Leo Friedman
Leo Friedman (July 16, 1869 - March 7, 1927) was an American composer of popular music. Friedman was born in Elgin, Illinois and died in Chicago, Illinois. He is best remembered for composing the sentimental waltz "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" with lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson in 1910. Another popular composition was "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland." He also wrote the music for the popular ragtime song "Coon, Coon, Coon" in 1900. Lyrics were added by Gene Jefferson in 1901. The song was claimed to be the most successful song of 1901. It was published and promoted by "Sol Bloom, the Music Man" of Chicago. |
Birth and Death Data: Born July 16, 1869, Died March 7, 1927
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1901 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]649 | 7-in. | 2/2/1901 | Coon, coon, coon | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]802 | 7-in. | 5/15/1901 | Coon, coon, coon | Silas F. Leachman | Male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]802 | 10-in. | 5/15/1901 | Coon, coon, coon | Silas F. Leachman | Male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]817 | 7-in. | 5/17/1901 | Coon, coon, coon | Vess L. Ossman ; Len Spencer | Male vocal solo, with banjo | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]817 | 10-in. | 5/17/1901 | Coon, coon, coon | Vess L. Ossman ; Len Spencer | Male vocal solo, with banjo | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1089 | 7-in. | 11/9/1901 | Baby mine | S. H. Dudley | Male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1089 | 10-in. | 11/9/1901 | Baby mine | S. H. Dudley | Male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1098 | 7-in. | 11/20/1901 | Baby mine from The strollers | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1098 | 10-in. | 11/20/1901 | Baby mine | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1135 | 7-in. | 12/7/1901 | My maid from Hindoostan | Silas Leachman | Male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1135 | 10-in. | 12/7/1901 | My maid from Hindoostan | Silas Leachman | Male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1294 | 7-in. | 3/5/1902 | Coon, coon, coon | Arthur Collins ; Joseph Natus | Male vocal duet, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1294 | 10-in. | 3/5/1902 | Coon, coon, coon | Arthur Collins ; Joseph Natus | Male vocal duet, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1634 | 7-in. | 9/19/1902 | My maid from Hindoostan | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1634 | 10-in. | 9/19/1902 | My maid from Hindoostan | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3076 | 10-in. | 2/2/1901 | Coon, coon, coon | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3146 | 10-in. | 2/27/1901 | Coon, coon, coon | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3358 | 10-in. | 5/15/1901 | Coon, coon, coon | Silas F. Leachman | Male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3375 | 10-in. | 5/17/1901 | Coon, coon, coon | Vess L. Ossman ; Len Spencer | Male vocal solo, with banjo | composer | |
| Victor | B-1543 | 10-in. | 6/30/1904 | Coon, coon, coon | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | A-1598 | 7-in. | 7/13/1904 | Coon, coon, coon | Vess L. Ossman ; Len Spencer | Male vocal solo, with banjo | composer | |
| Victor | B-1598 | 10-in. | 7/13/1904 | Coon, coon, coon | Vess L. Ossman ; Len Spencer | Male vocal solo, with banjo | composer | |
| Victor | B-6754 | 10-in. | 1/27/1909 | All hands around | Walter B. Rogers ; Victor Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-9533 | 10-in. | 10/10/1910 | Meet me to-night in Dreamland | John Young | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-13574 | 10-in. | 7/14/1913 | When I dream of old Erin (I'm dreaming of you) | Arthur C. Clough | Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-15134 | 10-in. | 8/17/1914 | In the palace of dreams | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-16318 | 10-in. | 8/4/1915 | I will always love you (As I do today) | George MacFarlane | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-18861 | 10-in. | 12/20/1916 | On the Dixie Highway | Van Eps Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-30871 | 10-in. | 8/18/1926 | Let me call you sweetheart (I'm in love with you) | Lewis James ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | B-30871 | 10-in. | 9/30/1924 | Let me call you sweetheart (I'm in love with you) | International Novelty Orchestra ; Lewis James | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-34291 | 10-in. | 1/21/1926 | Let me call you sweetheart (I'm in love with you) | Shannon Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-34745 | 10-in. | 4/3/1926 | Meet me to-night in Dreamland | Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-36170 | 10-in. | 9/9/1926 | Let me call you sweetheart | Maurice J. Gunsky | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | composer | |
