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James L. Molloy

James Lynam Molloy (19 August 1837 – 4 February 1909) was an Irish composer, poet, and author. His songs were praised by his contemporaries; one said that he "will be remembered, or certainly his songs will, long after the 'superior' and so-called 'art-songs' of to-day are forgotten."

Birth and Death Data: Born 1837, Died February 4, 1909

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1894 - 1946

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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 181 7-in. 11/16/1896 Love’s old sweet song George J. Gaskin Male vocal solo composer  
Berliner 365 7-in. 11/2/1894 Punchinello Grace McCulloch Female vocal solo composer  
Berliner 578 7-in. Apr. 1898 Love’s old sweet song Annie Carter Female vocal solo composer  
Berliner 0787 7-in. 11/21/1899 Love's old sweet song Herbert L. Clarke Cornet solo composer  
Berliner 01213 7-in. 4/19/1900 The Kerry dance Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet composer, lyricist  
Berliner 01270 7-in. 4/28/1900 Love's old sweet song E. Francisco Baritone vocal solo composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]116 7-in. 7/11/1900 The Kerry dance Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet composer, lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]500 7-in. 11/9/1900 Love's old sweet song Herbert L. Clarke Cornet solo, with piano composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1550 7-in. 8/11/1902 Oh! How delightful Arthur Pryor ; Walter B. Rogers Cornet and trombone duet composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1550 10-in. 8/11/1902 Oh! How delightful Arthur Pryor ; Walter B. Rogers Cornet and trombone duet composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]3338 10-in. 5/10/1901 The Kerry dance Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet composer, lyricist  
Victor A-234 7-in. 8/4/1903 Love's old sweet song Clarke's Band of Providence Band, with cornet solo composer  
Victor B-234 10-in. 8/4/1903 Love's old sweet song Clarke's Band of Providence Band, with cornet solo composer  
Victor A-1201 7-in. 4/8/1904 Oh! How delightful! Arthur Pryor's Band ; Walter B. Rogers Band, with cornet solo composer  
Victor B-1201 10-in. 4/8/1904 Oh! How delightful! Arthur Pryor's Band ; Walter B. Rogers Band, with cornet solo composer  
Victor B-1712 10-in. 9/28/1904 Love's old sweet song Corinne Morgan Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-1712 12-in. 9/28/1904 Love's old sweet song Corinne Morgan Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-1932 10-in. 11/15/1904 Love's old sweet song Manhattan Female Quartet Female vocal quartet composer  
Victor B-3098 10-in. 1/8/1906 The Kerry dance Trombone Quartet, Boston Symphony Orchestra Trombone quartet, unaccompanied composer  
Victor B-4553 10-in. 6/3/1907 The Kerry dance Lyric Quartet Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Victor B-8052 10-in. 6/15/1909 Love's old sweet song Whitney Brothers Quartet Male vocal quartet composer  
Victor B-8615 10-in. 2/10/1910 The king's highway Reinald Werrenrath Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-8926 10-in. 5/9/1910 The dustman Reinald Werrenrath Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor BB-9017 10-in. 5/26/1910 The Kerry dance Elizabeth Wheeler Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Victor C-9017 12-in. 9/15/1910 The Kerry dance Elizabeth Wheeler Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Victor C-10584 12-in. 6/22/1911 Love's old sweet song Neapolitan Trio Instrumental trio composer  
Victor CVE-10584 12-in. 7/28/1925 Love's old sweet song Neapolitan Trio Instrumental trio composer  
Victor C-12262 12-in. 7/22/1912 Love's old sweet song Clarence Whitehill Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor CVE-12262 12-in. 6/9/1927 Love's old sweet song Clarence Whitehill Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-12595 10-in. 11/7/1912 Alice, where art thou William H. Reitz Bells solo composer  
Victor C-12802 12-in. 1/16/1913 The Kerry dance Ernestine Schumann-Heink Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Victor B-12802 10-in. 2/17/1913 The Kerry dance Ernestine Schumann-Heink Contralto vocal solo, with piano composer, lyricist  
Victor BVE-12802 10-in. 7/16/1929 The Kerry dance Katharina Hoffman ; Ernestine Schumann-Heink Contralto vocal solo, with piano composer, lyricist  
