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Vincent Youmans

Vincent Millie Youmans (September 27, 1898 – April 5, 1946) was an American Broadway composer and producer.

A leading Broadway composer of his day, Youmans collaborated with virtually all the greatest lyricists on Broadway: Ira Gershwin, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Irving Caesar, Anne Caldwell, Leo Robin, Howard Dietz, Clifford Grey, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, Edward Heyman, Harold Adamson, Buddy DeSylva and Gus Kahn. Youmans' early songs are remarkable for their economy of melodic material: two-, three- or four-note phrases are constantly repeated and varied by subtle harmonic or rhythmic changes. In later years, however, he turned to longer musical sentences and more rhapsodic melodic lines. Youmans published fewer than 100 songs, but 18 of these were considered standards by ASCAP, a remarkably high percentage.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 27, 1898 (New York City), Died April 5, 1946 (Denver)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921 - 1952

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, piano

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Recordings (Results 151-175 of 235 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
OKeh o-8158 10-in. ca. Apr. 1921 Oh me! Oh my! American Odeon Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh o-8159 10-in. ca. Apr. 1921 Dolly American Odeon Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh o-8182 10-in. ca. June 1921 Oh me! Oh my! Lewis James Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
OKeh S-71308 10-in. February 1923 Wild flower Markel's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-71309 10-in. February 1923 Bambalina Markel's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-72227 10-in. December 1923 Toodle-oo Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-72318 10-in. Feb. 1924 Take a little one step Eddie Elkins' Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-72717 10-in. 7/31/1924 I want to be happy Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-73136 10-in. 1/23/1925 Tea for two Gotham Nightingales Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh W81087 10-in. 5/17/1927 Hallelujah! Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
OKeh W81114 10-in. 6/27/1927 Hallelujah! Art Kahn Piano solo, with male vocal solo and guitar composer  
OKeh W81115 10-in. 6/27/1927 Sometimes I'm happy Art Kahn Piano solo, with male vocal solo and guitar composer  
OKeh W81171 10-in. 7/15/1927 Sometimes I'm happy Eubie Blake ; Noble Sissle Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
OKeh W81172 10-in. 7/15/1927 Hallelujah! Eubie Blake ; Noble Sissle Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
OKeh W403068 10-in. 10/15/1929 Great day! Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
OKeh W403628 10-in. 1/15/1930 Tea for two Lanin’s Famous Players Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
OKeh W403629 10-in. 1/15/1930 I want to be happy Lanin’s Famous Players Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
OKeh W490032 10-in. 1/15/1930 Tea for two Lanin’s Famous Players Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh W490033 10-in. 1/15/1930 I want to be happy Lanin’s Famous Players Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 5662 10-in. approximately May 1921 Oh me! Oh my! Carl Fenton’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 12854 10-in. 4/11/1924 No, no, Nanette Vincent Youmans Piano solo, with orchestra composer, instrumentalist, piano  
Brunswick 10158-10161 10-in. 3/22/1923 Wildflower Carl Fenton’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 10207-10210 10-in. 3/29/1923 Bambalina Carl Fenton’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 12276-12278 10-in. 1/14/1924 Toodle-oo Carl Fenton’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 12539-12541 10-in. 2/15/1924 Take a little one-step Carl Fenton’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
(Results 151-175 of 235 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Youmans, Vincent," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102876.

Youmans, Vincent. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102876.

"Youmans, Vincent." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.

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URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102876

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