Lee Sims
Lee Sims (April 30, 1898 - May 7, 1966) was an American pianist, composer, record maker, publisher and performer. |
Birth and Death Data: Born April 30, 1898, Died May 7, 1966
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1925 - 1931
Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, composer
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia | W140982 | 10-in. | 9/17/1925 | Hugo, I go where you go | Art Linick | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | W140983 | 10-in. | 9/17/1925 | Dot's vot Looie uses | Art Linick | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E17836 | 10-in. | 2/1/1926 | Lookin’ for somebody’s baby | Harry Philwin | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E17839 | 10-in. | 2/1/1926 | Down where the sweet magnolias bloom | Harry Philwin | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E27838 | 10-in. | 7/9/1928 | When summer is gone | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E27839 | 10-in. | 7/9/1928 | If I lost you | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | XE27840 | 12-in. | 7/10/1928 | Improvisation | Lee Sims | Piano solo, with orchestra | composer, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | XE27844 | 12-in. | 7/12/1928 | Improvisations | Lee Sims | Piano solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | XE27845 | 12-in. | 7/12/1928 | Contrasts | Carleton L. Colby ; Lee Sims | Piano solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E17834-E17835 | 10-in. | 2/1/1926 | Judge Cliff Davis blues | Harry Philwin | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E17837-E17838 | 10-in. | 2/1/1926 | Tootie baby | Harry Philwin | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E18309-E18310 | 10-in. | 3/8/1926 | Just like a fool | Harry Philwin | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E18311-E18312 | 10-in. | 3/8/1926 | The Judge Cliff Davis blues | Harry Philwin | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E18313-E18314 | 10-in. | 3/8/1926 | Tootie baby | Harry Philwin | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E18315-E18316 | 10-in. | 3/8/1926 | I’m lookin’ for somebody’s baby | Harry Philwin | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E21294-E21296 | 10-in. | 1/25/1927 | The little white house (At the end of Honeymoon Lane) | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E21297-E21299 | 10-in. | 1/25/1927 | Thinking of you (I've grown so lonesome) | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E21300-E21301 | 10-in. | 1/25/1927 | Muddy water | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E21302-E21303 | 10-in. | 1/25/1927 | It made you happy when you made me cry | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E21325-E21327 | 10-in. | 1/26/1927 | Because I love you | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E21328-E21330 | 10-in. | 1/26/1927 | Roses for remembrance | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E21342-E21343 | 10-in. | 1/27/1927 | Because I love you | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E21344-E21345 | 10-in. | 1/27/1927 | Tonight you belong to me | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E23639-E23640 | 10-in. | 6/16/1927 | I’m coming, Virginia | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E23641-E23642 | 10-in. | 6/16/1927 | At sundown | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E23643-E23645 | 10-in. | 6/16/1927 | Me and my shadow | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E25364-E25365 | 10-in. | 11/30/1927 | Let’s misbehave | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E25380-E25381 | 10-in. | 12/1/1927 | Mine—all mine | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E25410-E25411½ | 10-in. | 12/3/1927 | Diane (I’m in heaven when I see you smile) | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E25412-E25414 | 10-in. | 12/3/1927 | The song is ended (But the melody lingers on) | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E25415-E25416 | 10-in. | 12/3/1927 | Deep in my heart, dear | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E25417-E25418 | 10-in. | 12/3/1927 | Indian love call | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E25429-E25430 | 10-in. | 12/5/1927 | Among my souvenirs | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E25431-E25432 | 10-in. | 12/5/1927 | Are you thinking of me tonight? | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E25437-E25438 | 10-in. | 12/6/1927 | Meditation | Lee Sims | Piano solo, with incidental violin | composer, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E25439-E25440 | 10-in. | 12/6/1927 | Some of these days | Lee Sims | Piano solo, with incidental trumpet | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C633 | 10-in. | 9/11/1926 | Thinking | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C634 | 10-in. | 9/11/1926 | Pal of my lonesome hours | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | XC2103 | 12-in. | 7/21/1928 | Down where the sun goes down | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | XC2104 | 12-in. | 7/21/1928 | Just imagine | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C2321 | 10-in. | 9/18/1928 | If I lost you | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C2322 | 10-in. | 9/18/1928 | In a mist | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C2533 | 10-in. | 11/7/1928 | I can’t give you anything but love | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C2534 | 10-in. | 11/7/1928 | If I lost you | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C2535 | 10-in. | 11/7/1928 | Sonny boy | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C2552 | 10-in. | 11/10/1928 | When summer is gone | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C3116 | 