Walter Donaldson

Walter Donaldson (February 15, 1893 – July 15, 1947) was an American prolific popular songwriter and publishing company founder, composing many hit songs of the 1910s to 1940s, that have become standards and form part of the Great American Songbook.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 15, 1893 (New York City), Died July 15, 1947 (Santa Monica)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1915 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, songwriter

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Recordings (Results 1326-1350 of 1450 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Edison	8262	10-in.	10/20/1921	April showers	Club de Vingt Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	8399	10-in.	3/30/1922	Georgia	Don Parker Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Edison	8467	10-in.	5/25/1922	Sweet Indiana home	Broadway Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter, composer
Edison	8535	10-in.	7/19/1922	My buddy	Walter Scanlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	8547	10-in.	7/26/1922	Dixie Highway	Broadway Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	8877	10-in.	3/13/1923	Little Rover (Don't forget to come back home)	Billy Jones	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	8889	10-in.	3/23/1923	Seven or eleven (My Dixie pair o' dice)	Ernest Hare	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	8892	10-in.	3/26/1923	Seven or eleven (My Dixie pair o' dice)	Kaplan's Melodists	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	8919	10-in.	4/11/1923	Starlight Bay	Green Brothers' Novelty Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	8949	10-in.	4/28/1923	Beside a babbling brook	Broadway Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	8960	10-in.	5/4/1923	Beside a babbling brook	Criterion Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	8981	10-in.	5/16/1923	Carolina in the morning	Broadway Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	9032	10-in.	6/14/1923	On the Isle of Wicki Wacki Woo	Aileen Stanley	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	9132	10-in.	8/31/1923	Cannibola	Broadway Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Edison	9372	10-in.	2/8/1924	Mindin' my bus'ness	Ernest Hare	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	9463	10-in.	4/11/1924	In the evening	Vernon Dalhart ; Ed Smalle	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	9482	10-in.	4/24/1924	My papa doesn't two-time no time	Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	9505	10-in.	5/9/1924	What's to-day got to do with to-morrow	Tommy Monaco Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	9827	10-in.	11/5/1924	Back where the daffodils grow	Green Brothers' Novelty Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	9844	10-in.	11/12/1924	My best girl	Vernon Dalhart ; Kaplan's Melodists	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Edison	9927	10-in.	1/5/1925	Somebody like you	Dave Harman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	10316	10-in.	4/14/1925	Swanee butterfly	Broadway Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	10339	10-in.	4/29/1925	The midnight waltz	Jack Stillman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	10389	10-in.	5/21/1925	Let it rain, let it pour (I'll be in Virginia in the morning)	Arthur Hall ; John Ryan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	10406	10-in.	5/27/1925	Oh Maw! Oh Paw! Isn't she the sweetest thing	Clover Garden Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer

(Results 1326-1350 of 1450 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Donaldson, Walter," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106121.

Donaldson, Walter. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106121.

"Donaldson, Walter." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.

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