Haven Gillespie

James Lamont Gillespie (February 6, 1888 – March 14, 1975) pen name Haven Gillespie, was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. He was the writer of "You Go to My Head", "Honey", "By the Sycamore Tree", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Breezin' Along With The Breeze", "Right or Wrong," "Beautiful Love", "Drifting and Dreaming", and "Louisiana Fairy Tale" (Fats Waller's recording of which was used as the first theme song in the PBS Production of This Old House), each song in collaboration with other people such as Beasley Smith, Ervin R. Schmidt, Richard A. Whiting, Wayne King, and Loyal Curtis. He also wrote the seasonal standard "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town".

Birth and Death Data: Born February 6, 1888 (Covington), Died March 14, 1975 (Las Vegas)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer

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Recordings (Results 126-150 of 200 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
OKeh W401546 10-in. 1/19/1929 Right or wrong Georgia Crackers ; Emmett Miller Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band lyricist  
OKeh W401779 10-in. 4/3/1929 Honey Carolina Club Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal quartet songwriter  
OKeh W401845 10-in. 5/1/1929 Honey Smith Ballew Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band songwriter  
OKeh W403602 10-in. 1/9/1930 Do ya love me? Hal Kemp Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
OKeh W403758 10-in. 2/14/1930 Love is like that Seger Ellis Male vocal solo, with violin, cello, and piano lyricist  
OKeh [OK cat 1186-A] 10-in. approximately 1919 Liberty Bell ring on Royal Dadmun Male vocal solo lyricist  
Brunswick 5242-5243 10-in. approximately Mar. 1921 Some little bird Carl Fenton’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 10654-10656 10-in. 5/15/1923 Honey, dat’s all Criterion Quartet Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Brunswick 12826-12828 10-in. 4/8/1924 Until tomorrow James J. Sheridan Male vocal solo, with female vocal trio and orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick 13279-13282 10-in. 6/11/1924 Scissor grinder Joe Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick E27541 10-in. 5/11/1928 Right or wrong Peggy English Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick E29077 10-in. 1/18/1929 Honey Clevelanders ; Dick Robertson Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) lyricist  
Brunswick E29138 10-in. 1/21/1929 Honey Chester Gaylord Male vocal solo, with steel guitar and piano lyricist  
Brunswick E31026 10-in. 10/14/1929 Nenita Pilar Arcos ; Los Castilians Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band songwriter  
Brunswick E34394 10-in. Sept. 1930 Drifting and dreaming Castlewood Marimba Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet lyricist  
Brunswick E35885 10-in. 12/30/1930 The Sleepy Town Express Detroiters ; Milt Shaw Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo composer  
Brunswick E36219 10-in. 3/4/1931 Beautiful love Mark Fisher’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Brunswick E36458 10-in. 4/11/1931 Beautiful love Regent Club Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Brunswick E36480 10-in. 3/17/1931 Fool me some more! Detroiters ; Milt Shaw Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Brunswick E36672 10-in. 4/29/1931 Beautiful love Regent Club Orchestra [Victor Young Orchestra] ; Victor Young Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Brunswick E37369 10-in. 11/20/1931 By the sycamore tree Art Kahn's Orchestra [Brunswick Studio Orchestra] Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Brunswick E2452-E2454 10-in. 2/16/1926 Blinky Moon Bay Night Club Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Brunswick E2518-E2520 10-in. 2/19/1926 Drifting and dreaming Ben Selvin and his Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with guitar duet (Hawaiian) lyricist  
Brunswick E3338-E3340 10-in. 6/30/1926 Breezin’ along with the breeze Blue Ribbon Quartet Male vocal quartet lyricist  
Brunswick E3664-E3665 10-in. 9/2/1926 Breezin’ along with the breeze The Ambassadors [Brunswick Records] ; Louis Katzman Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio lyricist  
(Results 126-150 of 200 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gillespie, Haven," accessed April 23, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106488.

Gillespie, Haven. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106488.

"Gillespie, Haven." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 April 2024.

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URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106488

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LCNAR: Gillespie, Haven, 1888-1975 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92014471

Wikidata: Haven Gillespie - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3783706

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/61815541

MusicBrainz: Haven Gillespie - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d0693759-d13d-4661-871d-0eb8500acecc

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/299198

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