Jerome Kern
Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Song Is You", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Long Ago (and Far Away)". He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era, including George Grossmith Jr., Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin and Yip Harburg. A native New Yorker, Kern created dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films in a career that lasted for more than four decades. His musical innovations, such as 4/4 dance rhythms and the employment of syncopation and jazz progressions, built on, rather than rejected, earlier musical theatre tradition. He and his collaborators also employed his melodies to further the action or develop characterization to a greater extent than in the other musicals of his day, creating the model for later musicals. Although dozens of Kern's musicals and musical films were hits, only Show Boat is now regularly revived. Songs from his other shows, however, are still frequently performed and adapted. Many of Kern's songs have been adapted by jazz musicians to become standard tunes. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 27, 1885 (Manhattan), Died November 11, 1945 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1905 - 1960
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, piano
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Recordings (Results 526-550 of 603 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Edison | 2607 | 10-in. | 12/3/1913 | Look in her eyes | Vernon Archibald | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 3285 | 10-in. | 9/12/1914 | You're here and I'm here | National Promenade Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 3317 | 10-in. | between 9/26/1914 and 9/30/1914 | Same sort of girl | National Promenade Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 3604 | 10-in. | 2/25/1915 | Same sort of girl | Elizabeth Spencer ; Walter Van Brunt | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor) and vocal ensemble, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 3832 | 10-in. | 5/28/1915 | Where's the girl for me | Frederick J. Wheeler | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 4123 | 10-in. | 9/16/1915 | They didn't believe me | Gladys Rice ; Walter Van Brunt | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 4488 | 10-in. | 2/10/1916 | Babes in the wood | Gladys Rice ; Walter Van Brunt | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 4511 | 10-in. | 2/19/1916 | Babes in the wood | Jaudas' Society Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 5324 | 10-in. | 1/26/1917 | I'm so busy | Rachael Grant ; Billy Murray | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5325 | 10-in. | 1/26/1917 | You said something | Rachael Grant ; Billy Murray | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Edison | 5330 | 10-in. | 1/30/1917 | Have a heart waltzes | Jaudas' Society Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 5338 | 10-in. | 2/2/1917 | We'll see | George Wilton Ballard ; Bettina Bergere | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5346 | 10-in. | 2/6/1917 | Napoleon | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5358 | 10-in. | 2/9/1917 | I wonder why | Gladys Rice | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5381 | 10-in. | 2/20/1917 | Have a heart | Jaudas' Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 5445 | 10-in. | 3/13/1917 | I wonder why | Bettina Bergere | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5466 | 10-in. | 3/22/1917 | Nesting time | Rachael Grant | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5467 | 10-in. | 3/22/1917 | An old fashioned wife | Gladys Rice | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5470 | 10-in. | 3/23/1917 | Oh boy! | Jaudas' Society Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 5478 | 10-in. | 3/28/1917 | You never knew about me | George Wilton Ballard ; Bettina Bergere | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5810 | 10-in. | 9/25/1917 | The siren's song | Helen Clark ; Gladys Rice | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto) and mixed vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5819 | 10-in. | 9/28/1917 | Leave it to Jane | Jaudas' Society Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 5842 | 10-in. | 10/11/1917 | The bungalow in Quogue | Rachael Grant ; Billy Murray | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6041 | 10-in. | Feb. 1918 | When the ships come home | Helen Clark | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6503 | 10-in. | 12/12/1918 | Take a chance | Jaudas' Society Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kern, Jerome," accessed May 21, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102963.
Kern, Jerome. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 21, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102963.
"Kern, Jerome." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80149466
Wikidata: Jerome Kern - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q313270
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/196726
MusicBrainz: Jerome Kern - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8fb64b2e-db8b-4579-ad08-f324ef1bf494
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