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Will. S. Hays

William Shakespeare Hays (July 19, 1837 – July 23, 1907), was an American poet and lyricist. He wrote some 350 songs over his career and sold as many as 20 million copies of his works. These pieces varied in tone from low comedy to sentimental and pious; his material was sometimes confused with that of Stephen Foster as a result. In his later years, Hays put forth one of the more plausible claims to authorship of the song "Dixie". In the end, however, no evidence could be produced to back up his pretensions.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 19, 1837 (Louisville), Died July 23, 1907

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1899 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Berliner 3641 7-in. Before Apr. 1899 Old log cabin in the lane Anton H. Knoll ; Marie McNeil Cornet duet composer  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]819 10-in. 10/25/1902 The little old log cabin in the lane Vess L. Ossman ; Len Spencer Male vocal solo, with banjo composer, lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]819 7-in. 5/17/1901 The little old log cabin in the lane Vess L. Ossman ; Len Spencer Male vocal solo, with banjo composer, lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]1893 10-in. 1/13/1903 The little old log cabin in the lane Silas Leachman Male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix A-]1893 7-in. 1/13/1903 The little old log cabin in the lane Silas Leachman Male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
Victor [Pre-matrix B-]3377 10-in. 5/17/1901 The little old log cabin Vess L. Ossman ; Len Spencer Male vocal solo, with banjo lyricist, composer  
Victor A-1596 7-in. 7/13/1904 The little old log cabin in the lane Vess L. Ossman ; Len Spencer Male vocal solo, with banjo composer, lyricist  
Victor B-1596 10-in. 7/13/1904 The little old log cabin in the lane Vess L. Ossman ; Len Spencer Male vocal solo, with banjo composer, lyricist  
Victor B-4972 10-in. 12/17/1907 Mollie darling Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Victor B-10859 10-in. 8/3/1911 Keep in de middle ob de road Billy Murray Male vocal solo and chorus, with orchestra lyricist, composer  
Victor C-17414 12-in. 3/31/1916 Mollie darling Evan Williams Tenor vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra composer, lyricist  
Victor B-22239 10-in. 9/11/1918 The little old log cabin in the lane Alma Gluck Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra lyricist, composer  
Victor B-27003 10-in. 10/4/1922 Mollie darling Michel Gusikoff Violin solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-30581 10-in. 8/18/1924 The little old cabin in the lane Fiddlin' Powers & Family Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo lyricist, composer  
Victor BVE-35441 10-in. 4/30/1926 The little old log cabin in the lane Reinald Werrenrath Baritone vocal solo, with male vocal trio and orchestra composer  
Victor BVE-36514 10-in. 9/24/1926 The little old log cabin in the lane Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman Vocal and instrumental ensemble lyricist, composer  
Victor BVE-38238 10-in. 3/23/1927 I'm nobody's darling on earth Kelly Harrell Male vocal solo with violin, banjo, and guitar composer  
Victor BVE-41911 10-in. 2/18/1928 The curtains of night Tenneva Ramblers Vocal and instrumental ensemble lyricist, composer  
Victor CVE-43383 12-in. 3/20/1928 Southern melodies waltz, no. 2 Walter Kolomoku’s Honoluluans Instrumental ensemble (Hawaiian) composer  
Victor BVE-47099 10-in. 9/28/1928 Little old log cabin in the lane Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers Vocal and instrumental ensemble lyricist, composer  
Victor BVE-47257 10-in. 10/31/1928 We parted by the river side Stoneman Family Vocal and instrumental ensemble composer, lyricist  
Victor BVE-55611 10-in. 7/15/1929 Keep in the middle of the road Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble lyricist, composer  
Victor BVE-71614 10-in. 2/24/1932 Tell me that you love me Carter Family Mixed vocal trio, with 2 guitars composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-82113 10-in. 2/28/1934 I'm old and feeble Fiddlin' John Carson Male vocal solo, with string band composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-102616 10-in. 6/15/1936 Nobody's darling on earth Wade Mainer ; Zeke Morris Male vocal duet, with guitar and banjo lyricist, composer  
Victor D7VB-1530 10-in. 8/19/1947 Mollie darling Eddy Arnold ; Tennessee Plowboys Male vocal solo, with string band composer  
Columbia 4103 10-in. ca. Jan.-June 1909 De little old log cabin in de lane Carroll Clark Male vocal solo, with banjo lyricist, composer  
Columbia 4861 10-in. ca. Jan.-Nov. 1910 Mollie darling Frank Coombs Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist, composer  
Columbia 19459 10-in. 7/12/1911 Take this letter to my mother Will Oakland Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist, composer  
Columbia 19778 10-in. 2/29/1912 Molly darling Alice Nielsen Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist, composer  
