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Clifford Grey

Clifford Grey (5 January 1887 – 25 September 1941) was an English songwriter, librettist, actor and screenwriter. His birth name was Percival Davis, and he was also known as Clifford Gray.

Grey contributed prolifically to West End and Broadway shows, as librettist and lyricist for composers including Ivor Novello, Jerome Kern, Howard Talbot, Ivan Caryll and George Gershwin. Among his best-remembered songs are two from early in his career, in 1916: "If You Were the Only Girl (In the World)" and "Another Little Drink Wouldn't Do Us Any Harm". His later hits include "Got a Date with an Angel" and "Spread a Little Happiness".

For 35 years after 1979 it was widely believed that Grey secretly competed as an American bobsleigher, under the name Clifford "Tippy" Gray, in two Winter Olympics, in 1928 and 1932, winning gold medals, but it was finally shown that the sportsman was a different person.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 5, 1887 (Birmingham), Died September 25, 1941 (Ipswich)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1918 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist

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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 169 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BVE-57580 10-in. 12/5/1929 Dream lover Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra Orchestra, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BVE-57581 10-in. 12/5/1929 The rogue song Nathaniel Shilkret ; Douglas Stanbury ; Victor Orchestra Orchestra, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BVE-57596 10-in. 12/11/1929 March of the grenadiers Jeanette MacDonald Female vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-57597 10-in. 12/11/1929 Dream lover Jeanette MacDonald Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-57923 10-in. 12/16/1929 Wild rose High Hatters ; Frank Luther Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BVE-57966 10-in. 12/30/1929 The shepherd's serenade Morton Downey Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-57989 10-in. 1/13/1930 The shepherd's serenade Victoria Quintet [i.e., Cibelli's Novelty Quintette] Instrumental ensemble lyricist  
Victor BVE-58113 10-in. 12/17/1929 If he cared Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BVE-58187 10-in. 1/13/1930 The rogue song Lawrence Tibbett Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-58188 10-in. 1/13/1930 The narrative Lawrence Tibbett Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-58195 10-in. 1/15/1930 When I'm looking at you Lawrence Tibbett Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-58196 10-in. 1/15/1930 The white dove Lawrence Tibbett Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-58510 10-in. 1/21/1930 Charming Lewis James Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-58513 10-in. 1/22/1930 Nobody's using it now Maurice Chevalier Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-58514 10-in. 1/22/1930 My love parade Maurice Chevalier Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-58521 10-in. 1/25/1930 Paris, stay the same Maurice Chevalier Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor CVE-58664 12-in. 2/18/1930 Gems from The love parade Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor CVE-58693 12-in. 3/12/1930 L'amour, toujours, l'amour (Love everlasting) Lewis James ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Orchestra Orchestra, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BVE-59617 10-in. 3/7/1930 Mon cocktail d'amour Maurice Chevalier Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-59618 10-in. 3/7/1930 Personne ne s'en sert maintenant Maurice Chevalier Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-59688 10-in. 4/10/1930 Paris, je t'aime d'amour Maurice Chevalier Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble lyricist  
Victor BVE-62205 10-in. 4/24/1930 Dark night Frank Munn ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BVE-62694 10-in. 7/24/1930 Lonely Bernie Cummins ; Walter Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio lyricist  
Victor PBVE-217 10-in. 5/12/1926 If I were king Henry Halstead Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor PBS-09607 10-in. 7/22/1937 Got a date with an angel Skinnay Ennis ; Hal Kemp Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
(Results 26-50 of 169 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Grey, Clifford," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108896.

Grey, Clifford. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108896.

"Grey, Clifford." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.

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