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Carrie Jacobs-Bond

Carrie Minetta Jacobs-Bond (August 11, 1862 – December 28, 1946) was an American singer, pianist, and songwriter who composed some 175 pieces of popular music from the 1890s through the early 1940s.

She is perhaps best remembered for writing the parlor song "I Love You Truly", becoming the first woman to sell one million copies of a song. The song first appeared in her 1901 collection Seven Songs as Unpretentious as the Wild Rose, along with "Just Awearyin' for You", which was also widely recorded.

Jacobs-Bond's song with the highest number of sales immediately after release was "A Perfect Day" in 1910. A 2009 August 29 NPR documentary on Jacobs-Bond emphasized "I Love You Truly" together with "Just Awearyin' for You" and "A Perfect Day" as her three great hits. Jacobs-Bond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

Birth and Death Data: Born August 11th, 1862 (Janesville), Died December 8th, 1946 (Hollywood)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1908 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, vocalist, piano

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 103 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor C-5042 12-in. 1/29/1908 His lullaby Ernestine Schumann-Heink Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, contralto, Musical group, composer  
Victor B-8384 10-in. 11/17/1909 Happy li'l Sal Elizabeth Wheeler Female vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, soprano vocal, lyricist, composer  
Victor B-9151 10-in. 6/30/1910 I love you truly Sybil Sammis-MacDermid Female vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, soprano vocal, lyricist, composer  
Victor B-10520 10-in. 6/8/1911 Just a-wearyin' for you Evan Williams Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal, lyricist, composer  
Victor B-12069 10-in. 6/4/1912 I love you truly Elsie Baker Female vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, contralto, composer, lyricist  
Victor B-13445 10-in. 6/17/1913 A perfect day Elsie Baker Female vocal solo, with orchestra and cello obbligato vocalist, contralto, conductor, instrumentalist, cello, composer, lyricist  
Victor B-14219 10-in. 12/18/1913 Po' lil' lamb Gertrude Penfield Seiberling Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist, contralto, instrumentalist, piano, lyricist, composer  
Victor B-15320 10-in. 11/2/1914 A perfect day Rosario Bourdon Cello solo, with orchestra instrumentalist, cello, conductor, composer  
Victor B-15370 10-in. 11/10/1914 A perfect day Emilio de Gogorza Baritone vocal solo, with cello and orchestra vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, cello, conductor, composer, lyricist  
Victor B-15519 10-in. 12/17/1914 Doan' yo' lis'n Marguerite Dunlap Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist, contralto, composer, instrumentalist, piano, lyricist  
Victor B-15520 10-in. 12/17/1914 The sandman Marguerite Dunlap Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist, contralto, composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, piano  
Victor B-16185 10-in. 7/9/1915 A perfect day McKee Trio Instrumental trio Musical group, instrumentalist, violin, piano, cello, composer  
Victor B-16484 10-in. 9/14/1915 I love you truly Imperial Quartet Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied lyricist, Vocal group, composer  
Victor C-16660 12-in. 10/15/1915 Perfect day waltz Victor Orchestra Orchestra Musical group, conductor, composer  
Victor C-17383 12-in. 3/27/1916 Do you remember? Evan Williams Tenor vocal solo, with cello and orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, cello, conductor, composer, lyricist  
Victor B-17383 10-in. 3/27/1916 Do you remember? Evan Williams Tenor vocal solo, with cello obbligato and orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, cello, conductor, lyricist  
Victor B-19153 10-in. 2/2/1917 A perfect day Elizabeth Spencer Female vocal solo, with cello and orchestra vocalist, soprano vocal, instrumentalist, cello, conductor, composer, lyricist  
Victor B-21996 10-in. 6/19/1918 His buttons are marked U.S. Olive Kline Female vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, soprano vocal, lyricist, conductor, composer  
Victor B-26555 10-in. 6/29/1922 A hundred years from now Elsie Baker Contralto vocal solo, with violin and orchestra vocalist, contralto, instrumentalist, violin, conductor, author, composer  
Victor B-31188 10-in. 11/16/1924 I love you truly Alfred Wallenstein Cello solo, with piano instrumentalist, cello, piano, arranger, composer  
Victor BVE-48837 10-in. 1/29/1929 I've done my work Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker Mixed vocal chorus and soloist, with piano Vocal group, choral director, vocalist, soprano vocal, lyricist, composer  
Victor BVE-57530 10-in. 11/7/1929 I love you truly Rosario Bourdon ; Victor Novelty Orchestra Orchestra Musical group, director, composer  
Victor LBS-75606 10-in. (33-1/3 rpm) 3/16/1933 The lost chord Charles O’Connell Pipe organ solo composer, instrumentalist, pipe organ  
Victor CS-011478 12-in. 8/13/1937 The end of a perfect day Lew White Organ solo, with violin, harp, and vocal ensemble lyricist, instrumentalist, pipe organ, composer  
Victor BS-047634 10-in. 2/8/1940 Just a-wearyin' for you Morris Brown Quartet Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied composer, lyricist, session supervisor, Vocal group  
(Results 1-25 of 103 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Jacobs-Bond, Carrie," accessed June 22, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104837.

Jacobs-Bond, Carrie. (2021). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 22, 2021, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104837.

"Jacobs-Bond, Carrie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2021. Web. 22 June 2021.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104837

External Sources

Wikipedia: Carrie Jacobs-Bond

Discogs: Jacobs-Bond, Carrie

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85049048

Wikidata: Carrie Jacobs-Bond - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5046241

VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/27258710/

MusicBrainz: Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946 - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f4852b7b-c5a4-493d-ac50-4ed8bca74d23

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