Harry Austin Tierney (1890-1965)
Last updated: 18.11.18
According to the Internet source given below, Harry Austin Tierney was an American composer of popular music, much for the Broadway musical stage. He was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey in a musical family. His mother was a pianist and who taught him, his father was a trumpeter in a symphony orchestra and one of his uncles taught him harmony and composition. Tierney later studied at the Virgil Conservatory of Music in New York City.
He toured the USA and other countries as a concert pianist in the period before the First world War travelling to London in 1915 where he worked for as a staff composer for a British publisher who published 3 of his songs (King of the Maniac Band, Pass Along and Just For Tonight). He returned to the USA in 1916 to write for Broadway musicals.
His shows included Follow Me (1917), Everything (1918), The Broadway Show (1918), Irene (1919 a top show with 620 performances his greatest hits being Alice Blue Gown and Castle of Dreams adapted from Fryderyk F. Chopin 's Minute Waltz), Rio Rita (1927), Dixiana (1929) and Half Shot at Sunrise (1930). ). Of ragtime interest are his The Bumble Bee (1909), Uncle Tom's Cabin (1911) and Variety Rag (1912). His career then declined and he died in New York City in aged 75.
He toured the USA and other countries as a concert pianist in the period before the First world War travelling to London in 1915 where he worked for as a staff composer for a British publisher who published 3 of his songs (King of the Maniac Band, Pass Along and Just For Tonight). He returned to the USA in 1916 to write for Broadway musicals.
His shows included Follow Me (1917), Everything (1918), The Broadway Show (1918), Irene (1919 a top show with 620 performances his greatest hits being Alice Blue Gown and Castle of Dreams adapted from Fryderyk F. Chopin 's Minute Waltz), Rio Rita (1927), Dixiana (1929) and Half Shot at Sunrise (1930). ). Of ragtime interest are his The Bumble Bee (1909), Uncle Tom's Cabin (1911) and Variety Rag (1912). His career then declined and he died in New York City in aged 75.
Harry Austin Tierney (1890-1965) has at least 21 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
 Buy a Red Cross Rosie SongMusic by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Alfred Bryan.
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Century Grove Revue By Harry Austin Tierney.
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Everything Is Hunky Dory Down in Honky Tonky Town Song Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Joe McCarthy .
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Fleur-De-Lis - Song Song Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Stanley Murphy.
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I'm Trying So Hard to Be Good For You Song Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: R. P. Weston.
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If a Baby Would Never Grow Older Song Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Alfred Bryan.
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 Irene A musical comedy by James MontgomeryMusic by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Joseph McCarthy.
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Love Me in the Old-Fashioned Way Song Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Worton David.
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 M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I SongMusic by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Bert Hanlon, Benny Ryan.
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 My Baby's Arms SongMusic by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Joe McCarthy .
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My Beautiful Egypt Song Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Alfred Bryan.
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 My Little Service Flag Has Seven Stars SongMusic by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Stanley Murphy.
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Nothing's Good Enough For a Good Little Girl if She's Good Enough For You Song Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Alfred Bryan.
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Rio Rita Vocal Score By Harry Tierney.
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 She's Dixie All the Time SongMusic by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Alfred Bryan.
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So This Is Paris Song Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Harold Atteridge.
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 Sometime SongMusic by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Wm Jerome.
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Sweet Petootie Song Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Stanley Murphy.
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A Wee Bit of Lace Song Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: George. M. Cohan .
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When I Dream of Annie Laurie Song Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Coleman Goetz.
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When You Were a Baby and I Was the Kid Next Door Song Music by Harry Austin Tierney. Words by: Edgar Leslie.
