George A. Little

Birth and Death Data: Born 1890, Died 1946

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1915 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer

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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-15923 10-in. 4/21/1915 When I was a dreamer (And you were my dream) Lyric Quartet ; Harry Macdonough Mixed vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-19369 10-in. 3/14/1917 Hawaiian butterfly Sterling Trio Male vocal trio, with violin, cello, and orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-24492 10-in. 9/23/1920 Somebody Roy Bargy ; Benson Orchestra of Chicago Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-24810 10-in. 12/30/1920 Sweet mamma (Papa's getting mad) Original Dixieland Jazz Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor B-25320 10-in. 5/26/1921 Emaline Vernon Dalhart Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-25970 10-in. 1/23/1922 I've got the wonder where he went and when he's coming back blues Victor Arden ; Phil Ohman Piano duet composer  
Victor B-28873 10-in. 11/5/1923 Do you, don't you, will you, won't you love me too Benson Orchestra of Chicago ; Don Bestor Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-29305 10-in. 1/14/1924 Arizona stars The Troubadours Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet lyricist  
Victor B-29515 10-in. 2/15/1924 You're in Kentucky sure as you're born Frank Crumit Male vocal solo, with piano and ukulele lyricist  
Victor B-30527 10-in. 7/23/1924 Only a rose (On the street of gold and sorrow) Sterling Trio Male vocal trio, with cello and orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-30976 10-in. 1/21/1924 Sure as you're born "Pep" Carleton Barnard and his Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-31454 10-in. 11/26/1924 Too tired Mitchell Brothers Male vocal duet, with 2 banjos (self-accompaniment) lyricist  
Victor B-32069 10-in. 3/9/1925 I like pie, I like cake, but I like you best of all Edwin J. McEnelly Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor B-32091 10-in. 3/12/1925 What a life (When no one loves you) Gene Austin Male vocal solo, with viola, guitar, and ukulele lyricist  
Victor B-32225 10-in. 3/19/1925 What a life (When no one loves you) Gene Austin Male vocal solo, with ukulele lyricist  
Victor BVE-33111 10-in. 7/27/1925 By the light of the stars Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandola lyricist  
Victor BVE-33337 10-in. 8/21/1925 I'm knee deep in daisies (And head over heels in love) George Olsen and his Music Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet lyricist  
Victor BVE-33397 10-in. 9/21/1925 I'm knee deep in daisies (And head over heels in love) Jack Smith Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor BVE-34058 10-in. 12/20/1925 Blinky Moon Bay Charles J. Correll ; Freeman F. Gosden Male vocal duet, with piano songwriter  
Victor BVE-35352 10-in. 4/28/1926 Talking to the moon Jack Smith Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) lyricist  
Victor BVE-35609 10-in. 5/17/1926 Talking to the moon The Revelers Male vocal quartet, with piano lyricist  
Victor BVE-37218 10-in. 12/9/1926 When I first met Mary Ben Pollack's Californians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BVE-40162 10-in. 10/10/1927 Back where the daisies grow Edwin J. McEnelly Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet lyricist  
Victor BVE-40949 10-in. 11/25/1927 So tired Nan Blackstone Female vocal solo, with violin and piano lyricist  
Victor BVE-41368 10-in. 12/12/1927 So tired Jean Goldkette Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BVE-43507 10-in. 3/27/1928 So tired Gene Austin Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-57235 10-in. 12/7/1929 Funny, dear, what love can do Elmo Tanner ; Wayne King Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus lyricist  
Victor BVE-64380 10-in. 11/26/1930 When a black man's blue Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Bennie Payne Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo (takes 3 and 4); with male vocal trio (takes 1 and 2) songwriter  
Victor BS-76621 10-in. 7/11/1933 Give all your love to me Leo Reisman Orchestra ; Edward Nell, Jr. Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-95518 10-in. 10/18/1935 It's written in the stars Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BS-96218 10-in. 10/30/1935 It's written in the stars Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra ; Ted Travers Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BS-102378 10-in. 7/1/1936 I just made up with that old girl of mine Wingy Manone Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-102401 10-in. 8/1/1936 I just made up with that old girl of mine Fats Waller and his Rhythm Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor PBVE-189 10-in. 4/28/1926 Blinky Moon Bay Ben Black Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet songwriter  
Victor BS-048780 10-in. 4/11/1940 Too tired Fats Waller and his Rhythm Male vocal solo, with jazz.band sextet songwriter  
Victor BS-064721 10-in. 7/22/1941 I like pie, I like cake Four Clefs Vocal and instrumental quartet songwriter  
Columbia 45572 10-in. 4/22/1915 When I was a dreamer, and you were my dream Samuel Ash Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 47414 10-in. 3/13/1917 Hawaiian butterfly Elizabeth Brice ; Charles King Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 77469 10-in. 10/31/1917 There's another angel now in old Killarney Samuel Ash Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 77696 10-in. 2/28/1918 When you play with the heart of a girl Sterling Trio Male vocal trio, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 78795 10-in. 11/5/1919 In your arms Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell ; Columbia Saxophone Sextette Saxophone sextet and male vocal duet composer  
