Frank Bessinger
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, composer, songwriter, lyricist
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-33729 | 10-in. | 10/16/1925 | Oh! Boy, what a girl | International Novelty Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-34368 | 10-in. | 1/27/1926 | After I say I'm sorry (What can I say?) | Jean Goldkette Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-34391 | 10-in. | 2/3/1926 | Drifting apart | Jean Goldkette Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-34392 | 10-in. | 2/4/1926 | Sorry and blue | Jean Goldkette Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| 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 | vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-36813 | 10-in. | 10/12/1926 | Idolizing | Jean Goldkette Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-36814 | 10-in. | 10/12/1926 | I'd rather be the girl in your arms (Than the girl in your dreams) | Jean Goldkette Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo (takes 5-8); with male vocal trio (takes 1-4) | vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-36815 | 10-in. | 10/12/1926 | Hush-a-bye | Jean Goldkette Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-36830 | 10-in. | 10/15/1926 | Cover me up with sunshine (And feather my nest with love) | Jean Goldkette Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-36889 | 10-in. | 11/1/1926 | You will, won't you | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-37132 | 10-in. | 12/14/1926 | Tenderly think of me | Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Trial 1924-07-15-07] | 10-in. | 7/15/1924 | Put away a little sunshine | Frank Bessinger ; Frank Wright | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W140825 | 10-in. | 8/7/1925 | Oh! Boy, what a girl | Earl Carroll Orchestra ; Ross Gorman | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 140845 | 10-in. | 8/12/1925 | Oh! Boy, what a girl | Joe Friedman ; Monte Carlo Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble | composer | |
| Columbia | 140892 | 10-in. | 9/2/1925 | Oh! Boy, what a girl | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | W140925 | 10-in. | 9/10/1925 | Oh! Boy, what a girl | Eddie Cantor | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | W141234 | 10-in. | 11/2/1925 | I never knew | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W141235 | 10-in. | 11/2/1925 | I wonder where my baby is tonight | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W141531 | 10-in. | 1/20/1926 | This one today and that one tomorrow | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W141532 | 10-in. | 1/20/1926 | Tamiami Trail | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 142593 | 10-in. | 9/10/1926 | Stars | The Harmonians [Selvin's Orchestra] ; Radio Franks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 142594 | 10-in. | 9/10/1926 | When you waltz with the one you love | Bar Harbor Society Orchestra [Selvin's Orchestra] ; Frank Bessinger | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 142595 | 10-in. | 9/10/1926 | Pretty Cinderella | Frank Bessinger ; The Harmonians [Selvin's Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 142668 | 10-in. | 9/21/1926 | I'm on my way home | Frank Bessinger ; WMCA Broadcasters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 142669 | 10-in. | 9/21/1926 | Because I love you | Frank Bessinger ; WMCA Broadcasters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 142944 | 10-in. | 11/18/1926 | I love the moonlight | Frank Bessinger ; Broadway Bellhops | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 142945 | 10-in. | 11/18/1926 | Take in the sun, hang out the moon | Frank Bessinger ; The Westerners | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 142946 | 10-in. | 11/18/1926 | (I'm tellin' the birds—tellin' the bees) How I love you | Frank Bessinger ; The Westerners | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 143441 | 10-in. | 2/4/1927 | Swanee River Trail | Frank Bessinger ; WMCA Broadcasters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 146371 | 10-in. | 5/31/1928 | That's just my way of forgetting you | Frank Bessinger ; Broadway Bellhops | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W146372 | 10-in. | 5/31/1928 | You're wonderful | Broadway Bellhops | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 146373 | 10-in. | 5/31/1928 | Old man sunshine | Frank Bessinger ; Broadway Bellhops | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W146439 | 10-in. | 6/13/1928 | You're just a great big baby doll | California Ramblers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 146613 | 10-in. | 7/2/1928 | Two lips (To kiss my cares away) | Frank Bessinger ; Lou Gold Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 146614 | 10-in. | 7/2/1928 | Georgie Porgie | Frank Bessinger ; Lou Gold Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 146615 | 10-in. | 7/2/1928 | Skadatin-dee (Just a funny sound and a melody) | Frank Bessinger ; Lou Gold Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| OKeh | 73586 | 10-in. | 9/2/1925 | Oh! Boy, what a girl | Tom Morton ; Original Indiana Five | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | B20-B22 | 10-in. | 7/23/1924 | I’d love you all over again | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | B23-B25 | 10-in. | 7/23/1924 | Honest and truly | Frank Bessinger | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 13647-13648 | 10-in. | 7/31/1924 | Not now, not yet, but soon | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 13729-13732 | 10-in. | 8/14/1924 | If I stay away too long from Carolina (I may find somebody else with Caroline) | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 13739-13741 | 10-in. | 8/14/1924 | Don’t blame it all on me | Frank Bessinger | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 13747-13749 | 10-in. | 9/5/1924 | Dreamer of dreams | Frank Bessinger ; Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 13750-13752 | 10-in. | 9/5/1924 | Rock-a-bye my baby blues | Frank Bessinger ; Carl Fenton’s Orchestra ; Frank Wright | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 13853-13855 | 10-in. | 9/26/1924 | At the end of a winding lane | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 13909-13911 | 10-in. | 10/10/1924 | Then maybe I will forget | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, songwriter | |
| Brunswick | 13912-13914 | 10-in. | 10/10/1924 | The pal that I loved stole the gal that I loved | Frank Bessinger | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 13920-13922 | 10-in. | 10/11/1924 | At the end of the sunset trail | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 13923-13925 | 10-in. | 10/11/1924 | Pretty as a picture | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14103-14105 | 10-in. | 10/31/1924 | I don’t care what you used to be | Frank Bessinger ; Frank Wright | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14370-14372 | 10-in. | 12/2/1924 | Sad | Frank Bessinger ; Vic Meyers Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14373-14375 | 10-in. | 12/2/1924 | The only, only one | Frank Bessinger ; Vic Meyers Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14389-14392 | 10-in. | 12/4/1924 | I’ll see you in my dreams | Isham Jones ; Ray Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14420-14421 | 10-in. | 12/6/1924 | Caroline | Frank Bessinger ; Frank Wright | Male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14509-14511 | 10-in. | 12/17/1924 | At the end of the road | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with string quartet and piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14512-14515 | 10-in. | 12/17/1924 | Can you bring back the heart I gave you? | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with string quartet and piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14569-14571 | 10-in. | 1/6/1925 | Can you bring back the heart I gave you? | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14572-14574 | 10-in. | 1/6/1925 | Glad eyes | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14575-14576 | 10-in. | 1/6/1925 | My gal don’t love me anymore | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14607-14611 | 10-in. | 1/8/1925 | When my sugar walks down the street | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14635-14641 | 10-in. | 1/12/1925 | Lullaby of long ago | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14637-14640 | 10-in. | 1/12/1925 | Those Panama mammas | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14642-14643 | 10-in. | 1/13/1925 | Glad eyes | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14644-14646 | 10-in. | 1/13/1925 | Take me back to your heart | Frank Bessinger | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 14647-14650 | 10-in. | 1/13/1925 | All that I ask of you is love | Frank Bessinger ; Emily Earle | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 15157-15159 | 10-in. | 3/13/1925 | Just a little drink | Frank Bessinger ; Ray Miller Orchestra ; Frank Wright | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 15160-15162 | 10-in. | 3/13/1925 | Moonlight and roses | Frank Bessinger ; Ray Miller Orchestra ; Frank Wright | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 15229-15231 | 10-in. | 3/19/1925 | I had someone else before I had you | Phil Ohman ; Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 15232-15235 | 10-in. | 3/19/1925 | On the Oregon Trail | Phil Ohman ; Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 15603-15604 | 10-in. | 4/21/1925 | Florida | Frank Bessinger ; Phil Ohman ; Frank Wright | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 15605-15607 | 10-in. | 4/21/1925 | If it wasn't for you I wouldn't be crying now | Frank Bessinger ; Phil Ohman ; Frank Wright | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E29738 | 10-in. | Apr. 1929 | I’m still caring | Al Goodman Orchestra ; Frank Bessinger | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E1671-E1674 | 10-in. | 11/11/1925 | Show me the way to go home | Park Lane Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E1712-E1715 | 10-in. | 11/13/1925 | Hokey pokey (Diddle dee rum) | Tuxedo Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E1720-E1723 | 10-in. | 11/16/1925 | There ain't no flies on Auntie | Tuxedo Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E1979-E1981 | 10-in. | 12/24/1925 | Then I’ll be happy | Selvin’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E1997-E1999 | 10-in. | 12/29/1925 | Roll ‘em girls | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2000-E2002 | 10-in. | 12/29/1925 | Forever and ever with you | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2267-E2269 | 10-in. | 1/27/1926 | Drifting apart | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2370-E2373 | 10-in. | 2/5/1926 | I wish that I’d been satisfied with Mary | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2374-E2376 | 10-in. | 2/5/1926 | Drifting