Harry Austin Tierney (1890-1965)

Overview

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.

Websites:
	DAHR: Harry Tierney	List of 215 historic recordings from 1912 to 1941.

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 Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: Alfred Bryan

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Century Grove Revue
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Separate numbers. Bolsheviki glide. - Campanile.

Everything Is Hunky Dory Down in Honky Tonky Town Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: Joe McCarthy

Publisher:	McCarthy & Fisher
Suppliers:
Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Fleur-De-Lis - Song Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: Stanley Murphy

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Suppliers:	Also see:
⇑ Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

I'm Trying So Hard to Be Good For You Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: R. P. Weston

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Staff and tonic sol

If a Baby Would Never Grow Older Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: Alfred Bryan

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1916.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Irene A musical comedy by James Montgomery
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: Joseph McCarthy

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Love Me in the Old-Fashioned Way Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: Worton David

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Staff and tonic sol

M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: Bert Hanlon, Benny Ryan

Publisher:	Whaley - Royce & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1916.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

My Baby's Arms Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: Joe McCarthy

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

My Beautiful Egypt Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: Alfred Bryan

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

My Little Service Flag Has Seven Stars Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: Stanley Murphy

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

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

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Rio Rita Vocal Score
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1959.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Vocal Score

She's Dixie All the Time Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: Alfred Bryan

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1916.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

So This Is Paris Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: Harold Atteridge

Publisher:	G. Schirmer
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1916.	Sheet Music 6 pages. Limited availability.

Sometime Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: Wm Jerome

Publisher:	William Jerome Publishing Corporation
Suppliers:
Printed: 1916.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Sweet Petootie Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: Stanley Murphy

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

Wee Bit of Lace, A Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: George. M. Cohan

Publisher:	McCarthy & Fisher
Suppliers:
Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

When I Dream of Annie Laurie Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: Coleman Goetz

Publisher:	Maurice Abrahams Music Co.
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1915.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

When You Were a Baby and I Was the Kid Next Door Song
Music by: Harry Austin Tierney.
Words by: Edgar Leslie

Publisher:	Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1915.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Limited availability.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


	Alice Blue Gown (1919)		Helen Clark	Edison Blue Amberol: 4108
	It's Time For Every Boy to Be a Soldier (1917)		Gladys Rice	Edison Blue Amberol: 3243

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Alice Blue Gown (1919)		Warren S. Trachtman
	Bumble Bee Rag (1909), The		Colin McDonald
	Crimson Rambler Rag (1911)		Colin McDonald
	Dingle Pop Hop (1911)		Colin McDonald
	Fanatic Rag (1911), The		J. Pitt-Payne
	In My Irish Aeroplane (1917)		James Pitt-Payne
	Sweetheart We Need Each Other (1929)		James Pitt-Payne
	Uncle Tom's Cabin (1911)		James Pitt-Payne
	Variety Rag (1912)		Colin McDonald

