Art Gillham
Art Gillham (January 1, 1895, St. Louis, Missouri – June 6, 1961, Atlanta, Georgia) was an American songwriter, who was among the first crooners as a pioneer radio artist and a recording artist for Columbia Records. With Billy Smythe and Scott Middleton he wrote "Hesitation Blues", which he also recorded as one of the first electrical recordings for Columbia Records(Rust). The song is heard in the following movies The Public Enemy, Of Human Bondage and Fireman Save My Child (IMDB). Gillham and Smythe wrote approximately 100 songs together, including "Mean Blues," "Just Forget," "The Deacon Told Me I Was Good," "Just Waiting for You," "Crying Again," "Things That Remind Me of You" (sheet music) and the first successful electrical recording, "You May Be Lonesome" (Rust). With J. Russell Robinson he wrote "In My Sweetheart's Arms". |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 1, 1895 (St. Louis), Died June 6, 1961
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1936
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, piano, songwriter, composer, lyricist, leader, guitar
Notes: Often billed as "The Whispering Pianist." Surname spelled "Gilham" on Bluebird disc labels.
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Recordings (Results 126-150 of 171 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W148042 | 10-in. | 3/7/1929 | True blue | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W148043 | 10-in. | 3/7/1929 | On the Alamo | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W148047 | 10-in. | 3/8/1929 | Blue little you and blue little me | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W148101 | 10-in. | 3/18/1929 | I'm still caring | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W148148 | 10-in. | 3/29/1929 | If you know what I know, you'll know I love you | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with violin and piano | songwriter, vocalist | |
Columbia | W149485 | 10-in. | 11/25/1929 | Absence makes the heart grow fonder (For somebody else) | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W149486 | 10-in. | 11/25/1929 | If you were the only girl | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W149487 | 10-in. | 11/25/1929 | Hollywood | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W149492 | 10-in. | 11/25/1929 | Have a little faith in me | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W149640 | 10-in. | 11/26/1929 | If I had to do without you | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with violin and piano | vocalist | |
Columbia | W149641 | 10-in. | 11/26/1929 | (You'll always be) Welcome | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W149642 | 10-in. | Late Nov. 1929 | Would you care? | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W149648 | 10-in. | 11/27/1929 | Just forget | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with violin and piano | vocalist | |
Columbia | W149649 | 10-in. | 11/27/1929 | Tonight | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano and drums | vocalist, lyricist | |
Columbia | W149650 | 10-in. | 11/27/1929 | You don't care | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano and drums | vocalist, composer | |
Columbia | W150661 | 10-in. | 7/24/1930 | Good evenin' | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
Columbia | W150662 | 10-in. | 7/24/1930 | Confessin' (That I love you) | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
Columbia | W150665 | 10-in. | 7/24/1930 | My heart belongs to the girl who belongs to somebody else | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
Columbia | W150666 | 10-in. | 7/24/1930 | I'm drifting back to dreamland | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
Columbia | [W]150797 | 10-in. | 9/12/1930 | In my sweetheart's arms | Tom Frawley ; Hotel Pennsylvania Music [Lloyd Keating and his Music] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | W150865 | 10-in. | 10/7/1930 | Passing time with me | Art Gillham ; Alex Hill | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
Columbia | W150866 | 10-in. | 10/7/1930 | When they changed my name to a number | Art Gillham ; Alex Hill | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
Columbia | W150939 | 10-in. | 11/6/1930 | Gazing at the stars | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W150940 | 10-in. | 11/6/1930 | To whom it may concern | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W151144 | 10-in. | 1/5/1931 | Shine on, harvest moon | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with alto saxophone and piano | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gillham, Art," accessed April 23, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110519.
Gillham, Art. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110519.
"Gillham, Art." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Gillham, Art, 1895-1961 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97041655
Wikidata: Art Gillham - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4796846
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/213770
MusicBrainz: Art Gillham - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4602585a-bf0a-483a-8452-bbca1d7d9370
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