Nat Simon
Nat Simon (6 August 1900 – 5 September 1979) was an American composer, pianist, bandleader and songwriter. Born in Newburgh, New York, from the 1930s to the 1950s, his songs were used in over 20 films. Between 1931 and 1940, he also took part in the musical Vaudeville revue Songwriters on Parade, which featured hit songwriters of the day. It was considered one of the last Vaudevillian forays of this type. Nat's daughter, Sally Simon Meisel, who sang vocals, was an integral part of his live performances. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Newburgh (city in Orange County, New York, United States), Died September 5, 1979 (Newburgh (city in Orange County, New York, United States) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1933 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter, composer
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-77019 | 10-in. | 9/22/1933 | Hopelessly in love with you | Lee Bennett ; Jan Garber Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-81024 | 10-in. | 1/3/1934 | You're in my power (Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!) | The Radio Rascals' Orchestra [Dick Robertson Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-82570 | 10-in. | 5/31/1934 | I never slept a wink last night | Frances Hunt ; Vincent Lopez ; St. Regis Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-83792 | 10-in. | 8/22/1934 | I'm in love | Jerry Johnson and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-87233 | 10-in. | 1/2/1935 | Throwin' stones at the sun | Hal Davis Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-87265 | 10-in. | 1/4/1935 | Throwin' stones at the sun | Willie Bryant Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-89592 | 10-in. | 4/25/1935 | Will o' the wisp | George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Sonny Schuyler | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-89792 | 10-in. | 5/13/1935 | Ev'ry single little tingle of my heart | Angelo Ferdinando ; Hotel Great Northern Orchestra ; Bob Stanley | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-91059 | 10-in. | 5/22/1935 | Ev'ry single little tingle of my heart | Helen Dell ; Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-102374 | 10-in. | 7/1/1936 | River man | Wingy Manone ; Wingy Manone Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and talk | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-102803 | 10-in. | 6/22/1936 | And still no luck with you | Harry Blair ; Washboard Wonders | Male vocal solo, with washboard band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-0978 | 10-in. | 10/15/1936 | One hour for lunch | Tempo King ; Kings of Tempo ; Queenie Ada Rubin | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and piano solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-03558 | 10-in. | 12/10/1936 | The Cuban cabby | Dick Stabile Orchestra ; Burt Shaw | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-019685 | 10-in. | 2/18/1938 | In my little red book | Lola Bard ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-019858 | 10-in. | 2/23/1938 | In my little red book | Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-021646 | 10-in. | 3/29/1938 | Little lady make believe | Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-021820 | 10-in. | 3/25/1938 | Little Lady Make Believe | California Ramblers ; Myron Hanley ; Rhythm Quads | Jazz/dance band, with vocal quartet | composer | |
| Victor | BS-023762 | 10-in. | 7/1/1938 | (Take me back to) The wide open places | Fats Waller and his Rhythm | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-025798 | 10-in. | 10/13/1938 | Is that the way to treat a sweetheart? | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-026575 | 10-in. | 9/1/1938 | Is that the way to treat a sweetheart | Burt Shaw ; Willie Farmer Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-030315 | 10-in. | 11/25/1938 | Among those sailing | Jeanne D'Arcy ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-030749 | 10-in. | 12/21/1938 | Among those sailing | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-034479 | 10-in. | 3/31/1939 | Gloriana | Wayne King Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-037472 | 10-in. | 6/10/1939 | Shabby old cabby | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; The Three Barons | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio and vocal ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-038217 | 10-in. | 6/29/1939 | Shabby old cabby | Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-040488 | 10-in. | 10/10/1939 | Goody goodbye | Gray Gordon ; Shirley Lane ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-040964 | 10-in. | 10/13/1939 | Don't make me laugh | Bob Chester Orchestra ; Dolores O'Neill | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-041749 | 10-in. | 10/10/1939 | Don't make me laugh | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-041926 | 10-in. | 8/28/1939 | Goody goodbye | Bob Chester Orchestra ; Kathleen Lane | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-042946 | 10-in. | 10/12/1939 | Goody goodbye | Smoothies | Mixed vocal trio, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-044001 | 10-in. | 10/24/1939 | Down in the alley and over the fence | Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra ; Three Romeos | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-045718 | 10-in. | 12/5/1939 | The gaucho serenade | Clyde Burke ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-045738 | 10-in. | 12/8/1939 | The gaucho serenade | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-046082 | 10-in. | 1/6/1940 | The gaucho serenade | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-047722 | 10-in. | 2/28/1940 | Little Curly Hair in a high chair | Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-047980 | 10-in. | 3/20/1940 | Little curly hair in high chair | Clyde Burke ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-047983 | 10-in. | 3/20/1940 | He's a tough hombre | Jimmy Brown ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | BS-048777 | 10-in. | 4/11/1940 | Little Curley Hair in a high chair | Fats Waller and his Rhythm | Male vocal solo, with jazz.band sextet | composer | |
