Cliff Friend
Cliff Friend (October 1, 1893 – June 27, 1974) was an accomplished songwriter and pianist. A member of Tin Pan Alley, Friend co-wrote several hits including "Lovesick Blues", "My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now" and "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", also known as the theme song to the Looney Tunes cartoon series. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 1, 1893 (Cincinnati), Died June 27, 1974 (Las Vegas)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1950
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, lyricist, vocalist
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 609 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-30788 | 10-in. | 9/9/1924 | Where the dreamy Wabash flows | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-31451 | 10-in. | 11/26/1924 | Somebody like you | Jane Green | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-31548 | 10-in. | 12/24/1924 | When the one you love loves you | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BVE-32184 | 10-in. | 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 | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-32725 | 10-in. | 6/3/1925 | Let me linger longer in your arms | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-32883 | 10-in. | 6/9/1925 | The melody that made you mine | Artists vary | Piano solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BVE-33178 | 10-in. | 8/20/1925 | Speech | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-33484 | 10-in. | 10/23/1925 | Let me linger longer in your arms | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-33613 | 10-in. | 11/13/1925 | What could be sweeter than you? | Art Landry Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BVE-33688 | 10-in. | 2/1/1926 | Tamiami Trail | Whitey Kaufman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-33896 | 10-in. | 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 | composer | |
Victor | BVE-34031 | 10-in. | 12/13/1925 | When the one you love loves you | Jesse Crawford | Pipe organ solo | composer | |
Victor | BVE-34045 | 10-in. | 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 | composer | |
Victor | BVE-34228 | 10-in. | 12/18/1925 | When the one you love loves you | Franklyn Baur | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-34507 | 10-in. | 1/28/1926 | Tamiami Trail | Gene Austin | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-34681 | 10-in. | 3/5/1926 | Honey bunch | Jane Green | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BVE-35366 | 10-in. | 5/4/1926 | Honeybunch | Johnny Hamp ; Kentucky Serenaders | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | composer | |
Victor | BVE-35487 | 10-in. | 6/11/1926 | Tamiami Trail | Gene Austin | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | BVE-35589 | 10-in. | 7/19/1926 | Oh! If I only had you | Ted Weems Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | composer | |
Victor | BVE-36433 | 10-in. | 9/29/1926 | Elsie Schultze-en-heim | Charles J. Correll ; Freeman F. Gosden | Male vocal duet, with piano | composer | |
Victor | BVE-36544 | 10-in. | 10/14/1926 | Hello blue bird | Art Landry Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | composer | |
Victor | BVE-36873 | 10-in. | 10/26/1926 | Hum your troubles away | Johnny Marvin | Male vocal solo, with ukulele (self-accompaniment) | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-36881 | 10-in. | 10/28/1926 | Hello bluebird | Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller | Male vocal duet, with guitar, lute, and mandola | composer | |
Victor | BVE-36887 | 10-in. | 10/30/1926 | I'm tellin' the bird, tellin' the bees (How I love you) | Whispering Jack Smith | Male vocal solo, with 2 pianos | composer | |
Victor | BVE-36891 | 10-in. | 11/1/1926 | Won't be long, before she belongs to me | Jane Green | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Friend, Cliff," accessed May 5, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105837.
Friend, Cliff. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 5, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105837.
"Friend, Cliff." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Friend, Cliff, 1893-1974 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88051343
Wikidata: Cliff Friend - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1565638
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/66656403
MusicBrainz: Cliff Friend - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/48647d73-8755-4ebb-981e-7947e4597212
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