Frank Wright
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1928
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, piano, composer, lyricist
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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 | [Trial 1924-07-15-07] | 10-in. | 7/15/1924 | Put away a little sunshine | Frank Bessinger ; Frank Wright | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W141234 | 10-in. | 11/2/1925 | I never knew | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
| Columbia | W141235 | 10-in. | 11/2/1925 | I wonder where my baby is tonight | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
| Columbia | W141531 | 10-in. | 1/20/1926 | This one today and that one tomorrow | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W141532 | 10-in. | 1/20/1926 | Tamiami Trail | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 142593 | 10-in. | 9/10/1926 | Stars | The Harmonians [Selvin's Orchestra] ; Radio Franks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | B20-B22 | 10-in. | 7/23/1924 | I’d love you all over again | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 13647-13648 | 10-in. | 7/31/1924 | Not now, not yet, but soon | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 13729-13732 | 10-in. | 8/14/1924 | If I stay away too long from Carolina (I may find somebody else with Caroline) | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 13750-13752 | 10-in. | 9/5/1924 | Rock-a-bye my baby blues | Frank Bessinger ; Carl Fenton’s Orchestra ; Frank Wright | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 13909-13911 | 10-in. | 10/10/1924 | Then maybe I will forget | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 13920-13922 | 10-in. | 10/11/1924 | At the end of the sunset trail | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 13923-13925 | 10-in. | 10/11/1924 | Pretty as a picture | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14103-14105 | 10-in. | 10/31/1924 | I don’t care what you used to be | Frank Bessinger ; Frank Wright | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14420-14421 | 10-in. | 12/6/1924 | Caroline | Frank Bessinger ; Frank Wright | Male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14509-14511 | 10-in. | 12/17/1924 | At the end of the road | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with string quartet and piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14512-14515 | 10-in. | 12/17/1924 | Can you bring back the heart I gave you? | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with string quartet and piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14569-14571 | 10-in. | 1/6/1925 | Can you bring back the heart I gave you? | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14572-14574 | 10-in. | 1/6/1925 | Glad eyes | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14575-14576 | 10-in. | 1/6/1925 | My gal don’t love me anymore | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14607-14611 | 10-in. | 1/8/1925 | When my sugar walks down the street | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14635-14641 | 10-in. | 1/12/1925 | Lullaby of long ago | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14637-14640 | 10-in. | 1/12/1925 | Those Panama mammas | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14642-14643 | 10-in. | 1/13/1925 | Glad eyes | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 15157-15159 | 10-in. | 3/13/1925 | Just a little drink | Frank Bessinger ; Ray Miller Orchestra ; Frank Wright | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 15160-15162 | 10-in. | 3/13/1925 | Moonlight and roses | Frank Bessinger ; Ray Miller Orchestra ; Frank Wright | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 15229-15231 | 10-in. | 3/19/1925 | I had someone else before I had you | Phil Ohman ; Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 15232-15235 | 10-in. | 3/19/1925 | On the Oregon Trail | Phil Ohman ; Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 15603-15604 | 10-in. | 4/21/1925 | Florida | Frank Bessinger ; Phil Ohman ; Frank Wright | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 15605-15607 | 10-in. | 4/21/1925 | If it wasn't for you I wouldn't be crying now | Frank Bessinger ; Phil Ohman ; Frank Wright | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E1671-E1674 | 10-in. | 11/11/1925 | Show me the way to go home | Park Lane Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E1712-E1715 | 10-in. | 11/13/1925 | Hokey pokey (Diddle dee rum) | Tuxedo Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E1720-E1723 | 10-in. | 11/16/1925 | There ain't no flies on Auntie | Tuxedo Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E1979-E1981 | 10-in. | 12/24/1925 | Then I’ll be happy | Selvin’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E1997-E1999 | 10-in. | 12/29/1925 | Roll ‘em girls | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2000-E2002 | 10-in. | 12/29/1925 | Forever and ever with you | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2267-E2269 | 10-in. | 1/27/1926 | Drifting