Louis Breau
Birth and Death Data: Born April 6, 1893, Died September 28, 1928
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1920 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, lyricist
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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 | B-24864 | 10-in. | 2/17/1921 | Humming | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-25231 | 10-in. | 4/23/1921 | Darling | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | composer | |
| Victor | B-25732 | 10-in. | 10/27/1921 | I want my mammy | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-25815 | 10-in. | 11/22/1921 | Silver sands of love | Horace Davis ; Sam Moore | Octo-chorda and guitar duet | composer | |
| Victor | B-25835 | 10-in. | 11/30/1921 | I want my mammy | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-26054 | 10-in. | 1/26/1922 | Never mind | All Star Trio ; All Star Trio Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-26742 | 10-in. | 8/30/1922 | Zenda | Zez Confrey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-28312 | 10-in. | 7/25/1923 | Chick-a-dee | International Novelty Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-28443 | 10-in. | 8/23/1923 | Hot roasted peanuts | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-29040 | 10-in. | 11/28/1923 | A voice with a smile | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-37186 | 10-in. | 12/28/1926 | Cheritza | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-38359 | 10-in. | 4/21/1927 | Underneath the weeping willow | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 79555 | 10-in. | 12/7/1920 | Humming | Prince's Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 79569 | 10-in. | 12/13/1920 | Humming | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 79786 | 10-in. | 3/11/1921 | Humming | Josef Bonime ; Eddy Brown | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 80076 | 10-in. | 11/19/1921 | I want my mammy | Al Bernard ; Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 80314 | 10-in. | 4/21/1922 | Mona-lu | Guido Deiro | Piano accordion solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 81181 | 10-in. | 8/31/1923 | Hot roasted peanuts | Frost's Bostonians | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 81247 | 10-in. | 9/29/1923 | Hot roasted peanuts | Furman and Nash | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W140418 | 10-in. | 3/7/1925 | In a little love boat | Columbians | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W142755 | 10-in. | 10/8/1926 | Cheritza | The Cavaliers | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W144025 | 10-in. | 4/12/1927 | (Underneath the) Weeping willow | Mal Hallett Orchestra ; Arthur Thomas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | W144646 | 10-in. | 9/8/1927 | Lolita | Don Voorhees Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | W146483 | 10-in. | 6/23/1928 | Underneath the weeping willow | Bert Bennett ; John Dallavo | Male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
| OKeh | S-7526 | 10-in. | Aug. 1920 | That cat step | Rega Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-7645 | 10-in. | Nov. 1920 | Humming | Rega Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-7797 | 10-in. | Feb. 1921 | Naughty Hawaii (My naughty little isle of dreams) | Green Brothers' Novelty Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | S-7843 | 10-in. | Mar. 1921 | Stars of Normandy | Green Brothers' Novelty Band | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-7945 | 10-in. | May 1921 | Humming | Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra [Leo Erdody] | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | S-7958 | 10-in. | May 1921 | Humming | Shannon Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| OKeh | 9226 | 10-in. | 7/6/1925 | Nantucket Nan | Atlanta Melody Artists ; Vic Meyers | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | S-70080 | 10-in. | Aug. 1921 | I want my mammy | Rega Orchestra ; Aileen Stanley | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | S-70269 | 10-in. | Oct. 1921 | I want my mammy | Green Brothers' Novelty Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | S-70537 | 10-in. | Mar. 1922 | Mo-na-lu | Virginia Burt ; Elliott Shaw | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra and Hawaiian guitar vocal effect | composer | |
| OKeh | S-70627 | 10-in. | Apr. 1922 | Mo-na-lu | Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | S-70909 | 10-in. | Oct. 1922 | Zenda | Rega Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-70933 | 10-in. | Oct. 1922 | Zenda | Eva Clark | Female vocal solo, with piano and chimes | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-71359 | 10-in. | March 1923 | Keep it under your hat | Markel's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-71576 | 10-in. | May 1923 | 'N that's better | Billy Jones ; Rega Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-71704 | 10-in. | July 1923 | Hot roasted peanuts | Blue Diamond Dance Orchestra ; Ernest Hare | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| OKeh | S-71729 | 10-in. | August 1923 | Chick-a-dee | Blue Diamond Dance Orchestra ; Sybil Sanderson Fagan ; Joe Green | Jazz/dance band, with xylophone and whistling | composer | |
