Cliff Friend (composer)

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Matrix No.
First Recording Date
Title
Primary Performer
Description
 
B-25836 12/1/1921 Bow wow blues
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Jazz/dance band
B-26052 1/25/1922 Lonesome hours
Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Jazz/dance band
B-26055 1/26/1922 Wanna
Clyde Doerr Orchestra
Jazz/dance band
B-26268 3/23/1922 California
Clyde Doerr Orchestra
Jazz/dance band
B-26561 6/20/1922 Swanee bluebird
Roy Bargy ; Benson Orchestra of Chicago
Jazz/dance band, with whistling
B-26746 8/31/1922 Cock-a-doodle doo
Clyde Doerr Orchestra
Jazz/dance band
 
B-27063 11/3/1922 You tell her, I stutter
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-27608 2/20/1923 You said something when you said Dixie
Ross Gorman ; Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle ; The Virginians
Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band
 
B-27677 3/27/1923 You tell her—I stutter
Whitey Kaufman ; Original Pennsylvania Serenaders
Jazz/dance band
B-27788 4/30/1923 That's my baby
Lou Holtz
Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra
 
B-28014 5/18/1923 Blue Hoosier blues
Great White Way Orchestra
Jazz/dance band
 
B-28664 10/15/1923 That's my baby
Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring
Jazz/dance band
B-28712 10/3/1923 Mamma loves Papa (Papa loves Mamma)
Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Jazz/dance band
B-28914 11/7/1923 Melancholy
The Virginians
Jazz/dance band
 
B-29405 1/22/1924 Mr. Radio Man (tell my mammy to come back home)
Lewis James
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
B-29516 2/15/1924 Where the lazy daisies grow
Frank Crumit
Male vocal solo, with piano
B-29517 2/15/1924 Iona (I own a bungalow)
Frank Crumit
Male vocal solo, with piano and ukulele
 
B-29756 3/31/1924 There's yes! yes! in your eyes
Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Jazz/dance band
B-29808 3/27/1924 Where the lazy daisies grow
Jean Goldkette Orchestra
Jazz/dance band
B-29932 4/24/1924 Mr. Radio Man (tell my mammy to come back home)
Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Jazz/dance band
B-31548 12/24/1924 When the one you love loves you
Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
BVE-32184 3/26/1925 Let it rain, let it pour (I'll be in Virginia in the morning)
Meyer Davis ; Le Paradis Band ; W. Spencer Tupman
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-32725 6/3/1925 Let me linger longer in your arms
Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-32883 6/9/1925 The melody that made you mine
Frank E. Banta
Piano solo
 
BVE-33178 8/20/1925 Speech
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-33613 11/13/1925 What could be sweeter than you?
Art Landry Orchestra
Jazz/dance band
 
BVE-33688 2/1/1926 Tamiami Trail
Whitey Kaufman Orchestra
Jazz/dance band
 
BVE-33896 11/24/1925 I wanna go where you go, do what you do (then I'll be happy)
Jack Smith
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-34031 12/13/1925 When the one you love loves you
Jesse Crawford
Pipe organ solo
 
BVE-34045 12/18/1925 I 'wanna' go where you go, do what you do, then I'll be happy
Russo and Fiorito's Oriole Orchestra
Jazz/dance band
 
BVE-34507 1/28/1926 Tamiami Trail
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-34681 3/5/1926 Honey bunch
Jane Green
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-35366 5/4/1926 Honeybunch
Johnny Hamp ; Kentucky Serenaders
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio
 
BVE-35487 6/11/1926 Tamiami Trail
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-35589 7/19/1926 Oh! If I only had you
Ted Weems Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio
 
BVE-36433 9/29/1926 Elsie Schultze-en-heim
Charles J. Correll ; Freeman F. Gosden
Male vocal duet, with piano
 
BVE-36544 10/14/1926 Hello blue bird
Art Landry Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio
 
BVE-36881 10/28/1926 Hello bluebird
Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller
Male vocal duet, with guitar, lute, and mandola
 
BVE-36887 10/30/1926 I'm tellin' the bird, tellin' the bees (how I love you)
Jack Smith
Male vocal solo, with 2 pianos
 
BVE-36909 11/6/1926 I'm tellin' the birds, tellin' the bees (how I love you)
George Olsen and his Music
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio
 
BVE-37177 12/23/1926 So will I
Jack Smith
Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment)
 
