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 101-125 of 169 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 76125 | 12-in. | approximately February 1918 | First love, last love, best love | Clara Evelyn ; George Robey | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 76126 | 12-in. | approximately February 1918 | Day after day | Clara Evelyn ; George Robey | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 76127 | 12-in. | approximately February 1918 | Shurr-up | George Robey | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 76128 | 12-in. | approximately February 1918 | The fact is... | George Robey | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 76672 | 12-in. | approximately 10/29/1919 | If I were a boy | Joyce Barbour ; Daisy Elliston ; Jacques Greebe ; Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra | Vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 76673 | 12-in. | approximately 10/29/1919 | My home while you wait | Joyce Barbour ; Jacques Greebe ; Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 76674 | 12-in. | approximately 10/29/1919 | At the ball | Walter Catlett ; Jacques Greebe ; Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 76675 | 12-in. | approximately 10/29/1919 | Listen, baby | Walter Catlett ; Jacques Greebe ; Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 76676 | 12-in. | approximately 10/29/1919 | Married life | Dorothy Brunton ; Jacques Greebe ; Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra ; Ronald Squire | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 76677 | 12-in. | approximately 10/29/1919 | What's the matter with 59? | Davy Burnaby ; Jacques Greebe ; Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with orchestra and chorus | lyricist | |
Columbia | 76678 | 12-in. | approximately 10/29/1919 | Green grass grew all round | Dorothy Brunton ; Davy Burnaby ; Walter Catlett ; Jacques Greebe ; Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra ; Ronald Squire | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 76679 | 12-in. | approximately 10/29/1919 | Supposing | Dorothy Brunton ; Walter Catlett ; Jacques Greebe ; Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 76680 | 12-in. | approximately 10/29/1919 | Bless the girls | Frank Attree ; Walter Catlett ; Jacques Greebe ; Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra ; Ronald Squire | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 76681 | 12-in. | approximately 10/29/1919 | Tally ho! | Davy Burnaby ; Walter Catlett ; Jacques Greebe ; Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 76682 | 12-in. | approximately 10/30/1919 | Cricket in November | Jacques Greebe ; Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra ; Ronald Squire | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 76683 | 12-in. | approximately 10/30/1919 | If you love me | Daisy Elliston ; Gleesome Singers ; Jacques Greebe ; Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra ; Ronald Squire | Vocal duet with orchestra and chorus | lyricist | |
Columbia | 76684 | 12-in. | approximately 10/30/1919 | I wonder why | Daisy Elliston ; Gleesome Singers ; Jacques Greebe ; Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra | Vocal duet with orchestra and chorus | lyricist | |
OKeh | W81087 | 10-in. | 5/17/1927 | Hallelujah! | Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | W81114 | 10-in. | 6/27/1927 | Hallelujah! | Art Kahn | Piano solo, with male vocal solo and guitar | lyricist | |
OKeh | W81171 | 10-in. | 7/15/1927 | Sometimes I'm happy | Eubie Blake ; Noble Sissle | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
OKeh | W81172 | 10-in. | 7/15/1927 | Hallelujah! | Eubie Blake ; Noble Sissle | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
OKeh | W403198 | 10-in. | 10/28/1929 | Dream lover | Smith Ballew Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | W403200 | 10-in. | 10/28/1929 | My love parade | Smith Ballew Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | W403248 | 10-in. | 11/11/1929 | If you were the only girl | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | lyricist | |
OKeh | W403525 | 10-in. | 12/18/1929 | The shepherd's serenade | Smith Ballew Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Grey, Clifford," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108896.
Grey, Clifford. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108896.
"Grey, Clifford." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Grey, Clifford, 1887-1941 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89019130
Wikidata: Clifford Grey - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1101276
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/43856190
MusicBrainz: Clifford Grey - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d5c58002-376b-4961-8ab3-23af9c7c9462
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