Chris Smith (1879-1949)

Overview

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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Websites:
	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.

Coon's Day in May
Music by: Chris Smith.
Words by: Theo. Bowman

Publisher:	F. A. Mills
Suppliers:
Printed: 1898.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

I've Got De Blues
Music by: Chris Smith.
Co-Author: #CLbowmanel#1

Publisher:	The Lyceum Publishing Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1901.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

You're in the Right Church But the Wrong Pew
Music by: Chris Smith.
Words by: Cecil Mack

Publisher:	McPherson & Smith
Suppliers:	B0000D3DMZ: not available.
Printed: 1908.	Sheet Music.

	Title	Instruments/Issue	Performers


MP3 File(s)
If He Comes In, I'm Going Out	Edison Standard Record: 10488	Edward Meeker
Shame on You	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9033	William H. Tascott
That Precious Little Thing Called Love	U.S. Everlasting Record: 1501	Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan
Wooden Hut - Parody	Edison Gold Moulded Record: 13548	B. Williams
You're in the Right Church But the Wrong Pew	Indestructible Record: 854	Ed Morton
Midi File(s)		Sequencer(s)
Barn-Yard Rag (1911), The	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
He's a Cousin of Mine (1906)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
My Little Loving Aero Man (1912)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Folk Music CDs:
Various Performers	The High Priestess of Jollity & The Southern Singer
Jazz Music CDs:
Turk Murphy	Turk Murphy's Jazz Band Favorites	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Pee Wee Russell	The Land of Jazz
Ragtime Music CDs:
Various Artists	Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
The Skirtlifters	A Ragtime Episode
St. Louis Ragtimers	The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 5
Peter Muir	Spontaneous Ragtime

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Ballin' the Jack (1914)	C. Smith (music) J.R. Europe (coauth.)	Piano	Kirk
Ballin' the Jack - Song (1913)	C. Smith (music) J.R. Europe (coauth.) Jim Burris (words) May Orletta (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Barn-Yard Rag (1911), The	C. Smith (music) B. Johnson (words) Sam Herman (perf.) Dixie Emmette (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana
Common Sense (1907)	C. Smith (music) John Larkins (coauth.) Clarice Vance (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Kirk
Dat's Music to Me (1907)	C. Smith (music) Billy Clark (perf.) H.W. Armstrong (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Dinner Bells (1904)	C. Smith (music) Harry Leslie Brown (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Kirk Indiana
Does You Love Me As Tou Used To, Miss Jane? (1904)	C. Smith (music) Avery and Hart (words) Sherman Coates (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Down Among the Sugar-Cane (1908)	C. Smith (music) C. Mack (coauth.) D. Avery (words) Chas Hart (words) May Kemp (perf.) Clara Morton (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Indiana
Honky Tonky Monkey Rag (1911)	C. Smith (w&m) Rae Samuels (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
I Want a Little Lovin', Sometimes (1912)	C. Smith (w&m) M. Cahill (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
I Want to Know Where Tosti Went (1920)	C. Smith (w&m) Bert Williams (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
I'll Do As Much For You (1904)	C. Smith (w&m) Harry Leslie Brown (coauth.) Edna Wallace Hopper (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
If He Comes In, I'm Going Out (1910)	C. Smith (music) C. Mack (words) Stella Mayhew (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
If You Ain't Got It Go and Get It (1909)	C. Smith (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
In the Shadows of the Silv'ry Moon (1906)	C. Smith (w&m) B. Johnson (coauth.) Joe Kane (perf.)	Piano	Indiana
In Watermelon Time (1909)	C. Smith (music) James Burris (words)	Piano, Voice	Kirk
Irish Were Egyptians Long Ago (1920), The	C. Smith (music) A. Bryan (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Jungle Jamboree Rag (1913)	C. Smith (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
My Little Loving Aero Man (1912)	C. Smith (music) Chas. R. McCarron (words) Ferd E. Mierisch (words) Carrie Reynolds (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
My Sweet Savannah Lize (1903)	C. Smith (music) Walter Hilliard (words) Jones & Sul**** (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Piping Rock (1914)	C. Smith (music)	Piano, Voice	Kirk
Please Don't Love Anybody Else But Me (1913)	C. Smith (w&m) Brierre & King (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Univ. of Maine	Pub.
Right Church But the Wrong Pew (1908), The	C. Smith (music) C. Mack (words) Samuel H. Dudley (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Scaddle-De-Mooch - Song (1915)	C. Smith (music) N. Bayes (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Shame on You (1914)	C. Smith (music) John Larkins (coauth.) Lew Dockstader (perf.)	Piano	Indiana	Pub.
That Precious Little Thing Called Love (1912)	C. Smith (w&m) C. Mack (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
That Puzzlin' Rag (1912)	C. Smith (music) E. Bowman (coauth.) Cecil Worsley (perf.)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
When Mother Plays a Rag Upon the Sewing Machine (1912)	C. Smith (music) J. McCarthy (words) J. Goodwin (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 107 works by Chris Smith (1879-1949). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1898-1906