BVE-37408 1/6/1927 So will I
B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht ; The Silver-Masked Tenor [i.e., Joseph M. White]
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-37458 3/24/1927 I'm back in love again
Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus
 
BVE-38179 3/17/1927 I'm back in love again
Billy Murray ; Aileen Stanley
Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra
 
BVE-38484 4/22/1927 The whisper song
Billy Murray
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-38910 5/14/1927 The whisper song
Art Landry Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio
 
BVE-39263 6/16/1927 The whisper song
California Humming Birds
Male vocal trio, with piano
 
BVE-40122 9/27/1927 Give me a night in June
Jack Crawford Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-40132 9/28/1927 Give me a night in June
Johnny Marvin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-40179 10/14/1927 Give me a night in June
Johnny Johnson ; Statler Pennsylvanians
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio (take 3); with male vocal solo (takes 1 and 2)
 
BVE-40522 10/27/1927 I told them all about you
The Troubadours
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-40556 11/8/1927 I told them all about you
National Cavaliers
Male vocal quartet, with piano
 
BVE-40835 11/9/1927 The sunrise (will bring another day for you)
Johnny Hamp ; Kentucky Serenaders
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-40967 11/28/1927 The sunrise (will bring another day for you)
Greta Woodson
Female vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-43139 3/12/1928 Down in old Havana town
Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-43516 3/29/1928 Daffy ditties
Friend, Cliff
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-43517 3/29/1928 Daffy ditties
Friend, Cliff
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-45826 6/26/1928 You're a real sweetheart
Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-45908 6/18/1928 I'm crying 'cause I know I'm losing you
Don Bestor Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-46191 9/28/1928 It goes like this
Johnny Johnson ; Statler Pennsylvanians
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-46695 8/14/1928 You're a real sweetheart
Sam Coslow
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-46990 9/6/1928 It goes like this!
Eddie Cantor
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-47713 10/6/1928 I want a 'yes' girl
The Four Rajahs ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra
Orchestra, with male vocal quartet
 
BVE-47778 10/23/1928 It goes like this (that funny melody)
California Humming Birds
Male vocal trio, with piano
 
BVE-48193 11/21/1928 My blackbirds are bluebirds now
National Cavaliers
Male vocal quartet, with piano
 
BVE-48617 11/23/1928 My blackbirds are bluebirds now
Van Fleming ; Jean Goldkette Orchestra ; Harold Stokes
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-49904 1/31/1929 Así va
Juan Pulido
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-50504 2/20/1929 My castle in Spain is a shack in the lane
Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo (takes 3 and 4); with male vocal duet (takes 1 and 2)
 
BVE-50703 2/28/1929 Declaración amorosa de un tartamudo
José Bohr
Male vocal solo, with violin, cornet, and piano
 
BVE-50977 3/26/1929 Sta canzone fa accussi
Eduardo Migliaccio ("Farfariello")
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-51147 4/10/1929 My castle in Spain is a shack in the lane
Van and Schenck
Male vocal duet, with orchestra
 
BVE-53987 8/14/1929 Satisfied
Henry Busse Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio
 
BVE-55662 8/30/1929 Bigger and better than ever
Don Howard ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra
Orchestra, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-56124 9/6/1929 Same old moon (same old June, but not the same old you)
Smith Ballew Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-56134 9/17/1929 Same old moon-same old june (but not the same old you)
Johnny Marvin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-56187 10/16/1929 Satisfied
Johnny Marvin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-56804 12/3/1929 I'll close my eyes to the rest of the world
Jesse Crawford
Organ solo
 
BVE-57532 11/8/1929 I'll close my eyes to the rest of the world
All Star Orchestra ; Andy Sannella
Jazz/dance band, with guitar and male vocal trio
 
BVE-57590 12/9/1929 I'll close my eyes
Lewis James
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
PBVE-276 4/22/1927 Hello cutie
Horace Heidt Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
PBVE-302 4/29/1927 Hello cutie
The Rounders
Male vocal chorus, with piano
 
[Trial 1927-10-17-04] 10/17/1927 I told them all about you
Don Lanning
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-[Unnumbered 1926-09-01-05] 9/1/1926 Honey bunch
Carl Bonawitz
Organ solo
 
BVE-Test-648 6/11/1929 My heart cries out, I love you
Frank Cornwell
Male vocal solo, with violin (self-accompaniment)