Byron G. Harlan



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".

Solo recordings
1899
 * "Please, Mr. Conductor, Don't Put Me Off The Train" (remade 1903 on Edison Gold Moulded 7219) (w.m. J. Fred Helf)

1901
 * "Hello Central, Give Me Heaven"

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


 * "The Vacant Chair" (w. Henry S. Washburn m. George Frederick Root)
 * - 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
 * "And A Little Child Shall Lead Them" - Edison Gold Moulded 9472
 * "I'm Tying The Leaves So They Won't Come Down" - Edison Gold Moulded 9606
 * "School Days (When We Were A Couple of Kids)" - Victor 5086

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 1921
 * "Way Down East Where I Belong" - OKEH Record 1134-B
 * "Down Where I Belong" - Pathe 20660

With Arthur Collins
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 1910
 * "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


 * "That Beautiful Rag" - Columbia Indestructible 1424

1911
 * "The Barn Dance"
 * "Alexander's Ragtime Band"

1912
 * "I'm Goin' Back to Dixie"
 * "The Ragtime Soldier Man" - Victor and Columbia Records

1914
 * "The Aba Daba Honeymoon" - Edison Blue Amberol 2468

1915
 * "Alabama Jubilee"
 * "Kentucky Home"

1916
 * "The Kid Is Clever"

1918


 * "The Old Grey Mare"

1919


 * "On the Ozark Trail"

1922
 * "Ham & Eggs"

With Aileen Stanley
1913
 * "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!" - Edison Amberol "Special H" and Edison Blue Amberol "Special H"

With Arthur Stanley
1909
 * "Marching Through Georgia" - Victor 16416-A

With Frank C. Stanley
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
 * "You're My Heart's Desire, I Love You, Nellie Dean" - Edison Gold Moulded 9013

With Joseph Belmont
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
1913
 * "Two Jolly Sailors" - Edison Blue Amberol 1759