Chris Smith (1879-1949)
Last updated: 03.01.23
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 Music by: Chris Smith. Co-Author: #CLbowmanel#1
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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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If He Comes In, I'm Going Out | Edison Standard Record: 10488 | Edward Meeker |
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Shame on You | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9033 | William H. Tascott |
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That Precious Little Thing Called Love | U.S. Everlasting Record: 1501 | Arthur Collins Byron George Harlan |
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Wooden Hut - Parody | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 13548 | B. Williams |
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You're in the Right Church But the Wrong Pew | Indestructible Record: 854 | Ed Morton |
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Barn-Yard Rag (1911), The | Midi | James Pitt-Payne |
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He's a Cousin of Mine (1906) | Midi | James Pitt-Payne |
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My Little Loving Aero Man (1912) | Midi | James Pitt-Payne |
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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 | |
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Ballin' the Jack | C. Smith (music) Ferd E Mierisch (words) |
Piano | Kirk |  |
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Ballin' the Jack - Song (1913) | C. Smith (music) J. McCarthy (words) J. Goodwin (words) May Orletta (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Barn-Yard Rag (1911), The | C. Smith (music) Sam Herman (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Common Sense | C. Smith (music) Billy B. Johnson (words) Clarice Vance (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Kirk | |
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Dinner Bells | C. Smith (music) Harry Leslie Brown (coauth.) |
Piano, Voice | Kirk | |
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Does You Love Me As Tou Used To, Miss Jane? (1904) | C. Smith (music) Avery and Hart (words) Sherman Coates (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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If He Comes In, I'm Going Out (1910) | C. Smith (music) Stella Mayhew (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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If You Ain't Got It Go and Get It (1909) | C. Smith (music) | Piano | IMSLP | |
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In Watermelon Time | C. Smith (music) | Piano, Voice | Kirk | Pub. |
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Irish Were Egyptians Long Ago (1920), The | C. Smith (words & music) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Jungle Jamboree Rag (1913) | C. Smith (music) Ferd. E. Mierisch (words) |
Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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My Sweet Savannah Lize (1903) | C. Smith (music) Walter Hilliard (words) Jones & Sul**** (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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⇑Piping Rock | C. Smith (music) |
Piano, Voice | Kirk | |
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Right Church But the Wrong Pew (1908), The | C. Smith (music) Samuel H. Dudley (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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That Puzzlin' Rag (1912) | C. Smith (words & music) C. Mack (coauth.) Cecil Worsley (perf.) |
Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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When Mother Plays a Rag Upon the Sewing Machine (1912) | C. Smith (music) E. Bowman (coauth.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 104 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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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Coon's Day in May | 1898 | Theo. Bowman (words) |  |
| Don't Believe All You Hear, Honey | 1901 | P. Eldridge (perf.) | |
| Good Morning Carrie! | 1901 | E. Bowman (co-author) C. Mack (words) Williams & Walker (perf.) words by as as R.C. McPherson; |
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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) | 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 | E. Bowman (co-author) Ritter & Leavitt (perf.) |
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| Liza | 1903 | Mable Bennett (perf.) | |
| Mister Moon (w&m) | 1903 | E. Bowman (co-author) Smith & Bowman (perf.) |
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| My Sweet Savannah Lize | 1903 | Walter Hilliard (words) Jones & Sul**** (perf.) |
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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) Sherman Coates (perf.) Harry Brown (perf.) |
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| Why Hello Bill Who's Yo' Friend | 1904 | Harry Brown (perf.) | |
| Medley From Shame on You | 1905 | |
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| Nobody Has More Trouble Than Me | 1905 | M. Irwin (perf.) | |
| Sweetie Don't | 1905 | Elmer Bowman (words) | Pub. |
| Ta'int De Kind O' Grub I've Been Gettin' Down Home | 1905 | M. Irwin (perf.) | |
| Who's There Knocking at My Door | 1905 | Harry Brown (perf.) | |
| All in Down and Out | 1906 | E. Bowman (words) R.C. McPherson (words) Johnson (words) Clarice Vance (perf.) |
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| Good-Bye Ma Honey I'm Gone | 1906 | Murphy & Frances (perf.) | |
| 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 | Samuel H. Dudley (perf.) | |
| ⇑ 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 (perf.) |
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| Wooden Hut - Parody | 1906 | B. Williams (perf.) | |
| Business Is Business With Me | 1907 | Billy B. Johnson (words) | |
