Sid Silvers
Sid Silvers (January 16, 1901 in Brooklyn, New York – August 20, 1976 in Brooklyn) was an American actor, comedian, lyricist, and writer. Silvers began his career in vaudeville in the early 1920s as a comedy partner of Phil Baker. As part of their act, Silvers would heckle Baker from the audience. The Baker/Silvers act was later used as the basis for the 1951 Martin and Lewis film The Stooge. The duo continued to perform together up through 1928. In 1925 Silvers made his Broadway debut in the review Artists and Models. He also appeared in the review A Night in Spain in 1927 and contributed lyrics to the musicals The Song Writer (1928) and Pleasure Bound (1929). He wrote the book for the 1931 musical You Said It. He returned to the Broadway stage in 1932 to portray Louie Webb in the musical Take a Chance. He later wrote the music and lyrics to the review New Faces of 1936. Silvers made his film debut in the 1929 feature The Show of Shows and then went on to play supporting roles in such films as Dancing Sweeties (1930), Bottoms Up (1934), Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934), Born to Dance (1936), and Broadway Melody of 1936, notably also serving as a scriptwriter on the latter two films. He often contributed special comedy material to some of the larger MGM productions, including The Wizard of Oz in 1939. In the 1940s Silvers was mainly active as a performer on the stage and on radio. He made his final film appearance in 1946, playing a featured comic role in Mr. Ace. In the 1950s, he was a writer for The Mickey Rooney Show. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 16, 1901 (Brooklyn), Died August 20, 1976 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1925 - 1938
Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter, lyricist, tenor vocal, speaker, composer
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Recordings (Results 26-45 of 45 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W351024 | 10-in. | 5/28/1931 | Let's get friendly | Selvin’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W351085 | 10-in. | 8/18/1931 | Alone in a corner | Lloyd Keating and his Music [Selvin's Orchestra] ; Robert Wood [Jerry Solow] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | W81113 | 10-in. | 6/27/1927 | Love and kisses (From baby to you) | Ted Wallace and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
OKeh | W81547 | 10-in. | 10/14/1927 | Did you mean it? | Seger Ellis ; Justin Ring Trio | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | songwriter | |
OKeh | W81576 | 10-in. | 10/26/1927 | Did you mean it? | Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
OKeh | W81791 | 10-in. | 11/7/1927 | Did you mean it? | Royal Music Makers | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
OKeh | W82084 | 10-in. | 12/16/1927 | Did you mean it? | Elite Trio | Vocal, with piano | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E29761 | 10-in. | May 1929 | Little pal | Sid Silvers | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | E29762 | 10-in. | May 1929 | Why can’t you? | Sid Silvers | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | E36452 | 10-in. | 4/9/1931 | Let’s get friendly | Crooning Troubadours ; Nick Lucas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E6796-E6797 | 10-in. | 11/16/1927 | Did you mean it? | Jay’s Chelsea Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E23929-E23932 | 10-in. | 7/11/1927 | Love and kisses (From baby to you) | Colonial Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (takes E23931-E23932) | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E24047-E24049 | 10-in. | 7/20/1927 | Love and kisses (From baby to you) | Colonial Club Orchestra ; Louis Katzman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E25244-E25246 | 10-in. | 11/18/1927 | Did you mean it? | Eddy Thomas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Brunswick | C1112-C1115 | 10-in. | 9/5/1927 | Did you mean it? | Californians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take C1115) | songwriter | |
Brunswick | C1525-C1526 | 10-in. | 1/16/1928 | Rainy day pal | Elmo Tanner | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
Brunswick | 444W-448W | 10-in. | 2/25/1925 | Look at those eyes | Golden Pheasant Orchestra ; Austin Wylie | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Edison | 18065 | 10-in. | 11/29/1927 | Did you mean it? | Arthur Fields ; Joe Green Novelty Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Vocalion | 22922 | 10-in. | 5/11/1938 | The moon looks down and laughs | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL2510 | 10-in. | 10/22/1930 | Pretty little baby | Josephine Baker | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Silvers, Sid," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105940.
Silvers, Sid. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105940.
"Silvers, Sid." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Silvers, Sid, 1901-1976 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88226306
Wikidata: Sid Silvers - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7507909
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/1573446
MusicBrainz: Sid Silvers - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e4c1bde5-6c88-4a80-822c-7a2c9bb10308
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