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Harry Warren

Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe". He wrote the music for the first blockbuster film musical, 42nd Street, choreographed by Busby Berkeley, with whom he would collaborate on many musical films.

Over a career spanning six decades, Warren wrote more than 800 songs. Other well known Warren hits included "I Only Have Eyes for You", "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", "Jeepers Creepers", "The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)", "That's Amore", "There Will Never Be Another You", "The More I See You", "At Last" and "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (the last of which was the first gold record in history). Warren was one of America's most prolific film composers, and his songs have been featured in over 300 films.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 23, 1893 (Brooklyn), Died September 22, 1981 (Los Angeles)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921 - 1954

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, arranger, piano, vocalist

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Recordings (Results 751-775 of 800 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Edison 11916 10-in. 9/27/1927 Clementine (From New Orleans) Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Edison 18090 10-in. 12/8/1927 One sweet letter from you Frank Cornwell Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 18106 10-in. 12/15/1927 Away down South in heaven Ernest Hare Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 18344 10-in. 3/28/1928 Hello Montreal Assassinators Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 18447 10-in. 4/26/1928 We love it Frances Sper Female vocal solo composer  
Edison 18619 10-in. 7/19/1928 Old man sunshine (Little boy bluebird) Melville Morris ; Piccadilly Players Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Edison 18626 10-in. 7/23/1928 Two lips (To kiss my cares away) Al Friedman Orchestra ; Theo Alban Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Edison 18681 10-in. 8/27/1928 Sleepy Honolulu town Palakiko's Hawaiian Orchestra Instrumental ensemble (Hawaiian) composer  
Edison 18726 10-in. 9/14/1928 Nagasaki 7 Blue Babies ; Jack Kaufman Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 18758 10-in. 9/25/1928 Then came the dawn McAlpineers Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Edison 18782 10-in. 10/4/1928 Twelve o'clock waltz Billy Murray ; Walter Scanlan Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Edison 18920 10-in. 12/5/1928 Where the shy little violets grow Theo Alban ; Oreste Queensland Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Edison 18945 10-in. 12/14/1928 Along came sweetness Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] Jazz/dance band, with vocal trio composer  
Edison 19181 10-in. 5/8/1929 What did'ja wanna make me love you for? Ermine Calloway Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 19188 10-in. 5/13/1929 Here we are Phil Spitalny's Music Jazz/dance band, with vocal composer  
Edison 19209 10-in. 5/23/1929 Sorrows Lucky Strike Orchestra ; B. A. Rolfe Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Edison 19218 10-in. 5/27/1929 Sorrows Edisongsters Male vocal trio, with instrumental duet songwriter  
Edison 19270 10-in. 6/25/1929 Here we are The New Yorkers [Edison vocal group] Male vocal ensemble composer  
Edison 19280 10-in. 7/5/1929 There was nothing else to do Phil Spitalny's Music Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet composer  
Edison 19302 10-in. 7/18/1929 Where the sweet forget-me-nots remember Hotel Commodore Dance Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Edison N-331 10-in. 7/19/1928 Old man sunshine (Little boy bluebird) Melville Morris ; Piccadilly Players Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Edison N-337 10-in. 7/23/1928 Two lips (To kiss my cares away) Al Friedman Orchestra ; Theo Alban Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Edison N-389 10-in. 8/27/1928 Sleepy Honolulu town Palakiko's Hawaiian Orchestra Instrumental ensemble (Hawaiian) composer  
Edison N-431 12-in. 9/14/1928 Nagasaki 7 Blue Babies ; Jack Kaufman Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band composer  
Edison N-461 12-in. 9/25/1928 Then came the dawn McAlpineers Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
(Results 751-775 of 800 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Warren, Harry," accessed May 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103142.

Warren, Harry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103142.

"Warren, Harry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 May 2024.

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