Will Oakland
American counter-tenor famed for his exceptionally high vocal range. Born 15 January 1880 in Jersey City, New Jersey, to German-American immigrant parents; died 15 May 1956. He began recording for Edison Records in 1908 and recorded duets with Billy Murray, From 1912 to 1914 he recorded with the [a=Heidelberg Quintet], joining the members of the American Quartet.
Gentlemen, Be Seated!
Will Oakland
1956
Let's Grow Old Together / Gone
Will Oakland
1926
Harmony (4)
Shellac, 10"
My Irish Song Of Songs / Only A Pansy Blossom
Will Oakland
1925
Edison Records
Edison Disc
That Tumble-Down Shack In Athlone / Did You Mean All You Told Me Last Night?
Will Oakland / Manuel Romain
1920
Edison Records
Edison Disc
There's A Long, Long Trail / Life
Charles Harrison (3) / Will Oakland
1920
His Master's Voice
Shellac, 10"
Mother Machree / We've Been Chums For Fifty Years
Will Oakland
1920
Columbia
Shellac, 10", RE
Dear Little Boy Of Mine / That Wonderful Mother Of Mine
Will Oakland
1919
Edison Records
Edison Disc, pap
That Wonderful Mother Of Mine
W. Oakland*
1919
Edison Blue Amberol Record
Cyl, 4min
Dear Little Boy Of Mine
Will Oakland
1919
Edison Blue Amberol Record
Cyl, 4min
Dear Little Boy Of Mine / That Wonderful Mother Of Mine
Will Oakland
1919
Bring Back The Rose / Gentle Spring
Will Oakland / Joe Belmont And Billy Murray
1919
Mother's Old Sweet Lullaby / My Sunshine Jane
Will Oakland / Manuel Romain
1918
Edison Records
Edison Disc
In The Gloaming / Wait Till The Clouds Roll By
Will Oakland And American Quartet / Will Oakland
1918
Victor
Shellac, 10", RP
My Irish Song Of Songs (Once Upon A Time)
W. Oakland*
1918
Edison Blue Amberol Record
Cyl, 4min
I Love The Name Of Mary
Will Oakland
1917
Silvertone
Shellac, 10", S/Sided
Mother Machree
Will Oakland
1916
Silvertone
Shellac, 10", S/Sided
They're On Their Way To Mexico / Across The Rio Grande
Heidelberg Quintette* With Will Oakland
1916
Victor
Shellac, 10", RP
The Curse Of An Aching Heart / Down Old Harmony Way
Will Oakland / Peerless Quartet*
1916
Victor
Shellac, 10", RP
As I Sat Upon My Dear Old Mother's Knee / With All Her Faults I Love Her Still
Will Oakland
1916
Dear Old Fashioned Irish Songs My Mother Sang To Me / Norah Acushla
Billy Murray - Irving Kaufman / Will Oakland
1916
Ma Pickaninny Babe / When It's Moonlight In Mayo
Will Oakland, Billy Murray
1915
Victor
Shellac, 10"
I'm On My Way To Mandalay / Dream Days
Oakland* - Campbell-Burr* / Will Oakland
1914
Victor
Shellac, 10"
Emmet's Lullaby / You're Just As Sweet At Sixty As You Were At Sweet Sixteen
Will Oakland
1914
Columbia
Shellac, 10"
Ma Pickaninny Babe
Will Oakland
1914
Edison Blue Amberol Record
Cyl, 4min
Sing Rock-A-Bye Baby To Me / Evalyne
Will Oakland / Will Oakland - Billy Murray
1914
Victor
Shellac, 10"
The High Cost Of Loving / Just For To-Night
Peerless Quartet* / Will Oakland - Billy Murray
1914
You're Just As Sweet At Sixty Etc
Will Oakland
1913
Edison Blue Amberol Record
Cyl, 4min
My Wild Irish Rose
Will Oakland
1913
Lakeside (4)
Cyl, 4min, RE
It's A Long Way Back Etc.
