Arthur J. Lamb (12 August 1870 – 10 August 1928) was a

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best known for the 1897 song " Asleep in the Deep" and the 1900 song "

A Bird in a Gilded Cage "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" is a song composed by Arthur J. Lamb and Harry Von Tilzer. It was a sentimental ballad (or tear-jerker) that became one of the most popular songs of 1900, reportedly selling more than two million copies in sheet music.R ...

". He collaborated with many song-writers, including siblings

Albert Von Tilzer Albert Von Tilzer (born Albert Gumm, March 29, 1878 – October 1, 1956) was an American songwriter, the younger brother of fellow songwriter Harry Von Tilzer. He wrote the music to many hit songs, including, most notably, " Take Me Out to the B ...

and

Harry Von Tilzer Harry Von Tilzer (born Aaron Gumbinsky, also known as Harry Gumm; 8 July 1872 – 10 January 1946) was an American composer, songwriter, publisher and vaudeville performer. Early life Von Tilzer was born in Detroit, Michigan. His parents, Sarah ...

Henry W. Petrie Henry W. Petrie (March 4, 1857 - May 25, 1925) was an American composer and performer of popular music. Petrie was born in Bloomington, Illinois and died in Paw Paw, Michigan Paw Paw is a village in and the county seat of Van Buren County, Mich ...

and

Kerry Mills Kerry Mills ''(né'' Frederick Allen Mills; 1 February 1869 in Philadelphia – 5 December 1948 in Hawthorne, California), publishing also as F.A. Mills, was an American ragtime composer and music publishing executive of popular music during the ...

. His fame faded and he died in poverty, his body saved from a Potters Field burial by ASCAP, who paid for a proper burial for him.

Selected works

* " Asleep in the Deep" (1897) m. Henry W. Petrie * "Dreaming of Mother and Home" (1898) * "At The Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea" (1899) m. Henry W. Petrie * "

" (1900) m. Harry Von Tilzer * "The Spider and the Fly" (1900) m. Harry Von Tilzer * "When Wealth and Poverty Meet" (1900) m. Harry Von Tilzer * "Out Where The Billows Roll High" (1901) * "The Banquet in Misery Hall" (1902) m. Harry Von Tilzer * "Jennie Lee" (1902) m. Harry Von Tilzer * "The Mansion of Aching Hearts" (1902) m. Harry Von Tilzer * "A Brand Plucked from the Burning" (1902) m. Kerry Mills * "I Know She Waits for Me" (1902) m. Kerry Mills * "Beneath the Palms of Paradise" (1903) m. Harry Von Tilzer * "Like a Star That Falls From Heaven" (1903) m. Kerry Mills * "When The Bell in the Lighthouse Rings Ding, Dong" (1905) * "The Bird On Nellie's Hat" (1905) * "Sunny Sue: A Coon Ditty" (1907) m. Florence McPherranTjaden, Ted
''Women Composers of Ragtime''
* " All She Gets from the Iceman is Ice" (1907) * "You Splash Me and I'll Splash You" (1907) * " Any Old Port in a Storm" (1908) m. Kerry Mills * "If You Were Mine" (1908) m. Kerry Mills * "You've Got the Wrong Number But the Right Girl" (1911) m. Kerry Mills * "My Keepsake is a Heartache" (1915) m. Clarence M. Jones * "Good Luck To The USA" (1917)

References

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parlor songs

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Arthur J. Lamb recordings
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. 1870 births 1928 deaths English male songwriters British emigrants to the United States {{England-musician-stub