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


1915 Rag (1913)	H.A. Tierney	M. Bernard	Columbia: 38927
Adoring You (1924)	H.A. Tierney	Joseph McCarthy	Victor: B-30366
Alice Blue Gown (1920)	H.A. Tierney	Edith Day	Victor: B-23599
Along the Old Lake Trail (1923)	H.A. Tierney	P. Whiteman	Victor: B-29161
Cabaret Rag (1912)	H.A. Tierney	Prince's Band	Columbia: 19838
Carl's Entrance (1930)	H.A. Tierney	Everett Marshall	Victor: PBVE-54829
Dream Sweetheart (1928)	H.A. Tierney	I. Kaufman Robert Wood	Columbia: 146928
Everything Is Hunky Dory Down in Honky Tonky Town (1918)	H.A. Tierney	Marion Harris	Victor: B-22214
Follow Me (1917)	H.A. Tierney	Victor Military Band	Victor: C-18992
Goodbye Old Pals (1930)	H.A. Tierney	Everett Marshall	Victor: BVE-62708
I Found the End of the Rainbow (1918)	H.A. Tierney	Samuel Ash	Columbia: 78181
If You Can't Get a Girl in the Summertime You'll Never Get a Girl at All (1915)	H.A. Tierney	Ada Jones Will C. Robbins	Columbia: 45688
Irene (1920)	H.A. Tierney	Edith Day	Victor: B-23700
It's Time For Every Boy to Be a Soldier (1917)	H.A. Tierney	Charles Hart	Victor: B-19615
It's Worth While Waiting For Someone Worth While (1918)	H.A. Tierney	H. Burr Albert Campbell	Columbia: 78229
Journey's End (1922)	H.A. Tierney	P. Whiteman	Victor: B-27153
⇑Journey's End (1922)	H.A. Tierney	Columbians	Columbia: 80720
Lady Whippoorwill (1928)	H.A. Tierney	A. Fields	Columbia: 146931
Mission Glide (1913)	H.A. Tierney	Prince's Orchestra	Columbia: 38993
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I (1917)	H.A. Tierney	Anna Wheaton	Columbia: 47433
Mr. and Mrs. Sippi (1930)	H.A. Tierney	Everett Marshall	Victor: BVE-62709
My Baby's Arms (1919)	H.A. Tierney	Art Hickman's Orchestra	Columbia: 78674
My Guiding Star (1930)	H.A. Tierney	Everett Marshall	Victor: PBVE-54828
My Shining Silver Star (1930)	H.A. Tierney	Everett Marshall	Victor: BVE-62707
Oh! I Want to Be Good But My Eyes Won't Let Me (1916)	H.A. Tierney	Anna Wheaton	Columbia: 47256
Polly Put the Kettle On (1924)	H.A. Tierney	Albert Campbell Billy Murray	Victor: B-29882
Right Out of Heaven (1928)	H.A. Tierney	I. Kaufman Sleepy Ward	Columbia: 146927
Salaaming the Rajah (1928)	H.A. Tierney	A. Fields Robert Wood	Columbia: 146930
Saw Mill River Road (1923)	H.A. Tierney	Great White Way Orchestra	Victor: B-27874
Saw Mill River Road (1923)	H.A. Tierney	Columbians	Columbia: 80779
She's Dixie All the Time (1917)	H.A. Tierney	Albert Campbell William F. Hooley Billy Murray S. Porter	Victor: B-19108
She's Dixie All the Time (1917)	H.A. Tierney	George O'Connor	Columbia: 47362
Someone Loves You After All (1924)	H.A. Tierney	P. Whiteman	Victor: B-29182
⇑Sometime (1916)	H.A. Tierney	H. Burr Albert Campbell Arthur Collins John H. Meyer	Victor: C-18693
Take, Oh Take, Those Lips Away (1923)	H.A. Tierney	Brooke Johns	Victor: B-28973
To Love You (1920)	H.A. Tierney	Edith Day Robert Michaelis	Columbia: 74054
When You Were a Baby and I Was the Kid Next Door (1915)	H.A. Tierney	Samuel Ash Louise McMahon	Columbia: 46204
Where Do Mosquitos Go in the Wintertime? (1940)	H.A. Tierney	Wingy Manone	Victor: BS-045936
Why Don't You? (1921)	H.A. Tierney	All Star Trio	Victor: C-24819
You're Always in My Arms (1929)	H.A. Tierney	Bebe Daniels	Victor: PBVE-54454

Samples

	Title (Release Year)	Performers	Instruments


Alice Blue Gown (1919)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	T/T/T/B/B/GB(B)
Bumble Bee Rag (1909), The	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Carnation March (1911)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B)
Castle of Dreams (1919)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)+T/V(OT)
Fanatic Rag (1911), The	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	T/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)
In My Irish Aeroplane (1917)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B)/V(OT)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1911)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D/A+B/T/T/B/GB(B)
Variety Rag (1912)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Ragtime Music CDs:
Various Artists	Early Ragtime Piano: 1910-1930
Various Artists	Pianola Ragtime: Early Piano Jazz and Ragtime Played on Pianola Rolls: Vol. 2	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	Ragtime to Jazz: Vol. 1	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Elite Syncopators	Ragtime Special
Jenks/Grinstead	Ragtime Bigtime
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra	On The Boardwalk	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Evergreen Ragtime Trio	It's a Rouser
Muriel Pollock	Vol. 6 Keyboard Wizards of the Gershwin Era
Bill Edwards	Syncopated Safari