| Common Sense | 1907 | John Larkins (co-author) Clarice Vance (perf.) |
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| Dat's Music to Me | 1907 | H. Armstrong (perf.) Billy Clark (perf.) |
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| 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 | N.M. Wills (perf.) | |
| Baby Talk | 1908 | Schatz & Swanson (perf.) | |
| Hot Corn | 1908 | |
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| Right Church But the Wrong Pew, The | 1908 | C. Mack (words) Samuel H. Dudley (perf.) |
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| You're in the Right Church But the Wrong Pew | 1908 | Cecil Mack (words) Ed Morton (perf.) Clarice Vance (perf.) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
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| ⇑ 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.) |
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| 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.) |
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| There's a Pickaninny Crying in the Moon | 1910 | Julius Steger (perf.) | |
| Barn-Yard Rag, The | 1911 | B. Johnson (words) Sam Herman (perf.) |
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| Honky Tonky Monkey Rag (w&m) | 1911 | |
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| Monkey Rag | 1911 | ||
| ⇑ Undertaker Man, The (w&m) | 1911 | Happy Benway (perf.) | Pub. |
| After All That I've Been to You | 1912 | Jack Drislane (words) | Pub. |
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| At the Levee on Revival Day | 1912 | ||
| Beans! Beans!! Beans!!! | 1912 | E. Bowman (words) Charles Hart (perf.) Gus Van (perf.) |
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| He's Got My Goat | 1912 | ||
| Honey Rose | 1912 | Joe McCarthy (words) Joe Goodwin (words) |
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| I Want a Little Lovin', Sometimes (w&m) | 1912 | M. Cahill (perf.) | |
| 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) Carrie Reynolds (perf.) B. Seeley (perf.) |
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| 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.) |
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| That Puzzlin' Rag | 1912 | E. Bowman (co-author) Cecil Worsley (perf.) William H. Tascott (perf.) 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) May Orletta (perf.) Holton Herr (perf.) Janet McIlwaine (perf.) |
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| 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.) |
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| Fifteen Cents | 1913 | Pub. | |
| In a Year From Now | 1913 | Ferd. E. Mierisch (words) | Pub. |
| Jungle Jamboree Rag | 1913 | Pub. |
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| 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 | J.R. Europe (co-author) | Pub. |
| ⇑ Fifty - Fifty | 1914 | Jim Burris (words) Lillian Lorraine (perf.) Isabella Patricola (perf.) |
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| He's My Cousin if She's Your Niece | 1914 | Clarice Vance (perf.) |
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| I Have Shed My Last Tears For You | 1914 | Willie Howard (perf.) Eugene Howard (perf.) |
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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) William H. Tascott (perf.) |
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| Forget Me | 1915 | ||
| Goofer Dust | 1915 | ||
| Scaddle-De-Mooch | 1915 | Pub. | |
| Scaddle-De-Mooch - Song | 1915 | 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 | |
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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 | |
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| Sons of Uncle Sam Have Always Brought the Bacon Home, The | 1917 | Henry Troy (words) | Pub. |
| 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 | Pub. | |
| You'll Never Need a Doctor No More | 1921 | Chris smith (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
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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 |
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| Camel Walk, The | 1925 | brymn,1 (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) | |
| You'll Long For Me | ? | C. Williams (words) |
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At the Honky-Tonk Steppers' Ball | 2:07 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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Ballin' the Jack | 1:49 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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The Concert in the Sky | 2:00 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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De Wash Tub Blues | 2:17 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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The Farm Yard Blues | 1:17 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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I've Got De Blues | 1:12 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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Jazbo Johnson's Hokum Band | 3:17 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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Jungle Jamboree Rag | 3:37 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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Keep It Up | 1:21 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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⇑The Missing Link | 2:04 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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Piping Rock | 2:26 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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San Francisco Blues | 1:158 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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Shoot the Rabbit | 2:22 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |