Clarence James Dennis
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis (7 September 1876 – 22 June 1938), better known as C. J. Dennis, was an Australian poet and journalist known for his best-selling verse novel The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke (1915). Alongside his contemporaries and occasional collaborators Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson, Dennis helped popularise Australian slang in literature, earning him the title "the laureate of the larrikin". When Dennis died, Australia's then Prime Minister Joseph Lyons said he was destined to be remembered as the "Australian Robert Burns". |
Birth and Death Data: Born South Australia (state of Australia), Died June 22, 1938 (Melbourne (capital city of Victoria, Australia) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1918
Roles Represented in DAHR: author
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | C-21662 | 12-in. | 1/16/1918 | The singing soldiers | James H. Heron | Recitation, unaccompanied | author |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dennis, Clarence James," accessed December 26, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102050.
Dennis, Clarence James. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 26, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102050.
"Dennis, Clarence James." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 26 December 2025.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: C. J. Dennis
Discogs: Clarence James Dennis
Britannica: Clarence James Dennis
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Dennis, C. J. (Clarence James), 1876-1938 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50041591
Wikidata: C. J. Dennis - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q983348
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/72199678
MusicBrainz: C. J. Dennis - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2da6de65-6450-48a1-947a-2decaba68a93
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/14251 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/14251
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