Gene Austin (vocalist : tenor vocal)

Gene Austin as pictured in a Victor catalog
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 |
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| 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 |
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| B-31905 | 2/4/1925 | Way down home | Gene Austin ; Carson Robison |
Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble |
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| B-31974 | 2/19/1925 | The only only one for me | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| B-31976 | 2/19/1925 | I never knew how much I loved you | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| B-32091 | 3/12/1925 | What a life (when no one loves you) | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with viola, guitar, and ukulele |
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| B-32092 | 3/12/1925 | Yearning (just for you) | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with viola, guitar, and ukulele |
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| B-32095 | 3/12/1925 | No wonder (that I love you) | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar |
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| B-32225 | 3/19/1925 | What a life (when no one loves you) | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with ukulele |
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| B-32285 | 4/2/1925 | The flapper wife | International Novelty Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| B-32431 | 4/15/1925 | Let it rain | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano |
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| B-32433 | 4/15/1925 | Joanna | International Novelty Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| B-32437 | 4/16/1925 | Nora Lee | International Novelty Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| B-32469 | 4/24/1925 | Yes sir, that's my baby | Gene Austin ; Billy "Uke" Carpenter |
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and scat singing |
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| B-32470 | 4/24/1925 | Everything is hotsy-totsy now | Gene Austin ; Billy "Uke" Carpenter |
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and scat singing |
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| 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 |
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| BVE-33696 | 2/10/1926 | A boy's best friend is his mother | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar |
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| BVE-34100 | 11/25/1925 | Save your sorrow (for to-morrow) | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| 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) |
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| BVE-34104 | 11/30/1925 | I never knew | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with violin, saxophone, and piano |
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| BVE-34111 | 12/2/1925 | My bundle of love | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with violin and piano |
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| BVE-34139 | 12/11/1925 | Sleepy time girl | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano |
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| 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 |
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| BVE-34171 | 12/21/1925 | Sweet child (I'm wild about you) | Gene Austin ; Dave Franklin |
Male vocal solo, with violin, cornet, and piano |
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| BVE-34506 | 1/28/1926 | Behind the clouds (there's crowds and crowds of sunbeams) | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-34507 | 1/28/1926 | Tamiami Trail | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-35353 | 4/29/1926 | Ya gotta know how to love | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with violin, cello, and piano |
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| BVE-35354 | 4/29/1926 | Bye bye blackbird | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with violin, cello, and piano |
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| BVE-35485 | 6/11/1926 | But I do, you know I do | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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| BVE-35486 | 6/11/1926 | Here I am | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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| BVE-35487 | 6/11/1926 | Tamiami Trail | Gene Austin |
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-36923 | 11/11/1926 | Some day | Gene Austin ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-36989 | 12/1/1926 | To-night you belong to me | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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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-36995 | 12/3/1926 | I've got the girl! | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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| BVE-37500 | 12/31/1926 | Thinking of you (I've grown so lonesome) | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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| BVE-37501 | 12/31/1926 | Sunday | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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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-38174 | 3/16/1927 | Someday sweetheart | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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| BVE-38175 | 3/16/1927 | What do I care what somebody said | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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| BVE-38178 | 3/17/1927 | Muddy water | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-38182 | 3/17/1927 | Nesting time | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-38183 | 3/18/1927 | My idea of heaven (is to be in love with you) | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-38185 | 3/18/1927 | Song of the wanderer | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-38774 | 5/23/1927 | C'est vous | Jacques Renard Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-38788 | 5/26/1927 | Yesterday | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio |
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| BVE-38789 | 5/26/1927 | Cindy | Bill Collins [i.e., Gene Austin] |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio |
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| BVE-38790 | 5/26/1927 | One sweet letter from you | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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| BVE-39177 | 9/14/1927 | My melancholy baby | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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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-39179 | 9/14/1927 | My blue heaven | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet |
