Milton Ager (composer)
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Matrix No. |
First Recording Date |
Title |
Primary Performer |
Description |
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| B-20658 | 9/12/1917 | If you saw all that I saw in Arkansaw | Collins and Harlan |
Male vocal duet, with orchestra |
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| B-21031 | 10/31/1917 | There's something in the name of Ireland (that the whole world seems to love) | Charles Harrison |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| B-21416 | 1/14/1918 | Tom, Dick and Harry and Jack (Hurry back) | Shannon Four |
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra |
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| B-21993 | 6/18/1918 | France (we have not forgotten you) | Lambert Murphy |
Male vocal solo, with violin duet and orchestra |
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| B-22079 | 7/29/1918 | Djer kiss? | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
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| B-22176 | 7/25/1918 | Everything is peaches down in Georgia | American Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra |
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| B-22666 | 3/31/1919 | Anything is nice if it comes from Dixieland | American Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra |
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| B-22846 | 5/12/1919 | Thank God you're here, Mother mine | John Steel |
Male vocal solo, with violin, cello, and orchestra |
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| B-23168 | 9/22/1919 | There's a lot of blue-eyed Marys down in Maryland | Shannon Four |
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra |
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| B-23379 | 12/16/1919 | Mystery! | Paul Biese’s Novelty Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
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| B-23482 | 11/19/1919 | Freckles | Billy Murray |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| B-23787 | 3/29/1920 | Mother's hands | Henry Burr |
Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra |
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| B-24067 | 5/25/1920 | A young man's fancy | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
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| B-24169 | 6/16/1920 | I'm in heaven when I'm in my mother's arms (I don't have to die to go to heaven) | William Robyn |
Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra |
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| C-24545 | 10/22/1920 | Honolulu eyes | Ambassador Orchestra ; Paul Whiteman |
Jazz/dance band |
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| B-24545 | 11/3/1920 | Honolulu eyes | Ambassador Orchestra ; Paul Whiteman |
Jazz/dance band, with whistling |
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| B-24691 | 11/10/1920 | A young man's fancy | Olive Kline |
Female vocal solo, with celeste and orchestra |
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| B-25162 | 4/14/1921 | I'm nobody's baby | Benson Orchestra of Chicago |
Jazz/dance band |
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| B-25414 | 5/26/1921 | I'm nobody's baby | All Star Trio ; All Star Trio Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
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| B-26449 | 5/3/1922 | High brown blues | American Quartet ; Billy Murray |
Male vocal quartet and soloist, with orchestra |
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| B-26994 | 10/24/1922 | Lovin' Sam (the sheik of Alabam') | Isabelle Patricola |
Female vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| B-27179 | 11/24/1922 | Who cares | Great White Way Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
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| B-27389 | 1/22/1923 | Oh, what a mother I had | Lewis James |
Male vocal solo, with violin, oboe, and orchestra |
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| B-27850 | 4/24/1923 | Louisville Lou | Arthur Gibbs and his Gang ; Arthur Gibbs |
Jazz/dance band |
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| B-28864 | 11/1/1923 | Mamma goes where Papa goes (or Papa don't go out tonight) | David H. Silverman Orchestra ; Dave Silverman |
Jazz/dance band |
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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-29104 | 12/4/1923 | Mamma goes where Papa goes or Papa don't go out tonight | Ross Gorman ; Jane Green ; The Virginians |
Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band |
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| B-30023 | 4/29/1924 | Big boy! | Ted Weems Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
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| B-30133 | 5/23/1924 | You know me Alabam' | George Price ; The Troubadours |
Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band |
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| B-30460 | 7/2/1924 | I wonder what's become of Sally? | Shannon Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with orchestra |
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| B-30689 | 9/2/1924 | Bagdad | Paul Whiteman Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
