George Erwin
George "Pee Wee" Erwin (May 30, 1913 – June 20, 1981) was an American jazz trumpeter. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 30, 1913 (Falls City), Died June 20, 1981 (Teaneck)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1962
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, performer
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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 | MS-92210 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late April 1935 | Makin' whoopee | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | MS-92211 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late April 1935 | I would do most anything for you | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | MS-92212 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late April 1935 | Rose room | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | MS-92213 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late April 1935 | Pardon my love | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | MS-92214 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late April 1935 | St. Louis blues | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | MS-92215 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late April 1935 | Can't we be friends | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | MS-92216 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late April 1935 | Royal Garden blues | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | MS-92217 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late April 1935 | When we're alone | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | MS-92218 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late April 1935 | Sometimes I'm happy | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | MS-92219 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late April 1935 | Anything goes | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | MS-92220 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late April 1935 | Down by the river | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | MS-92221 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late April 1935 | Ding dong daddy from Dumas | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | MS-92222 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late April 1935 | Stompin' at the Savoy | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-06619 | 10-in. | 3/10/1937 | They all laughed | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-06620 | 10-in. | 3/10/1937 | (I've got) Beginner's luck | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-06621 | 10-in. | 3/10/1937 | Wanted | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-06622 | 10-in. | 3/10/1937 | Blue Danube | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-06623 | 10-in. | 3/10/1937 | Dark eyes | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-06674 | 10-in. | 3/17/1937 | Turn off the moon | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-06675 | 10-in. | 3/17/1937 | Jammin' | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-06676 | 10-in. | 3/17/1937 | I've got rain in my eyes | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-07803 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | The milkman's matinee | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-07804 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | Twilight in Turkey | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-07805 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | He's a Gypsy from Poughkeepsie | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-07806 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | Alibi baby | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-07807 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | Wake up and live | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-07808 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | Nola | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-07809 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | Satan takes a holiday | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | CS-07810 | 12-in. | 4/15/1937 | Stop, look and listen | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-07897 | 10-in. | 5/6/1937 | Love is never out of season | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-07898 | 10-in. | 5/6/1937 | If I put my heart in my song | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-07899 | 10-in. | 5/6/1937 | Our penthouse on Third Avenue | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-010129 | 10-in. | 5/6/1937 | (Can't you hear that) Mountain music | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-010130 | 10-in. | 5/6/1937 | Good mornin' | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-010148 | 10-in. | 5/12/1937 | Humoresque | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-010149 | 10-in. | 5/12/1937 | Goin' home | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-010342 | 10-in. | 5/26/1937 | You're precious to me | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-010343 | 10-in. | 5/26/1937 | Happy birthday to love | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-010344 | 10-in. | 5/26/1937 | Strangers in the dark | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | CS-010345 | 12-in. | 5/26/1937 | Beale Street blues | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-010558 | 10-in. | 6/12/1937 | Is this gonna be my lucky summer? | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-010560 | 10-in. | 6/12/1937 | Who'll be the one this summer? | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-011359 | 10-in. | 7/21/1937 | Passionette | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-011360 | 10-in. | 7/21/1937 | Morning air | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-011361 | 10-in. | 7/21/1937 | Canadian capers | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-011362 | 10-in. | 7/21/1937 | The morning after | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-011363 | 10-in. | 7/21/1937 | Once in a while | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-013522 | 10-in. | 9/11/1937 | The lady is a tramp | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-013523 | 10-in. | 9/11/1937 | Tears in my heart | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-013524 | 10-in. | 9/11/1937 | Josephine | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Jack Leonard | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-013525 | 10-in. | 9/11/1937 | If the man in the moon were a coon | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Jack Leonard | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-014668 | 10-in. | 10/12/1937 | Getting some fun out of life | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-014669 | 10-in. | 10/12/1937 | In a mission by the sea | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-018421 | 10-in. | 1/27/1938 | How can you forget | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-018422 | 10-in. | 1/27/1938 | More than ever | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-018423 | 10-in. | 1/27/1938 | There's a boy in Harlem | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-018424 | 10-in. | 1/27/1938 | Annie Laurie | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal quartet | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | PBS-019418 | 10-in. | 7/9/1938 | The sheik of Araby | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | PBS-019428 | 10-in. | 7/11/1938 | Chinatown, my Chinatown | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-019617 | 10-in. | 2/3/1938 | Annie Laurie | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal quartet | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-037134 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | Rendezvous in Paree | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-037135 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | How am I to know | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-037136 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | Is it possible | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-037137 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | Well all right! (Tonight's the night) | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-037138 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | La rosita | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-037139 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | All I remember is you | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-037140 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | Judgment is coming | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | CS-037141 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | Swing low sweet chariot | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | D5AB-0655 | 10-in. | 10/1/1945 | Blue Texas moonlight | Elton Britt | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | D5AB-0682 | 10-in. | 10/15/1945 | Wave to me, my lady | Elton Britt | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | D5AB-0683 | 10-in. | 10/15/1945 | Candlelight and roses (Billy Hill's last song) | Elton Britt ; Skytoppers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | D5AB-0684 | 10-in. | 10/15/1945 | Ridin' with my gal | Elton Britt | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | D5AB-0962 | 10-in. | 11/27/1945 | Would you cry? | Buchanan Brothers ; Georgia Catamounts | Male vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | D5AB-0963 | 10-in. | 11/27/1945 | My little boy blue | Buchanan Brothers ; Georgia Catamounts | Male vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | D5AB-0964 | 10-in. | 11/27/1945 | Am I still P-A-R-T of your H-E-A-R-T? | Buchanan Brothers ; Georgia Catamounts | Male vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | D5AB-0965 | 10-in. | 11/27/1945 | (When I put on my) long white robe | Buchanan Brothers ; Georgia Catamounts | Male vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Decca | 84655 | 6/4/1953 | One beer | Chuck Murphy | performer | |||
| Decca | 84656 | 6/4/1953 | Throw him out | Chuck Murphy | performer | |||
| Decca | 84657 | 6/4/1953 | A 2-D gal in a 3-D town | Chuck Murphy | performer | |||
| Decca | 85478 | 11/5/1953 | At the jazz band ball | Pee Wee Erwin | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 85479 | 11/5/1953 | Basin Street blues | Pee Wee Erwin | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 85480 | 11/5/1953 | Tea for two | Pee Wee Erwin | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 85481 | 11/5/1953 | Lassus trombone | Pee Wee Erwin | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 85482 | 11/5/1953 | Memphis blues | Pee Wee Erwin | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 85483 | 11/5/1953 | Panama | Pee Wee Erwin | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 85484 | 11/5/1953 | Dixieland shuffle | Pee Wee Erwin | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 85485 | 11/5/1953 | Satanic blues | Pee Wee Erwin | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 85832 | 2/5/1954 | My melancholy baby | Jill Allen | performer | |||
| Decca | 85894 | 2/24/1954 | Closer, closer, closer | Jill Allen | performer | |||
| Decca | 85895 | 2/24/1954 | When Irish eyes are smiling | Jill Allen | performer | |||
| Decca | 111944 | 3/21/1962 | Chicago | Henry Jerome Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 111945 | 3/21/1962 | Sweet Lorraine | Henry Jerome Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 111946 | 3/21/1962 | South Rampart Street parade | Henry Jerome Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 111947 | 3/21/1962 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball | Henry Jerome Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Erwin, Pee Wee," accessed April 15, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105304.
Erwin, Pee Wee. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 15, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105304.
"Erwin, Pee Wee." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 15 April 2024.
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Wikipedia: Pee Wee Erwin
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LCNAR: Erwin, Pee Wee, 1913-1981 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86052209
Wikidata: Pee Wee Erwin - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066938
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MusicBrainz: Pee Wee Erwin - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2f4edec3-4110-4469-af6b-093c2c18b4ff
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