apart | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2832-E2834 | 10-in. | 4/21/1926 | Honey bunch | Golden Pheasant Orchestra ; Austin Wylie | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2835-E2838 | 10-in. | 4/21/1926 | Bye bye blackbird | Golden Pheasant Orchestra ; Austin Wylie | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2839-E2841 | 10-in. | 4/21/1926 | Could I? I certainly could! | Golden Pheasant Orchestra ; Austin Wylie | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2853-E2855 | 10-in. | 4/22/1926 | Reaching for the moon | The Bostonians ; Radio Franks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2856-E2858 | 10-in. | 4/22/1926 | Chérie, I love you | The Bostonians ; Radio Franks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2976-E2978 | 10-in. | 5/4/1926 | Honolulu moon | Night Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2979-E2981 | 10-in. | 5/4/1926 | At peace with the world | Night Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3203-E3206 | 10-in. | 6/8/1926 | Hard-to-get Gertie | Al Goering's Collegians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3207-E3210 | 10-in. | 6/8/1926 | That’s where I meet my girl | Al Goering's Collegians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3301-E3303 | 10-in. | 6/26/1926 | You need someone to love | Windsor Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3304-E3306 | 10-in. | 6/26/1926 | Roses remind me of you | Windsor Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3497-E3499 | 10-in. | 7/23/1926 | While the years go drifting by | Glen Echo Serenaders | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3500-E3502 | 10-in. | 7/23/1926 | Down on the banks of the old Yazoo | Glen Echo Serenaders | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3662-E3663 | 10-in. | 9/2/1926 | Ya gotta know how to love | The Ambassadors [Brunswick Records] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3664-E3665 | 10-in. | 9/2/1926 | Breezin’ along with the breeze | The Ambassadors [Brunswick Records] ; Louis Katzman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3746-E3747 | 10-in. | 9/9/1926 | Blame it on the waltz | Miami Marimba Band | Marimba band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3748-E3749 | 10-in. | 9/9/1926 | In a little Spanish town ('Twas on a night like this) | Miami Marimba Band | Marimba band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3763-E3764 | 10-in. | 9/13/1926 | Breezin’ along with the breeze | The Ambassadors [Brunswick Records] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3860-E3861 | 10-in. | 9/28/1926 | Blame it on the waltz | Miami Marimba Band | Marimba band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3862-E3863 | 10-in. | 9/28/1926 | In a little Spanish town ('Twas on a night like this) | Castlewood Marimba Band | Marimba band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4096-E4097 | 10-in. | 11/19/1926 | I’ve grown so lonesome, thinking of you | The Ambassadors [Brunswick Records] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4098-E4099 | 10-in. | 11/19/1926 | If I’d only believed in you | The Ambassadors [Brunswick Records] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E15614-E15615 | 10-in. | 4/21/1925 | Florida | Frank Bessinger ; Phil Ohman ; Frank Wright | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E15750-E15752 | 10-in. | 5/19/1925 | And I believed in you | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E15762-E15764 | 10-in. | 5/20/1925 | Trying | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E15892-E15894 | 10-in. | 5/27/1925 | And I believed in you | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E15952-E15953 | 10-in. | 6/9/1925 | Homeland | Brunswick Male Chorus | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E15954-E15955 | 10-in. | 6/9/1925 | Serenade | Brunswick Male Chorus | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16274-E16276 | 10-in. | 8/28/1925 | Croon a little lullaby | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16277-E16279 | 10-in. | 8/28/1925 | Oh, boy! What a girl | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | composer, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16363-E16365 | 10-in. | 9/10/1925 | Croon a little lullaby | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16366-E16368 | 10-in. | 9/10/1925 | Oh! Boy, what a girl | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist, composer | |
| 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 | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16384-E16386 | 10-in. | 9/14/1925 | You gotta know how | Park Lane Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16401-E16403 | 10-in. | 9/21/1925 | Croon a little lullaby | Phil Ohman ; Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16404-E16406 | 10-in. | 9/21/1925 | Oh! Boy, what a girl | Phil Ohman ; Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist, composer | |
