Harry Bluestone
Harry Bluestone (30 September 1907 – 22 December 1992) was a composer and violinist who composed music for TV and film. He was prolific and worked mainly on composing with Emil Cadkin. Earlier on, he was a violinist and freelanced on radio in the 1930s with Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and the Dorsey Brothers. Some of his compositions were also featured on APM Music. |
Birth and Death Data: Born September 30, 1907 (England), Died December 22, 1992
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1955
Roles Represented in DAHR: violin
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | PBS-026186 | 10-in. | 10/12/1938 | J'ai ta main | Lou Bring Orchestra ; Jean Sablon | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-026187 | 10-in. | 10/12/1938 | Two sleepy people | Lou Bring Orchestra ; Jean Sablon | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-026188 | 10-in. | 10/12/1938 | Un coussin, deux tetes | Lou Bring Orchestra ; Jean Sablon | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-026189 | 10-in. | 10/12/1938 | Cette melodie | Lou Bring Orchestra ; Jean Sablon | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-026190 | 10-in. | 10/12/1938 | Star dust | Lou Bring Orchestra ; Jean Sablon | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-026191 | 10-in. | 10/12/1938 | Blue nightfall | Lou Bring Orchestra ; Jean Sablon | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-036149 | 10-in. | 4/26/1939 | Strange enchantment | Dorothy Lamour | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-036150 | 10-in. | 4/26/1939 | That sentimental sandwich | Dorothy Lamour | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-036151 | 10-in. | 4/26/1939 | The lamp is low | Lou Bring ; Dorothy Lamour | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-036152 | 10-in. | 4/26/1939 | The man I love | Lou Bring ; Dorothy Lamour | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-036374 | 10-in. | 7/28/1939 | (You took me) Out of this world | Lou Bring ; Dorothy Lamour | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-036375 | 10-in. | 7/28/1939 | Comes love | Lou Bring ; Dorothy Lamour | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-036376 | 10-in. | 7/28/1939 | My heart keeps crying | Lou Bring ; Dorothy Lamour | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-036377 | 10-in. | 7/28/1939 | I'll take an option on you | Lou Bring ; Dorothy Lamour | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-036378 | 10-in. | 7/28/1939 | I'm all a-tremble over you | Lou Bring ; Dorothy Lamour | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-036379 | 10-in. | 7/28/1939 | Paradise | Lou Bring ; Dorothy Lamour | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-042384 | 10-in. | 1/19/1940 | I gotta right to sing the blues | Lou Bring ; Dorothy Lamour | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-042385 | 10-in. | 1/19/1940 | It had to be you | Lou Bring ; Dorothy Lamour | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-042386 | 10-in. | 1/19/1940 | Your kiss | Lou Bring ; Dorothy Lamour | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-042387 | 10-in. | 1/19/1940 | This is the beginning of the end | Lou Bring ; Dorothy Lamour | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-042546 | 10-in. | 3/3/1940 | Frenesi | Artie Shaw Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-042547 | 10-in. | 3/3/1940 | Adios, Mariquita linda | Artie Shaw Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-042548 | 10-in. | 3/3/1940 | Gloomy Sunday | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Pauline Byrne | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-042549 | 10-in. | 3/3/1940 | My fantasy | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Pauline Byrne | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-042550 | 10-in. | 3/3/1940 | A deserted farm | Artie Shaw Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-042551 | 10-in. | 3/3/1940 | Don't fall asleep | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Pauline Byrne | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-061712 | 10-in. | 10/5/1941 | I'll remember April | Bob Carroll ; Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-061713 | 10-in. | 10/5/1941 | Isle of pines | Bob Carroll ; Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-061714 | 10-in. | 10/5/1941 | Macumba | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-061715 | 10-in. | 10/5/1941 | 50,000,000 nickels | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Ford Leary | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-072042 | 10-in. | 1/19/1942 | The night we called it a day | Frank Sinatra ; Axel Stordahl | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-072043 | 10-in. | 1/19/1942 | The lamplighter's serenade | Frank Sinatra ; Axel Stordahl | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-072044 | 10-in. | 1/19/1942 | The song is you | Frank Sinatra ; Axel Stordahl | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-072045 | 10-in. | 1/19/1942 | Night and day | Frank Sinatra ; Axel Stordahl | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-072278 | 10-in. | 5/15/1942 | Yo te dí mi corazón | Tito Guizar | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-072279 | 10-in. | 5/15/1942 | Arrepentido | Tito Guizar | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-072280 | 10-in. | 5/15/1942 | Ay Jalisco no te rajes | Tito Guizar | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-072281 | 10-in. | 5/15/1942 | Te lo dire cantando | Tito Guizar | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | PBS-072292 | 10-in. | 5/15/1942 | Tangerine | Tito Guizar | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | D7VB-0407 | 10-in. | 1/7/1947 | My number one dream came true | Jane Harvey ; Page Cavanaugh Trio | Female vocal solo, with piano trio and string quintet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | D7VB-0408 | 10-in. | 1/7/1947 | A Sunday kind of love | Jane Harvey ; Page Cavanaugh Trio | Female vocal solo, with piano trio and string quintet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | D7VB-0409 | 10-in. | 1/7/1947 | I had too much to dream last night | Jane Harvey ; Page Cavanaugh Trio | Female vocal solo, with piano trio and string quintet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | D7VB-0410 | 10-in. | 1/7/1947 | Foggy river | Jane Harvey ; Page Cavanaugh Trio | Female vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and string bass | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Decca | DLA 1412 | 10-in. | 8/16/1938 | Am I blue? | Harry Bluestone | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | DLA 1413 | 10-in. | 8/16/1938 | Kiddin' on the strings | Harry Bluestone | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | DLA 1414 | 10-in. | 8/16/1938 | Gymnastics | Harry Bluestone | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | DLA 1415 | 10-in. | 8/16/1938 | I never knew | Harry Bluestone | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | L 6034 | 2/2/1951 | Sentimental music | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | L 6035 | 2/2/1951 | Silver moon | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | L 8219 | 3/8/1955 | Give a little whistle | Cliff Edwards | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | L 8220 | 3/8/1955 | Jiminy cricket | Cliff Edwards | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | L 8221 | 3/8/1955 | The bird and the cricket and the willow tree-1 | Cliff Edwards | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | L 8222 | 3/4/1955 | When you wish upon a star-1, 2 | Cliff Edwards | instrumentalist, violin |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bluestone, Harry," accessed May 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106938.
Bluestone, Harry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106938.
"Bluestone, Harry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 May 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Harry Bluestone
Discogs: Harry Bluestone
Allmusic: Harry Bluestone
Apple Music: Harry Bluestone
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LCNAR: Bluestone, Harry (Violinist) - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93079665
Wikidata: Harry Bluestone - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5667404
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/6609713
MusicBrainz: Harry Bluestone - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6eb59bd3-4232-4a00-b8fe-86670cab7473
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