Clifford Grey
Clifford Grey (5 January 1887 – 25 September 1941) was an English songwriter, librettist, actor and screenwriter. His birth name was Percival Davis, and he was also known as Clifford Gray. Grey contributed prolifically to West End and Broadway shows, as librettist and lyricist for composers including Ivor Novello, Jerome Kern, Howard Talbot, Ivan Caryll and George Gershwin. Among his best-remembered songs are two from early in his career, in 1916: "If You Were the Only Girl (In the World)" and "Another Little Drink Wouldn't Do Us Any Harm". His later hits include "Got a Date with an Angel" and "Spread a Little Happiness". For 35 years after 1979 it was widely believed that Grey secretly competed as an American bobsleigher, under the name Clifford "Tippy" Gray, in two Winter Olympics, in 1928 and 1932, winning gold medals, but it was finally shown that the sportsman was a different person. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 5, 1887 (Birmingham), Died September 25, 1941 (Ipswich)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1918 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist
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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 169 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-011139 | 10-in. | 7/2/1937 | Don't play with fire | Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | CS-026851 | 12-in. | 9/9/1938 | Sally | Leonard W. Joy ; Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal soloists, with orchestra and vocal ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-060305 | 10-in. | 1/11/1941 | Ma belle | Emile Coté ; Walter Preston ; Victor Mixed Chorus | Male vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and piano | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-060315 | 10-in. | 1/11/1941 | March of the musketeers | Stanley McClelland ; Victor Mixed Chorus | Mixed vocal chorus, with male vocal solo and piano | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-067784 | 10-in. | 9/11/1941 | Halleluyah! | Dawn Patrol Boys ; Dolly Dawn | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D5VB-0696 | 10-in. | 10/22/1945 | Ma belle | Al Goodman Orchestra ; Earl Wrightson | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | D6VB-1367 | 10-in. | 3/21/1946 | If you were the only girl | Perry Como ; Russ Case Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-1635 | 10-in. | 9/22/1947 | Valencia | Louis Prima Orchestra ; Louis Prima | Male vocal solo, with vocal group jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-1844 | 10-in. | 11/3/1947 | Hallelujah | Andre Previn | Piano solo, with guitar, string bass, and drums | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-1930 | 10-in. | 10/27/1947 | The white dove | Al Goodman Orchestra ; Charles Fredericks | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-T-1152 | 10-in. | 10/7/1932 | Ma belle [from The three musketeers] | Phillys Lorner | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Columbia | 81778 | 10-in. | 5/13/1924 | Where the rainbow ends | Lewis James ; May Meredith | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | W140547 | 10-in. | 4/22/1925 | The barber of Seville | Willie Howard | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | W140768 | 10-in. | 7/15/1925 | Remembering you | Alexander Gray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | W144026 | 10-in. | 4/13/1927 | Hallelujah! | Franklyn Baur ; Cass Hagan and his Hotel Manger Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W144099 | 10-in. | 5/6/1927 | Hallelujah! | Crescent Trio | Male vocal trio, with guitar and piano | lyricist | |
Columbia | 144184 | 10-in. | 5/20/1927 | Hallelujah! | Lyric Male Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with piano | lyricist | |
Columbia | W144760 | 10-in. | 10/13/1927 | Nothing could be sweeter | Earl Burtnett ; Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W145756 | 10-in. | 3/17/1928 | Really and truly | Frank Harris ; The Knickerbockers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | 145980 | 10-in. | 4/9/1928 | Ma belle | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W145981 | 10-in. | 4/9/1928 | March of the musketeers | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal duet | lyricist | |
Columbia | 145989 | 10-in. | 4/10/1928 | Ma belle | Ernie Golden and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | 145991 | 10-in. | 4/10/1928 | March of the musketeers | WMCA Broadcasters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W149080 | 10-in. | 10/2/1929 | My love parade | The Columbia Photo Players | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W149081 | 10-in. | 10/2/1929 | Dream lover | The Columbia Photo Players | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Grey, Clifford," accessed May 7, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108896.
Grey, Clifford. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 7, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108896.
"Grey, Clifford." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Grey, Clifford, 1887-1941 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89019130
Wikidata: Clifford Grey - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1101276
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/43856190
MusicBrainz: Clifford Grey - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d5c58002-376b-4961-8ab3-23af9c7c9462
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