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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.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 28, 1869 (Baltimore), Died May 8, 1926 (Stamford)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1906 - 1946

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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 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  
Victor BVE-40173 10-in. 10/12/1927 Mother Machree John McCormack Tenor vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor CVE-40610 12-in. 10/13/1927 Selections from Naughty Marietta Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-41284 10-in. 12/29/1927 Ah! Sweet mystery of life The Troubadours Jazz/dance band lyricist  
Victor PBVE-42027 10-in. 2/25/1928 Mother Machree Tom Kenyon Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor PBVE-42138 10-in. 3/16/1928 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Robert Olsen Male vocal solo, with violin, cello, and piano (take 3) lyricist  
Victor CVE-43189 12-in. 3/28/1928 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Fred Waring ; Waring's Concert Orchestra Orchestra, with male vocal solo and chorus lyricist  
Victor BVE-43734 10-in. 4/23/1928 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Richard Crooks Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-49072 10-in. 1/16/1929 I'm falling in love with someone Richard Crooks Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-56723 10-in. 9/27/1929 Mother Machree Robert MacGimsey Whistling solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-58663 10-in. 2/17/1930 Oh! Dulce misterio de la vida Tito Schipa Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor CVE-59838 12-in. 3/19/1930 Wild rose Coca Cola Topnotchers Radio broadcast : Orchestra, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor CVE-63155 12-in. 10/15/1930 Maytime Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra Orchestra lyricist  
Victor BS-87393 10-in. 1/17/1935 Mother Machree Richard Crooks ; Nathaniel Shilkret Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BS-89303 10-in. 3/11/1935 Tramp, tramp, tramp along the highway Nelson Eddy ; Nathaniel Shilkret Baritone vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra lyricist  
Victor BS-89304 10-in. 3/11/1935 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Nelson Eddy ; Nathaniel Shilkret Baritone vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra lyricist  
Victor BS-89305 10-in. 3/11/1935 I'm falling in love with someone Nelson Eddy ; Nathaniel Shilkret Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BS-89306 10-in. 3/11/1935 'Neath the Southern moon Nelson Eddy ; Nathaniel Shilkret Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor CS-89595 12-in. 4/24/1935 Gems from Maytime Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor PBS-90072 10-in. 3/20/1935 Italian street song Jeanette MacDonald ; MGM Studio Orchestra ; Herbert Stothart Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor PBS-90073 10-in. 3/20/1935 Italian street song Jeanette MacDonald ; MGM Studio Orchestra Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor PBS-90074 10-in. 3/20/1935 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Jeanette MacDonald ; MGM Studio Orchestra ; Herbert Stothart Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor PBS-90075 10-in. 3/20/1935 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Jeanette MacDonald Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor PBS-97848 10-in. 9/19/1936 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Nelson Eddy ; Jeanette MacDonald ; Nathaniel Shilkret Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra lyricist  
Victor PBS-97856 10-in. 9/21/1936 Will you remember Nelson Eddy ; Jeanette MacDonald ; Nathaniel Shilkret Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BS-01193 10-in. 9/14/1936 The road to paradise Wayne King Orchestra Jazz/dance band lyricist  
Victor BS-01194 10-in. 9/14/1936 Will you remember (Sweetheart) Wayne King Orchestra Jazz/dance band lyricist  
Victor BS-048904 10-in. 4/15/1940 Mother Machree Dick Todd Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band lyricist  
Victor BS-060313 10-in. 1/11/1941 Sometime Margaret Daum ; Frank Parker ; Victor Mixed Chorus Mixed vocal chorus, with female-male vocal duet and piano lyricist  
Victor BS-066839 10-in. 7/15/1941 Mother Machree Emile Coté ; Robert Noland ; Victor Male Chorus Male vocal chorus and male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor BS-068155 10-in. 11/6/1941 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Emile Coté ; Victor Mixed Chorus Mixed vocal chorus, with piano lyricist  
Victor BS-068158 10-in. 11/6/1941 'Neath the southern moon Emile Coté ; Margaret Daum ; Victor Mixed Chorus Mixed vocal chorus, with female vocal solo and piano lyricist  
Victor BS-068162 10-in. 11/6/1941 My dream girl Emile Coté ; Frank Parker ; Victor Mixed Chorus Mixed vocal chorus, with male vocal solo and piano lyricist  
