Victor Artists
Ted Levy (piano)
On this Date...
May 20th, 1930
When the Holy Ghost comes down (Matrix BVE-59955, take 2) was recorded by Vaughan Quartet in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis Auditorium
Richard A. Whiting (composer)
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Matrix No. |
First Recording Date |
Title |
Primary Performer |
Description |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-16143 | 6/28/1915 | It's tulip time in Holland (two lips are calling me) | American Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra |
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| B-16546 | 9/28/1915 | It's tulip time in Holland (two lips are calling me) | Harry Macdonough |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-16598 | 10/5/1915 | It's tulip time in Holland | Signor "Grinderino" |
Barrel-piano solo |
|
| B-16632 | 10/9/1915 | Success medley | Pietro [i.e., Pietro Deiro] |
Accordion solo |
|
| B-17591 | 5/2/1916 | They made it twice as nice as Paradise (and they called it Dixieland) | Geoffrey O'Hara |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| C-17703 | 5/19/1916 | Loading up the Mandy Lee | Victor Military Band |
Band |
|
| C-18052 | 7/5/1916 | They made it twice nice as paradise and they called it Dixieland | Conway's Band |
Band |
|
| C-18374 | 9/15/1916 | Pretty baby | Victor Military Band |
Band |
|
| B-18379 | 9/18/1916 | Mammy's little coal black rose | Orpheus Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra |
|
| B-18978 | 1/11/1917 | Where the black-eyed susans grow | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell |
Male vocal duet, with orchestra |
|
| C-18991 | 1/16/1917 | How's every little thing in Dixie | Victor Military Band |
Band |
|
| C-19612 | 4/20/1917 | I can hear the ukuleles calling me | Victor Band |
Band |
|
| B-20034 | 6/13/1917 | Ain't you coming back to Dixieland | Orpheus Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra |
|
| B-20066 | 6/20/1917 | Along the way to Waikiki | Peerless Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra |
|
| C-20362 | 7/3/1917 | She's Dixie all the time | Conway's Band |
Band |
|
| B-20615 | 8/10/1917 | Hawaii, I'm lonesome for you | Athenian Mandolin Quartet [i.e., Alessios Defilippis Mandolin Quartet] ; Louise and Ferera |
Guitar duet (Hawaiian), with mandolin quartet |
|
| B-20625 | 8/14/1917 | Some Sunday morning | Ada Jones ; Billy Murray |
Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra |
|
| B-20654 | 9/10/1917 | Parody on "They made it twice as nice as paradise and they called it Dixieland" | Geoffrey O'Hara |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-20811 | 10/1/1917 | Where the morning glories grow | Elizabeth Spencer ; Sterling Trio |
Female vocal solo, with male vocal trio and orchestra |
|
| B-20922 | 10/29/1917 | Some Sunday morning | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| B-21651 | 4/4/1918 | Some Sunday morning | Hurtado Brothers Royal Marimba Band of Guatemala |
Marimba band |
|
| B-22360 | 1/6/1919 | Till we meet again | Nicholas Orlando's Orchestra |
Orchestra, with vocal chorus |
|
| B-22447 | 12/4/1918 | Till we meet again | Charles Hart ; Lewis James |
Male vocal duet, with orchestra |
|
| B-22898 | 6/11/1919 | You're still an old sweetheart of mine | Henry Burr ; Elizabeth Spencer |
Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra |
|
| B-23513 | 12/3/1919 | Hand in hand again | Charles Harrison ; Reed Miller |
Male vocal duet, with orchestra |
|
| B-23595 | 1/21/1920 | Hand in hand again | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell |
Male vocal duet, with orchestra |
|
| B-24358 | 7/29/1920 | The Japanese sandman | Olive Kline |
Female vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| BVE-24390 | 2/7/1928 | The Japanese sandman | Paul Whiteman Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| B-24390 | 8/9/1920 | The Japanese sandman | Ambassador Orchestra ; Paul Whiteman |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| B-24558 | 11/1/1920 | The blonde | Marika Papagika |
Female vocal solo, with instrumental quartet |
|
| B-25150 | 4/11/1921 | Ain't we got fun | Roy Bargy ; Benson Orchestra of Chicago |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| B-25518 | 8/16/1921 | Bimini Day | Aileen Stanley |
Female vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-25700 | 9/28/1921 | Bimini Bay | Roy Bargy ; Benson Orchestra of Chicago |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| B-25787 | 12/1/1921 | When shall we meet again | Edna Brown [i.e., Elsie Baker] ; Elliott Shaw |
Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra |
