Chas. R. McCarron

Charles Russell McCarron (1891 – January 28, 1919) was a United States Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. McCarron is credited on such numbers as "Fido Is a Hot Dog Now", "Your Lips Are No Man's Land But Mine", "Our Country's In It Now, We've Got to Win It Now", and "Eve Wasn't Modest 'till She Ate that Apple". He collaborated with other composers including Albert Von Tilzer, Carey Morgan, and Chris Smith. He died of pneumonia at his home in New York on January 28, 1919 at age 27.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1891, Died January 28, 1919 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1903 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer

= 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
Victor	B-406	10-in.	9/9/1903	Down where the Swanee River flows	Franklyn Wallace	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	A-1448	7-in.	6/8/1904	Down where the Swanee River flows	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist
Victor	B-1448	10-in.	6/9/1904	Down where the Swanee River flows	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist
Victor	B-6723	10-in.	1/14/1909	Down where the Swanee River flows	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-12567	10-in.	11/5/1912	At the levee on revival day	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14780	10-in.	4/30/1914	Fido is a hot dog now	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-15140	10-in.	8/21/1914	Poor Pauline	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-15177	10-in.	9/4/1914	Where the oceans meet in Panama (That's where I'll meet you)	Irving Kaufman	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-15734	10-in.	2/24/1915	That southern hospitality	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-15995	10-in.	5/5/1915	She lives down in our alley	Irving Kaufman	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Victor	B-16715	10-in.	10/25/1915	When old Bill Bailey plays the ukalele	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	songwriter
Victor	B-16716	10-in.	10/25/1915	If you only had my disposition	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-16792	10-in.	11/18/1915	Out of a city of six million people (Why did you pick on me?)	Ada Jones	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	C-16827	12-in.	11/30/1915	When old Bill Bailey plays the ukalele	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	songwriter
Victor	B-16916	10-in.	12/17/1915	At the fountain of youth	Dan W. Quinn	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-16918	10-in.	12/17/1915	When you're dancing the old-fashioned waltz	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	C-16952	12-in.	1/3/1916	When old Bill Bailey plays the ukalele	Victor Military Band	Band	songwriter
Victor	B-17022	10-in.	1/18/1916	Since Mother goes to the movie shows	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-17259	10-in.	3/6/1916	Down where the Swanee River flows	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-17492	10-in.	4/13/1916	Honky tonky one-step	Victor Military Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-17763	10-in.	6/1/1916	When old Bill Bailey plays the ukulele	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-18061	10-in.	7/5/1916	Oh! How she could yacki hacki wicki wacki woo	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-19109	10-in.	1/22/1917	The Honolulu hicki boola boo	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-19501	10-in.	3/22/1917	When the sun goes down in Dixie (And the moon begins to rise)	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-19517	10-in.	3/27/1917	Eve wasn't modest till she ate that apple (We'll have to pass the apples again)	Louis J. Winsch	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-19691	10-in.	5/4/1917	What kind of an American are you?	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-21685	10-in.	4/18/1918	Your lips are no man's land but mine	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-21689	10-in.	4/23/1918	Our country's in it now	Orpheus Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-22290	10-in.	10/23/1918	I'm glad I can make you cry	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-22441	10-in.	11/29/1918	I'm crazy about my daddy (In a uniform)	Marion Harris	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-22621	10-in.	3/12/1919	Wait and see (You'll want me back)	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra	songwriter
Victor	B-23000	10-in.	6/11/1919	Blues (My naughty sweetie gives to me)	Marion Harris	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-23173	10-in.	9/26/1919	Blues (My naughty sweetie gives to me)	Esther Walker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-24591	10-in.	12/31/1918	Oh Helen	Arthur Fields	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BS-065227	10-in.	5/7/1941	Blues (my naughty sweetie gives to me)	Eugenie Baird ; Tony Pastor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	[Trial 1915-03-17-04]	Not documented	3/17/1915	When you play in the game of love	Will C. Robbins	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	[Trial 1915-10-05-03]	Not documented	10/5/1915	When old Bill Bailey plays the uka-le-le	Anne Chandler	Female vocal solo, with piano	songwriter
Victor	[Trial 1917-06-02-04]	Not documented	6/2/1917	When the sun goes down in Dixie	Frank Mason ; John Sullivan	Male vocal duet, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	38436	10-in.	11/22/1912	At the levee on revival day	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	39504	10-in.	7/27/1914	Fido is a hot dog now	Billy Watkins	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	39594	10-in.	10/26/1914	Poor Pauline	Arthur Fields	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	39779	10-in.	1/18/1915	She used to be the slowest girl in town	Ada Jones ; Will C. Robbins	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	39832	10-in.	2/9/1915	That southern hospitality	Ada Jones ; Will C. Robbins	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	45568	10-in.	4/21/1915	She lives down in our alley	Billy Burton ; Herbert Stuart	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	45660	10-in.	5/20/1915	When the Lusitania went down	Herbert Stuart	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	46061	10-in.	9/25/1915	When old Bill Bailey plays the ukulele	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	46153	10-in.	10/25/1915	If you only had my disposition	Samuel Ash ; Edith Chapman	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	46158	10-in.	10/27/1915	Out of a city of six million people	Marguerite Farrell	Female vocal solo and monologue, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	46220	10-in.	11/23/1915	At