Lee S. Roberts
Leland Stanford Roberts (1884–1949), commonly known as Lee S. Roberts, was an American composer and pianist. He is best known for his composition 'Smiles' with lyricist J. Will Callahan, 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.
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Lee S. Roberts
- Born
- 1884 · Oakland.
- Died
- 1949 · San Francisco.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- composer · pianist · musician
- Fields
- music · piano performance
- Languages
- English
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He was particularly active in recording salon and ballad style music. He lived in San Francisco.
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Lee S. Roberts was born in Oakland, California. (12 November 1884) and died in San Francisco, California. (10 September 1949).
• 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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Lee S. Roberts (12 November 1884 – 10 September 1949) is described as a musician and composer in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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