Byron George Harlan (August 29, 1861 – September 11, 1936) was an American singer from Kansas, a comic minstrel singer and balladeer who often recorded with Arthur Collins. The two together were often billed as "Collins & Harlan".

Byron George Harlan between 1915 and 1920

Solo recordings

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1899

  • "Please, Mr. Conductor, Don't Put Me Off The Train" (remade 1903 on Edison Gold Moulded 7219) (w.m. J. Fred Helf)[1]

1901

1903

  • "Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby" (w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards)
- on Victor & Edison
  • "Always In The Way" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
- on Edison Records
- on Edison

1904

  • '"Sweetest Girl in Dixie"
- on Leeds Talk-o-Phone

1905

  • "My Gal Sal"
  • "A Picnic For Two"
  • "Bright Eyes Goodbye"
  • "With the Robins I'll Return"
-on Edison Records
  • "Where Morning Glories Twine Around the Door" Oxford Disc Record #3282

1906

  • "Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie"
  • "Cheer Up Mary" - Edison Gold Moulded 9403
  • "When The Sunset Turns The Ocean's Blue To Gold - Columbia & United Talking Machine A439

1907

1908

  • "Are You Sincere?" - Edison Gold Moulded 9973
  • “Always me.” - Edison Standard Record 10009

1912

  • "They Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dawg Aroun'" - Edison Standard Record 10559

1917

  • "With His Hands In His Pockets (And His Pockets In His Pants)" - Edison Blue Amberol 3124

1919

  • "Way Down East Where I Belong" - OKEH Record 1134-B

[3] 1921

  • "Down Where I Belong" - Pathe 20660

With Arthur Collins

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1902

  • "They Were All Doing The Same" - Edison Gold Moulded 8255

1903 Meet Me Down At Luna Lena - Zon-O-Phone 194

1904

  • "Under The Anheuser Bush - Columbia 32409
  • "Down On The Brandywine" - Edison Gold Moulded 8712

1905

  • "In My Merry Oldsmobile" - Columbia 85016 (6" length cylinder - most were 5" length)
  • "Peter Piper" - 20th Century Talking Machine Record 85001
  • "Negro Recollections" (with Vess L. Ossman on banjo) - Edison Gold Moulded 7665

1906

  • "Afloat On A Five Dollar Note" - Edison Gold Moulded 9316
  • "Traveling" - Edison Gold Moulded 9287
  • "Camp Meeting Time" - Edison Gold Moulded 9415
  • "Take A Car" - Victor 4372

1907

  • "Come On And Kiss Yo' Baby" - Victor 16224-A
  • "Bake Dat Chicken Pie" - Victor 17221-B
  • "Arrah Wanna" - Edison Gold Moulded 9447
  • "Ev'ry Little Bit Added To What You've Got Makes Just A Little Bit More" - Edison Gold Moulded 9611

1908

  • "Cohan's Rag Babe - Columbia 33282

1909

  • "Down At The Huskin' Bee"
  • "Down Where the Big Bananas Grow" - Edison Amberol 308
  • "Make A Noise Like A Hoop And Roll Away" - Edison Standard 10122
  • "My Wife's Gone To The Country" - Columbia A724

1910

  • "That Beautiful Rag" - Columbia Indestructible 1424[4]

1911

1912

1914

1915

  • "Alabama Jubilee"
  • "Kentucky Home"

1916

  • "The Kid Is Clever"

1918

1919

  • "On the Ozark Trail"[5]

1922

  • "Ham & Eggs"

With Aileen Stanley

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1913

With Arthur Stanley

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1909

With Frank C. Stanley

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1902

  • "All Aboard for Slumberville" - Edison Gold Moulded 8187

1904

  • "Blue Bell" - Edison Gold Moulded 8655

1904

  • "Dixie", or "I wish I was in Dixie" - Edison Gold Moulded 8784

1905

With Joseph Belmont

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1903

  • "While the Birds are Singing to Me" - Edison Gold Moulded 9583

1904

  • "Robin and the Wren" - Edison Gold Moulded 8662

1905

  • "Beautiful Birds Sing On" - Edison Gold Moulded 9022

With Steve Porter

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1913

  • "Two Jolly Sailors" - Edison Blue Amberol 1759

References

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  1. ^ "Please, Mr. Conductor / Byron G Harlan. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 7219 [1902?] | Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project". Cylinders.library.ucsb.edu. 2005-11-16. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  2. ^ 1907 Byron Harlan - School Days (When We Were A Couple Of Kids). Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  3. ^ Actual vinyl in my possession. J. R. Nebeker, Orem, Utah, USA; side B
  4. ^ That Beautiful Rag by Collins & Harlan (Nov. 1910). Retrieved 2024-05-02 – via www.youtube.com.
  5. ^ It is unclear which Ozark Trail the song is referring to. - A recording of the song can be found at: [1]
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