Gene Austin (vocalist : tenor vocal)

Gene Austin as pictured in a Victor catalog

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Matrixes marked with indicate recordings are available for online listening.


Also known as: Collins, Bill
Note on name: Used the pseudonym Bill Collins.

Matrix No.
First Recording Date
Title
Primary Performer
Description
 
B-31792 1/30/1925 When my sugar walks down the street (all the little birdies go tweet, tweet, tweet)
Gene Austin ; Aileen Stanley
Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra
B-31905 2/4/1925 Way down home
Gene Austin ; Carson Robison
Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble
 
B-31974 2/19/1925 The only only one for me
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-31976 2/19/1925 I never knew how much I loved you
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
B-32091 3/12/1925 What a life (when no one loves you)
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with viola, guitar, and ukulele
 
B-32092 3/12/1925 Yearning (just for you)
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with viola, guitar, and ukulele
 
B-32095 3/12/1925 No wonder (that I love you)
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar
 
B-32225 3/19/1925 What a life (when no one loves you)
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with ukulele
 
B-32285 4/2/1925 The flapper wife
International Novelty Orchestra
Orchestra, with male vocal solo
 
B-32431 4/15/1925 Let it rain
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano
 
B-32433 4/15/1925 Joanna
International Novelty Orchestra
Orchestra, with male vocal solo
 
B-32437 4/16/1925 Nora Lee
International Novelty Orchestra
Orchestra, with male vocal solo
 
B-32439 4/16/1925 Does my sweetie do like I want him to, and how
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and harmonica
 
B-32440 4/16/1925 I had a sweet mamma but she's turned sour now
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and harmonica
 
B-32469 4/24/1925 Yes sir, that's my baby
Gene Austin ; Billy "Uke" Carpenter
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and scat singing
 
B-32470 4/24/1925 Everything is hotsy-totsy now
Gene Austin ; Billy "Uke" Carpenter
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and scat singing
 
BVE-33695 2/10/1926 When the moon shines down upon the mountain
Bill Collins [i.e., Gene Austin]
Male vocal solo, with flute and guitar
 
BVE-33696 2/10/1926 A boy's best friend is his mother
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar
 
BVE-34100 11/25/1925 Save your sorrow (for to-morrow)
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-34103 11/30/1925 Five foot two, eyes of blue (has anybody seen my girl)
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano (takes 3-6); with orchestra (takes 1 and 2)
 
BVE-34104 11/30/1925 I never knew
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with violin, saxophone, and piano
 
BVE-34111 12/2/1925 My bundle of love
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with violin and piano
 
BVE-34139 12/11/1925 Sleepy time girl
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano
 
BVE-34170 12/21/1925 How I love her and she loves me is nobody's business
Gene Austin ; Dave Franklin
Male vocal solo, with violin, cornet, 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-34506 1/28/1926 Behind the clouds (there's crowds and crowds of sunbeams)
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-34507 1/28/1926 Tamiami Trail
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-35353 4/29/1926 Ya gotta know how to love
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with violin, cello, and piano
 
BVE-35354 4/29/1926 Bye bye blackbird
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with violin, cello, and piano
 
BVE-35485 6/11/1926 But I do, you know I do
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-35486 6/11/1926 Here I am
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-35487 6/11/1926 Tamiami Trail
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-36042 8/12/1926 For my sweetheart
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with violin and piano
 
BVE-36043 8/12/1926 Me too
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with violin and piano
 
BVE-36923 11/11/1926 Some day
Gene Austin ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra
Orchestra, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-36989 12/1/1926 To-night you belong to me
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-36990 12/1/1926 It made you happy when you made me cry
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-36994 12/3/1926 Everything's made for love
Gene Austin ; Art Fowler
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano
 
BVE-36995 12/3/1926 I've got the girl!
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-37500 12/31/1926 Thinking of you (I've grown so lonesome)
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-37501 12/31/1926 Sunday
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-38171 3/15/1927 Ain't she sweet?
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-38172 3/15/1927 Forgive me
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-38174 3/16/1927 Someday sweetheart
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-38175 3/16/1927 What do I care what somebody said
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-38178 3/17/1927 Muddy water
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-38182 3/17/1927 Nesting time
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-38183 3/18/1927 My idea of heaven (is to be in love with you)
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-38185 3/18/1927 Song of the wanderer
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-38774 5/23/1927 C'est vous
Jacques Renard Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-38788 5/26/1927 Yesterday
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio
 
