Ballard MacDonald
Ballard MacDonald (October 15, 1882 – November 17, 1935) was an American lyricist, who was one of the writers of Tin Pan Alley. Born in Portland, Oregon, he was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). MacDonald wrote lyrics for a song called "Play That Barber-Shop Chord" in 1910, which became a hit with revised lyrics when it was sung in the Ziegfeld Follies by vaudeville star Bert Williams. He subsequently worked with composer Harry Carroll on "On the Mississippi" (1912) and "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" (1912, based on the novel of the same name). He also partnered with James F. Hanley, which produced the 1917 hit "(Back Home Again in) Indiana". In the early 1920s, MacDonald turned his attention to Broadway revues, which in 1924 brought him his most notable musical collaborator in George Gershwin. In 1926, MacDonald teamed up with Walter Donaldson to write songs for the Broadway show Sweetheart Time. Thumbs Up! was MacDonald's final Broadway show. He died in Forest Hills, New York. |
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Recordings (Results 101-125 of 273 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 38921 | 10-in. | 6/24/1913 | There's a girl in the heart of Maryland | Henry Burr ; Edgar Stoddard | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 39154 | 10-in. | 12/18/1913 | Let's all go around to Mary Ann's | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 39379 | 10-in. | 5/15/1914 | Gone are the days | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 39560 | 10-in. | 9/12/1914 | The land of my best girl | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 39629 | 10-in. | 11/24/1914 | Tip top Tipperary Mary | Henry Santrey | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 39777 | 10-in. | 1/14/1915 | The little house upon the hill | James F. Harrison ; James Reed | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 39843 | 10-in. | 2/10/1915 | On my way to New Orleans | George O'Connor | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 45653 | 10-in. | 5/20/1915 | Dancing 'neath the Irish moon | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 45679 | 10-in. | 5/22/1915 | Mother, may I go in to swim? | Ada Jones | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 45866 | 10-in. | 7/19/1915 | Down in Bom-Bombay | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 45948 | 10-in. | 8/14/1915 | Piney Ridge | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 46781 | 10-in. | 5/16/1916 | The stormy sea of love | Oscar Shaw | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 46855 | 10-in. | 6/17/1916 | Suzanne | Anna Wheaton | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 46914 | 10-in. | 7/14/1916 | She is the sunshine of Virginia | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 46945 | 10-in. | 7/22/1916 | I'm gone before I go | Bert Williams | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 46975 | 10-in. | 8/21/1916 | Mississippi days | George Eldred ; William Morgan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 47067 | 10-in. | 10/13/1916 | The lovelight in your eyes | Samuel Ash | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 47088 | 10-in. | 10/19/1916 | Mississippi days | William Morgan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 47224 | 10-in. | 12/13/1916 | The whole world comes from Dixie | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 47255 | 10-in. | 12/23/1916 | Drip, drip, drip went the waterfall | Anna Wheaton | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 47378 | 10-in. | 2/16/1917 | Indiana | Knickerbocker Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 47453 | 10-in. | 4/3/1917 | Mister Butterfly | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 47458 | 10-in. | 4/4/1917 | Rolling in his little rolling chair | Samuel Ash | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 77033 | 10-in. | 5/8/1917 | We'll be there | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 77133 | 10-in. | 6/12/1917 | The ragtime volunteers are off to war | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "MacDonald, Ballard," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106626.
MacDonald, Ballard. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106626.
"MacDonald, Ballard." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
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