Maceo Pinkard

Maceo Pinkard (June 27, 1897 – July 21, 1962) was an American composer, lyricist, and music publisher. Among his compositions is "Sweet Georgia Brown", a popular standard for decades after its composition and famous as the theme of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. Pinkard was inducted in the National Academy of Popular Music Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984.

Birth and Death Data: Born June 27, 1897 (Bluefield), Died July 19, 1962

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1917 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, lyricist, piano

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 267 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-21951	10-in.	6/5/1918	Drafting blues	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	composer
Victor	B-22363	10-in.	1/16/1919	A little farm in Normandy	Harry Thomas	Piano solo	composer
Victor	B-22400	10-in.	10/30/1918	Those draftin' blues	Marion Harris	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-22438	10-in.	11/29/1918	Don't cry, little girl, don't cry	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with violin obbligato and orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-22496	10-in.	1/2/1919	He's had no lovin' for a long, long time	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-22729	10-in.	3/6/1919	He's had no lovin' for a long, long time	Frantzen's Society Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-22801	10-in.	4/23/1919	Mammy o' mine	Adele Rowland	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-23066	10-in.	7/14/1919	Dixie is Dixie once more	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-23206	10-in.	8/12/1919	Mammy o' mine	Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-23434	10-in.	10/28/1919	Wonderful pal	Sterling Trio	Male vocal trio, with violin duet and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-23593	10-in.	1/21/1920	Jazz babies ball	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-25314	10-in.	5/23/1921	Honey rose	Sterling Trio	Male vocal trio, with oboe, bassoon, and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-26744	10-in.	8/31/1922	My Dixie	Ross Gorman ; Virginians	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-26839	10-in.	8/22/1922	Stuttering (I'm always stuttering)	Roy Bargy ; Benson Orchestra of Chicago	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-27653	10-in.	3/14/1923	Liza	Zez Confrey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-28513	10-in.	8/27/1923	Potomac River blues	Gertrude Saunders	Female vocal solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano, composer
Victor	B-28536	10-in.	9/6/1923	Love me	Gertrude Saunders	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-31229	10-in.	11/29/1924	I'm satisfied (Beside that sweet o' mine)	Phil Spitalny Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BVE-32192	10-in.	3/31/1925	Does my sweetie do, and how	Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-32439	10-in.	4/16/1925	Does my sweetie do like I want him to, and how	Gene Austin	Male vocal solo, with ukulele and harmonica	composer
Victor	BVE-32565	10-in.	5/1/1925	Sweet Georgia Brown	Oliver Naylor ; Oliver Naylor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BVE-32831	10-in.	5/28/1925	Sweet Georgia Brown	Jane Green	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Victor	BVE-33181	10-in.	8/20/1925	You're in wrong with the right baby (So you'd better kiss yourself good-bye)	Aileen Stanley	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-33558	10-in.	10/12/1925	Sweet man	Aileen Stanley	Female vocal solo, with ukulele and piano	composer
Victor	BVE-33752	10-in.	11/4/1925	Sweet man	Frank E. Banta	Piano solo	composer

(Results 1-25 of 267 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Pinkard, Maceo," accessed October 1, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110556.

Pinkard, Maceo. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 1, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110556.

"Pinkard, Maceo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 1 October 2023.