| Victor | BRC-72520 | 10-in. | 4/28/1932 | Let me call you sweetheart (I'm in love with you) | Dick Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | BS-94184 | 10-in. | 9/5/1935 | Let me call you sweetheart (I'm in love with you) | Buddy Clark ; Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-0552 | 10-in. | 10/1/1936 | Let me call you sweetheart (I'm in love with you) | Wingy Manone Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-014621 | 10-in. | 10/4/1937 | Let me call you sweetheart | The Old Timer's Orchestra ; Jimmy Ray | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | CS-066745 | 12-in. | 9/2/1941 | Let me call you sweetheart | Raymond Paige | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | BS-067621 | 10-in. | 8/7/1941 | Meet me tonight in Dreamland | Eton Boys ; Claude Garreau | Male vocal quartet, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | PD6VB-2675 | 10-in. | 8/17/1946 | Meet me tonight in dreamland | Moon Maids ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with female vocal group and instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-2410 | 10-in. | 1947 | Let me call you sweetheart | Stuart Foster ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Dub from film: Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 251 | 7-in. | ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 | Coon, coon, coon | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 251 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | Coon, coon, coon | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 347 | 7-in. | ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 | Baby mine | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 347 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | Baby mine | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 641 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Coon, coon, coon | Imperial Minstrels | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 641 | 10-in. | approximately 1902 | Coon, coon, coon | Imperial Minstrels | Minstrels, with male vocal solo and orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 789 | 7-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | Coon, coon, coon | Artists vary | Male vocal duet, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 789 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | Coon, coon, coon | Artists vary | Male vocal duet, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 936 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | My maid from Hindoostan | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 936 | 10-in. | ca. 1902-1908 | My maid from Hindoostan | Harry Tally | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 1578 | 7-in. | ca. 1903-Oct. 1905 | The sun dance | Columbia Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 1578 | 10-in. | approximately 1903 | The sun dance | Columbia Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 4658 | 10-in. | between January and October 1910 | Meet me tonight in Dreamland | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 19503 | 10-in. | 7/28/1911 | Let me call you sweetheart | Columbia Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 38102 | 10-in. | 7/1/1912 | Years, years ago | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 38888 | 10-in. | 5/28/1913 | When I dream of old Erin | Walter Van Brunt | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 39441 | 10-in. | 6/11/1914 | I wonder why | Henry Burr ; Ada Jones | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 39487 | 10-in. | 7/8/1914 | In the palace of dreams | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 39613 | 10-in. | 11/18/1914 | The trailing arbutus | Prince's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 39717 | 10-in. | 12/23/1914 | Sweetheart of mine | Columbia Stellar Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 45805 | 10-in. | 6/22/1915 | I will always love you as I do to-day | Henry Burr ; Frances Fisher | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 46590 | 10-in. | August 1915 | Silver threads among the gold | Bohemian Instrumental Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
| Columbia | 81452 | 10-in. | 1/3/1924 | Let me call you sweetheart | Columbia Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W140697 | 10-in. | 6/17/1925 | Let me call you sweetheart | Riley Puckett | Male vocal solo, with guitar | composer | |
