Will D. Cobb

William Denight Cobb (July 5, 1876 – January 20, 1930) was an American lyricist and composer. He and a partner, Ren Shields, produced several popular musicals and musical comedies in the early 20th century. Cobb also had a long-run collaboration with Gus Edwards.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 6, 1876, Died January 20, 1930

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1900 - 1940

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, composer, songwriter

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Berliner 0921 7-in. 1/27/1900 I couldn't stand to see ma baby loose Arthur Collins Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]222 7-in. 9/25/1900 I can't tell why I love you, but I do Albert Campbell Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]512 7-in. 11/15/1900 Oh! Wouldn't that jar you? S. H. Dudley Male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]533 7-in. 11/21/1900 I can't tell why I love you, but I do Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]533 10-in. 9/8/1902 I can't tell why I love you, but I do Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]648 7-in. 2/2/1901 My charcoal charmer Arthur Collins Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]648 10-in. 2/2/1901 My charcoal charmer Arthur Collins Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]655 7-in. 2/6/1901 Good-bye Dolly Gray Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]655 10-in. 2/15/1902 Good-bye Dolly Gray Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix C-]655 12-in. 6/11/1902 Good-bye Dolly Gray Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]679 7-in. 2/16/1901 All for a man whose god was gold Joseph Natus Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]679 10-in. 4/29/1903 All for a man whose god was gold Joseph Natus Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]790 7-in. 5/13/1901 I couldn't stand to see my baby lose Silas F. Leachman Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]828 7-in. 5/21/1901 Mamie J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]914 7-in. 7/17/1901 Good-bye Dolly Gray American Quartet Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1093 7-in. 11/13/1901 My charcoal charmer Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1093 10-in. 11/13/1901 My charcoal charmer Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1097 7-in. 11/20/1901 I'll be with you when the roses bloom again Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1097 10-in. 11/20/1901 I'll be with you when the roses bloom again Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1108 7-in. 11/27/1901 My lonesome little Louisiana lady Joseph Natus Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1108 10-in. 11/27/1901 My lonesome little Louisiana lady Joseph Natus Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1116 7-in. 11/27/1901 I'll be with you when the roses bloom again Joseph Natus Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1116 10-in. 11/27/1901 I'll be with you when the roses bloom again Joseph Natus Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1136 7-in. 12/10/1901 Way down yonder in the cornfield J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1136 10-in. 12/10/1901 Way down yonder in the cornfield J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix C-]1136 12-in. 7/8/1902 Way down yonder in the cornfield J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1147 7-in. 12/13/1901 Minne-ha-ha J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1147 10-in. 12/13/1901 Minne-ha-ha J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1233 7-in. 2/5/1902 It's hard to leave your girl behind J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1233 10-in. 2/5/1902 It's hard to leave your girl behind J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1273 7-in. 2/20/1902 He ought to have a tablet in the Hall of Fame S. H. Dudley Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1273 10-in. 2/20/1902 He ought to have a tablet in the Hall of Fame S. H. Dudley Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1307 7-in. 3/8/1902 Sally's Sunday hat Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1307 10-in. 3/8/1902 Sally's Sunday hat Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1456 7-in. 7/1/1902 I'm the man that makes the money in the mint Silas Leachman Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1456 10-in. 7/1/1902 I'm the man that makes the money in the mint Silas Leachman Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1470 7-in. 7/11/1902 If Aladdin would lend me his lamp Dan W. Quinn Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1470 10-in. 7/11/1902 If Aladdin would lend me his lamp Dan W. Quinn Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix C-]1470 12-in. 7/11/1902 If Aladdin would lend me his lamp Dan W. Quinn Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1656 7-in. 10/2/1902 Fare thee well, Mollie darling Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1656 10-in. 10/2/1902 Fare thee well, Molly darling Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1658 7-in. 10/2/1902 Could you be true to eyes of blue? Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1658 10-in. 10/2/1902 Could you be true to eyes of blue? Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1794 7-in. 11/20/1902 Fare thee well, Mollie darling Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1794 10-in. 11/20/1902 Fare thee well, Mollie darling Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1951 7-in. 2/9/1903 Way down yonder in the cornfield Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1951 10-in. 2/9/1903 Way down yonder in the cornfield Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]2126 10-in. 3/30/1903 Mamie S. H. Dudley Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]2155 10-in. 4/3/1903 Please Mamma buy me a baby Byron G. Harlan Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]3007 10-in. 1/4/1901 Oh! Wouldn't that jar you? S. H. Dudley Male vocal solo lyricist, composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]3074 10-in. 2/2/1901 My charcoal charmer Arthur Collins Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]3083 10-in. 2/6/1901 Good-bye Dolly Gray Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]3110 10-in. 2/16/1901 All for a man whose god was gold Joseph Natus Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]3132 10-in. 2/21/1901 Good-bye Dolly Gray J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]3181 10-in. 3/6/1901 Good bye Dolly Gray Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]3346 10-in. 5/13/1901 I couldn't stand to see my baby lose Silas F. Leachman Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]3390 10-in. 5/21/1901 Mamie J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]3517 10-in. 7/17/1901 Goodbye Dollie Gray American Quartet Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]3551 10-in. 9/10/1901 I can't tell why I love you, but I do Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor A-176 7-in. 6/30/1903 Please, Mama, buy me a baby James Doyle Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor B-176 10-in. 6/30/1903 Please, Mama, buy me a baby James Doyle Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor B-286 10-in. 8/25/1903 Please, Mama, buy me a baby Byron G. Harlan Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor A-291 7-in. 8/27/1903 I can't tell why I love you, but I do Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor B-291 10-in. 8/27/1903 I can't tell why I love you, but I do Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor B-419 10-in. 9/16/1903 I'll be with you when the roses bloom again Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor A-419 7-in. 1/27/1904 I'll be with you when the roses bloom again Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor A-555 7-in. 10/14/1903 I love only one girl in this wide, wide world Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor B-555 10-in. 10/14/1903 I love only one girl in this wide, wide world Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor B-637 10-in. 11/6/1903 Could you be true to eyes of blue? Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor A-638 7-in. 11/6/1903 When the roses bloom again Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor B-638 10-in. 11/6/1903 I'll be with you when the roses bloom again Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor B-717 10-in. 11/18/1903 Fare thee well, Mollie darling Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor A-950 7-in. 1/19/1904 All for a man whose god was gold Joseph Natus Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor A-1058 7-in. 3/1/1904 In Zanzibar Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-1058 10-in. 3/1/1904 In Zanzibar Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor A-1162 7-in. 3/24/1904 Fare thee well, Molly darling Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-1162 10-in. 3/24/1904 Fare thee well, Molly darling Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor A-1177 7-in. 3/30/1904 Good-bye Dolly Gray Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano and bugle lyricist  
Victor B-1177 10-in. 6/8/1904 Good-bye Dolly Gray Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano and bugle lyricist  
Victor B-1179 10-in. 3/30/1904 Good bye Dolly Gray Haydn Quartet ; Walter B. Rogers Male vocal quartet, with piano and bugle lyricist  
Victor B-1485 10-in. 6/16/1904 Goodbye little girl, goodbye Mina Hickman Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-2121 10-in. 1/9/1905 Good bye, little girl, good bye Old Homestead Double Quartet Male vocal quartet or octet lyricist  
Victor B-2137 10-in. 1/12/1905 I can't tell why I love you, but I do Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-2651 10-in. 6/20/1905 Good bye, sweet Marie Haydn Quartet ; Harry Macdonough Male vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-2915 10-in. 11/29/1905 If a girl like you loved a boy like me Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-3336 10-in. 4/26/1906 While the old mill-wheel is turning Byron G. Harlan Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-3380 10-in. 5/10/1906 Waltz me around again, Willie Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor E-3380 8-in. 5/10/1906 Waltz me around again, Willie Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-3789 10-in. 9/12/1906 I'll do anything in the world for you Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-3797 10-in. 9/17/1906 Rosebud Byron G. Harlan Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist, composer  
Victor B-3877 10-in. 10/12/1906 When Tommy Atkins marries Dolly Gray Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor E-3877 8-in. 10/12/1906 When Tommy Atkins marries Dolly Gray Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-4092 10-in. 12/10/1906 The game of peek-a-boo Ada Jones ; Billy Murray Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-4264 10-in. 2/26/1907 That welcome on the mat ain't meant for me Collins and Harlan Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-4270 10-in. 2/26/1907 School days Byron G. Harlan Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-4559[a] 10-in. 6/5/1907 Captain Baby Bunting Byron G. Harlan Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-4852 10-in. 10/2/1907 Dixie Dan Arthur Collins Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor E-4852 8-in. 10/2/1907 Dixie Dan Arthur Collins Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-5092 10-in. 2/21/1908 The peach that tastes the sweetest hangs the highest on the tree Ed Morton Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor E-5092 8-in. 2/21/1908 The peach that tastes the sweetest hangs highest on the tree Ed Morton Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-6230 10-in. 5/26/1908 Goodbye, little girl, goodbye Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied lyricist  
