Editing Chris Smith (composer)

{{Short description|American vaudeville performer (1879–1949)}}
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'''Christopher M. Smith''' (October 12, 1879 – October 4, 1949) was an American composer and popular [[vaudeville]] performer.<ref name="Jackson-Southern 1882" /><ref name="Billboard 1949 Jun 11" />

== Biography ==
Smith was born in [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. He started traveling with [[medicine show]]s when he was young and joined [[Vaudeville]], where he performed with [[Elmer Bowman]] and [[Jimmy Durante]].  He also wrote music for [[Bert Williams]]. Smith died in [[New York City]] on October 4, 1949.

== Selected works ==
Smith composed many songs, including the following:

* "Good Morning Carrie", lyrics by [[Cecil Mack]] (pseudonym of Richard Cecil McPherson), music by Smith & [[Euday L. Bowman]]; Windsor Music Co. (1901); {{oclc|828523449}}
* "Mandy, You and Me!" Smith and James H. Burris ''(né'' James Henry Burris; 1876–1923) (w&m); [[Attucks Publishing Company]] (©1905); {{OCLC|53987943}}
* "Honky Tonky Monkey Rag" Words and Music by Chris Smith, 1911 {{oclc|499139974}}
* "Junk Man Rag", lyrics by Smith & Ferdinand E. Mierisch, music by [[Charles Luckyth Robert]]s ("Luckey"); Jos. W. Stern & Co. (1913); {{oclc|47361315}}
* "Fifteen Cents", Words and Music by Chris Smith,  1913
* "[[Ballin' the Jack]]", lyrics by Jim Burris ''(né'' James Henry Burris; 1876–1923), music by Smith; Jos. W. Stern & Co. (1913); {{oclc|9544460}}
* "Never Let the Same Bee Sting You Twice", Cecil Mack (pseudonym of Richard Cecil McPherson), music by Smith; Broadway Music Corporation (1916); {{oclc|10347942}}
* "Down in Honky Tonk Town", music & lyrics by Smith & Charles R. McCarron (1891–1919); Broadway Music Corporation (1918); {{oclc|10361641}}
* "I've Got My Habits On", lyrics by Smith & Bob Schafer, music by [[Jimmie Durante]]; Goodman & Rose, Inc. (1921); {{oclc|20267560}} †
* "At the Honky-Tonk Steppers' Ball", lyrics & music by Smith & Jimmie Durante; Goodman & Rose, Inc. (1921); {{oclc|44791897}} †
* "The Camel Walk", lyrics by Cecil Mack & Bob Schafer; music by Smith & [[James Tim Brymn]]; Broadway Music Corporation (1925); {{oclc|471589994}}

'''Note'''
* † – Goodman & Rose, Inc., was a New York music publishing firm founded by Frank Goodman and Justus Rose

== References ==
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<ref name="Jackson-Southern 1882">''Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians,'' by [[Eileen Jackson Southern]] (1920–2002), [[Greenwood Press]] (1982); {{LCCN|812586}}; {{OCLC|902119012}}; {{ISBN|0-313-21339-9}} (borrowable online ''via'' {{URL|https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict00sout|Internet Archive}})<div style="margin-left:2em">Smith, Chris, p. 343</div></ref>

<ref name="Billboard 1949 Jun 11">[https://books.google.com/books?id=OA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT37 "The Honor Roll of Popular Songwriters: No. 23—Chris Smith,"] by Jack Burton, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]],'' June 11, 1949, p. 37</ref>

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==External links==
* [http://www.jass.com/csmith.html Chris Smith Biography by Tom Morgan]
* {{IMSLP|id=Smith, Chris|cname=Chris Smith}}
* [https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108902 Chris Smith recordings] at the [[Discography of American Historical Recordings]].
* [http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?query_type=author&query=Chris+Smith&nq=1 Chris Smith recordings] at the [[UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive]].
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