BVE-38789 5/26/1927 Cindy
Bill Collins [i.e., Gene Austin]
Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio
 
BVE-38790 5/26/1927 One sweet letter from you
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
BVE-39177 9/14/1927 My melancholy baby
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-39178 9/14/1927 Are you happy?
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-39179 9/14/1927 My blue heaven
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet
 
BVE-39181 9/15/1927 Nothin'
Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra
Orchestra, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-39183 9/15/1927 Theres a cradle in Carolina
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-39184 9/15/1927 The man I love
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-39188 9/16/1927 The lonesome road
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-39189 9/16/1927 The sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-39190 9/16/1927 Are you thinking of me to-night?
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-42584 4/2/1928 Ramona
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-42585 4/2/1928 Girl of my dreams
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-43506 3/27/1928 Tomorrow
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-43507 3/27/1928 So tired
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-43512 3/28/1928 I wish I had died in my cradle (before I grew up to love you)
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with violin, guitar, and piano
 
BVE-43521 3/30/1928 The voice of the Southland (keeps callin' me home)
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-43522 3/30/1928 In my bouquet of memories
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-43635 4/16/1928 Without you, sweetheart
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-43689 5/1/1928 Alexander's ragtime band
All Star Orchestra
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-45184 5/29/1928 Just like a melody out of the sky
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-45185 5/29/1928 Old pals are the best pals after all
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-45186 5/29/1928 I can't do without you
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-45296 6/26/1928 Memories
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-45297 6/26/1928 Jeannine, I dream of lilac time
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-45298 6/26/1928 Memories of France
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-45562 6/6/1928 St. Louis blues
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-45563 6/6/1928 Then came the dawn
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-45682 7/5/1928 My sorority sweetheart
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-46168 8/29/1928 Promotion for Lilac time
Fred Erdman
Talk, with male vocal solo and orchestra
 
BVE-48134 11/7/1928 Sonny boy
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-48135 11/7/1928 She's funny that way
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-48445 12/10/1928 The dream girl of Pi K. A.
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-48446 12/10/1928 My sorority sweetheart
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with whistling and orchestra
 
BVE-48447 12/10/1928 Carolina moon
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with saxophone and orchestra
 
BVE-49152 11/27/1928 I'm crazy over you
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-49203 11/23/1928 I can't give you anything but love
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-49208 11/27/1928 I wonder if you miss me tonight
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-49221 12/3/1928 Sentimental baby
Park Central Orchestra ; Ben Pollack
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
 
BVE-49646 1/15/1929 Weary river
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-49647 1/15/1929 On Riverside Drive
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-49648 1/15/1929 The song I love
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-49988 2/23/1929 That's what I call heaven
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-49989 2/23/1929 Wedding bells (are breaking up that old gang of mine)
Gene Austin ; Dick Robertson ; Ed Smalle
Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra
 
BVE-50936 3/13/1929 A garden in the rain
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-50937 3/13/1929 Dream mother
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-51602 4/3/1929 Why can't you?
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-51603 4/3/1929 Little pal
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-51674 5/1/1929 Peace of mind
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-51675 5/1/1929 The one in the world
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-53586 6/26/1929 I've got a feeling I'm falling
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-53587 6/26/1929 Maybe, who knows?
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-53968 7/30/1929 Ain't misbehavin'
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-56137 9/19/1929 Please come back to me
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-56138 9/19/1929 How am I to know?
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-57118 10/24/1929 All that I'm asking is sympathy
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-57119 10/24/1929 Georgia pines
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-57170 11/25/1929 My fate Is in your hands
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-58519 1/24/1930 Let me sing and I'm happy
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-58520 1/24/1930 To my mammy
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-58529 1/28/1930 After you've gone
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-58530 1/28/1930 St. James infirmary
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-59698 4/15/1930 Under a Texas moon
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-59699 4/15/1930 Nobody cares if I'm blue
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-62215 5/2/1930 Telling it to the daisies
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
 
BVE-62216 5/2/1930 Absence makes the heart grow fonder for somebody else
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
BVE-62271 6/9/1930 Rollin' down the river
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
 
[Trial 1924-08-11-05] 8/11/1924 Rail and blues
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with piano
 
[Trial 1924-08-11-04] 8/11/1924 Charleston Charley
Gene Austin
Male vocal solo, with piano