John W. Bratton

John Walter Bratton (January 21, 1867 – February 7, 1947) was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and theatrical producer who became popular during the era known as the Gay Nineties.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 21, 1867 (New Castle), Died February 7, 1947 (Brooklyn)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1895 - 1941

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
Berliner	151	7-in.	Nov. 1895	Henrietta, have you met her?	Artists vary	Male vocal solo	composer
Berliner	176[a]	7-in.	10/29/1895	The sunshine of Paradise Alley	Artists vary	Male vocal solo	composer
Berliner	472	7-in.	10/9/1897	Gayest Manhattan	Artists vary	Banjo solo	composer
Berliner	1608	7-in.	11/4/1896	What do you think of Hoolihan?	Artists vary	Male vocal solo	composer
Berliner	1779	7-in.	Before Sept. 1897	Sadie my lady	Dan W. Quinn	Male vocal solo	composer
Berliner	1791	7-in.	Before Apr. 1898	I love you in the same old way	Artists vary	Male vocal solo	composer
Berliner	4154	7-in.	7/25/1898	I love you in the same old way	Simone Mantia	Euphonium solo	composer
Berliner	086	7-in.	4/23/1899	Gayest Manhattan	Vess L. Ossman	Banjo solo	composer
Berliner	0182	7-in.	6/5/1899	Rubber neck Jim	Sousa's Band	Band	composer
Berliner	0266	7-in.	6/14/1899	My queen Irene	Arthur Pryor	Trombone solo	composer
Berliner	0536	7-in.	9/22/1899	What do you think of Hoolihan?	Edward M. Favor	Male vocal solo	composer
Berliner	0609	7-in.	10/18/1899	Gayest Manhattan	Vess L. Ossman	Banjo solo	composer
Berliner	0669	7-in.	10/28/1899	The touch of a woman's hand	S. H. Dudley	Male vocal solo	composer
Berliner	0817	7-in.	12/14/1899	Gayest Manhattan	Stuber and Weaver	Banjo duet	composer
Berliner	01278	7-in.	Before June 1900	I love you in the same old way	Samuel Siegel	Mandolin solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]44	7-in.	6/6/1900	The touch of a woman's hand	S. H. Dudley	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]179	7-in.	7/26/1900	What do you think of Hoolihan?	Edward M. Favor	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]179	10-in.	4/9/1902	What do you think of Hoolihan?	Edward M. Favor	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]295	7-in.	12/1/1900	My sunflower Sue	Metropolitan Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]384	7-in.	12/1/1900	The gay golf girl	Metropolitan Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]408	7-in.	10/10/1900	My sunflower Sue	Arthur Collins	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]575	7-in.	12/6/1900	My queen Irene	J. J. Fisher	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]726	7-in.	3/19/1901	Since then, there's been no light about the place	Albert Campbell	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1273	7-in.	2/20/1902	He ought to have a tablet in the Hall of Fame	S. H. Dudley	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1273	10-in.	2/20/1902	He ought to have a tablet in the Hall of Fame	S. H. Dudley	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1350	7-in.	4/1/1902	He ought to have a tablet in the Hall of Fame	Metropolitan Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1350	10-in.	4/1/1902	He ought to have a tablet in the Hall of Fame	Metropolitan Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1646	7-in.	10/1/1902	In a cosy corner	Metropolitan Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1646	10-in.	10/1/1902	In a cosy corner	Metropolitan Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1662	7-in.	10/8/1902	In a cozy corner	Vess L. Ossman	Banjo solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1662	10-in.	10/8/1902	In a cozy corner	Vess L. Ossman	Banjo solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1738	7-in.	11/11/1902	In a cosy corner	Clarke's Band of Providence	Band	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1738	10-in.	11/11/1902	In a cosy corner	Clarke's Band of Providence	Band	composer
Victor	A-227	7-in.	8/3/1903	Cosy corner girl	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	B-227	10-in.	8/3/1903	Cosy corner girl	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	A-502	7-in.	10/6/1903	Somebody's waiting 'neath southern skies	John H. Bieling ; Harry Macdonough	Male vocal duet, with piano	composer
Victor	B-502	10-in.	10/5/1903	Somebody's waiting 'neath southern skies	John H. Bieling ; Harry Macdonough	Male vocal duet, with piano	composer