Oakland*
1913
Lakeside (4)
Cyl, 4min, RE
In The Heart Of The Kentucky Hills / Back To The Old Folks At Home
Heidelberg Quintette* With Will Oakland / Albert Campbell (2) And Henry Burr
1913
Victor
Shellac, 10"
Floating Down The River On The Alabam' / Ragtime Regiment Band
Heidelberg Quintette* With Will Oakland
1913
Victor
Shellac, 10"
When The Rainbow Shines Bright At Morn / Tennessee Moon
William F. Hooley / Heidelberg Quintette* With Will Oakland
1913
Victor
Shellac, 10"
Only A Pansy Blossom / When You And I Were Young, Maggie
Will Oakland
1913
Zonophone Record
Shellac, 10"
You're Just As Sweet At Sixty As You Were At Sweet Sixteen
Will Oakland
1913
Edison Blue Amberol Record
Cyl, 4min
The Curse Of An Aching Heart
Will Oakland
1913
Edison Blue Amberol Record
Cyl, 4min
Only A Pansy Blossom / Take This Letter To My Mother
Will Oakland
1913
As I Sat Upon My Dear Old Mother's Knee
Will Oakland
1913
'Tis But A Little Faded Flower / Emmett's Lullaby
Anthony And Harrison / Heidelberg Quintette* With Will Oakland
1913
Under The Love Tree / Mammy's Shufflin' Dance
Heidelberg Quintette* With Will Oakland / American Quartet
1912
Victor
Shellac, 10"
White Wings / Only To See Her Face Again
Will Oakland
1912
Columbia
Shellac, 10"
Take This Letter To My Mother
Will Oakland
1912
Edison Amberol Record
Cyl, 4min
Mollie Darling
Will Oakland
1912
Edison Amberol Record
Cyl, 4min
Just Before The Battle, Mother
Will Oakland
1912
Norah Acushla
Will Oakland
1912
Wait Till The Clouds Roll By, Jennie / We've Been Chums For Fifty Years
Will Oakland
1912
Wanted! A Harp Like The Angels Play
Will Oakland
1911
Edison Standard Record
Cyl, 2min
Just One Word Of Consolation / Take This Letter To My Mother
Will Oakland
1911
Columbia
Shellac, 10"
Good-Night, Beloved, Good-Night. / When The Swallows Homeward Fly.
Will Oakland
1911
Columbia-Rena Record
Shellac, 10"
The Longest Way Round Etc.
Oakland*
1911
Indestructible Record
Cyl, 4min
Take This Letter To My Mother
Will Oakland
1911
Lakeside (4)
Cyl, 4min
Only A Pansy Blossom
Will Oakland
1911
Lakeside (4)
Cyl, 4min
Only A Pansy Blossom / It's A Long Way Back To Dear Old Mother's Knee
Will Oakland
1911
Cupid's I.O.U. / Only A Pansy Blossom
Ada Jones, Billy Murray / Will Oakland
1910
Victor
Shellac, 10"
Belle Brandon / When You And I Were Young Maggie
Richard José* / Will Oakland
1910
Victor
Shellac, 10"
Dreaming / I'm Tired Of Living Without You
Metropolitan Trio / Will Oakland
1910
Victor
Shellac, 10"
My Wild Irish Rose
Oakland* And Thompson*
1910
Edison Amberol Record
Cyl, 4min
If This Rose Told You All It Knows
Will Oakland, William H. Thompson
1910
Edison Amberol Record
Cyl, 4min
I'll Await My Love.
Will Oakland
1910
Edison Standard Record
Cyl, 2min
If Dreams Are True.
Will Oakland
1910
Edison Amberol Record
Cyl, 4min
Silver Bell / In The Gloaming
Peerless Quartet* / Will Oakland And American Quartet
1910
Silver Threads Among The Gold / Alice, Where Art Thou?
