Steve Nelson
Steve Edward Nelson (November 24, 1907 – November 13, 1981) was an American songwriter. Born in New York City, Nelson worked for Tin Pan Alley starting there in 1929. He later wrote country songs for artists such as Eddy Arnold and Guy Lombardo. In 1950, probably his best known composition, "Frosty the Snowman" was released, co-written with Jack Rollins. In 1952, Nelson co-wrote, again with Rollins, the song which was used for the safety campaign of Smokey Bear. |
Birth and Death Data: Born November 24, 1907 (New York City), Died November 13, 1981 (Armonk)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter, lyricist, composer
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= 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 | BRC-53089 | 10-in. | 5/11/1931 | You don't need glasses (to see I'm in love) | Walter Ashby ; Elly Bellare ; Snooks Friedman ; Ken Herlin ; Memphis Ramblers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-56088 | 10-in. | 9/13/1929 | There's too many eyes that wanna make eyes at two pretty eyes I love | Ted Weems Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-63189 | 10-in. | 11/3/1930 | Us and company | Leonard Joy's All String Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BRC-64632 | 10-in. | 1/2/1931 | Yours and mine | Johnny Marvin | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-64831 | 10-in. | 12/19/1930 | Yours and mine | Johnny Marvin ; Aileen Stanley | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-67720 | 10-in. | 12/17/1930 | Yours and mine | The Southerners | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BRC-70907 | 10-in. | 10/23/1931 | What are you thinkin' about, baby? | Gene Kardos Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-011756 | 10-in. | 8/21/1937 | Worried over you | Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-071907 | 10-in. | 2/12/1942 | That ain't the way I dreamed it | Johnny McAfee ; Tony Pastor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | E0VB-3547 | 10-in. | 2/8/1950 | Peter cottontail | Roy Rogers | Male vocal solo, with string band and vocal harmonies | songwriter | |
| Victor | E0VB-3729 | 10-in. | 7/20/1950 | Frosty the snow man | Roy Rogers | Male vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | E0VB-3730 | 10-in. | 7/20/1950 | Peter cottontail | Roy Rogers | Male vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | E0VB-3841 | 10-in. | 3/3/1950 | Rubber knuckle Sam | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | E0VB-4043 | 10-in. | 3/28/1950 | With this ring I thee wed | Rainbow Ranch Boys ; Hank Snow | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | E0VB-4044 | 10-in. | 3/28/1950 | Paving the highway with tears | Rainbow Ranch Boys ; Hank Snow | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | E0VB-4267 | 10-in. | 4/26/1950 | A prison without walls | Eddy Arnold | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | E0VB-4653 | 10-in. | 5/22/1950 | The tom cat blues | Eddie Marshall ; Trail Dusters | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | E0VB-5761 | 10-in. | 10/10/1950 | Coffee, cigarettes and tears | Eddie Marshall ; Trail Dusters | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | E1VB-2501 | 10-in. | 6/7/1951 | There's no escape | Eddie Marshall ; Trail Dusters | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | D6VB-1668 | 10-in. | 2/20/1946 | Nobody's love is like mine | Zeke Manners ; Zeke Manners Band | Male vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | D6VB-2626 | 10-in. | 8/7/1946 | Left by the wayside | Buchanan Brothers ; Georgia Catamounts | Male vocal duet, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D6VB-2845 | 10-in. | 9/11/1946 | Ida-Idaho | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Victor | D6VB-2993 | 10-in. | 10/3/1946 | Palace in Dallas | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and string band | composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-0476 | 10-in. | 2/24/1947 | Dangerous ground | Roy Rogers | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-0484 | 10-in. | 3/3/1947 | I've got a feeling (somebody's stealin' my darlin') | Country Washburne Orchestra ; Roy Rogers ; Country Washburne | Male vocal solo, with string band | lyricist | |
| Victor | D7VB-0733 | 10-in. | 5/18/1947 | Bouquet of roses | Eddy Arnold | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-1001 | 10-in. | 8/14/1947 | One way passage | Leonard Dabney ; Clyde Grubb ; Tennessee Valley Boys (Clyde Grubb) | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-1878 | 10-in. | 11/11/1947 | I'm waltzing with a broken heart | Dave Denney | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-1880 | 10-in. | 11/11/1947 | If the truth were ever known | Dave Denney | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-2176 | 10-in. | 12/10/1947 | Who cares, who cares? | Dave Denney | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-2181 | 10-in. | 12/11/1947 | Everyone has someone but me | Dave Denney | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-2633 | 10-in. | 12/10/1947 | Whose blues are you now | Cecil Campbell ; Tennessee Ramblers (Cecil Campbell) | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-2821 | 10-in. | 12/17/1947 | A heart full of love (for a handful of kisses) | Eddy Arnold | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-2876 | 10-in. | 12/19/1947 | My dreamboat in sinking | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | String band, with male vocal solo and accordion | composer | |
