Phil Spitalny
Phil Spitalny (November 7, 1890 – October 11, 1970) was a Russian Empire-born American musician, music critic, composer, and bandleader heard often on radio during the 1930s and 1940s. He rose to fame after he led an all-female orchestra, a novelty at the time. |
Birth and Death Data: Born November 7, 1890 (Tetiiv), Died October 11, 1970 (Miami Beach)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1941
Roles Represented in DAHR: leader, composer, lyricist, director
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-29800 | 10-in. | 3/24/1924 | Somewhere in the world | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | B-29801 | 10-in. | 3/24/1924 | 'No' means 'yes' | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | B-29802 | 10-in. | 3/24/1924 | Worryin' blues | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader, composer | |
| Victor | B-29803 | 10-in. | 3/25/1924 | Feeling the way I do | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | B-29804 | 10-in. | 3/25/1924 | To-night's the night | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with piano duet | leader | |
| Victor | B-29805 | 10-in. | 3/25/1924 | I must have company | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | B-29806 | 10-in. | 3/25/1924 | Worried | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | B-30333 | 10-in. | 6/27/1924 | Enchanted forest | Victor Salon Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-30821 | 10-in. | 9/15/1924 | Tell me, dreamy eyes | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-31223 | 10-in. | 11/28/1924 | Take me | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | B-31224 | 10-in. | 11/28/1924 | Listening | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | B-31229 | 10-in. | 11/29/1924 | I'm satisfied (Beside that sweet o' mine) | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | B-31230 | 10-in. | 11/29/1924 | When you and I were seventeen | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | B-31244 | 10-in. | 12/1/1924 | Caressing butterfly | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | B-31245 | 10-in. | 12/1/1924 | My sweetie and me | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | B-31246 | 10-in. | 12/1/1924 | Nobody's child | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | B-31251 | 10-in. | 12/2/1924 | Tennessee | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | B-31252 | 10-in. | 12/2/1924 | How I love that girl | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | B-31991 | 10-in. | 2/20/1925 | Don't bother me | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | B-31992 | 10-in. | 2/20/1925 | Chickie | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, leader | |
| Victor | BVE-32745 | 10-in. | 6/30/1925 | The kiss I can't forget | International Novelty Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-34386 | 10-in. | 2/2/1926 | If you believe in me (As I believe in you) | Charles Dornberger Orchestra | Jazz/dance band (takes 1-5); with male vocal solo (takes 6-8) | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-35725 | 10-in. | 6/28/1926 | Only you and lonely me | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | BVE-35726 | 10-in. | 6/28/1926 | Pining for you | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, leader | |
| Victor | BVE-35727 | 10-in. | 6/29/1926 | Hello, baby | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Victor | BVE-35728 | 10-in. | 6/29/1926 | Jackass blues | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | BVE-35729 | 10-in. | 6/29/1926 | Up and at 'em | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | BVE-35730 | 10-in. | 6/29/1926 | Rippin' it off | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | BVE-35733 | 10-in. | 6/30/1926 | If I only had you back again | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, leader | |
| Victor | BVE-35734 | 10-in. | 6/30/1926 | Someone is losin' Susan | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | BVE-36387 | 10-in. | 10/5/1926 | Chinese moon | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | BVE-36388 | 10-in. | 10/5/1926 | I just wanna be known as Susie's feller | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Victor | BVE-36390 | 10-in. | 10/5/1926 | Bobadilla | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Victor | BVE-36391 | 10-in. | 10/6/1926 | Kiss me with your eyes (Blue eyes) | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, composer | |
| Victor | BVE-36392 | 10-in. | 10/6/1926 | Just a little longer | Charles Hart ; Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Victor | BVE-36393 | 10-in. | 10/6/1926 | When you waltz with the one you love | Henry Burr ; Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Victor | BVE-39287 | 10-in. | 6/23/1927 | I love no one but you | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-58557 | 10-in. | 2/6/1930 | Any time's the time to fall in love | Burt Lorin ; Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-58558 | 10-in. | 2/6/1930 | The one I love just can't be bothered with me | Burt Lorin ; Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BRC-70963 | 10-in. | 12/3/1931 | Save the last dance for me | Jesse Crawford | Pipe organ solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-068044 | 10-in. | 10/28/1941 | Madelaine | Bob Chester Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-068060 | 10-in. | 10/29/1941 | Madelaine | Barry Wood | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-068092 | 10-in. | 11/11/1941 | Madelaine | Allan Foster ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-068644 | 10-in. | 12/15/1941 | Madelaine | Tito Guizar | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 140100 | 10-in. | 10/12/1924 | Tell me, dreamy eyes | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 144470 | 10-in. | 7/20/1927 | I love no one but you | Sid Garry | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | W144672 | 10-in. | 9/14/1927 | I love no one but you | Columbians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | [W]149761 | 10-in. | 1/15/1930 | The perfect song | The Danford Sisters ; Hotel Pennsylvania Music [Phil Spitalny Orchestra] ; Jack Miller | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and female vocal duet | leader | |
