Clark began her career in 1910, recording with Zonophone and moved to the Victor label where she mostly recorded through 1930.[2][3] Clark had an early success on Victor with "My Trundle Bed."[4] She was also an early recording artist on the Edison label, being recorded on both cylinders and discs.[5] She would perform live accompanying her own recorded voice on a New Edison phonograph as a promotion for the device.[6][7][8]
Clark charted four times as a singer.
- "When I Waltz with You" hit #5 (1913)
- "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile" hit #8 (1917)
- "One for All and All for One" hit #7 (1918)
- "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles," a duet with George Wilton Ballard hit #10 (1919)
Clark was notable for her pairings with many male baritones singing romantic duets in the late 1910's.[4] She recorded duets with baritone Joseph Phillips on the OKeh label and Walter VanBrunt and Henry Burr on Victor.[9][10] She also sang duets with Bruce Wallace, Lewis James, Charles Hart and Roy Roberts in the 1920s.[11] She had a lull in recordings and then in 1924 made what Record Research called "a spectacular comeback" recording with Elliot Shaw and Lewis James and again becoming a leading popular recording artist. Her solo career was mainly wrapped up by the late 1920s and she sang mainly in group and orchestral arrangements after that.[4]
Clark also recorded under the names Grace Woods, Emma Johnson, May Meredith, Rose Collins, Sallie Collins, and Jane Collins, and possibly under the name Ruth Lenox.[12][13][14] She was a prolific artist, listed on nearly 500 recordings, her career spanning the time period between acoustic and electronic recordings.[14] She was a member of the Victor Light Opera Company, the Trinity Choir, and the Royal Stenographers Orchestra where she was a soloist.[15] Her voice was said to be "admirably suited to radio broadcasting."[16]
Little is known about her personal life. She was said to have married twice, the first time to "a son of C.B. Haynes" and the second time to Evan Cameron.[17]