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Various Artists | Pianola Ragtime: Early Piano Jazz and Ragtime Played on Pianola Rolls: Vol. 2 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)        |
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Various Artists | Ragtime to Jazz: Vol. 1 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Elite Syncopators | Ragtime Special | |
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Jenks/Grinstead | Ragtime Bigtime | |
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Paragon Ragtime Orchestra | On The Boardwalk | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Evergreen Ragtime Trio | It's a Rouser | |
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Muriel Pollock | Vol. 6 Keyboard Wizards of the Gershwin Era | |
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"Perfessor" Bill Edwards | Syncopated Safari |
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| DBE509 | Alice Blue Gown (1919) - Song T/T/T/B/B/GB(B)/V(OT), approx. 3 mins. |
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| DBE510 | The Bumble Bee (1909) - A Buzzing Rag A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 2½ mins |
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| DBE511 | Carnation March (1911) A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins. |
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| DBE512 | Castle of Dreams (1919) - Song T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)+T/V(OT), approx. 2¼ mins. |
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| DBE513 | The Fanatic Rag (1911) T/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 3 mins. |
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| DBE514 | In My Irish Aeroplane (1917) - Song A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B)/V(OT), approx. 3¼ mins. |
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| DBE515 | Uncle Tom's Cabin (1911) - Rag D/A+B/T/T/B/GB(B) approx. 3⅕ mins. |
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| ⇑DBE582 | Variety Rag (1912) - Something Different D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins. |
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 119 works by Harry Austin Tierney (1890-1965). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Key: Electronic Resource Items
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| The Bumble Bee (1909) | 1909 |  |
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| Twilight Reminds Me of You | 1910 | Edgar T Farran | |
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| Black Canary Rag | 1911 | |
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| Carnation March (1911) | 1911 | |
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| Checker Board Rag | 1911 | |
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| Crimson Rambler Rag | 1911 | |
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| Dingle Pop Hop | 1911 | |
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| The Fanatic Rag (1911) | 1911 | |
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| Fleur De Lis Rag | 1911 | |
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| Innocent Rag | 1911 | |
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| Rubies and Pearls | 1911 | |
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| That Chicken Glide | 1911 | Richard Goodall | ||
| That Epidemic Rag | 1911 | |||
| Uncle Tom's Cabin (1911) | 1911 | |
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| William's Wedding | 1911 | |
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| ⇑ Variety Rag (1912) | 1912 | |
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| Cabaret Rag | 1912c | |||
| 1915 Rag | 1913 | |
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| Chicago Tickle | 1913 | |
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| Keep Smiling! | 1913 | |
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| Louisiana Rag | 1913 | |
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| Tierney Rag | 1913 | |
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| I'm Trying So Hard to Be Good For You | 1914 | R. P. Weston |  |
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| Love Me in the Old-Fashioned Way | 1914 | Worton David | |
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| If You Can't Get a Girl in the Summertime You'll Never Get a Girl at All | 1915 | Bert Kalmar | |
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| The Peace Walk | 1915 | |||
| When I Dream of Annie Laurie | 1915 | Coleman Goetz | |
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| When You Were a Baby and I Was the Kid Next Door | 1915 | Edgar Leslie | |
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| Don't Play With Fire | 1916 | |||
| Follow Me | 1916 | |||
| How Would You Like to Bounce a Baby on Your Knee | 1916 | |||
| I Brought Red Roses in December to You | 1916 | |||
| If a Baby Would Never Grow Older | 1916 | Alfred Bryan | |
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| It's a Cute Little Way of My Own | 1916 | Robert B. Smith | |
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| La Parisian Peacock Girl | 1916 | |||
| M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I | 1916 | Bert Hanlon, Benny Ryan | |
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| Oh I Want to Be Good But My Eyes Won't Let Me | 1916 | Anna Held, Alfred Bryan | |
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| Oh! I Want to Be Good But My Eyes Won't Let Me | 1916 | Anna Held, Alfred Bryan | |
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| She's Dixie All the Time | 1916 | Alfred Bryan | |
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| So This Is Paris | 1916 | Harold Atteridge | |
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| ⇑ Sometime | 1916 | Wm. Jerome | |
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| Buy a Red Cross Rosie | 1917 | Alfred Bryan | |
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| Cleopatra | 1917 | Alfred Bryan | |
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| For One Sweet Day | 1917 | Alfred Bryan | |
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| Frivolous Moments | 1917 | |
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| I Want You to Want Me With You | 1917 | Alfred Bryan | |
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| In My Irish Aeroplane (1917) | 1917 | Stanley Murphy | |
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| It's Time For Every Boy to Be a Soldier | 1917 | Alfred Bryan | |
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| Keep Your Eye on Little Mary Brown | 1917 | |||
| Mammy Jinny's Hall of Fame | 1917 | Stanley Murphy | |
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| My Yokohama Girl | 1917 | Alfred Bryan | |
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| Nothing's Good Enough For a Good Little Girl if She's Good Enough For You | 1917 | Alfred Bryan | |
