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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 26-50 of 83 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hess, Cliff," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111009.
Hess, Cliff. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111009.
"Hess, Cliff." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 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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