Ada Jones

Ada Jones
Background information
Born	June 1, 1873(1873-06-01) Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Origin	Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Died	May 2, 1922 (aged 48) North Carolina
Genres	vocal
Occupations	Singer, actress
Years active	1889-1922
Labels	North American Phonograph Co, Edison Records, others

Ada Jones (June 1, 1873 – May 2, 1922)^[1] was a popular singer who recorded from 1905 to the early 1920s. She was born in Lancashire, England but moved with her family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of six in 1879. She started performing on stage, including juvenile roles in the 1880s.^[2].

In 1893 or 1894, she recorded some musical performances for the North American Phonograph Co., but the demise of this company ended this recording career and it was not until 1905 that she returned to recording, after a few years doing performances at such locations as Huber's 14th Street Museum in New York City.^[3] She recorded several duets with Billy Murray and Len Spencer. She sang in a range of accents and dialects.

Death

She died in North Carolina, aged 48.

Songs

• "Don't Get Married Any More, Ma" (1906, 1907; multiple recordings)
• "All She Gets from the Iceman is Ice" (1907)
• "I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave" (1907)
• "The Yama Yama Man" (1909)
• "I've Got Rings On My Fingers" (1909)
• "Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon" (1910)
• "Row! Row! Row!" (1913)
• Now I Have to Call Him "Father" (1908)

Duets with Billy Murray:

• "Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk" (1907)
• "School Days" (1907)
• "Wouldn't You Like to Have Me for a Sweetheart?" (1908)
• "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine" (1908)
• "Shine On, Harvest Moon" (1909)
• "I Can't Say You're the Only One" (1909) (Edison Standard Record: 10069)
• "Can't You See I Love You" (1909) (Edison Standard Record: 10190)
• "Googy-oo" (1909) (Edison Amberol: 211)
• "Blue Feather" (1909)
• "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" (1911)
• "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" (1912)
• "Some Sunday Morning" (1918)

References

1. ^ Songwriters Hall of Fame
2. ^ Ada Jones: A Prehistory, Mainspring Press
3. ^ Ada Jones: A Prehistory

External links

• Works by Ada Jones at Project Gutenberg
• Ada Jones recordings at the Internet Archive
• Ada Jones cylinder recordings, from the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara Library.
• Ada Jones at Find-A-Grave