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE509	Alice Blue Gown (1919) - Song T/T/T/B/B/GB(B)/V(OT), approx. 3 mins.	1-2 days
DBE510	The Bumble Bee (1909) - A Buzzing Rag A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 2½ mins	1-2 days
DBE511	Carnation March (1911) A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins.	1-2 days
DBE512	Castle of Dreams (1919) - Song T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)+T/V(OT), approx. 2¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE513	The Fanatic Rag (1911) T/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 3 mins.	1-2 days
DBE514	In My Irish Aeroplane (1917) - Song A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B)/V(OT), approx. 3¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE515	Uncle Tom's Cabin (1911) - Rag D/A+B/T/T/B/GB(B) approx. 3⅕ mins.	1-2 days
⇑DBE582	Variety Rag (1912) - Something Different D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins.	1-2 days

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


Alice Blue Gown (1919)	T/T/T/B/B/GB(B)
Bumble Bee (1909), The	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Carnation March (1911)	A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Castle of Dreams (1919)	T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)+T/V(OT)	Pub.
Fanatic Rag (1911), The	T/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)	Pub.
In My Irish Aeroplane (1917)	A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B)/V(OT)	Pub.
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1911)	D/A+B/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Variety Rag (1912)	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.

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	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Alice Blue Gown	Harry Austin Tierney (music) Joseph McCarthy (words) Edith Day (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Adoring You (1924)	H.A. Tierney (music) J. McCarthy (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Alice Blue Gown (1919)	H.A. Tierney (music) J. McCarthy (words) Alan Marshal (perf.) Arthur Treacher (perf.) Billie Burke (perf.) May Robson (perf.) Roland Young (perf.) Stuart Robertson (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Indiana	Pub.
Castle of Dreams (1919)	H.A. Tierney (music) J. McCarthy (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Fanatic Rag (1911), The	H.A. Tierney (music)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Fleur-De-Lis - Song (1918)	H.A. Tierney (music) S. Murphy (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
For One Sweet Day (1917)	H.A. Tierney (music) A. Bryan (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Hobbies (1920)	H.A. Tierney (music) J. McCarthy (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑If You Can't Get a Girl in the Summertime You'll Never Get a Girl at All (1915)	H.A. Tierney (music) B. Kalmar (words) Evens & Arken (perf.) Evens & Arken (perf.) Jack Ryan (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer Indiana Indiana
If You're in Love, You'll Waltz (1926)	H.A. Tierney (music) J. McCarthy (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
In My Irish Aeroplane (1917)	H.A. Tierney (music) S. Murphy (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Irene (1919)	H.A. Tierney (music) J. McCarthy (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer Indiana	Pub.
It's Time For Every Boy to Be a Soldier (1917)	H.A. Tierney (music) A. Bryan (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
It's Worth While Waiting For Someone Worth While (1918)	H.A. Tierney (music) J. McCarthy (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
My Baby's Arms (1919)	H.A. Tierney (music) J. McCarthy (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
My Little Service Flag Has Seven Stars (1918)	H.A. Tierney (music) S. Murphy (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑My Yokohama Girl (1917)	H.A. Tierney (music) A. Bryan (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Oh! What a Beautiful Baby You've Turn'd Out to Be (1917)	H.A. Tierney (music) Harry Tierney (coauth.) S. Murphy (words) Raymond Hitchcock (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Peace Walk (1915), The	H.A. Tierney (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP
Same Old Way (1923), The	H.A. Tierney (music) J. McCarthy (words)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
She's Dixie All the Time (1916)	H.A. Tierney (music) A. Bryan (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Indiana	Pub.
Sometime (1916)	H.A. Tierney (music) W. Jerome (words) Raymond Hitchcock (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1911)	H.A. Tierney (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Variety Rag (1912)	H.A. Tierney (music)	Piano	IMSLP
⇑Way Down There a Dixie Boy Is Missing (1917)	H.A. Tierney (music) S. Murphy (words) Belle Baker (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
When You Were a Baby and I Was the Kid Next Door (1915)	H.A. Tierney (music) E. Leslie (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Why Don't You? (1920)	H.A. Tierney (music) J. McCarthy (words) Alice Delysia (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 151 works by Harry Austin Tierney (1890-1965). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

