Encyclopedia of great popular song recordings. Volumes 3 and 4

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Abbreviations; Introduction; Playlist 1 1890-1919; The Thunderer (1890)-U.S. Marine Band (written by John Philip Sousa); Semper Fidelis (1890)-U.S. Marine Band (written by John Philip Sousa); The Old Folks at Home (1892)-Len Spencer; O Promise Me (1893)-George J. Gaskin (music by Reginald de Koven, lyrics by Clement Scott); Daisy Bell (1893)-Dan W. Quinn; Mama's Black Baby Boy (1893)-Unique Quartette; Yankee Doodle (1894)-Vess L. Ossman; The Liberty Bell (1894)-U.S. Marine Band (written by John Philip Sousa) Keep Movin' (1894)-Standard QuartetteEl Capitan March (1895)-Sousa's Band; Washington Post March (1895/1897)-Sousa's Band; Oh Mr. Johnson, Turn Me Loose (1896)-Len Spencer (written by Ben Harney); Ragtime Medley (1896/1897)-Vess L. Ossman; The Stars and Stripes Forever (c. 1897)-Columbia Orchestra; At a Georgia Camp Meeting (c. 1897)-Edison Concert Band; On the Banks of the Wabash (1897)-George J. Gaskin (written by Paul Dresser); Smoky Mokes (1899)-Vess L. Ossman; The Honolulu Cake Walk (1899)-Vess L. Ossman; The Thunderer March (1899)-Gilmore's Band Pasquinade (1901)-Sousa's Band (written by Louis Moreau Gottschalk)Good Morning, Carrie (1901)-Bert Williams and George Walker (music by Albert Von Tilzer, lyrics by Cecil Mack); Steal Away (1902)-Dinwiddie Colored Quartet; In the Good Old Summer Time (1902)-Sousa's Band (vocal by Harry MacDonough & S.H. Dudley); Silver Threads Among the Gold (1903)-Richard Jose (music by Hart Pease Danks, lyrics by Eben Rexford); Vesti La Giubba (On with the Play) ("Pagliacci," Act 1) (1904)-Enrico Caruso (written by Ruggero Leoncavallo); A Coon Band Contest (1904)-Arthur Pryor's Band The Battle Cry of Freedom (1904)-Frank Stanley and Byron Harlan (written by George Frederick Root)In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree (1905)-Henry Burr (music by Egbert Van Alstyne, lyrics by Harry Williams); The Cakewalk In the Sky (1905/1907)-Victor Orchestra (written by Ben Harney); Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1905)-Byron G. Harlan (music by Harry Von Tilzer, lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling); In the Good Old Summer Time (1905)-Billy Murray; Gypsy Love Song (1906)-Eugene Cowles (music by Victor Herbert, lyrics by Harry B. Smith) Chicken Chowder (1907)-Ossman-Dudley Trio (written by Irene Giblin)Red Wing (An Indian Fable) (1907)-Frank Stanley and Henry Burr (music by Kerry Mills, lyrics by Thurland Chattaway); The King of Rags (1907)-Arthur Pryor's Band; The Smiler (1907)-Vess L. Ossman (written by Percy Wenrich); Wouldn't You Like to Have Me for a Sweetheart? (1908)-Ada Jones and Billy Murray (written by Alfred G. Robyn); Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming (1908)-Peerless Quartet (written by Stephen Foster); National Emblem (1908)-Arthur Pryor's Band (written by Edwin E. Bagley)