Victor B-6344 10-in. 8/12/1908 Sunbonnet Sue Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-6345 10-in. 8/12/1908 Sunbonnet Sue Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-6598 10-in. 11/12/1908 Take plenty of shoes Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-6623 10-in. 11/30/1908 Gee, but you look awful good to me Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-6914 10-in. 3/20/1909 Yip! I adee! I aye Blanche Ring Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-8020 10-in. 6/4/1909 Come take a swim in my ocean Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-10156 10-in. 4/6/1911 Two dirty little hands Lilian Homesley Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-11855 10-in. 4/11/1912 Since my Margaret become a suffragette Maurice Burkhart Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-12180 10-in. 7/11/1912 On a beautiful night with a beautiful girl Heidelberg Quintette Male vocal quintet, unaccompanied lyricist  
Victor B-13077 10-in. 4/3/1913 I'll get you Helen Clark ; Walter Van Brunt Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-13840 10-in. 9/22/1913 If a table at Rector's could talk Nat M. Wills Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-14312 10-in. 1/13/1914 The woman Thou gavest me American Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-14392 10-in. 1/28/1914 If they don't stop making them so beautiful Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-14404 10-in. 1/30/1914 The woman Thou gavest me Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-15294 10-in. 10/21/1914 Sunbeam Sal Nora Bayes Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor C-16098 12-in. 6/17/1915 Songs of the past, no. 1 Victor Mixed Chorus Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor CVE-16098 12-in. 1/13/1927 Songs of the past, no. 1 Victor Mixed Chorus Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor C-16218 12-in. 7/21/1915 Songs of the past, no. 6 Victor Mixed Chorus Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-18133 10-in. 7/19/1916 I lost my heart in Honolulu Charles Harrison ; Herbert Stuart Male vocal duet, with violin, cello, and orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-18896 10-in. 1/2/1917 I never wanted anything so good so bad Marie Cahill Female vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor C-18925 12-in. 12/22/1916 Songs of the past, no. 23 Victor Mixed Chorus Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-19628 10-in. 4/25/1917 For you a rose Edna Brown Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-20336 10-in. 7/13/1917 Laddie boy Nora Bayes Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-21435 10-in. 1/30/1918 That grand old gentleman (Uncle Sam) Percy Hemus Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-21699 10-in. 5/2/1918 For you a rose Emilio de Gogorza Baritone vocal solo, with violin, bells, and orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-25593 10-in. 10/10/1921 I want you morning, noon and night Charles Harrison Male vocal solo, with oboe, bassoon, trombone, and orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-27062 10-in. 11/2/1922 When eyes met eyes, when lips met lips (When two hearts beat as one) Lambert Murphy Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-38494 10-in. 4/27/1927 I'll be with you when the roses bloom again Vernon Dalhart Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar lyricist  
Victor BRC-72513 10-in. 4/26/1932 School days Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra Jazz/dance band lyricist  
Victor BS-030727 10-in. 12/17/1938 Medley of Gus Edwards' hits Dick Todd Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band lyricist  
Victor BS-030728 10-in. 12/17/1938 Medley of Gus Edwards' hits Dick Todd Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band lyricist  
Victor BS-041927 10-in. 8/28/1939 I can't tell why I love you but I do Bob Chester Orchestra ; Kathleen Lane Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BS-047287 10-in. 2/29/1940 A bird in a gilded cage Emile Coté ; Victor Mixed Chorus Mixed vocal chorus, with instrumental ensemble lyricist  
Victor BS-051230 10-in. 6/5/1940 Shine on harvest moon [from Ziegfeld follies of 1908] Anita Boyer ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; The Tune Twisters ; Victor Salon Orchestra Orchestra, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble lyricist  
