Herman Paley
Birth and Death Data: Born April 5, 1879, Died November 4, 1955
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1904 - 1942
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, piano
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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 | A-1672 | 7-in. | 9/7/1904 | Virginia | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | B-1672 | 10-in. | 9/7/1904 | Virginia | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | B-1884 | 10-in. | 11/2/1904 | Virginia | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-2158 | 10-in. | 1/18/1905 | Won't you fondle me | Billy Murray ; Bob Roberts | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-2756 | 10-in. | 9/19/1905 | Sympathy | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-2942 | 10-in. | 12/12/1905 | 'Sympathy' medley | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-3136 | 10-in. | 2/21/1906 | Anxious | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-3203 | 10-in. | 3/23/1906 | Is it warm enough for you? | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | E-3203 | 8-in. | 3/23/1906 | Is it warm enough for you? | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-3393 | 10-in. | 5/17/1906 | Everybody gives me good advice | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | E-3393 | 8-in. | 5/17/1906 | Everybody gives me good advice | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-3796 | 10-in. | 9/17/1906 | When a poor relation comes to town | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-3920 | 10-in. | 10/23/1906 | Cheer up, Mary | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | E-4039 | 8-in. | 11/14/1906 | Cheer up, Mary | Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-4039 | 10-in. | 11/14/1906 | Cheer up, Mary | Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | E-4463 | 8-in. | 5/7/1907 | Deutschland | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-4463 | 10-in. | 5/7/1907 | Deutschland | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | E-4466 | 8-in. | 5/7/1907 | A friend of mine told a friend of mine | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-4466 | 10-in. | 5/7/1907 | A friend of mine told a friend of mine | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-4938 | 10-in. | 11/18/1907 | Keep on smiling | Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | E-4938 | 8-in. | 11/18/1907 | Keep on smiling | Haydn Quartet ; Billy Murray | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-8958 | 10-in. | 5/16/1910 | Angel eyes | Elida Morris ; Billy Murray | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | C-9091 | 12-in. | 6/15/1910 | What good is water when you're dry? | Nora Bayes | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-10836 | 10-in. | 7/27/1911 | Billy (She always dreams of Bill) | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-14964 | 10-in. | 6/17/1914 | When it's night-time down in Burgundy | George MacFarlane | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-16220 | 10-in. | 7/23/1915 | The sweetest girl in Monterey | James F. Harrison ; James Reed | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-16441 | 10-in. | 9/1/1915 | Dancing the jelly roll | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | C-16861 | 12-in. | 12/7/1915 | Molly dear, it's you I'm after | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-17707 | 10-in. | 5/18/1916 | Come back to Arizona | James F. Harrison ; James Reed | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | C-18050 | 12-in. | 7/5/1916 | Welcome honey to your old plantation home | Conway's Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | C-18052 | 12-in. | 7/5/1916 | They made it twice nice as paradise and they called it Dixieland | Conway's Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-19531 | 10-in. | 3/29/1917 | I can hear the ukuleles calling me | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | C-19612 | 12-in. | 4/20/1917 | I can hear the ukuleles calling me | Victor Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-21220 | 10-in. | 12/3/1917 | Sweet little buttercup | Shannon Four ; Elizabeth Spencer | Female vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-21937 | 10-in. | 5/28/1918 | Cheer up, Father, cheer up, Mother | Lewis James | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-37575 | 10-in. | 1/27/1927 | Silver song bird | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-41140 | 10-in. | 12/5/1927 | You can tell her anything under the sun (When you get her under the moon) | Four Aristocrats | Male vocal quartet, with instrumental quartet | composer | |
| Victor | BS-041924 | 10-in. | 8/28/1939 | Billy (I always dream of Bill) | Bob Chester Orchestra ; Kathleen Lane | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | PBS-072022 | 10-in. | 1/12/1942 | Beautiful eggs | City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | [Trial 1914-08-12-07] | Not documented | 8/12/1914 | When it's night time down in Burgundy | Willis Male Trio | Male vocal trio, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 3059 | 10-in. | ca. 1904-Feb. 1905 | Won't you fondle me? | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 3298 | 10-in. | ca. 1905 | Sympathy (Don't worry, Bill) | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 3399 | 10-in. | between January and May 1906 | Anxious | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 3430 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-June 1906 | Is it warm enough for you? | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 3457 | 10-in. | ca. 1906 | Good advice | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 3501 | 10-in. | between January and October 1906 | Cheer up Mary | Frank C. Stanley ; Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 3658 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-June 1907 | A friend of mine told a friend of mine | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 3770 | 10-in. | ca. 1907-Feb. 1908 | Keep on smiling | William Redmond | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 4367 | 10-in. | between January and April 1910 | My little kangaroo | Frank C. Stanley ; Elise Stevenson | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 19553 | 10-in. | 9/6/1911 | Billy | Ada Jones | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 39589 | 10-in. | 10/19/1914 | When it's night time down in Burgundy | Columbia Stellar Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 45852 | 10-in. | 7/13/1915 | Sweetest girl in Monterey | James F. Harrison ; James Reed | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 46285 | 10-in. | 12/16/1915 | She's good enough to be your baby's mother | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 46345 | 10-in. | 1/15/1916 | She's good enough to be your baby's mother | Anna Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 46631 | 10-in. | 3/14/1916 | Sail on to Ceylon | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 46793 | 10-in. | 5/19/1916 | Come back to Arizona | Reed Miller ; Frederick J. Wheeler | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 47461 | 10-in. | 4/5/1917 | I can hear the ukaleles calling me | James F. Harrison ; James Reed | Male vocal duet, with steel guitars | composer | |
| Columbia | 77405 | 10-in. | 10/3/1917 | Down south everybody's happy | George O'Connor | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 77545 | 10-in. | 12/3/1917 | Sweet little buttercup | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 77837 | 10-in. | 5/19/1918 | Cheer up, Father, cheer up, Mother | Arthur Hall | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 77919 | 10-in. | 6/24/1918 | Cheer up Father, cheer up Mother | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 80130 | 10-in. | 1/9/1922 | Feather-bed Lane | Billy Jones | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 37040 | 12-in. | 9/15/1914 | When it's night-time down in Burgundy | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 37477 | 12-in. | 11/20/1915 | Sweetest girl in Monterey | Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 49244 | 12-in. | 9/8/1917 | So long mother | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 49256 | 12-in. | 10/11/1917 | The bravest heart of all | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 49284 | 12-in. | 12/10/1917 | Remick medley one-step | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 49434 | 12-in. | ca. 1918 | You're in style when you're wearing a smile | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | W143276 | 10-in. | 1/9/1927 | Silver song bird | Charles Kaley ; Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | W145283 | 10-in. | 12/7/1927 | You can tell her anything under the sun (When you get her under the moon) | Van and Schenck | Male vocal duet, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 145423 | 10-in. | 12/17/1927 | You can tell her anything under the sun (When you get her under the moon) | The Harmonians [Selvin's Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | W146498 | 10-in. | 6/28/1928 | Blueberry Lane | Carl Haworth | Male vocal solo | composer | |
| OKeh | 289 | 10-in. | ca. Aug. 1918 | Cheer up Father, cheer up Mother | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Brunswick | [Br cat 5196-b] | 10-in. | approximately Dec. 1917 | Sweet little buttercup | Harry McClaskey | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Brunswick | E21629-E21631 | 10-in. | 2/26/1927 | Silver song bird | Ernie Golden ; Hotel McAlpin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with whistling solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | [Br (U.K.) cat 168-b] | 10-in. | approximately Apr. 1928 | You can tell her anything under the sun | Alice Morley | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Edison | 3280 | 10-in. | Sept. 1914 | When it's night time down in Burgundy | Helen Clark ; Walter Van Brunt | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 4088 | 10-in. | 9/3/1915 | Dancing the jelly roll | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 6061 | 10-in. | Mar. 1918 | Sweet little buttercup | Gladys Rice | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 11319 | 10-in. | 11/19/1926 | I can't believe the tales of Hoffman | Albert Campbell ; Jack Glogau ; Jack Kaufman | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Edison | 11407 | 10-in. | 12/30/1926 | Oh! What I'd give to bring you back | Walter Scanlan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Edison | 11408 | 10-in. | 12/30/1926 | Silver song bird | Sibyl Sanderson Fagan Ensemble | Instrumental ensemble, with whistling | composer | |
| Edison | 18430 | 10-in. | 4/21/1928 | Blueberry Lane | Clyde Doerr Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | composer | |
| Edison | 18474 | 10-in. | 5/8/1928 | You can tell her anything under the sun (When you get her under the moon) | Will Donaldson ; Jack Parker | Male vocal duet, with piano | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Paley, Herman," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106827.
Paley, Herman. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106827.
"Paley, Herman." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
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LCNAR: Paley, Herman, 1879-1955 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93026515
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