Byron Gay

Byron Sturges Gay (August 28, 1886 – 22 December 1945) was an American songwriter. One of his best-known songs "Four or Five Times" (co–written with Marco H. Hellman) has been recorded by numerous artists including King Oliver, Sidney Bechet, Lionel Hampton, Bob Wills, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee and more. Byron also worked with the composer Richard A. Whiting, together they wrote such songs as "Horses" and "Fire", both popular dance and comedy songs.

Birth and Death Data: Born August 28, 1886 (Chicago), Died December 23, 1945

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1915 - 1954

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, songwriter

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Recordings (Results 76-100 of 111 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Brunswick 12102-12104 10-in. 12/13/1923 Keep a goin’ Ray Miller Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 15157-15159 10-in. 3/13/1925 Just a little drink Frank Bessinger ; Ray Miller Orchestra ; Frank Wright Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet composer, lyricist  
Brunswick E28056 10-in. 8/13/1928 Four or five times Dixie Syncopators ; King Oliver Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take G) composer  
Brunswick E2231 -E2233 10-in. 1/26/1926 All for you Golden Pheasant Orchestra ; Austin Wylie Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Brunswick E2587-E2589 10-in. 3/3/1926 Horses Six Jumping Jacks Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Brunswick E2596-E2598 10-in. 3/4/1926 Westward Vertmonte Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Brunswick E2689-E2691 10-in. 3/23/1926 Horses Six Hayseeds Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Brunswick E18538-E18540 10-in. 3/24/1926 Horses Ed Smalle Male vocal solo, with piano and traps lyricist  
Brunswick E20512-E20513 10-in. 10/25/1926 Fire! Six Jumping Jacks Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Brunswick E22913-E22915 10-in. 5/3/1927 Wide open spaces Colonial Club Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Brunswick E26430-E26432 10-in. 2/8/1928 Moonlight on the Danube (Danubio azul) Joe Green Novelty Marimba Band ; Frank Munn Marimba band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E26432) lyricist, composer  
Brunswick C1939 10-in. 5/16/1928 Four or five times Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet composer  
Brunswick C2711 10-in. 12/27/1928 Let’s sow a wild oat Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet composer, lyricist  
Brunswick LAE508 10-in. May 1929 Just a little drink Ira F. Gay’s California Dons Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick LA912 10-in. 12/13/1930 To make a long story short (I love you) Earl Burtnett ; Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with vocal; without vocal (takes G[1] and G[2]) composer, lyricist  
Brunswick LA916 10-in. 1/16/1931 To make a long story short (I love you) Earl Burtnett ; Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (takes G[1] and G[2]) composer, lyricist  
Brunswick LA954 10-in. 2/13/1931 To make a long story short (I love you) Earl Burtnett ; Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist, composer  
Brunswick 567W-569W 10-in. 3/19/1925 Just a little drink Irving Kaufman ; Tuxedo Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Edison 3524 10-in. 1/18/1915 The little Ford rambled right along Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist, composer  
Edison 3897 10-in. 6/22/1915 Gasoline Gus and his jitney bus Billy Murray Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra songwriter  
Edison 4719 10-in. 5/11/1916 The dragon's eye Peerless Orchestra Instrumental ensemble composer  
Edison 5826 10-in. 10/2/1917 We want the flowers now Thomas Chalmers ; Lawrence E. Gilbert Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Edison 6398 10-in. 10/7/1918 Sand dunes All Star Trio Saxophone, piano, and xylophone composer  
Edison 6793 10-in. 5/15/1919 The vamp Green Brothers' Novelty Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 6892 10-in. 7/31/1919 Western land All Star Trio Instrumental trio composer  
(Results 76-100 of 111 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gay, Byron," accessed June 9, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102204.

Gay, Byron. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 9, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102204.

"Gay, Byron." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 9 June 2023.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102204

External Sources

Wikipedia: Byron Gay

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Gay, Byron - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78029020

Wikidata: Byron Gay - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5004363

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/157877989

MusicBrainz: Byron Gay - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6ccad4eb-9b74-4f22-ad32-2bff6f53184c

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