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Stephen Foster [US1]

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Real name
Stephen Collins Foster
Born
July 4, 1826
Died
January 13, 1864
Country
United States
IPI
00010599300 12 works
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Known as "the Father of American Music", Foster was the major songwriter of 19th century America
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970
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Songs written by Stephen Foster [US1]

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway! Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (13 artists)
Angelina Baker Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (58 artists)
Beautiful Dreamer Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (192 artists)
Better Times Are Coming Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (5 artists)
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming Stephen Foster [US1] Knickerbocker Quartette 1908 Covered by (17 artists)
Comrades, Fill No Glass for Me Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (6 artists)
Dolly Day Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (4 artists)
Don't Bet Your Money on de Shanghai Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (5 artists)
Down Among the Cane-Brakes Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (2 artists)
Fairy-Belle Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (2 artists)
Farewell My Lilly Dear Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (4 artists)
Gentle Annie Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (34 artists)
Gentle Lena Clare Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (2 artists)
Gwine to Run All Night, or De Camptown Races Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (103 artists)
Hard Times Come Again No More Stephen Foster [US1] Edison Male Quartette 1905 Covered by (150 artists)
Holiday Schottisch Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (3 artists)
If You've Only Got a Moustache Stephen Foster [US1], George Cooper Covered by (10 artists)
I Will Be True to Thee Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (2 artists)
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Stephen Foster [US1] Lambert Murphy June 29, 1922 Covered by (91 artists)
Jenny June Stephen Foster [US1], George Cooper Covered by (3 artists)
Laura Lee Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (5 artists)
Linger in Blissful Repose Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (5 artists)
Lou'siana Belle Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (3 artists)
Massa's in de Cold Ground Stephen Foster [US1] Geo J. Gaskin May 19, 1896 Covered by (19 artists)
Molly Do You Love Me? Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (2 artists)
Mother, Thou'rt Faithful to Me Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (2 artists)
My Brudder Gum Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (2 artists)
My Old Kentucky Home Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (172 artists)
My Wife Is a Most Knowing Woman Stephen Foster [US1], George Cooper Covered by (2 artists)
Nelly Bly Stephen Foster [US1] Victor Mixed Chorus September 1916 Covered by (26 artists)
Nelly Was a Lady Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (11 artists)
No One to Love Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (3 artists)
Nothing but a Plain Old Soldier Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (4 artists)
Oh, Boys, Carry Me 'Long Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (3 artists)
Oh! Lemuel! Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (3 artists)
Oh! Susanna Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (322 artists)
Old Black Joe Stephen Foster [US1] The Banda Rossa 1899 Covered by (76 artists)
Old Dog Tray Stephen Foster [US1] Hayden Quartet January 11, 1911 Covered by (17 artists)
Old Folks at Home Stephen Foster [US1] Len Spencer 1892 Covered by (276 artists)
Old Uncle Ned Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (11 artists)
Once I Loved Thee Mary Dear Stephen Foster [US1], William Cullen Crookshank Covered by (2 artists)
Open Thy Lattice, Love Stephen Foster [US1], George Pope Morris Covered by (8 artists)
Ring de Banjo Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (18 artists)
Santa Anna's Retreat from Buena Vista Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (8 artists)
Sitting by My Own Cabin Door Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (2 artists)
Slumber, My Darling Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (12 artists)
Some Folks Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (16 artists)
Sweet Emerald Isle That I Love So Well Stephen Foster [US1], George Cooper Covered by (2 artists)
Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair Stephen Foster [US1], Charles G. Eastman Covered by (11 artists)
That's What's the Matter Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (5 artists)
The Glendy Burk Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (19 artists)
The Hour for Thee and Me Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (2 artists)
The Merry, Merry Month of May Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (4 artists)
The Village Maiden Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (2 artists)
The Voice of Bygone Days Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (2 artists)
Under the Willow She's Sleeping Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (2 artists)
Virginia Belle Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (3 artists)
Was My Brother in the Battle? Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (5 artists)
Way Down in Ca-i-ro Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (3 artists)
When This Dreadful War Is Ended Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (2 artists)
Willie Has Gone to the War Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (3 artists)
Willie We Have Missed You Stephen Foster [US1] Covered by (4 artists)

Tributes

Title Performer Release date Label
American Dreamer - Songs of Stephen Foster Thomas Hampson, Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, David Alpher 1992 Angel
American Portrait - Music of Stephen Foster Thomas McGregor September 10, 2015 (self-released)
Beautiful Dreamer Robert White - The National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt 1982 RCA
Beautiful Dreamer - The Favorite Melodies of Stephen Foster The Mormon Tabernacle Choir 1968 Columbia Masterworks
Beautiful Dreamer - The Songs of Stephen Foster various artists August 24, 2004 American Roots Publishing
Billy Vaughn Plays Stephen Foster Billy Vaughn 1959 Dot Records
Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts - Songs of Stephen C. Foster Jeffrey Dooley and Kathryn Cook 1999 Lyrichord
Down Among the Cane Brakes Tom Roush 2009 (self-released)
Foster for Brass The Chestnut Brass Company May 18, 2004 Naxos
Gentle Annie Vocal Arts Quartet 1997 Koch International Classics
Hard Times - Stephen Foster Remembered Amy Miller & Carson Hudson, Jr. 2007 (self-released)
Homespun Songs of Stephen Foster Bobby Horton January 21, 2010 (self-released)
Kenneth Spencer Kenneth Spencer 1957 Columbia [EMI]
Leave the Old Folks at Home Bee Culture July 19, 2014 (self-released)
Randy VanWarmer Sings Stephen Foster Randy VanWarmer 2005 Victor [JP]
Richard Dyer-Bennet 11 - Stephen Foster Songs - From the Original Editions Richard Dyer-Bennet 1962 Dyer-Bennet Records
Songs by Stephen Foster Jan DeGaetani, Leslie Guinn, Gilbert Kalish 1972 Nonesuch
Songs of Stephen Foster - Vol. 1 Nelson Eddy with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Robert Armbruster 1948 Columbia Masterworks
Songs of Stephen Foster - Vol. 2 Nelson Eddy with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Robert Armbruster 1948 Columbia Masterworks
Stephen Foster Melodies Frank Luther and The Lyn Murray Quartet November 1938 Decca
Stephen Foster - Melodies & Serenades for the American Parlor Jonathan Guyot Smith & Stephen Sasloe September 29, 2012 (self-released)
Stephen Foster Melodies, Vol. 2 Frank Luther and Zora Layman with The Century Quartet 1940 Decca
Stephen Foster's America Douglas Jimerson September 8, 1998 Amerimusic
Stephen Foster Song Book Bob McGrath 1966 CBS
Stephen Foster Song Book The Robert Shaw Chorale 1958 RCA Victor Red Seal
Stephen Foster Songs Al Jolson January 1951 Decca
Swanee - The Music of Stephen Foster Joe Weed 2001 Highland Records [US2]
The Complete Piano Works of Stephen Foster Sara Davis Buechner 2011 ProPiano
The Music of Stephen Foster Nat Shilkret and The Victor Salon Group 1928 Victor Red Seal Record
There Was a Time - Melodies of Stephen Foster Susan Urbach 1994 Voyce Records
Top Ten Songs of Songwriter Stephen Foster Wendell H. Mills II January 2017 (self-released)

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