Cecil Mack
Cecil Mack (November 6, 1873 – August 1, 1944) was an American composer, lyricist and music publisher. |
Birth and Death Data: Born November 6, 1883 (New York City), Died August 1, 1944
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1901 - 1949
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer
Notes: Early in his career, Cecil Mack is credited as R. C. McPherson. His birth name is Richard Cecil McPherson.
= 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]920 | 7-in. | 7/18/1901 | Good morning, Carrie | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]920 | 10-in. | 10/30/1902 | Good morning, Carrie | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]952 | 7-in. | 9/10/1901 | Good morning, Carrie | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]952 | 10-in. | 10/30/1901 | Good morning, Carrie | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]995 | 7-in. | 10/11/1901 | Junie | George Walker | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]995 | 10-in. | 10/11/1901 | Junie | George Walker | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]996 | 7-in. | 10/11/1901 | Good afternoon, Mr. Jenkins | George Walker | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]996 | 10-in. | 10/11/1901 | Good afternoon, Mr. Jenkins | George Walker | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]997 | 7-in. | 10/11/1901 | Good morning, Carrie | Williams and Walker | Male vocal duet, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]997 | 10-in. | 10/11/1901 | Good morning, Carrie | Williams and Walker | Male vocal duet, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1121 | 7-in. | 12/3/1901 | Good morning, Carrie | Silas Leachman | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1121 | 10-in. | 12/3/1901 | Good morning Carrie | Silas Leachman | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1393 | 7-in. | 5/17/1902 | Josephine, my Jo | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1393 | 10-in. | 5/17/1902 | Josephine, my Jo | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1630 | 7-in. | 9/18/1902 | Please let me sleep | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1630 | 10-in. | 9/18/1902 | Please let me sleep | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1798 | 7-in. | 11/20/1902 | Molly Green | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1798 | 10-in. | 11/20/1902 | Molly Green | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1903 | 7-in. | 1/16/1903 | I take things easy | Len Spencer | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1903 | 10-in. | 1/16/1903 | I take things easy | Len Spencer | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]2062 | 7-in. | 3/6/1903 | Those tantalizing eyes | Len Spencer | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]2062 | 10-in. | 3/6/1903 | Those tantalizing eyes | Len Spencer | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3522 | 10-in. | 7/18/1901 | Good morning Carrie | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3556 | 10-in. | 9/10/1901 | Good morning, Carrie | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3613 | 10-in. | 10/11/1901 | Junie | George Walker | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | A-639 | 7-in. | 11/6/1903 | Good morning, Carrie | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | A-1013 | 7-in. | 2/3/1904 | Please let me sleep | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-1013 | 10-in. | 2/3/1904 | Please let me sleep | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-1583 | 10-in. | 7/11/1904 | Mandy Lou | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | A-1583 | 7-in. | 7/11/1904 | Mandy Lou | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | A-1668 | 7-in. | 9/6/1904 | Teasing | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-1668 | 10-in. | 9/6/1904 | Teasing | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | A-1675 | 7-in. | 9/8/1904 | Teasing | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-1675 | 10-in. | 9/8/1904 | Teasing | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-1732 | 10-in. | 10/5/1904 | Teasing | Haydn Quartet ; Harry Macdonough | Male vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | C-1732 | 12-in. | 10/5/1904 | Teasing | Haydn Quartet ; Harry Macdonough | Male vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-1905 | 10-in. | 11/7/1904 | In the shadow of the pyramid | Frank C. Stanley | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-2141 | 10-in. | 2/15/1905 | Teasing | Florence Hayward | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-2160 | 10-in. | 1/18/1905 | Teasing | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-2873 | 10-in. | 11/8/1905 | Mandy Lou | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-4019 | 10-in. | 11/9/1906 | He's a cousin of mine | Clarice Vance | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-4710 | 10-in. | 7/25/1907 | Just a friend of the family | Ed Morton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-4769 | 10-in. | 8/7/1907 | That's where friendship ends | Clarice Vance | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | E-4988 | 8-in. | 12/31/1907 | He's a cousin of mine | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-5090 | 10-in. | 2/21/1908 | That's where friendship ends | Ed Morton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-6263 | 10-in. | 6/11/1908 | The right church but the wrong pew | Ed Morton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-6269 | 10-in. | 6/15/1908 | Teasing | Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-6672 | 10-in. | 12/16/1908 | Down among the sugar cane | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-8015 | 10-in. | 5/28/1909 | I'd rather be a minstrel man than a multi-millionaire | Ed Morton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-8092 | 10-in. | 7/6/1909 | Abraham Lincoln Jones | Ed Morton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-9322 | 10-in. | 7/25/1910 | If he comes in, I'm going out | Ed Morton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-10713 | 10-in. | 7/12/1911 | You can lead a mule to water, but you can't make him drink | Ed Morton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-11594 | 10-in. | 2/14/1912 | The last shot got him | Ed Morton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | B-11697 | 10-in. | 3/12/1912 | Welcome to our city | Victor Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-11873 | 10-in. | 4/15/1912 | That precious little thing called love | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-13631 | 10-in. | 7/24/1913 | You got to rag it | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-18059 | 10-in. | 7/5/1916 | If you don't want me, send me to my ma | Morton Harvey | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-28729 | 10-in. | 10/10/1923 | Charleston | Arthur Gibbs and his Gang ; Arthur Gibbs | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-28730 | 10-in. | 10/10/1923 | Old-fashioned love | Arthur Gibbs and his Gang ; Arthur Gibbs | Jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-29189 | 10-in. | 1/8/1924 | Old fashioned love | Eubie Blake ; Noble Sissle | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-49781 | 10-in. | 3/13/1929 | Shine | Boyd Senter ; Senterpedes | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-72617 | 10-in. | 5/4/1932 | Old fashioned love in my heart | Joe Haymes Orchestra ; Jimmy Underwood | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-75980 | 10-in. | 7/29/1933 | Shine | King's Jesters | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-75999 | 10-in. | 8/1/1933 | Got that old fashioned love in my heart | Herb Cook and his Three Little Words | Vocal quartet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-77172 | 10-in. | 12/4/1933 | All in, down and out | Harry Wall | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-80632 | 10-in. | 6/18/1934 | Shine | Red Nichols ; Pennies ; Songcopators | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-82392 | 10-in. | 5/7/1934 | Old fashioned love | Mezz Mezzrow Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-94133 | 10-in. | 8/26/1935 | Old fashioned love | Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven ; Jasper Thomas ; Kirby Walker | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-98121 | 10-in. | 11/15/1935 | S-H-I-N-E | Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | PBS-09646 | 10-in. | 8/16/1937 | Piano stomp (Shine) | Lionel Hampton Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-035709 | 10-in. | 4/6/1939 | I've got an old fashioned love in my heart | Benny Goodman Quartet | Jazz/dance quartet, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | D9VB-2522 | 10-in. | 11/15/1949 | Old fashioned love | Four Tunes | Male vocal quartet, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 314 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | Good morning, Carrie | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 314 | 7-in. | ca. 1901 | Good morning, Carrie | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 360 | 7-in. | ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 | Good morning, Carrie | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 360 | 10-in. | ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 | Good morning, Carrie | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 381 | 7-in. | ca. 1901 | Good morning, Carrie | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 381 | 10-in. | ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 | Good morning, Carrie | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 873 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Josephine, my Jo | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 873 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | Josephine, my Jo | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 874 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Please let me sleep | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 874 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | Please let me sleep | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 1857 | 10-in. | between January and October 1904 | Teasing | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 3043 | 7-in. | ca. 1904 | Teasing | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 3216 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1905 | In the shadow of the pyramid | Columbia Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 