Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright (15 February 1888 – 19 May 1964) was a British popular music composer and publisher. He was born in Leicester and opened a music shop in the city in 1906. A short time later his first song, "Down By The Stream", was published, and by 1912 he had established the Lawrence Wright Music Co in Denmark Street, London. Wright went on to write (or co-write) over 600 songs under his own name and as Horatio Nicholls, including the World War I propaganda song "Are We Downhearted? No!", and would receive an Ivor Novello Award in 1962 for Outstanding Contribution to British Popular Music. He was one of the very rare composers of popular music in this period to make a substantial amount of money - it had not been unusual to see composers who had written dozens of hits die in poverty. In 1927, Wright appeared in a short film made in the DeForest Phonofilm with excerpts of his revue Sensations of 1927. His 1927 collaboration with Edgar Leslie, "Among My Souvenirs", has been covered by artists including Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Judy Garland, and Connie Francis. Wright founded Melody Maker magazine in 1926. He moved to Blackpool in the early 1920s and became a show promoter. Running "On With The Show" on the North Pier for a record-breaking 32 years (1924 - 1956). He lived in a mock castle house, later called the Castle Casino, on Blackpool's North Promenade. After he began using a wheelchair, he moved to a bungalow in Carlin Gate. After being sold, much memorabilia was discovered at the address including posters, bills, letters, sheet music and musical scores. In 1930 he composed Amy, Wonderful Amy, a song about Amy Johnson. |
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Birth and Death Data: Born February 15, 1888 (Leicester), Died May 19, 1964 (Blackpool)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1908 - 1949
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, lyricist
Notes: Lawrence Wright wrote under many pseudonyms including Everett Lynton, Gene Williams, Betsy O'Hagan, and Horatio Nicholls.
See Also: Wright, Lawrence; Nicholls, Horati
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Recordings (Results 101-125 of 142 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Brunswick | C1381-C1383 | 10-in. | 12/18/1927 | Among my souvenirs | Eddie Dunstedter | Pipe organ solo | composer | |
Brunswick | A154 | 10-in. | July 1927 | Whispering pines of Nevada | Ambrose Mayfair Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 844W-846W | 10-in. | 5/22/1925 | The memory of a song (Love came to me in that sweet song divine) | Colin O'More | Male vocal solo, with string quartet, tuba, and piano | composer | |
Brunswick | TCL1418 | 10-in. | 3/2/1931 | Say a little prayer for me | Morton Downey | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | DB135 | 10-in. | 11/8/1928 | My inspiration is you | Melville Gideon | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Brunswick | DB151 | 10-in. | 11/21/1928 | The magic violin | Instrumental sextet [Unidentified; Brunswick Records] | Instrumental sextet, with female vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | [Br (U.K.) cat 197-a] | 10-in. | approximately Aug. 1928 | My inspiration is you | Harry Shalson | Male vocal solo, with violin and piano | composer | |
Brunswick | DB206 | 10-in. | 6/24/1929 | My ideal | Sidney Wilson | Vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Brunswick | [Br (U.K.) cat 208-b] | 10-in. | Dec. 1928 | High Street, Africa | Cicely Courtneidge | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Brunswick | R322 | 10-in. | approximately Sept. 1927 | Souvenirs | Harry Shalson | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Brunswick | ME36385 | 10-in. | 5/13/1931 | Say a little prayer for me | Jack Denny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Edison | 3456 | 10-in. | Nov. 1914 | Farewell, Isabelle | Reed Miller | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Edison | 3842 | 10-in. | 6/3/1915 | Some little girl named Mary | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Edison | 3859 | 10-in. | 6/8/1915 | Take me back to your heart | George Wilton Ballard | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Edison | 3921 | 10-in. | 6/30/1915 | Somebody's boy | Elizabeth Spencer | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Edison | 4711 | 10-in. | 5/8/1916 | The garden of flowers | Walter Van Brunt | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Edison | 4787 | 10-in. | 6/14/1916 | There's a little baby up in the moon | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Edison | 5923 | 10-in. | 12/12/1917 | Blue bird | Gladys Rice | Female vocal solo and mixed vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6485 | 10-in. | between 12/2/1918 and 12/11/1918 | 'Twas an old fashioned song | Lewis James | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Edison | 7175 | 10-in. | 2/24/1920 | I'd build a world in the heart of a rose | Thomas Chalmers | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 7225 | 10-in. | 3/18/1920 | The kingdom within your eyes | Talbot O'Farrell | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 7231 | 10-in. | 3/19/1920 | I'd just paint the leaf of the shamrock | Talbot O'Farrell | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 7232 | 10-in. | 3/19/1920 | That old fashioned mother of mine | Talbot O'Farrell | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 7272 | 10-in. | 4/7/1920 | Wyoming | Max Fells' Della Robbia Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 8396 | 10-in. | 3/27/1922 | There's silver in your hair (But there's gold within your heart) | Lewis James | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wright, Lawrence," accessed June 10, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100861.
Wright, Lawrence. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 10, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100861.
"Wright, Lawrence." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 10 June 2023.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Wright, Lawrence, 1888-1964 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004021478
Wikidata: Lawrence Wright (composer) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6504765
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/94073013
MusicBrainz: Horatio Nicholls - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3f8402c3-b782-4508-bfe1-7350bd5f4d57
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