Chris Smith (1879-1949)
Last updated: 07.08.18
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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Various Artists | on "Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot" | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)        |
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Peter Muir | on "Spontaneous Ragtime" | |
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The Skirtlifters | on "A Ragtime Episode" | |
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St. Louis Ragtimers | on " The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 5" | |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 64 works by Chris Smith (1879-1949). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Key: Items on hold
Coon's Day in May (1898)   Words by: Theo. Bowman | My Little Loving Aero Man (1912) Words by: Chas. R. McCarron, Ferd E. Mierisch |
| Good Morning Carrie! (1901) Co-Author: E. Bowman Words by: R.C. McPherson | That Precious Little Thing Called Love (1912) Words & Music: Smith Co-Author: Cecil Mack |
| I've Got De Blues (1901) Words & Music: Smith Co-Author: E. Bowman | That Puzzlin' Rag (1912) Co-Author: E. Bowman Arr. Eugene Platzmann |
| The Humming Coon (1902) Words & Music: Smith Co-Author: E. Bowman | When Mother Plays a Rag Upon the Sewing Machine (1912) Words by: J. McCarthy, Joe Goodwin |
| Your Face Looks Familiar to Me (1902) Co-Author: E. Bowman | Fifteen Cents (1913) |
| Mister Moon (1903) Words & Music: Smith Co-Author: E. Bowman | In a Year From Now (1913) Words by: Ferd. E. Mierisch |
| Dinner Bells (1904) Co-Author: Harry Leslie Brown | Jungle Jamboree Rag (1913) |
| Medley From Shame on You (1905) | Please Don't Love Anybody Else But Me (1913) Words & Music: Smith |
| Sweetie Don't (1905) Words by: Elmer Bowman | When Everything Seems to Go Wrong (1913) Words by: Ferd E Mierisch |
| All in Down and Out (1906) Words by: E. Bowman, R.C. McPherson, Johnson | Ballin' the Jack (1914) Co-Author: J.R. Europe |
| He's a Cousin of Mine (1906) Co-Author: S. Hein Words by: C. Mack | Fifty - Fifty (1914) Words by: Jim Burris |
| In the Shadows of the Silv'ry Moon (1906) Words & Music: Smith Co-Author: B. Johnson | Keep It Up (1914) |
| Business Is Business With Me (1907) Words by: Billy B. Johnson | Piping Rock (1914) |
| Dat's Music to Me/ Sound of a Chicken Frying in a Pan (1907) | Shame on You (1914) Co-Author: John Larkins |
| Hot Corn (1908) | Scaddle-De-Mooch (1915) |
| You're in the Right Church But the Wrong Pew (1908) Words by: Cecil Mack | Scaddle-De-Mooch - Song (1915) |
| Is Julia Home? (1909) | It's a Pretty Thing (1916) Words by: Jim Burris |
| There's a Big Cry-Baby in the Moon (1909) Words by: James Burris | San Francisco Blues (1916) |
| Trans-Mag-Ni-Fi-Can-Bam-Dam-U-Ality (1909) | Shoot the Rabbit (1916) Words by: Jim Burris |
| If He Comes In, I'm Going Out (1910) Words by: Cecil Mack | The Farm Yard Blues (1917) Co-Author: Henry Troy |
| Rubber-Necking Moon (1910) Words & Music: Smith | The Sons of Uncle Sam Have Always Brought the Bacon Home (1917) Words by: Henry Troy |
| She's a Patient of Mine (1910) | I Want to Know Where Tosti Went/ When He Said "good-Bye" (1920) Words & Music: Smith |
| The Barn-Yard Rag (1911) Words by: B. Johnson | Irish Were Egyptians Long Ago (1920) Words by: Alfred Bryan |
| Honky Tonky Monkey Rag (1911) Words & Music: Smith | Fandango (1921) |
| Monkey Rag (1911) | You'll Never Need a Doctor No More (1921) Words by: Chris smith |
| The Undertaker Man (1911) Words & Music: Smith | The Missing Link (1922) |
| Beans! Beans! Beans! (1912) Words by: E. Bowman | Camel Walk (1925) Co-Author: brymn, Words by: Cecil Mack, Bob Schafer |
| Beans! Beans!! Beans!!! (1912) | After All That I've Been to You (1929) Words by: Jack Drislane |
| Honey Rose (1912) Words by: Joe McCarthy, Joe Goodwin | Ballin' the Jack - Song (1940) Co-Author: J.R. Europe Words by: Jim Burris |
| I Want a Little Lovin', Sometimes (1912) Words & Music: Smith | Cake Walkin' Babies From Home (?) Words by: Henry Troy, C. Williams |
| If We Were Alone (1912) | Ellen, I Am Serenading You (?) Words & Music: Smith Co-Author: E. Bowman |
| Love, Honor and Obey (1912) Words by: Joseph McCarthy, Joe Goodwin | You'll Long For Me (?) Words by: C. Williams |
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