Columbia 79350 10-in. 7/19/1920 Somebody Prince's Dance Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 79394 10-in. 8/31/1920 Sweet Mamma (Papa's getting mad) Marion Harris Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 79426 10-in. 9/21/1921 Kentucky Benny Davis Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 79877 10-in. 6/7/1921 Emaline Joe Darcey Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band lyricist  
Columbia 79928 10-in. 7/2/1921 Emaline Irving Kaufman ; Jack Kaufman Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 79932 10-in. 7/12/1921 Sweet Mamma (Papa's getting mad) Southern Negro Quartette Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied lyricist  
Columbia 80147 10-in. 1/19/1922 I've got the wonder where he went and when he's coming back blues Marion Harris Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 81453 10-in. 1/3/1924 You're in Kentucky sure as you're born Van and Schenck Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 81911 10-in. 8/12/1924 Too tired Van and Schenck Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 81948 10-in. 8/21/1924 That's Georgia Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia 140205 10-in. 12/23/1924 I like you the best of all Ted Lewis Jazz Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Columbia 140342 10-in. 2/11/1925 What a life May Singhi Breen ; Ben Smith Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano lyricist  
Columbia W140508 10-in. 4/9/1925 By the light of the stars Harry Reser's Syncopators Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia W140944 10-in. 9/16/1925 I'm knee deep in daisies Lewis James ; Paul Specht Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Columbia 141120 10-in. 10/8/1925 I'm knee deep in daisies Raderman's Roysterers ; Billy West Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Columbia W141644 10-in. 2/8/1926 Talking to the moon Ford and Glenn Male vocal duet, with piano lyricist  
Columbia W141655 10-in. 2/10/1926 Blinky Moon Bay Paul Ash Orchestra ; Milton Watson Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Columbia W141669 10-in. 2/11/1926 Talking to the moon Art Kahn Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo (takes 1 and 2); jazz/dance band (takes 3 and 4) lyricist  
Columbia W141961 10-in. 4/14/1926 There's nothing sweeter than a sweet, sweet, sweetie Ruth Etting Female vocal solo, with piano songwriter  
Columbia W142978 10-in. 12/2/1926 When I first met Mary Paul Ash Orchestra ; Milton Watson Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Columbia W142990 10-in. 12/4/1926 When I first met Mary Ford and Glenn Male vocal duet, with piano songwriter  
Columbia 143322 10-in. 1/19/1927 When I first met Mary Jimmy Flynn ; Manhattan Dance Makers Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Columbia W144986 10-in. 11/18/1927 Back where the daisies grow Robert Benjamin ; The Knickerbockers Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Columbia W145491 10-in. 1/9/1928 Gee! But I'm blue Art Gillham Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble lyricist  
Columbia W145499 10-in. 1/10/1928 So tired Art Gillham Male vocal solo, with violin and piano lyricist  
Columbia W145867 10-in. 3/31/1928 So tired Max Fisher California Orchestra ; Johnny Murray Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Columbia 145978 10-in. 4/7/1928 So tired Joe Davis Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia W147612 10-in. 12/8/1928 So tired Dallas String Band ; Coley Jones String trio, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble lyricist  
Columbia W148091 10-in. 3/19/1929 Pal of my dreams Guy Lombardo ; Lebert Lombardo ; Royal Canadians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Columbia W149736 10-in. 1/7/1930 Funny, dear, what love can do Ben Selvin and his Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Columbia W150063 10-in. 3/4/1930 Funny, dear, what love can do Ruth Etting Female vocal solo songwriter  
Columbia 150136 10-in. 3/27/1930 Funny, dear, what love can do Jim Andrews ; The Harmonians [California Ramblers] Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Columbia 75920 12-in. approximately May 1917 Hawaiian butterfly Philip Braham ; Comedy Theatre Orchestra ; Teddie Gerard Female vocal solo, with orchestra and chorus lyricist  
OKeh S-7244 10-in. Feb. 1920 Somebody Rega Dance Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
OKeh S-7554 10-in. Aug. 1920 Kentucky Ernest Hare Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh S-7760 10-in. Feb. 1921 Oh! Boy (I found the baby for me) Billy Jones Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh S-70145 10-in. Sept. 1921 Sweet Mamma (Papa's getting mad) Palmetto Jazz Quartet Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied lyricist  
OKeh S-70271 10-in. Oct. 1921 Tenderly Glantz and his Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-70467 10-in. Feb. 1922 I've got the wonder where he went and when he's coming back blues Glantz and his Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-72097 10-in. Nov. 1923 Sure as you're born Vernon Dalhart Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh S-72827 10-in. Sept. 1924 That's Georgia Earl Rickard Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh S-73239 10-in. 3/16/1925 I like pie—I like cake—but I like you best of all The Goofus Five ; Ernest Hare Jazz/dance ensemble, with male vocal solo lyricist  
OKeh S-73490 10-in. June 1925 By the light of the stars Tickle Toe Ten ; Bruce Wallace Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
OKeh S-73499 10-in. July 1925 By the light of the stars Bruce Wallace Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet lyricist  
OKeh W80277 10-in. 1/3/1927 When I first met Mary Ted Wallace and his Orchestra [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
OKeh W80445 10-in. 2/18/1927 When I first met Mary Ray-O-Vacs Male vocal duet, with piano songwriter  