| Columbia | [W]149762 | 10-in. | 1/15/1930 | Great day | The Danford Sisters ; Hotel Pennsylvania Music [Phil Spitalny Orchestra] ; Jack Miller | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and female vocal duet | leader | |
| Columbia | [W]149763 | 10-in. | 1/15/1930 | Without a song | Hotel Pennsylvania Music [Phil Spitalny Orchestra] ; Jack Miller | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | [W]149937 | 10-in. | 1/30/1930 | Happy days are here again | Sid Garry ; Hotel Pennsylvania Music [Phil Spitalny Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | [W]149938 | 10-in. | 1/30/1930 | You're the one | Paul Hagan ; Hotel Pennsylvania Music [Phil Spitalny Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | 8951 | 10-in. | Feb. 1925 | My name will always be Chickie | Emerson Gill Orchestra ; Pinkey Hunter | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| OKeh | W81252 | 10-in. | 8/18/1927 | I love no one but you | The Royal Music Makers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
| OKeh | W403551 | 10-in. | 12/23/1929 | Singin' in the bathtub | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W403950 | 10-in. | 4/8/1930 | A bench in the park | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W403951 | 10-in. | 4/8/1930 | Song of the dawn | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W403952 | 10-in. | 4/8/1930 | Ragamuffin Romeo | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W403953 | 10-in. | 4/8/1930 | It happened in Monterey | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W404021 | 10-in. | 5/14/1930 | With my guitar and you | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W404022 | 10-in. | 5/14/1930 | There's happiness over the hill | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W404024 | 10-in. | 5/14/1930 | My kind of a man | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W404200 | 10-in. | 6/4/1930 | Just like in a story book | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W404201 | 10-in. | 6/4/1930 | Where can you be? | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W404202 | 10-in. | 6/4/1930 | Gee, but I'd like to make you happy | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W404203 | 10-in. | 6/4/1930 | If you're not kissing me | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W404245 | 10-in. | 7/1/1930 | Here comes the sun | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W404246 | 10-in. | 7/1/1930 | Lonely | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W404247 | 10-in. | 7/1/1930 | When hearts are young | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W404248 | 10-in. | 7/1/1930 | The kiss waltz | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W404258 | 10-in. | 7/8/1930 | Why have you forgotten Waikiki? | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W404259 | 10-in. | 7/8/1930 | So beats my heart for you | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W404260 | 10-in. | 7/8/1930 | All through the night | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W490022 | 10-in. | 12/23/1929 | Singin' in the bathtub | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | W490055 | 10-in. | 4/8/1930 | A bench in the park | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | W490056 | 10-in. | 4/8/1930 | Song of the dawn | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | W490057 | 10-in. | 4/8/1930 | Ragamuffin Romeo | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | W490072 | 10-in. | 5/14/1930 | With my guitar and you | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | W490073 | 10-in. | 5/14/1930 | Singing a song to the stars | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | W490077 | 10-in. | 6/4/1930 | Just like in a story book | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | W490078 | 10-in. | 6/4/1930 | Where can you be? | Hotel Pennsylvania Music [Phil Spitalny Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Brunswick | E34407 | 10-in. | 9/15/1930 | Beyond the blue horizon | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E34408 | 10-in. | 9/15/1930 | Maybe it’s love | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E37358 | 10-in. | 11/19/1931 | Save the last dance for me | Regent Club Orchestra [Brunswick Studio Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | E37435 | 10-in. | 11/30/1931 | Save the last dance for me | Palakiko & Paaluhi | 2 guitars and steel guitar (Hawaiian) | composer | |
| Brunswick | E37444 | 10-in. | 12/4/1931 | Save the last dance for me | The Street Singer | Male vocal solo, with accordion | composer | |