| Victor | D8VB-4086 | 10-in. | 12/20/1948 | I wish I had a girl like you, mother | Eddy Arnold | String band, with male vocal solo and piano | songwriter | |
| Victor | D8VB-4104 | 10-in. | 12/22/1948 | Show me the way back to your heart | Eddy Arnold | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D8VB-4106 | 10-in. | 12/22/1948 | One kiss too many | Eddy Arnold | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D9VB-0783 | 10-in. | 11/17/1949 | Send ten pretty flowers to my girl in Tennessee | Spade Cooley ; Bob "Tex" Cromer ; Spade Cooley Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D9VB-0867 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Tears can never drown the flame (that's in my heart) | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D9VB-1237 | 10-in. | 4/5/1949 | I'm throwing rice (at the girl I love) | Eddy Arnold ; Ben Lambert | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D9VB-2237 | 10-in. | 9/13/1949 | Will Santy come to shanty town | Eddy Arnold ; Eddy Arnold | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D9VB-2447 | 10-in. | 10/26/1949 | Then I'll grow tired of you | Elton Britt ; Skytoppers | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W149001 | 10-in. | 9/13/1929 | There's too many eyes that "wanna" make eyes at two pretty eyes I love | Ipana Troubadours ; Sam Lanin | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | W149154 | 10-in. | 10/17/1929 | Don't get collegiate | Buddy Morgan and his Veterans | Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W151177 | 10-in. | 12/26/1930 | Yours and mine | Smith Ballew ; Ben Selvin and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | H1241 | 10-in. | 1/26/1945 | Hang your head in shame | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | H1354 | 10-in. | 4/9/1945 | You're only in my arms (to cry on my shoulder) | The Rambling Rogue (Fred Rose) | String band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | HCO1646 | 10-in. | 1/11/1946 | You only want me when you're lonely | Gene Autry | String band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | HCO1887 | 10-in. | 7/2/1946 | Gallivantin' Galveston gal | Gene Autry | String band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | HCO2243 | 10-in. | 2/24/1947 | Dangerous ground | Jimmie Lawson | String band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | HCO3495 | 10-in. | 12/29/1948 | A heart full of love (for a handful of kisses) | Johnny Bond | Male vocal, with string band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | CO40949 | 10-in. | 7/8/1949 | I'm throwing rice (at the girl I love) | Ray Smith | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | CO41684 | 10-in. | 8/26/1949 | Why in heaven's name | George Morgan | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E35164 | 10-in. | 1/15/1931 | Yours and mine | Chester Gaylord | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E35215 | 10-in. | 11/6/1930 | Yours and mine | Red Nichols Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E35898 | 10-in. | 1/7/1931 | Yours and mine | Ralph Bennett Seven Aces | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E36033 | 10-in. | 2/6/1931 | Yours and mine | Ross Colby | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E36842 | 10-in. | 6/3/1931 | You don’t need glasses (To see I’m in love) | Harry Reser ; Six Jumping Jacks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E30832-E30833 | 10-in. | Sept. 1929 | There’s too many eyes (That "wanna" make eyes at two pretty eyes that I love) | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | composer | |
| Brunswick | LAE899 | 10-in. | 11/10/1930 | Us and company | Californians | Jazz/dance band, with vocal; without vocal (take G) | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Nelson, Steve," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100108.
Nelson, Steve. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100108.
"Nelson, Steve." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Nelson, Steve, 1907-1981 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00042726
Wikidata: Steve Nelson - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18719065
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/86921411
MusicBrainz: Steve Nelson - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4a64fa8d-4a3f-43f1-aea9-ef883b786867
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