Victor Artists
Sue Harvard (soprano vocal)
On this Date...
May 21st, 1914
Life's dream is o'er (Matrix B-14845, take 4) was recorded by Alma Gluck ; Louise Homer in Camden, New Jersey
John Barnes Wells (vocalist : tenor vocal)
John Barnes Wells as pictured in a Victor catalog
Matrixes marked with 
indicate recordings are available for online listening.
Note on name: John Barnes Wells also used the pseudonym William Barnes; he composed music under the name Jack Wells.
See also: Wells, Jack
Matrix No. |
First Recording Date |
Title |
Primary Performer |
Description |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-8402 | 11/24/1909 | Sweet Genevieve | Haydn Quartet ; John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal quartet and soloist, with orchestra |
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| B-8403 | 11/24/1909 | My garden that blooms for you | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| B-8966 | 5/18/1910 | In May time | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| C-8967 | 5/18/1910 | Beloved, it is morn | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-8968 | 5/18/1910 | Thine eyes so blue and tender | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| BB-9039 | 6/1/1910 | Of thee I'm thinking, Margaretha | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-9040 | 6/1/1910 | My wild Irish rose | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| C-9040 | 7/1/1910 | My wild Irish rose | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-9041 | 6/1/1910 | The boat song | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-9153 | 7/1/1910 | The rosary | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-9177 | 7/18/1910 | It was not so to be | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-9178 | 7/18/1910 | The story of the rose | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-9364 | 8/19/1910 | Beautiful Isle of Somewhere | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| C-9593 | 10/31/1910 | Gems from Maritana | Victor Light Opera Company |
Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra |
|
| C-9594 | 10/31/1910 | Gems from The merry widow | Victor Light Opera Company |
Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra |
|
| C-9638 | 11/11/1910 | Murmuring zephyrs | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-9672 | 11/23/1910 | I'm falling in love with someone | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| C-9672 | 11/23/1910 | I'm falling in love with someone | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| C-9905 | 2/3/1911 | Gems from Florodora | Victor Light Opera Company |
Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra |
|
| B-10034 | 3/8/1911 | A red, red rose | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-10035 | 3/8/1911 | Who is Sylvia? | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-10831 | 7/25/1911 | Oh fair, oh sweet and holy | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo |
|
| B-10832 | 7/25/1911 | The robin sings in the apple-tree | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo |
|
| B-10833 | 7/25/1911 | I'm wearing awa' | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-11289 | 11/22/1911 | Mammy's song | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| C-11357 | 12/12/1911 | National airs of all nations | Victor Mixed Chorus |
Chorus, with orchestra |
|
| C-11456 | 1/12/1912 | Gems from The count of Luxembourg | Victor Light Opera Company |
Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra |
|
| C-11572 | 2/7/1912 | Song medley no. 2 : Feist favorites | Victor Mixed Chorus |
Chorus, with orchestra |
|
| C-12045 | 5/23/1912 | Song medley no. 4 : Remick refrains | Victor Mixed Chorus |
Chorus, with orchestra |
|
| C-12109 | 6/12/1912 | Gems from Robin Hood | Victor Light Opera Company |
Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra |
|
| B-12631 | 11/20/1912 | No. 1, Reception anthem : In heavenly love abiding | Metropolitan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with 2 organs |
|
| B-12632 | 11/20/1912 | No. 3, Perambulation : Behold how good and how pleasant | Metropolitan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with 2 organs |
|
| B-12633 | 11/20/1912 | No. 4, Obligation : So help us God | Metropolitan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with 2 organs |
|
| B-12634 | 11/20/1912 | Solemn strikes the funeral chime | Metropolitan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with 2 organs |
|
| B-12635 | 11/20/1912 | Behold how pleasant and how good | Metropolitan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with 2 organs |
|
| B-12636 | 11/20/1912 | His laws inspire our being | Metropolitan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with 2 organs |
|
| B-12689 | 12/11/1912 | Let us remember in our youth | Metropolitan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with 2 organs |
|
| B-12690 | 12/11/1912 | Opening ode, Stand up for Jesus | Metropolitan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with 2 organs |
|
| B-12954 | 2/28/1913 | Absent | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-13018 | 3/27/1913 | When I carved your name on the tree | Orpheus Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra |
|
| B-13019 | 3/27/1913 | Johnny Harvard | Orpheus Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied |
|
| B-13020 | 3/27/1913 | Forsaken | Orpheus Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied |
|
| B-13779 | 9/15/1913 | My wonderful dream girl | John Barnes Wells |
Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-13780 | 9/15/1913 | Don't you wish you were back home again | John Barnes Wells |
Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-13802 | 9/16/1913 | Mark master ode no. 1 | Metropolitan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with organ |
|
| B-13803 | 9/16/1913 | Mark master ode no. 3 | Metropolitan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with organ |
|
| B-13804 | 9/16/1913 | Past master ode no. 1 | Metropolitan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with organ |
|
| C-13805 | 9/16/1913 | Most excellent master ode no. 1 | Metropolitan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with organ |
|
| C-13806 | 9/16/1913 | Most excellent master ode no. 2 | Metropolitan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with organ |
|
| B-13901 | 10/3/1913 | Sing me the rosary | Orpheus Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra |
|
| B-13902 | 10/3/1913 | The girl in the gingham gown | Orpheus Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra |
|
| C-14204 | 12/16/1913 | War songs | Victor Male Chorus |
Male chorus, with orchestra |
|
| C-14205 | 12/16/1913 | Prisoners' chorus | Victor Male Chorus |
Male chorus, with orchestra |
|
| B-14979 | 6/22/1914 | Boat song | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
|
| B-14980 | 6/22/1914 | Joy of the morning | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
|
| B-14981 | 6/22/1914 | Persian serenade | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
|
| B-15502 | 12/15/1914 | Land of hope and glory | Wilfred Glenn |
Male vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra |
|
| B-15503 | 12/15/1914 | Brown October ale | Reinald Werrenrath |
Male vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra |
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| B-15504 | 12/15/1914 | Swing along | Victor Male Chorus |
Male chorus, with orchestra |
|
| B-15505 | 12/15/1914 | A stein song | Victor Male Chorus |
Male chorus, with orchestra |
|
| B-17107 | 2/3/1916 | I love you, that's one thing I know | William Barnes [i.e., John Barnes Wells] |
Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra |
|
| B-17108 | 2/3/1916 | Memories | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-17154 | 2/15/1916 | A perfect day | Alma Gluck |
Soprano vocal solo, with male chorus and orchestra |
|
| B-17598 | 5/3/1916 | In the beautiful seaside air | Billy Murray |
Male vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra |
|
| B-17599 | 5/3/1916 | My own Iona | William Barnes [i.e., John Barnes Wells] |
Male vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra |
|
| B-17600 | 5/3/1916 | The girl who wears a red cross on her sleeve | William Barnes [i.e., John Barnes Wells] |
Male vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra |
|
| B-17697 | 5/17/1916 | The owl | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-17698 | 5/17/1916 | The melody of home | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-17699 | 5/17/1916 | Long ago in Alcalá | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-17930 | 6/26/1916 | If I knock the 'L' out of Kelly | Marguerite Farrell |
Female vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra |
|
| B-17931 | 6/26/1916 | By the sad Luana shore | Marguerite Farrell |
Female vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra |
|
| C-18062 | 7/6/1916 | Alma mater songs | Victor Male Chorus |
Male chorus, with orchestra |
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| C-18075 | 7/6/1916 | Alma mater songs | Victor Male Chorus |
Male chorus, with orchestra |
|
| C-18077 | 7/7/1916 | Songs of good fellowship | Victor Male Chorus |
Male chorus, with orchestra |
|
| C-18078 | 7/7/1916 | Favorite college songs | Victor Male Chorus |
Male chorus, with orchestra |
|
| B-18119 | 7/14/1916 | Norah, the pride of Kildare | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-18123 | 7/14/1916 | Since first I met thee | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| C-19121 | 1/24/1917 | Deep river | Frances Alda ; Orpheus Quartet |
Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra |
|
| B-19122 | 1/24/1917 | Tho' I'm not the first to call you 'Sweetheart' please let me be the last | Orpheus Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra |
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| B-19123 | 1/24/1917 | Whose pretty baby are you now? | Orpheus Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra |
|
| B-19183 | 2/14/1917 | I met you, dear, in Dreamland | William Barnes [i.e., John Barnes Wells] |
Male vocal solo, with celeste and orchestra |
|
| B-19184 | 2/14/1917 | Blue bird | William Barnes [i.e., John Barnes Wells] |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-20655 | 9/10/1917 | When shadows fall | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| C-20686 | 9/20/1917 | Sing, o Heavens | Victor Mixed Chorus |
Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra |
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| C-20826 | 10/2/1917 | It came upon the midnight clear | Victor Mixed Chorus |
Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra |
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| B-22624 | 3/13/1919 | Tears (of love) | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra |
|
| [Trial 1920-01-05-01] | 1/5/1920 | Dream port | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
|
| [Trial 1920-01-05-02] | 1/5/1920 | Sweet little woman o' mine | John Barnes Wells |
Male vocal solo, with piano |