Felix Knight
William Felix Knight (stage name: Felix Knight, November 1, 1908 – June 18, 1998), was an American tenor, actor, and vocal teacher, best known for his role as Tom-Tom in the 1934 Laurel and Hardy holiday musical film Babes in Toyland. |
Birth and Death Data: Born November 1, 1908 (Macon), Died June 18, 1998 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal
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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 | BS-019804 | 10-in. | 2/11/1938 | Shadows on the moon | Felix Knight ; Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-019805 | 10-in. | 2/11/1938 | The moon of Manakoora | Felix Knight ; Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-019806 | 10-in. | 2/11/1938 | Love walked in | Felix Knight ; Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-019807 | 10-in. | 2/11/1938 | Girl of the golden West | Felix Knight ; Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-019808 | 10-in. | 2/11/1938 | Mariachie | Felix Knight ; Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-022989 | 10-in. | 5/5/1938 | Spring is here | Felix Knight ; Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-022990 | 10-in. | 5/5/1938 | There's rain in your eyes | Felix Knight ; Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-022991 | 10-in. | 5/5/1938 | I'll tell the man in the street | Felix Knight ; Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-022992 | 10-in. | 5/5/1938 | When they played the polka | Felix Knight ; Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | CS-024012 | 12-in. | 7/10/1938 | Gems from Girl crazy | Jane Froman ; Felix Knight ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Group | Radio broadcast : Vocalists and instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | CS-024014 | 12-in. | 7/10/1938 | Gershwin medley | Jane Froman ; Felix Knight ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Group | Radio broadcast : Vocalists and instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | CS-024017 | 12-in. | 7/10/1938 | Gems from Lady be good and Tip toes | Jane Froman ; Felix Knight ; Sonny Schuyler ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Group | Radio broadcast : Vocalists and instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | CS-024019 | 12-in. | 7/10/1938 | Gems from Porgy and Bess, second part | Jane Froman ; Felix Knight ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Group | Radio broadcast : Vocalists and instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | CS-026828 | 12-in. | 9/8/1938 | Very good Eddie | Leonard W. Joy ; Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal soloists, with orchestra and vocal ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | CS-026829 | 12-in. | 9/8/1938 | Show boat, part 1 | Leonard W. Joy ; Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal soloists, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | CS-026832 | 12-in. | 9/8/1938 | Show boat, part 2 | Leonard W. Joy ; Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal soloists, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | CS-026849 | 12-in. | 9/9/1938 | Cat and the fiddle | Leonard W. Joy ; Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal soloists, with orchestra and vocal ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | CS-026851 | 12-in. | 9/9/1938 | Sally | Leonard W. Joy ; Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal soloists, with orchestra and vocal ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | CS-026852 | 12-in. | 9/9/1938 | Medley of Kern hits | Leonard W. Joy ; Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal soloists, with orchestra and vocal ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | CS-026853 | 12-in. | 9/9/1938 | The girl from Utah | Leonard W. Joy ; Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal soloists, with orchestra and vocal ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | CS-026854 | 12-in. | 9/9/1938 | Oh boy | Leonard W. Joy ; Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal soloists, with orchestra and vocal ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-056101 | 10-in. | 9/11/1940 | Count of Luxembourg : Selections | Margaret Daum ; Gordon Gifford ; Felix Knight ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Orchestra | Orchestra, with vocal soloists and chorus | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-056102 | 10-in. | 9/11/1940 | Gypsy love : Selections | Margaret Daum ; Felix Knight ; Wladimir Selinsky ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Orchestra | Orchestra, with violin solo, vocal soloists, and vocal chorus | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-056103 | 10-in. | 9/11/1940 | Frasquita : Selections | Margaret Daum ; Felix Knight ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Orchestra | Orchestra, with vocal soloists and chorus | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-056104 | 10-in. | 9/11/1940 | Yours is my heart alone | Felix Knight ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Orchestra | Male vocal solo and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-056105 | 10-in. | 9/11/1940 | Down in dear Marsovia | Margaret Daum ; Felix Knight ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Orchestra | Female-male vocal duet, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-075411 | 10-in. | 7/7/1942 | My hero | Dorothy Kirsten ; Felix Knight ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra | Female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-075412 | 10-in. | 7/7/1942 | Serenade | Victor First Nighter Orchestra | Male vocal solo and male vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-075413 | 10-in. | 7/7/1942 | Will you remember (Sweetheart) | Dorothy Kirsten ; Felix Knight ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra | Female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-075414 | 10-in. | 7/7/1942 | Ah! Sweet mystery of life | Dorothy Kirsten ; Felix Knight ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra | Female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-075415 | 10-in. | 7/9/1942 | Thine alone | Dorothy Kirsten ; Felix Knight ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra | Female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-075416 | 10-in. | 7/9/1942 | One alone | Dorothy Kirsten ; Felix Knight ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra | Female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-075417 | 10-in. | 7/9/1942 | Sweethearts | Dorothy Kirsten ; Felix Knight ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra | Female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BS-075418 | 10-in. | 7/9/1942 | Wanting you | Dorothy Kirsten ; Felix Knight ; Victor First Nighter Orchestra | Female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Decca | 71579 | 12/20/1943 | Love in my heart | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
| Decca | 71580 | 12/21/1943 | Women | Wilbur Evans ; Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
| Decca | 71860 | 3/14/1944 | Finale of Act 1 | Kitty Carlisle ; Wilbur Evans ; Felix Knight ; Vicki Vola | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
| Decca | 71863 | 3/14/1944 | One flower grows alone in your garden | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
| Decca | 72637 | 10-in. | 12/21/1944 | The donkey serenade | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 72638 | 10-in. | 12/21/1944 | Bluebird of happiness | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 72743 | 10-in. | 2/26/1945 | The donkey serenade | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 72744 | 10-in. | 2/26/1945 | Sweetheart of all my dreams | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 73117 | 10-in. | 11/9/1945 | Because | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 73118 | 10-in. | 11/9/1945 | The donkey serenade | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 73125 | 10-in. | 11/9/1945 | In the valley near Sleivenamon | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 73126 | 10-in. | 11/9/1945 | The lass from the County Mayo | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 73127 | 10-in. | 11/9/1945 | A little bit of heaven | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 73130 | 10-in. | 11/14/1945 | There's a cottage by the Shannon | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 73131 | 10-in. | 11/14/1945 | That tumbledown shack in Athlone | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 73132 | 10-in. | 11/14/1945 | Come back to Erin | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 73133 | 10-in. | 11/14/1945 | Come back Paddy Reilly | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 73134 | 10-in. | 11/14/1945 | Sweet Inniscarra | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 73143 | 10-in. | 11/20/1945 | The donkey serenade | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 73154 | 10-in. | 11/23/1945 | Because you're you | Eileen Farrell ; Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 73155 | 10-in. | 11/23/1945 | In the isle of our dreams | Eileen Farrell ; Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
| Decca | 73745 | 11/15/1946 | A dream | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
| Decca | 73746 | 11/15/1946 | Giannina mia | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
| Decca | 80477 | 1/31/1951 | A glorious day is dawning | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
| Decca | 80478 | 1/31/1951 | In heavenly love abiding | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
| Decca | 80479 | 1/31/1951 | It matters not what be Thy lot | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
| Decca | 80480 | 1/31/1951 | Saw ye my Savior | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
| Decca | 80523 | 2/12/1951 | Brood o'er us | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
| Decca | 80524 | 2/12/1951 | Eternal Mind the Potter is | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
| Decca | 80525 | 2/12/1951 | O gentle presence | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
| Decca | 80526 | 2/12/1951 | O Jesus, our dear master | Felix Knight | vocalist, tenor vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Knight, Felix," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107091.
Knight, Felix. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107091.
"Knight, Felix." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Knight, Felix - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94054849
Wikidata: Felix Knight - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q23901643
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/50916843
MusicBrainz: Felix Knight - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d3b51bcf-582b-4da8-8864-ce717db09c0e
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