Victor Artists
Gus Van (baritone vocal)
On this Date...
May 20th, 1909
Slavonic cradle song (Matrix B-1898, take 2) was recorded by Maud Powell in Camden, New Jersey
Jack Shilkret (instrumentalist : piano)
Jack Shilkret as pictured in a Victor catalog
Matrixes marked with 
indicate recordings are available for online listening.
Matrix No. |
First Recording Date |
Title |
Primary Performer |
Description |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-22390 | 2/27/1919 | Chong | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-23969 | 12/20/1927 | Saxophobia | Rudy Wiedoeft |
Saxophone solo, with piano |
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| BVE-23970 | 12/20/1927 | Valse Erica | Rudy Wiedoeft |
Saxophone solo, with piano |
|
| BVE-26259 | 6/3/1927 | Kitten on the keys | Zez Confrey Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| B-26375 | 5/22/1922 | Ya me voy a vacilar | Orquesta Internacional |
Orchestra |
|
| B-26920 | 10/3/1922 | Mi mujer | Orquesta Internacional |
Orchestra |
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| B-26932 | 10/6/1922 | Kamar | Orquesta Internacional |
Orchestra |
|
| B-27143 | 11/13/1922 | Dear granny | The Happy Trio |
Instrumental trio, with piano |
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| B-27144 | 11/13/1922 | Veronica waltz | The Happy Trio |
Instrumental trio, with piano |
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| B-27694 | 4/3/1923 | La spiritosa | Trio Italiano |
Instrumental trio, with piano |
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| B-27695 | 4/3/1923 | Maria, Mari | Trio Italiano |
Instrumental trio, with piano and male vocal solo |
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| B-27696 | 4/3/1923 | Diamond waltz | Trio Italiano |
Instrumental trio, with piano |
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| B-28942 | 11/13/1923 | Mamma goes where Papa goes (or Papa don't go out tonight) | Jane Green |
Female vocal solo, with piano |
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| B-28943 | 11/13/1923 | Mamma loves Papa | Jane Green |
Female vocal solo, with piano |
|
| B-29094 | 12/18/1923 | Do wuja starca | Władysław Ochrymowicz |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-29359 | 1/29/1924 | Vniz po matushke po Volge | Nina Tarasova |
Female vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-29712 | 3/17/1924 | Flores de mayo | Jorge Añez ; Alcides Briceño |
Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble |
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| B-29713 | 3/17/1924 | Sepulturero, ¡no cantes! | Jorge Añez ; Alcides Briceño |
Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble |
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| B-29714 | 3/17/1924 | El suspiro | Jorge Añez ; Alcides Briceño |
Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble |
|
| B-30811 | 9/11/1924 | Come back to me | Hugo Frey ; The Troubadours |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| B-30863 | 9/26/1924 | De clouds are gwine to roll away | Vernon Dalhart |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| B-30864 | 9/26/1924 | Ain't you coming out to-night? | Vernon Dalhart |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
|
| B-32054 | 3/4/1925 | The runaway train | Vernon Dalhart |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| B-32486 | 4/30/1925 | Nola | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Orchestra |
Orchestra |
|
| BVE-32486 | 5/11/1925 | Nola | Victor Salon Orchestra |
Orchestra |
|
| B-32971 | 7/23/1925 | Las corsarias | Orquesta Internacional |
Orchestra |
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| B-32972 | 7/23/1925 | Carmencita | Orquesta Internacional |
Orchestra |
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| BVE-33540 | 10/5/1925 | Better call the preacher now | Billy Murray |
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano |
|
| BVE-33541 | 10/5/1925 | Flamin' Mamie | Aileen Stanley |
Female vocal solo, with ukulele and piano |
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| BVE-33558 | 10/12/1925 | Sweet man | Aileen Stanley |
Female vocal solo, with ukulele and piano |
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| BVE-33822 | 10/28/1925 | No man's mamma | Aileen Stanley |
Female vocal solo, with piano |
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| BVE-33823 | 10/28/1925 | I love my baby (my baby loves me) | Aileen Stanley |
Female vocal solo, with ukulele and piano |
|
| BVE-34111 | 12/2/1925 | My bundle of love | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with violin and piano |
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| BVE-34327 | 1/14/1926 | Show me the way to go home | Frank Crumit |
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano |
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| BVE-34328 | 1/14/1926 | I wish't I was in Peoria | Frank Crumit |
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano |
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| BVE-34660 | 3/2/1926 | Las coquetas | Orquesta Internacional |
Orchestra |
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| BVE-34940 | 3/9/1926 | Gems from A sale and a sailor | Mask and Wig Glee Chorus |
Male vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra |
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| BVE-35310 | 4/13/1926 | Thanks for the buggy ride | Frank Crumit |
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano |
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| BVE-35311 | 4/13/1926 | So is your old lady | Frank Crumit |
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano |
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| BVE-35468 | 5/19/1926 | Whadda you say we get together | Billy Murray ; Aileen Stanley |
Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra |
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| BVE-35612 | 5/18/1926 | Valentine | Franklyn Baur ; International Novelty Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-35706 | 6/22/1926 | Studentenlieder | Manhattan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with 2 pianos |
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| BVE-35707 | 6/22/1926 | Volkslieder | Manhattan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with 2 pianos |
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| BVE-35904 | 7/8/1926 | Yukel mit sein yukeleile | Bessie Weismann |
Female vocal solo, with ukulele and piano |
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| BVE-35905 | 7/8/1926 | Oi, gevald, ve derlebt men dus | Bessie Weismann |
Female vocal solo, with ukulele and piano |
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| BVE-35948 | 7/29/1926 | The girl friend | Frank Crumit |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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| BVE-35949 | 7/29/1926 | Mountain greenery | Frank Crumit |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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| BVE-36042 | 8/12/1926 | For my sweetheart | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with violin and piano |
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| BVE-36043 | 8/12/1926 | Me too | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with violin and piano |
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| BVE-36680 | 11/11/1926 | On the bridge at twilight | John Griffin |
Flute solo, with piano |
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| BVE-36911 | 11/8/1926 | Ich hab' mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren | Manhattan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with 2 pianos |
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| BVE-36912 | 11/8/1926 | Jede Frau weist genau | Manhattan Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with 2 pianos |
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| BVE-36918 | 11/10/1926 | Moonlight and roses (bring memories of you) | Victor Salon Orchestra |
Orchestra |
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| BVE-36990 | 12/1/1926 | It made you happy when you made me cry | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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| BVE-36994 | 12/3/1926 | Everything's made for love | Gene Austin ; Art Fowler |
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano |
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| BVE-37119 | 12/10/1926 | Maybe | Franklyn Baur |
Male vocal solo, with 2 pianos |
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| BVE-37120 | 12/10/1926 | I found you | Franklyn Baur |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-37144 | 12/17/1926 | Do you love as I love? | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-37539 | 1/12/1927 | I know, that you know | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-37540 | 1/12/1927 | High, high, high up in the hills (watching the clouds roll by) | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-38110 | 2/24/1927 | The desert song | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-38134 | 3/3/1927 | The doll dance | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra |
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| BVE-38141 | 3/7/1927 | May moon | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-38142 | 3/7/1927 | Who'll buy my violets | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra |
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| BVE-38153 | 3/10/1927 | Ain't she sweet | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-38155 | 3/10/1927 | Forgive me | Victor Orchestra |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-38172 | 3/15/1927 | Forgive me | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-38177 | 3/17/1927 | Galleguita | Orquesta Internacional |
Orchestra |
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| BVE-38374 | 4/28/1927 | Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal duet (takes 4-7); with male vocal chorus (takes 1-3) |
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| BVE-38389 | 5/5/1927 | Rainbow of love | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-38404 | 3/24/1927 | I crave you | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-38405 | 3/24/1927 | You can't cry over my shoulder (and wink at somebody else) | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-38793 | 5/27/1927 | Elvira | Orquesta Internacional |
Orchestra |
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| BVE-38853 | 6/1/1927 | C'est vous | Lucrezia Bori |
Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-39113 | 8/25/1927 | Polly | Zez Confrey Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
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| BVE-39114 | 8/25/1927 | Medias de seda | Orquesta Internacional |
Orchestra |
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| BVE-39115 | 8/25/1927 | Besos y cerezas | Orquesta Internacional |
Orchestra |
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| BVE-40507 | 10/25/1927 | 'S wonderful | Frank Crumit |
Male vocal solo, with violin and piano |
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| BVE-40508 | 10/25/1927 | Granny's old arm chair | Frank Crumit |
Male vocal solo, with violin and piano |
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| BVE-40521 | 10/27/1927 | Dainty miss | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra |
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| BVE-40522 | 10/27/1927 | I told them all about you | The Troubadours |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-41099 | 12/6/1927 | Is she my girl-friend? (How-de-ow-dow!) | Johnny Marvin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet |
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| BVE-41136 | 12/2/1927 | Marilyn | Jack Shilkret ; Rudy Wiedoeft |
Saxophone solo, with piano |
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| BVE-41137 | 12/2/1927 | Saxema | Jack Shilkret ; Rudy Wiedoeft |
Saxophone solo, with piano |
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| BVE-41586 | 1/27/1928 | Mary Ann | Johnny Marvin ; Ed Smalle |
Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble |
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| CVE-41991 | 5/17/1928 | Blue Danube waltz | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal quartet |
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| CVE-41992 | 5/17/1928 | Wedding dance | International Concert Orchestra ; Nathaniel Shilkret |
Orchestra, with male vocal trio |
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| BVE-42520 | 2/24/1928 | My Ohio home | Cooper Lawley ; Harold Yates |
Male vocal duet, with piano and pipe organ |
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| BVE-43513 | 3/29/1928 | The devil is afraid of music | Willard Robison ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-43514 | 3/29/1928 | Truthful Parson Brown | Willard Robison ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-43542 | 4/9/1928 | Tomorrow | Jack Shilkret |
Piano solo |
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| BVE-43543 | 4/9/1928 | Just across the street from heaven | Jack Shilkret |
Piano solo |
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| BVE-43676 | 4/27/1928 | Back in your own back yard | Cooper Lawley ; Harold Yates |
Male vocal duet, with orchestra |
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| BVE-43677 | 4/27/1928 | Happy-go-lucky Lane | Cooper Lawley ; Harold Yates |
Male vocal duet, with orchestra |
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| BVE-43678 | 4/27/1928 | I'm tired of making believe | Harold Yates |
Male vocal solo, with violin, cello, and piano |
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| BVE-45133 | 5/10/1928 | Till we meet again | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo and whistling |
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| CVE-45267 | 6/13/1928 | Old folks at home | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Group |
Orchestra, with mixed vocal chorus |
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| CVE-45268 | 6/13/1928 | Open thy lattice, love | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Group |
Orchestra, with mixed vocal chorus |
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| CVE-45636 | 6/15/1928 | Nelly was a lady | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Group |
Orchestra, with male vocal chorus |
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| BVE-45679 | 7/5/1928 | Memories of France | The Troubadours |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio |
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| BVE-45842 | 7/2/1928 | Le due rose | Milton Rettenberg ; Jack Shilkret |
Piano duet |
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| BVE-45843 | 7/2/1928 | Il pianoforte | Milton Rettenberg ; Jack Shilkret |
Piano duet |
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| BVE-45872 | 7/12/1928 | Just a night for meditation | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-49024 | 12/28/1928 | Susianna | Burt Lorin [i.e., Scrappy Lambert] ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-49026 | 12/28/1928 | Gypsy | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-51996 | 5/13/1929 | Blue Hawaii | Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller |
Male vocal duet, with whistling and instrumental quartet |
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| CVE-53473 | 6/27/1929 | Water scenes : Narcissus | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Orchestra |
Orchestra, with piano duet |
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| BVE-57165 | 11/22/1929 | Pop and Sonny (at the night club), part 1 | Phil Cook |
Monologue, with piano |
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| BVE-57166 | 11/22/1929 | Pop and Sonny (at the night club), part 2 | Phil Cook |
Monologue, with piano |
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| BVE-57167 | 11/22/1929 | Why get silly about your silhouette | Phil Cook |
Monologue, with piano |
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| BVE-57168 | 11/22/1929 | Dot's love | Phil Cook |
Monologue, with piano |
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| BVE-57978 | 1/7/1930 | Preacher and the bear | Frank Crumit |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-58529 | 1/28/1930 | After you've gone | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-58530 | 1/28/1930 | St. James infirmary | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| [Trial 1919-09-30-02] | 9/30/1919 | I ain't-en got'en no time to have the blues | Jack Kaufman |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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| [Trial 1919-09-30-06] | 9/30/1919 | Lullaby of Armenia | Nouart Dzeron-Koshkarian |
Female vocal solo, with piano |
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| [Trial 1919-09-30-01] | 9/30/1919 | They're all sweeties | Jack Kaufman ; Sam Shepard |
Male vocal duet, with piano |
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| [Trial 1919-09-30-03] | 9/30/1919 | Friends | Richard Kettlewell |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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| [Trial 1920-01-22-04] | 1/22/1920 | St. Louis blues | Benny Krueger |
Alto saxophone solo, with piano |
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| BVE-Test-135 | 9/28/1928 | Sonny boy | Eddie Cantor |
Male vocal solo, with piano |