Victor BS-068163 10-in. 11/6/1941 Will you remember Emile Coté ; Margaret Daum ; Frank Parker ; Victor Mixed Chorus Mixed vocal chorus, with female-male vocal duet and piano lyricist  
Victor BS-068165 10-in. 11/6/1941 I'm falling in love with someone Emile Coté ; Victor Mixed Chorus Mixed vocal chorus, with male vocal solo and piano lyricist  
Victor BS-075413 10-in. 7/7/1942 Will you remember (Sweetheart) Dorothy Kirsten ; Felix Knight ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra Female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BS-075414 10-in. 7/7/1942 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Dorothy Kirsten ; Felix Knight ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra Female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor D5VB-1168 10-in. 12/12/1945 Mother Machree Charles Dant Orchestra ; Charles Dant ; Dennis Day Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble lyricist  
Victor PD6VB-2334 10-in. 6/11/1946 My dream girl (I loved you long ago) Donald Dame ; Russ Case Orchestra Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor PD6VB-3255 10-in. 10/29/1946 I'm falling in love with someone Jimmy Carroll ; Dudley King Orchestra Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BS-Test-1098 10-in. 1/17/1935 Mother Machree Richard Crooks Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor [Trial 1914-09-15-02] Not documented 9/15/1914 Mother Machree Joseph H. Conlin Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Trial 1916-12-15-03] Not documented 12/15/1916 Mother Machree D. S. Ward Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Trial 1918-11-02-01] Not documented 11/2/1918 Mother Machree John Steel Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Trial 1918-12-02-04] Not documented 12/2/1918 Mother Machree E. Pearce Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Trial 1919-01-15-06] Not documented 1/15/1919 Will you remember Thomas Burg Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Trial 1926-08-21-02] 10-in. 8/21/1926 Mother Machree Howard Melaney Male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor [Trial 1927-05-03-01] 10-in. 5/3/1927 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Margaret McKee Female vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor [Trial 1928-02-15-01] 10-in. 2/15/1928 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Robert Olsen Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 19818 10-in. 3/16/1912 Mother Machree Will Oakland Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 38660 10-in. 2/26/1913 Mother Machree Chauncey Olcott Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 46020 10-in. 9/13/1915 Mother Machree Hardy Williamson Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 47139 10-in. 11/8/1916 Mother Machree Charles Harrison Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 47416 10-in. 3/13/1917 Mother Charles Harrison Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 77063 10-in. 5/16/1917 That creepy, weepy feeling Anna Wheaton ; George Wilson [James Harrod] Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 77330 10-in. 9/12/1917 Will you remember James Harrod Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 78024 10-in. 8/23/1918 Mother Machree George MacFarlane Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 78167 10-in. 10/28/1918 Sometime Samuel Ash Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 79602 10-in. 12/23/1920 Do you hear me calling? Margaret Romaine Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 80097 10-in. 12/12/1921 Mother Machree Charles Hackett Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 81663 10-in. 4/1/1924 I'm falling in love with someone Tandy MacKenzie Male vocal solo, with harp and orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 140068 10-in. 9/17/1924 My dream girl Barbara Maurel Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 30578 12-in. ca. 1910-Feb. 1911 'Neath the southern moon Merle Tillotson Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 30811 12-in. 9/6/1911 I'm falling in love with someone Charles Harrison Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia W143667 10-in. 3/16/1927 Mother Machree William Ryan Male vocal solo lyricist  
Columbia W145944 10-in. 5/4/1928 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Charles W. Hamp Male vocal solo lyricist  
Columbia W145982 10-in. 4/9/1928 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Leo Reisman Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
