Thurland Chattaway

Thurland Chattaway (April 8, 1872 – November 12, 1947) was an American composer of popular music, active from approximately 1898 to 1912. He is best known for writing the words to the popular 1907 hit "Red Wing" with Kerry Mills. Other songs include "Little Black Me" and "Can't You Take It Back and Change It For a Boy".

Birth and Death Data: Born April 8, 1872 (Springfield), Died November 12, 1947 (Milford)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1899 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, composer

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Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Berliner	0757	7-in.	11/25/1899	Mandy Lee	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Berliner	0801	7-in.	Nov. 1899-Jan. 1900	Mandy Lee	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Berliner	0803	7-in.	12/8/1899	Little black me	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Berliner	01289	7-in.	May 1900	Mandy Lee	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]107	7-in.	7/10/1900	Mandy Lee	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]107	10-in.	3/4/1903	Mandy Lee	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]163	7-in.	7/21/1900	Mandy Lee	Arthur Collins ; Metropolitan Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]682	7-in.	2/16/1901	A flower from the garden of life	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]765	7-in.	5/2/1901	Little black me	Harry Macdonough ; Addison Dashiell Madeira	Male vocal duet	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1110	7-in.	11/27/1901	When the lilies-of-the-valley bloom again	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1110	10-in.	11/27/1901	When the lilies-of-the-valley bloom again	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1112	7-in.	11/27/1901	When the blue sky turns to gold	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1112	10-in.	11/27/1901	When the blue sky turns to gold	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1215	7-in.	1/23/1902	Mandy Lee	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with violin	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1215	10-in.	1/23/1902	Mandy Lee	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with violin	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1232	7-in.	2/5/1902	Picture in the sunset skies	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1232	10-in.	2/5/1902	The picture in the sunset skies	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1302	7-in.	3/6/1902	Tell me the way to go	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1302	10-in.	3/6/1902	Tell me the way to go	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1465	7-in.	7/9/1902	In the golden field of grain	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix C-]1465	12-in.	7/9/1902	In the golden field of grain	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1702	7-in.	10/17/1902	I wonder if your love will last	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1702	10-in.	10/17/1902	I wonder if your love will last	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]2095	7-in.	3/20/1903	I wonder if your love will last	William H. Thompson	Male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]2095	10-in.	3/20/1903	I wonder if your love will last	W. H. Thompson	Male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3113	10-in.	2/16/1901	A flower from the garden of life	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3308	10-in.	5/2/1901	Little black me	Harry Macdonough ; Addison Dashiell Madeira	Male vocal duet, with piano	composer, lyricist
Victor	A-7	7-in.	4/29/1903	A flower from the garden of life	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-7	10-in.	4/29/1903	A flower from the garden of life	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-393	10-in.	9/3/1903	When Jane and I were wed	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	A-734	7-in.	11/20/1903	Mandy Lee	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	A-949	7-in.	1/19/1904	When the blue sky turns to gold	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-949	10-in.	1/19/1904	When the blue sky turns to gold	Joseph Natus	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Victor	A-1045	7-in.	2/18/1904	Mandy Lee	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-1045	10-in.	5/11/1904	Mandy Lee	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Victor	A-1481	7-in.	6/16/1904	Mandy Lee	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with violin	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-1481	10-in.	6/16/1904	Mandy Lee	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with violin	composer, lyricist
Victor	C-3139	12-in.	2/23/1906	We've been chums for fifty years	Richard Jose	Counter-tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-4471	10-in.	5/9/1907	A little suit of blue	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-5023	10-in.	1/15/1908	Red Wing	S. H. Dudley ; Harry Macdonough	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-6965	10-in.	4/6/1909	I want a girl from Yankee Doodle town	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-10150	10-in.	4/5/1911	Can't you take it back and change it for a boy?	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-10185	10-in.	4/14/1911	Peggy Gray	"That Girl" Quartet	Female vocal quartet	composer, lyricist