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| Sweet Petootie | 1917 | Stanley Murphy | |
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| Way Down There a Dixie Boy Is Missing | 1917 | Stanley Murphy | |
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| Arya (Eyes of the Night) | 1918 | |
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| Century Grove Revue | 1918 | |
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| Everything Is Hunky Dory Down in Honky Tonky Town | 1918 | J. McCarthy | |
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| Fleur-De-Lis - Song | 1918 | Stanley Murphy | |
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| I Found the End of the Rainbow | 1918 | John Mears, J. McCarthy | ||
| Jerry Mon Cheri | 1918 | Stanley Murphy | |
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| My Beautiful Egypt | 1918 | Alfred Bryan | |
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| My Little Service Flag Has Seven Stars | 1918 | Stanley Murphy | |
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| On Atlantic Beach | 1918 | |||
| Alice Blue Gown (1919) | 1919 | J. McCarthy | |
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| Castle of Dreams (1919) | 1919 | J. McCarthy | |
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| ⇑ Irene | 1919 | J. McCarthy | |
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| The Last Part of Every Party | 1919 | |||
| My Baby's Arms | 1919 | J. McCarthy | |
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| The Paul Jones | 1919 | |||
| Skyrocket | 1919 | |||
| Talk of the Town | 1919 | |||
| They're So Hard to Keep When They're Beautiful | 1919 | |||
| We're Getting Away With It | 1919 | |||
| A Wee Bit of Lace | 1919 | G.M. Cohan | |
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| Worthy of You | 1919 |
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| Charming | 1920 | |||
| Hobbies | 1920 | J. McCarthy | |
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| Why Don't You? | 1920 | J. McCarthy | |
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| Saw Mill River Road | 1921 | J. McCarthy | |
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| Bobbin' About | 1922 | |||
| First Step You Take | 1922 | |||
| Journey's End | 1922 | J. McCarthy | |
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| Lady Luck | 1922 | J. McCarthy | |
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| Let's Kiss and Make Up | 1922 | J. McCarthy | ||
| Nearing the Day | 1922 | |||
| Settle Down and Travel | 1922 | |||
| Smile on Me | 1922 | |||
| Takes a Heap of Love | 1922 | |||
| Tie Up | 1922 | |||
| We're Nearing the Day | 1922 | Joseph McCarthy | |
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| ⇑ Along the Old Lake Trail | 1923 | J. McCarthy | |
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| The Fountain of Youth | 1923 | J. McCarthy | |
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| If Your Heart's in the Game | 1923 | J. McCarthy | ||
| Oh Take Those Lips Away | 1923 | |||
| The Same Old Way | 1923 | J. McCarthy | |
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| Someone Loves You After All | 1923 | J. McCarthy | |
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| Take, Oh Take Those Lips Away | 1923 | J. McCarthy | |
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| When Your Heart's in the Game | 1923 | J. McCarthy | |
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| Adoring You | 1924 | J. McCarthy | |
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| All Pepped Up | 1924 | J. McCarthy | |
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| Keep Your Eye on the Ball | 1924 | J. McCarthy | ||
| Why Don't You Say So? | 1925 | |||
| Are You There Sweetheart? | 1926 | |||
| Following the Sun Around | 1926 | J. McCarthy | |
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| I'm Out on the Loose Tonight | 1926 | |||
| If You're in Love You'll Waltz | 1926 | J. McCarthy | |
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| The Kinkajou | 1926 | J. McCarthy | |
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| The Ranger's Song | 1926 | J. McCarthy | |
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| Rio Rita | 1926 | J. McCarthy | |
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| We're All Pals Together | 1926 | J. McCarthy | |
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| Dream Sweetheart | 1928 | J. McCarthy | |
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| Sweetheart We Need Each Other | 1929 | J. McCarthy | |
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| You're Always in My Arms | 1929 | J. McCarthy | |
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| Dixiana | 1930 | Benny Davis | |
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| My One Ambition Is You | 1930 | Anne Caldwell | |
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| ⇑ You've Got Me Out on a Limb | 1940 | J. McCarthy | ||
| Just For Tonight | ? | |||
| King of the Maniac Band | ? | |||
| Pass Along | ? |
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Alice Blue Gown | 1:43 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | Alice Blue Gown (1919) |
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Arya (Eyes of the Night) | 2:23 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Black Canary | 3:00 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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The Bumble Bee | 2:45 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | The Bumble Bee (1909) |
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Checker Board Rag | 1:49 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Crimson Rambler Rag | 3:15 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Dingle Pop Hop | 2:36 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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The Fanatic Rag | 2:48 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | The Fanatic Rag (1911) |
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Fleur De Lis Rag | 3:21 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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⇑Frivolous Moments | 2:11 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Irene | 1:36 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Keep Smiling! | 3:02 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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The Peace Walk | 2:40 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Rubies and Pearls | 2:38 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Tierney Rag | 2:20 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin | 2:59 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | Uncle Tom's Cabin (1911) |
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Variety Rag | 3:20 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry | Variety Rag (1912) |
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William's Wedding | 2:27 | H.A. Tierney | Ragtime Dorian Henry |