| Columbia | W140999 | 10-in. | 9/25/1925 | Let me call you sweetheart | Halfway House Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 141147 | 10-in. | 10/17/1925 | Let me call you sweetheart | Franklyn Baur ; Billy Travers | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | W141157 | 10-in. | 10/19/1925 | Let me call you sweetheart | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 141278 | 10-in. | 11/17/1925 | Let me call you sweetheart | Selvin’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 141279 | 10-in. | 11/18/1925 | Meet me to-night in Dreamland | Selvin’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | W142471 | 10-in. | 7/24/1926 | The trailing arbutus | Columbia Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | W143056 | 10-in. | 11/4/1926 | Let me call you sweetheart | McMichen's Melody Men | Instrumental trio | composer | |
| Columbia | W146015 | 10-in. | 4/11/1928 | Meet me to-night in dreamland | Riley Puckett | Male vocal solo, with guitar | composer | |
| Columbia | W146215 | 10-in. | 4/27/1928 | Coon, coon, coon | Leake County Revelers | String band | composer | |
| Columbia | W149977 | 10-in. | 2/11/1930 | Let me call you sweetheart (I'm in love with you) | Will Osborne and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Columbia | 6186 | 12-in. | approximately 1911 | Meet me tonight in dreamland | Walter Wheatley | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | DAL975 | 10-in. | 4/15/1940 | Let me call you sweetheart (I'm in love with you) | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| OKeh | 9388 | 10-in. | Oct. 21, 1925 | Let me call you sweetheart (I'm in love with you) | Jimmie Wilson's Catfish String Band | String band | composer | |
| OKeh | 9393 | 10-in. | Oct. 1925 | Memories of the South before the war | Charles Nabell | Male vocal solo, with guitar | composer | |
| OKeh | W400237 | 10-in. | 2/15/1928 | Let me call you sweetheart | Johnson Boys | Instrumental trio | composer | |
| Brunswick | [Br cat 5168-b] | 10-in. | approximately Oct. 1917 | On the Dixie Highway | Van Eps Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
| Brunswick | 14749-14751 | 10-in. | 1/29/1925 | Let me call you sweetheart | Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Brunswick | E27664 | 10-in. | 6/7/1928 | Meet me in Dreamland | Richard Brooks | Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar | composer | |
| Brunswick | E1744-E1746 | 10-in. | 11/17/1925 | Meet me tonight in Dreamland | Miami Marimba Band [Castlewood Marimba Band] | Marimba band | composer | |
| Brunswick | E22087-E22088 | 10-in. | 3/23/1927 | Let me call you sweetheart (I'm in love with you) | Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica | composer | |
| Brunswick | E22241-E22242 | 10-in. | 4/4/1927 | Meet me tonight in Dreamland | Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal solo and male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | E22406-E22408 | 10-in. | 4/14/1927 | Let me call you sweetheart (I’m in love with you) | Carter's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | C2518 | 10-in. | 11/5/1928 | Meet me tonight in Dreamland | Jack Major | Male vocal solo, with whistling and orchestra | composer | |
| Brunswick | C1448-C1449 | 10-in. | 1/12/1928 | Let me call you sweetheart (I’m in love with you) | Floyd Jones | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | ATL991 | 10-in. | 3/22/1930 | Let me call you sweetheart | Melton and Minter | Male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
| Brunswick | 1328W-1330W | 10-in. | 9/11/1925 | Let me call you sweetheart (I'm in love with you) | Windsor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 1415W-1417W | 10-in. | 10/5/1925 | Let me call you sweetheart | Windsor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 742 | Not documented | approximately July 1911 | Meet me tonight in Dreamland | Band (unidentified; Edison Records) | Band | composer | |
| Edison | 3496 | 10-in. | 1/5/1915 | When I dream of old Erin | Manuel Romain | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 5296 | 10-in. | 1/17/1917 | When I dream of old Erin | Apollo Quartet of Boston | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Edison | 6357 | 10-in. | between 9/6/1918 and 9/18/1918 | The passion dance | Peerless Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Edison | 9830 | 10-in. | 11/6/1924 | Let me call you sweetheart | Harry Raderman's Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 11785 | 10-in. | 7/8/1927 | Let me call you sweetheart (I'm in love with you) | Walter Scanlan | Male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble, with orchestra | composer | |
| Gramophone | [ViC cat 263226-A] | 10-in. | June 1926 or earlier | Laisse-moi t'aimer | Hector Pellerin | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Friedman, Leo," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111685.
Friedman, Leo. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111685.
"Friedman, Leo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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