Peggy English
Birth and Death Data: Born December 9, 1893, Died September 4, 1988
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1925 - 1933
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, leader
Notes: Peggy English recorded under the name Jane Gray exclusively on the Harmony and Velvet Tone labels during 1926-1928.
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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 | BS-75726 | 10-in. | 4/6/1933 | My handy man | High Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist, leader | |
| Victor | BS-75727 | 10-in. | 4/6/1933 | My handy man | Peggy English Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | leader, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-75728 | 10-in. | 4/6/1933 | Easy rider | Peggy English | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | leader, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-75729 | 10-in. | 4/6/1933 | Easy rider | Harlem Hannah and her Hot Boys | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | leader, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-75730 | 10-in. | 4/6/1933 | A guy what takes his time | High Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | leader, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-75731 | 10-in. | 4/6/1933 | A guy what takes his time | Harlem Hannah and her Hot Boys | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | leader, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-75732 | 10-in. | 4/6/1933 | Keep your nose out of Mama's business | High Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | leader, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-75733 | 10-in. | 4/6/1933 | Keep your nose out of Mama's business | Harlem Hannah and her Hot Boys | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | leader, vocalist | |
| Columbia | 141568 | 10-in. | 1/27/1926 | What can I say after I say I'm sorry? | Rube Bloom ; Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 141572 | 10-in. | 1/28/1926 | Five foot two, eyes of blue | Rube Bloom ; Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 141700 | 10-in. | 2/18/1926 | Say it again | Rube Bloom ; Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 141701 | 10-in. | 2/18/1926 | Everything's gonna be all right | Rube Bloom ; Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 142531 | 10-in. | 8/13/1926 | I didn't wanna | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 142532 | 10-in. | 8/13/1926 | Looking at the world thru rose colored glasses | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 142837 | 10-in. | 10/19/1926 | What's the use of crying? | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 142838 | 10-in. | 10/19/1926 | Hello bluebird | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 142947 | 10-in. | 11/18/1926 | I'd love to call you my sweetheart | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 142948 | 10-in. | 11/18/1926 | (I'm tellin' the birds—tellin' the bees) How I love you | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 143238 | 10-in. | 12/31/1926 | There ain't no maybe in my baby's eyes | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 143239 | 10-in. | 12/31/1926 | He's the last word | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 143484 | 10-in. | 2/16/1927 | Hello cutie | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 143485 | 10-in. | 2/16/1927 | Hoosier sweetheart | Rube Bloom ; Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 143486 | 10-in. | 2/16/1927 | I've never seen a straight banana | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 143487 | 10-in. | 2/16/1927 | 'Deed I do | Rube Bloom ; Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 143650 | 10-in. | 3/15/1927 | Ain't she sweet? | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 143651 | 10-in. | 3/15/1927 | My idea of heaven (Is to be in love with you) | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 144271 | 10-in. | 6/14/1927 | There's everything nice about you | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 144272 | 10-in. | 6/14/1927 | Ain't that a grand and glorious feeling? | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 144475 | 10-in. | 7/21/1927 | Who's wonderful, who's marvelous? Miss Annabelle Lee | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 144476 | 10-in. | 7/21/1927 | Are you happy? | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 144552 | 10-in. | 8/22/1927 | There ain't no land like Dixieland to me | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 144553 | 10-in. | 8/22/1927 | Dawning | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 144848 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | Mister aeroplane man (Take me up to heaven) | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with clarinet and piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 144849 | 10-in. | 10/11/1927 | Play-ground in the sky | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with clarinet and piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 145242 | 10-in. | 11/28/1927 | He's tall and dark and handsome | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 145243 | 10-in. | 11/28/1927 | A good man is hard to find | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 145567 | 10-in. | 1/24/1928 | What do you say? | Jane Gray ; University Six | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 145568 | 10-in. | 1/24/1928 | You gotta be good to me | Jane Gray ; University Six | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 146236 | 10-in. | 5/8/1928 | Mamma's grown young, Papa's grown old | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 146237 | 10-in. | 5/8/1928 | Right or wrong | Jane Gray | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4912 | 10-in. | Apr. 1927 | Lazy weather | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4916 | 10-in. | Apr. 1927 | Where the wild, wild flowers grow | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E27541 | 10-in. | 5/11/1928 | Right or wrong | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E27542 | 10-in. | 5/11/1928 | Forgetting you | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E1534-E1536 | 10-in. | 10/23/1925 | Tomorrow mornin' | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E1537-E1539 | 10-in. | 10/27/1925 | You wouldn't believe me | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E1598-E1600 | 10-in. | 11/6/1925 | Someone's stolen my sweet, sweet baby | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E1724-E1726 | 10-in. | 11/16/1925 | Running after you | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | [E2058-E2060a] | 10-in. | 1/6/1926 | [Rehearsal] | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2071-E2073 | 10-in. | 1/7/1926 | Then I’ll be happy | Rube Bloom ; Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2074-E2076 | 10-in. | 1/7/1926 | I love my baby (My baby loves me) | Rube Bloom ; Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2472-E2474 | 10-in. | 2/17/1926 | Let’s talk about my sweetie | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2475-E2477 | 10-in. | 2/17/1926 | I’m leaving you | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3968-E3969 | 10-in. | 10/20/1926 | No one but you knows how to love | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3970-E3971 | 10-in. | 10/20/1926 | Whatcha’ gonna’ do (When I’m gone) | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4074-E4075 | 10-in. | 11/12/1926 | I've got somebody now | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4076-E4077 | 10-in. | 11/12/1926 | Just a little longer | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4124-E4125 | 10-in. | 12/1/1926 | Take in the sun, hang out the moon (Rock me in a cradle of dreams) | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4126-E4127 | 10-in. | 12/1/1926 | Who’ll be the one? | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4310-E4312 | 10-in. | 12/28/1926 | High-high-high up in the hills (Watching the clouds roll by) | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4313-E4315 | 10-in. | 12/28/1926 | How long must I wait for you | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4358-E4360 | 10-in. | 1/6/1927 | High-high-high up in the hills (Watching the clouds roll by) | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4361-E4363 | 10-in. | 1/6/1927 | How long must I wait for you | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | [E4405-E4406a] | 1/22/1927 | No masters | Peggy English ; Irving Kaufman | Female-male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | ||
| Brunswick | E4545-E4547 | 10-in. | 2/17/1927 | I'm looking over a four-leaf clover | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4548-E4550 | 10-in. | 2/17/1927 | It all depends on you | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4684-E4686 | 10-in. | 3/15/1927 | I’m in love again | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E5161-E5163 | 10-in. | 5/20/1927 | Sixty seconds every minute (I’m in love with you) | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E5164-E5166 | 10-in. | 5/20/1927 | Just like a butterfly (That’s caught in the rain) | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E6072-E6074 | 10-in. | 6/15/1927 | Gorgeous | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E6075-E6077 | 10-in. | 6/15/1927 | Ain’t that a grand and glorious feeling | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E6204-E6207 | 10-in. | 7/8/1929 | Oh how I love my boatman | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E6259-E6261 | 10-in. | 7/22/1927 | Oh how I love my boatman | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E6262-E6264 | 10-in. | 7/22/1927 | I walked back from the buggy ride | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E6354-E6357 | 10-in. | 8/23/1927 | Are you happy? | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with violin, guitar, and piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E6394-E6397 | 10-in. | 8/29/1927 | Swanee shore | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with banjo and piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E6468-E6470 | 10-in. | 9/15/1927 | Broken hearted | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E6471-E6474 | 10-in. | 9/15/1927 | A good man is hard to find | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E6648-E6650 | 10-in. | 10/13/1927 | Good news | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E6651-E6653 | 10-in. | 10/13/1927 | Together we two | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E25606-E25607 | 10-in. | 12/14/1927 | What’ll you do | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E25608-E25609 | 10-in. | 12/14/1927 | Mine—all mine | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C439-C441 | 10-in. | 6/22/1926 | How many times? | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C442-C444 | 10-in. | 6/22/1926 | Ya gotta know how to love | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 1121W-1123W | 10-in. | 8/11/1925 | Want a little lovin' | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 1142W-1144W | 10-in. | 8/12/1925 | Charleston baby of mine | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 1145W-1147W | 10-in. | 8/12/1925 | Don't try to cry your way back to me | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 1164W-1166W | 10-in. | 8/14/1925 | You can't shush Katy | Rube Bloom ; Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 1334W-1336W | 10-in. | 9/11/1925 | Sweet man | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 1337W-1339W | 10-in. | 9/11/1925 | Give me just a little bit (Of your love) | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 1531W-1533W | 10-in. | 10/23/1925 | Sweet man | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "English, Peggy," accessed May 9, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111510.
English, Peggy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 9, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111510.
"English, Peggy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 May 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: English, Peggy, 1893-1988 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001001276
Wikidata: Peggy English - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14066919
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/16866737
MusicBrainz: Peggy English - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ce3648bf-de95-46a5-8a7e-a28392916f6b
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