J. Fred Helf (composer)

Matrixes marked with indicate recordings are available for online listening.

Matrix No.
First Recording Date
Title
Primary Performer
Description
 
[Pre-matrix A-]538 11/24/1900 Every race has a flag but the coon
Arthur Collins ; Metropolitan Orchestra
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
[Pre-matrix A-]683 2/16/1901 The fatal rose of red
Joseph Natus
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
[Pre-matrix A-]744 4/26/1901 That's what the Germans sang
Dan W. Quinn
Male vocal solo
 
[Pre-matrix B-]744 4/26/1901 That's what the Germans sang
Dan W. Quinn
Male vocal solo
 
[Pre-matrix C-]744 7/11/1902 That's what the Germans sang
Dan W. Quinn
Male vocal solo
 
[Pre-matrix A-]768 5/3/1901 In the house of too much trouble
Harry Macdonough
Male vocal solo
 
[Pre-matrix B-]768 11/20/1901 In the house of too much trouble
Harry Macdonough
Male vocal solo
 
[Pre-matrix A-]796 5/14/1901 I ain't got no happy home to leave
Silas Leachman
Male vocal solo
 
[Pre-matrix B-]796 5/14/1901 I ain't got no happy home to leave
Silas Leachman
Male vocal solo
 
[Pre-matrix A-]830 5/21/1901 A picture no artist can paint
J. W. Myers
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
[Pre-matrix B-]830 5/21/1901 A picture no artist can paint
J. W. Myers
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
[Pre-matrix A-]865 6/12/1901 There are two sides to a story
Steve Porter
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
[Pre-matrix A-]1467 7/10/1902 I'll be your rainbow
Dan W. Quinn
Male vocal solo
 
[Pre-matrix B-]1467 7/10/1902 I'll be your rainbow
Dan W. Quinn
Male vocal solo
[Pre-matrix C-]1467 7/10/1902 I'll be your rainbeau
Dan W. Quinn
Male vocal solo
 
[Pre-matrix A-]1631 9/18/1902 If money talks, it ain't on speaking terms with me
Arthur Collins
Male vocal solo
 
[Pre-matrix B-]1631 9/18/1902 If money talks, it ain't on speaking terms with me
Arthur Collins
Male vocal solo
 
[Pre-matrix A-]1643 9/30/1902 Rainbeau medley
Metropolitan Orchestra
Orchestra
 
[Pre-matrix B-]1643 9/30/1902 Rainbeau medley
Metropolitan Orchestra
Orchestra
 
[Pre-matrix B-]1858 1/12/1903 Tobie, I kind o' likes you
Silas Leachman
Male vocal solo
[Pre-matrix A-]1858 1/12/1903 Tobie, I kind o' likes you
Silas Leachman
Male vocal solo
 
[Pre-matrix B-]2069 3/17/1903 I'll be your rainbeau
Minnie Emmett
Female vocal solo
 
[Pre-matrix A-]2069 3/17/1903 I'll be your rainbeau
Minnie Emmett
Female vocal solo
 
[Pre-matrix B-]3114 2/16/1901 The fatal rose of red
Joseph Natus
Male vocal solo, with piano
[Pre-matrix B-]3286 4/26/1901 That's what the German sang
Dan W. Quinn
Male vocal solo
[Pre-matrix B-]3312 5/3/1901 In the house of too much trouble
Harry Macdonough
Male vocal solo
[Pre-matrix B-]3352 5/14/1901 I ain't got no happy home to leave
Silas Leachman
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
[Pre-matrix B-]3392 5/21/1901 A picture no artist can paint
J. W. Myers
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
[Pre-matrix B-]3467 6/12/1901 There are two sides to a story
Steve Porter
Male vocal solo
 
A-421 9/16/1903 In the house of too much trouble
Harry Macdonough
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
B-421 9/16/1903 In the house of too much trouble
Harry Macdonough
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
B-562 10/14/1903 In the house of too much trouble
Harry Macdonough
Male vocal solo
 
B-766 12/2/1903 That's what the Germans sang
Frank Wilson
Male vocal solo (yodeling), with piano
 
A-766 12/2/1903 That's what the Germans sang
Frank Wilson
Male vocal solo (yodeling), with piano
 
A-1033 2/10/1904 That's what the Germans sang
Brothers Wilson
Male vocal ensemble (with yodeling)
 
B-1033 2/10/1904 That's what the Germans sang
Brothers Wilson
Male vocal ensemble (with yodeling), with "conversation"
 
A-1034 2/10/1904 Under the mistletoe bough
Bob Roberts
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
B-1034 2/10/1904 Under the mistletoe bough
Bob Roberts
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
A-1063 3/2/1904 Under the mistletoe bough
Dan W. Quinn
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-1063 3/2/1904 Under the mistletoe bough
Dan W. Quinn
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
C-1063 3/2/1904 Under the mistletoe bough
Dan W. Quinn
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-1180 4/4/1904 That's what the Germans sang
Dan W. Quinn
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
A-1185 4/4/1904 Du, Du Lichs mir im Herzen or, the wearing of the green
Dan W. Quinn
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
B-1185 4/4/1904 Du, Du, lichs mir im Herzen
Dan W. Quinn
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
B-1332 5/20/1904 A bit o' blarney
Arthur Pryor's Orchestra
Orchestra
 
A-1332 5/20/1904 A bit o' blarney
Arthur Pryor's Band
Band
 
A-1339 5/23/1904 When the coons have a dreamland of their own
Bob Roberts
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-1339 5/23/1904 When the coons have a dreamland of their own
Bob Roberts
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
A-1579 7/11/1904 A bit o' blarney
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo
 