Columbia 77 7-in. ca. 1901 Fare thee well, Molly darling J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 77 10-in. ca. 1901 Fare thee well, Molly darling J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 113 7-in. ca. 1901 Good bye, Dolly Gray Artists vary Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 113 10-in. ca. 1901 Good bye, Dolly Gray Artists vary Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 317 7-in. ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 Mamie Edward M. Favor Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 317 10-in. ca. 1901 Mamie Edward M. Favor Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 321 7-in. ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 Good bye, Dolly Gray Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 321 10-in. ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 Good bye, Dolly Gray Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 324 7-in. ca. 1901 I can't tell why I love you, but I do Artists vary Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 324 10-in. ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 I can't tell why I love you, but I do Artists vary Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 351 7-in. ca. 1901 Pan! Pan! Pan! Artists vary Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 351 10-in. ca. 1901 Pan! Pan! Pan! Artists vary Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 357 7-in. ca. 1901 I'll be with you when the roses bloom again Artists vary Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 357 10-in. ca. 1901 I'll be with you when the roses bloom again Artists vary Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 374 7-in. ca. 1901 Bessie, my right hand bower Artists vary Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 374 10-in. ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 Bessie, my right hand bower Artists vary Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 513 7-in. ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 Good bye, Dolly Gray Artists vary Male vocal quartet, with bugle and piano lyricist  
Columbia 513 10-in. ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 Good bye, Dolly Gray Artists vary Male vocal quartet, with bugle and piano lyricist  
Columbia 516[a] 10-in. ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 Good bye, Dolly Gray Climax Quartette Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Columbia 571 7-in. ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 Way down yonder in the cornfield J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 571 10-in. ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 Way down yonder in the cornfield J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 572 7-in. ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 Minnie, ha! ha! J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 572 10-in. ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 Minnie, ha! ha! J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 598[a] 7-in. ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 I'll be with you when the roses bloom again Joseph Natus Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 714 7-in. ca. 1902 Way down yonder in the cornfield Artists vary Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Columbia 714 10-in. approximately 1902 Way down yonder in the cornfield Artists vary Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Columbia 755 7-in. ca. 1902 If Alladin would lend me his lamp J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 755 10-in. ca. 1902 If Alladin would lend me his lamp J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 764 7-in. ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 Mamie Arthur Collins Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 764 10-in. ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 Mamie Arthur Collins Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 1050 7-in. approximately 1902 Could you be true to eyes of blue (If you looked into eyes of brown) J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 1050 10-in. ca. 1902-1908 Could you be true to eyes of blue (if you looked into eyes of brown) J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 1192 7-in. ca. 1903-Oct. 1905 Please, Mamma, buy me a baby Byron G. Harlan Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 1192 10-in. ca. 1903 Please, Mamma, buy me a baby Byron G. Harlan Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 1722 10-in. ca. 1903-Jan. 1904 In Zanzibar J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 1763 10-in. ca. Jan.-Mar. 1904 In Zanzibar Emma Carus Female vocal solo, with female vocal chorus and orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 1840 10-in. ca. Jan.-July 1904 Good bye, little girl, good bye Byron G. Harlan Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 3064 10-in. between 1904 and February 1905 Good bye, sis Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with organ lyricist  
Columbia 3069 10-in. between 1904 and February 1905 Mumm's the word J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 3242 10-in. ca. Jan.-Sept. 1905 The girl who cares for me Frank C. Stanley Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 3306 10-in. ca. 1905 Somebody's sweetheart I want to be J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Columbia 3322 10-in. ca. 1905-Feb. 1906 Somebody's sweetheart I want to be Byron G. Harlan Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 3450 10-in. ca. Jan.-Aug. 1906 Waltz me around again, Willie Columbia Quartette Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 3453 10-in. Jan.-Sept. 1906 While the old mill wheel is turning Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell ; Columbia Quartette Male vocal duet and male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 3479 10-in. ca. Jan.-Sept. 1906 The Rambler Minstrel Company : Record D Collins and Harlan ; Rambler Minstrel Company Minstrels and male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 3543 10-in. ca. 1906 Rosebud Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist, composer  