|
| B-26007 | 12/29/1921 | When shall we meet again | Hackel-Bergè Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| B-26227 | 3/1/1922 | While Miami dreams | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| B-27627 | 2/27/1923 | Everything is K. O. in K-Y | Paul Whiteman Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| B-27875 | 5/2/1923 | Dreamy melody | The Troubadours |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| B-28415 | 7/25/1923 | Somebody's wrong | Benson Orchestra of Chicago ; Don Bestor |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| B-28878 | 11/6/1923 | The old folks at home | Benson Orchestra of Chicago ; Don Bestor |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| B-29217 | 12/24/1923 | Watchin' the moon rise | Peerless Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra |
|
| B-30404 | 6/19/1924 | The grass is always greener | Billy Murray |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| BVE-32722 | 6/2/1925 | Ukulele lady | Paul Whiteman Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet |
|
| BVE-32758 | 7/7/1925 | Got no time | Paul Whiteman Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| BVE-32833 | 5/28/1925 | Got no time | Jane Green |
Female vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| BVE-32885 | 6/10/1925 | Ukulele lady | Frank Crumit |
Male vocal solo, with violin, guitar, and ukulele |
|
| BVE-33205 | 8/3/1925 | Mighty blue | Benson Orchestra of Chicago ; Don Bestor |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| BVE-33239 | 8/20/1925 | Mighty blue | Aileen Stanley |
Female vocal solo, with piano |
|
| BVE-33611 | 11/10/1925 | Sleepy time gal | Art Landry Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-33616 | 11/17/1925 | Weary of waiting for you | Art Landry Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| BVE-34026 | 12/11/1925 | Sleepy time gal | Jesse Crawford |
Pipe organ solo |
|
| BVE-34064 | 12/21/1925 | Moon Deer | Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-34139 | 12/11/1925 | Sleepy time girl | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano |
|
| BVE-34171 | 12/21/1925 | Sweet child (I'm wild about you) | Gene Austin ; Dave Franklin |
Male vocal solo, with violin, cornet, and piano |
|
| BVE-34181 | 12/28/1925 | Sweet child (I'm wild about you) | Paul Whiteman Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| BVE-34226 | 12/18/1925 | Westward | Tom Waring |
Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) |
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| BVE-34227 | 12/18/1925 | Sweet child (I'm wild about you) | Tom Waring |
Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) |
|
| BVE-34229 | 12/18/1925 | Let's forget (and be sweethearts again) | Tom Waring |
Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) |
|
| BVE-34300 | 1/6/1926 | Where is my Rose of Waikiki | The Revelers |
Male vocal quartet, with ukulele and piano |
|
| BVE-34676 | 3/4/1926 | Horses | George Olsen and his Music |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and monologue |
|
| BVE-35243 | 3/26/1926 | There's a boatman on the Volga | Paul Whiteman Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo |
|
| BVE-35518 | 5/15/1926 | The pump song | Irving Aaronson ; Commanders |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-35727 | 6/29/1926 | Hello, baby | Phil Spitalny Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-35940 | 7/26/1926 | Breezin' along (with the breeze) | Seattle Harmony Kings |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-36041 | 8/12/1926 | Precious | Paul Whiteman Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio |
|
| BVE-36046 | 8/16/1926 | Breezin' along (with the breeze) | The Revelers |
Male vocal quartet, with piano |
|
| BVE-36089 | 9/1/1926 | Precious | Aileen Stanley |
Female vocal solo, with violin, cello, and piano |
|
| BVE-36378 | 10/1/1926 | Precious | Jack Smith |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
|
| BVE-36496 | 12/8/1926 | Fire | Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-36584 | 11/9/1926 | Thanks to you | Jan Garber Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-36659 | 11/6/1926 | Broken hearted | Tom Waring |
Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) |
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| BVE-37132 | 12/14/1926 | Tenderly think of me | Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-38422 | 4/1/1927 | Mammy's little coal-black rose | Vaughn De Leath |
Female vocal solo, with violin, banjo, and piano |
|
| BVE-38703 | 4/28/1927 | Rosy cheeks | Jack Smith |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
