Cliff Hess
Birth and Death Data: Born June 19, 1894 (Cincinnati), Died June 8, 1959 (Brownsville)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1914 - 1938
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, songwriter, piano
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | C-15269 | 12-in. | 10/13/1914 | Beets and turnips | Victor Military Band | Band | songwriter | |
| Victor | C-16870 | 12-in. | 12/9/1915 | I'm simply crazy over you | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-17609 | 10-in. | 5/4/1916 | Homesickness blues | Nora Bayes | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | B-17768 | 10-in. | 5/31/1916 | When you drop off at Cairo, Illinois | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-19954 | 10-in. | 5/25/1917 | Huckleberry Finn | Van and Schenck | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | C-20377 | 12-in. | 7/9/1917 | Huckleberry Finn | Conway's Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-21983 | 10-in. | 6/12/1918 | When Alexander takes his ragtime band to France | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Victor | B-22574 | 10-in. | 2/7/1919 | Persian moon | Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-23111 | 10-in. | 8/6/1919 | Regretful blues | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-23198 | 10-in. | 10/10/1919 | On the trail to Santa Fe | Crescent Trio | Male vocal trio, with bells and orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | B-23379 | 10-in. | 12/16/1919 | Mystery! | Paul Biese’s Novelty Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-23482 | 10-in. | 11/19/1919 | Freckles | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-24169 | 10-in. | 6/16/1920 | I'm in heaven when I'm in my mother's arms (I don't have to die to go to heaven) | William Robyn | Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-24757 | 10-in. | 12/21/1920 | Marimba | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with 3 marimbas, violin, and orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-32777 | 10-in. | 7/15/1925 | Hokey pokey diddle dee rum | Wendell W. Hall | Male vocal solo, with ukulele (self-accompaniment) | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-33349 | 10-in. | 8/26/1925 | Blue Ridge Mountain blues | Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-022482 | 10-in. | 4/21/1938 | Never felt better, never had less | Bunny Berigan Orchestra ; Ruth Gaylor | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | [Trial 1918-05-15-02] | Not documented | 5/15/1918 | When Alexander takes his ragtime band to France | Bee Palmer | Female vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| Victor | [Trial 1919-12-18-02] | Not documented | 12/18/1919 | Freckles | Blossom Seeley | Female vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | [Trial 1919-12-18-04] | Not documented | 12/18/1919 | Regretful blues | Benny Fields | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | [Trial 1920-03-01-04] | Not documented | 3/1/1920 | I'd like to find the fellow that wrote Dardanella | Bob Miller | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | 47457 | 10-in. | 4/4/1917 | Huckleberry Finn | Samuel Ash | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 77024 | 10-in. | 5/5/1917 | Huckleberry Finn | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 77740 | 10-in. | 3/29/1918 | Regretful blues | Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 77752 | 10-in. | 4/3/1918 | When Alexander takes his band to France | Bob White [i.e., Vernon Dalhart] | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 77783 | 10-in. | 4/22/1918 | They were all out of step but Jim | Mike Bernard | Piano solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 78009 | 10-in. | 8/20/1918 | Don't you remember the day | Lewis James | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | 78350 | 10-in. | 3/15/1919 | Heart-breaking baby doll | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 78576 | 10-in. | 7/17/1919 | Taxation blues | Nora Bayes | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 78626 | 10-in. | 9/8/1919 | I used to call her baby | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 78640 | 10-in. | 9/11/1919 | Freckles | Nora Bayes | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 79125 | 10-in. | 4/16/1920 | Homesickness blues | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | 79199 | 10-in. | 5/22/1920 | Huckleberry Finn | Frank Crumit | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 79341 | 10-in. | 7/10/1920 | I'm in heaven when I'm in my mother's arms | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 79494 | 10-in. | 11/1/1920 | Marimba | Van and Schenck | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 80103 | 10-in. | 12/15/1921 | Roll on silvery moon | Frank E. Banta ; Cliff Hess | Piano duet | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | 80104 | 10-in. | 12/15/1921 | Remember the rose | Frank E. Banta ; Cliff Hess | Piano duet | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | 81454 | 10-in. | 1/3/1924 | Irish moon | William A. Kennedy | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 140012 | 10-in. | 9/11/1924 | Blue Ridge Mountain blues | Riley Puckett | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | 48891 | 12-in. | 8/17/1916 | Homesickness blues | Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 49254 | 12-in. | 10/11/1917 | Smile and show your dimple | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 49343 | 12-in. | 3/14/1918 | Regretful blues | Nora Bayes | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 49485 | 12-in. | 8/29/1918 | On the level you're a little devil | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | W141263 | 10-in. | 11/12/1925 | Hokey pokey | Al Bernard ; Frank Kamplain | Male vocal duet, with banjo | composer | |
