Alfred Solman

Alfred Solman (May 6, 1868 – November 15, 1937) was a prominent composer of popular songs in America in the first two decades of the twentieth century.

Birth and Death Data: Born May 6, 1868, Died November 15, 1937

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1903 - 1931

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, arranger

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor A-294 7-in. 8/27/1903 Lenore, my own Lenore Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor B-294 10-in. 8/27/1903 Lenore, my own Lenore Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor A-1479 7-in. 6/15/1904 Lenore, my own Lenore Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-1479 10-in. 6/15/1904 Lenore, my own Lenore Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-2753 10-in. 9/15/1905 When the evening breeze is sighing 'Home sweet home' Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-2776 10-in. 9/29/1905 When the bell in the lighthouse rings Frank C. Stanley Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-2776 12-in. 9/29/1905 When the bell in the lighthouse rings Frank C. Stanley Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-3107 10-in. 2/13/1906 We parted as the sun went down Corinne Morgan ; Frank C. Stanley Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-3390 10-in. 5/16/1906 The harbor of home sweet home William F. Hooley Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-3390 12-in. 5/16/1906 The harbor of home sweet home William F. Hooley Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-3428 10-in. 6/1/1906 Little girl you'll do Albert Campbell Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-3828 10-in. 9/24/1906 The linger-longer girl Frank C. Stanley ; Elise Stevenson Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-3908 10-in. 10/17/1906 The bird on Nellie's hat Helen Trix Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor E-3908 8-in. 10/17/1906 The bird on Nellie's hat Helen Trix Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-4528 10-in. 5/23/1907 You splash me and I'll splash you Alice Lloyd Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-4914 10-in. 11/7/1907 The flowers outside the café Harry Macdonough ; Frank C. Stanley Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-5086 10-in. 2/18/1908 The heart you lost in Maryland, you'll find in Tennessee Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-6072 10-in. 3/31/1908 All she wants from the iceman is ice Ada Jones Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-6322 10-in. 7/20/1908 If I had a thousand lives Herbert Waterous Male vocal solo composer  
Victor B-6870 10-in. 3/10/1909 When the autumn moon is creeping thro' the woodlands Will Oakland Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-7008 10-in. 4/23/1909 He falls for the ladies every time Josie Sadler Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-7010 10-in. 4/23/1909 One good turn deserves another Josie Sadler Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-7019 10-in. 4/29/1909 If I had a thousand lives to live Edward Hamilton Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-8124 10-in. 7/20/1909 I'll be home at harvest time Metropolitan Trio Mixed vocal trio, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-8227 10-in. 9/15/1909 How d' ye do? Elizabeth Wheeler ; William Wheeler Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-11032 10-in. 9/28/1911 Mine Edward Hamilton [i.e., Reinald Werrenrath] Male vocal solo composer  
Victor B-11033 10-in. 9/28/1911 With the last rose of summer I'll come back to you Orpheus Quartet Male vocal quartet composer  
Victor B-11334 10-in. 12/6/1911 Mine Henry Burr Male vocal solo composer  
Victor B-11351 10-in. 12/11/1911 With the last rose of summer, I'll come back Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-11713 10-in. 3/13/1912 Mary was my mother's name American Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-11756 10-in. 3/21/1912 By the old cathedral door Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-12172 10-in. 7/9/1912 When the old folks were young folks Haydn Quartet ; Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-12881 10-in. 2/6/1913 Why did you make me care? Henry Burr Male vocal solo composer  
Victor B-12997 10-in. 3/14/1913 Ship of my dreams American Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-13330 10-in. 5/20/1913 Ship of my dreams Haydn Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-14172 10-in. 12/10/1913 Would you take me back again? Harry A. Ellis Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-14173 10-in. 12/10/1913 If I could live to love you (Then I would love to live) Harry A. Ellis Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-14399 10-in. 1/29/1914 Would you take me back again Henry Burr Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-14748 10-in. 4/22/1914 In the valley of the moon Henry Burr ; Helen Clark Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra arranger  
Victor B-15074 10-in. 7/17/1914 You may be the world to a world of friends, but you're more than the world to me Billy Watkins Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-15216 10-in. 9/24/1914 You're more than the world to me George Wilton Ballard Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-15507 10-in. 12/16/1914 When the bell in the lighthouse rings Wilfred Glenn Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-16317 10-in. 8/4/1915 My own home town in Ireland George MacFarlane Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-17295 12-in. 3/10/1916 When it's orange blossom time Victor Military Band Band composer  
Victor B-17458 10-in. 4/7/1916 There's a Quaker down in Quaker town Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-17709 12-in. 5/19/1916 Johnny get a girl Victor Military Band Band composer  
Victor B-18535 10-in. 10/9/1916 My lonely Lola Lo Sterling Trio Male vocal trio, with orchestra songwriter  
