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Music published by Fairman

George Wayne Fairman (1881–1962) was a lyricist, composer, and music publisher whose work includes popular songs. Several of his songs charted including two that reached #1.[1] Fairman's work includes coon songs, ragtime, songs related to World War I, and a foxtrot.

The Peerless Quartet recorded his song "I think we've got another Washington and Wilson is his name" in 1916 on Silvertone Records.

Songs

  • "Bugavue Rag" (1902)[2]
  • "Preacher and the Bear" (1904)
  • "Fever's on" (1906)[3]
  • "Fare-Thee-Well" (1909), with Tell Taylor[4]
  • "Way Down South" (1912)[5][6]
  • "I Think We've Got Another Washington (and Wilson Is His Name)" (1915)[7][8]
  • "I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way (1917)[9]
  • "Good-bye My Rosary"[9] (1917)[10]
  • "Hello America, hello!" (1917)[11]
  • "When You Find There's Someone Missing" (1917), words by Joe McCarthy[9]
  • "Here's to Your Boy and My Boy" (1918)[12]
  • "It's All Over Now" (1918)[13]
  • "He's a Better Man Than You Kaiser Bill" (1918)
  • "Bo-La-Bo" (1919),[14] a fox trot
  • "Syncopated Butterfly" (1922) published by Jack Mills Inc., New York
  • "Syncopated Polish Dance" (1922)
  • "Silence 'N Fun" (1923)
  • "Syncopated Scarf Dance" (1923)
  • "Minuet In Blue" (1928)

References

  1. ↑ "George Fairman ••• Top Songs as Writer ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com.
  2. ↑ Jasen, David A. (February 22, 2007). Ragtime: An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415978620 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "George Fairman". www.loc.gov.
  4. ↑ "057.115 - Fare-Thee-Well. | Levy Music Collection". levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu.
  5. ↑ Fairman, George (February 22, 1912). "Way down South". Allan & Co – via National Library of Australia (new catalog).
  6. ↑ "Fordham University Libraries Digital Collections". www.library.fordham.edu.
  7. ↑ "I Think We've Got Another Washington and Wilson Is His Name". Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library.
  8. ↑ "I think we've got another Washington (and Wilson is his name) / words & music by George Fairman - Collections - Sheet Music Collection - Digital Gallery - BGSU University Libraries". digitalgallery.bgsu.edu.
  9. 1 2 3 "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions". Library of Congress, Copyright Office. February 22, 1944 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions". Library of Congress, Copyright Office. February 22, 1917 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ "George Fairman". Open Music Library.
  12. ↑ "Here's to your boy and my boy". Library of Congress.
  13. ↑ Carolina, University of South (February 22, 2005). The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection at the University of South Carolina: An Illustrated Catalogue. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781570035906 – via Google Books.
  14. ↑ "Fairman, George 1881-1962 [WorldCat Identities]".
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