| Columbia | 142829 | 10-in. | 10/18/1926 | For my sweetheart | Confidential Charley | Male vocal solo, with cornet and piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | 142830 | 10-in. | 10/18/1926 | We will meet at the end of the trail | Confidential Charley | Male vocal solo, with cornet and piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | W144366 | 10-in. | 7/13/1927 | Swanee shore | Rube Bloom ; Ruth Etting | Female vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W144501 | 10-in. | 7/26/1927 | Swanee shore | Harry Reser's Syncopators ; Tom Stacks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 144638 | 10-in. | 9/7/1927 | Swanee shore | Tom and Jerry | Male vocal duet, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W147623 | 10-in. | 12/9/1928 | I used to call her baby | Dallas String Band ; Coley Jones | String band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W150194 | 10-in. | 4/10/1930 | The fool's parade | George Dewey Washington | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| OKeh | 621 | 10-in. | ca. Mar. 1919 | Heart-breaking baby doll | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-7619 | 10-in. | Oct. 1920 | I'm in heaven when I'm in my mother's arms | Lewis James | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| OKeh | S-7898 | 10-in. | May 1921 | The boll weevil blues | Black Devil Orchestra ; J. Tim Brymn | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | 9285 | 10-in. | Aug. 1925 | Blue Ridge Mountain blues | Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with autoharp | composer, lyricist | |
| OKeh | S-71302 | 10-in. | Feb. 1923 | Slipova | Frank E. Banta ; Cliff Hess | Piano duet | instrumentalist, piano | |
| OKeh | S-71303 | 10-in. | Feb. 1923 | Corn on the cob | Frank E. Banta ; Cliff Hess | Piano duet | instrumentalist, piano, composer | |
| OKeh | 73769 | 10-in. | Nov. 1925 | Hokey pokey (Diddle-dee-rum) | The Happiness Boys | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W80538 | 10-in. | 3/15/1927 | Blue Ridge Mountain blues | Charlie Newman | Male vocal solo, with guitar | composer, lyricist | |
| Brunswick | [Br cat 5124-b] | 10-in. | approximately Aug. 1917 | Huckleberry Finn | Irene I. Low ; Louis J. Winsch | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Brunswick | 5211 | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1921 | Boll weevil blues | Al Bernard ; Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E1712-E1715 | 10-in. | 11/13/1925 | Hokey pokey (Diddle dee rum) | Tuxedo Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | E2506-E2508 | 10-in. | 2/19/1926 | Hokey pokey (Diddle dee rum) | The Record Boys | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E6394-E6397 | 10-in. | 8/29/1927 | Swanee shore | Peggy English | Female vocal solo, with banjo and piano | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E17184-E17186 | 10-in. | 12/21/1925 | Hokey pokey (Diddle-dee-rum) | Wendell W. Hall | Male vocal solo, with ukulele | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E17191-E17192 | 10-in. | 12/22/1925 | Hokey pokey (Diddle-dee-rum) | Wendell W. Hall | Male vocal solo, with ukulele | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E19704-E19706 | 10-in. | 7/9/1926 | When you dunk a doughnut don’t it make it nice | Six Jumping Jacks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E23110-E23111 | 10-in. | 5/12/1927 | Blue Ridge Mountain blues | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet and vocal quartet | composer, lyricist | |
| Brunswick | C2696 | 10-in. | 12/21/1928 | Blue Ridge blues | Lulu Jackson | Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano | composer, lyricist | |
| Brunswick | C1099-C1103 | 10-in. | 8/18/1927 | Swanee shore | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take A75518) | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | A11-A13 | 10-in. | 5/6/1924 | Beets and turnips | Vic Meyers Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | A36-A38 | 10-in. | 5/7/1924 | Beets and turnips | Vic Meyers Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | K153 | 10-in. | Aug. 1929 | Blue Ridge Mountain blues | Cal Davenport Gang | Vocal, with Instrumental quartet | composer, lyricist | |
| Brunswick | 715W-716W | 10-in. | 4/15/1925 | Blue Ridge Mountain blues | Sidney J. Harkreader | Male vocal solo, with guitar | lyricist, composer | |
| Edison | 5717 | 10-in. | 7/30/1917 | Huckleberry Finn | Premier Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 6168 | 10-in. | May 1918 | When Alexander takes his ragtime band to France | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Edison | 6753 | 10-in. | 4/29/1919 | Heart-breaking baby doll | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Edison | 7002 | 10-in. | 10/31/1919 | Freckles | Bert Harvey | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | 7419 | 10-in. | 6/22/1920 | I'm in heaven when I'm in my mother's arms | Helen Clark | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | 7886 | 10-in. | 4/6/1921 | The boll weevil blues | Al Bernard | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
| Edison | 9728 | 10-in. | 9/22/1924 | Blue Ridge blues | Blue Ridge Duo | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | composer, lyricist | |
| Edison | 10706 | 10-in. | 12/2/1925 | Hokey pokey diddle dee-rum | The Happiness Boys | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Vocalion | 13114 | 10-in. | May 1924 | Blue Ridge blues | George Reneau | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | composer, lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hess, Cliff," accessed April 22, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111009.
Hess, Cliff. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 22, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111009.
"Hess, Cliff." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
External Sources
IMDb: Cliff Hess
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Hess, Cliff, 1894-1959 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98064017
Wikidata: Cliff Hess - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q47002669
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/58696524
MusicBrainz: Cliff Hess - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6cd1b58e-6edd-41db-a143-b17a3a65c369
ISNI: 0000 0001 1651 3239 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000116513239
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