1909-1916

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Bumble Bee, The	1909	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Twilight Reminds Me of You	1910	Edgar T Farran (words)
Black Canary Rag	1911		Pub.
Carnation March	1911	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Checker Board Rag	1911		Pub.
Crimson Rambler Rag	1911		Pub.
Dingle Pop Hop	1911		Pub.
Fanatic Rag, The	1911	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Fleur de Lis Rag	1911
Innocent Rag	1911		Pub.
Rubies and Pearls	1911		Pub.
⇑ That Chicken Glide	1911	Richard Goodall (words)
Uncle Tom's Cabin	1911	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
William's Wedding	1911		Pub.
Cabaret Rag	1912	Prince's Band (perf.)
Variety Rag	1912	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
1915 Rag	1913	Mike Bernard (perf.)
Chicago Tickle	1913		Pub.
Keep Smiling!	1913
Louisiana Rag	1913
Mission Glide	1913	Prince's Orchestra (perf.)
Tierney Rag	1913		Pub.
I'm Trying So Hard to Be Good For You	1914	R. P. Weston (words)	Pub.
⇑ Love Me in the Old-Fashioned Way	1914	Worton David (words)	Pub.
If You Can't Get a Girl in the Summertime You'll Never Get a Girl at All	1915	Bert Kalmar (words) Billy Beard (perf.) Evens & Arken (perf.) Dorothy Herman (perf.) Ada Jones (perf.) Lillian & Jack Waldron (perf.) Cissy Ramsden (perf.) Will C. Robbins (perf.) Jack Ryan (perf.)
Peace Walk, The	1915
When I Dream of Annie Laurie	1915	Coleman Goetz (words)
When You Were a Baby and I Was the Kid Next Door	1915	Edgar Leslie (words) Samuel Ash (perf.) Louise McMahon (perf.)	Pub.
Don't Play With Fire	1916	Anna Held (perf.)
Follow Me	1916	Victor Military Band (perf.)
How Would You Like to Bounce a Baby on Your Knee?	1916	Anna Held (perf.)
I Brought Red Roses in December to You	1916	Anna Held (words) Alfred Bryan (words) Hattie Burks (perf.) Anna Held (perf.)
I Can Live Without Your Kisses But I Won't Be Happy Dear	1916
If a Baby Would Never Grow Older	1916	Alfred Bryan (words)	Pub.
It's a Cute Little Way of My Own	1916	Robert B. Smith (words) Anna Held (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ La Parisian Peacock Girl	1916

1916-1918

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I	1916	Bert Hanlon (words) Benny Ryan (words) Anna Wheaton (perf.) Frances White (perf.)
Oh! I Want to Be Good But My Eyes Won't Let Me	1916	Anna Held (words) Alfred Bryan (words) Anna Held (perf.) Anna Wheaton (perf.)
She's Dixie All the Time	1916	Alfred Bryan (words) Albert Campbell (perf.) William F. Hooley (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) George O'Connor (perf.) Steve Porter (perf.)	Pub.
So This Is Paris	1916	Harold Atteridge (words)
Sometime	1916	William Jerome (words) Henry Burr (perf.) Albert Campbell (perf.) Arthur Collins (perf.) Raymond Hitchcock (perf.) John H. Meyer (perf.)
Buy a Red Cross Rosie	1917	Alfred Bryan (words)	Pub.
Chasing the Squirrel	1917
Cleopatra	1917	Alfred Bryan (words)	Pub.
Eyes of Youth	1917	Marjorie Rambeau (perf.)
Fame	1917
For One Sweet Day	1917	Alfred Bryan (words)	Pub.
⇑ Frivolous Moments	1917		Pub.
Garden of Liberty	1917
Girls Are Getting Wiser Ev'ry Day	1917	Anna Held (perf.)
I Proved That I Knew Something When I Fell in Love With You	1917
I Want You to Want Me With You	1917	Alfred Bryan (words)	Pub.
I'm Not So Different From the Girls of Long Ago	1917	Anna Held (perf.)
If You'll Be a Soldier I'll Be a Red Cross Nurse	1917
In My Irish Aeroplane	1917	Stanley Murphy (words) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
It's the Little Things That Count Most Ev'ry Way	1917	Anna Held (perf.)
It's Time For Every Boy to Be a Soldier	1917	Alfred Bryan (words) Charles Hart (perf.) Gladys Rice (perf.)	Pub.
Keep on the Right Hand Side of Father	1917
Keep Your Eye on Little Mary Brown	1917
⇑ Mammy Jinny's Hall of Fame	1917	Stanley Murphy (words)	Pub.
My Yokohama Girl	1917	Alfred Bryan (words)	Pub.
Nothing's Good Enough For a Good Little Girl if She's Good Enough For You	1917	Alfred Bryan (words)	Pub.
Oh! What a Beautiful Baby You've Turn'd Out to Be	1917	Harry Tierney (co-author) Stanley Murphy (words) Raymond Hitchcock (perf.)	Pub.
Palm Beach Dip, The	1917
Sweet Petootie	1917	Stanley Murphy (words)	Pub.
Way Down There a Dixie Boy Is Missing	1917	Stanley Murphy (words) Belle Baker (perf.)	Pub.
We Do the Best We Can	1917
What Would $50,000 Make You Do	1917
Arya (Eyes of the Night)	1918		Pub.
Century Grove Revue	1918		Pub.
Everything Is Hunky Dory Down in Honky Tonky Town	1918	Joe McCarthy (words) Marion Harris (perf.)
⇑ Fleur-De-Lis - Song	1918	Stanley Murphy (words)	Pub.

