Benée Russell
Birth and Death Data: Born August 10, 1902, Died June 28, 1961
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1949
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, composer, songwriter
Notes: Sometimes listed as Ben Russell.
= 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 | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-23424 | 10-in. | 10/17/1919 | You didn't want me when you had me | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-35732 | 10-in. | 6/30/1926 | Katinka | George Olsen and his Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-36086 | 10-in. | 9/1/1926 | Turkish towel | Johnny Hamp ; Kentucky Serenaders | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-38964 | 10-in. | 6/24/1927 | Wy-lets | Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-43140 | 10-in. | 3/12/1928 | I'm winging home (Like a bird that's on the wing) | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-43586 | 10-in. | 4/19/1928 | I'm wingin' home (Like a bird that's on the wing) | Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller | Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-46904 | 10-in. | 8/16/1928 | Lonesome in the moonlight | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal trio | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-48532 | 10-in. | 1/2/1929 | Do you? That's all I want to know | Edwin J. McEnelly Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BRC-53046 | 10-in. | 4/21/1931 | You don't know what you're doin' | Gene Austin | Male vocal solo, with clarinet, guitar, and piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-53996 | 10-in. | 8/19/1929 | Fascinating you | Don Howard ; Phelps Twins | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-56135 | 10-in. | 9/19/1929 | When you're counting the stars alone | Joseph Rines ; Triadors | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-56736 | 10-in. | 10/2/1929 | When you're counting the stars alone | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-56819 | 10-in. | 4/3/1930 | Like a dream | High Hatters ; Leonard W. Joy ; Frank Luther | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-57228 | 10-in. | 12/4/1929 | When you're counting the stars alone | Ted Fiorito Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-58681 | 10-in. | 2/27/1930 | Like a dream | Phil Baker | Accordion solo, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-59772 | 10-in. | 4/30/1930 | The song without a name | Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-64825 | 10-in. | 12/7/1930 | When you fall in love, fall in love with me | Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BRC-64867 | 10-in. | 2/11/1931 | Love is like that (What can you do?) | Walter Ashby ; Elly Bellare ; Ken Herlin ; Snooks Friedman Memphis Stompers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | BRC-64899 | 10-in. | 3/23/1931 | I'll love you in my dreams | Richard Barry ; Henry Busse Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BRC-68895 | 10-in. | 4/13/1931 | Bubbling over with love | Andy Sanella All Star Orchestra ; Chick Bullock | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BRC-68898 | 10-in. | 4/14/1931 | You don't know what you're doin' | Henry Busse Orchestra ; Knox Pugh | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus | lyricist | |
| Victor | BRC-69657 | 10-in. | 5/26/1931 | Right now! | Maurice Chevalier | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | BRC-70105 | 10-in. | 6/30/1931 | (When you fall in love) Fall in love with me | Georges Metaxa | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-70642 | 10-in. | 12/3/1931 | A rose and a kiss | Jack Fulton ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-75926 | 10-in. | 7/10/1933 | Did my heart beat, did I fall in love! | Virginia Hamilton ; Jan Garber Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-76576 | 10-in. | 7/6/1933 | Did my heart beat, did I fall in love? | George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Loretta Lee ; Barry Wells | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-77360 | 10-in. | 12/14/1933 | On the wrong side of the fence | Lee Bennett ; Jan Garber Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-84975 | 10-in. | 11/13/1934 | Let's be thankful | George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Loretta Lee | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-85011 | 10-in. | 11/12/1934 | Let's be thankful | Lee Bennett ; Jan Garber Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | D9VB-2242 | 10-in. | 9/14/1949 | Nearest thing to heaven | Eddy Arnold | Male vocal solo, with string band | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 78650 | 10-in. | 9/13/1919 | You didn't want me when you had me | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 142162 | 10-in. | 5/6/1926 | Katinka | Ivan Terribilsky ; WMCA Broadcasters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W142201 | 10-in. | 5/14/1926 | Katinka | Ed Smalle | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 142325 | 10-in. | 6/18/1926 | Turkish towel | Joe Candullo ; Everglades Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W142338 | 10-in. | 6/23/1926 | Turkish towel | Harry Reser's Syncopators | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 143365 | 10-in. | 1/28/1927 | She said and I said | Harmony Brothers | Male vocal duet, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | W144327 | 10-in. | 6/14/1927 | Wy-lets | Hotel Tuller Orchestra ; Gerald Marks | Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 144411 | 10-in. | 6/29/1927 | Wy-lets | The Harmonians [Selvin's Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 144861 | 10-in. | 10/14/1927 | Go home and tell your mother (That I love you) | Lou Gold Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W144973 | 10-in. | 11/14/1927 | Go home and tell your mother (That I love you) | Vaughn De Leath ; Frank Harris | Female-male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W146308 | 10-in. | 5/19/1928 | (Like a bird that's on the wing) I'm wingin' home | Eddy's Hawaiian Serenaders | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W146546 | 10-in. | 6/17/1928 | Lonesome in the moonlight | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 146605 | 10-in. | 6/29/1928 | Lonesome in the moonlight | The Harmonians [Selvin's Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 147110 | 10-in. | 10/5/1928 | Do you? That's all I want to know! | Happy Martin | Male vocal solo, with alto saxophone, cornet, and piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W147143 | 10-in. | 10/25/1928 | Do you? That's all I want to know! | Ipana Troubadours ; Sam Lanin | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 147881 | 10-in. | 1/23/1929 | My starlight | The Harmonians [Selvin's Orchestra] ; Robert Wood | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W148719 | 10-in. | 6/20/1929 | You're my silver lining of love | Ernie Golden ; Hotel McAlpin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 148979 | 10-in. | 9/6/1929 | When you're counting the stars alone | Jim Andrews ; The Georgians [Paul Specht Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W149005 | 10-in. | 9/13/1929 | When you're counting the stars alone | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | lyricist | |
