Maurice Sigler

Maurice Sigler (November 30, 1901 – February 6, 1961) was an American banjoist and songwriter. Sigler was born in New York City but moved to Birmingham, Alabama at an early age, and received his musical tuition there. In the 1920s, Sigler was a member of the Birmingham-based band of reedman Jack Linx, which made a series of field trip recordings in Atlanta for Okeh Records from 1924 to 1927. At the first of these sessions Sigler also recorded as the nominal leader of a band called "Sigler's Birmingham Merrymakers", probably a pick-up group. From the 1930s onwards, Sigler focused more on work as a song lyricist, contributing lyrics to songs such as "I Saw Stars", "Everything's In Rhythm With My Heart", "Everything Stops For Tea" (all three with Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman), "Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day" (with Al Hoffman and Mabel Wayne) and "Lolly Lolly Loo" (with David Mann). He spent the years 1934 to 1937 in England, contributing lyrics to stage shows and films, including several songs for the 1935 Jack Hylton feature She Shall Have Music. Sigler died in Flushing, Queens in 1961.

Birth and Death Data: Born November 30, 1901, Died February 6, 1961

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter, lyricist, leader, composer, vocalist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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
Victor	BS-77336	10-in.	12/12/1933	Jimmy had a nickel	Wendell Hall Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-77555	10-in.	8/28/1933	I want to ring bells	Maurice Cross ; Don Bestor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-77806	10-in.	9/12/1933	I want to ring bells	Williams' Washboard Band	Washboard band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-77812	10-in.	9/12/1933	I want to ring bells	Tinsley's Washboard Band	Washboard band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-78082	10-in.	10/4/1933	Deep in the blue	Florence Case ; Don Bestor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-78255	10-in.	10/20/1933	Hush my mouth (If I ain't goin' South)	Jerry Freeman Orchestra ; Frank Sylvano	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-80502	10-in.	5/8/1934	Why don't you practice what you preach	Lee Bennett ; Jan Garber Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-80631	10-in.	6/18/1934	The prize waltz	King Harvey ; Red Nichols ; Pennies	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-81345	10-in.	2/1/1934	Jimmy had a nickel	Don Bestor Orchestra ; Charles Yontz	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-81731	10-in.	2/21/1934	Jimmy had a nickel	The Three Scamps	Vocal and instrumental trio	songwriter
Victor	BS-81974	10-in.	3/22/1934	Moon time	Neil Buckley ; Don Bestor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-82375	10-in.	5/4/1934	Little man you've had a busy day	Pickens Sisters	Female vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Victor	BS-82380	10-in.	5/4/1934	Little man, you've had a busy day	Eliot Everett Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-82512	10-in.	5/10/1934	Little man, you've had a busy day	Isham Jones Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-83636	10-in.	7/26/1934	The prize waltz	Neil Buckley ; Don Bestor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BVE-83816	10-in.	8/3/1934	I saw stars	Dan Hornsby ; Perry Bechtel Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-84014	10-in.	8/18/1934	I saw stars	Peggy Healy ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-92530	10-in.	6/27/1935	Black coffee	Four Towers Orchestra ; Billie Hibberd ; Ray Nichols	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-98800	10-in.	1/6/1936	Everything's in rhythm with my heart	Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-98801	10-in.	1/6/1936	Say the word and it's yours	Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-98802	10-in.	1/6/1936	I can wiggle my ears	Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-99818	10-in.	2/24/1936	There's always a happy ending	Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-99820	10-in.	2/24/1936	There isn't any limit to my love	Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-100557	10-in.	5/23/1936	Where there's you there's me	Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra ; Ted Lewis	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-101532	10-in.	4/24/1936	There's always a happy ending	George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Johnny McKeever	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-101588	10-in.	5/11/1936	There isn't any limit to my love	Chicago Rhythm Kings	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	songwriter
Victor	BS-101589	10-in.	5/11/1936	She shall have music	Chicago Rhythm Kings	Jazz/dance ensemble, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-101591	10-in.	5/11/1936	Where there's you there's me	Chicago Rhythm Kings	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-03084	10-in.	11/24/1936	I'm in a dancing mood	Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-03500	10-in.	12/1/1936	I'm in a dancing mood	George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Johnny McKeever	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
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	lyricist
Victor	BS-035302	10-in.	3/17/1939	If you ever change your mind	Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Helen Forrest	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-035356	10-in.	3/27/1939	If you ever change your mind	Edward Mallory Orchestra ; Ethel Waters	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-035398	10-in.	4/3/1939	If you ever change your mind	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-041720	10-in.	10/6/1939	She shall have music	Five Pennies ; Red Nichols	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-046197	10-in.	1/10/1940	Burn, firewood, burn	Hal Derwin ; Shep Fields ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-051510	10-in.	6/17/1940	I'll wait for you forever	Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	D6VB-1343	10-in.	3/11/1946	Little man you've had a busy day	Perry Como ; Russ Case Orchestra ; The Satisfiers	Male vocal solo, with vocal group and jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	D7VB-2561	10-in.	12/2/1947	Tell me a story	Don Cornell ; Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	Male vocal solo, with female vocal trio and jazz/dance band	lyricist
Columbia	W152507	10-in.	9/21/1933	I want to ring bells	Harry Reser’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W152723	10-in.	2/23/1934	Ole mammy ain't gonna sing no more	Ben Pollack Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W152761	10-in.	6/4/1934	Little man, you've had a busy day	Emil Coleman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W152767	10-in.	6/28/1934	The prize waltz	Ben Selvin and his Orchestra ; Howard Phillips	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
OKeh	8721	10-in.	8/28/1924	It ain't gonna rain no mo'	Jack Linx ; Society Serenaders	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
OKeh	8828	10-in.	Jan. 1925	Mama's gone, goodbye	Sigler's Birmingham Merrymakers	Jazz/dance band	leader
OKeh	8829	10-in.	Jan. 1925	Hard hearted Hannah (The vamp of Savannah)	Nathan Sol Bearman ; Sigler's Birmingham Merrymakers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
OKeh	8830	10-in.	Jan. 1925	I love her	Sigler's Birmingham Merrymakers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
OKeh	8831	10-in.	Jan. 1925	Step it	Sigler's Birmingham Merrymakers	Jazz/dance band	leader, composer
Gramophone	0EA2637	10-in.	12/4/1935	Everything stops for tea	Jack Hylton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Gramophone	0EA2662	10-in.	1/3/1936	She shall have music	Jack Hylton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	songwriter
Gramophone	0EA2664	10-in.	1/3/1936	My first thrill	Jack Hylton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Gramophone	0EA2665	10-in.	1/3/1936	May all your troubles be little ones	Jack Hylton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	songwriter
Gramophone	0EA2675	10-in.	1/19/1936	Moanin' Minnie	Jack Hylton	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Gramophone	0EA2693	10-in.	2/4/1936	This'll make you whistle	Jack Hylton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	songwriter
Gramophone	0EA5957	10-in.	1/5/1938	Souvenir of Love	Denny Dennis ; Roy Fox Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Gramophone	0EA5961	10-in.	1/5/1938	Trusting my luck	Denny Dennis ; Roy Fox Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Gramophone	0EA6492	10-in.	6/1/1938	My heaven in the pines	Sam Browne ; Jack Harris Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sigler, Maurice," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113703.

Sigler, Maurice. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113703.

"Sigler, Maurice." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.