George Price
George Edwards "Georgie" Price (January 5, 1901 – May 10, 1964) was an American vaudeville singer and comic who performed in Vitaphone shorts in the 1920s and 1930s. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 5, 1901 (New York City), Died May 10, 1964 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1918 - 1940
Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal, lyricist, songwriter, speaker, vocalist
Notes: Name often appears as Georgie Price.
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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 | B-26448 | 10-in. | 5/2/1922 | Angel child | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-26817 | 10-in. | 8/7/1922 | I'll stand beneath your window to-night and whistle | Billy Murray ; Aileen Stanley | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-27673 | 10-in. | 3/26/1923 | Dearest (you're the nearest to my heart) | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | B-27674 | 10-in. | 3/26/1923 | Morning will come | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | B-27775 | 10-in. | 4/24/1923 | Barney Google | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | B-27776 | 10-in. | 4/24/1923 | Beside a babbling brook | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | B-29097 | 10-in. | 12/18/1923 | Ellis Island blues | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | B-29162 | 10-in. | 12/28/1923 | Yes, dear | George Price | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, tenor vocal, lyricist | |
| Victor | B-29164 | 10-in. | 12/28/1923 | I'm goin' south | George Price ; Virginians | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | B-29355 | 10-in. | 1/28/1924 | Nita (I need you) | George Price | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, tenor vocal, lyricist | |
| Victor | B-29356 | 10-in. | 1/28/1924 | California, here I come | The Manhattan Merrymakers ; George Price | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | B-30132 | 10-in. | 5/23/1924 | Nobody's child | George Price ; The Troubadours | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, tenor vocal, lyricist | |
| Victor | B-30133 | 10-in. | 5/23/1924 | You know me Alabam' | George Price ; The Troubadours | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | B-30814 | 10-in. | 9/12/1924 | Bring back those rock-a-bye baby days | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | B-30834 | 10-in. | 9/19/1924 | My best girl | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | B-32415 | 10-in. | 4/10/1925 | Isn't she the sweetest thing | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | B-32416 | 10-in. | 4/10/1925 | Swanee butterfly | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | B-32417 | 10-in. | 4/10/1925 | All aboard for heaven (All aboard for home sweet home) | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-33827 | 10-in. | 10/30/1925 | Mother me, Tennessee | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-33828 | 10-in. | 10/30/1925 | Clap hands! Here comes Charley | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-34111 | 10-in. | 12/2/1925 | My bundle of love | Gene Austin | Male vocal solo, with violin and piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-34131 | 10-in. | 12/9/1925 | Where the huckleberries grow | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-34140 | 10-in. | 12/14/1925 | Miami, you owe a lot to me | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-47576 | 10-in. | 10/1/1928 | You're gone | Park Central Orchestra ; Ben Pollack | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | MVE-56099 | 16-in. | 10/7/1929 | Station B. U. N. K. | George Price | Motion picture soundtrack : Comic scene, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal, speaker | |
| Victor | BS-053135 | 10-in. | 6/13/1940 | Angel child | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-Test-128 | 10-in. | 8/20/1928 | Song of the south | George Price | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1918-05-10-01] | Not documented | 5/10/1918 | Someone else may be there while I'm gone | George Price | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1920-03-31-04] | Not documented | 3/31/1920 | You said it | George Price | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1923-03-09-03] | 10-in. | 3/9/1923 | Carolina in the morning | George Price | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1923-03-09-04] | 10-in. | 3/9/1923 | Monologues | George Price | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | [Trial 1923-04-18-02] | 10-in. | 4/18/1923 | Barney Google | George Price | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1923-04-18-03] | 10-in. | 4/18/1923 | Falling | George Price | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1923-04-18-04] | 10-in. | 4/18/1923 | Beside a babbling brook | George Price | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1923-04-18-05] | 10-in. | 4/18/1923 | That American boy of mine | George Price | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1923-04-18-06] | 10-in. | 4/18/1923 | Boots | George Price | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | [Trial 1923-04-18-07] | 12-in. | 4/18/1923 | Shakespeare | George Price | Monologue | speaker | |
| Columbia | 80174 | 10-in. | 2/2/1922 | Angel child | Columbians Dance Orchestra De Luxe | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 80500 | 10-in. | 8/4/1922 | I'll stand beneath your window tonight and whistle | Al Jolson | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W141611 | 10-in. | 2/8/1926 | My bundle of love | Ed Smalle | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W145272 | 10-in. | 12/5/1927 | Normandy | Clicquot Club Eskimos ; Harry Reser ; Tom Stacks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W146925 | 10-in. | 8/29/1928 | There's a rainbow 'round my shoulder | Joe Herbert | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W146926 | 10-in. | 8/29/1928 | Dusky stevedore | Joe Herbert | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Columbia | 147757 | 10-in. | 1/8/1929 | That's the good old sunny South | Joe Herbert | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Columbia | 147758 | 10-in. | 1/8/1929 | That's her now! | Joe Herbert | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| OKeh | 9543 | 10-in. | 3/1/1926 | My bundle of love | Castle of Paris Orchestra ; Emerson Gill | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E35124 | 10-in. | Nov. 1930 | The song of the fool | Georgie Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E35125 | 10-in. | Nov. 1930 | Mender of broken dreams | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Brunswick | E35253 | 10-in. | Nov. 1930 | Cheerful little earful | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Brunswick | E35469 | 10-in. | Nov. 1930 | Mender of broken dreams | George Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Brunswick | E2575-E2577 | 10-in. | 3/2/1926 | My bundle of love | The Ambassadors | Jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E18191-E18193 | 10-in. | 3/4/1926 | My bundle of love | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra ; George Price | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal, lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E18451-E18454 | 10-in. | 3/12/1926 | My bundle of love | Nick Lucas | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | C223-C224 | 10-in. | 4/23/1926 | My bundle of love | Nick Lucas | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | lyricist | |
| Edison | 7805 | 10-in. | 2/17/1921 | 'Sippi Shore | Georgie Price | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 18125 | 10-in. | 12/22/1927 | Normandy | Theo Alban ; Louis Lilienfeld Hotel Biltmore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Price, George," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105292.
Price, George. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105292.
"Price, George." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Price, George, 1901-1964 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86039284
Wikidata: Georgie Price - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16003685
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/48242215
MusicBrainz: Georgie Price - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/89d6693b-d2f9-47ed-9a46-438f20f68598
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