Henry W. Armstrong (July 22, 1879 – February 28, 1951) was an American boxer, booking agent, producer, singer, pianist, and
Tin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley was a collection of music publishers and songwriters in New York City that dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It originally referred to a specific place: West 28th Street ...
composer.
[Songs About Kisses and Kissing.]
''ParlorSongs'', September 2003. The Parlor Songs Association.
Background
His biggest hit was "
Sweet Adeline", written in 1903 with Richard H. Gerard.
[ His 1905 ]sentimental ballad
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"Nellie Dean
"(You're My Heart's Desire, I Love You) Nellie Dean" is a sentimental ballad in common time by Henry W. Armstrong, published in 1905 by M. Witmark & Sons of New York City. The original sheet music is scored in B-flat major for voice and piano ...
" became the signature song of the British music hall
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singer Gertie Gitana
Gertie Gitana (born Gertrude Mary Astbury; 27 December 1887 – 5 January 1957) was an English music hall entertainer.
Biography
She was born in Shirley Street, Longport, Staffordshire, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent.pub song
In English popular culture, the "traditional" pub songs typified by the Cockney " knees up" mostly come from the classics of the music hall, along with numbers from film, the stage and other forms of popular music.
The tradition is continued in t ...
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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
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1879 births
1951 deaths
American male composers
American composers
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