Clarence Gaskill
Clarence Gaskill (February 2, 1892 – April 29, 1948) was an American composer and lyricist active during the 1920s to early 1930s. His most well-known songs include, Doo-Wacka-Doo (1921). I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me (1926), and Prisoner of Love (1932). His first hit came in 1919 with I Love You Just the Same, Sweet Adeline. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 2, 1892 (Philadelphia), Died April 29, 1947 (New Brighton)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1916 - 1941
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, songwriter, piano
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-18893 | 10-in. | 12/29/1916 | That's how you can tell they're Irish | Van and Schenck | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Victor | B-23181 | 10-in. | 10/1/1919 | I love you just the same, sweet Adeline | Charles Harrison ; Lewis James | Male vocal duet, with celeste, violin, and orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-23768 | 10-in. | 3/12/1920 | Who'll take the place of Mary? | Crescent Trio | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Victor | B-24579 | 10-in. | 11/24/1920 | Let the rest of the world go by | Frank Ferera ; Anthony J. Franchini | Guitar duet (Hawaiian) | composer | |
| Victor | B-24655 | 10-in. | 10/22/1920 | I've got the blues for my Kentucky home | Aileen Stanley | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
| Victor | B-27055 | 10-in. | 10/30/1922 | Waltzing the blues | Victor Arden ; Phil Ohman | Piano duet | composer | |
| Victor | B-27166 | 10-in. | 11/21/1922 | Waltzing the blues | Victor Arden ; Phil Ohman | Piano duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-29166 | 10-in. | 12/31/1923 | Happy and go-lucky in my old Kentucky home | Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle ; Virginians | Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-30698 | 10-in. | 9/5/1924 | Doo wacka doo | Billy Murray ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-33501 | 10-in. | 9/22/1925 | A kiss in the moonlight | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-33629 | 10-in. | 11/25/1925 | Why aren't yez eatin' more oranges? (From Cal-i-for-ni-ay) | The Happiness Boys | Male vocal duet, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-34170 | 10-in. | 12/21/1925 | How I love her and she loves me is nobody's business | Gene Austin ; Dave Franklin | Male vocal solo, with violin, cornet, and piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-35556 | 10-in. | 6/29/1926 | Dorothy | Jan Garber Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-36055 | 10-in. | 8/20/1926 | When Down South Morgan plays the old mouth organ | Jimmy Smith | Harmonica solo, with piano | composer, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | BVE-36575 | 10-in. | 11/1/1926 | I don't mind being all alone (When I'm all alone with you) | Art Landry Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-37792 | 10-in. | 2/17/1927 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Johnny Marvin | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars and piano | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-38132 | 10-in. | 3/2/1927 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BAVE-44993 | 10-in. | Winter 1930 | Estoy loco por la bocina del automóvil | Orquesta Adolfo Carabelli | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-46603 | 10-in. | 7/24/1928 | I love to dunk a hunk of sponge-cake | The Happiness Boys | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-49688 | 10-in. | 1/28/1929 | Eddie Cantor's automobile horn song | Eddie Cantor | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-51019 | 10-in. | 3/8/1929 | I'm wild about horns on automobiles, that go ta-ta-ta-ta | Billy Hays and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-57547 | 10-in. | 11/20/1929 | At Father Powers's grave | Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal solo, with cornet and organ | composer | |
| Victor | BAVE-60051 | 10-in. | Winter 1930 | Estoy loca por la bocina del automóvil | Libertad Lamarque | Female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-62213 | 10-in. | 5/1/1930 | The mug song | High Hatters ; Leonard W. Joy | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-63665 | 10-in. | 9/19/1930 | Still I love her | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BRC-71855 | 10-in. | 2/15/1932 | Winnie the wailer | Funnyboners Trio ; Ruby Newman ; Ritz Carlton Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | songwriter | |
| Victor | BRC-71856 | 10-in. | 2/15/1932 | Laffin' at the funnies | Funnyboners Trio ; Ruby Newman ; Ritz Carlton Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | BRC-71913 | 10-in. | 3/3/1932 | Say a prayer for Mother's baby | Graham Brothers | Male vocal trio, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-75422 | 10-in. | 4/24/1933 | Laughin' Louie | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