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| B-31015 | 10/15/1924 | I wonder what's become of Sally? | Hugo Frey ; The Troubadours |
Jazz/dance band |
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| B-31095 | 11/7/1924 | Big bad Bill (is sweet William now) | Billy Murray |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| B-31110 | 10/20/1924 | I want to see my Tennessee | Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle |
Male vocal duet, with orchestra |
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| B-31207 | 11/24/1924 | I want to see my Tennessee | Jean Goldkette Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
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| B-31656 | 1/15/1925 | I wonder what's become of Sally? | Jesse Crawford |
Pipe organ solo |
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| B-31799 | 2/3/1925 | Away from you | The Troubadours |
Jazz/dance band |
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| B-32168 | 3/20/1925 | No one | Jack Shilkret Orchestra |
Orchestra |
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| B-32413 | 4/9/1925 | No one | Jack Shilkret Orchestra |
Orchestra |
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| BVE-33206 | 8/3/1925 | Are you sorry? | Don Bestor Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
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| BVE-33895 | 11/24/1925 | Are you sorry? | Jack Smith |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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| BVE-34190 | 12/31/1925 | In your green hat | Jack Shilkret Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-34194 | 1/4/1926 | Don't be afraid to come home | Henry Burr ; Peerless Quartet |
Male vocal quartet and soloist, with instrumental quartet |
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| BVE-34272 | 1/11/1926 | Don't be afraid to come home | Henry Burr |
Male vocal solo, with vibraphone and piano |
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| BVE-34606 | 2/10/1926 | Don't be afraid to come home | George Olsen and his Music |
Jazz/dance band (takes 1-4); with male vocal duet (takes 6-8) |
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| BVE-34771 | 4/12/1926 | Could I, I certainly could | Sid Sydney's Orchestra [i.e., International Novelty Orchestra] |
Orchestra |
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| BVE-35032 | 3/9/1926 | I'd rather be alone | Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-35476 | 5/25/1926 | I wish I had my old gal back again | Henry Burr |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-35722 | 6/25/1926 | Hard-to-get Gertie | Irving Aaronson ; Commanders |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-35882 | 9/27/1926 | Lay me down to sleep in Carolina | Brox Sisters |
Female vocal trio, with piano |
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| BVE-36132 | 8/25/1926 | She knows her onions | The Happiness Boys |
Male vocal duet, with piano |
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| BVE-36585 | 11/9/1926 | Have you forgotten? | Jan Garber Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-36823 | 10/14/1926 | It takes a good woman (to keep a good man at home) | Evelyn Preer |
Female vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-36877 | 10/27/1926 | Lay me down to sleep in Carolina | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-36892 | 11/1/1926 | Hard-to-get Gertie | Jane Green |
Female vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-37409 | 1/7/1927 | Crazy words, crazy tune | Irving Aaronson ; Commanders |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio |
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| BVE-37532 | 1/11/1927 | Crazy words, crazy tune (vo-do-de-o) | Frank Crumit |
Male vocal solo, with lute, ukulele, and piano |
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| BVE-37751 | 2/8/1927 | It takes a good woman | Five Harmaniacs |
Jug band |
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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-38171 | 3/15/1927 | Ain't she sweet? | Gene Austin |
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-38262 | 5/13/1927 | You should see my Tootsie | Art Landry Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio |
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| BVE-38350 | 4/15/1927 | Ain't she sweet | Frank E. Banta |
Piano solo |
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| BVE-38787 | 5/26/1927 | Aint' that a grand and glorious feeling | Aileen Stanley |
Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio |
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| BVE-38814 | 5/19/1927 | Who-oo? You-oo! That's who! | Johnny Marvin ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-38845 | 5/27/1927 | Vo-do-do-de-o | Johnny Marvin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-38893 | 6/9/1927 | Ain't that a grand and glorious feeling? | Franklyn Baur ; The Troubadours |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-39178 | 9/14/1927 | Are you happy? | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-39225 | 6/7/1927 | Ain't that a grand and glorious feeling | Johnny Marvin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-39262 | 6/16/1927 | She don't wanna | California Humming Birds |
