Howard E. Johnson (lyricist)

Matrixes marked with indicate recordings are available for online listening.

Matrix No.
First Recording Date
Title
Primary Performer
Description
 
B-14854 5/22/1914 Bregeiro tango
Conrad's Society Orchestra
Orchestra
B-15462 12/4/1914 I'm glad my wife's in Europe
William J. Halley
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-16702 10/21/1915 You'd never know that old home town of mine
Collins and Harlan
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
B-16778 11/17/1915 M-O-T-H-E-R (A word that means the world to me)
Henry Burr
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-17048 1/21/1916 There's a broken heart for every light on Broadway
Edna Brown [i.e., Elsie Baker]
Female vocal solo, with cello and orchestra
 
B-17288 3/8/1916 Siam
American Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
B-17771 5/31/1916 I'm saving up the means to get to New Orleans
Collins and Harlan
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
B-18127 7/18/1916 Moonshine Sally
Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
 
B-18134 7/19/1916 Ireland must be Heaven for my mother came from there
Charles Harrison
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-18325 9/5/1916 He may be old, but he's got young ideas
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-18577 10/25/1916 It's not your nationality (It's simply you)
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-18711 11/15/1916 Keep your eye on the girlie you love
Peerless Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
B-18951 1/3/1917 What do you want to make those eyes at me for?
Ada Jones ; Billy Murray
Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra
 
B-19513 3/26/1917 I called you my sweetheart
James F. Harrison [i.e., Frederick Wheeler]
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-20060 6/19/1917 Mother, Dixie and you
Sterling Trio
Male vocal trio, with orchestra
B-20307 6/28/1917 Where do we go from here?
American Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
B-20812 10/1/1917 In the land of wedding bells
Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
 
B-20835 10/4/1917 Hello, aloha, hello
Shannon Four
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-20939 11/1/1917 I don't want to get well
Van and Schenck
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
 
B-21031 10/31/1917 There's something in the name of Ireland (that the whole world seems to love)
Charles Harrison
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-21403 1/3/1918 Homeward bound
Peerless Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-21416 1/14/1918 Tom, Dick and Harry and Jack (Hurry back)
Shannon Four
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
 
B-21670 4/8/1918 Just like Washington crossed the Delaware, General Pershing will cross the Rhine
Peerless Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
B-22436 11/27/1918 The Navy will bring them back
Peerless Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra
B-22679 4/10/1919 Friends
Henry Burr
Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra
 
B-22846 5/12/1919 Thank God you're here, Mother mine
John Steel
Male vocal solo, with violin, cello, and orchestra
 
B-23482 11/19/1919 Freckles
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-24169 6/16/1920 I'm in heaven when I'm in my mother's arms (I don't have to die to go to heaven)
William Robyn
Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra
B-24757 12/21/1920 Marimba
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with 3 marimbas, violin, and orchestra
B-24788 1/13/1921 The rose I call sweetheart
William Robyn
Male vocal solo, with celeste and orchestra
B-25510 8/10/1921 Mother, I didn't understand
Charles Harrison
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-25779 11/25/1921 Sally and Irene and Mary
Isabelle Patricola
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-26166 3/20/1922 My Machree's lullaby
Charles Harrison
Male vocal solo, with harp and orchestra
B-26588 7/13/1922 On the shores of the Rockaway
Fanny Brice
Female vocal solo, with violin and orchestra
 
B-28673 10/17/1923 You didn't care when you broke my heart (so why should I care now)
Elliott Shaw
Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra
B-28818 10/31/1923 Every night I cry myself to sleep over you
Henry Burr
Male vocal solo, with piano, saxophone, and orchestra
B-29128 12/14/1923 When Mother sings 'Sweet and low'
The Manhattan Merrymakers ; Peerless Quartet
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet
 
B-29982 5/9/1924 Paradise Alley
Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet
B-31981 2/19/1925 Those Panama mamas (are ruining me)
Belle Baker
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-32737 6/22/1925 One smile
International Novelty Orchestra
Orchestra, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-35479 5/26/1926 Am I wasting my time on you
Elliott Shaw
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-35590 7/19/1926 She belongs to me
Ted Weems Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio
 
BVE-36133 8/25/1926 It won't be long now
The Happiness Boys
Male vocal duet, with piano
 
BVE-36994 12/3/1926 Everything's made for love
Gene Austin ; Art Fowler
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano
 
BVE-37564 1/24/1927 That's what I call a pal
Henry Burr
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-38106 2/23/1927 That's my hap-hap-happiness
The Happiness Boys
Male vocal duet, with piano
 
BVE-38107 2/23/1927 Cook-a-doodle, I'm off my noodle
The Happiness Boys
Male vocal duet, with piano
 
BVE-38183 3/18/1927 My idea of heaven (is to be in love with you)
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-38225 3/18/1927 My idea of heaven (is to be in love with you)
Jack Smith
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-38826 5/23/1927 Lindbergh (the eagle of the U.S.A. )
Vernon Dalhart
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-39421 6/23/1927 Gid-ap Garibaldi
Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet
 
BVE-39618 7/1/1927 What do we do on a dew-dew-dewy day
Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra
Orchestra, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-39949 8/9/1927 What do we do on a dew-dew-dewy day
Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller
Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-39950 8/10/1927 Where the Coosa River flows
Vernon Dalhart
Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar
 
BVE-40559 11/9/1927 Old names of old flames
Henry Burr ; Peerless Quartet
Male vocal quartet and soloist, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-40750 11/30/1927 I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream
Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-42435 2/10/1928 You'd rather forget than forgive
The Silver-Masked Tenor [i.e., Joseph M. White]
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-43500 3/26/1928 She's the sweetheart of six other guys
The Happiness Boys
Male vocal duet, with piano
 
BVE-43733 4/18/1928 She's the sweetheart of six other guys
Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus
 
BVE-45411 5/29/1928 Don't wait till the lights are low
Hotel Sinton Orchestra ; Henry Thies
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet
 
BVE-49982 2/21/1929 Shady lady
Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-59785 5/12/1930 Singing a song to the stars
Leo Reisman Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with vocal solo
 
BVE-62280 6/17/1930 Singing a song to the stars
Lewis James
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
[Trial 1923-08-24-04] 8/24/1923 I cry myself to sleep over you
Jane Makalea Hawaiian Band ; Jane Makalea
Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble