
Dick Robertson
Dick Robertson (New York City, 3 July 1903 - 1979) was an American popular big band singer and songwriter of the 1930s and 1940s. He sang for many bandleaders such as Leo Reisman and Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra, and was on the artist roster at Banner Records. In fact, he was one of the most prolific New York based vocalists (along with Irving Kaufman, Chick Bullock, Scrappy Lambert, Elmer Feldkamp, Paul Small and Smith Ballew) on scores of records from late 1928 through the mid 1930s. A series of records issued on Melotone/Perfect/Banner/Oriole/Romeo, Crown, Bluebird from 1930-1934 were issued under his name or are listed in the 2010 edition of "American Dance Bands on Record and Film (1915-1942)" by Richard J. Johnson and Bernard H. Shirley as being under his nominal leadership. His last recording session as a singer was in 1949. He also used the pseudonym Bob Richardson for some recordings on Mayfair Records. As a songwriter his biggest hit was "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" in 1940. The Sinatra version of the song was re-released on The Song Is You (album) and again on Frank Sinatra & the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1 |
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Birth and Death Data: Born July 3rd, 1903 (New York City), Died January 1st, 1979
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal, vocalist, songwriter, leader, speaker, lyricist, arranger, composer
Notes: Sometimes billed as "The Radio Jester."
See Also: Donaldson Quartet
Recordings (Results 776-800 of 808 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 70140 | 10-in. | 1/9/1942 | You're a sap, Mister Jap-1 | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 70141 | 10-in. | 1/9/1942 | I paid my income tax today-1 | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 70142 | 10-in. | 1/9/1942 | On the street of regret | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 70204 | 10-in. | 1/22/1942 | Dear Mom | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 70238 | 10-in. | 1/28/1942 | Wings over the Navy | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 70239 | 10-in. | 1/28/1942 | Eyes of the fleet | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 70420 | 10-in. | 3/2/1942 | Wings over the Navy-1 | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 70421 | 10-in. | 3/2/1942 | Eyes of the fleet-1 | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 70422 | 10-in. | 3/2/1942 | I'm in love with the girl I left behind me | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 70423 | 10-in. | 3/2/1942 | She don't wanna | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 70424 | 10-in. | 3/2/1942 | One dozen roses | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 70425 | 10-in. | 3/2/1942 | Keep 'em flying | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71258 | 10-in. | 7/30/1942 | Under a strawberry moon | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71259 | 10-in. | 7/30/1942 | Ching-1 | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71260 | 10-in. | 7/30/1942 | Oh! Pardon me-1 | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71261 | 10-in. | 7/30/1942 | Isabella kissed a fella-1 | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71443 | 10-in. | 10/11/1943 | No letter today | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71444 | 10-in. | 10/11/1943 | I walk alone | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71975 | 10-in. | 4/11/1944 | I'd like to give my dog to Uncle Sam | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71976 | 10-in. | 4/11/1944 | They took the stars out of heaven | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71977 | 10-in. | 4/11/1944 | You sang my love song to somebody else | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71978 | 10-in. | 4/11/1944 | One face missing from the picture | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 72611 | 10-in. | 12/10/1944 | Angelina (The waitress at the pizzeria) | Johnny Long Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 72612 | 10-in. | 12/10/1944 | Gonna build a big fence around Texas | Johnny Long Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 72737 | 10-in. | 2/20/1945 | Candy | Johnny Long Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Robertson, Dick," accessed March 8, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107135.
Robertson, Dick. (2021). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 8, 2021, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107135.
"Robertson, Dick." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2021. Web. 8 March 2021.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
External Sources
Wikipedia: Dick Robertson (songwriter)
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Robertson, Dick, 1903-1979 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94083523
Wikidata: Dick Robertson (songwriter) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16008787
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