Frances Langford
Julia Frances Newbern-Langford (April 4, 1913 – July 11, 2005) was an American singer and actress who was popular during the Golden Age of Radio and made film and television appearances for over two decades. She was known as the "GI Nightingale", an American armed-forces sweetheart, who entertained troops touring often with Bob Hope. |
Birth and Death Data: Born April 4, 1913 (Lakeland), Died July 11, 2005 (Jensen Beach)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1931 - 1942
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, contralto
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | LBS-71771 | 10-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | 10/25/1932 | Show boat medley | Jesse Crawford ; Frances Langford ; Robert Simmons | Pipe organ solo, with female and male vocal solos | vocalist, contralto | |
| Victor | BS-71773 | 10-in. | 10/25/1932 | When mother played the organ | Jesse Crawford ; Frances Langford | Pipe organ solo, with female vocal solo | vocalist, contralto | |
| Victor | BS-75535 | 10-in. | 3/17/1933 | Moon song (That wasn't meant for me) | Frances Langford | Female vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | vocalist, contralto | |
| Victor | BS-75536 | 10-in. | 3/17/1933 | Meet me in the gloaming | Frances Langford | Female vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | vocalist, contralto | |
| Victor | BRC-Test-468 | 10-in. | 6/15/1931 | Wabash moon | Frances Langford | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, contralto | |
| Victor | BRC-Test-1118 | 10-in. | 7/1/1931 | I'm thru with love | Frances Langford | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, contralto | |
| Columbia | W152234 | 10-in. | 7/1/1932 | Now you've got me worryin' for you | Central Park Casino Orchestra ; Eddy Duchin ; Frances Langford | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist, contralto | |
| Columbia | W152247 | 10-in. | 8/1/1932 | I can't believe it's true | The Four New Yorkers ; Frances Langford | Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, contralto | |
| Columbia | W152248 | 10-in. | 8/1/1932 | Having a good time, wish you were here | The Four New Yorkers ; Frances Langford | Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, contralto | |
| Columbia | W265054 | 10-in. | 2/16/1933 | You hi-de-hi-ing me | Frances Langford | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, contralto | |
| Decca | 70881 | 10-in. | 6/14/1942 | Can't help lovin' dat man | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70882 | 10-in. | 6/14/1942 | Bill | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70883 | 10-in. | 6/14/1942 | Serenade in blue | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70884 | 10-in. | 6/14/1942 | At last | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 265 | 10-in. | 11/19/1935 | You hit the spot | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 266 | 10-in. | 11/19/1935 | Will I ever know? | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 267 | 10-in. | 11/19/1935 | Dream girl of Pi.K.A. | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 343 | 10-in. | 4/4/1936 | The hills of old Wyomin-1 | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 344 | 10-in. | 4/4/1936 | I don't want to make history (I just want to make love) | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 345 | 10-in. | 4/4/1936 | Melody fromm the sky | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 346 | 10-in. | 4/4/1936 | Is it true what they say about Dixie? | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 489 | 10-in. | 7/30/1936 | When did you leave heaven? | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 490 | 10-in. | 7/30/1936 | Long ago and far away | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 491 | 10-in. | 7/30/1936 | It's like reaching for the moon | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 492 | 10-in. | 7/30/1936 | Deep shadows | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 508 | 10-in. | 8/3/1936 | Easy to love | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 509 | 10-in. | 8/3/1936 | Red tap on wood | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 537 | 10-in. | 8/5/1936 | I've got you under my skin | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 556 | 10-in. | 8/12/1936 | Swingin' the jinx away | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 573 | 10-in. | 8/13/1936 | When did you leave heaven? | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 579 | 12-in. | 8/17/1936 | Pennies from heaven medley: Let's call a heart a heart ; So do I ; The skeleton in the closet | Louis Armstrong ; Bing Crosby ; Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 580 | 12-in. | 8/17/1936 | Pennies from heaven | Louis Armstrong ; Bing Crosby ; Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 755 | 10-in. | 3/14/1937 | Sweet heartache | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 756 | 10-in. | 3/14/1937 | Was it rain? | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 916 | 10-in. | 9/14/1937 | Harbor lights | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 917 | 10-in. | 9/14/1937 | Stardust on the moon | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 918 | 10-in. | 9/14/1937 | My cabin of dreams | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 919 | 10-in. | 9/14/1937 | So many memories | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 926 | 10-in. | 9/16/1937 | Dream girl of Pi.K.A. | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 927 | 10-in. | 9/16/1937 | Little fraternity pin | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 928 | 10-in. | 9/16/1937 | If it's the last thing I do | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 929 | 10-in. | 9/16/1937 | Everything you said came true | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 969 | 10-in. | 9/25/1937 | Silhouetted in the moonlight | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 970 | 10-in. | 9/25/1937 | Can't teach my old heart new tricks | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1025 | 10-in. | 11/7/1937 | I'm gettin' sentimental over you | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1026 | 10-in. | 11/7/1937 | Sweet someone | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1027 | 10-in. | 11/7/1937 | Once in a while | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1028 | 10-in. | 11/7/1937 | Farewell my love | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1192 | 10-in. | 4/6/1938 | Please be kind | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1193 | 10-in. | 4/6/1938 | At your beck and call | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1194 | 10-in. | 4/6/1938 | Night and day | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1205 | 10-in. | 4/11/1938 | Carry me back to old Virginny | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1206 | 12-in. | 4/11/1938 | Little grey home in the West | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1286 | 10-in. | 4/25/1938 | Then you've never been blue | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1291 | 10-in. | 5/3/1938 | Serenade (Schubert) | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1292 | 10-in. | 5/3/1938 | The last rose of Summer | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1556 | 10-in. | 11/10/1938 | Silent night, Holy night | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1557 | 10-in. | 11/10/1938 | O come all ye faithful | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1563 | 10-in. | 11/19/1938 | At long last love | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1564 | 10-in. | 11/19/1938 | Hurry home | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1565 | 10-in. | 11/19/1938 | I won't tell a soul | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1581 | 10-in. | 11/23/1938 | Everybody's laughing | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1624 | 10-in. | 12/9/1938 | Gypsy love song (from Fortune Teller) | Bing Crosby ; Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1625 | 10-in. | 12/9/1938 | I'm falling in love with someone (from Naughty Marietta) | Bing Crosby ; Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1626 | 10-in. | 12/9/1938 | 'Neath the Southern moon | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1627 | 10-in. | 12/9/1938 | A kiss in the dark | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1653 | 10-in. | 12/14/1938 | From now on | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1654 | 10-in. | 12/14/1938 | Get out of town | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1655 | 10-in. | 12/13/1938 | Falling in love with love | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1656 | 10-in. | 12/14/1938 | You have cast your shadow on the sea | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1685 | 10-in. | 12/17/1938 | This can't be love | Frances Langford ; Rudy Vallée | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1686 | 10-in. | 12/17/1938 | The shortest day of the year | Frances Langford ; Rudy Vallée | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1729 | 10-in. | 3/17/1939 | This is it | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1730 | 10-in. | 3/17/1939 | It's all yours | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1731 | 10-in. | 3/17/1939 | Tears from my inkwell | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1732 | 10-in. | 3/17/1939 | A fool for love | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1738 | 10-in. | 3/24/1939 | Blue evening | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1741 | 10-in. | 3/30/1939 | (I'm in love with) The Honorable Mr. So-and-So | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1791 | 10-in. | 6/30/1939 | Someone to watch over me | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1792 | 10-in. | 6/30/1939 | The man I love | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1798 | 10-in. | 7/1/1939 | Moonglow | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1799 | 10-in. | 7/1/1939 | I'm in the mood for love | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1800 | 10-in. | 7/1/1939 | Blue moon | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1801 | 10-in. | 7/1/1939 | Paradise | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1802 | 10-in. | 7/3/1939 | Body and soul | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1803 | 10-in. | 7/3/1939 | The boulevard of broken dreams | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1804 | 10-in. | 7/3/1939 | Am I blue? | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1805 | 10-in. | 7/3/1939 | Echoes of Hawaii | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1806 | 10-in. | 7/3/1939 | The man with the mandolin | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1807 | 10-in. | 7/3/1939 | Between the devil and the deep blue sea | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1930 | 10-in. | 2/19/1940 | Kuu ipo (My sweetheart) | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1931 | 10-in. | 2/19/1940 | Moonlight over Molokai | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1932 | 10-in. | 2/19/1940 | When Hilo Hattie does the Hilo hop | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1933 | 10-in. | 2/19/1940 | Manuela boy | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1947 | 10-in. | 2/24/1940 | With the wind and the rain in your hair | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1948 | 10-in. | 2/24/1940 | Say it | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1949 | 10-in. | 2/24/1940 | Palms of paradise | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1950 | 10-in. | 2/24/1940 | When you wish upon a star | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2078 | 10-in. | 7/30/1940 | Love lies | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2079 | 10-in. | 7/30/1940 | Dreaming out loud | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2080 | 10-in. | 7/30/1940 | You're nearer | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2081 | 10-in. | 7/30/1940 | And so do I | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2128 | 10-in. | 9/6/1940 | Two dreams met | Frances Langford ; Tony Martin | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2129 | 10-in. | 9/6/1940 | Our love affair | Frances Langford ; Tony Martin | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2143 | 10-in. | 9/10/1940 | Who am I? | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2144 | 10-in. | 9/10/1940 | In the cool of the evening | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2660 | 10-in. | 8/20/1941 | Lovely hula hands | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2661 | 10-in. | 8/20/1941 | South Sea Sadie | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2662 | 10-in. | 8/20/1941 | In Waikiki | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2663 | 10-in. | 8/20/1941 | White ginger blossoms | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2742 | 10-in. | 9/9/1941 | White blossoms of Tah-Ni | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2743 | 10-in. | 9/9/1941 | Tropical magic | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2744 | 10-in. | 9/9/1941 | Smilin' through | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2745 | 10-in. | 9/9/1941 | A little love, a little kiss | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2863 | 10-in. | 1/28/1942 | April in my heart | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2864 | 10-in. | 1/28/1942 | Baltimore oriole | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2889 | 10-in. | 2/6/1942 | Blue Tahitian moon | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2890 | 10-in. | 2/6/1942 | I'll be seeing you | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2891 | 10-in. | 2/6/1942 | In the blue hills of Maine | Frances Langford | vocalist | ||
| Decca | L 3108 | 10-in. | 7/19/1942 | Why do I love you? (from Showboat) | Frances Langford ; Tony Martin | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Langford, Frances," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104910.
Langford, Frances. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104910.
"Langford, Frances." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.
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