| OKeh | S-72240 | 10-in. | Jan. 1924 | No one knows what happens in the old arm chair | Harold Leonard ; Red Jackets | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | W80495 | 10-in. | 3/4/1927 | Underneath the weeping willow | Everglades Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| OKeh | W402738 | 10-in. | 6/26/1929 | Hot peanuts | Benny Benthall | Vocal solo, with guitar | composer | |
| OKeh | [OK cat 4567-b] | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1922 | Never mind | Glantz and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 5055 | 10-in. | approximately Feb. 1921 | Humming | Rudy Wiedoeft's Californians | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 6600-6602 | 10-in. | approximately Oct. 1921 | Silver sands of love | Castlewood Marimba Band | Marimba band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 6750-6751 | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1921 | I want my mammy | Ernest Hare | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Brunswick | 11543-11546 | 10-in. | 10/5/1923 | Chick-a-dee | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 11928-11929 | 10-in. | 11/20/1923 | Hot roasted peanuts | Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | composer | |
| Brunswick | E3426-E3428 | 10-in. | 7/15/1926 | Cheritza | Meximarimba Band | Marimba band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | E19738-E19740 | 10-in. | 7/12/1926 | Cheritza | Regent Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | E20170-E20171 | 10-in. | 9/15/1926 | Cheritza | Franklyn Baur | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Brunswick | E21409-E21411 | 10-in. | 2/2/1927 | Silver sands of love (Waltz) | Castlewood Marimba Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | E21459-E21461 | 10-in. | 2/9/1927 | Underneath the weeping willow | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | composer | |
| Brunswick | E21483-E21485 | 10-in. | 2/10/1927 | Underneath the weeping willow | Nick Lucas | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | E21527-E21529 | 10-in. | 2/17/1927 | Underneath the weeping willow | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | composer | |
| Brunswick | E22401-E22403 | 10-in. | 4/13/1927 | Underneath the weeping willow | Lew White | Organ solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | E22680-E22682 | 10-in. | 4/27/1927 | Underneath the weeping willow | Lew White | Organ solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | E23427-E23431 | 10-in. | 6/3/1927 | Underneath the weeping willow | Lew White | Organ solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | 631W-632W | 10-in. | 4/1/1925 | In a little love boat | Selvin’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 7680 | 10-in. | 12/14/1920 | Humming | Orlando's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 7963 | 10-in. | 5/5/1921 | Look for the silver lining medley | Ray Perkins | Piano solo | composer | |
| Edison | 8024 | 10-in. | 5/26/1921 | Humming | Criterion Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Edison | 8034 | 10-in. | 5/31/1921 | Silver sands of love | Charles Hart ; Elizabeth Spencer | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 8190 | 10-in. | 8/11/1921 | I want my mammy | Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 8406 | 10-in. | 4/5/1922 | Mo-na-lu | Broadway Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 8756 | 10-in. | 9/12/1923 | Tinkle tune | Ernest L. Stevens Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
| Edison | 8847 | 10-in. | 2/14/1923 | Keep it under your hat | Atlantic Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Edison | 8862 | 10-in. | 2/27/1923 | Keep it under your hat | Robert Denning | Male vocal solo and vocal chorus, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Edison | 9058 | 10-in. | 7/3/1923 | Chick-a-dee | Kaplan's Melodists | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 9614 | 10-in. | 7/14/1924 | Why did you do it? | Georgia Melodians | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Edison | 9668 | 10-in. | 8/7/1924 | There's a bend at the end of the Swanee | Kaplan's Melodists | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Edison | 10002 | 10-in. | 12/19/1923 | There's a bend at the end of the Swanee | Meadowbrook Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Edison | 10439 | 10-in. | 6/18/1925 | Nantucket Nan | Greenwich Village Inn Orchestra ; Billy Wynne | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 11630 | 10-in. | 4/6/1927 | Underneath the weeping willow | Phil Napoleon Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Gramophone | BP53 | 10-in. | 6/1/1923 | Humming | Emilio Sagi-Barba | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Breau, Louis," accessed June 5, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108163.
Breau, Louis. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 5, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108163.
"Breau, Louis." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 5 June 2023.
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LCNAR: Breau, Louis, 1893-1928 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2001016503
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