Victor	C-19852	12-in.	5/15/1917	Medley of old songs	Victor Light Opera Company	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-29027	10-in.	11/23/1923	Mandy Lee	Shannon Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-31348	10-in.	11/21/1924	Red Wing	Shannon Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-31348	10-in.	6/24/1926	Red Wing	Shannon Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	PBS-061517	10-in.	8/8/1941	Red wing	City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	D7VB-2003	10-in.	11/6/1947	Take it back and change it for a boy	Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders	Female vocal solo, with string band	composer
Columbia	168	7-in.	ca. 1901	Mandy Lee	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Columbia	168	10-in.	ca. 1901	Mandy Lee	Edward M. Favor	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Columbia	224	7-in.	ca. 1901-Sept. 1902	Little black me	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Columbia	224	10-in.	ca. 1901	Little black me	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Columbia	749	7-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	Mandy Lee	Artists vary	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist, composer
Columbia	749	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	Mandy Lee	Artists vary	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist, composer
Columbia	800	7-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	Mandy Lee	Artists vary	Minstrels, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	800	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	Mandy Lee	Artists vary	Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	929	7-in.	ca. 1902	I have grown so used to you	Columbia Orchestra	Orchestra, with xylophone solo	composer
Columbia	929	10-in.	ca. 1902	I have grown so used to you	Columbia Orchestra	Orchestra, with xylophone solo	composer
Columbia	1012	7-in.	ca. 1902	I wonder if your love will last	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Columbia	1012	10-in.	ca. 1902-1908	I wonder if your love will last	J. W. Myers	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Columbia	1525	7-in.	ca. 1903	When I hold your hand in mine	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	1525	10-in.	ca. 1903	When I hold your hand in mine	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	3681	10-in.	between January and August 1907	Red Wing	Henry Burr ; Frank C. Stanley	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	3686	10-in.	between January and August 1907	A little suit of blue	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	4780	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Nov. 1910	Kerry Mills' barn dance	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	19310	10-in.	4/26/1911	Can't you take it back and change it for a boy?	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	19820	10-in.	3/16/1912	We've been chums for fifty years	Will Oakland	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	77268	10-in.	8/17/1917	Red wing	Henry Burr ; Andrea Sarto	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	81730	10-in.	4/25/1924	Red Wing	Ernest Errott Thompson	Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica (self-accompaniment)	lyricist
Columbia	W145043	10-in.	10/31/1927	Red Wing	Riley Puckett	Male vocal solo, with guitar	lyricist
OKeh	W400412	10-in.	3/7/1928	Red Wing	Honolulu Strollers	Instrumental trio, with male vocal trio (Hawaiian)	lyricist
Brunswick	E37343	10-in.	10/30/1931	I’ve grown so used to you	Al and Joe Blackburn	Male vocal duet, with instrumental quartet	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E22553-E22555	10-in.	4/21/1927	Mandy Lee	Buell Kazee	Male vocal solo, with violin, guitar, and piano	lyricist, composer
Brunswick	E25578-E25579	10-in.	12/13/1927	Mandy Lee	Frank McCravy ; James McCravy	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist, composer
Brunswick	E26075-E26076	10-in.	1/19/1928	Red wing	Sookie Hobbs ; Buell Kazee	Male vocal duet, with violin, guitar, and whistling	lyricist
Brunswick	C2089	10-in.	7/20/1928	Red Wing	Floyd Thompson and his Home Towners	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica	lyricist
Brunswick	C2288	10-in.	8/31/1928	Red Wing	Floyd Thompson Home Towners	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	lyricist
Brunswick	K8068	10-in.	Apr. 1930	I’ve grown so used to it now	Robert A. Gardner ; Lester McFarland	Male vocal duet, with guitar, mandolin, and harmonica	composer, lyricist
Edison	150	Not documented	8/2/1910	Red Wing	Frederick H. Potter	Tenor vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	2092	10-in.	1/14/1913	Mandy Lee	Walter Van Brunt	Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Edison	11455	10-in.	1/21/1927	Red Wing (An Indian fable)	Walter Scanlan	Male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	N-356	10-in.	8/17/1928	Melodies of long ago no. 2	Hank Simmon's Show Boat Quartet	Male vocal quartet	lyricist
Vocalion	13666-13667	10-in.	9/10/1924	Red Wing	George Reneau	Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica	lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Chattaway, Thurland," accessed May 1, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100970.

Chattaway, Thurland. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 1, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100970.

"Chattaway, Thurland." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 May 2024.

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