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| BVE-39181 | 9/15/1927 | Nothin' | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-39183 | 9/15/1927 | Theres a cradle in Carolina | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-39184 | 9/15/1927 | The man I love | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-39188 | 9/16/1927 | The lonesome road | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-39189 | 9/16/1927 | The sweetheart of Sigma Chi | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-39190 | 9/16/1927 | Are you thinking of me to-night? | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-42584 | 4/2/1928 | Ramona | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-42585 | 4/2/1928 | Girl of my dreams | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-43506 | 3/27/1928 | Tomorrow | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-43507 | 3/27/1928 | So tired | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| 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 |
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| BVE-43521 | 3/30/1928 | The voice of the Southland (keeps callin' me home) | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-43522 | 3/30/1928 | In my bouquet of memories | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-43635 | 4/16/1928 | Without you, sweetheart | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-43689 | 5/1/1928 | Alexander's ragtime band | All Star Orchestra |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-45184 | 5/29/1928 | Just like a melody out of the sky | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-45185 | 5/29/1928 | Old pals are the best pals after all | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-45186 | 5/29/1928 | I can't do without you | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-45296 | 6/26/1928 | Memories | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-45297 | 6/26/1928 | Jeannine, I dream of lilac time | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-45298 | 6/26/1928 | Memories of France | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-45562 | 6/6/1928 | St. Louis blues | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-45563 | 6/6/1928 | Then came the dawn | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-45682 | 7/5/1928 | My sorority sweetheart | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-46168 | 8/29/1928 | Promotion for Lilac time | Fred Erdman |
Talk, with male vocal solo and orchestra |
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| BVE-48134 | 11/7/1928 | Sonny boy | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-48135 | 11/7/1928 | She's funny that way | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-48445 | 12/10/1928 | The dream girl of Pi K. A. | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-48446 | 12/10/1928 | My sorority sweetheart | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with whistling and orchestra |
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| BVE-48447 | 12/10/1928 | Carolina moon | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with saxophone and orchestra |
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| BVE-49152 | 11/27/1928 | I'm crazy over you | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-49203 | 11/23/1928 | I can't give you anything but love | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-49208 | 11/27/1928 | I wonder if you miss me tonight | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-49221 | 12/3/1928 | Sentimental baby | Park Central Orchestra ; Ben Pollack |
Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo |
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| BVE-49646 | 1/15/1929 | Weary river | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-49647 | 1/15/1929 | On Riverside Drive | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-49648 | 1/15/1929 | The song I love | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-49988 | 2/23/1929 | That's what I call heaven | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| 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 |
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| BVE-50936 | 3/13/1929 | A garden in the rain | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-50937 | 3/13/1929 | Dream mother | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-51602 | 4/3/1929 | Why can't you? | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-51603 | 4/3/1929 | Little pal | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-51674 | 5/1/1929 | Peace of mind | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-51675 | 5/1/1929 | The one in the world | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-53586 | 6/26/1929 | I've got a feeling I'm falling | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-53587 | 6/26/1929 | Maybe, who knows? | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-53968 | 7/30/1929 | Ain't misbehavin' | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-56137 | 9/19/1929 | Please come back to me | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-56138 | 9/19/1929 | How am I to know? | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-57118 | 10/24/1929 | All that I'm asking is sympathy | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-57119 | 10/24/1929 | Georgia pines | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-57170 | 11/25/1929 | My fate Is in your hands | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-58519 | 1/24/1930 | Let me sing and I'm happy | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-58520 | 1/24/1930 | To my mammy | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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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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| BVE-59698 | 4/15/1930 | Under a Texas moon | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-59699 | 4/15/1930 | Nobody cares if I'm blue | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-62215 | 5/2/1930 | Telling it to the daisies | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-62216 | 5/2/1930 | Absence makes the heart grow fonder for somebody else | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-62271 | 6/9/1930 | Rollin' down the river | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| [Trial 1924-08-11-05] | 8/11/1924 | Rail and blues | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
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| [Trial 1924-08-11-04] | 8/11/1924 | Charleston Charley | Gene Austin |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