| Columbia | [W]150377 | 10-in. | 5/1/1930 | The song without a name | The Four Aces | Male vocal quartet, with guitar and steel guitar | lyricist, composer | |
| Columbia | [W]150506 | 10-in. | 4/29/1930 | The song without a name | Hotel Pennsylvania Music [Lloyd Keating and his Music] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
| Columbia | W150525 | 10-in. | 5/23/1930 | The song without a name | Will Osborne and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | W151204 | 10-in. | 1/13/1931 | Love is like that (What can you do?) | Ruth Etting | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist, composer | |
| Columbia | W152015 | 10-in. | 11/3/1931 | Katinka | Dan Hornsby and his Lion's Den Trio | Male vocal quartet, with guitar | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W152673 | 10-in. | 1/11/1934 | On the wrong side of the fence | Jerry Cooper ; Emil Coleman and his Palais Royal Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W351026 | 10-in. | 5/21/1931 | Love is like that (What can you do?) | Chester Leighton and his Sophomores [Selvin's Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
| OKeh | S-7083 | 10-in. | ca. Nov. 1919 | You didn't want me when you had me | Bert Harvey | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| OKeh | W80306 | 10-in. | 1/18/1927 | She said and I said | OKeh Kut-Ups | Male vocal duet, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
| OKeh | W400643 | 10-in. | 5/1/1928 | (Like a bird that's on the wing) I'm wingin' home | Joe Green ; Royal Music Makers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| OKeh | W400971 | 10-in. | 6/29/1928 | Lonesome in the moonlight | Justin Ring Trio ; Stan Thompson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | lyricist | |
| OKeh | W403181 | 10-in. | 10/18/1929 | Turkish towel | Herndon Slicer | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W404038 | 10-in. | 5/23/1930 | The song without a name | Arthur Schutt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
| OKeh | W404592 | 10-in. | 12/30/1930 | (When you fall in love) Fall in love with me | Ed Kirkeby Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W490076 | 10-in. | 5/23/1930 | The song without a name | Arthur Schutt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | E28256 | 10-in. | 9/18/1928 | Do you? That’s all I want to know! | Yacht Club Boys | Male vocal and instrumental quartet | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E28304 | 10-in. | 9/21/1928 | Lonesome in the moonlight | Colonial Club Orchestra ; Jack Parker | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E28475 | 10-in. | 10/16/1928 | Do you? That’s all I want to know | Six Jumping Jacks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E28657 | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1928 | Do you? (That’s all I want to know) | The Midnight Broadcasters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E32577 | 10-in. | Apr. 1930 | Like a dream | Colonial Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E35889 | 10-in. | 1/2/1931 | When you fall in love, fall in love with me | Ozzie Nelson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E35897 | 10-in. | 1/7/1931 | When you fall in love, fall in love with me | Ralph Bennett Seven Aces | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E36440 | 10-in. | 4/2/1931 | You don’t know what you’re doin’ | Ross Colby ; Don Bigelow Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E36627 | 10-in. | 4/16/1931 | Bubbling over with love | Fred Rich Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E36634 | 10-in. | 4/16/1931 | Love is like that (What can you do?) | Ralph Bennett and his Seven Aces (All Eleven of 'Em) [Fred Rich Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E36730 | 10-in. | 5/24/1931 | Love is like that (What can you do?) | Red Nichols Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E20368-E20369 | 10-in. | 10/8/1926 | Nize baby | Mac and Lennie | Male vocal duet, with piano | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E24901-E24904 | 10-in. | 10/24/1927 | Go home and tell your mother (That I love you) | Six Jumping Jacks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E24904) | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E26916-E26917 | 10-in. | 3/10/1928 | Like a bird that’s on the wing (I’m winging home) | Harold Lambert | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E30843-E30844 | 10-in. | Sept. 1929 | When you’re counting the stars alone | Colonial Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal; without vocal (take G) | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | C4715½ | 10-in. | 11/11/1929 | When you’re counting the stars alone | Dell Lampe Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio; without vocal (take G) | lyricist, composer | |
| Brunswick | C5745 | 10-in. | May 1930 | The song without a name | Isham Jones Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal; without vocal (take G) | lyricist, composer | |
| Brunswick | C7472-C7473 | 10-in. | 3/31/1931 | You don’t know what you’re doin’ | Isham Jones Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | lyricist | |
| Edison | 11049 | 10-in. | 6/17/1926 | Katinka | Arthur Hall ; Tennessee Happy Boys | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Edison | 11419 | 10-in. | 1/6/1927 | She said and I said | Macy and Smalle | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
| Edison | 11815 | 10-in. | 7/25/1927 | Wy-lets | Jack Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | 18050 | 10-in. | 11/22/1927 | Go home and tell your mother (That I love you) | The Happiness Boys ; Dave Kaplan | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Edison | N-996 | 10-in. | 7/2/1929 | You're my silver lining of love | Muriel Pollock | Piano solo | songwriter | |
| Edison | N-1128 | 10-in. | 9/13/1929 | When you're counting the stars alone | California Ramblers | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Russell, Benée," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113900.
Russell, Benée. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113900.
"Russell, Benée." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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IMDb: Benée Russell
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LCNAR: Russell, Benée, 1902-1961 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008008909
Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6084145
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