1918-1922

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I Found the End of the Rainbow	1918	John Mears (words) Joe McCarthy (words) Samuel Ash (perf.)
It's Worth While Waiting For Someone Worth While	1918	Joe McCarthy (words) Henry Burr (perf.) Albert Campbell (perf.)
Jerry Mon Cheri	1918	Stanley Murphy (words)
My Beautiful Egypt	1918	Alfred Bryan (words)	Pub.
My Little Service Flag Has Seven Stars	1918	Stanley Murphy (words)	Pub.
On Atlantic Beach	1918
Alice Blue Gown	1919	Joe McCarthy (words) Billie Burke (perf.) Helen Clark (perf.) Edith Day (perf.) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Alan Marshal (perf.) Stuart Robertson (perf.) May Robson (perf.) Arthur Treacher (perf.) Roland Young (perf.)
Castle of Dreams	1919	Joe McCarthy (words) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Charming	1919
Irene	1919	Joe McCarthy (words) Edith Day (perf.)	Pub.
Last Part of Ev'ry Party	1919
⇑ Last Part of Every Party, The	1919
My Baby's Arms	1919	Joe McCarthy (words) Art Hickman's Orchestra (perf.)	Pub.
Paul Jones, The	1919
Talk of the Town	1919
They're So Hard to Keep When They're Beautiful	1919
To Be Worthy	1919
Wee Bit of Lace, A	1919	George. M. Cohan (words)	Pub.
Worthy of You	1919
Hobbies	1920	Joe McCarthy (words)	Pub.
Selection From the Vanderbilty Producing Co's Production of 'irene'	1920
Skyrocket	1920	Edith Day (perf.)
To Love You	1920	Joseph McCarthy (words) Edith Day (perf.) Robert Michaelis (perf.)
⇑ We're Getting Away With It	1920	James Montgomery (perf.)
Where Do Mosquitos Go in the Wintertime?	1920	Joseph McCarthy (words) Wingy Manone (perf.)
Why Don't You?	1920	Joe McCarthy (words) Alice Delysia (perf.) All Star Trio (perf.)	Pub.
Saw Mill River Road	1921	Joe McCarthy (words) Columbians (perf.) Marshall Montgomery (perf.) Great White Way Orchestra (perf.)	Pub.
Bobbin' About	1922
First Step You Take	1922
Journey's End	1922	Joe McCarthy (words) Columbians (perf.) Paul Whiteman (perf.)	Pub.
Lady Luck	1922	Joe McCarthy (words)	Pub.
Let's Kiss and Make Up	1922	Joe McCarthy (words)
Nearing the Day	1922
Settle Down and Travel	1922
Smile on Me	1922
⇑ Takes a Heap of Love	1922

