Buddy Fields
Buddy Fields was an important songwriter during the early twentieth century. He was born on September 24, 1889 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (which is now in Austria). He died on October 4, 1965 in Detroit, Michigan in the United States of America. His name at birth was Arthur B. Fields. His most famous song "You Gotta Be a Football Hero" was cowritten with Al Sherman and Al Lewis. Fields was both an author and agent having been educated in Chicago public schools. |
Birth and Death Data: Born September 24, 1889, Died October 4, 1965
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1922 - 1933
Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter, composer, lyricist
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= 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-27450 | 10-in. | 2/2/1923 | Falling | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-31208 | 10-in. | 11/24/1924 | Remember | Jean Goldkette Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-33209 | 10-in. | 8/4/1925 | She's drivin' me wild | Don Bestor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-35518 | 10-in. | 5/15/1926 | The pump song | Irving Aaronson ; Commanders | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-45571 | 10-in. | 6/8/1928 | You're wonderful | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-63109 | 10-in. | 7/3/1930 | Chinnin' and chattin' with May | George Bias ; Mileage Makers ; Bubber Miley | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BRC-70168 | 10-in. | 8/13/1931 | (With you on my mind, I find) I can't write the words | Chick Bullock ; Johnny Hamp Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BRC-70983 | 10-in. | 12/18/1931 | Nothin' to do but love | Snooks Friedman ; Memphis Ramblers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | songwriter | |
| Victor | BRC-71980 | 10-in. | 3/22/1932 | You're the one (You beautiful son-of-a-gun) | Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, trio, and chorus | songwriter | |
| Victor | BRC-72273 | 10-in. | 4/12/1932 | I'll get along somehow | Ted Black Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | songwriter | |
| Victor | BRC-72540 | 10-in. | 5/4/1932 | Night shall be filled with music | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | ESHQ-72889 | 8-in. | 6/14/1932 | Night shall be filled with music | Jim Harkins and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BSHQ-73002 | 10-in. | 6/14/1932 | Night shall be filled with music | Roy Wager and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-73727 | 10-in. | 9/30/1932 | Save a rainy day for me | Joe Lucarell ; Pennsylvania Collegians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-73740 | 10-in. | 10/3/1932 | Save a rainy day for me | Joe Rines Orchestra ; Coletta Ryan | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-74649 | 10-in. | 12/8/1932 | I'll see you in the morning | Victor Arden-Phil Ohman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-74774 | 10-in. | 1/5/1933 | Now we're on our second honeymoon | Don Bestor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-77985 | 10-in. | 9/25/1933 | You gotta be a football hero | Neil Buckley ; Don Bestor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus | lyricist | |
| Victor | PB-98 | 10-in. | 3/2/1925 | (If it wasn't for you) I wouldn't be crying now | Glen Oswald Serenaders ; Glen Oswald | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | [Trial 1923-04-18-03] | 10-in. | 4/18/1923 | Falling | George Price | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 80734 | 10-in. | 12/15/1922 | Falling | Elliott Shaw | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 80789 | 10-in. | 1/13/1923 | Falling | Paul Specht Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 80822 | 10-in. | 1/31/1923 | Falling | Manhattan Dance Orchestra [i.e., Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W140809 | 10-in. | 8/4/1925 | She's drivin' me wild | Manhattan Dance Makers | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 142183 | 10-in. | 5/11/1926 | The pump song | Albert Campbell ; Jack Kaufman | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W142200 | 10-in. | 5/14/1926 | The pump song | Ed Smalle | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W142204 | 10-in. | 5/14/1926 | The pump song | Gangplank Orchestra ; Earl Gresh | Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W145830 | 10-in. | 3/23/1928 | You're wonderful | Paul Ash Orchestra ; Paul Small | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W146372 | 10-in. | 5/31/1928 | You're wonderful | Broadway Bellhops | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W150155 | 10-in. | 3/31/1930 | Chinnin' and chattin' with May | Hot Air Men | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | [W]150198 | 10-in. | 4/10/1930 | Chinnin' and chattin' with May | Frank Auburn and his Orchestra [Harry Reser's Orchestra] ; Tom Frawley | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | [W]150642 | 10-in. | 7/10/1930 | You are easy to remember (But not so easy to forget) | Bill Coty ; Frank Auburn and his Orchestra [Lloyd Keating and his Music] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W151709 | 10-in. | 8/6/1931 | (With you on my mind I find) I can't write the words | Robert Hood Bowers Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W152158 | 10-in. | 3/21/1932 | You're the one (You beautiful son-of-a-gun) | Paul Specht Orchestra ; Robert Wood | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W152214 | 10-in. | 6/10/1932 | Night shall be filled with music | Sammy Fain ; Joe Moss Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W152336 | 10-in. | 12/27/1932 | Now we're on our second honeymoon | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W152503 | 10-in. | 9/19/1933 | You gotta be a football hero | Ben Bernie and All the Lads | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W351057 | 10-in. | 7/3/1931 | With you on my mind, I find) I can't write the words | Roy Carroll and his Sands Point Orchestra [Selvin's Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| OKeh | 8468 | 10-in. | October 1923 | Calling (For you) | Finzel's Arcadia Orchestra of Detroit | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | 9016 | 10-in. | Mar. 1925 | If it wasn't for you I wouldn't be crying now | Arcadia Peacock Orchestra of St. Louis ; Jack Ford | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-71095 | 10-in. | Dec. 1922 | Falling | Finzel's Arcadia Orchestra of Detroit | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| OKeh | 73515 | 10-in. | July 1925 | She's drivin' me wild | Fred Hall ; Sugar Babies | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| OKeh | 80056 | 10-in. | 6/3/1926 | The pump song | The Happiness Boys | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W400720 | 10-in. | 5/29/1928 | My baby came home | Red McKenzie ; Music Box | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | 9450-9452 | 10-in. | approximately Dec. 1922 | Falling | Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra ; Allister Wylie | Jazz/dance band, with piano duet | composer | |
| Brunswick | 14068-14071 | 10-in. | 10/22/1924 | (If it wasn’t for you) I wouldn’t be crying now | Cinderella Roof Orchestra ; Herb Wiedoeft | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | 15605-15607 | 10-in. | 4/21/1925 | If it wasn't for you I wouldn't be crying now | Frank Bessinger ; Phil Ohman ; Frank Wright | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E28619 | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1928 | You’re wonderful | Tex Brewster's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E36983 | 10-in. | 7/21/1931 | (With you on my mind, I find) I can’t write the words | Ralph Bennett and his Seven Aces (All Eleven of 'Em) [Ed Kirkeby Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E37082 | 10-in. | 8/17/1931 | I can’t write the words | Boswell Sisters ; The New Yorkers [Bill Challis Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal trio | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | XE37109 | 12-in. | 8/26/1931 | Radio News Reel of Hollywood, program Z, pt. 3 | Lil Dagover ; Unidentified performer(s) (Brunswick Records) | Radio transcription disc | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E3256-E3258 | 10-in. | 6/17/1926 | The pump song | The Bostonians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | E3633-E3634 | 10-in. | 8/26/1926 | Nobody worries ‘bout me | Glen Echo Serenaders ; Vaudeville Trio | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal trio | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E19415-E19417 | 10-in. | 6/1/1926 | The pump song | Six Jumping Jacks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | C232-C234 | 10-in. | 4/23/1926 | I’m glad I found a girl like you | Nick Lucas | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | LAE780 | 10-in. | 5/5/1930 | Chinnin’ and chattin’ with May | Jesse Stafford Palace Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal trio; without vocal (take G) | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | 302W-305W | 10-in. | 1/29/1925 | If it wasn’t for you | Golden Pheasant Orchestra ; Austin Wylie | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Edison | 8728 | 10-in. | 3/22/1923 | Falling | Ernest L. Stevens Trio | Instrumental trio | songwriter | |
| Edison | 10524 | 10-in. | 7/28/1925 | She's drivin' me wild | Georgia Melodians | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Edison | 10961 | 10-in. | 5/6/1926 | The pump song | The Happiness Boys ; Dave Kaplan | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Fields, Buddy," accessed May 1, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112468.
Fields, Buddy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 1, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112468.
"Fields, Buddy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 May 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
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LCNAR: Fields, Buddy, 1889-1965 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004065261
Wikidata: Buddy Fields - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4984854
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/63722621
MusicBrainz: Buddy Fields - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/41ac84a1-b6cd-4305-87f1-f771f1fab832
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