Columbia 46643 10-in. 3/16/1916 Roll out! Heave dat cotton! Harry C. Browne Male vocal solo, with banjo and orchestra lyricist, composer  
Columbia 46875 10-in. 6/24/1916 Angels meet me at the crossroads Harry C. Browne Male vocal solo, with banjo and orchestra lyricist, composer  
Columbia 47040 10-in. 9/22/1916 Keep in de middle ob de road Harry C. Browne ; Knickerbocker Quartet Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with banjo and orchestra composer, lyricist  
Columbia 77579 10-in. 12/14/1917 The little old log cabin in the lane Carroll Clark Male vocal solo, with banjo and orchestra composer, lyricist  
Columbia 77991 10-in. 8/13/1918 The little old log cabin in the lane Carroll Clark Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Columbia 79966 10-in. 8/23/1921 The little old log cabin in the lane Oscar Seagle Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist, composer  
Columbia 81600 10-in. 3/7/1924 Little old log cabin in the lane Riley Puckett Male vocal solo (yodeling), with fiddle (violin) and guitar composer, lyricist  
Columbia W141364 10-in. 12/8/1925 Mollie darling Vernon Dalhart Male vocal solo, with violin, cornet, and guitar lyricist, composer  
Columbia W142586 10-in. 9/2/1926 Susan Jane Gold Dust Twins Male vocal duet, with piano lyricist, composer  
Columbia W143858 10-in. 4/1/1927 Little log cabin in the lane Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar composer, lyricist  
Columbia W146138 10-in. 4/19/1928 Take this letter to my mother Cronic Brothers Male vocal duet lyricist, composer  
Columbia 90050 10-in. approximately 1919 De little old log cabin in the woods Bentley Ball Male vocal solo composer  
OKeh 8374 10-in. June 1923 The little old log cabin in the lane Fiddlin' John Carson Fiddle (violin) solo, with male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
OKeh W80345 10-in. 1/27/1927 The little old log cabin in the lane Ernest V. Stoneman Trio Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
Brunswick E28791 10-in. 12/5/1928 Susan Jane Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with violin, banjo, and piano composer, lyricist  
Brunswick E30165 10-in. 6/19/1929 Little log cabin in the lane Robert A. Gardner ; Lester McFarland Male vocal duet, with banjo, mandolin, and harmonica composer, lyricist  
Brunswick E18933-E18935 10-in. 4/27/1926 Little old log cabin in the lane Florence Easton Female vocal solo and male vocal solo, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Brunswick E22089-E22091 10-in. 3/24/1927 Molly darling Vernon Dalhart Male vocal solo, with violin, guitar, and harmonica lyricist, composer  
Brunswick E24855-E24857 10-in. 10/21/1927 The little old log cabin in the lane John Charles Thomas Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Brunswick E25489-E25490 10-in. 12/9/1927 I’ll remember you, love, in my prayers Robert A. Gardner ; Lester McFarland Male vocal duet, with guitar, mandolin, and harmonica composer, lyricist  
Edison 5051 10-in. 10/6/1916 Take this letter to my mother Will Oakland Male vocal solo and mixed vocal trio, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Edison 5501 10-in. 4/12/1917 I'll remember you, love, in my prayers Betsy Lane Shepherd Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 6195 10-in. between 5/24/1918 and 5/30/1918 The little old log cabin in the lane Metropolitan Quartet Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist, composer  
Edison 10295 10-in. 4/3/1925 The little old log cabin in the lane Harvey Hindermyer ; Earle Tuckerman Male vocal duet, with banjo lyricist, composer  
Edison 10622 10-in. 10/7/1925 Little old log cabin in the lane Fiddlin' Powers & Family Vocal and instrumental ensemble lyricist, composer  
Edison 18444 10-in. 4/25/1928 We parted by the riverside Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble lyricist, composer  
Edison N-221 10-in. 4/25/1928 We parted by the riverside Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble lyricist, composer  
Vocalion 13353-13354 10-in. June 1924 Little old log cabin in the lane Sidney J. Harkreader ; Uncle Dave Macon Male vocal duet lyricist, composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hays, Will. S.," accessed June 4, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110076.

Hays, Will. S.. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 4, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110076.

"Hays, Will. S.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 4 June 2023.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110076

External Sources

Wikipedia: William Shakespeare Hays

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Hays, Will. S. (William Shakespeare), 1837-1907 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95041373

Wikidata: William Shakespeare Hays - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15497470

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/10047056

MusicBrainz: William Shakespeare Hays - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a048142e-b1aa-42fb-8e0a-64a892a9556f

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