Victor B-18536 10-in. 10/9/1916 In the sweet long ago Sterling Trio Male vocal trio, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-20463 10-in. 7/31/1917 Just a little cottage in the country calling come back home Shannon Four Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-21252 10-in. 12/13/1917 Just a letter for a boy over there, from a gray-haired mother over here Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra songwriter  
Victor B-25396 10-in. 7/13/1921 The world can't go 'round without you John Steel Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Victor B-28123 10-in. 6/14/1923 Bells of the sea Wilfred Glenn Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-31786 10-in. 1/28/1925 A waltz in the moonlight Charles Dornberger Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BVE-36382 10-in. 10/4/1926 Blame it on the waltz Henry Burr ; Edwin J. McEnelly Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BVE-37064 10-in. 12/2/1926 Blame it on the waltz Renée Chemet Violin solo, with piano composer  
Victor BVE-49988 10-in. 2/23/1929 That's what I call heaven Gene Austin Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Victor BVE-50931 10-in. 3/12/1929 That's what I call heaven Leo Reisman Orchestra ; Ran Weeks Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BRC-53003 10-in. 3/31/1931 Would you take me back again? Johnny Marvin Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble composer  
Victor BVE-67470 10-in. 2/25/1931 Little sweetheart of the prairie Johnny Marvin Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Victor [Trial 1917-08-06-08] Not documented 8/6/1917 Just a little cottage in the country calling come back home Betty Gray Female vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor [Trial 1926-05-25-01] Not documented 5/25/1926 Bells of the sea Jose Mossegeld Santiago Male vocal solo composer  
Columbia 3227 10-in. ca. Jan.-Sept. 1905 In sweet loveland Frank C. Stanley Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 3257 10-in. ca. Jan.-Oct. 1905 Little girl, you'll do Frank C. Stanley Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 3304 10-in. approximately 1905 When the evening breeze is sighing home sweet home Frank C. Stanley Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 3305 10-in. approximately 1905 When the bell in the light-house rings ding dong Frank C. Stanley Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 3397 10-in. between January and May 1906 We parted as the sun went down Albert Campbell Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 3539 10-in. ca. 1906 Milo Bob Roberts Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 3573 10-in. between late 1906 and February 1907 The linger longer girl Frank C. Stanley ; Elise Stevenson Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 3598 10-in. ca. Jan.-Mar. 1907 When the snow birds cross the valley Frank C. Stanley Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 3661 10-in. ca. Jan.-June 1907 With you in eternity Henry Burr Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 3675 10-in. ca. Jan.-Aug. 1907 You splash me and I'll splash you Ada Jones Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 3692 10-in. ca. Jan.-Sept. 1907 Southern girl Columbia Quartette Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 3693 10-in. between January and September 1907 The hymns of the old church choir Columbia Quartette Male vocal quartet, with organ composer  
Columbia 3728 10-in. between January and November 1907 The flowers outside the cafe Henry Burr ; Frank C. Stanley Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 3934 10-in. ca. 1908 One good turn deserves another Josie Sadler Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 4030 10-in. ca. 1909 I'll be home at harvest time Metropolitan Trio Mixed vocal trio, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 4160 10-in. ca. Jan.-Sept. 1909 If I had a thousand lives to live Harvey Hindermyer Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 19633 10-in. 11/1/1911 Mine Frank Coombs ; William H. Thompson Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 38401 10-in. 11/9/1912 The hymns of the old church choir Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 38722 10-in. 3/22/1913 Why did you make me care? Manuel Romain Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 39039 10-in. 10/10/1913 Love has done wonders for me Manuel Romain Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 39130 10-in. 12/2/1913 Would you take me back again? Manuel Romain Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 39469 10-in. 6/29/1914 You're more than the world to me Manuel Romain Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 45904 10-in. 7/31/1915 My own home town in Ireland Will C. Robbins Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 46726 10-in. 4/19/1916 There's a Quaker down in Quaker-Town Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 47089 10-in. 10/19/1916 My lonely Lola Lo Sterling Trio Male vocal trio, with violin, flute, guitar, and orchestra composer  
Columbia 47101 10-in. 10/26/1916 When the bell in the lighthouse rings ding, dong Wilfred Glenn Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 47215 10-in. 12/9/1916 In the sweet long ago James F. Harrison ; James Reed Male vocal duet, with orchestra songwriter  
Columbia 80798 10-in. 1/17/1923 Just a bit of Irish lace William A. Kennedy Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 140158 10-in. 11/29/1924 A waltz in the moonlight Romancers Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 30003 12-in. 2/14/1906 Dearie Prince's Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Columbia 48601 12-in. 2/14/1916 When it's orange blossom time in Loveland Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson Band composer  
Columbia 48960 12-in. 10/21/1916 My lonely Lola Lo Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson Band songwriter  