10-in. | 3/14/1929 | A precious little thing called love | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C3117 | 10-in. | 3/14/1929 | If I had you | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C3118 | 10-in. | 3/14/1929 | Caressing you | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C3119 | 10-in. | 3/14/1929 | Some rainy day | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C3589 | 10-in. | 6/12/1929 | Love me or leave me | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C3604 | 10-in. | 6/15/1929 | Lover, come back to me | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C4405 | 10-in. | 9/13/1929 | Ain’t misbehavin’ | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C4412 | 10-in. | 9/13/1929 | Pagan love song | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C4413 | 10-in. | 9/13/1929 | I’m just a vagabond lover | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C4721 | 10-in. | 11/13/1929 | Don’t ever leave me! | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C4722 | 10-in. | 11/13/1929 | Why was I born? | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C4866 | 10-in. | 9/13/1929 | Gotta feelin’ for you | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C5361 | 10-in. | Feb. 1930 | St Louis blues | Lee Sims | Piano solo, with trumpet | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C5362 | 10-in. | Feb. 1930 | St Louis blues | Lee Sims | Piano solo, with trumpet | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C5363 | 10-in. | Feb. 1930 | I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate | Lee Sims | Piano solo, with trumpet | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C5364 | 10-in. | Feb. 1930 | I wish I could shimmy like my Sister Kate | Lee Sims | Piano solo, with trumpet | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C6118 | 10-in. | Aug. 1930 | If I could be with you | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C6119 | 10-in. | Aug. 1930 | What’s the use? | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C6120 | 10-in. | Aug. 1930 | What’s the use? | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C7121 | 10-in. | Dec. 1930 | Just a gigolo | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C7122 | 10-in. | Dec. 1930 | Yours and mine | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C7165 | 10-in. | 12/31/1930 | Something to remember you by | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C7166 | 10-in. | 12/31/1930 | Body and soul | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C7449 | 10-in. | 2/16/1931 | Just a gigolo | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C7450 | 10-in. | 2/16/1931 | Yours and mine | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C7774 | 10-in. | 4/30/1931 | Out of nowhere | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C7775 | 10-in. | 4/30/1931 | I surrender, dear | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C7785 | 10-in. | 5/7/1931 | Stardust | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C7786 | 10-in. | 5/7/1931 | Rockin’ chair | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C8155 | 10-in. | 10/6/1931 | Blues in my heart | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C8156 | 10-in. | 10/6/1931 | Sweet and lovely | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C8157 | 10-in. | 10/6/1931 | Dinah | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C8158 | 10-in. | 10/6/1931 | My melancholy baby | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C191-C192 | 10-in. | 4/21/1926 | Tenderly | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C193-C194 | 10-in. | 4/21/1926 | Talking to the moon | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C316-C317 | 10-in. | 5/7/1926 | Talking to the moon | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C318-C320 | 10-in. | 5/7/1926 | Tenderly | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C348-C350 | 10-in. | 5/28/1926 | Talking to the moon | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C351-C352 | 10-in. | 5/28/1926 | Tenderly | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C456-C458 | 10-in. | 7/13/1926 | Adorable | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C459-C460 | 10-in. | 7/13/1926 | I’d climb the highest mountain (If I knew I'd find you) | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C631-C632 | 10-in. | 9/11/1926 | What’s the use of crying? | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C635-C636 | 10-in. | 9/11/1926 | Tell me with your smile | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C886-C888 | 10-in. | 5/3/1927 | Song of the wanderer | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C889-C890 | 10-in. | 5/3/1927 | So blue | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C891-C892 | 10-in. | 5/3/1927 | Falling in love with you | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C893-C894 | 10-in. | 5/3/1927 | Let’s make believe | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | C1032-C1034 | 10-in. | 7/6/1927 | Me and my shadow | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | TC2553 | 10-in. | 11/10/1928 | In a mist | Lee Sims | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sims, Lee," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107344.
Sims, Lee. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107344.
"Sims, Lee." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Sims, Lee - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95120831
Wikidata: Lee Sims - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6515083
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/85556971
MusicBrainz: Lee Sims - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f6e2ac66-a03a-4bd3-bcb7-08816a4f1200
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