|
| BVE-41178 | 12/15/1927 | Tin pan parade | The Troubadours |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet |
|
| CVE-41474 | 1/30/1928 | Tin pan parade | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra |
|
| BVE-41538 | 1/11/1928 | Tin pan parade | Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller |
Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble |
|
| BVE-41634 | 1/20/1928 | There's one little girl who loves me (one little girl who don't) | Dewey Bergman ; Webster Hall Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet |
|
| BVE-43145 | 3/15/1928 | Lovable | Paul Whiteman Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-45133 | 5/10/1928 | Till we meet again | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo and whistling |
|
| MVE-49566 | 1/28/1929 | Wolf song | Motion Picture Orchestra |
Motion picture soundtrack : Orchestra |
|
| BVE-49783 | 3/15/1929 | Wait 'til you see 'ma chérie' | Maurice Chevalier |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| BVE-49930 | 2/7/1929 | Honey | Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-49937 | 2/8/1929 | Yo te amo means I love you | Paul Oliver [i.e., Frank Munn] |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| BVE-49947 | 2/13/1929 | Sweet forget-me-not | Jack Smith |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| BVE-50905 | 3/1/1929 | Louise | Park Central Orchestra ; Ben Pollack ; Charles Roberts [i.e., Smith Ballew] |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-50906 | 3/1/1929 | Wait 'til you see 'ma chérie' | Park Central Orchestra ; Ben Pollack |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-50942 | 3/14/1929 | Louise | Maurice Chevalier |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| BVE-50943 | 3/14/1929 | It's a habit of mine | Maurice Chevalier |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| BVE-50944 | 3/14/1929 | On top of the world, alone | Maurice Chevalier |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| BVE-51013 | 3/7/1929 | "Yo te amo" means "I love you" | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-53516 | 5/27/1929 | Honey | Dagmar Nordstrom |
Piano solo |
|
| BVE-53591 | 6/28/1929 | Luisa | Marimba Centro-Americana |
Marimba band |
|
| BVE-53991 | 8/15/1929 | True blue Lou | Burt Lorin [i.e., Scrappy Lambert] ; Park Central Orchestra ; Ben Pollack |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| PBVE-54730 | 3/20/1930 | All I want is just one | Gus Arnheim Orchestra ; Fred MacMurray |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| PBVE-54835 | 5/29/1930 | A peach of a pair | Gus Arnheim Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-55494 | 7/24/1929 | True blue Lou | Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-55509 | 7/26/1929 | The flippity flop | Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-56133 | 9/17/1929 | True blue Lou | Johnny Marvin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| BVE-57127 | 10/29/1929 | I have to have you | Helen Kane |
Female vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| BVE-57518 | 11/1/1929 | My sweeter than sweet | Leo Reisman Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
|
| BVE-58112 | 12/16/1929 | Alma mammy | Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus |
|
| BVE-58116 | 12/17/1929 | Sweeter than sweet | Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring |
Mixed vocal chorus, with piano |
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| BVE-58523 | 1/27/1930 | My mad moment | Wilbert Morgan ; Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-58524 | 1/27/1930 | It must be spring | Pennsylvanians ; The Three Girl Friends ; Fred Waring |
Jazz/dance band, with female vocal trio |
|
| BVE-59648 | 3/22/1930 | All I want is just one | Maurice Chevalier |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| CVE-59834 | 3/19/1930 | My gal Sal | Coca Cola Topnotchers |
Radio broadcast: Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-62202 | 4/17/1930 | My future just passed | High Hatters ; Leonard W. Joy ; Frank Luther |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| PB-103 | 3/3/1925 | Wait till the morning after | Glen Oswald Serenaders ; Glen Oswald |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| PBVE-122 | 8/24/1925 | Moon dear | Henry Halstead ; Henry Halstead Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
|
| PBVE-133 | 9/4/1925 | Mighty blue | Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| PBVE-319 | 5/16/1927 | Rosy cheeks | Henry Halstead Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |