William C. Polla
Birth and Death Data: Born 1876, Died November 4, 1939
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1904 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, leader, arranger, songwriter
Notes: Also known as W. C. Powell and W. C. Polla.
See Also: Powell, W. C.
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-1055 | 10-in. | 2/29/1904 | The gondolier | Arthur Pryor's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | E-1055 | 8-in. | 4/20/1906 | The gondolier | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | A-1055 | 7-in. | 3/1/1904 | The gondolier : Intermezzo | Arthur Pryor's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | A-1146 | 7-in. | 3/21/1904 | Funny folks | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-1146 | 10-in. | 3/21/1904 | Funny folks | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-1196 | 10-in. | 4/7/1904 | Gondolier medley | Parke Hunter ; Vess L. Ossman | Banjo duet | composer | |
| Victor | C-1196 | 12-in. | 4/7/1904 | Gondolier medley | Parke Hunter ; Vess L. Ossman | Banjo duet | composer | |
| Victor | B-1211 | 10-in. | 4/13/1904 | The gondolier | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | C-1211 | 12-in. | 4/13/1904 | The gondolier | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-1931 | 10-in. | 11/15/1904 | The troubadour | Arthur Pryor's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-2307 | 10-in. | 2/16/1905 | The troubadour | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-2831 | 10-in. | 10/23/1905 | Troubadour | Sousa's Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-6902 | 10-in. | 3/18/1909 | The haymakers barn dance | Victor Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-8067 | 10-in. | 6/16/1909 | Sweet violets | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | CC-9918 | 12-in. | 2/7/1911 | Jolly jingles | Victor Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-11390 | 10-in. | 12/19/1911 | Dope | Fred Van Eps | Banjo solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-14312 | 10-in. | 1/13/1914 | The woman Thou gavest me | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-14404 | 10-in. | 1/30/1914 | The woman Thou gavest me | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-18568 | 10-in. | 10/20/1916 | When evening shadows fall | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-23077 | 10-in. | 7/17/1919 | Dear heart | John Steel | Male vocal solo, with violin, cello, and orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-24158 | 10-in. | 6/9/1920 | Drifting | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with harp, piano, and orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-25741 | 10-in. | 11/1/1921 | Mary O'Brien | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-32883 | 10-in. | 6/9/1925 | The melody that made you mine | Artists vary | Piano solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-36923 | 10-in. | 11/11/1926 | Some day | Gene Austin ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-40230 | 10-in. | 9/22/1927 | Dancing tambourine | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-40541 | 10-in. | 11/3/1927 | Dancing tambourine | Pauline Alpert | Piano solo | composer | |
| Victor | PBVE-42015 | 10-in. | 2/17/1928 | I'm telling the world (That I love you) | Horace Heidt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-46346 | 10-in. | 8/8/1928 | Tamborín danzante | Marimba Centro-Americana | Marimba band | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-55600 | 10-in. | 7/9/1929 | Pretending | Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | arranger | |
| Victor | BVE-64823 | 10-in. | 12/7/1930 | My temptation | Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BSHQ-71975 | 10-in. | 3/17/1932 | Bonita | Havana Novelty Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-75444 | 10-in. | 4/25/1933 | Old Mother Hubbard | Gene Arnold | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | BS-75452 | 10-in. | 4/25/1933 | Old Mother Hubbard | Gene Arnold | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-87869 | 10-in. | 2/2/1935 | Spanish butterfly | Gunter Hotel Orchestra ; Mack Rogers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | PB-48 | 10-in. | 9/6/1924 | Tell me what to do | Paul Biese ; Paul Biese’s Novelty Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-1780 | 10-in. | 10/21/1947 | Dancing tambourine | Three Suns | Instrumental trio | composer | |
| Columbia | 1754 | 10-in. | Jan.-Mar. 1904 | The gondolier | Columbia Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 1764 | 10-in. | ca. 1904 | The gondolier | Emma Carus | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 1784 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-May 1904 | The gondolier | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 47178 | 10-in. | 11/21/1916 | When evening shadows fall | Broadway Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 79018 | 10-in. | 3/3/1920 | Sunshine rose | George Meader | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 79317 | 10-in. | 6/28/1920 | Drifting | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 79978 | 10-in. | 9/9/1921 | Mary O'Brien | Edwin Dale | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 140197 | 10-in. | 12/19/1924 | I'll see you in my dreams | Clover Garden Orchestra ; William C. Polla | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 