3536 | 10-in. | ca. Oct. 1906 | He's a cousin of mine | Bert Williams | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 3966 | 10-in. | ca. 1908 | The right church, but the wrong pew | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 4156 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1909 | Abraham Lincoln Jones | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 4470 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-July 1910 | If he comes in, I'm goin' out | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 19792 | 10-in. | 3/7/1912 | That precious little thing called love | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 19793 | 10-in. | 3/7/1912 | The last shot got him | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 45885 | 10-in. | 7/26/1915 | Scaddle de mooch | George O'Connor | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 46441 | 10-in. | 2/23/1916 | Never let the same bee sting you twice | Anne Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 79826 | 10-in. | 5/6/1921 | If you don't want me send me to my ma | Mary Stafford | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 81200 | 10-in. | 9/7/1923 | Old fashioned love | Frank Crumit | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 81791 | 10-in. | 5/23/1924 | Shine | Van and Schenck | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 30039 | 12-in. | 9/26/1906 | All in, out and down | Bert Williams | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 30197 | 12-in. | 12/15/1908 | Down among the sugar cane | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | W140514 | 10-in. | 4/10/1925 | The original Charleston | Selvin’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 141201 | 10-in. | 10/27/1925 | Everybody's doin' the Charleston now | Original Indiana Five | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W142172 | 10-in. | 5/8/1926 | You for me, me for you | Dixie Washboard Band ; Shufflin' Sam | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W148577 | 10-in. | 6/5/1929 | Shine | Ted Lewis and his Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W149568 | 10-in. | 12/6/1929 | Shine | Dallas String Band ; Coley Jones | String band, with male vocal duet | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W151763 | 10-in. | 9/2/1931 | Old fashioned love | Clyde McCoy Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| OKeh | 8757 | 10-in. | Oct. 1924 | The last shot got him | Chenoweth's Cornfield Symphony Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| OKeh | S-72028 | 10-in. | November 1923 | Old fashioned love | Lawrence Lomax ; Eva Taylor | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental quartet | lyricist | |
| OKeh | S-72029 | 10-in. | November 1923 | Open your heart | Lawrence Lomax ; Eva Taylor | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental quartet | songwriter | |
| OKeh | 73736 | 10-in. | 10/25/1925 | Everybody's doin' the Charleston | Okeh Syncopators | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | 74253 | 10-in. | 8/11/1926 | You for me, me for you (From now on) | Alberta Hunter | Female vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W404421 | 10-in. | 3/9/1931 | Shine | Louis Armstrong ; Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E16493-E16495 | 10-in. | 10/2/1925 | The original Charleston | Isham Jones Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | LAE219 | 10-in. | July 1928 | Shine | Jesse Stafford Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | 783W-785W | 10-in. | 5/8/1925 | Fly 'round, young ladies, fly 'round (Fly roun' young ladies) | Hamtree Harrington | Male vocal solo, with ukulele | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | 789W-791W | 10-in. | 5/13/1925 | Charleston | Selvin’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 1130W-1132W | 10-in. | 8/12/1925 | Charleston | Tennessee Tooters | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | DAL140 | 10-in. | 9/24/1935 | Old fashioned love | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Edison | 9223 | 10-in. | 10/25/1923 | Open your heart | Charlie Kerr Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 9362 | 10-in. | 2/1/1924 | Old fashioned love | Broadway Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Gramophone | 0LA1293 | 10-in. | 10/15/1936 | Shine | Stephane Grappelli ; Quintette du Hot Club de France ; Django Reinhardt ; Freddy Taylor | Jazz/dance sextet, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | WL265 | 10-in. | 12/14/1925 | Charleston | Clément Doucet ; Jean Wiener | Piano duet | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mack, Cecil," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110048.
Mack, Cecil. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110048.
"Mack, Cecil." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Mack, Cecil, 1883-1944 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95030839
Wikidata: Cecil Mack - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5056201
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/54352434
MusicBrainz: Cecil Mack - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/45ce5551-58ad-41f0-9403-6c4eb4b6d444
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