1922-1930

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Tie Up	1922
We're Nearing the Day	1922	Joseph McCarthy (words)
Along the Old Lake Trail	1923	Joe McCarthy (words) Paul Whiteman (perf.)	Pub.
Fountain of Youth, The	1923	Joe McCarthy (words)	Pub.
If Your Heart's in the Game	1923	Joe McCarthy (words)
Let's Do and Say We Didn't, Let's Don't and Say We Did	1923	Eddie Cantor (perf.)
Oh Take Those Lips Away	1923
Same Old Way, The	1923	Joe McCarthy (words) Mary Eaton (perf.) from "Kid Boots"	Pub.
Someone Loves You After All	1923	Joe McCarthy (words) Eddie Cantor (perf.) Mary Eaton (perf.) Paul Whiteman (perf.)	Pub.
Take, Oh Take, Those Lips Away	1923	Joe McCarthy (words) Brooke Johns (perf.)	Pub.
When Your Heart's in the Game	1923	Joe McCarthy (words)	Pub.
⇑ Adoring You	1924	Joe McCarthy (words) Joseph McCarthy (perf.)	Pub.
All Pepped Up	1924	Joe McCarthy (words)	Pub.
Keep Your Eye on the Ball	1924	Joe McCarthy (words)
Polly Put the Kettle On	1924	Albert Campbell (perf.) Eddie Cantor (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.)
Why Don't You Say So?	1925	Eddie Cantor (perf.) Mary Eaton (perf.)
Following the Sun Around	1926	Joe McCarthy (words) Bebe Daniels (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Out on the Loose To-Night	1926
If You're in Love, You'll Waltz	1926	Joe McCarthy (words) John Boles (perf.) Bebe Daniels (perf.) Rio Rita (perf.)	Pub.
Kinkajou, The	1926	Joe McCarthy (words)	Pub.
Ranger's Song, The	1926	Joe McCarthy (words) John Boles (perf.) Bebe Daniels (perf.)	Pub.
Rio Rita	1926	Joe McCarthy (words) John Boles (perf.) Bebe Daniels (perf.)	Pub.
We're All Pals Together	1926	Joe McCarthy (words)	Pub.
⇑ Are You There Sweetheart?	1927
Selection From Florenz Ziegfeld's Production of the Smart Musical Comedy Rio Rita	1927
Dream Sweetheart	1928	Joe McCarthy (words) Irving Kaufman (perf.) Robert Wood (perf.)
Lady Whippoorwill	1928	Joseph McCarthy (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)
Right Out of Heaven	1928	Irving Kaufman (perf.) Sleepy Ward (perf.)
Salaaming the Rajah	1928	Joseph McCarthy (words) Arthur Fields (perf.) Robert Wood (perf.)
Sweetheart We Need Each Other	1929	Joe McCarthy (words)	Pub.
You're Always in My Arms	1929	Joe McCarthy (words) John Boles (perf.) Bebe Daniels (perf.)	Pub.
Carl's Entrance	1930	Anna Caldwell (words) Everett Marshall (perf.)
Dixiana	1930	Benny Davis (words) Bebe Daniels (perf.) Everett Marshall (perf.)	Pub.
Goodbye Old Pals	1930	Anna Caldwell (words) Everett Marshall (perf.)
Mr. and Mrs. Sippi	1930	Anna Caldwell (words) Everett Marshall (perf.)
⇑ My Guiding Star	1930	Anna Caldwell (words) Everett Marshall (perf.)

1930-n.d.

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


My One Ambition Is You	1930	Anna Caldwell (words) Bebe Daniels (perf.) Everett Marshall (perf.)
My Shining Silver Star	1930	Anna Caldwell (words) Everett Marshall (perf.)
You've Got Me Out on a Limb	1940	Joe McCarthy (words)
Just For Tonight	?
King of the Maniac Band	?
Pass Along	?
Castles of Dreams	n.d.	Joseph McCarthy (words)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


H.A. Tierney	Arya (Eyes of the Night) (2:26)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
H.A. Tierney	Black Canary Rag (3:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
H.A. Tierney	The Bumble Bee Rag (2:23)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
H.A. Tierney	Carnation March (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
H.A. Tierney	The Fanatic Rag (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
H.A. Tierney	Louisiana Rag (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
H.A. Tierney	Innocent Rag (3:10)	Ragtime Dorian Henry