Victor C-13042 12-in. 3/31/1913 Thursday Wilfred Glenn Bass vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-13173 10-in. 4/21/1913 The old refrain Lyric Quartet Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-13303 10-in. 5/13/1913 Love's old sweet song Elsie Baker Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-13873 12-in. 9/29/1913 The Kerry dance Mrs. A. T. Roberts Female vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor B-16526 10-in. 9/21/1915 Rose-Marie Herbert Witherspoon Bass vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-17648 12-in. 5/9/1916 The Kerry dance John McCormack Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist, composer  
Victor C-18031 12-in. 6/29/1916 Love's old sweet song Louise Homer Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-18321 10-in. 9/1/1916 Annie Laurie Victor Military Band Band composer  
Victor B-18358 10-in. 9/12/1916 Love's old sweet song Imperial Quartet Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied composer  
Victor B-18372 10-in. 9/14/1916 Love's old sweet song Imperial Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-19661 12-in. 5/1/1917 Love's old sweet song Julia Culp Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-20496 12-in. 8/6/1917 The Kerry dance Charles Hart Male vocal solo, with piano composer, lyricist  
Victor B-20601 10-in. 8/8/1917 Love's old sweet song Boston Quintet Male quintet (vocal quartet and piano) composer  
Victor B-23091 10-in. 7/25/1919 Stará sladká píseň lásky František A. Pangrác Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-24179 10-in. 6/22/1920 Love's old sweet song Amelita Galli-Curci Soprano vocal solo, with harp, violin obbligato, and orchestra composer  
Victor B-29434 10-in. 2/1/1924 Punchinello Royal Dadmun Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-31373 10-in. 6/24/1924 Love's old sweet song Florence G. Yard Whistling solo, with piano composer  
Victor BVE-33282 10-in. 9/25/1925 Love's old sweet song The De Reszke Singers Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied composer  
Victor BVE-34560 10-in. 6/16/1925 Eilleen Allanna Elizabeth M. O'Connell Female vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor BVE-36114 10-in. 8/10/1926 The Kerry dance The De Reszke Singers Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied (takes 4-9); with piano (takes 1-3) composer  
Victor BVE-38615 10-in. 5/19/1927 Love's old sweet song Wendell Clark Glover Organ solo composer  
Victor BVE-38709 10-in. 4/29/1927 Love's old sweet song Marghee Knaffl Piano solo composer  
Victor BVE-39532 10-in. 7/14/1927 Accompaniment for singing, no. 12 Victor Band Band composer  
Victor BVE-39566 10-in. 8/15/1927 Bantry Bay Colin O'More Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor BVE-40005 10-in. 9/12/1927 Love's old sweet song Mary Lewis Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor CVE-40165 12-in. 10/11/1927 Love's old sweet song John McCormack Tenor vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor BVE-45150 10-in. 5/16/1928 Love's old sweet song Amelita Galli-Curci Soprano vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor CVE-45181 12-in. 5/25/1928 Punchinello Reinald Werrenrath Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor BVE-49436 10-in. 6/21/1929 All through the night Ralph Crane ; Royal Dadmun Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor BVE-53581 10-in. 6/25/1929 Love's old sweet song Chuck Campbell ; Victor Salon Group Trombone solo, with instrumental ensemble composer  
Victor BVE-56193 10-in. 10/17/1929 Bantry Bay John McCormack Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor BS-87394 10-in. 1/17/1935 Love's old sweet song Richard Crooks ; Nathaniel Shilkret Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor PBS-90263 10-in. 6/12/1935 Love's old sweet song Nelson Eddy ; Nat Shilkret Orchestra Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor PB-79 10-in. 2/5/1925 Love's old sweet song Max Dolin Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor BS-050501 10-in. 5/3/1940 Love's old sweet song Frank La Forge Piano solo composer  
Victor BS-057004 10-in. 10/17/1940 The Kerry dance Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble composer  
Victor BS-063368 10-in. 4/17/1941 Love's old sweet song Dick Leibert Organ solo composer  
Victor BS-065648 10-in. 5/23/1941 The Kerry dance Charles Magnante Accordion solo composer  
