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Rida Johnson Young
Rida Johnson Young (born Rida Louise Johnson, February 28, 1869 – May 8, 1926) was an American playwright, songwriter and librettist. In her career, Young wrote over 30 plays and musicals and approximately 500 songs. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. Some of her better-known lyrics include "Mother Machree" from the 1910 show Barry of Ballymore, "Italian Street Song", "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" and "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" from Naughty Marietta, and "Will You Remember?" from Maytime. |
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 136 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | C-3378 | 12-in. | 5/10/1906 | When love is young | Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-9650 | 10-in. | 11/15/1910 | Mother Machree | Will Oakland | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-9672 | 10-in. | 11/23/1910 | I'm falling in love with someone | John Barnes Wells | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | C-9672 | 12-in. | 11/23/1910 | I'm falling in love with someone | John Barnes Wells | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-9679 | 10-in. | 11/30/1910 | Italian street song | Lucy Isabelle Marsh ; Victor Light Opera Company | Soprano vocal solo and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-9716 | 10-in. | 12/16/1910 | I'm falling in love with someone | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-9719 | 10-in. | 12/16/1910 | I'm falling in love with someone | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | C-10062 | 12-in. | 3/16/1911 | I'm falling in love with someone | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-10062 | 10-in. | 3/17/1911 | I'm falling in love with someone | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-10069 | 10-in. | 3/17/1911 | Mother Machree | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | C-11317 | 12-in. | 11/29/1911 | Gems from Naughty Marietta | Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-15659 | 10-in. | 2/2/1915 | Mother Machree | George MacFarlane | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-15827 | 10-in. | 3/24/1915 | Mother Machree | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-16319 | 10-in. | 8/5/1915 | Longing just for you | George MacFarlane | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-17510 | 10-in. | 4/18/1916 | Mother Machree | Albert Corey Whittemore | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-18948 | 10-in. | 12/29/1916 | Mother | Lambert Murphy | Male vocal solo, with celeste, harp, and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-20814 | 10-in. | 10/1/1917 | Will you remember? | Raymond Dixon ; Alice Green | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | C-23023 | 12-in. | 6/20/1919 | Gems from Sometime | Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-23109 | 10-in. | 8/5/1919 | Molly | Reinald Werrenrath | Baritone vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-23715 | 10-in. | 2/2/1920 | I'm falling in love with someone | Orville Harrold | Tenor vocal solo, with violin, celeste or piano, and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-30500 | 10-in. | 7/14/1924 | My dream girl | Lambert Murphy | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-30987 | 10-in. | 10/9/1924 | The broad highway | Reinald Werrenrath | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-31804 | 10-in. | 1/26/1925 | Ah! Sweet mystery of life | Hulda Lashanska | Soprano vocal solo, with piano and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-31804 | 10-in. | 3/24/1925 | Ah! Sweet mystery of love | Hulda Lashanska | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-35496 | 10-in. | 6/29/1926 | Mother Machree | The Silver-Masked Tenor [i.e., Joseph M. White] | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Young, Rida Johnson," accessed May 5, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105012.
Young, Rida Johnson. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 5, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105012.
"Young, Rida Johnson." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Young, Rida Johnson - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85186923
Wikidata: Rida Johnson Young - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7332345
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MusicBrainz: Rida Johnson Young - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8d20e99e-b3e0-41b0-976e-a0a05dfb8695
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