Victor	A-833	7-in.	12/15/1903	Laces and graces	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-833	10-in.	12/15/1903	Laces and graces	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	A-886	7-in.	1/7/1904	I'm on the water wagon now	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-886	10-in.	1/7/1904	I'm on the water wagon now	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-1699	10-in.	9/23/1904	My cosy corner girl	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-1736	10-in.	10/6/1904	The roses' honeymoon	Arthur Pryor's Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	C-1736	12-in.	10/6/1904	The roses' honeymoon	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	B-2715	10-in.	8/9/1905	When the moon is in the sky	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-2716	10-in.	8/9/1905	Honeymoon Hall	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-3347	10-in.	4/27/1906	I'm on the water wagon now	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	E-3347	8-in.	4/27/1906	I'm on the water wagon now	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-3906	10-in.	10/17/1906	Fol de iddley ido	Dan W. Quinn ; Helen Trix	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	E-3906	8-in.	10/17/1906	Fol de iddley ido	Dan W. Quinn ; Helen Trix	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	E-4622	8-in.	6/27/1907	Frolic of the teddy bears	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	B-4893	10-in.	10/23/1907	Somebody's been around here since I've been gone	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-6405	10-in.	9/14/1908	Teddy bears' picnic	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	C-6683	12-in.	12/21/1908	The roses' honeymoon	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	B-9494	10-in.	10/3/1910	The rest of the week, she's mine	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-14632	10-in.	3/25/1914	I love you in the same old way (Darling Sue)	Frank Coombs	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-16100	12-in.	6/17/1915	Songs of the past, no. 2	Victor Mixed Chorus	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	composer
Victor	CVE-16100	12-in.	1/13/1927	Songs of the past, no. 2	Victor Mixed Chorus	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-42981	10-in.	9/25/1928	Captain Cupid	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-53409	10-in.	5/15/1929	Laces and graces	Motion Picture Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-53411	10-in.	5/15/1929	In a cosey corner	Motion Picture Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-53415	10-in.	5/15/1929	The teddy bears' picnic	Motion Picture Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BS-0605	10-in.	9/11/1936	Sweetheart, let's grow old together	George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-0706	10-in.	9/18/1936	Sweetheart, let's grow old together	Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	379	7-in.	ca. 1901-Sept. 1902	Since ma Linda Hinda's in the syndicate	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	379	10-in.	ca. 1901-Sept. 1902	Since ma Linda Hinda's in the syndicate	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	488	7-in.	ca. 1901	What do you think of Hoolihan?	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	488	10-in.	ca. 1901	What do you think of Hoolihan?	Artists vary	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	869	7-in.	ca. 1902	In a cosey corner	Columbia Band	Band	composer
Columbia	869	10-in.	ca. 1902	In a cosy corner	Columbia Band	Band	composer
Columbia	1644	10-in.	ca. 1903	I'm on the water wagon now	Bob Roberts	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	1863	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Oct. 1904	Good bye, Teddy, you must march, march, march	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	1895	10-in.	approximately November 1904	My cozy corner girl	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	3171	7-in.	ca. Jan.-May 1905	My cosey corner girl	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	3440	10-in.	ca. Jan.-July 1906	Fol de iddley ido	Will F. Denny	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	3839	10-in.	ca. 1908-1909	As the ivy loves the oak	John Dunsmure	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	W150163	10-in.	4/2/1930	I love you in the same old way (Darling Sue)	Frank McCravy ; James McCravy	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
OKeh	S-7323	10-in.	Mar. 1920	The teddy bears' picnic	Conway's Band	Band	composer
OKeh	S-7652	10-in.	Nov. 1920	Bonnie lassie	Charles Hart	Male vocal solo with male vocal quartet and orchestra	lyricist
Edison	6363	10-in.	between 9/6/1918 and 9/18/1918	An Irishman was made to love and fight	Ada Jones	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	18785	10-in.	10/5/1928	The roses honeymoon	Murray Kellner Dinner Music Ensemble	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Edison	N-483	12-in.	10/5/1928	The roses honeymoon	Murray Kellner Dinner Music Ensemble	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor (Canada)	[ViC cat B-4693-B]	10-in.	approximately 1941	Let's get together	The Happy Gang ; Bert Pearl	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Columbia (U.K.)	CA16794	10-in.	between October 1937 and January 1938	The teddy bears' picnic	Band of the Grenadier Guards [U.K] ; George Miller	Band	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bratton, John W.," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109295.

Bratton, John W.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109295.

"Bratton, John W.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.