Arthur J. Lamb
Arthur J. Lamb | |
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Birth name | Arthur J. Lamb |
Born |
Somerset, England | 12 August 1870
Died |
10 August 1928 57) Providence, Rhode Island, United States | (aged
Genres | Oldtime |
Occupation(s) | Composer, lyricist |
Arthur J. Lamb (12 August 1870 – 10 August 1928) was a British lyricist best known for the 1897 song "Asleep in the Deep" and the 1900 song "A Bird in a Gilded Cage". He collaborated with many song-writers, including Albert Von Tilzer, Harry Von Tilzer, Henry W. Petrie and Kerry Mills.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Selected works
- "Asleep in the Deep" (1897) m. Henry W. Petrie
- "Dreaming of Mother and Home" (1898)
- "At The Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea" (1899) m. Henry W. Petrie
- "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" (1900) m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "The Spider and the Fly" (1900) m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "When Wealth and Poverty Meet" (1900) m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "Out Where The Billows Roll High" (1901)
- "The Banquet in Misery Hall" (1902) m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "Jennie Lee" (1902) m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "The Mansion of Aching Hearts" (1902) m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "A Brand Plucked from the Burning" (1902) m. Kerry Mills
- "I Know She Waits for Me" (1902) m. Kerry Mills
- "Beneath the Palms of Paradise" (1903) m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "Like a Star That Falls From Heaven" (1903) m. Kerry Mills
- "When The Bell in the Lighthouse Rings Ding, Dong" (1905)
- "The Bird On Nellie's Hat" (1905)
- "All She Gets from the Iceman is Ice" (1907)
- "You Splash Me and I'll Splash You" (1907)
- "Any Old Port in a Storm" (1908) m. Kerry Mills
- "If You Were Mine" (1908) m. Kerry Mills
- "You've Got the Wrong Number But the Right Girl" (1911) m. Kerry Mills
- "My Keepsake is a Heartache" (1915) m. Clarence M. Jones
- "Good Luck To The USA" (1917)
References
- ↑ American Popular Songs. From the Revolutionary War to the Present, David Ewen (ed.), New York: Random House (1966); OCLC 598027
- ↑ ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, compiled by Jaques Cattell Press, New York: R.R. Bowker
3rd ed. (1966); OCLC 598257, 604233677
4th ed. (1980); OCLC 7065938, 10721505 - ↑ Biographical Dictionary of American Music, by Charles Eugene Claghorn (1911–2005), West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing Co. (1973); OCLC 609781
- ↑ The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music: Composers and their music (Lamb is in Vol. 1 of 3 vols.), by William H. Rehrig, Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press (1991) OCLC 24606813
- ↑ The Oxford Companion to Popular Music, by Peter Gammond. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press (1991); OCLC 22382241
- ↑ Sweet and Lowdown. America's Popular Song Writers, by Warren Craig, Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press (1978); OCLC 3380132
External links
Wikisource has original works written by or about: Arthur J. Lamb |
- parlor songs
- ingeb.org
- Works by or about Arthur J. Lamb at Internet Archive
- Works by Arthur J. Lamb at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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