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Coon's Day in May	1898	Theo. Bowman (words)
Don't Believe All You Hear, Honey	1901	Press Eldridge (perf.)
Good Morning Carrie!	1901	Elmer Bowman (co-author) Cecil Mack (words) Williams & Walker (perf.) words by as as R.C. McPherson;
I've Got De Blues (w&m)	1901	Elmer Bowman (co-author)
Humming Coon, The (w&m)	1902	Elmer Bowman (co-author)	Pub.
Since I Heard From Home	1902	Johnson & Dean (perf.)
While the Rain Am Falling	1902	Ethel Carter (perf.)
Your Face Looks Familiar to Me	1902	Elmer Bowman (co-author) Ritter & Leavitt (perf.)
Liza	1903	Mable Bennett (perf.)
Mister Moon (w&m)	1903	Elmer Bowman (co-author) Smith & Bowman (perf.)
My Sweet Savannah Lize	1903	Walter Hilliard (words) Jones & Sul**** (perf.)
⇑ 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 (perf.) Sherman Coates (perf.)
I'll Do As Much For You (w&m)	1904	Harry Leslie Brown (co-author) Edna Wallace Hopper (perf.)
Why Hello Bill Who's Yo' Friend	1904	Harry Brown (perf.)
Medley From Shame on You	1905
Nobody Has More Trouble Than Me	1905	May Irwin (perf.)
Sweetie Don't	1905	Elmer Bowman (words)	Pub.
Ta'int De Kind O' Grub I've Been Gettin' Down Home	1905	May Irwin (perf.)
Who's There Knocking at My Door	1905	Harry Brown (perf.)
All in Down and Out	1906	Elmer Bowman (words) R.C. McPherson (words) Johnson (words) Clarice Vance (perf.)
Good-Bye Ma Honey I'm Gone	1906	Murphy & Frances (perf.)
He's a Cousin of Mine	1906	Silvio Hein (co-author) Cecil Mack (words)	Pub.
⇑ If I Ever Get Back to Cincinnati	1906	Samuel H. Dudley (perf.)
In the Shadows of the Silv'ry Moon (w&m)	1906	Billy Johnson (co-author) Joe Kane (perf.)

1906-1911

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


There's a Time and Place For Everything	1906	Artie Hall (perf.)
Wooden Hut - Parody	1906	Billy Williams (perf.)
Business Is Business With Me	1907	Billy B. Johnson (words)
Common Sense	1907	John Larkins (co-author) Clarice Vance (perf.)
Dat's Music to Me	1907	Henry W. Armstrong (perf.) Billy Clark (perf.)
It's Hard to Love Somebody	1907	Aida Overton Walker (perf.)
Just an Old Friend of the Family	1907	Williams & Walker (perf.)
No, No, Positively No	1907	Nat M. Wills (perf.)
Baby Talk	1908	Schatz & Swanson (perf.)
Down Among the Sugar-Cane	1908	Cecil Mack (co-author) Dan Avery (words) Chas Hart (words) May Kemp (perf.) Clara Morton (perf.)
Hot Corn	1908
⇑ Right Church But the Wrong Pew, The	1908	Cecil Mack (words) Samuel H. Dudley (perf.)	Pub.
You're in the Right Church But the Wrong Pew	1908	Cecil Mack (words) Ed Morton (perf.) Clarice Vance (perf.) Bert A. Williams (perf.)
Gee! But Aint America a Grand Old Place	1909	Paul Lincke (perf.)
If You Ain't Got It Go and Get It	1909		Pub.
In Watermelon Time	1909	James Burris (words)
Is Julia Home?	1909	Jack Driscoll (perf.)
Trans-Mag-Ni-Fi-Can-Bam-Dam-U-Ality	1909		Pub.
If He Comes In, I'm Going Out	1910	Cecil Mack (words) Stella Mayhew (perf.) Edward Meeker (perf.)	Pub.
Rubber-Necking Moon (w&m)	1910	Abbie Mitchell Cook (perf.)
She's a Patient of Mine	1910	Harry Van Fossen (perf.) George Austin Moore (perf.)
There's a Pickaninny Crying in the Moon	1910	Julius Steger (perf.)
Barn-Yard Rag, The	1911	Billy Johnson (words) Sam Herman (perf.)
⇑ Honky Tonky Monkey Rag (w&m)	1911	Rae Samuels (perf.)
Monkey Rag	1911