B-1579 7/11/1904 A bit o' blarney
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
A-1593 7/13/1904 A bit o' blarney
Vess L. Ossman
Banjo solo
 
B-1593 7/13/1904 A bit o' blarney
Vess L. Ossman
Banjo solo
 
B-1895 11/3/1904 Mamma's boy
Byron G. Harlan
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-2347 2/27/1905 Here's to our absent brothers
Frank C. Stanley
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
C-2347 2/27/1905 Here's to our absent brothers
Frank C. Stanley
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-2432 3/31/1905 The waltz must change to a march, Marie
Byron G. Harlan
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-2759 9/19/1905 I'll be waiting in the gloaming, sweet Genevieve
Byron G. Harlan
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-2761 9/19/1905 Bye-bye, ma Eva
Collins and Harlan
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
 
C-2937 12/11/1905 I'll be waiting in the gloaming, sweet Genevieve
Alan Turner
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-3081 2/2/1906 Someone thinks of some one
Harry Macdonough ; Frank C. Stanley
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
B-3082 2/2/1906 When the whip-poor-will sings, Marguerite
Harry Macdonough ; Frank C. Stanley
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
B-3131 2/21/1906 Is there any room in heaven for a little girl like me?
Byron G. Harlan
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-3420 5/29/1906 Colleen Bawn
J. W. Myers
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
E-3472 6/14/1906 Susan, kiss me good and hard
Collins and Harlan
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
B-3472 6/14/1906 Susan, kiss me good and hard
Collins and Harlan
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
 
C-3502 7/6/1906 Ain't you coming back to old New Hampshire, Molly?
Harry Macdonough
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
E-3502 7/6/1906 Ain't you coming back to old New Hampshire, Molly?
Harry Macdonough
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-4174 1/15/1907 Meet me, sweet Kathleen, in honeysuckle time
Byron G. Harlan
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-4559[a] 6/5/1907 Captain Baby Bunting
Byron G. Harlan
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-4612 6/21/1907 When you know you're not forgotten by the girl you can't forget
Haydn Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-4811 9/16/1907 Gesundheit waltz
Arthur Pryor's Band
Band
B-4901 11/4/1907 'Neath the old acorn tree, sweet Estelle
Haydn Quartet ; Harry Macdonough
Male vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-4911 11/7/1907 When summer tells autumn goodbye
Harry Macdonough ; Frank C. Stanley
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
 
B-6096 4/10/1908 When it's moonlight, Mary darling, 'neath the old grape arbor shade
Albert Campbell
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-6239 5/29/1908 Tipperary
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-6292 7/7/1908 Somebody that I know and you know too
Arthur C. Clough
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-6295 6/16/1908 I lost my heart when I saw your eyes
Haydn Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-6347 8/13/1908 I think I see my brother coming now
Arthur Collins
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-6388 9/3/1908 I don't want the morning to come
Dorothy Kingsley
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
B-6421 9/18/1908 New Tipperary march
Arthur Pryor's Band
Band
B-6430 9/21/1908 A wee bit o' Scotch
Arthur Pryor's Band
Band
 
B-6465 9/25/1908 I'm tying the leaves so they won't come down
Byron G. Harlan
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-6466 9/25/1908 Mister Dinkelspiel
Arthur Collins
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-6515 10/6/1908 Tipperary
John Kimmel
Accordion solo, with piano
 
B-7091 5/18/1909 You can look and you can listen, but M-U-M is the word
Ada Jones
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
B-7094 5/18/1909 Make a noise like a hoop and roll away
Ada Jones
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
B-7095 5/18/1909 Make a noise like a hoop and roll away
Street piano
Street piano
 
B-8142 8/11/1909 Just a little word called 'welcome'
Karl Fritz
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-8164 8/20/1909 When the sheep are in the fold, Jennie dear
Manuel Romain
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-8165 8/20/1909 When we listened to the chiming of the old church bell
Manuel Romain
Male vocal solo
 
B-8171 8/24/1909 Little Willie
American Quartet
Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied
B-8309 10/21/1909 Wedding bells
American Quartet
Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied
 
B-8373 11/12/1909 Wedding bells
Haydn Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-8407 11/30/1909 I'd rather say hello than say good-bye
Hamilton Hill
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
C-8408 11/30/1909 My love is greater than the world
Hamilton Hill
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-8592 2/2/1910 Where the ivy's clinging, dearie, 'round an old oak tree
Haydn Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
B-8668 3/1/1910 Teddy da Roose'
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-9044 6/2/1910 The morning after the night before
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-9155 7/6/1910 I'm longing for the old days, Marguerite
Haydn Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-9527 10/10/1910 The new Tipperary
William H. Reitz
Xylophone solo, with orchestra
 
B-10632 6/30/1911 Wanted, a harp like the angels play
Henry Burr
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-10696 7/10/1911 Hands up
Ada Jones ; Billy Murray
Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra
B-11757 3/21/1912 A wee little drop o' the Cruiskeen lawn
Peerless Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-12495 10/8/1912 Fables
Bob Roberts
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-12496 10/8/1912 You won't get a nickel out of me
Bob Roberts
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-12526 10/22/1912 You're just as sweet at sixty as you were at sweet sixteen
American Quartet ; Walter Van Brunt
Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra
B-17046 1/21/1916 Lazy Mary, will you get up
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-25940 1/7/1922 The new Tipperary
Pietro Deiro
Accordion solo
 
BVE-33831 10/30/1925 The Lightning Express
Vernon Dalhart
Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar
 
BVE-56417 10/17/1929 My two sweethearts
Jimmie Wilson's Catfish String Band
String band, with male vocal solo