thumb|Byron George Harlan between 1915 and 1920

Byron George Harlan (August 29, 1861 – September 11, 1936) was an American singer from Kansas, a comic minstrel singer and balladeer who often recorded with Arthur Collins. The two together were often billed as "Collins & Harlan".

Solo recordings

1899

  • "Please, Mr. Conductor, Don't Put Me Off The Train" (remade 1903 on Edison Gold Moulded 7219) (w.m. J. Fred Helf)

1901

  • "Hello Central, Give Me Heaven"

1903

  • "Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby" (w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards)

:- on Victor & Edison

  • "Always In The Way" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)

:- on Edison Records

  • "The Vacant Chair" (w. Henry S. Washburn m. George Frederick Root)

:- on Edison

1904

  • '"Sweetest Girl in Dixie"

:- on Leeds Talk-o-Phone

1905

  • "My Gal Sal"
  • "A Picnic For Two"
  • "Bright Eyes Goodbye"
  • "With the Robins I'll Return"

:-on Edison Records

  • "Where Morning Glories Twine Around the Door" Oxford Disc Record #3282

1906

  • "Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie"
  • "Cheer Up Mary" - Edison Gold Moulded 9403
  • "When The Sunset Turns The Ocean's Blue To Gold - Columbia & United Talking Machine A439

1907

  • "And A Little Child Shall Lead Them" - Edison Gold Moulded 9472
  • "I'm Tying The Leaves So They Won't Come Down" - Edison Gold Moulded 9606
  • "School Days (When We Were A Couple of Kids)" - Victor 5086

1908

  • "Are You Sincere?" - Edison Gold Moulded 9973
  • “Always me.” - Edison Standard Record 10009

1912

  • "They Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dawg Aroun'" - Edison Standard Record 10559

1917

  • "With His Hands In His Pockets (And His Pockets In His Pants)" - Edison Blue Amberol 3124

1919

  • "Way Down East Where I Belong" - OKEH Record 1134-B

1921

  • "Down Where I Belong" - Pathe 20660

With Arthur Collins

1902

  • "They Were All Doing The Same" - Edison Gold Moulded 8255

1903

Meet Me Down At Luna Lena - Zon-O-Phone 194

1904

  • "Under The Anheuser Bush - Columbia 32409
  • "Down On The Brandywine" - Edison Gold Moulded 8712

1905

  • "In My Merry Oldsmobile" - Columbia 85016 (6" length cylinder - most were 5" length)
  • "Peter Piper" - 20th Century Talking Machine Record 85001
  • "Negro Recollections" (with Vess L. Ossman on banjo) - Edison Gold Moulded 7665
  • "Every Ship Will Find A Harbor" -Edison Gold Moulded 9732

1906

  • "Afloat On A Five Dollar Note" - Edison Gold Moulded 9316
  • "Traveling" - Edison Gold Moulded 9287
  • "Camp Meeting Time" - Edison Gold Moulded 9415
  • "Take A Car" - Victor 4372

1907

  • "Come On And Kiss Yo' Baby" - Victor 16224-A
  • "Bake Dat Chicken Pie" - Victor 17221-B
  • "Arrah Wanna" - Edison Gold Moulded 9447
  • "Ev'ry Little Bit Added To What You've Got Makes Just A Little Bit More" - Edison Gold Moulded 9611

1908

  • "Cohan's Rag Babe - Columbia 33282

1909

  • "Down At The Huskin' Bee"
  • "Down Where the Big Bananas Grow" - Edison Amberol 308
  • "Make A Noise Like A Hoop And Roll Away" - Edison Standard 10122
  • "My Wife's Gone To The Country" - Columbia A724

1910

  • "That Beautiful Rag" - Columbia Indestructible 1424

1911

  • "The Barn Dance"
  • "Alexander's Ragtime Band"

1912

  • "I'm Goin' Back to Dixie"
  • "The Ragtime Soldier Man" - Victor and Columbia Records

1914

  • "The Aba Daba Honeymoon" - Edison Blue Amberol 2468

1915

  • "Alabama Jubilee"
  • "Kentucky Home"

1916

  • "The Kid Is Clever"

1918

  • "The Old Grey Mare"

1919

  • "On the Ozark Trail"

1922

  • "Ham & Eggs"

With Aileen Stanley

1913

  • "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!" - Edison Amberol "Special H" and Edison Blue Amberol "Special H"

With Arthur Stanley

1909

  • "Marching Through Georgia" - Victor 16416-A

With Frank C. Stanley

1902

  • "All Aboard for Slumberville" - Edison Gold Moulded 8187

1904

  • "Blue Bell" - Edison Gold Moulded 8655

1904

  • "Dixie", or "I wish I was in Dixie" - Edison Gold Moulded 8784

1905

  • "You're My Heart's Desire, I Love You, Nellie Dean" - Edison Gold Moulded 9013
  • "Soldier Boy" -Columbia 3067

With Joseph Belmont

1903

  • "While the Birds are Singing to Me" - Edison Gold Moulded 9583

1904

  • "Robin and the Wren" - Edison Gold Moulded 8662

1905

  • "Beautiful Birds Sing On" - Edison Gold Moulded 9022

With Steve Porter

1913

  • "Two Jolly Sailors" - Edison Blue Amberol 1759

References

  • Byron Harlan cylinder recordings, from the Cylinder Audio Archive at the University of California, Santa Barbara Library.
  • Byron G. Harlan recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.