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American popular singer & actress.
Born April 4, 1896 in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA.
Died April 23, 1944 (aged 48) in New York City, New York, USA.
Harris was a vaudeville and revue headliner, famed for her renditions of jazz songs and was most successful in the 1920s. She was the first widely known white singer to sing jazz and blues songs.
Her first husband was songwriter/pianist Phil Goldberg (3).

ALBUMS


Marion Harris
Look For The Silver Lining
2006, CD, Comp, Living Era
Marion Harris
The Complete Victor Releases
2000, CD, Comp, 2nd, Archeophone Records
Marion Harris
The Artistry Of .... Marion Harris 1924-1934
1984, LP, Comp, Take Two Records
Marion Harris
One Morning In May / Oo-Oo-Ooh! Honey
1934, Shellac, 10", Decca
Marion Harris
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday / Singing The Blues
1934, Shellac, 10", Decca
Marion Harris
Gettin' Sentimental / Spring is Here Again
1932, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Marion Harris
Is I In Love? I Is / An Ev'ning In Caroline
1932, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Marion Harris
My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes / Would You Like To Talk A Walk?
1931, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Marion Harris
Blue Again / He's My Secret Passion
1930, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
Funny, Dear, What Love Can Do / Nobody's Using It Now
1930, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
Did You Mean It? / The Man I Love
1928, Shellac, 10", Victor
Marion Harris
I Can't Realize / Does My Sweetie Do—And How
1925, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
Tea For Two / The Blues Have Got Me
1925, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
I'll See You In My Dreams / Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me
1925, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
No One / When You And I Were Seventeen
1925
Marion Harris
It Had To Be You / How Come You Do Me Like You Do
1924, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
Wanted "Someone To Love" / Go, Emmaline
1924, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
Jealous / Hey Hey And Hee Hee (I'm Charleston Crazy)
1924, Shellac, 10", Brunswick, ,
Vocal
Marion Harris
I Can't Get The One I Want / There'll Be Some Changes Made
1924, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
Stealing To Virginia / You May Be Fast But Your Mama's Gonna Slow You Down
1924, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
Somebody Loves Me / Charleston Charlie
1924, Shellac, ,
Vocal
Marion Harris
I Don't Want You To Cry Over Me / St. Louis Gal
1924
Marion Harris
Lovey Came Back / I've Got A Cross-Eyed Papa (But He Looks Straight To Me)
1923, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
Who's Sorry Now / Waitin' For The Evenin' Mail
1923, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
I've Been Saving For A Rainy Day / 'Taint Nuthin' Else
1923, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
Two-Time Dan / That Red Head Gal
1923, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
Aggravatin' Papa / Hot Lips
1923, Shellac, 10", Brunswick, ,
Vocal
Marion Harris
Runnin' Wild / You've Got To See Mamma Every Night
1923, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
Someone Else Walked Right In / Dirty Hands, Dirty Face
1923, Shellac, 10", Brunswick, ,
Vocal
Marion Harris
Beside A Babbling Brook / Dearest
1923, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
Before You Go / Nashville Nightingale
1923, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
I Ain't Got Nobody / St. Louis Blues
1923
Marion Harris
Mississippi Choo Choo / Who Cares?
1923
Marion Harris
I Gave You Up Just Before You Threw Me Down / Rose Of The Rio Grande
1923
Marion Harris
Dixie Highway / Brother'n-Law Dan
1922, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris With Isham Jones Orchestra
Sweet Indiana Home / Blue
1922, Shellac, 10", Brunswick, ,
Vocal
Marion Harris
Poor Little Me / Some Sunny Day
1922, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Marion Harris
Who'll Take My Place? / Fickle Flo
1922, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Marion Harris
Malinda Brown / Maybe You Think You're Fooling Baby
1922, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Marion Harris
Homesick / Carolina In The Morning
1922, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
Nobody Lied (When They Said That I Cried Over You) / Haunting Blues
1922
Marion Harris With Isham Jones Orchestra
My Cradle Melody / I'm Just Wild About Harry
1922
Marion Harris
I Ain't Got Nobody / Where Is My Daddy Now Blues
1921, Shellac, 10", AV, Columbia
Marion Harris
Sweet Cookie / I'm Looking For A Bluebird (To Chase My Blues Away)
1921, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Marion Harris
Beale Street Blues / The Memphis Blues
1921, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Marion Harris
I'm Nobody's Baby / I Wonder Where My Sweet, Sweet Daddy's Gone
1921, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Marion Harris
Look For The Silver Lining / I'm Gonna Do It If I Like It
1921
Marion Harris / Billy Murray
There's A Lump Of Sugar Down In Dixie / Story Book Ball
1921
Marion Harris
Grieving For You / Yankee
1921
Marion Harris
I'm A Jazz Vampire / Never Let No One Man Worry Your Mind
1921
Marion Harris
Sweet Mamma / I Told You So
1920, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Marion Harris