Male vocal trio, with piano |
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| BVE-39272 | 6/20/1927 | Sweet L'il | Rhythm Boys |
Male vocal trio, with piano |
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| BVE-39690 | 7/21/1927 | Are you happy? | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-40512 | 10/26/1927 | Sugar | Red Nichols' Stompers |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet |
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| BVE-41088 | 12/1/1927 | Ay! Que Mona | Juan Pulido |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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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-41376 | 12/14/1927 | Is she my girl-friend? | Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| PBVE-42000 | 2/13/1928 | I still love you | Horace Heidt Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| PBVE-42131 | 3/28/1928 | I still love you | Robert Olsen |
Male vocal solo, with violin, cello, and piano |
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| BVE-42402 | 2/2/1928 | Rain or shine | Harold Lambert [i.e., Scrappy Lambert] ; The Troubadours |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-42403 | 2/2/1928 | Forever and ever | Harold Lambert [i.e., Scrappy Lambert] ; The Troubadours |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-42473 | 2/23/1928 | What do you say? | Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-43579 | 4/19/1928 | My pet | Johnny Marvin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-43585 | 4/19/1928 | What do you say? | Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller |
Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano |
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| BVE-43654 | 4/19/1928 | I still love you | Johnny Marvin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-43662 | 4/22/1928 | My pet | Paul Whiteman Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus |
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| BVE-43688 | 5/1/1928 | Add a little wiggle | All Star Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
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| BVE-45519 | 5/25/1928 | I still love you | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-45594 | 6/18/1928 | If you don't love me | Johnny Hamp ; Kentucky Serenaders |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-46673 | 8/8/1928 | If you don't love me | Johnny Marvin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-47550 | 9/21/1928 | Here's that party now in person | Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller |
Male vocal duet, with violin, guitar, and piano |
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| BVE-47556 | 9/24/1928 | Forever | Lewis James |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-47566 | 9/27/1928 | Here's that party now in person | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-47577 | 10/1/1928 | Forever | Park Central Orchestra ; Ben Pollack |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-48164 | 11/15/1928 | Sweet dreams | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal quartet |
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| BVE-49002 | 12/18/1928 | Hungry women | Eddie Cantor |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-49298 | 12/27/1928 | That's her now! | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-49615 | 1/3/1929 | Glad rag doll | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-49669 | 1/21/1929 | Glad rag doll | Sam Coslow |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-49777 | 3/11/1929 | That's the good old sunny South | Van and Schenck |
Male vocal duet, with orchestra |
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| BVE-49946 | 2/13/1929 | Glad rag doll | Jack Smith |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-49999 | 2/28/1929 | That's the good old sunny South | Benny Krueger’s Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-50528 | 2/25/1929 | Glad rag doll | Earl Hines |
Piano solo |
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| BVE-50549 | 3/21/1929 | I don't want to get thin | Ted Shapiro ; Sophie Tucker |
Female vocal solo, with piano (takes 4-7); with orchestra (takes 1-3) |
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| BVE-50550 | 3/21/1929 | I'm doing what I'm doing for love | Ted Shapiro Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker |
Female vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-50555 | 3/22/1929 | He's a good man to have around | Sophie Tucker |
Female vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| PBVE-50561 | 3/25/1929 | I'm the last of the red hot mammas | Ted Shapiro Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker |
Female vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-50574 | 4/1/1929 | I'm feathering a nest (for a little bluebird) | Sophie Tucker |
Female vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| PBVE-50859 | 4/26/1929 | I'm doing what I'm doing for love | Herman Kenin Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
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| PBVE-50861 | 4/26/1929 | He's a good man to have around | Herman Kenin Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
