Tommy Ryan
Birth and Death Data: Born 1921, Died 2007
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1942
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-023546 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | When twilight comes | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Charles Wilson | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-023547 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | Beside a moonlit stream | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-023548 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | One more dream | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; The Three Barons | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-023549 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | I wish I was the willow | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-026600 | 10-in. | 8/15/1938 | You're the very last word in love | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-026601 | 10-in. | 8/15/1938 | For the first time | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-027202 | 10-in. | 9/19/1938 | Carolina moon | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-027204 | 10-in. | 9/19/1938 | All ashore! | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-027404 | 10-in. | 9/26/1938 | This is madness (To love like this) | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-027406 | 10-in. | 9/26/1938 | Tell me with your kisses | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-027918 | 10-in. | 10/14/1938 | They say | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-027920 | 10-in. | 10/14/1938 | From now on | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-030109 | 10-in. | 11/11/1938 | Everybody's laughing | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-030111 | 10-in. | 11/11/1938 | Say it with a kiss | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-030329 | 10-in. | 11/30/1938 | We'll never know | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-030330 | 10-in. | 11/30/1938 | No star is lost | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-030747 | 10-in. | 12/21/1938 | Mexicali Rose | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-030748 | 10-in. | 12/21/1938 | A song of old Hawaii | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-030749 | 10-in. | 12/21/1938 | Among those sailing | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-030750 | 10-in. | 12/21/1938 | Little lad | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with recitation | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-030751 | 10-in. | 12/21/1938 | Little lad | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-032977 | 10-in. | 3/14/1939 | Tears from my inkwell | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-032979 | 10-in. | 3/14/1939 | Red skies in the night | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-033746 | 10-in. | 2/17/1939 | We've come a long way together | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-033747 | 10-in. | 2/17/1939 | Rainbow Valley | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-033776 | 10-in. | 2/28/1939 | In a moment of weakness | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-033777 | 10-in. | 2/28/1939 | Out of the starlight | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-033779 | 10-in. | 2/28/1939 | I'm building a sailboat of dreams | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-035735 | 10-in. | 4/11/1939 | Down Linger Longer Lane | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-035736 | 10-in. | 4/11/1939 | How strange | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-038407 | 10-in. | 7/17/1939 | This heart of mine | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-041478 | 10-in. | 9/20/1939 | If I knew then (What I know now) | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-041749 | 10-in. | 10/10/1939 | Don't make me laugh | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-043883 | 10-in. | 11/21/1939 | I hear a dream (Come home again) | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-045717 | 10-in. | 12/5/1939 | This changing world | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-045922 | 10-in. | 1/12/1940 | Last night's gardenias | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-046150 | 10-in. | 1/2/1940 | When you wish upon a star | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-046151 | 10-in. | 1/2/1940 | Turn on the old music box | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-046821 | 10-in. | 1/31/1940 | Head on my pillow | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-047202 | 10-in. | 2/14/1940 | With the wind and the rain in your hair | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-047204 | 10-in. | 2/14/1940 | A fool was I | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-047284 | 10-in. | 2/28/1940 | Sierra Sue | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-047981 | 10-in. | 3/20/1940 | Let there be love | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-050134 | 10-in. | 4/24/1940 | Make-Believe Island | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-050137 | 10-in. | 4/24/1940 | Sweet Angelina | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-051050 | 10-in. | 5/31/1940 | Blueberry Hill | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-051053 | 10-in. | 5/31/1940 | Maybe | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-057314 | 10-in. | 10/25/1940 | Dream valley | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-057315 | 10-in. | 10/25/1940 | A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-057316 | 10-in. | 10/25/1940 | Adi-adi-adios | Kaydets ; Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal trio, and vocal ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-057317 | 10-in. | 10/25/1940 | Somewhere | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-057386 | 10-in. | 11/12/1940 | Isola bella | Kaydets ; Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and mixed vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-057388 | 10-in. | 11/12/1940 | You and your kiss | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-057390 | 10-in. | 11/12/1940 | High on a windy hill | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-058803 | 10-in. | 12/23/1940 | You stepped out of a dream | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-058863 | 10-in. | 1/9/1941 | It's so easy for you | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-063318 | 10-in. | 3/31/1941 | Friendly tavern polka | Maury Cross ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-063319 | 10-in. | 3/31/1941 | Hawaiian sunset | Marty McKenna ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-063320 | 10-in. | 3/31/1941 | Daddy | Kaye Choir ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-063321 | 10-in. | 3/31/1941 | Two hearts that pass in the night | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Arthur Wright | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-065234 | 10-in. | 5/8/1941 | I understand | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-065235 | 10-in. | 5/8/1941 | For want of a star | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-065237 | 10-in. | 5/8/1941 | What word is sweeter that sweetheart | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-065903 | 10-in. | 5/23/1941 | Sand in my shoes | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-065991 | 10-in. | 6/18/1941 | Harbor of dreams | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-065992 | 10-in. | 6/18/1941 | Minka | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-065994 | 10-in. | 6/18/1941 | Wasn't it you? | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-066445 | 10-in. | 7/1/1941 | Under blue Canadian skies | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-067860 | 10-in. | 9/15/1941 | When winter comes | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-068090 | 10-in. | 11/11/1941 | Ev'rything I love | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-068093 | 10-in. | 11/11/1941 | Day dreaming | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-068104 | 10-in. | 10/23/1941 | This is no laughing matter | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-068439 | 10-in. | 11/28/1941 | Sometimes | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-068441 | 10-in. | 11/28/1941 | Begin the beguine | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-068491 | 10-in. | 12/17/1941 | On the street of regret | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and talk | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-068769 | 10-in. | 12/30/1941 | My buddy | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-068773 | 10-in. | 12/30/1941 | Seeing you again did me no good | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-074307 | 10-in. | 4/7/1942 | Johnny Doughboy found a rose in Ireland | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-075075 | 10-in. | 6/5/1942 | Mary's a grand old name | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with female and male vocal soloists and vocal octet | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-075537 | 10-in. | 7/3/1942 | Let's bring new glory to Old Glory | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-075546 | 10-in. | 7/9/1942 | Taboo | Don Cornell ; Glee Club ; Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet and vocal ensemble | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ryan, Tommy," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112988.
Ryan, Tommy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112988.
"Ryan, Tommy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Ryan, Tommy, 1921-2007 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006030454
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