Johnny Messner
Johnny Messner (13 October 1909, in New York City – January 1986, in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey) was an American bandleader, composer, saxophonist, and vocalist during the big band/swing heyday. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 13, 1909 (Manhattan), Died 1986
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1941
Roles Represented in DAHR: director, saxophone, vocalist, alto saxophone, composer
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-024455 | 10-in. | 8/5/1938 | How much do you mean to me? | Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, vocalist, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-024456 | 10-in. | 8/5/1938 | Don't cross your fingers, cross your heart | Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band ; Three Jacks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-024457 | 10-in. | 8/5/1938 | That week in Paris | Jeanne D'Arcy ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-024458 | 10-in. | 8/5/1938 | Spanita | Jeanne D'Arcy ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-024459 | 10-in. | 8/5/1938 | My heart is unemployed | Jeanne D'Arcy ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-024460 | 10-in. | 8/5/1938 | One of these fine days | Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, vocalist, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030310 | 10-in. | 11/25/1938 | Please come out of your dream | Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, saxophone, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-030311 | 10-in. | 11/25/1938 | Do you remember last night? | Jeanne D'Arcy ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030312 | 10-in. | 11/25/1938 | Midnight on the trail | Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, saxophone, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-030313 | 10-in. | 11/25/1938 | The umbrella man | Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band ; Three Jacks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-030314 | 10-in. | 11/25/1938 | Polly put your slippers on | Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band ; Three Jacks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| 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 | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-031238 | 10-in. | 1/6/1939 | Have a heart | Bobby King ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-031239 | 10-in. | 1/6/1939 | Dawn of a new day | Bobby King ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-031240 | 10-in. | 1/6/1939 | Singin' in the saddle | Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, saxophone, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-031241 | 10-in. | 1/6/1939 | The devil with the devil | Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, saxophone, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-031242 | 10-in. | 1/6/1939 | Let's stop the clock | Jeanne D'Arcy ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-031243 | 10-in. | 1/6/1939 | Could be | Jeanne D'Arcy ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-036925 | 10-in. | 5/9/1939 | Chew-chew-chew | Jeanne D'Arcy ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-036926 | 10-in. | 5/9/1939 | It's all in a lovetime | Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, saxophone, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-036927 | 10-in. | 5/9/1939 | Rumpel-stilts-kin (Oh! Could he sew, could he sew) | Jeanne D'Arcy ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-036928 | 10-in. | 5/9/1939 | Boom | Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band ; Three Jacks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| 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 | instrumentalist, saxophone, director, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-038218 | 10-in. | 6/29/1939 | (You took me) Out of this world | Jeanne D'Arcy ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone, director | |
| Victor | BS-038219 | 10-in. | 6/29/1939 | Start the day right (Ho-dle-ay) | Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone, director, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-038220 | 10-in. | 6/29/1939 | I must have one more kiss, kiss, kiss (Before we say goodnight) | Jeanne D'Arcy ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band ; Three Jacks | Jazz/dance band, with female and male vocal solos and male vocal trio | instrumentalist, saxophone, director | |
| Victor | BS-041558 | 10-in. | 8/15/1939 | Dust be my destiny | Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, saxophone, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-041559 | 10-in. | 8/15/1939 | Ling'ring on your doorstep | Jeanne D'Arcy ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | director, instrumentalist, saxophone, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-041560 | 10-in. | 8/15/1939 | Mexiconga | Jeanne D'Arcy ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band ; Three Jacks | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet and male vocal trio | director, instrumentalist, saxophone, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-041561 | 10-in. | 8/15/1939 | Hawaii sang me to sleep | Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band ; Shorty Shipper | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-041562 | 10-in. | 8/15/1939 | Hey, good looking | Jeanne D'Arcy ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band ; Three Jacks | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet and male vocal trio | director, instrumentalist, saxophone, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-041563 | 10-in. | 8/15/1939 | It's a hundred to one (I'm in love) | Jeanne D'Arcy ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band ; Three Jacks | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal trio | director, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-062719 | 10-in. | 2/27/1941 | Toy piano minuet | Joe Reichman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Decca | 69098 | 10-in. | 4/30/1941 | The man on the flying trapeze | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69099 | 10-in. | 4/30/1941 | There is a tavern in the town | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69100 | 10-in. | 4/30/1941 | Toy piano minuet | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69101 | 10-in. | 4/30/1941 | Alexander the swoose-1 | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 69216 | 10-in. | 5/20/1941 | Daddy | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 69217 | 10-in. | 5/20/1941 | The husut song-1 | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 69218 | 10-in. | 5/20/1941 | Mobile flag stop | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 69219 | 10-in. | 5/20/1941 | At a Georgia camp meeting | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69756 | 10-in. | 9/19/1941 | Ma-Ma-Maria-1 | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 69757 | 10-in. | 9/19/1941 | Concerto for two | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 69758 | 10-in. | 9/19/1941 | Mama | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69759 | 10-in. | 9/19/1941 | A clarinet in a haunted house | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 69832 | 10-in. | 10/17/1941 | Baby mine | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 69833 | 10-in. | 10/17/1941 | When I see an elephant fly | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69834 | 10-in. | 10/17/1941 | The penny polka | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69835 | 10-in. | 10/17/1941 | The biggest aspidastra in the world | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69925 | 10-in. | 11/11/1941 | Modern design | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69926 | 10-in. | 11/11/1941 | The man with the lollypop song | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69927 | 10-in. | 11/11/1941 | The skunk song-1 | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 69928 | 10-in. | 11/11/1941 | Says who? Says you, says I! | Johnny Messner Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Messner, Johnny," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104413.
Messner, Johnny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104413.
"Messner, Johnny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Johnny Messner
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Messner, Johnny, 1909-1986 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83196097
Wikidata: Johnny Messner - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3096070
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/32188747
MusicBrainz: Johnny Messner - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/edf87080-d7e1-40e4-8e42-18deea9ee1f1
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