OKeh 423 10-in. ca. Oct. 1918 Sometime Samuel Ash Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh S-7126 10-in. approximately Dec. 1919 Mother Machree William Robyn Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh S-7306 10-in. Feb. 1920 Mother Machree William Robyn Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick 858 10-in. approximately mid-1917 Mother Machree Harry McClaskey Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick 4816-4817 10-in. approximately Dec. 1920 Mother Machree Theo Karle Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick X10962-X10964 12-in. 6/28/1923 Naughty Marietta Light Opera Chorus Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick X11827-X11829 12-in. 11/8/1923 Naughty Marietta Light Opera Chorus Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick X11873-X11875 12-in. 11/13/1923 Naughty Marietta Brunswick Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick 12533-12535 10-in. 2/14/1924 Italian street song Virginia Rea Female vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick 14214-14216 10-in. 11/15/1924 My dream girl (I loved you long ago) John Charles Thomas Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick 14484-14486 10-in. 12/15/1924 My dream girl John Charles Thomas Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick E27350 10-in. 4/14/1928 Ah! Sweet mystery of life (The dream melody) Brunswick Hour Orchestra Orchestra, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) lyricist  
Brunswick E27613 10-in. 5/29/1928 Mother Machree Frank Munn Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick E29226 10-in. Feb. 1929 Mother Machree Allen McQuhae Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick E30599 10-in. 8/1/1929 Italian street song Jessica Dragonette Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick XE31557 12-in. Dec. 1929 Brunswick brevities program R, pt. 5 Brunswick Male Quartet Radio transcription disc : Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Brunswick E16238-E16241 10-in. 8/26/1925 I'm falling in love with some one Morton Downey Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Brunswick LTR232 10-in. 10/10/1929 Song of the Nile Billy Lennon Male vocal solo lyricist  
Brunswick TC2843 10-in. 1/22/1929 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Wm. J. O'Donnell Male vocal solo lyricist  
Edison 2431 10-in. 8/28/1913 Italian street song Marie De Kyser Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 2561 10-in. 11/13/1913 When love is young Mary Carson Female vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 3764 10-in. 5/7/1915 Mother Machree Walter Van Brunt Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 4501 10-in. 2/16/1916 Pick, pick, pickaninny Gladys Rice Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 5221 10-in. 12/19/1916 Mother George Wilton Ballard Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 5550 10-in. 5/10/1917 That creepy, weepy feeling George Wilton Ballard ; Marion Evelyn Cox ; Harvey Hindermyer ; Gladys Rice Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 5781 10-in. 9/12/1917 Will you remember Vernon Dalhart ; Gladys Rice Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 6413 10-in. between 10/10/1918 and 10/23/1918 Italian street song Leeta Corder Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 6487 10-in. between 12/2/1918 and 12/11/1918 Sometime Charles Hart ; Leola Lucey Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 6512 10-in. between 12/16/1918 and 12/23/1918 Italian street song Marie De Kyser Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 7148 10-in. 2/5/1920 Mother Machree Albert Lindquest Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 7467 10-in. 7/30/1920 Mother Machree Carsten Woll Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 9373 10-in. 2/14/1924 Naughty Marietta airs no. 1 New York Light Opera Co. Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 9375 10-in. 2/15/1924 Naughty Marietta airs no. 2 New York Light Opera Co. Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 18115 10-in. 12/19/1927 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Victor Hall ; Jack Stillman Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Edison 18309 10-in. 3/15/1928 Mother Machree Charles Harrison Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 18376 10-in. 4/7/1928 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Walter Scanlan Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 18701 10-in. 9/4/1928 I'm falling in love with someone J. Donald Parker Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 18713 10-in. 9/10/1928 Italian street song Olive Palmer Female vocal solo, with mixed vocal ensemble and orchestra lyricist  
Edison N-142 10-in. 3/15/1928 Mother Machree Charles Harrison Malel vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison N-170 10-in. 4/7/1928 Ah! sweet mystery of life Walter Scanlan Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison N-407 10-in. 9/4/1928 I'm falling in love with someone J. Donald Parker Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison N-418 12-in. 9/10/1928 Italian street song Olive Palmer Female vocal solo, with mixed vocal ensemble and orchestra lyricist  
Gramophone 0EA5260 10-in. before 3/1/1938 Will you remember? Denny Dennis ; Roy Fox Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Columbia (U.K.) CA17006 10-in. between June and November 1938 I'm falling in love with someone Charles Kullman Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia (U.K.) WR536 10-in. approximately 1934 Ah! Sweet mystery of life Charles Kullman Tenor 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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