apart | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2370-E2373 | 10-in. | 2/5/1926 | I wish that I’d been satisfied with Mary | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2374-E2376 | 10-in. | 2/5/1926 | Drifting apart | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2835-E2838 | 10-in. | 4/21/1926 | Bye bye blackbird | Golden Pheasant Orchestra ; Austin Wylie | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2839-E2841 | 10-in. | 4/21/1926 | Could I? I certainly could! | Golden Pheasant Orchestra ; Austin Wylie | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2853-E2855 | 10-in. | 4/22/1926 | Reaching for the moon | The Bostonians ; Radio Franks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2856-E2858 | 10-in. | 4/22/1926 | Chérie, I love you | The Bostonians ; Radio Franks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3203-E3206 | 10-in. | 6/8/1926 | Hard-to-get Gertie | Al Goering's Collegians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3207-E3210 | 10-in. | 6/8/1926 | That’s where I meet my girl | Al Goering's Collegians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3301-E3303 | 10-in. | 6/26/1926 | You need someone to love | Windsor Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3304-E3306 | 10-in. | 6/26/1926 | Roses remind me of you | Windsor Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3497-E3499 | 10-in. | 7/23/1926 | While the years go drifting by | Glen Echo Serenaders | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3500-E3502 | 10-in. | 7/23/1926 | Down on the banks of the old Yazoo | Glen Echo Serenaders | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3662-E3663 | 10-in. | 9/2/1926 | Ya gotta know how to love | The Ambassadors [Brunswick Records] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3664-E3665 | 10-in. | 9/2/1926 | Breezin’ along with the breeze | The Ambassadors [Brunswick Records] ; Louis Katzman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3746-E3747 | 10-in. | 9/9/1926 | Blame it on the waltz | Miami Marimba Band | Marimba band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3748-E3749 | 10-in. | 9/9/1926 | In a little Spanish town ('Twas on a night like this) | Miami Marimba Band | Marimba band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3763-E3764 | 10-in. | 9/13/1926 | Breezin’ along with the breeze | The Ambassadors [Brunswick Records] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3860-E3861 | 10-in. | 9/28/1926 | Blame it on the waltz | Miami Marimba Band | Marimba band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3862-E3863 | 10-in. | 9/28/1926 | In a little Spanish town ('Twas on a night like this) | Castlewood Marimba Band | Marimba band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4096-E4097 | 10-in. | 11/19/1926 | I’ve grown so lonesome, thinking of you | The Ambassadors [Brunswick Records] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4098-E4099 | 10-in. | 11/19/1926 | If I’d only believed in you | The Ambassadors [Brunswick Records] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E15614-E15615 | 10-in. | 4/21/1925 | Florida | Frank Bessinger ; Phil Ohman ; Frank Wright | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E15750-E15752 | 10-in. | 5/19/1925 | And I believed in you | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E15762-E15764 | 10-in. | 5/20/1925 | Trying | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E15892-E15894 | 10-in. | 5/27/1925 | And I believed in you | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16274-E16276 | 10-in. | 8/28/1925 | Croon a little lullaby | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16277-E16279 | 10-in. | 8/28/1925 | Oh, boy! What a girl | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16363-E16365 | 10-in. | 9/10/1925 | Croon a little lullaby | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16366-E16368 | 10-in. | 9/10/1925 | Oh! Boy, what a girl | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16401-E16403 | 10-in. | 9/21/1925 | Croon a little lullaby | Phil Ohman ; Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16404-E16406 | 10-in. | 9/21/1925 | Oh! Boy, what a girl | Phil Ohman ; Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16867-E16869 | 10-in. | 11/10/1925 | Bam, Bam, Bamy shore | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16870-E16872 | 10-in. | 11/10/1925 | I'm sitting on top of the world (Just rolling along, just rolling along) | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E17099-E17101 | 10-in. | 12/16/1925 | I wonder where my baby is tonight | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E17102-E17105 | 10-in. | 12/16/1925 | Then I'll be happy | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E17286-E17287 | 10-in. | 12/29/1925 | Then I’ll be happy | Frank E. Banta ; Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E17288-E17289 | 10-in. | 12/29/1925 | I wonder where my baby is tonight | Frank E. Banta ; Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E17349-E17351 | 10-in. | 1/4/1926 | Why aren’t yez