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Henry W. "Harry" Armstrong (July 22, 1879 – February 28, 1951) was an American boxer, booking agent, producer, singer, pianist, and Tin Pan Alley composer.[1]
Henry W. Armstrong | |
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| Born | July 22, 1879 Somerville, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | February 22, 1951 (aged 71) New York, New York, US |
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| Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano |
Background
His biggest hit was "Sweet Adeline", written in 1903 with Richard H. Gerard.[1][2] His 1905 sentimental ballad "Nellie Dean" became the signature song of the British music hall singer Gertie Gitana,[3] and subsequently a popular British pub song.[4]
Works
- Sweet Adeline (1903)
- Arabella
- Dew Drops (1904) instrumental
- Goodbye Eyes of Blue
- Follow the crowd on a Sunday (1904)
- I love my wife, but oh you kids
- Can't You See I'm Lonely (1905)
- I'd like a girl like you
- The Twilight (1905)
- In the golden autumn days sweet Jennie Ray
- You're my heart's desire, I love you Nellie Dean (1905)
- Just a line from Jennie
- When the Evening Twilight Bids the Day Good-Bye (1906)
- Miss Dinah
- Baby Doll (1908)
- Only a Flower by the Wayside
- I Could Learn To Love You (1908)
- Rianza Waltzes- instrumental
- The Frisco Rag (1909) instrumental
- A Rose of Plymouth Town
- Shaky Eyes (1909)
- Tales the moon could tell
- Slip your glad rags on and come with me (1910) *When you have time and money
- The Chimes (1912)
- When you've won the only girl you love
References
- Songs About Kisses and Kissing. ParlorSongs, September 2003. The Parlor Songs Association.
- Spaeth, Sigmund (December 1945). "Two Sweet Songs". The Rotarian.
- Power, John C (26 May 2009). "BBC - Stoke & Staffordshire - People - Gertie Gitana". BBC. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
- Harrowven, Jean (1977). The origins of rhymes, songs and sayings. Kaye & Ward. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-7182-1267-4.
External links
- Free scores by Henry W. Armstrong in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Free scores by Henry W. Armstrong at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- List of works
- Harry Armstrong at IMDb
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