Columbia 3580 10-in. between late 1906 and February 1907 When Tommy Atkins marries Dolly Gray Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 3588 10-in. ca. Jan.-Mar. 1907 I just can't make my eyes behave Ada Jones Female vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Columbia 3618 10-in. ca. Jan.-Apr. 1907 Captain Baby Bunting Byron G. Harlan Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 3637 10-in. Jan.-May 1907 Ask me not Will F. Denny Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 3650 10-in. between January and June 1907 That welcome on the mat ain't meant for me Collins and Harlan Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 3665 10-in. between January and June 1907 Meet me down at the corner Ada Jones ; Len Spencer Comic dialogue and vocal, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 3745 10-in. between 1907 and February 1908 School days Albert Campbell Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 4340 10-in. between 1909 and March 1910 Two dirty little hands Carroll Clark Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Columbia 38323 10-in. 10/10/1912 On a beautiful night with a beautiful girl Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 38720 10-in. 3/21/1913 I'll get you Ada Jones ; Walter Van Brunt Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 46850 10-in. 6/20/1916 I lost my heart in Honolulu Sterling Trio Male vocal trio, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 77204 10-in. 7/12/1917 Laddie boy Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 77313 10-in. 9/5/1917 For you a rose George Wilson [James Harrod] Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 77374 10-in. 9/24/1917 Way down yonder in the cornfield Columbia Stellar Quartette Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied lyricist  
Columbia 77570 10-in. 12/12/1917 Good-bye, Dolly Gray Broadway Quartette [i.e., Columbia Stellar Quartette] ; Hugh Donovan Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 77839 10-in. 5/22/1918 That grand old gentleman, Uncle Sam Arthur Hall Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia W141365 10-in. 12/8/1925 I'll be with you when the roses bloom again Vernon Dalhart Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar lyricist  
Columbia W143095 10-in. 11/6/1926 I'll be with you when the roses bloom again Richard Burnett ; Leonard Rutherford Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar lyricist  
Columbia [W]143771 10-in. 3/26/1927 Waltz me around again, Willie Chris Bouchillon Male vocal solo and male vocal duet, with guitar lyricist  
Columbia W145775 10-in. 3/16/1928 Yip-i-addy-i-ay! Jack Kaufman Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band lyricist  
Columbia CCO4704 10-in. 12/17/1946 When the roses bloom again Old Hickory Singers ; Claude Sharpe Male vocal quartet, with string band lyricist  
OKeh S-7757 10-in. Feb. 1921 Way down yonder in de cornfield Shannon Four Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh S-7785 10-in. Feb. 1921 I want you morning, noon and night Samuel Ash Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh S-73338 10-in. May 1925 Mamie Harry Robinson Male vocal solo, with ukulele lyricist  
OKeh W81070 10-in. 5/7/1927 When the roses bloom again Vernon Dalhart Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar lyricist  
OKeh W81161 10-in. 7/11/1927 I'll be with you when the roses bloom again Southern Melody Artists [Justin Ring's OKeh Orchestra] Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet lyricist  
OKeh [OK cat 1233-b] 10-in. approximately 1919 The woman thou gavest me Samuel Ash Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick E27665 10-in. 6/7/1928 School days Richard Brooks Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar lyricist  
Brunswick E29120 10-in. 1/15/1929 I just can’t make my eyes behave Orchestra (unidentified; Brunswick Records) Orchestra songwriter  
Brunswick E25610-E25611 10-in. 12/14/1927 Goodbye, little girl, goodbye Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 499 Not documented approximately Dec. 1910 Two little dirty hands Maurice Farkoa Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 4759 10-in. 6/1/1916 I lost my heart in Honolulu George Wilton Ballard Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 5562 10-in. 5/15/1917 For you a rose George Wilton Ballard Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 6144 10-in. Apr. 1918 That grand old gentleman, Uncle Sam Arthur Fields Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 6469 10-in. between 11/12/1918 and 11/27/1918 Mollie darling Charles Hart Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 11617 10-in. 3/30/1927 I'll be with you when the roses bloom again Walter Scanlan Male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 19078 10-in. 3/6/1929 If I was a millionaire Bob Pierce Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison N-355 10-in. 8/17/1928 Melodies of long ago no. 1 Hank Simmon's Show Boat Quartet Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Edison N-769 10-in. 3/6/1929 If I was a millionaire Bob Pierce Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Vocalion 23268 10-in. 7/25/1938 School days Frank Novak and his Rootin' Tootin' Boys Orchestra, with male vocal ensemble lyricist  
Leeds & Catlin [L & C cat 219-A] 10-in. between late 1908 and early 1909 Take plenty of shoes (It's a long roam home) Arthur Collins Male vocal solo lyricist  
Leeds & Catlin [L & C cat 233-A] 10-in. between late 1908 and early 1909 Yip-i-addy-i-aye! Pete Murray Male vocal solo lyricist  
Leeds & Catlin [L & C cat 4039[b]] 10-in. between late 1903 and 1904 In Zanzibar Arthur Collins Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Leeds & Catlin [L & C cat 4039[a]] 10-in. between late 1903 and 1904 In Zanzibar Arthur Collins Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cobb, Will D.," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100290.

Cobb, Will D.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100290.

"Cobb, Will D.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.

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