Left All Alone Again Blues / Everybody But Me
1920, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Marion Harris
He Done Me Wrong / Oh Judge (He Treats Me Mean)
1920, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Marion Harris
The "St. Louis Blues" / Homesickness Blues
1920, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Marion Harris
A Good Man Is Hard To Find / For Johnny And Me
1919, Shellac, 10", Victor,
Billy Murray - Ed Smalle / Marion Harris
I Ain't 'En Got 'En No Time To Have The Blues / Take Me To The Land Of Jazz
1919, Shellac, 10", Victor, ,
Vocal
Marion Harris / Henry Burr
After You've Gone / I'm Glad I Can Make You Cry
1919, Shellac, ,
Vocal/Ballad
Arthur Fields / Marion Harris
Bring Back Those Wonderful Days / Jazz Baby
1919
Marion Harris / Peerless Quartet*
When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band To France / I'm Gonna Pin My Medal On The Girl I Left Behind
1918, Shellac, 10", Victor
Sterling Trio / Marion Harris
When You Sang "Hush-A-Bye Baby" To Me / Mammy's Chocolate Soldier
1918, Shellac, 10", Victor
Marion Harris / Collins And Harlan
Good-Bye Alexander, Good Bye Honey Boy / When Uncle Joe Steps Into France
1918, Shellac, 10", Victor
Marion Harris / Van And Schenck
Everybody's Crazy 'Bout The Dog-gone Blues But I'm Happy / In The Land O' Yamo Yamo
1918, Shellac, 10", Victor, ,
Vocal
Marion Harris - Billy Murray / Ada Jones - Billy Murray
I Wonder Why / Nesting Time In Flatbush
1917, Shellac, 10", Victor
Collins And Harlan / Marion Harris
Lily Of The Valley / When I Hear That Jazz Band Play
1917
Marion Harris
They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me / Some Sweet Day
1917, Shellac, ,
Vocal
Billy Murray / Marion Harris
There's A Little Bit Of Bad In Every Good Little Girl / I'm Gonna Make Hay While The Sun Shines In Virginia
1916, Shellac, 10", Victor
Collins And Harlan / Marion Harris
Come Along to Caroline / Don't Leave Me, Daddy
1916, Shellac, 10", Victor
Marion Harris
Paradise Blues
1916, Shellac, 10", Victor
Avon Comedy Four / Marion Harris
Way Out Yonder In The Golden West / I Ain't Got Nobody Much
1916
Marion Harris
Marion Harris Volume 6 1924 - 1926
Cass, Comp, Mono, Neovox
Marion Harris / June Pursell
Blue Again / Ten Cents A Dance
Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Marion Harris
My Man From Caroline / He's Not Worth Your Tears
Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Collins And Harlan / Marion Harris
Lily Of The Valley / When I Hear That Jazz Band Play
Shellac, 10", Victor

APPEARANCES +


Marcelo Zarvos
Z: The Beginning Of Everything (Music From The Amazon Original)
2017, CD, Album, Varèse Sarabande, ,
Score
H. P. Lovecraft*
Fabula Obscura 1 - Das McCready Erbe
2013, CD, Rubikon Hörspiele
Calacas Jazz Band
Gracias Por Cooperar
2010, CD, Album, Dig, Fonarte Latino
Various
L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story Of Vocal Jazz: Part 1 (1911 - 1940)
2004, 10xCD, Comp, Le Chant Du Monde, ,
Louisiana Blues/Chicago Blues/Ragtime/Swing/Dixieland
Various
Music, New York & Hopper
1999, CD, Comp, Art In Concert, Philadelphia Museum Of Art,
Cole Porter
From This Moment On - The Songs Of Cole Porter
1992, 4x CD, Box Set, ,
Swing/Easy Listening
Ambrose & His Orchestra
Saturday Night
1977, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Decca,
Harry Roy And His Band*
The King Of Hot-Cha
1971, LP, Comp, Mono, Starline, Starline, ,
Dixieland
The Harmonicats*
Command Performance
1956, LP, Album, Mercury
The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra
Alone / My Kid's A Crooner
1935, Shellac, 10", His Master's Voice
Elsie Carlisle
That’s Why You Need Me, Dear / His Majesty The Baby
1935, Shellac, 10", Decca
Harry Roy & His Orchestra*
His Majesty The Baby / My Kid's A Crooner
1935
Ambrose And His Orchestra*
Snowman / My Kid’s A Crooner
1935
Various
1923: "Gonna Play the Villain Part"
2021, CD, Comp, Archeophone Records,
Various
The Roaring Twenties: Hits of '28 & '29
2019, 2xCD, Comp, Retrospective Records,
Walter Donaldson
My Blue Heaven
2019, 2xCD, Comp, Retrospective Records,
Various
Vocalese - Ces Solos Qui Nous Chantent
2017, CD, Comp, Promo, Jazz Magazine (2)
Various
The Song Is You: Music Of Jerome Kern
2017, 2xCD, Comp, Retrospective Records, ,
Vocal/Easy Listening
Various
1919: "Jazzin' Around And Paintin' The Town"
2014, CD, Comp, Archeophone Records
Various
Songs of The Great War: Keep the Home Fires Burning
2014, CD, Comp, Retrospective Records
Various
Songs Of World War I (1914-1918)
2014, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Go Entertain, ,
Vocal/Music Hall
Various
75 Songs Of World War I
2014, 3xCD, Comp, Delta (18), Music Digital
Various
Songs From The Great War
2014, 3xCD, Comp, Crimson Productions (2),
Various
The Woody Allen Experience (Deluxe Edition)
2013, 6xCD, Comp, Dlx, Ltd, Music Brokers
Various
Decade Of Hits The 20's
2013, 3xCD, Comp, Dig, Dynamic Nostalgia
Various
1917: "Yankees To The Ranks"
2012, CD, Comp, Archeophone Records
Various
Music From The Boardwalk Era
2011, 2xCD, Comp, Not Now Music
Various
1920: "Even Water's Getting Weaker"
2011, CD, Comp, Archeophone Records
Various
Bring On The Girls (1926 - 1934)
2010, CD, Comp, Retrieval
Various
Really The Blues? A Blues History 1893-1959 Volume1 (of 4) (1893-1929)
2010, 9xCD, Comp + CD-ROM, West Hill Radio Archives, ,
Boogie Woogie/Country Blues/Gospel/Ragtime/Piano Blues/Cajun/Country/Hillbilly
Various
Then... The Roaring 20s
2010, 4xCD, Comp, AP Music Ltd.
