Jessie Spiess
Jessie Spiess was a Tin Pan Alley songwriter, who is well known for songs from World War I.
Career[edit]
In 1918, Spiess wrote the song I'm Goin' to Fight My Way Right Back to Carolina with Billy Baskette,[1][2] which was performed by Van and Schenck for Columbia Records and the Kaufman Brothers for Okeh.[3] The score was published in 1918 by McCarthy & Fisher, Inc. of New York, New York.[4]
In October 1918, Spiess' Oui, oui, Marie (Wee wee Marie) was released by Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra for Columbia.[3]
Spiess supplied the words for While You're Over There in No Man's Land, which was composed by Jack Stanley.[5]
Selected works[edit]
- Baskette, Billy, and Jessie Spiess. I'm Going to Fight My Way Right Back to Carolina. [Song]. New York: McCarthy & Fisher, 1918. OCLC 497716628
- Stanley, Jack, and Jessie Spiess. While You're Over There in No-Man's Land, I'm Over Here in Lonesome Land. Chicago: Will Rossiter, 1918. OCLC 23915209 and OCLC 963949178
References[edit]
- ↑ Jones, John Bush (2015). Reinventing Dixie: Tin Pan Alley's Songs and the Creation of the Mythic South. ISBN 0807159468. Retrieved 15 December 2018. Search this book on
- ↑ Tyler, Don (2016). Music of the First World War. ABC CLIO. p. 48. ISBN 1440839972. Retrieved 17 December 2018. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Jessie Spiess (songwriter)," accessed November 15, 2018, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/118688/Spiess_Jessie_songwriter
- ↑ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music 1. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7. OCLC 71790113. Search this book on
- ↑ "[Musicnote Roll Co.]". Music Trades: 18. November 30, 1918. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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