Al J. Neiburg
Allen J. Neiburg (November 22, 1902 – July 12, 1978) was an American lyricist. He was born on 22 November 1902 in St. Albans, Vermont and received his education at Boston University. He is known for writing lyrics for such songs as "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (with Doc Dougherty and Ellis Reynolds), "It's the Talk of the Town" and "Under a Blanket of Blue" (with Jerry Livingston and Marty Symes). He also ran his own publishing company. Neiburg died in New Haven, Connecticut, on 12 July 1978. |
Birth and Death Data: Born November 22, 1902 (St. Albans), Died July 12, 1978 (New Haven)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1949
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-63114 | 10-in. | 7/14/1930 | Confessin' (That I love you) | Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BRC-68222 | 10-in. | 6/4/1931 | Yours sincerely | The Melody Four | Vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-74702 | 10-in. | 12/16/1932 | (When it's) Darkness on the Delta | Isham Jones Orchestra ; Eddie Stone | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-75735 | 10-in. | 4/6/1933 | It's Sunday down in Caroline | Isham Jones Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-76014 | 10-in. | 4/14/1933 | It's Sunday down in Caroline | Paul Tremaine Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-76469 | 10-in. | 6/15/1933 | Under a blanket of blue | Florence Case ; Don Bestor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-76573 | 10-in. | 7/6/1933 | Under a blanket of blue | George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Barry Wells | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-77358 | 10-in. | 12/14/1933 | In other words we're through | Lee Bennett ; Jan Garber Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-77359 | 10-in. | 12/14/1933 | Odds and ends (Of an old love affair) | Lee Bennett ; Jan Garber Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-77437 | 10-in. | 8/8/1933 | It's the talk of the town | Eddy Duchin Orchestra ; Lew Sherwood | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-77518 | 10-in. | 8/21/1933 | It's the talk of the town | Dick Robertson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-78152 | 10-in. | 10/11/1933 | When the last rose of summer whispers goodbye | Neil Buckley ; Don Bestor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-78610 | 10-in. | 11/3/1933 | Chimes in the chapel | New Englanders ; Barney Rapp ; Eddie Ryan | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-80729 | 10-in. | 8/24/1934 | Learning | Eddy Duchin Orchestra ; Lew Sherwood | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-81307 | 10-in. | 1/24/1934 | In other words—we're through | Hotel McAlpin Orchestra ; Sam Robbins | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-81373 | 10-in. | 2/8/1934 | Ol' Pappy | Sid Peltyn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-81630 | 10-in. | 2/8/1934 | Ol' Pappy | Biltmore Trio | Vocal and instrumental trio | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-82551 | 10-in. | 5/24/1934 | Don't let it happen again | Don Bestor Orchestra ; Joy Lynne | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-83983 | 10-in. | 3/15/1935 | Twenty-four hours in Georgia | Taft School Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-84460 | 10-in. | 10/8/1934 | Learning | Eddie Stone Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-86087 | 10-in. | 12/5/1934 | In a blue and pensive mood | Richard Himber ; Joey Nash ; Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-86240 | 10-in. | 11/23/1934 | I've got an invitation to a dance | Al Mitchell Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-86242 | 10-in. | 11/23/1934 | Where there's smoke—there's fire | Al Mitchell Orchestra ; Bill Briordy | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-86265 | 10-in. | 11/26/1934 | Where there's smoke—there's fire | Hotel Weylin Orchestra ; Enric Madriguera ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-86408 | 10-in. | 12/7/1934 | I've got an invitation to a dance | Angelo Ferdinando ; Hotel Great Northern Orchestra ; Dick Robertson | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-87232 | 10-in. | 1/2/1935 | In a blue and pensive mood | Hal Davis Orchestra ; Dick Robertson | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-87359 | 10-in. | 1/12/1935 | In a blue and pensive mood | Al Bowlly ; Ray Noble Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-91058 | 10-in. | 5/22/1935 | Star gazing | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-94519 | 10-in. | 8/14/1935 | Confessin' (That I love you) | Joe Kennedy Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-99977 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | Moonrise on the lowlands | Willie Bryant Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-100361 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | Moonrise on the lowlands | Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-102403 | 10-in. | 8/1/1936 | There goes my attraction | Fats Waller and his Rhythm | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-06125 | 10-in. | 3/4/1937 | I've got rain in my eyes | Dolly Dawn ; Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-06676 | 10-in. | 3/17/1937 | I've got rain in my eyes | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-06691 | 10-in. | 3/19/1937 | I'd be a fool again | Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-07824 | 10-in. | 4/18/1937 | At a carnival in Venice | Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-07848 | 10-in. | 4/22/1937 | You're looking for romance (I'm looking for love) | Eddy Duchin Orchestra ; Lew Sherwood | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-010135 | 10-in. | 5/7/1937 | You're looking for romance (I'm looking for love) | Kurt Bloom ; Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-011078 | 10-in. | 7/2/1937 | The shag | Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-040453 | 10-in. | 9/26/1939 | It's a hap-hap-happy day | Delta Rhythm Band ; Claire Martin ; Bob Zurke | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-043228 | 10-in. | 10/25/1939 | It's a hap-hap-happy day | Joseph Sudy Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-043307 | 10-in. | 10/24/1939 | It's the talk of the town | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-043309 | 10-in. | 10/24/1939 | It's a hap-hap-happy day | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-045723 | 10-in. | 12/6/1939 | Songs and scenes from Gulliver's travels | Craig McDonnell | Dramatic scene, with female and male vocal solos, vocal ensemble, narrator, piano, and sound effects | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-057097 | 10-in. | 11/7/1940 | Confessin' (that I love you) | Tony Pastor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-065909 | 10-in. | 5/27/1941 | So long, Shorty | Wilbur Bascomb ; Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ; Ida James | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and trumpet solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | D5AB-0661 | 10-in. | 10/2/1945 | Lonely corral, old pard'ner | Pecos River Rogues ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | lyricist | |
| Victor | D6VB-1878 | 10-in. | 5/14/1946 | It's the talk of the town | Mel Henke | Piano solo, with string bass | lyricist | |
| Victor | D6VB-2062 | 10-in. | 4/29/1946 | What has she got that I haven't got | Betty Jane Rhodes ; Russ Case Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | D6VB-3094 | 10-in. | 10/19/1946 | When you left me | Larry Green Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D6VB-3098 | 10-in. | 10/19/1946 | Moon nocturne | Herbie Fields Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-1107 | 10-in. | 10/27/1947 | Moonlight whispers | Tex Beneke ; Tex Beneke Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Victor | D7VB-2648 | 10-in. | 12/10/1947 | Under a blanket of blue | Coleman Hawkins Orchestra ; Leslie Scott | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Victor | D9VB-2572 | 10-in. | 11/22/1949 | Sweet slumber | Lucky Millinder Orchestra ; Lucky Millinder | Male vocal solo, with chorus and jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | [W]150640 | 10-in. | 7/10/1930 | Confessin' (That I love you) | Lloyd Keating and his Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W150662 | 10-in. | 7/24/1930 | Confessin' (That I love you) | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W150663 | 10-in. | 7/22/1930 | Confessin' (That I love you) | Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | [W]150680 | 10-in. | 8/19/1930 | Confessin' (That I love you) | Sammy Fain | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W152401 | 10-in. | 5/2/1933 | It's Sunday down in Caroline | Ted Lewis and his Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W152554 | 10-in. | 11/14/1933 | The chimes in the chapel | Bob Bunch ; Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W152675 | 10-in. | 1/12/1934 | In other words—we're through | George Olsen and his Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W152703 | 10-in. | 2/2/1934 | Ol' Pappy | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W404273 | 10-in. | 7/23/1930 | Confessin' that I love you | Seger Ellis | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| OKeh | W404405 | 10-in. | 8/19/1930 | Confessin' (That I love you) | Louis Armstrong ; Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra | Jazz/ dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E33941 | 10-in. | 8/15/1930 | Confessin’ (that I love you) | Chester Gaylord | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | C5022 | 10-in. | 12/12/1929 | It’s the talk of the town | Benny Meroff Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | LAE861 | 10-in. | 8/22/1930 | Confessin’ | Ben Bernie Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal trio; without vocal (take G) | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Neiburg, Al J.," accessed May 3, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113820.
Neiburg, Al J.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 3, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113820.
"Neiburg, Al J.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 3 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Neiburg, Al J., 1902-1978 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007148574
Wikidata: Al J. Neiburg - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4704090
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