| Brunswick | E2228-E2230 | 10-in. | 1/26/1926 | If you believe in me (As I believe in you) | Golden Pheasant Orchestra ; Austin Wylie | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | Ch141-Ch145 | 10-in. | 9/12/1924 | Worryin’ blues | Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | Ch168-Ch170 | 10-in. | 9/15/1924 | Tell me, dreamy eyes | Isham Jones Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 9822 | 10-in. | 10/31/1924 | Tell me, dreamy eyes | Nat Martin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 19158 | 10-in. | 4/16/1929 | Coquette waltz | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | 19159 | 10-in. | 4/16/1929 | An eye-full of you | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | 19171 | 10-in. | 4/26/1929 | To be in love | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal trio | leader | |
| Edison | 19172 | 10-in. | 4/26/1929 | Louise | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal trio | leader | |
| Edison | 19188 | 10-in. | 5/13/1929 | Here we are | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | leader | |
| Edison | 19189 | 10-in. | 5/13/1929 | S'posin' | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | leader | |
| Edison | 19226 | 10-in. | 5/31/1929 | When my dreams come true | The Paull Sisters ; Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | 19227 | 10-in. | 5/31/1929 | Baby—oh where can you be? | The Paull Sisters ; Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | 19278 | 10-in. | 7/5/1929 | Miss you | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | 19279 | 10-in. | 7/5/1929 | I want to meander in the meadow | The Paull Sisters ; Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | 19280 | 10-in. | 7/5/1929 | There was nothing else to do | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | 19304 | 10-in. | 7/19/1929 | Same old moon | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | 19305 | 10-in. | 7/19/1929 | So sentimental | The Paull Sisters ; Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | 19306 | 10-in. | 7/19/1929 | I'll close my eyes to the rest of the world | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | 19342 | 10-in. | 8/13/1929 | One sweet kiss | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | 19343 | 10-in. | 8/13/1929 | Waiting at the end of the road | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | 19344 | 10-in. | 9/6/1929 | Lonely troubadour | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | N-857 | 10-in. | 4/16/1929 | Coquette waltz | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | N-858 | 10-in. | 4/16/1929 | An eye-full of you | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | N-873 | 10-in. | 4/26/1929 | To be in love | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal trio | leader | |
| Edison | N-874 | 10-in. | 4/26/1929 | Louise | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal trio | leader | |
| Edison | N-892 | 10-in. | 5/13/1929 | Here we are | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | leader | |
| Edison | N-893 | 10-in. | 5/13/1929 | S'posin' | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | leader | |
| Edison | N-930 | 10-in. | 5/31/1929 | When my dreams come true | The Paull Sisters ; Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | N-931 | 10-in. | 5/31/1929 | Baby—oh where can you be? | The Paull Sisters ; Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | N-984 | 10-in. | 6/27/1929 | I'll close my eyes to the rest of the world | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | leader | |
| Edison | N-1002 | 10-in. | 7/5/1929 | Miss you | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | N-1003 | 10-in. | 7/5/1929 | There was nothing else to do | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | N-1028 | 10-in. | 7/19/1929 | Same old moon | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | N-1029 | 10-in. | 7/19/1929 | So sentimental | The Paull Sisters ; Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | N-1069 | 10-in. | 8/13/1929 | One sweet kiss | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | N-1070 | 10-in. | 8/13/1929 | Waiting at the end of the road | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | N-1071 | 10-in. | 8/15/1929 | By the way | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | N-1072 | 10-in. | 8/15/1929 | Just you, just me | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | N-1113 | 10-in. | 9/6/1929 | Lonely troubadour | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | leader | |
| Edison | N-1114 | 10-in. | 9/6/1929 | I may be wrong (But I think you're wonderful) | The Paull Sisters ; Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | N-1156 | 10-in. | 9/25/1929 | Bottoms up | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet | leader | |
| Edison | N-1157 | 10-in. | 9/25/1929 | Bigger and better than ever | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | leader | |
| Edison | N-1191 | 10-in. | 10/9/1929 | If I can't love you | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | leader | |
| Edison | N-1192 | 10-in. | 10/9/1929 | How I am to know? | Phil Spitalny's Music | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | leader |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Spitalny, Phil," accessed April 23, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110582.
Spitalny, Phil. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110582.
"Spitalny, Phil." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Spitalny, Phil, 1890-1970 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97061451
Wikidata: Phil Spitalny - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7182435
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