Will Oakland / Trein And Lyons
1910
I Love The Name Of Mary / The Longest Way Round Is The Sweetest Way Home
Will Oakland
1910
Tittle, Tattle, Tattle Tale
Byron G. Harlan / Will Oakland
1909
Victor
Shellac, 10"
I'm Tired Of Living Without You
Will Oakland
1909
Edison Standard Record
Cyl, 2min
Dear Old Dear
Will Oakland
1909
Edison Standard Record
Cyl, 2min
Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares
Will Oakland
1909
Edison Standard Record
Cyl, 2min
Silver Threads Among The Gold
Oakland*
1908
Luna Waltzes / When The Robins Nest Again
Arthur Pryor's Band / Will Oakland
Victor
Shellac, 12"
Dream Faces / Eileen Allanna
Inez Barbour / Will Oakland
Victor
Shellac, 10"
When The Robins Nest Again / Wait Till The Clouds Roll By
Will Oakland
Columbia
Shellac, 10"
Emmet's Lullaby / Pretty Pond Lilies
Will Oakland
Regal
Shellac, 10"
Garland Of Old Fashioned Roses
Will Oakland
Columbia
Shellac, 10"
When The Autumn Moon Is Creeping Through The Woodlands / In The Gloaming
Will Oakland
Zonophone Record
Shellac, 10"
I’m Tired Of Living Without You / Only A Pansy Blossom
Will Oakland
Zonophone Record
Shellac, 10"
When The Swallows Homeward Fly / Poverty's Tears Ebb And Flow
Will Oakland
Columbia
Shellac, 10"
As I Sat Upon My Dear Old Mother's Knee / With All Her Faults I Love Her Still
Will Oakland
Columbia
Shellac, 10"
When You And I Were Young, Maggie / The Longest Way Round Is The Sweetest Way Home
Will Oakland
Zonophone Record
Shellac, 10"
When The Autumn Moon Is Creeping , Etc.
Will Oakland
Edison Standard Record
Cyl, 2min
I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home
Oakland*
Edison Standard Record
Cyl, 2min
It's A Long Way Back To Dear Old Mother's Knee / Just One Word Of Consolation
Will Oakland
Regal
Shellac, 10", RP
Norah Acushla! / Little Town In The Ould County Down
Will Oakland / Henry Burr
Okeh
Shellac, 10"
Let's Grow Old Together / Pile Of Logs And Stone Called Home
Charles Dickson / Harry Crane
1926
Oriole (3)
Shellac, 10"
At Peace With The World / Wait Till My Ship Comes In
Irving Kaufman
1926
That Tumble-Down Shack In Athlone
W. Oakland & Cho*
1919
Edison Blue Amberol Record
Cyl, 4min
Teasing Moon / Just A Dream Of You, Dear
Heidelberg Quintette* / Haydn Quartet
1913
Victor
Shellac, 10"
On Mobile Bay
Will Oakland & Chorus
1911
Edison Standard Record
Cyl, 2min
Where The River Shannon Flows
Will Oakland & Chorus
1911
Blue Notes III (Milestones Of Jazz Legends)
Various
1909: "Talk Of Your Scand'lous Times"
Various
2017
Archeophone Records
CD, Comp
1911: "Up, Up A Little Bit Higher"
Various
2014
Archeophone Records
CD, Comp
And the Band Played On (Music From the First World War)
Various
2014
SBS (3), ABC Classics
2xCD, Comp
Edison Blue Amberol Records, Domestic Popular Series, Vol. 2 (1531-1560)
Various
2013
Archeophone Records
31xFile, MPEG-4 Video, Comp
Edison Blue Amberol Records, Domestic Popular Series, Vol. 7 (1721–1750)
Various
2013
Archeophone Records
30xFile, MPEG-4 Video, Comp
Songs Of The Titanic
Various
2012
Harkit Records
CD, Comp
1914: "Her Memory Haunts You"
Various
2011
Archeophone Records
CD, Comp
Monarchs Of Minstrelsy: Historic Recordings By The Stars Of The Minstrel Stage
Various
2006
Archeophone Records
CD, Comp
Anthology: The Original King Of Pop
Henry Burr
2005
Floating Down The River
Heidelberg Quintet
2003
Archeophone Records
CD, Comp
The First Recorded Sounds
Various
1975
Murray Hill Records
4xLP, Comp
My Little Dream Girl / Dear Love Days
James Reed (4) - J.F. Harrison*
1914
Victor
Shellac, 10"
Just Before The Battle
Will Oakland
That Tumble Down Shack in Athlone
Will Oakland
Silver threads among the gold
Will Oakland
Norah Acushla
Will Oakland
Reminiscing About Minstrel Days
Will Oakland
When You and I were Young, Maggie
Will Oakland
White Wings
Will Oakland
Mother Machree
Will Oakland
Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares
Will Oakland
Evalyne
Will Oakland
I'm Tired of Living Without You
Will Oakland
The Curse of an Aching Heart
Will Oakland
If Dreams are True
Will Oakland
Dear Old Dear
Will Oakland
Old Time Song Medley
Will Oakland
I'll Await My Love
Will Oakland
Dear Little Boy of Mine
Will Oakland
Eileen Allanna
Will Oakland
Dearie
Will Oakland
THAT TUMBLE DOWN SHACK
Will Oakland