| Brunswick | E16496-E16498 | 10-in. | 10/2/1925 | Oh! Boy, what a girl | Isham Jones Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | E16566½-E16568½ | 10-in. | 10/9/1925 | What do we care if it's one o'clock | Regent Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16569-E16571 | 10-in. | 10/9/1925 | When I dream of the last waltz with you | Regent Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16867-E16869 | 10-in. | 11/10/1925 | Bam, Bam, Bamy shore | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E16870-E16872 | 10-in. | 11/10/1925 | I'm sitting on top of the world (Just rolling along, just rolling along) | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E17099-E17101 | 10-in. | 12/16/1925 | I wonder where my baby is tonight | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E17102-E17105 | 10-in. | 12/16/1925 | Then I'll be happy | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E17286-E17287 | 10-in. | 12/29/1925 | Then I’ll be happy | Frank E. Banta ; Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E17288-E17289 | 10-in. | 12/29/1925 | I wonder where my baby is tonight | Frank E. Banta ; Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E17349-E17351 | 10-in. | 1/4/1926 | Why aren’t yez eatin’ more oranges? | Volunteer Firemen | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E17712-E17714 | 10-in. | 1/28/1926 | All that she is, is an old-fashioned girl | Regent Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E17715-E17717 | 10-in. | 1/28/1926 | Truly I do | Regent Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E17718-E17719 | 10-in. | 1/28/1926 | Venetian Isles | Regent Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E17938-E17939 | 10-in. | 2/10/1926 | What did I do to you | Regent Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E17940-E17941 | 10-in. | 2/10/1926 | The prisoner’s song | Regent Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E17963-E17965 | 10-in. | 2/12/1926 | Always | Orchestre Chez Fysher | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E18091-E18093 | 10-in. | 2/25/1926 | The prisoner’s song | Regent Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E18094-E18096 | 10-in. | 2/25/1926 | What did I do to you? | Regent Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E18103-E18105 | 10-in. | 2/25/1926 | Don’t be afraid to come home | Frank Bessinger | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E18106-E18107 | 10-in. | 2/25/1926 | There are two sides to every story | Frank Bessinger | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E18719-E18721 | 10-in. | 4/8/1926 | Honolulu moon | Ernie Golden ; Hotel McAlpin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E18722-E18724 | 10-in. | 4/8/1926 | Lonesome melody o’ mine | Ernie Golden ; Hotel McAlpin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | XE19516-XE19518 | 12-in. | 6/10/1926 | Poor little Marie | Franklyn Baur | Tenor vocal solo and male vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | XE19519-XE19521 | 12-in. | 6/10/1926 | Toodle-oo | Franklyn Baur | Male vocal solo and male vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E19547-E19549 | 10-in. | 6/11/1926 | Lay my head beneath a rose | Colonial Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E19550-E19552 | 10-in. | 6/11/1926 | Hush-a-bye | Colonial Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | XE19552½-XE19555 | 12-in. | 6/12/1926 | No foolin’ | Male vocal chorus (unidentified; Brunswick Records) | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | XE19556-XE19557 | 12-in. | 6/12/1926 | Florida moon | Male vocal chorus (unidentified; Brunswick Records) | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | XE19558-XE19561 | 12-in. | 6/14/1926 | Wasn’t it nice | Male vocal chorus (unidentified; Brunswick Records) | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | XE19572-XE19573 | 12-in. | 6/15/1926 | Florida, the moon and you | Franklyn Baur | Tenor vocal solo and male vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | XE19574-XE19576 | 12-in. | 6/15/1926 | Cocktail blues | Male vocal chorus (unidentified; Brunswick Records) | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E19614-E19617 | 10-in. | 6/19/1926 | Finale | Male vocal chorus (unidentified; Brunswick Records) | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E19799-E19801 | 10-in. | 7/19/1926 | Calling me home | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E19802-E19804 | 10-in. | 7/19/1926 | Someone is losin’ Susan | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E20010-E20011 | 10-in. | 9/2/1926 | Ya gotta know how to love | Clevelanders | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E20102-E20103 | 10-in. | 9/13/1926 | New moon | Colonial Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E20104-E20105 | 10-in. | 9/13/1926 | Kiss me (And then say goodnight) | Colonial Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E20498-E20499 | 10-in. | 10/23/1926 | Just a little longer | Park Lane Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E20500-E20501 | 10-in. | 10/23/1926 | Idolizing | Park Lane Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21183-E21185 | 10-in. | 1/13/1927 | My little bunch of happiness | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21186-E21188 | 10-in. | 1/13/1927 | Here or there (As long as I'm with you) | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21313-E21315 | 10-in. | 1/26/1927 | My little bunch of happiness | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21316-E21318 | 10-in. | 1/26/1927 | Here or there (As long as I'm with you) | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21412-E21414 | 10-in. | 2/2/1927 | Coronado nights | Ernie Golden ; Hotel McAlpin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21418-E21420 | 10-in. | 2/2/1927 | Who do you love? | Ernie Golden ; Hotel McAlpin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21575-E21576 | 10-in. | 2/21/1927 | What does it matter? | Casa Lopez Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E22404-E22405 | 10-in. | 4/14/1927 | Missouri waltz | Carter's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E22409-E22410 | 10-in. | 4/14/1927 | Mighty lak’ a rose | Carter's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E22411-E22412 | 10-in. | 4/14/1927 | Kiss me again | Carter's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E22413-E22414 | 10-in. | 4/14/1927 | Till we meet again | Carter's Orchestra ; Friedman's Orchestra [Carter's Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E22589-E22590 | 10-in. | 4/22/1927 | Memory Lane | Carter's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E22591-E22592 | 10-in. | 4/22/1927 | The sunshine of your smile | Carter's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E22593-E22594 | 10-in. | 4/22/1927 | Somewhere a voice is calling | Carter's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23619-E23621 | 10-in. | 6/14/1927 | When day is done | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23622-E23624 | 10-in. | 6/14/1927 | Bless her little heart | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23785-E23787 | 10-in. | 6/29/1927 | No wonder I’m happy (My baby's in love with me) | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23788-E23790 | 10-in. | 6/29/1927 | When day is done | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23937-E23940 | 10-in. | 7/11/1927 | Lock a little sunbeam down in your heart (And throw the key away) | Park Lane Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E23940) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23941-E23944 | 10-in. | 7/11/1927 | Bye-bye pretty baby | Park Lane Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E23944) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E24542-E24544 | 10-in. | 9/26/1927 | There’s a cradle in Caroline | Frank Bessinger ; Ed Smalle | Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E24545-E24546 | 10-in. | 9/26/1927 | I’ll be lonely | Frank Bessinger ; Ed Smalle | Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E26353-E26354 | 10-in. | 2/2/1928 | Mary Ann | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with saxophone, steel guitar, and piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E26464-E26465 | 10-in. | 2/10/1928 | Mary Ann | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet with saxophone, steel guitar, and piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E26595-E26596 | 10-in. | 2/21/1928 | Rain | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with saxophone, steel guitar, and piano | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | 1100W-1102W | 10-in. | 8/10/1925 | Oh! Boy, what a girl | "Ukulele" Hughes | Male vocal solo, with ukulele | composer | |
| Brunswick | 1405W-1408W | 10-in. | 9/25/1925 | Oh! Boy, what a girl | Harry Reser | Banjo solo, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | [Unnumbered 1926-05-27] | Not documented | 5/27/1926 | [Unknown title(s)] | Ziegfeld’s Chorus | Vocal ensemble | vocalist | |
| Edison | 9661 | 10-in. | 8/5/1924 | Jealous | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 9787 | 10-in. | 10/14/1924 | If I had you | Charles Hart ; Esther Nelson | Male vocal solo, with female vocal solo and orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 10570 | 10-in. | 9/14/1925 | Oh! Boy, what a girl | Arthur Hall ; Hotel Carlton Terrace Orchestra ; Mike Speciale | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Edison | 10648 | 10-in. | 10/22/1925 | Croon a little lullaby | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 10649 | 10-in. | 10/22/1925 | I'm sitting on top of the world (Just rolling along—just rolling along) | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 10674 | 10-in. | 11/11/1925 | I never knew | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 10684 | 10-in. | 11/17/1925 | I wonder where my baby is to-night | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 10887 | 10-in. | 3/19/1926 | In the middle of the night | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 10906 | 10-in. | 4/2/1926 | Lullaby blues | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 11495 | 10-in. | 2/3/1927 | My little bunch of happiness | Radio Franks ; Frank White | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 11496 | 10-in. | 2/3/1927 | High-high-high up in hills (Watching the clouds roll by) | Radio Franks ; Frank White | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 11868 | 10-in. | 9/2/1927 | Mister aeroplane man (Take me up to heaven) | Radio Franks ; Frank White | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Edison | 11869 | 10-in. | 9/2/1927 | Pastafazoola | Frank Bessinger ; Frank Wright | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 18179 | 10-in. | 1/19/1928 | Dream kisses | Radio Franks ; Variety Players | Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Edison | 18180 | 10-in. | 1/19/1928 | Who's blue now? | Radio Franks ; Variety Players | Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Edison | 18554 | 10-in. | 5/31/1928 | Come on along with the blue bird | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Edison | 18555 | 10-in. | 5/31/1928 | Cherie chilly-pom-pom-pee | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bessinger, Frank," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109619.
Bessinger, Frank. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109619.
"Bessinger, Frank." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
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