1911-1914

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Undertaker Man, The (w&m)	1911	Happy Benway (perf.)
After All That I've Been to You	1912	Jack Drislane (words) Rudy Vallée (perf.)
At the Levee on Revival Day	1912
Beans! Beans!! Beans!!!	1912	Elmer Bowman (words) Charles Hart (perf.) Gus Van (perf.)	Pub.
He's Got My Goat	1912
Honey Rose	1912	Joe McCarthy (words) Joe Goodwin (words)
I Want a Little Lovin', Sometimes (w&m)	1912	Marie Cahill (perf.)
I'm Glad You're Goin' Good-Bye	1912
If We Were Alone	1912
Keep It Up - Song	1912
Love, Honor and Obey	1912	Joseph McCarthy (words) Joe Goodwin (words)	Pub.
⇑ My Little Loving Aero Man	1912	Chas. R. McCarron (words) Ferd E. Mierisch (words) Carrie Reynolds (perf.) Blossom Seeley (perf.)
Round My Heart	1912	Harry Collins (perf.)
That Precious Little Thing Called Love (w&m)	1912	Cecil Mack (co-author) Arthur Collins (perf.) Byron George Harlan (perf.)
That Puzzlin' Rag	1912	Elmer Bowman (co-author) William H. Tascott (perf.) Cecil Worsley (perf.) Arr. Eugene Platzmann	Pub.
When Mother Plays a Rag Upon the Sewing Machine	1912	Joe McCarthy (words) Joe Goodwin (words)	Pub.
Ballin' the Jack - Song	1913	James Reese Europe (co-author) Jim Burris (words) Holton Herr (perf.) Janet McIlwaine (perf.) May Orletta (perf.)	Pub.
Boom, Tum, Ta-Ra-Ra Zing Boom	1913	Eli Dawson (perf.)
Concert in the Sky, The	1913	Ferd E. Meirsch (words) Chas R.M. Carron (words) Peggy Lennie (perf.)
Fifteen Cents	1913		Pub.
In a Year From Now	1913	Ferd. E. Mierisch (words)	Pub.
Jungle Jamboree Rag	1913		Pub.
Please Don't Love Anybody Else But Me (w&m)	1913	Brierre & King (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ When Everything Seems to Go Wrong	1913	Ferd E Mierisch (words)	Pub.
Ballin' the Jack	1914	James Reese Europe (co-author)	Pub.

1914-1921

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Fifty - Fifty	1914	Jim Burris (words) Lillian Lorraine (perf.) Isabella Patricola (perf.)
He's My Cousin if She's Your Niece	1914	Clarice Vance (perf.)
I Have Shed My Last Tears For You	1914	Eugene Howard (perf.) Willie Howard (perf.)
Piping Rock	1914
Shame on You	1914	John Larkins (co-author) Lew Dockstader (perf.) William H. Tascott (perf.)	Pub.
Forget Me	1915
Goofer Dust	1915
Keep It Up	1915
Scaddle-De-Mooch	1915		Pub.
Scaddle-De-Mooch - Song	1915	Nora Bayes (perf.)	Pub.
Down in Honky Tonk Town	1916	Charles McCarron (words)
⇑ It's a Pretty Thing	1916	Jim Burris (words)	Pub.
My Waikiki Ukulele Girl	1916	Cooper & Smith (perf.)
San Francisco Blues	1916
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
Noon-Time in the Levee	1917
Sons of Uncle Sam Have Always Brought the Bacon Home, The	1917	Henry Troy (words)	Pub.
I Want to Know Where Tosti Went (w&m)	1920	Bert Williams (perf.)
Irish Were Egyptians Long Ago, The	1920	Alfred Bryan (words)
⇑ Fandango	1921		Pub.
You'll Never Need a Doctor No More	1921	Chris smith (words) Bert A. Williams (perf.)

1922-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


At the Honky-Tonk Steppers' Ball	1922	Jimmy Durante (co-author)
Missing Link, The	1922
After Tea	1925
Camel Walk, The	1925	brymn,1 (co-author) Cecil Mack (words) Bob Schafer (words)
Cake Walkin' Babies From Home	?	Henry Troy (words) Clarence Williams (words)
Ellen, I Am Serenading You (w&m)	?	Elmer Bowman (co-author)
You'll Long For Me	?	Clarence Williams (words)

Videos

	Title	Duration	Performer


Ballin' the Jack	0:00	Ragtime Dorian Henry
The Concert in the Sky	0:00	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Good Morning Carrie!	0:00	Ragtime Dorian Henry