smith | |
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| When Everything Seems to Go Wrong | 1913 | Ferd E Mierisch | |
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| Ballin' the Jack | 1914 | J.R. Europe | |
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| Fifty - Fifty | 1914 | Jim Burris | |
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| Keep It Up | 1914 | |||
| Piping Rock | 1914 | |
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| Shame on You | 1914 | John Larkins | |
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| 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 | |
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| It's a Pretty Thing | 1916 | Jim Burris | |
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| San Francisco Blues | 1916 | |||
| Shoot the Rabbit | 1916 | Jim Burris | ||
| The Farm Yard Blues | 1917 | Henry Troy | ||
| The Sons of Uncle Sam Have Always Brought the Bacon Home | 1917 | Henry Troy | |
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| ⇑ I Want to Know Where Tosti Went/ When He Said "good-Bye" | 1920 | Words & Music by Smith | |
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| Irish Were Egyptians Long Ago | 1920 | Alfred Bryan | |
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| Fandango | 1921 | |
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| You'll Never Need a Doctor No More | 1921 | Chris smith | |
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| The Missing Link | 1922 | |
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| Camel Walk | 1925 | brymn, | Cecil Mack, Bob Schafer | |
| After All That I've Been to You | 1929 | Jack Drislane | |
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| Ballin' the Jack - Song | 1940 | J.R. Europe | Jim Burris | |
| Cake Walkin' Babies From Home | ? | Henry Troy, C. Williams | ||
| Ellen, I Am Serenading You | ? | E. Bowman | ||
| You'll Long For Me | ? | C. Williams |
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Ballin' the Jack | 1:47 | C. Smith | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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The Farm Yard Blues | 1:17 | C. Smith | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Jungle Jamboree Rag | 3:37 | C. Smith | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Keep It Up | 1:21 | C. Smith | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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The Missing Link | 2:04 | C. Smith | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Piping Rock | 2:26 | C. Smith | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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San Francisco Blues | 1:158 | C. Smith | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Shoot the Rabbit | 2:22 | C. Smith | Ragtime Dorian Henry |