Columbia W140651 10-in. 6/5/1925 You can't be a good little fellow (And still be a good little girl) Lewis James Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia W140784 10-in. 7/27/1925 The world is such a lonesome place Columbia Salon Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 142670 10-in. 9/21/1926 Blame it on the waltz WMCA Broadcasters Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia W142754 10-in. 10/8/1926 Blame it on the waltz The Cavaliers ; Charles Hart Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Columbia W151212 10-in. 1/14/1931 Little sweetheart of the prairie The Cavaliers Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Columbia W365009 10-in. 5/20/1931 Little sweetheart of the prairie Barney Burnett ; Bob Miller Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano songwriter  
OKeh 248 10-in. ca. July 1918 When the bell in the lighthouse Frank Croxton Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
OKeh S-7783 10-in. Feb. 1921 When the bell in the lighthouse rings ding dong Wilfred Glenn Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
OKeh 9128 10-in. May 1925 The world is such a lonesome place (Since I lost you) Louis Forbstein ; Royal Syncopators Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-71093 10-in. Dec. 1922 The hymns of the old church choir Virginia Burt ; Shannon Four Mixed vocal quintet, with orchestra composer  
OKeh S-71659 10-in. June 1923 Just a bit of Irish lace Gerald Griffin Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
OKeh S-73022 10-in. 12/16/1924 A waltz in the moonlight (And you) Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Brunswick 5586-5587 10-in. approximately May 1921 World can't go 'round without you Dorothy Jardon Female vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Brunswick 10600-10601 10-in. 5/9/1923 Bells of the sea John Barclay Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick E29479 10-in. Mar. 1929 That’s what I call heaven Saxie Dowell ; Hal Kemp Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) songwriter  
Brunswick E35884 10-in. 12/29/1930 Little sweetheart of the prairie Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio Instrumental trio, with male vocal duet songwriter  
Brunswick E36067 10-in. 2/12/1931 Little sweetheart of the prairie Connecticut Hill Billies ; Hank Keene Instrumental quartet, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Brunswick E36198 10-in. 2/27/1931 On the Ozark Mountain trail Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with 2 violins and guitar songwriter  
Brunswick E3746-E3747 10-in. 9/9/1926 Blame it on the waltz Miami Marimba Band Marimba band, with male vocal trio composer  
Brunswick E3860-E3861 10-in. 9/28/1926 Blame it on the waltz Miami Marimba Band Marimba band, with male vocal trio composer  
Brunswick E19746-E19747 10-in. 7/12/1926 Because of you Richard Bonelli Male vocal solo, with 2 violins, bells, and organ composer  
Brunswick E20016-E20017 10-in. 9/2/1926 Blame it on the waltz Regent Club Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet composer  
Brunswick E20120-E20121 10-in. 9/14/1926 Blame it on the waltz Regent Club Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet composer  
Brunswick E35893-E35894 10-in. 1/6/1931 Little sweetheart of the prairie Castlewood Marimba Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) songwriter  
Brunswick 199W-201W 10-in. 1/12/1925 A waltz in the moonlight (and you) Castlewood Marimba Band Marimba band composer  
Edison 1150 10-in. 7/24/1912 In the valley where the bluebirds sing Alfred Shaw Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra composer  
Edison 2256 10-in. 4/29/1913 Ship of my dreams Randall Hargreaves Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra composer  
Edison 2579 10-in. 11/21/1913 When the song birds sing no more Emory B. Randolph Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 2832 10-in. Feb. 1914 If I could live to love [you] Vernon Archibald Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra composer  
Edison 4398 10-in. 1/5/1916 My own hometown in Ireland John A. Finnegan Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra composer  
Edison 4702 10-in. 5/4/1916 There's a Quaker down in Quaker town Joseph A. Phillips Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 5208 10-in. 12/12/1916 In the sweet long ago George Wilton Ballard Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra composer  
Edison 7018 10-in. 11/12/1919 When the bell in the lighthouse rings ding, dong Weltzin B. Blix Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 8490 10-in. 6/13/1922 Bells of the sea Ernest Hare Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 9937 10-in. 1/9/1925 A waltz in the moonlight and you Helen Clark ; Charles Hart ; Nathan Glantz Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet composer  
Edison 10444 10-in. 6/20/1925 A waltz in the moonlight and you Frederick Kinsley Organ solo composer  
Edison 10498 10-in. 7/14/1925 The ocean sings of you Ernest Hare Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 10510 10-in. 7/22/1925 The world is such a lonesome place (Since I lost you) Jack Stillman Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 11224 10-in. 9/29/1926 Blame it on the waltz Charles Harrison Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 19025 10-in. 2/4/1929 That's what I call heaven The Rollickers [Edison] Male vocal quartet, with piano songwriter  
Edison N-716 10-in. 2/4/1929 That's what I call heaven The Rollickers [Edison] Male vocal quartet, with piano songwriter  
Leeds & Catlin [L & C cat 224-A] 10-in. between late 1908 and early 1909 If I had a thousand lives to live Frank C. Stanley Male vocal solo composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Solman, Alfred," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112174.

Solman, Alfred. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112174.

"Solman, Alfred." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.

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URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112174

External Sources

Wikipedia: Alfred Solman

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LCNAR: Solman, Alfred, 1868-1937 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003058832

Wikidata: Alfred Solman - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16821272

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