Harry Armstrong
Henry W. Armstrong (July 22, 1879 – February 28, 1951) was an American boxer, booking agent, producer, singer, pianist, and Tin Pan Alley composer. |
Birth and Death Data: Born July 22, 1879 (Somerville), Died February 28, 1951 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1902 - 1940
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, songwriter
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= 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-]2154 | 7-in. | 4/3/1903 | Just a line from Jennie | Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | A-1174 | 7-in. | 3/29/1904 | Sweet Adeline | S. H. Dudley ; Harry Macdonough | Male vocal duet, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | B-1174 | 10-in. | 3/29/1904 | Sweet Adeline | S. H. Dudley ; Harry Macdonough | Male vocal duet, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | B-1316 | 10-in. | 5/17/1904 | I love you all the time | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-1317 | 10-in. | 5/17/1904 | Follow the crowd on a Sunday | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-1590 | 10-in. | 7/12/1904 | Sweet Adeline | John H. Bieling ; S. H. Dudley ; Haydn Quartet ; Harry Macdonough | Male vocal quartet, with vocal soloists | composer | |
| Victor | A-1590 | 7-in. | 7/12/1904 | Sweet Adeline | John H. Bieling ; Haydn Quartet ; Harry Macdonough | Male vocal quartet, with vocal soloists | composer | |
| Victor | B-2135 | 10-in. | 1/11/1905 | Sweet Adeline | Old Homestead Double Quartet | Male vocal quartet or octet, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | B-2446 | 10-in. | 4/5/1905 | Nellie Dean | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-2933 | 10-in. | 12/8/1905 | Can't you see I'm lonely? | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-3366 | 10-in. | 5/7/1906 | Sweet Adeline | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | E-3366 | 8-in. | 5/7/1906 | Sweet Adeline | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-3435 | 10-in. | 6/4/1906 | Dew drops | Chris Chapman | Bells solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-8959 | 10-in. | 5/16/1910 | Shaky eyes | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-9902 | 10-in. | 2/2/1911 | The Frisco rag | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-10196 | 10-in. | 4/19/1911 | Slip your glad rags on and come with me | Gene Greene | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-11540 | 10-in. | 2/1/1912 | Lingering love | Ada Jones ; Billy Murray | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | C-16173 | 12-in. | 7/2/1915 | Songs of the past, no. 3 | Victor Mixed Chorus | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | CVE-16173 | 12-in. | 1/13/1927 | Songs of the past, no. 3 | Victor Mixed Chorus | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-22087 | 10-in. | 8/12/1918 | Camp songs medley, part 2 | National Camps Song Leaders | Vocal chorus, with cornet and piano | composer | |
| Victor | B-23181 | 10-in. | 10/1/1919 | I love you just the same, sweet Adeline | Charles Harrison ; Lewis James | Male vocal duet, with celeste, violin, and orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-34904 | 10-in. | 2/17/1926 | Sweet Adeline | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-41571 | 10-in. | 1/23/1928 | Sweet Elaine | Shannon Quartet | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | CVE-43730 | 12-in. | 4/17/1928 | Sweet Adeline | Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and chorus | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-56725 | 10-in. | 9/27/1929 | You're the flower of my heart, sweet Adeline | Robert MacGimsey | Whistling solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | BS-0425 | 10-in. | 9/11/1936 | Sweet Adeline | Tempo King ; Kings of Tempo ; Queenie Ada Rubin | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and piano solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-046871 | 10-in. | 2/9/1940 | You're the flower of my heart, sweet Adeline | Golden Memory Boys | Male vocal quartet, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | BS-053105 | 10-in. | 5/20/1940 | (You're the flower of my heart) Sweet Adeline | Capitol City Four | Male vocal quartet, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 399 | 7-in. | ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 | The story the violets told | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 399 | 10-in. | ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 | The story the violets told | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 1847 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Aug. 1904 | Follow the crowd on a Sunday | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 3166 | 10-in. | between January and May 1905 | You're the flower of my heart sweet Adeline | Columbia Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 3174 | 10-in. | between January and May 1905 | Nellie Dean | Columbia Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | 3400 | 10-in. | between January and May 1906 | Can't you see I'm lonely | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 3558 | 10-in. | between 1906 and January 1907 | What's the use of loving, if you can't love all the time? | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 3563 | 10-in. | ca. 1906-Jan. 1907 | Maryland, my Maryland | Albert Campbell | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 4359 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Apr. 1910 | Shaky eyes | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 19673 | 10-in. | 11/22/1911 | Driving home the cows from pasture | Frank Coombs ; William H. Thompson | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 19706 | 10-in. | 1/2/1912 | Lingering love | Ada Jones ; Walter Van Brunt | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 19734 | 10-in. | 1/22/1912 | You're the flower of my heart, sweet Adeline | Alice Nielsen | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 38298 | 10-in. | 9/27/1912 | You're the flower of my heart, sweet Adeline | Columbia Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 38560 | 10-in. | 1/17/1913 | Nellie Dean | Columbia Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | 38977 | 10-in. | 8/1/1913 | Have a heart | Ada Jones ; Walter Van Brunt | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 45946 | 10-in. | 8/13/1915 | Nellie Dean | Columbia Stellar Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | 77770 | 10-in. | 4/16/1918 | You're the flower of my heart, sweet Adeline | Columbia Stellar Quartette | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | composer | |
| Columbia | 78642 | 10-in. | 9/11/1919 | I love you just the same, sweet Adeline | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 78871 | 10-in. | 12/18/1919 | Nellie Dean | Columbia Stellar Quartette | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | 79841 | 10-in. | 5/13/1921 | You're the flower of my heart, sweet Adeline | Alice Nielsen | Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 80747 | 10-in. | 12/26/1922 | Old favorites waltz medley | Columbia Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W141591 | 10-in. | 2/2/1926 | Sweet Adeline | Shannon Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | composer | |
| Columbia | W141592 | 10-in. | 2/2/1926 | Nellie Dean | Shannon Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | 145598 | 10-in. | 1/31/1928 | Sweet Elaine | Knickerbocker Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | C1441 | 10-in. | 7/17/1936 | Medley of bar-room songs | Sweet Violet Boys | String band, with male vocal ensemble | composer | |
| OKeh | 587 | 10-in. | ca. Jan. 1919 | Flower of my heart | Reed Miller | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| OKeh | S-7117 | 10-in. | ca. Dec. 1919 | I love you just the same | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-70946 | 10-in. | Oct. 1922 | Sweet Adeline | Shannon Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E27326 | 10-in. | 4/11/1928 | Sweet Elaine | Ritz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | E28799 | 10-in. | 12/6/1928 | Sweet Adeline (You’re the flower of my heart) | Frank McCravy ; James McCravy | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Brunswick | C6537 | 10-in. | Dec. 1930 | Can’t you see I’m lonely | Ben Bernie Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal; without vocal (take G) | composer | |
| Edison | 6968 | 10-in. | 10/9/1919 | I love you just the same, sweet Adeline | Premier Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 11290 | 10-in. | 11/9/1926 | Sweet Adeline, you're the flower of my heart | Metropolitan Mixed Chorus | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Armstrong, Harry," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112040.
Armstrong, Harry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112040.
"Armstrong, Harry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Armstrong, Harry, 1879-1951 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003016988
Wikidata: Henry Armstrong - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5729600
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/21825623
MusicBrainz: Henry Armstrong - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0d16d715-7606-4cc6-8784-52b86fc7b406
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