James O'Dea

Birth and Death Data: Born December 25, 1871, Died 1914

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1902 - 1925

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1657 7-in. 10/2/1902 Sammy Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1657 10-in. 10/2/1902 Sammy Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor A-294 7-in. 8/27/1903 Lenore, my own Lenore Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor B-294 10-in. 8/27/1903 Lenore, my own Lenore Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor A-500 7-in. 10/5/1903 Sammy John H. Bieling ; Harry Macdonough Male vocal duet lyricist  
Victor B-500 10-in. 10/6/1903 Sammy John H. Bieling ; Harry Macdonough Male vocal duet lyricist  
Victor B-983 10-in. 1/27/1904 Sammy Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor A-983 7-in. 1/27/1904 Sammy Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor A-984 7-in. 1/27/1904 The sweetest girl in Dixie Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor B-984 10-in. 1/27/1904 The sweetest girl in Dixie Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor C-1322 12-in. 5/18/1904 The sweetest girl in Dixie Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor A-1479 7-in. 6/15/1904 Lenore, my own Lenore Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-1479 10-in. 6/15/1904 Lenore, my own Lenore Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor C-3108 12-in. 2/13/1906 By the light of the honeymoon Corinne Morgan ; Frank C. Stanley Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor E-3108 8-in. 2/27/1906 By the light of the honeymoon Corinne Morgan ; Frank C. Stanley Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-3921 10-in. 10/25/1906 Iola Harry Macdonough ; Frank C. Stanley Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-4214 10-in. 1/23/1907 Iola Byron G. Harlan ; Frank C. Stanley Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor E-4214 8-in. 1/23/1907 Iola Byron G. Harlan ; Frank C. Stanley Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-6308 10-in. 7/15/1908 Busy Mr. Bee Frank C. Stanley ; Elise Stevenson Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor C-10678 12-in. 7/5/1911 At the telephone Peerless Quartet Descriptive scene, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-10938 10-in. 9/8/1911 The ghost of the banjo coon Arthur Collins Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-12618 10-in. 11/18/1912 A little girl at home Marguerite Dunlap ; Harry Macdonough Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-12619 10-in. 11/18/1912 Bagdad Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor C-12772 12-in. 1/7/1913 Gems from The lady of the slipper Victor Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-15557 10-in. 12/30/1914 Ragtime temple bells Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor C-15764 12-in. 3/5/1915 Gems from Chin chin Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 1361 7-in. ca. 1903-Oct. 1905 I wants a man like Romeo Bob Roberts Male vocal duet, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 1361 10-in. ca. 1903 I wants a man like Romeo Bob Roberts Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 1406 7-in. ca. 1903 Hiawatha Artists vary Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 1406 10-in. approximately 1903 Hiawatha Artists vary Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 1579 7-in. ca. 1903-Oct. 1905 Hiawatha J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 1579 10-in. ca. 1903 Hiawatha J. W. Myers Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 1665 7-in. ca. 1903 Sammy Artists vary Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 1665 10-in. ca. 1903 Sammy Artists vary Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 1814 10-in. approximately 1904 The sweetest girl in Dixie Henry Burr Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 3385 10-in. ca. Jan.-May 1906 The ghost of a banjo coon Arthur Collins Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 3392 10-in. between January and May 1906 By the light of the honeymoon Frank C. Stanley Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 3571 10-in. between late 1906 and February 1907 Iola Henry Burr ; Irving Gillette ; Frank C. Stanley Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 38464 10-in. 11/29/1912 A little girl at home Henry Burr ; Clara Moister Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 45910 10-in. 8/3/1915 Sweetest girl in Dixie Henry Burr Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 30783 12-in. 5/29/1911 At the telephone Columbia Male Quartette Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 37110 12-in. approximately 1914 Chin chin : Vocal gems Columbia Light Opera Company Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh 9393 10-in. Oct. 1925 Memories of the South before the war Charles Nabell Male vocal solo, with guitar lyricist  
Edison 2950 10-in. between 4/9/1914 and 4/15/1914 A little girl at home Harvey Hindermyer ; Elizabeth Spencer Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "O'Dea, James," accessed April 23, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107763.

O'Dea, James. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107763.

"O'Dea, James." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107763

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: O'Dea, James, 1871-1914 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97875394

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/18986542

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/407487

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