| Victor | BS-76648 | 10-in. | 7/14/1933 | Shepherd of the air | Don Hall Trio | Mixed vocal trio, with violin and piano | lyricist, composer | |
| Victor | BS-76649 | 10-in. | 7/14/1933 | Shepherd of the air | George Donaldson Trio | Mixed vocal trio, with violin and piano | lyricist, composer | |
| Victor | BS-060666 | 10-in. | 2/19/1941 | That's how you can tell they're Irish | Harry's Tavern Band ; Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-062764 | 10-in. | 3/20/1941 | You're gonna be sorry | Fats Waller and his Rhythm | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance sextet | composer | |
| Victor | BS-067523 | 10-in. | 8/1/1941 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Bob Chester Orchestra ; Bob Haymes | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | D5VB-1017 | 10-in. | 1/19/1945 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Sack Albert ; Dinah Shore | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-Test-187 | 10-in. | 7/30/1929 | Who conquers the mighty Benkei | Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, composer | |
| Victor | [Trial 1920-11-15-10] | Not documented | 11/15/1920 | Kentucky blues | Cronin ; Nelson | Male vocal duet, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | 77483 | 10-in. | 11/2/1917 | That's a mother's Liberty Loan | Greek Evans | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 77486 | 10-in. | 11/3/1917 | Somewhere in France is the lily | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 78642 | 10-in. | 9/11/1919 | I love you just the same, sweet Adeline | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 78982 | 10-in. | 2/19/1920 | Who'll take the place of Mary? | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 79438 | 10-in. | 9/28/1920 | I've got the blues for my Kentucky home | Van and Schenck | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | 80603 | 10-in. | 10/11/1922 | Waltzing the blues | Paul Specht Hotel Astor Orchestra [i.e., Paul Specht Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 140275 | 10-in. | 1/21/1925 | Doo wacka doo | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W140806 | 10-in. | 8/3/1925 | A kiss in the moonlight | Earl Carroll Orchestra ; Ross Gorman | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W140808 | 10-in. | 8/4/1925 | I can't see the beautiful sea | Billy Jones ; Manhattan Dance Makers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W141113 | 10-in. | 10/6/1925 | Why aren't yez eatin' more oranges? | 14 Virginians ; Lou Allen ; Ace Brigode ; Fred Brohez | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 141185 | 10-in. | 10/23/1925 | Why aren't yez eatin' more oranges? | Billy Wynne Orchestra ; Billy West | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W141402 | 10-in. | 12/17/1925 | How I love her and she loves me is nobody's business | Richard B. Gilbert | Male vocal solo, with ukulele | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W141458 | 10-in. | 1/6/1926 | How I love her and she loves me is nobody's business | June Lee | Female vocal solo, with ukulele | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 142564 | 10-in. | 8/24/1926 | I don't mind being all alone | Lou Gold Orchestra ; Billy West | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W142665 | 10-in. | 9/21/1926 | I don't mind being all alone | Kitty O'Connor | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W143789 | 10-in. | 3/28/1927 | I can't believe you're in love with me | Ralph Bennett ; The Seven Aces | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W144500 | 10-in. | 7/25/1927 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Harold Leonard and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 144614 | 10-in. | 9/1/1927 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Victor Irwin and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W144940 | 10-in. | 11/1/1927 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Ed Lowry | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W148038 | 10-in. | 3/7/1929 | I'm wild about horns on automobiles that go ta-ta-ta-ta | Harry Reser's Syncopators | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
| Columbia | 148122 | 10-in. | 3/22/1929 | The copper and the gunman | Ned Cobben | Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar | lyricist, composer | |
| Columbia | [W]149450 | 10-in. | 11/21/1929 | At Father Powers' grave | Mack Allen | Male vocal solo, with cornet and organ (takes 1, 2, and 4); with fiddle (violin), cornet, and guitar (take 3) | lyricist, composer | |
