Eddie Durham
Eddie Durham (August 19, 1906 – March 6, 1987) was an American musician, who pioneered the use of the electric guitar in jazz. He was a guitarist, trombonist, composer, and arranger for the orchestras of Bennie Moten, Jimmie Lunceford, and Count Basie. With Edgar Battle he composed "Topsy", which was recorded by Count Basie and became a hit for Benny Goodman. In 1938, Durham co-wrote "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire", with Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus and Eddie Seiler. During the 1940s, Durham created Eddie Durham's All-Star Girl Orchestra, an African-American all female swing band that toured the United States and Canada. |
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Birth and Death Data: Born August 19, 1906 (San Marcos), Died March 6, 1987 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1942
Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, trombone, arranger, composer, songwriter
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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 152 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-067753 | 10-in. | 9/5/1941 | I don't want to set the world on fire | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-071764 | 10-in. | 2/2/1942 | I don't want to set the world on fire | Hit Paraders ; Mark Warnow Orchestra ; Barry Wood | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble | composer | |
Victor | D7VB-0886 | 10-in. | 5/20/1947 | Swingin' the blues | Count Basie, his Instrumentalists and Rhythm | Jazz octet | composer | |
OKeh | W401115 | 10-in. | 9/12/1928 | Organ grinder blues | Clarence Williams’ Blue Five ; Victoria Spivey | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet | instrumentalist, trombone | |
Decca | 39551 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Sleepy time gal-4, 5 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar | ||
Decca | 39552 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Bird of paradise-2, 4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar, arranger | ||
Decca | 39553 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Rhapsody junior-2, 4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar, arranger | ||
Decca | 39554 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Runnin' wild-3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar | ||
Decca | 39555 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Four or five times | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar | ||
Decca | 39556 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Four or five times | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar | ||
Decca | 39557 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | (If I had) Rhythm in my nursery rhymes-4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar | ||
Decca | 39996 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Babs-1, 5 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar | ||
Decca | 39997 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Swanee river-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar | ||
Decca | 39998 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Thunder-4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar | ||
Decca | 39999 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Oh boy-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar, arranger | ||
Decca | 60000 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Charmaine-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar | ||
Decca | 60001 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Hittin' the bottle-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar, arranger | ||
Decca | 60013 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | I'll take the South-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar | ||
Decca | 60014 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | Avalon-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar, arranger | ||
Decca | 60015 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | Charmaine-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar, arranger | ||
Decca | 60016 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | Hittin' the bottle-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar, arranger | ||
Decca | 60274 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | My blue heaven-1, 3, 4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar | ||
Decca | 60275 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | I'm nuts about screwy music-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar | ||
Decca | 60276 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | The best things in life are free-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar | ||
Decca | 60277 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | The melody man-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Durham, Eddie," accessed February 6, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109223.
Durham, Eddie. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved February 6, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109223.
"Durham, Eddie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 6 February 2023.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Durham, Eddie, 1906-1987 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91030669
Wikidata: Eddie Durham - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q727693
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/74037362
MusicBrainz: Eddie Durham - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/216b558a-3909-4ea5-9364-7c7c1f9e965d
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