Jerome Kern
Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Song Is You", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Long Ago (and Far Away)". He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era, including George Grossmith Jr., Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin and Yip Harburg. A native New Yorker, Kern created dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films in a career that lasted for more than four decades. His musical innovations, such as 4/4 dance rhythms and the employment of syncopation and jazz progressions, built on, rather than rejected, earlier musical theatre tradition. He and his collaborators also employed his melodies to further the action or develop characterization to a greater extent than in the other musicals of his day, creating the model for later musicals. Although dozens of Kern's musicals and musical films were hits, only Show Boat is now regularly revived. Songs from his other shows, however, are still frequently performed and adapted. Many of Kern's songs have been adapted by jazz musicians to become standard tunes. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 27, 1885 (Manhattan), Died November 11, 1945 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1905 - 1960
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, piano
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Recordings (Results 326-350 of 603 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 46432 | 10-in. | 2/18/1916 | Some sort of somebody | Grace Kerns ; Andrea Sarto | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 46435 | 10-in. | 2/18/1916 | On the shore at Le Lei Wi | Grace Kerns ; Reed Miller | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 46649 | 10-in. | 3/18/1916 | They didn't believe me | Grace Kerns ; Reed Miller | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 46701 | 10-in. | 4/11/1916 | Babes in the wood | Blue and White Marimba Band | Marimba band | composer | |
Columbia | 47331 | 10-in. | 2/1/1917 | My castle in the air | Saxo Sextette | Saxophone sextet | composer | |
Columbia | 47335 | 10-in. | 2/1/1917 | You said something | Nannette Flack ; James Harrod | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | 47364 | 10-in. | 2/10/1917 | I wonder why | Nannette Flack | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 47417 | 10-in. | 3/13/1917 | 'Till the clouds roll by | James Harrod ; Anna Wheaton | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 47437 | 10-in. | 3/22/1917 | I wonder why | Anna Wheaton | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 47438 | 10-in. | 3/22/1917 | Rolled into one | Anna Wheaton | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 77025 | 10-in. | 5/5/1917 | 'Till the clouds roll by | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 77072 | 10-in. | 5/21/1917 | It wasn't my fault | Jockers Brothers | Violin and piano duet | composer | |
Columbia | 77160 | 10-in. | 6/16/1917 | Have a heart | Peerless Quartet ; Billy B. Van | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 77161 | 10-in. | 6/16/1917 | Napoleon | Peerless Quartet ; Billy B. Van | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 77513 | 10-in. | 11/15/1917 | The bungalow in Quogue | Sam B. Hardy | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 77561 | 10-in. | 12/10/1917 | The bungalow in Quogue | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 78472 | 10-in. | 6/7/1919 | Some party | Sherbo's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 78572 | 10-in. | 7/15/1919 | The first rose of summer | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 79072 | 10-in. | 3/25/1920 | Left all alone again blues | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 79612 | 10-in. | 12/29/1920 | Look for the silver lining | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 79637 | 10-in. | 1/17/1921 | Look for the silver lining | Riesenfeld's Rialto Ensemble | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 79706 | 10-in. | 1/31/1921 | Look for the silver lining | Vernon Country Club Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 79750 | 10-in. | 3/3/1921 | Goodbye | Columbia Saxophone Sextette | Saxophone sextet | composer | |
Columbia | 80071 | 10-in. | 11/16/1921 | Blue Danube blues | Eddie Elkins ; Knickerbocker Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 80072 | 10-in. | 11/17/1921 | Ka-lu-a | Eddie Elkins ; Knickerbocker Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kern, Jerome," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102963.
Kern, Jerome. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102963.
"Kern, Jerome." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80149466
Wikidata: Jerome Kern - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q313270
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/196726
MusicBrainz: Jerome Kern - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8fb64b2e-db8b-4579-ad08-f324ef1bf494
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