| Columbia | [W]149786 | 10-in. | 1/21/1930 | The tariff bill song | Mack Allen | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | [W]150019 | 10-in. | 2/26/1930 | Just an old Spanish custom | Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist, composer | |
| Columbia | W150412 | 10-in. | 5/13/1930 | The mug song | Johnny Walker and his Rollickers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet | lyricist, composer | |
| Columbia | W150433 | 10-in. | 5/16/1930 | The tariff bill song | Al Craver | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist, composer | |
| Columbia | W150902 | 10-in. | 10/24/1930 | Still I love her | Ben Selvin and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
| Columbia | W152142 | 10-in. | 3/17/1932 | Willie the wailer | Jimmy Jordan | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | composer | |
| Columbia | W152571 | 10-in. | 12/1/1933 | Another perfect day has passed away | George Olsen and his Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
| Columbia | W351049 | 10-in. | 6/30/1931 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Mound City Blue Blowers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-7117 | 10-in. | ca. Dec. 1919 | I love you just the same | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-7318 | 10-in. | Mar. 1920 | Who'll take the place of Mary? | Crescent Trio | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
| OKeh | 9011 | 10-in. | Mar. 1925 | Nobody's business | Charles Nabell | Male vocal solo, with guitar | lyricist | |
| OKeh | S-70946 | 10-in. | Oct. 1922 | Sweet Adeline | Shannon Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-72128 | 10-in. | Nov. 1923 | Happy and go-lucky in my old Kentucky home | Jack Kaufman ; John Ryan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
| OKeh | S-72639 | 10-in. | June 1924 | Oh Sarah! Won't you please pull down that shade? | Glantz and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | S-73365 | 10-in. | May 1925 | Oh! Heinrich (You're so nice) | Henry Cogert ; The Red Hotters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| OKeh | 73569 | 10-in. | Aug. 1925 | A kiss in the moonlight | Bruce Wallace | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer, lyricist | |
| OKeh | 73966 | 10-in. | Jan. 1926 | How she loves me is nobody's business | The Happiness Boys | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| OKeh | 74021 | 10-in. | Feb. 1926 | Dorothy | Casa Lopez Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez ; Bruce Wallace | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
| OKeh | W80206 | 10-in. | 11/10/1926 | I don't mind being all alone (When I'm all alone with you) | Sam Lanin ; Melody Sheiks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W80948 | 10-in. | 5/31/1927 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Ralph Dunn | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W81123 | 10-in. | 6/30/1927 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Ralph Dunn | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W400005 | 10-in. | 1/10/1928 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Osborne Miller | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W401311 | 10-in. | 11/12/1928 | I'm wild about horns on automobiles (That go "ta-ta-ta") | Fred Hall ; Sugar Babies | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
| OKeh | W402633 | 10-in. | 6/13/1929 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Valentín Martínez | Male vocal solo, with guitar | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W403897 | 10-in. | 4/5/1930 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/ dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | 14333-14335 | 10-in. | 11/21/1924 | Doo wacka doo | Isham Jones Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E29017 | 10-in. | 1/3/1929 | I’m wild about horns on automobiles that go ta-ta-ta-ta | Yacht Club Boys | Male vocal and instrumental quartet | composer, lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E31489 | 10-in. | 11/26/1929 | At Father Power’s grave | Charlie Craver | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Brunswick | E35845 | 10-in. | 2/13/1931 | When the chapel bells are ringing | Delivery Boys | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E35955 | 10-in. | 1/23/1931 | Sweet Rosita | Five Pennies ; Red Nichols | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E1828-E1830 | 10-in. | 11/27/1925 | How she loves me is nobody's business | Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones | Male vocal duet, with banjo and piano | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E1946-E1948 | 10-in. | 12/16/1925 | How she loves me is nobody's business | Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones | Male vocal duet, with banjo and piano | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E2037-E2039 | 10-in. | 1/6/1926 | How she loves me is nobody's business | Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones | Male vocal duet, with piano | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E4473-E4475 | 10-in. | 1/31/1927 | I can’t believe that you’re in love with me | Blue Ribbon Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with piano and lute | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E4784-E4786 | 10-in. | 3/30/1927 | Looking for the sunshine, walking around in the rain | Evelyn Thompson | Female vocal solo, with clarinet, cornet, and piano | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E17271-E17274 | 10-in. | 12/28/1925 | Why aren’t yez eatin’ more oranges? | Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E17349-E17351 | 10-in. | 1/4/1926 | Why aren’t yez eatin’ more oranges? | Volunteer Firemen | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | composer | |
| Brunswick | E18725-E18727 | 10-in. | 4/9/1926 | Dorothy | Park Lane Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | E21336-E21338 | 10-in. | 1/27/1927 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | C1062-C1064 | 10-in. | 7/26/1927 | I can’t believe that you’re in love with me | Nick Lucas | Male vocal solo, with guitar | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | 306W-308W | 10-in. | 2/3/1925 | Doo wacka doo | Earl and Bell | Male vocal duet, with guitar | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | B22195 | 10-in. | 1/06/1938 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Edison | 6968 | 10-in. | 10/9/1919 | I love you just the same, sweet Adeline | Premier Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | 7087 | 10-in. | 1/5/1920 | As you were | Charles Hart ; Lewis James | Vocal duet (2 tenors), with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
| Edison | 7227 | 10-in. | 3/18/1920 | Who'll take the place of Mary? | Talbot O'Farrell | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Edison | 7579 | 10-in. | 10/13/1920 | I've got the blues for my Kentucky home | Premier Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
| Edison | 9246 | 10-in. | 11/13/1923 | Happy and go-lucky in my old Kentucky home | Robert Denning | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
| Edison | 9821 | 10-in. | 10/31/1924 | Down in "Wah-Wah Town" | Nat Martin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Edison | 10530 | 10-in. | 7/29/1925 | I can't see the beautiful sea (Unless it's filled with beautiful girls) | Hotel Carlton Terrace Orchestra ; Mike Speciale | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Edison | 10814 | 10-in. | 2/4/1926 | How I love her and she loves me is nobody's business | The Happiness Boys | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | 11627 | 10-in. | 4/4/1927 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Johnny Marvin ; Andy Sannella | Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar | songwriter | |
| Edison | 11846 | 10-in. | 8/19/1927 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Happiness Orchestra ; Dave Kaplan | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Edison | 18634 | 10-in. | 7/24/1928 | I love to dunk a hunk of sponge cake | The Happiness Boys ; Dave Kaplan | Male vocal duet, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
| Edison | 18955 | 10-in. | 12/19/1928 | I'm wild about horns on automobiles that go "ta-ta-ta-ta" | 7 Blue Babies ; Jack Dalton | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer, lyricist | |
| Edison | N-345 | 10-in. | 7/24/1928 | I love to dunk a hunk of sponge cake | The Happiness Boys ; Dave Kaplan | Male vocal duet, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
| Edison | N-646 | 10-in. | 12/19/1928 | I'm wild about horns on automobiles that go 'ta-ta-ta-ta' | 7 Blue Babies ; Jack Dalton | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer, lyricist | |
| Gramophone | BK2242 | 10-in. | 7/12/1927 | Was hat man denn meiner Marianne getan? | George Kober | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gaskill, Clarence," accessed April 29, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109415.
Gaskill, Clarence. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 29, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109415.
"Gaskill, Clarence." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 29 April 2024.
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Wikidata: Clarence Gaskill - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22670549
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MusicBrainz: Clarence Gaskill - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b95753f5-ffab-4171-ba67-b4e08ea7bbdb
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