OKeh W402948 10-in. 9/12/1929 Sweet mamma (Papa's getting mad) Georgia Crackers ; Emmett Miller Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band lyricist  
OKeh W403634 10-in. 1/16/1930 Funny, dear, what love can do Smith Ballew Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Brunswick [Br cat 5200-a] 10-in. approximately Sept. 1917 There's another angel now in old Killarney Samuel Ash Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick 5079 10-in. approximately Feb. 1921 Sweet Mamma (Papa's getting mad) Al Bernard ; Carl Fenton’s Orchestra Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick 7530-7531 10-in. approximately Feb. 1923 I've got the wonder-where-he-went-and when-he's coming-back blues Al Bernard Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band lyricist  
Brunswick 13644-13646 10-in. 7/30/1924 Too tired Margaret Young Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick 15436-15437 10-in. 4/4/1925 I like pie, I like cake, but I like you best of all Campus Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick E2452-E2454 10-in. 2/16/1926 Blinky Moon Bay Night Club Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Brunswick E15929-E15932 10-in. 6/3/1925 By the light of the stars Nick Lucas Male vocal solo, with guitar lyricist  
Brunswick E16381-E16383 10-in. 9/14/1925 I'm knee deep in daisies Park Lane Orchestra [Carl Fenton's Orchestra] Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Brunswick E17692-E17694 10-in. 1/27/1926 Blinky Moon Bay Volunteer Firemen Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet songwriter  
Brunswick E21291-E21293 10-in. 1/25/1927 When I first met Mary Clevelanders Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Brunswick E24887-E24890 10-in. 10/24/1927 Back where the daisies grow Park Lane Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E24890) lyricist  
Brunswick E25000-E25003 10-in. 11/1/1927 Any time at all Herman Timberg and Company Violin and ukulele duet, with female vocal solo lyricist  
Brunswick C1985 10-in. 5/25/1928 Gee but I’m blue Freddie Rose Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick C3656 10-in. 6/19/1929 Someone’s falling in love Ray Miller Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal songwriter  
Brunswick C3710 10-in. 6/24/1929 Someone’s falling in love Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with vocal songwriter  
Brunswick C3752 10-in. 6/28/1929 Someone’s falling in love Freddie Rose Male vocal solo, with piano songwriter  
Brunswick C3901 10-in. 7/19/1929 Someone’s falling in love Ray Miller Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with vocal songwriter  
Brunswick C4702 10-in. 11/2/1929 When you’re in love Al and Pete Male vocal duet, with orchestra songwriter  
Brunswick C4776 10-in. 12/1/1929 Funny, dear, what love can do Marion Harris Female vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Brunswick C5012 10-in. 12/9/1929 Funny, dear, what love can do Ray Miller Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) songwriter  
Brunswick C1309-C1311 10-in. 10/14/1927 So tired Fred Rose Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Brunswick C1362-C1363 10-in. 11/21/1927 So tired Freddie Rose Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Brunswick C1372-C1374 10-in. 11/23/1927 So tired Jules Herbuveaux Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take C1374) lyricist  
Brunswick C1593-C1594 10-in. 1/18/1928 So tired Elmo Tanner Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio lyricist  
Brunswick XC4906-XC4906B 12-in. 12/3/1929 Brunswick brevities program V, pt. 3 Marion Harris Radio transcription disc : Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band songwriter  
Brunswick 1249W-1251W 10-in. 8/27/1925 I'm knee deep in daisies Irving Kaufman Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 3919 10-in. 6/30/1915 When I was a dreamer (And you were my dream) George Wilton Ballard Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 5440 10-in. 3/9/1917 Hawaiian butterfly Stewart Jackson Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 5741 10-in. 8/23/1917 The garden of Allah Vernon Dalhart Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Edison 5931 10-in. 12/17/1917 There's another angel now in old Killarney Shannon Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 5998 10-in. 2/5/1918 My flower garden girl That Girl Quartet Female vocal quartet, with orchestra songwriter  
Edison 8158 10-in. 8/2/1921 Tenderly Club de Vingt Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Edison 9293 10-in. 12/18/1923 You're in Kentucky sure as you're born Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 9713 10-in. 9/16/1924 That's Georgia Vernon Dalhart ; Merry Sparklers ; Ed Smalle Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet songwriter  
Edison 9841 10-in. 11/10/1924 I'm bound for Tennessee Georgia Melodians Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Edison 10816 10-in. 2/5/1926 Blinky Moon Bay Arthur Hall ; Jack Stillman Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Edison 11414 10-in. 1/4/1927 When I first met Mary Florida Four Instrumental quartet songwriter  
Edison 18066 10-in. 11/29/1927 So tired Arthur Fields ; Joe Green Novelty Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Little, George A.," accessed April 23, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108550.

Little, George A.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108550.

"Little, George A.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108550

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IMSLP: George A. Little

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LCNAR: Little, George A., 1890-1946 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00086276

Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q46373229

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/192684119

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