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| PBVE-50862 | 4/26/1929 | I'm the last of the red hot mammas | Herman Kenin Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
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| PBVE-50872 | 4/28/1929 | I'm feathering a nest | Gus Arnheim Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-51197 | 4/22/1929 | Glad rag doll | Dagmar Nordstrom |
Piano solo |
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| PBVE-54483 | 10/28/1929 | Does my baby love? (Nobody but me!) | Van and Schenck |
Male vocal duet, with male vocal chorus and instrumental ensemble |
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| PBVE-54484 | 10/28/1929 | Dougherty is the name | Van and Schenck |
Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble |
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| PBVE-54485 | 10/28/1929 | I gotta see my partner | Joe Schenck |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| PBVE-54486 | 10/31/1929 | Ten mammas | Van and Schenck |
Male vocal duet, with vocal chorus and instrumental ensemble |
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| PBVE-54490 | 11/6/1929 | Harlem madness | Van and Schenck |
Male vocal duet, with orchestra |
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| PBVE-54491 | 11/6/1929 | Ain't you, baby | Van and Schenck |
Male vocal duet, with orchestra |
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| PBVE-54492 | 11/6/1929 | There'll never be another Mary | Joe Schenck |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| PBVE-54493 | 11/6/1929 | He's that kind of pal | Van and Schenck |
Male vocal duet, with orchestra |
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| PBVE-54500 | 11/10/1929 | There'll never be another Mary | The Rounders |
Male vocal chorus, with piano |
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| PBVE-54715 | 3/17/1930 | Song of the dawn | John Boles ; The Rounders |
Male vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra |
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| PBVE-54718 | 3/19/1930 | Song of the dawn | George Olsen and his Music ; Donald Novis |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| PBVE-54739 | 3/21/1930 | I like to do things for you | Grace Hayes |
Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| PBVE-54840 | 6/18/1930 | Pasó el vendaval | José Bohr |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-56110 | 8/23/1929 | Wait for the happy ending | High Hatters ; Leonard W. Joy ; Frank Luther |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-56194 | 10/18/1929 | Muñequita de trapo | Marimba Centro-Americana |
Marimba band |
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| BVE-57112 | 10/23/1929 | Lucky me, lovable you | Johnny Marvin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-57113 | 10/23/1929 | Happy days are here again | Johnny Marvin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-57226 | 12/4/1929 | He's that kind of a pal | Ted Fiorito Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-57429 | 11/18/1929 | Harlem madness | Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-57489 | 11/27/1929 | There will never be another Mary | Ted Fiorito Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-57517 | 11/1/1929 | Happy days are here again | Leo Reisman Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-57519 | 11/1/1929 | Lucky me—lovable you | Leo Reisman Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-58562 | 2/7/1930 | Everybody tap | Bernie Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus |
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| BVE-58683 | 2/27/1930 | Happy days are here again | Phil Baker ; J. H. Muldowney |
Accordion solo, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-59625 | 3/11/1930 | He's that kind of a pal | Joe Schenck |
Male vocal solo, with vocal trio and instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-59626 | 3/11/1930 | There will never be another Mary | Joe Schenck |
Male vocal solo, with vocal trio and instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-59743 | 4/9/1930 | I like to do things for you | Leo Reisman Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-59744 | 4/9/1930 | Happy feet | Leo Reisman Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| PB-108 | 3/4/1925 | Big bad Bill | Don Clark ; La Monica Ballroom Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band |
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| [Trial 1927-07-12-03] | 7/12/1927 | Ain't she sweet | Al Herman |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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| [Trial 1922-09-12-02] | 9/12/1922 | Lovin' Sam, the Sheik of Alabam' | Martha Pryor |
Female vocal solo, with piano |
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| BVE-Test-160 | 1/2/1929 | Glad rag doll | Jack Yellen |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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| BVE-Test-620 | 3/4/1929 | Glad rag doll | Dagmar Nordstrom |
Piano solo |
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| BVE-Test-662 | 8/20/1929 | He's a good man to have around | Welcome Lewis |
Female vocal solo, with piano |