| Victor | BS-055503 | 10-in. | 8/8/1940 | Crosstown | Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Jack Lathrop | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-056474 | 10-in. | 10/10/1940 | Crosstown | Lanny Ross | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-057023 | 10-in. | 10/23/1940 | Adi-adi-adios | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-057316 | 10-in. | 10/25/1940 | Adi-adi-adios | Kaydets ; Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal trio, and vocal ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-068444 | 10-in. | 11/28/1941 | I opened up a trunk | Mitchell Ayres ; Johnny Bond ; Fashions-in-Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | PBS-072193 | 10-in. | 3/12/1942 | Poinciana | David Rose Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | E1VB-0906 | 10-in. | 1/26/1951 | Down the trail of achin' hearts | Anita Carter ; Rainbow Ranch Boys ; Hank Snow | Female-male vocal duet, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D5VB-0765 | 10-in. | 5/21/1945 | (Why don't you look me up) down in Chi-Chi Hotcha Watchee | Vaughn Monroe ; Norton Sisters ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with female vocal group and jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D5VB-1095 | 10-in. | 7/26/1945 | No can do | Buddy Cole Orchestra ; Four King Sisters | Female vocal vocal quartet, with jazz/dance ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | D5VB-1311 | 10-in. | 12/20/1945 | In the eyes of my Irish Colleen | Johnny Desmond ; Russ Case Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | D6VB-2682 | 10-in. | 8/21/1946 | The old lamp-lighter | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with vocal chorus and jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-0958 | 10-in. | 6/10/1947 | An apple blossom wedding | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-1157 | 10-in. | 11/13/1947 | Poinciana | Garry Stevens ; Tex Beneke Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with vocal quartet and jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-1441 | 10-in. | 7/24/1947 | And Mimi | Charlie Spivak Orchestra ; Charlie Spivak | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-2212 | 10-in. | 11/19/1947 | I go in when the moon comes out | Artie Dunn ; Sun Maids ; Three Suns | Male vocal solo, with female vocal group and instrumental trio | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7XB-2522 | 10-in. | 11/26/1947 | Poinciana | José Curbelo Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-2770 | 10-in. | 12/29/1947 | Jipi Japa | Desi Arnaz ; Desi Arnaz Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-2771 | 10-in. | 12/29/1947 | Cuban cabby | Desi Arnaz Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-2957 | 10-in. | 12/23/1947 | On the painted desert | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Audrey Young | Female vocal, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | D8VB-4095 | 10-in. | 12/20/1948 | The rosewood spinet | Don Cornell ; Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Male vocal solo, with female vocal trio, vocal chorus and jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | D9VB-0414 | 10-in. | 3/9/1949 | A million miles away | Dave Denney | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D9VB-0953 | 10-in. | 3/19/1949 | A chapter in my life called Mary | Don Cornell ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | D9VB-1038 | 10-in. | 5/18/1949 | The light in your eyes | Nancy Evans ; King's Jesters ; Billy Leech ; Wayne King Orchestra | Female-male vocal duet, with vocal group and jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D9VB-1201 | 10-in. | 3/25/1949 | A million miles away | Bill Lawrence ; Henri René | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | D9VB-1772 | 10-in. | 6/29/1949 | The one who gets you | Moonlight Serenaders ; Tex Beneke Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D9AB-1937 | 10-in. | 9/30/1949 | My bolero (Where the bolero began) | Eddie Fisher | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | D9VB-2369 | 10-in. | 10/6/1949 | In my little red book | Bill Lawrence ; Henri René | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | D9VB-2593 | 10-in. | 11/25/1949 | Bamboo | Moon Maids ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with female vocal group and instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | CU-1057 | 10-in. | before 7/15/1943 | Wait for me, Mary | Orquesta Alfredo Brito | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W152677 | 10-in. | 1/12/1934 | You're in my power (Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!) | George Olsen and his Music | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | songwriter | |
| Columbia | CO16640 | 10-in. | 1/15/1935 | Throwin' stones at the sun | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Helen Ward | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | CO42924 | 10-in. | 1950 | Kisses | Anne Lloyd ; Novatones ; Smoothies ; Ted Steele | Instrumental ensemble, with mixed vocal ensemble | songwriter | |
| ARC | 22450 | 10-in. | 2/17/1938 | In my little red book | Cecil Bridge ; Joel Shaw and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CL8285 | 10-in. | 12/18/1946 | Ça s'fait pas... | Francine Claudel ; Jacques Hélian Orchestre ; Zappy Max | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CL8319 | 10-in. | 1/20/1947 | Mon cœur est au bout du monde (el Prado) | Raymond Legrand ; Tino Rossi | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CL8355 | 10-in. | 2/25/1947 | Il allumait les réverbères | Jo Charrier ; Ginette Garcin ; Jacques Hélian Orchestre ; Zappy Max | Vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CL8357 | 10-in. | 3/3/1947 | Il allumait les réverbères | Marius Coste ; Colette Mars | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Simon, Nat," accessed January 6, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100401.
Simon, Nat. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 6, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100401.
"Simon, Nat." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 6 January 2026.
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LCNAR: Simon, Nat, 1900-1979 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001068490
Wikidata: Nat Simon - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6967884
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/16573497
MusicBrainz: Nat Simon - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/513aef7f-970a-4b01-9ffb-3f9a959bc006
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