eatin’ more oranges? | Volunteer Firemen | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E18719-E18721 | 10-in. | 4/8/1926 | Honolulu moon | Ernie Golden ; Hotel McAlpin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E18722-E18724 | 10-in. | 4/8/1926 | Lonesome melody o’ mine | Ernie Golden ; Hotel McAlpin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E19547-E19549 | 10-in. | 6/11/1926 | Lay my head beneath a rose | Colonial Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E19550-E19552 | 10-in. | 6/11/1926 | Hush-a-bye | Colonial Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E19799-E19801 | 10-in. | 7/19/1926 | Calling me home | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E19802-E19804 | 10-in. | 7/19/1926 | Someone is losin’ Susan | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E20010-E20011 | 10-in. | 9/2/1926 | Ya gotta know how to love | Clevelanders | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E20102-E20103 | 10-in. | 9/13/1926 | New moon | Colonial Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E20104-E20105 | 10-in. | 9/13/1926 | Kiss me (And then say goodnight) | Colonial Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E20498-E20499 | 10-in. | 10/23/1926 | Just a little longer | Park Lane Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E20500-E20501 | 10-in. | 10/23/1926 | Idolizing | Park Lane Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21412-E21414 | 10-in. | 2/2/1927 | Coronado nights | Ernie Golden ; Hotel McAlpin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23619-E23621 | 10-in. | 6/14/1927 | When day is done | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23622-E23624 | 10-in. | 6/14/1927 | Bless her little heart | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23937-E23940 | 10-in. | 7/11/1927 | Lock a little sunbeam down in your heart (And throw the key away) | Park Lane Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E23940) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23941-E23944 | 10-in. | 7/11/1927 | Bye-bye pretty baby | Park Lane Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E23944) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E26353-E26354 | 10-in. | 2/2/1928 | Mary Ann | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with saxophone, steel guitar, and piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E26464-E26465 | 10-in. | 2/10/1928 | Mary Ann | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet with saxophone, steel guitar, and piano | vocalist | |
| Edison | 9661 | 10-in. | 8/5/1924 | Jealous | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 9787 | 10-in. | 10/14/1924 | If I had you | Charles Hart ; Esther Nelson | Male vocal solo, with female vocal solo and orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 10648 | 10-in. | 10/22/1925 | Croon a little lullaby | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 10649 | 10-in. | 10/22/1925 | I'm sitting on top of the world (Just rolling along—just rolling along) | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 10674 | 10-in. | 11/11/1925 | I never knew | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 10684 | 10-in. | 11/17/1925 | I wonder where my baby is to-night | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 10887 | 10-in. | 3/19/1926 | In the middle of the night | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 10906 | 10-in. | 4/2/1926 | Lullaby blues | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 11495 | 10-in. | 2/3/1927 | My little bunch of happiness | Radio Franks ; Frank White | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 11496 | 10-in. | 2/3/1927 | High-high-high up in hills (Watching the clouds roll by) | Radio Franks ; Frank White | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 11868 | 10-in. | 9/2/1927 | Mister aeroplane man (Take me up to heaven) | Radio Franks ; Frank White | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Edison | 11869 | 10-in. | 9/2/1927 | Pastafazoola | Frank Bessinger ; Frank Wright | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 18179 | 10-in. | 1/19/1928 | Dream kisses | Radio Franks ; Variety Players | Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Edison | 18180 | 10-in. | 1/19/1928 | Who's blue now? | Radio Franks ; Variety Players | Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Edison | 18554 | 10-in. | 5/31/1928 | Come on along with the blue bird | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 18555 | 10-in. | 5/31/1928 | Cherie chilly-pom-pom-pee | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wright, Frank," accessed May 8, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111647.
Wright, Frank. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 8, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111647.
"Wright, Frank." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 8 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Wright, Frank, 1865-1939 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001072929
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