Lee S. Roberts
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Leland Stanford Roberts (1884–1949), commonly known as Lee S. Roberts, was an American composer and pianist.[1]
He is best known for his composition 'Smiles' with lyricist J. Will Callahan,[2] written in 1917, but was a prolific composer across many genres of music.
He was also the vice-president of the QRS Music Roll Company, and recorded hundreds of piano rolls under his name and also the pseudonym Stanford Robar.[3] He was particularly active in recording salon and ballad style music.
He lived in San Francisco.[4]
Partial list of compositions
[edit]- After All
- A Little Birch Canoe & You
- Amourette
- Answer
- Autumn of Life, The
- Baby Days
- Broken Moon
- Cheerio
- "Ching Chong"
- Drowsy Baby
- Harlequin
- Harriman Cake Walk
- Hawaiian Nights
- High Ball
- Hula Dreams
- I Miss You Miss America
- Italian Nights
- Lonesome-That's All
- Lover's Lane
- Ma Belle
- Mammy's Lullaby
- March of the Tanks
- Montezuma
- Moon Dreams
- My Country Forever
- Nailo
- Oh! Harold
- Patches
- Please
- Sad Hawaiian Sea
- Slumber Moon
- Smiles
- Souvenir Of The West
- Story of Peter Rabbit
- T'Jours A Moi
- Triennial "K.T." March
- That Old Fashioned Mother Of Mine
- Valse Parisienne
- Wanting You So
- Without Thee
- You Don't Know
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