140198 | 10-in. | 12/19/1924 | The only only one | Clover Garden Orchestra ; William C. Polla | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 140392 | 10-in. | 2/25/1925 | I don't want to get married | Clover Garden Orchestra ; Billy Jones ; William C. Polla | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | 140393 | 10-in. | 2/25/1925 | China girl | Clover Garden Orchestra ; William C. Polla | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 48960 | 12-in. | 10/21/1916 | My lonely Lola Lo | Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 98004 | 12-in. | 12/15/1921 | When shall we meet again? | Prince's Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | W140410 | 10-in. | 3/2/1925 | The melody that made you mine | The Mandoliers | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W140545 | 10-in. | 4/22/1925 | Kickin' the clouds away | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W140546 | 10-in. | 4/22/1925 | Why do I love you so? | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W140740 | 10-in. | 7/1/1925 | I want a lovable baby | Clover Gardens Dance Orchestra ; William C. Polla | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W140741 | 10-in. | 7/1/1925 | Give us the Charleston | Clover Gardens Dance Orchestra ; William C. Polla | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W140804 | 10-in. | 8/3/1925 | I want you all for me | Clover Garden Orchestra ; William C. Polla | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W140805 | 10-in. | 8/3/1925 | I left her by the shores of Minnetonka | Clover Garden Orchestra ; William C. Polla | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W140885 | 10-in. | 9/1/1925 | Kammenoi-ostrow | W. C. Polla Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader, arranger | |
| Columbia | W140886 | 10-in. | 9/1/1925 | Arabian romance | W. C. Polla Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 141108 | 10-in. | 10/5/1925 | Bam Bam Bamy shore | Harmony Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 141109 | 10-in. | 10/5/1925 | Don't wait too long | Harmony Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 141110 | 10-in. | 10/5/1925 | Normandy | Harmony Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W141269 | 10-in. | 11/17/1925 | Lucky boy | W. C. Polla Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W141270 | 10-in. | 11/17/1925 | A little bungalow | W. C. Polla Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W142881 | 10-in. | 10/28/1926 | Some day | Clicquot Club Eskimos ; Jimmy Flynn ; Harry Reser | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 142905 | 10-in. | 11/3/1926 | Some day | WMCA Broadcasters | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W144624 | 10-in. | 9/2/1927 | Dancing tambourine | Radiolites | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 144633 | 10-in. | 9/7/1927 | Dancing tambourine | WMCA Broadcasters | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 144662 | 10-in. | 9/12/1927 | Love's golden dream | Andy Sannella | Alto saxophone solo, with piano | arranger | |
| Columbia | 144663 | 10-in. | 9/12/1927 | Valse jewel | Andy Sannella | Alto saxophone solo, with piano | arranger | |
| OKeh | S-7547 | 10-in. | Aug. 1920 | Drifting | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| OKeh | S-70292 | 10-in. | Nov. 1921 | Mary O'Brien | Samuel Ash ; Crescent Trio | Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
| OKeh | S-73172 | 10-in. | 2/13/1925 | The melody that made you mine | Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | W81250 | 10-in. | 8/18/1927 | Dancing tambourine | Lanin’s Famous Players | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | W81416 | 10-in. | 9/2/1927 | Dancing tambourine | Rube Bloom | Piano solo | composer | |
| OKeh | [OK cat 1233-b] | 10-in. | approximately 1919 | The woman thou gavest me | Samuel Ash | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| OKeh | [OK cat 4142-B] | 10-in. | Feb. 1920 | Dear heart | Carroll Shannon | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Brunswick | 15608-15609 | 10-in. | 4/21/1925 | The melody that made you mine | Morton Downey ; Dan Lieberfeld | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | 15655-15657 | 10-in. | 4/27/1925 | The melody that made you mine | Mando Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | E15613 | 10-in. | 4/21/1925 | The melody that made you mine | Morton Downey | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | E15658-E15659 | 10-in. | 4/27/1925 | The melody that made you mine | Mando Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | E15740-E15742 | 10-in. | 5/16/1925 | The melody that made you mine | Regent Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | E20588-E20590 | 10-in. | 10/29/1926 | Some day | Jack Denny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | composer | |
| Brunswick | E20706-E20707 | 10-in. | 11/11/1926 | Some day | Jack Denny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | composer | |
| Brunswick | E24452-E24454 | 10-in. | 9/15/1927 | Dancing tambourine | Victor Arden ; Phil Ohman | Piano duet | composer | |