Victor CS-068345 12-in. 11/21/1941 Love's old sweet song Lucy Monroe ; Charles O'Connell ; Victor Concert Ensemble Soprano vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble composer  
Victor BS-068662 10-in. 12/16/1941 Love's old sweet song Frank Munn Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor D6VB-3284 10-in. 11/20/1946 The Kerry dance Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance octet composer  
Columbia 190 7-in. ca. 1901 Love's old sweet song Artists vary Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 190 10-in. ca. 1901 Love's old sweet song Artists vary Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 3947 10-in. approximately 1908 Love's old sweet song Alan Turner Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 19141 10-in. 12/1/1910 Love's old sweet song Stehl, Richard and Schuetze Instrumental trio composer  
Columbia 39178 10-in. 1/8/1914 Our last waltz Andrea Sarto Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 77195 10-in. 7/10/1917 Love's old sweet song Herbert L. Clarke Cornet solo, with band composer  
Columbia 77866 10-in. 5/31/1918 The sweetest story ever told Joe Green Xylophone solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 79076 10-in. 3/25/1920 Love's old sweet song Gloria Trumpeters Trumpet quartet, unaccompanied composer  
Columbia 79206 10-in. 5/25/1920 Love's old sweet song Oscar Seagle Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 80746 10-in. 12/26/1922 Old favorites waltz medley Columbia Dance Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 140055 10-in. 9/22/1924 Songs of the past National Quartet Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied composer  
Columbia 30734 12-in. ca. Jan.-Nov. 1911 Love's old sweet song Margaret Keyes Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 36681 12-in. approximately 1913 Thursday David Scull Bispham Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 37174 12-in. 2/13/1915 Love's old sweet song Alice Nielsen Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 37255 12-in. 4/16/1915 Love's old sweet song Corinne Rider-Kelsey Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 48586 12-in. 2/5/1916 The Kerry dance Helen Stanley Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist, composer  
Columbia 49065 12-in. 1/13/1917 Love's old sweet song Margaret Keyes Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 49176 12-in. 4/9/1917 The Kerry dance Oscar Seagle Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist, composer  
Columbia 49627 12-in. 5/1/1919 Love's old, sweet song Barbara Maurel Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 98079 12-in. 5/1/1923 The Kerry dance Tandy MacKenzie Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist, composer  
Columbia W140591 10-in. 5/7/1925 Love's old sweet song Florence Macbeth Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia W140981 10-in. 9/17/1925 Love's old sweet song Art Kahn Piano solo composer  
Columbia W141221 10-in. 10/30/1925 Love's old sweet song Hemstreet Singers Female vocal quartet, unaccompanied composer  
Columbia W141658 10-in. 2/10/1926 Love's old sweet song Art Kahn Piano solo composer  
Columbia W141911 10-in. 4/3/1926 Love's old sweet song Oscar Seagle Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia W144362 10-in. 6/24/1927 Love's old sweet song Milton Charles ; Belle Forbes Cutter Organ solo, with female vocal solo composer  
Columbia W144586 10-in. 8/29/1927 Love's old sweet song Sophie Braslau Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 6209 12-in. approximately September 1912 The Kerry dance Morgan Kingston Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Columbia 76021 12-in. approximately 1918 Love's old sweet song Clara Butt Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 76600 12-in. approximately 1919 Love's old sweet song Carrie Herwin Female vocal solo, with vocal quartet and orchestra composer  
Columbia 90134 10-in. between 1918 and 1925 Love's old sweet song Columbia Band Band composer  
OKeh S-70453 10-in. Feb. 1922 Love's old sweet song The Florence Society Dance Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-70563 10-in. Mar. 1922 The Kerry dance Charles Hart Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
OKeh S-71088 10-in. Dec. 1922 Love's old sweet song Prince Lei Lani Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
OKeh 74201 10-in. June 1926 Love's old sweet song Peerless Four Male vocal quartet composer  
OKeh W400476 10-in. 3/12/1928 Love's old sweet song Zack and Glenn Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin) and guitar composer  