the fountain of youth	Dan W. Quinn	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	46222	10-in.	11/23/1915	When you're dancing the old-fashioned waltz	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	46257	10-in.	12/10/1915	At the fountain of youth	Marguerite Farrell	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	46349	10-in.	1/17/1916	Since Mother goes to movie shows	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	46460	10-in.	2/28/1916	Down where the Swanee River flows	Al Jolson	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	46857	10-in.	6/19/1916	Oh how she could yacki hacki wicki wacki woo	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	46969	10-in.	8/17/1916	Love is just a lottery	Grace Nash [i.e., Grace Kerns] ; M. J. O'Connell	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	47018	10-in.	9/15/1916	I've made a study of you	Samuel Ash	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	47162	10-in.	11/16/1916	The Honolulu hicki boola boo	Knickerbocker Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	47346	10-in.	2/5/1917	When the sun goes down in Dixie	Robert Lewis ; George Wilson [James Harrod]	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	47358	10-in.	2/9/1917	I wasn't born to be lonesome	Samuel Ash	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77056	10-in.	5/14/1917	What kind of an American are you?	Arthur Fields	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	77723	10-in.	3/15/1918	The Yanks started yankin'	Arthur Fields	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77799	10-in.	4/29/1918	Your lips are no man's land but mine	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77853	10-in.	5/28/1918	Bobby the bomber	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	78050	10-in.	9/16/1918	Oh, how she could Spanish	Irving Kaufman	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	78140	10-in.	10/22/1918	I'm glad I can make you cry	Lewis James	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	78173	10-in.	11/15/1918	Mammy's pickaninny don't you cry	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	78244	10-in.	1/2/1919	Oh! Helen	Arthur Fields	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	78314	10-in.	2/20/1919	Wait and see (You'll want me back)	Henry Burr ; Ruth Lenox	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	78345	10-in.	3/12/1919	Tears (Of love)	Jockers’ Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia	78624	10-in.	9/5/1919	Blues (My naughty sweetie gave me)	Ted Lewis Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	79056	10-in.	3/17/1920	I wasn't born to be lonesome	Hugh Wright [i.e., George Meader]	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	81218	10-in.	9/16/1923	Ted Lewis popular favorites	Ted Lewis Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia	W142445	10-in.	7/16/1926	Blues (My naughty sweetie gives to me)	Ted Lewis and his Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	W148206	10-in.	4/8/1929	Down where the Swanee River flows	Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Cross	Female-male vocal duet, with guitar	lyricist
OKeh	352	10-in.	ca. Sept. 1918	Belinda, open up your window	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
OKeh	627	10-in.	ca. Mar. 1919	Wait and see (You'll want me back)	Irving Kaufman	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
OKeh	S-7234	10-in.	Feb. 1920	Blues (My naughty sweetie gives to me)	Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-71320	10-in.	Feb. 1923	When the Dixie sun goes down	Shelton Brooks	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
OKeh	[OK cat 1063-b]	10-in.	approximately 1918	Bobby the Bomber	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo	songwriter
OKeh	[OK cat 1114-b]	10-in.	approximately 1918	The Yanks started yankin'	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	[Br cat 5006-a]	10-in.	approximately late 1916	Down where the Swanee River flows	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	[Br cat 5125-a]	10-in.	approximately Aug. 1917	I sent my wife away for a rest (I needed it)	Louis J. Winsch	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Brunswick	[Br cat 5187-b]	10-in.	approximately Nov. 1917	Keep cool, the country's saving fuel	Ada Jones ; George L. Thompson	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Brunswick	[Br cat 5218-a]	10-in.	approximately Apr. 1918	Your lips are no man's land but mine	Brunswick Military Band	Band	composer
Brunswick	[Br cat 5221-a]	10-in.	approximately Apr. 1918	Your lips are no man's land but mine	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	C2113	10-in.	7/23/1928	Blues (My naughty sweetie gives to me)	Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	C2153	10-in.	7/27/1928	Blues (My naughty sweetie gives to me)	Ewen Hail	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	C2260	10-in.	8/23/1928	Blues (My naughty sweetie gives to me)	Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	K154	10-in.	Aug. 1929	Down where the Swanee River flows	Ballard Cross	Male vocal solo, with guitar	lyricist
Edison	3819	10-in.	5/25/1915	She lives down in our alley	Irving Kaufman	Male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra	songwriter
Edison	3932	10-in.	7/2/1915	She lives down in our alley	Irving Kaufman	Mixed vocal ensemble	songwriter
Edison	4195	10-in.	10/15/1915	When old Bill Bailey plays the ukulele	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	4553	10-in.	3/3/1916	Since Mother goes to movie shows	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	4574	10-in.	3/10/1916	At the fountain of youth	Dan W. Quinn	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	4598	10-in.	3/21/1916	Down where the Swanee River flows	George Wilton Ballard	Male vocal solo and mixed vocal trio, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	4832	10-in.	6/29/1916	Oh! How she could yacki hacki wicki wacki woo (That's love in Honolu)	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	5560	10-in.	5/15/1917	What kind of an American are you?	Helen Clark	Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	6542	10-in.	1/2/1919	Oh Helen!	Arthur Fields	Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Edison	6703	10-in.	4/3/1919	Wait and see (You'll want me back)	Charles Hart	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Edison	7108	10-in.	1/9/1920	Blues my naughty sweetie gives to me	Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "McCarron, Chas. R.," accessed May 2, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112055.

McCarron, Chas. R.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 2, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112055.

"McCarron, Chas. R.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 May 2024.