| Brunswick | E24469-E24471 | 10-in. | 9/17/1927 | Dancing tambourine | Anglo-Persians ; Louis Katzman | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | C1162-C1163½ | 10-in. | 10/3/1927 | Dancing tambourine | Eddie Dunstedter | Pipe organ solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | A23-A25 | 10-in. | 5/7/1924 | Tell me what to do | Vic Meyers Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 835W-837W | 10-in. | 5/21/1925 | The melody that made you mine | Miami Marimba Band [Castlewood Marimba Band] | Marimba band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 927W-928W | 10-in. | 6/24/1925 | The melody that made you mine | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Brunswick | [Br (U.K.) cat 130-a] | 10-in. | Sept. 1927 | Dancing tambourine | Fred Elizalde Music | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 3246 | 10-in. | between 8/22/1914 and 8/31/1914 | Hesitation con amore | National Promenade Band | Band | composer | |
| Edison | 6996 | 10-in. | 10/28/1919 | My garden of love | Lewis James | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 8242 | 10-in. | 10/5/1921 | Mary O'Brien | James Doherty | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 9381 | 10-in. | 2/19/1924 | Just like a baby | James Doherty ; Top Notchers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Edison | 9848 | 10-in. | 11/15/1924 | It'll get you | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 9849 | 10-in. | 11/15/1924 | Too tired | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 9880 | 10-in. | 11/15/1924 | Nightingale | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 9881 | 10-in. | 11/29/1924 | Lazy waters | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 9886 | 10-in. | 12/3/1924 | Travelling blues (An indigo wail) | Clover Garden Orchestra ; Will Prevost | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Edison | 9887 | 10-in. | 12/3/1924 | All alone with you in a little rendezvous | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 9942 | 10-in. | 1/15/1925 | You and I | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 9953 | 10-in. | 1/21/1925 | Deep in my heart, dear | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 9954 | 10-in. | 1/21/1925 | How I love that girl! | Clover Garden Orchestra ; Vernon Dalhart | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Edison | 9996 | 10-in. | 2/10/1925 | Waltz me lightly—hold me tightly | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 9997 | 10-in. | 2/10/1925 | Will you remember me? | George Wilton Ballard ; Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Edison | 10308 | 10-in. | 4/9/1925 | Moonlight and roses (Bring mem'ries of you) | Helen Clark ; Clover Garden Orchestra ; Joseph A. Phillips | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | 10309 | 10-in. | 4/9/1925 | When you and I were seventeen | Clover Garden Orchestra ; Charles Hart | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Edison | 10345 | 10-in. | 4/30/1925 | Tell me more! | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 10346 | 10-in. | 4/30/1925 | The time will come | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 10405 | 10-in. | 5/27/1925 | The melody that made you mine | Clover Garden Orchestra ; James Doherty | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, composer | |
| Edison | 10406 | 10-in. | 5/27/1925 | Oh Maw! Oh Paw! Isn't she the sweetest thing | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 10453 | 10-in. | 6/23/1925 | The melody that made you mine | Frederick Kinsley | Organ solo | composer | |
| Edison | 10459 | 10-in. | 6/24/1925 | Madeira | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 10460 | 10-in. | 6/24/1925 | Save your sorrow (For to-morrow) | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 10483 | 10-in. | 7/1/1925 | Beside a silv'ry stream | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 10484 | 10-in. | 7/1/1925 | One smile | Clover Garden Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 10511 | 10-in. | 7/22/1925 | Silver head | Clover Gardens Orchestra ; Vernon Dalhart | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Edison | 10512 | 10-in. | 7/22/1925 | The promenade walk | Clover Gardens Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 10659 | 10-in. | 10/29/1925 | Show me the way to go home | Polla's Bohemians | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 10660 | 10-in. | 10/29/1925 | Sugar plum | Polla's Bohemians | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 11324 | 10-in. | 11/20/1926 | Some day | Duke Yellman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 11880 | 10-in. | 9/9/1927 | Dancing tambourine | Palais D'Or Orchestra ; B. A. Rolfe | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 11991 | 10-in. | 10/28/1927 | Down South | Palais D'Or Orchestra ; B. A. Rolfe | Jazz/dance band | arranger | |
| Edison | 18022 | 10-in. | 11/9/1927 | I'm telling the world (That I love you) | Al Lynn ; Music Masters ; J. Donald Parker | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Edison | 18583 | 10-in. | 6/20/1928 | Evening shadows | Al Friedman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Polla, William C.," accessed May 5, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111650.
Polla, William C.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 5, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111650.
"Polla, William C.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Polla, William C., 1876-1939 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001074938
Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q98381780
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