Harry Owens
Harry Robert Owens (18 April 1902 – 12 December 1986) was an American composer, bandleader and songwriter best known for his song "Sweet Leilani". |
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-26999 | 10-in. | 10/25/1922 | To-morrow will be brighter than to-day | Great White Way Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-29332 | 10-in. | 1/21/1924 | Linger awhile | Marcia Freer ; Lewis James | Female-male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-31737 | 10-in. | 1/20/1925 | When I think of you | Montmartre Orchestra ; Vincent Rose | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-32512 | 10-in. | 4/14/1925 | When I think of you | Benjamin Franklin Hotel Orchestra ; Howard Lanin | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-33104 | 10-in. | 7/24/1925 | When I think of you | Carleton A. Coon ; Joe Sanders | Male vocal duet, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-33223 | 10-in. | 8/14/1925 | When I think of you | Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandola | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-36353 | 10-in. | 9/24/1926 | Down on the banks of the old Yazoo | Frank Bessinger ; Gladys Rice ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with female-male vocal duet | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-36395 | 10-in. | 10/7/1926 | Adios | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-36831 | 10-in. | 10/15/1926 | Just one more kiss | Jean Goldkette Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | PBS-79271 | 10-in. | 6/25/1934 | I've found a little grass skirt (For my little grass shack) | Sol K. Bright’s Hollywaiians | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal trio (Hawaiian) | songwriter | |
| Victor | PB-2 | 10-in. | 6/9/1924 | String beans | Montmartre Orchestra ; Vincent Rose | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | PB-9 | 10-in. | 6/11/1924 | Helen gone | Buddy Burns ; Montmartre Orchestra ; Vincent Rose | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | PB-14 | 10-in. | 6/12/1924 | Sadie | Buddy Burns ; Montmartre Orchestra ; Vincent Rose | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | PB-100 | 10-in. | 3/2/1925 | When we are together | Art Hickman's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | PBVE-132 | 10-in. | 9/3/1925 | Let's wander away | Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | PBVE-256 | 10-in. | 4/18/1927 | When you dream, dream of me | The Rounders | Male vocal chorus, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | BS-0700 | 10-in. | 9/17/1936 | To you, sweetheart, aloha | Guy Lombardo ; Lebert Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-06128 | 10-in. | 3/4/1937 | Sweet Leilani | George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-06195 | 10-in. | 3/12/1937 | Sweet Leilani | Ray Heatherton ; Ruby Newman ; Rainbow Room Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | PBS-09767 | 10-in. | 10/28/1937 | Hawaii calls | Bobby Breen | Dubbed from film : Boy soprano vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | PBS-09769 | 10-in. | 10/28/1937 | Down where the trade winds blow | Bobby Breen | Boy soprano vocal solo, with jazz/dance band (take 2) ; dubbed from film : Boy soprano vocal solo (take 1) | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-011602 | 10-in. | 7/29/1937 | Dancing under the stars | Helen Crawford ; Jesse Crawford Orchestra ; Bob Murray | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | PBS-026430 | 10-in. | 2/8/1939 | Beneath a banyan tree | Sol K. Bright’s Hollywaiians | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo (Hawaiian) | lyricist, composer | |
| Victor | BS-030357 | 10-in. | 12/6/1938 | Sweet Leilani | Don Redman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-040493 | 10-in. | 10/10/1939 | To you sweetheart, aloha | Gray Gordon ; Cliff Grass ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-040497 | 10-in. | 10/11/1939 | To you sweetheart, aloha | Californians ; Abe Lyman ; Frank Parrish | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | PBS-Test-042288 | 10-in. | 12/11/1939 | Princess Poopooly | Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Eddie Stone | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-042709 | 10-in. | 9/20/1939 | To you sweetheart, aloha | Three Reasons ; Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band and female vocal trio | composer | |
| Victor | BS-044310 | 10-in. | 12/4/1939 | Princess Poo-poo-ly has plenty of pa-fa-ya (And she loves to give it away) | Rose Blane ; Californians ; Abe Lyman | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-046043 | 10-in. | 12/28/1939 | Princess Poo-Poo-Ly has plenty of pa-pa-ya (And she loves to give it away) | Rose Blane ; Californians ; Abe Lyman | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-048678 | 10-in. | 4/9/1940 | Hawaiian paradise | Blue Barron ; Russ Carlyle | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | PBS-049581 | 10-in. | 3/28/1940 | Poi, my boy, will make a man of you | Four King Sisters ; Alvino Rey | Female vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-068710 | 10-in. | 12/19/1941 | Blue shadows and white gardenias | Alfred Apaka ; Hawaiian Musical Ambassadors ; Ray Kinney | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-068711 | 10-in. | 12/19/1941 | Sing me a song of the islands | Hawaiian Musical Ambassadors ; Ray Kinney | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-068855 | 10-in. | 1/12/1942 | Sing me a song of the islands | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-068865 | 10-in. | 1/12/1942 | Sing me a song of the islands | Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-068866 | 10-in. | 1/12/1942 | Blue shadows and white gardenias | Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-071666 | 10-in. | 1/27/1942 | Blue shadows and white gardenias | Alvino Rey Orchestra ; Alyce King | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-071667 | 10-in. | 1/27/1942 | Sing me a song of the islands | Alvino Rey Orchestra ; Bill Schallen | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-071705 | 10-in. | 1/21/1942 | Blue shadows and white gardenias | Lanny Ross | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D6VB-3488 | 10-in. | 12/18/1946 | Sweet Leilani | Coral Islanders ; Ray Kinney | Female vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | D6VB-3495 | 10-in. | 12/20/1946 | Hawaiian paradise | Coral Islanders ; Ray Kinney | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-1165 | 10-in. | 11/14/1947 | To you sweetheart aloha | Nancy Evans ; Wayne King Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-1167 | 10-in. | 11/14/1947 | Sweet Leilani | Billy Leach ; Wayne King Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Columbia | 80594 | 10-in. | 10/10/1922 | To-morrow (Will be brighter than to-day) | Paul Biese Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 81553 | 10-in. | 2/13/1924 | Linger awhile | Shannon Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W140878 | 10-in. | 8/28/1925 | Let's wander away | Lewis James ; Selvin’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 140942 | 10-in. | 9/15/1925 | Let's wander away | Billy Wynne Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W142782 | 10-in. | 10/12/1926 | Just one more kiss | Don Clark ; Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra ; Betty Patrick | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W143404 | 10-in. | 2/16/1927 | When you dream, dream of me | Jackie Souders Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W143622 | 10-in. | 3/8/1927 | Stop it—I love it | Clarence Badger ; Robert Mueseler | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| OKeh | 8893 | 10-in. | 1/22/1925 | I'm afraid to care for you | John Tobin's Midnight Serenaders | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 11919-11923 | 10-in. | 11/19/1923 | Linger awhile | Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | 12004-12006 | 10-in. | 11/30/1923 | Linger awhile | Benny Krueger’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | 12045-12047 | 10-in. | 12/6/1923 | Linger awhile | Benny Krueger’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E16861-E16863 | 10-in. | 11/10/1925 | Let's wander away | Benny Krueger’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | LAE641 | 10-in. | 10/23/1929 | Tune in on my heart | Arizona Biltmore Hotel Orchestra ; Harry Owens | Orchestra, with vocal trio | leader | |
| Brunswick | LAE642 | 10-in. | 10/23/1929 | What do I care? | Arizona Biltmore Hotel Orchestra ; Harry Owens | Orchestra, with vocal trio | leader | |
| Brunswick | A55-A57 | 10-in. | 5/10/1924 | Heartbroken | Vic Meyers Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | A80-A82 | 10-in. | 5/13/1924 | Helen gone | Vic Meyers Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 485W-487W | 10-in. | 2/27/1925 | When I think of you | The Ambassadors [Brunswick Records] | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 627W-629W | 10-in. | 3/30/1925 | When I think of you | Earl and Bell | Male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
| Brunswick | 1139W-1141W | 10-in. | 8/12/1925 | Let's wander away | Selvin’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 9267 | 10-in. | 11/27/1923 | Linger awhile | Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Edison | 10277 | 10-in. | 3/25/1925 | When I think of you | 14 Virginians ; Ace Brigode | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 10656 | 10-in. | 10/27/1925 | Let's wander away | Dave Kaplan ; Ponce Sisters | Female vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 10699 | 10-in. | 11/27/1925 | Let's wander away | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 11249 | 10-in. | 10/15/1926 | Just one more kiss | Don Voorhees and his Earl Carroll's Vanities Orchestra ; Harold Lambert | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Owens, Harry," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108841.
Owens, Harry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108841.
"Owens, Harry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Owens, Harry - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89011705
Wikidata: Harry Owens - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1586690
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/80372592
MusicBrainz: Harry Owens - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d7ec9d53-9015-4f15-b5cd-5418ce7748b7
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