Various
The Big Broadcast - Volume 6 (Jazz And Popular Music Of The 1920s And 1930s)
2010, CD, Comp, Rivermont
Various
Great Songs of 1931
2008, CD, Comp, Bygone Days
Various
1922: "An Angel's Voice I Hear"
2007
Various
That Devilin' Tune - A Jazz History, Vol. 1 (1895-1927)
2006, 9xCD, Comp, West Hill Radio Archives, ,
Ragtime
Various
Hits Of '24 It Had To Be You
2006, CD, Comp, Living Era,
Various
Hits Of The 1920s Vol.2: 1921-1923
2006, CD, Comp, Naxos Nostalgia
Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Restored - The Complete Recordings And Alternates, Volume 5 (Newly Discovered Takes And The Beiderbecke Influence)
2005, CD, Comp, RM, BX Records,
Various
Let's Misbehave (Music From The Roaring 20s)
2005, CD, Comp, Quality Audio
Various
'S Wonderful - Songs Of George Gershwin
2005, CD, Comp, Mono, Naxos Nostalgia,
Various
The Big Broadcast - Volume 1 (Jazz And Popular Music Of The 1920s And 1930s)
2005, CD, Comp, Rivermont
Various
1921: "Make Believe And Smile"
2004, CD, Comp, Archeophone Records
Various
Hits Of '23
2004, CD, Comp, Living Era
Various
Hits of '22
2003, CD, Comp, Living Era
Various
Hits Of '21
2003, CD, Comp, Living Era
Various
Hits Of 1920
2002, CD, Comp, Naxos Nostalgia,
Various
The Roaring 20s • Hits Of '20 (When My Baby Smiles At Me)
2002, CD, Comp, Mono, Living Era
Various
The Music Of World War One And It's Legacy In Popular Song
2002, CD, Comp, Lyric (4)
Various
Legendary Voices Of Vaudeville
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Take Two Records
Various
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: A Century Of Women In Music
1999, 5x CD, Box Set,
Various
American Pop: An Audio History - From Minstrel To Mojo: On Record, 1893-1946
1998, 9xCD, Comp + Box, West Hill Audio Archives,
Various
Favorites Of The Roaring Twenties
1998, 2xCD, Comp, Take Two Records, ,
Swing/Big Band/Ragtime
George Gershwin, Various
Fascinating Rhythm: The Broadway Gershwin 1919-1933
1998, CD, Comp, RCA Victor, ,
Theme/Novelty/Dixieland
Various
Songs Of WWI (From Original Recordings 1914-1926)
1997, 2x CD, ,
Easy Listening/Music Hall/Vocal
Various
Those Wonderful Years: Yes Sir! That's My Baby - Music Of The Roaring '20s
1995, CD, Comp, JCI, Sony Music Special Products
Various
The First Torch Singers Volume 2: 1930-1934
1995, CD, Comp, Take Two Records
Irving Caesar
The Great Ones
1995, CD, Comp, Mono, Flapper
Various
From This Moment On: The Songs Of Cole Porter Vol. 1
1992, CD, Comp, RM, The Smithsonian Collection Of Recordings,
Various
Nipper's Greatest Hits - 1901-1920
1991
Various
The Red Hot Mammas
1988, LP, Comp, Retrieval
Various
American Popular Song: Six Decades Of Songwriters And Singers
1984, 7x Vinyl, ,
Big Band/Cabaret/Vaudeville
Various
Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things
1982
Various
The Songs & Stars Of The Thirties
1980, Vinyl, ,
Big Band/Swing/Theme/Score
Various
The Songs Of Vincent Youmans
CD, Comp, Living Era, ,
Vocal/Light Music
Various
The Age Of Style
2xCD, Comp, Mono, RM, Past Perfect, ,
Vocal