Philip Braham
Philip Braham (18 June 1881 – 2 May 1934) was an English composer of the early twentieth century, chiefly associated with theatrical work. From 1914, he composed music for such musicals and revues as Theodore & Co (1916) and London Calling! (1923), including several revues produced by André Charlot. His best-known song is "Limehouse Blues," which has been recorded by many artists. He wrote for film in the 1930s. |
Birth and Death Data: Born June 18, 1881, Died May 2, 1934
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1917 - 1941
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-28595 | 10-in. | 9/26/1923 | Dancing honeymoon | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-29335 | 10-in. | 1/22/1924 | Limehouse blues | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-30056 | 10-in. | 5/8/1924 | Limehouse blues | Marcia Freer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-34343 | 10-in. | 1/19/1926 | No one's ever kissed me | International Novelty Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | BRC-68237 | 10-in. | 6/16/1931 | Limehouse blues | Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-76722 | 10-in. | 7/11/1933 | Lime house blues | Joe Haymes Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-07382 | 10-in. | 2/26/1937 | Limehouse blues | Vernon Geyer | Organ solo | composer | |
| Victor | MBS-032317 | 10-in. | before November 1939 | Limehouse blues | Conjunto Dupont | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | BS-037734 | 10-in. | 6/19/1939 | Limehouse blues | Wingy Manone Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-047078 | 10-in. | 2/20/1940 | Limehouse blues | Larry Clinton Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-047605 | 10-in. | 2/7/1940 | Limehouse blues | Curly Hicks ; Taproom Boys | Washboard band | composer | |
| Victor | PBS-055484 | 10-in. | 3/14/1941 | Limehouse blues | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-067792 | 10-in. | 9/13/1941 | Limehouse blues | Artists vary | Jazz/dance sextet | composer | |
| Columbia | 81550 | 10-in. | 2/11/1924 | Limehouse blues | Columbians Dance Orchestra De Luxe | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W147416 | 10-in. | 12/11/1928 | Limehouse blues | Ted Lewis and his Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 75909 | 12-in. | approximately 1917 | Bubbly, selection, part 1 | Philip Braham ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 75910 | 12-in. | approximately 1917 | Bubbly, selection, part 2 | Philip Braham ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 75911 | 12-in. | approximately May 1917 | Reckless Reggie | Philip Braham ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra ; Jack Hulbert | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 75913 | 12-in. | approximately May 1917 | Little cottage | Philip Braham ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra ; Gerald Kirby ; Winnie Melville | Vocal duet with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 75914 | 12-in. | approximately May 1917 | Keep us loving, little girlies | Philip Braham ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra ; Gerald Kirby | Male vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 75915 | 12-in. | approximately May 1917 | My cousins | Philip Braham ; Gilbert Childs ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 75916 | 12-in. | approximately May 1917 | Your sympathetic smile | Philip Braham ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra ; Teddie Gerard ; Gerald Kirby | Vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 75917 | 12-in. | approximately May 1917 | Honey, won't you miss me | Philip Braham ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra ; Teddie Gerard | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 75919 | 12-in. | approximately May 1917 | She'd a hole in her stocking | Philip Braham ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra ; Teddie Gerard | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 75921 | 12-in. | approximately May 1917 | Maid of Japan | Philip Braham ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra ; Teddie Gerard | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 75945 | 12-in. | approximately 1917 | Vocal gems | Columbia Light Opera Company [U.K.] | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76175 | 12-in. | approximately 1918 | Tails up, selection, part 1 | Philip Braham ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76176 | 12-in. | approximately 1918 | Tails up, selection, part 2 | Philip Braham ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76177 | 12-in. | approximately July 1918 | The twinkle in her eye | Philip Braham ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra ; Teddie Gerard | Female vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76178 | 12-in. | approximately July 1918 | The curfew | Philip Braham ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra ; Teddie Gerard | Female vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76179 | 12-in. | approximately July 1918 | The apache rag | Philip Braham ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra ; Teddie Gerard | Female vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76180 | 12-in. | approximately July 1918 | Wild thyme | Philip Braham ; Clifford Cobbe ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra ; Teddie Gerard | Vocal duet with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76181 | 12-in. | approximately July 1918 | Let's all go raving mad | Philip Braham ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra ; Teddie Gerard | Female vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76183 | 12-in. | approximately July 1918 | Gnee 'ah | Philip Braham ; Jack Buchanan ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76184 | 12-in. | approximately July 1918 | The special cop | Philip Braham ; Jack Buchanan ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra ; Phyllis Monkman | Vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76185 | 12-in. | approximately July 1918 | The servants' ball | Philip Braham ; Gilbert Childs ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76186 | 12-in. | approximately July 1918 | The old bran pie | Philip Braham ; Gilbert Childs ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra ; Phyllis Monkman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76310 | 12-in. | 1/10/1919 | My opinion of you | Albert W. Ketelbey ; Ralph Lynn ; Odette Myrtil ; St. Martin's Theatre Orchestra | Vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76311 | 12-in. | 1/10/1919 | Float with the tide | Albert W. Ketelbey ; Odette Myrtil ; St. Martin's Theatre Orchestra ; Evan Thomas | Vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76312 | 12-in. | 1/10/1919 | 1812 rag | Albert W. Ketelbey ; Odette Myrtil ; St. Martin's Theatre Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76313 | 12-in. | 1/10/1919 | The captian, the major, and the "loot" | Albert W. Ketelbey ; Ralph Lynn ; Herbert Sparling ; St. Martin's Theatre Orchestra ; Evan Thomas | Vocal trio with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76314 | 12-in. | 1/10/1919 | Handsome Herbert | Albert W. Ketelbey ; Ralph Lynn ; St. Martin's Theatre Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76315 | 12-in. | 1/10/1919 | Dancing by numbers | Albert W. Ketelbey ; Peggy Kurton ; Ralph Lynn ; St. Martin's Theatre Orchestra | Vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76316 | 12-in. | 1/10/1919 | Milkoo | Albert W. Ketelbey ; Peggy Kurton ; St. Martin's Theatre Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76317 | 12-in. | 1/10/1919 | The sleep walk | Albert W. Ketelbey ; Peggy Kurton ; St. Martin's Theatre Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76320 | 12-in. | 1/10/1919 | The officers' mess, selection, part 1 | Albert W. Ketelbey ; St. Martin's Theatre Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76321 | 12-in. | 1/10/1919 | The officers' mess, selection, part 2 | Albert W. Ketelbey ; St. Martin's Theatre Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76625 | 12-in. | approximately October 1919 | I did feel a dreadfully ass | Philip Braham ; Jack Hulbert ; Prince of Wales Theatre Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76627 | 12-in. | approximately October 1919 | Perfumes of Rosine | Philip Braham ; José de Moraes ; Prince of Wales Theatre Orchestra ; Phyllis Titmuss | Vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76636 | 12-in. | approximately October 1919 | Philomela | Philip Braham ; Odette Myrtil ; Prince of Wales Theatre Orchestra | Violin solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76656 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | Bran pie, selection, part 1 | Philip Braham ; Prince of Wales Theatre Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76657 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | Bran pie, selection, part 2 | Philip Braham ; Prince of Wales Theatre Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76861 | 12-in. | 1/11/1923 | Battling Butler, selection, part 1 | Herman Finck ; Herman Finck's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 76862 | 12-in. | 1/11/1923 | Battling Butler, selection, part 2 | Herman Finck ; Herman Finck's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| OKeh | S-72061 | 10-in. | 11/14/1923 | Dancing honeymoon | Eddie Elkins' Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | S-72410 | 10-in. | Mar. 1924 | Limehouse blues | Harold Leonard ; Red Jackets | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 12667-12668 | 10-in. | 3/10/1924 | Limehouse blues | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | XE27622 | 12-in. | 5/31/1928 | Limehouse blues | Five Pennies ; Scrappy Lambert ; Red Nichols | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | composer | |
| Brunswick | E36507 | 12-in. | 3/25/1931 | Limehouse blues | Will Osborne and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | C1971 | 10-in. | 5/24/1928 | Limehouse blues | Original Wolverines ; Richard Dick | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 9378 | 10-in. | 2/15/1924 | Limehouse blues | Atlantic Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Gramophone | 0LA1062 | 10-in. | 5/4/1936 | Limehouse blues | Stephane Grappelli ; Quintette du Hot Club de France ; Django Reinhardt | Jazz/dance sextet | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CL7359 | 10-in. | 11/5/1940 | Limehouse blues | Gus Viseur Orchestre ; Gus Viseur | Accordion solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Braham, Philip," accessed April 17, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107674.
Braham, Philip. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107674.
"Braham, Philip." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 17 April 2024.
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