Robert Emmett Dolan

Robert Emmett Dolan

Robert Emmett Dolan (August 3, 1908 - September 26, 1972) was a Broadway conductor, composer, and arranger beginning in the 1920s. He moved on to radio in the 1930s and then went to Hollywood in the early 1940s as a musical director for Paramount. He scored, arranged, and conducted many musical and dramatic films in the 1940s and 1950s and produced three musicals. At the end of his career, he returned to the stage – where he had begun.

Birth and Death Data: Born August 3, 1908 (Hartford), Died September 26, 1972 (Westwood)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter

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Recordings (Results 26-35 of 35 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Edison	18988	10-in.	1/5/1929	Ever since the movies learned to talk	Billy Murray and his Melody Men	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Edison	N-679	10-in.	1/5/1929	Ever since the movies learned to talk	Merry Melody Men ; Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Decca	75620		12/22/1949	Texas, li'l darlin'	Kenny Delmar		composer
Decca	75621		12/22/1949	Hootin' owl trail	Danny Scholl		composer
Decca	75622		12/22/1949	The big movie show in the sky	Danny Scholl		composer
Decca	75623		12/22/1949	Reprise : The yodel blues	Kenny Delmar		composer
Decca	75624		12/22/1949	Affable, balding me	Fredd Wayne		composer
Decca	75625		12/22/1949	A month of Sundays	Mary Hatcher ; Danny Scholl ; Fredd Wayne		composer
Decca	75626		12/22/1949	The yodel blues	Kenny Delmar ; Mary Hatcher		composer
Decca	75627		12/22/1949	Politics	Kenny Delmar ; Loring Smith		composer

(Results 26-35 of 35 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dolan, Robert Emmett," accessed May 14, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109585.

Dolan, Robert Emmett. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 14, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109585.

"Dolan, Robert Emmett." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 14 May 2024.

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