OKeh W402019 10-in. 7/31/1928 Love's old sweet song Ralph Richardson Male vocal solo and yodeling, with instrumental trio composer  
Brunswick [Br cat 5274-a] 10-in. approximately late 1918 Love's old sweet song Ruth Lenox Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick 4397 10-in. approximately Oct. 1920 Kerry dance Dorothy Jardon Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Brunswick 3495-3496 10-in. approximately Jan. 1920 Love's old sweet song Irene Pavloska Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick 5099-5100 10-in. approximately Feb. 1921 Love's old sweet song Gondolier Trio Instrumental trio composer  
Brunswick 13822-13823 10-in. 9/19/1924 Love’s old sweet song Elizabeth Lennox Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick E27430 10-in. 4/26/1928 Love’s old sweet song Marie Morrisey Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick E28311 10-in. 9/25/1928 Love’s old sweet song Blackstone Trio Instrumental trio composer  
Brunswick E30083 10-in. June 1929 Love’s old sweet song Jessica Dragonette Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick XE30372 12-in. July 1929 Brunswick brevities [program] B, pt. 2 Brunswick Concert Orchestra Radio transcription disc : Orchestra composer  
Brunswick E19724-E19726 10-in. 7/10/1926 Love’s old sweet song Andy Sanella ; William Wirges Guitar solo (Hawaiian), with piano composer  
Brunswick E19924-E19926 10-in. 7/26/1926 Love’s old sweet song Andy Sannella ; William Wirges Steel guitar and piano duet composer  
Brunswick E25612-E25613 10-in. 12/14/1927 Love’s old sweet song Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick E26456-E26457 10-in. 2/9/1928 Love’s old sweet song Blackstone Trio Instrumental trio, with harmonium composer  
Brunswick XC6956 12-in. 3/4/1931 Union Mutual Life Company, program 37 Instrumentalist(s) (unidentified; Brunswick Records) Radio transcription disc composer  
Brunswick R462 10-in. approximately Dec. 1927 Love’s old sweet song Archie Parkhouse Organ solo composer  
Brunswick [Br cat 5291-b] 10-in. approximately early 1919 Kerry dance Charles Hart Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Edison 616 10-in. 4/20/1911 Love's old sweet song Venetian Instrumental Quartet Instrumental quartet composer  
Edison 1324 10-in. 10/31/1912 Love's old sweet song Venetian Instrumental Quartet Instrumental quartet composer  
Edison 2147 10-in. 2/20/1913 Love's old sweet song Mixed vocal quartet (unidentified; Edison Records) Mixed vocal quartet composer  
Edison 2691 10-in. 1/9/1914 Love's old sweet song Mixed vocal quartet (unidentified; Edison Records) Mixed vocal quartet composer  
Edison 2692 10-in. 1/9/1914 Love's old sweet song Vocal trio (unidentified; Edison Records) Vocal trio composer  
Edison 4078 10-in. 8/30/1915 Love's old sweet song Anita Rio Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 4338 10-in. 12/13/1915 Love's old sweet song American Saxophone Quartet Saxophone quartet composer  
Edison 4374 10-in. 12/28/1915 Love's old sweet song Elizabeth Spencer Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 4461 10-in. 2/2/1916 Punchinello Edmund A. Jahn Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 5139 10-in. 11/13/1916 Love's old sweet song Mabel Riegelman Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 6316 10-in. between 8/4/1918 and 8/12/1918 Love's old sweet song Criterion Quartet ; Marie Rappold Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Edison 7124 10-in. 1/20/1920 The Kerry dance Mabel Beddoe Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Edison 7195 10-in. 3/3/1920 Darby and Joan Helen Davis Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 7690 10-in. 12/20/1920 Love's old sweet song Chester Gaylord Saxophone solo composer  
Edison 8290 10-in. 11/14/1921 The Kerry dance Betsy Lane Shepherd Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Edison 8709 10-in. 12/8/1922 Love's old sweet song Ferdinand Himmelreich Piano solo composer  
Edison 8733 10-in. 3/28/1923 Love's old sweet song Venetian Instrumental Quartet Instrumental quartet composer  
Gramophone 0D1157 10-in. 9/30/1932 Love's old sweet song Marek Weber Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Molloy, James L.," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105587.

Molloy, James L.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105587.

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