Frank Ryerson
Frank Layton Ryerson (3 July 1905 in Paterson, New Jersey – 15 May 1995 in Clearwater, Florida) was an American trumpeter, composer, arranger and educator. |
Birth and Death Data: Born July 3, 1905, Died May 15, 1995
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, songwriter, composer
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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 | BS-03241 | 10-in. | 11/17/1936 | The Boston Tea Party | Chicago Rhythm Kings | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | PBS-061374 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | Blue champagne | Freddy Martin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer, songwriter | |
| Victor | D5VB-0764 | 10-in. | 5/21/1945 | Something sentimental | Vaughn Monroe ; Norton Sisters ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with female vocal group and jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D6VB-2712 | 10-in. | 8/30/1946 | The pleasure's all mine | Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with female vocal ensemble and jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-1512 | 10-in. | 8/12/1947 | Baby be good | Vaughn Monroe ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-1759 | 10-in. | 10/17/1947 | Give a broken heart a break | Vaughn Monroe ; Moon Maids ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with female vocal group and instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Decca | 64961 | 10-in. | 1/27/1939 | Last night a miracle happened | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64962 | 10-in. | 1/27/1939 | Riverboat shuffle | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64963 | 10-in. | 1/27/1939 | Boneyard shuffle-1 | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65012 | 10-in. | 2/13/1939 | Could be | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65013 | 10-in. | 2/13/1939 | I won't believe it | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65015 | 10-in. | 2/13/1939 | This night (will be my souvenir) | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65017 | 10-in. | 2/13/1939 | Honolulu | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65035 | 10-in. | 2/17/1939 | Sunrise serenade-1 | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65036 | 10-in. | 2/17/1939 | I promise you | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65037 | 10-in. | 2/17/1939 | Heaven can wait | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65038 | 10-in. | 2/14/1939 | (Gotta get some) Shut-Eye | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65044 | 10-in. | 2/20/1939 | Ay ay ay | Casa Loma Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65045 | 10-in. | 2/20/1939 | Rockin' chair-1 | Louis Armstrong ; Casa Loma Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65046 | 10-in. | 2/20/1939 | Lazybones | Louis Armstrong ; Casa Loma Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65063 | 10-in. | 2/25/1939 | Washboard blues | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65064 | 10-in. | 2/25/1939 | Little old lady | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65065 | 10-in. | 2/25/1939 | Lazy river | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65066 | 10-in. | 2/25/1939 | Moon country | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65180 | 10-in. | 3/15/1939 | Star dust | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65181 | 10-in. | 3/15/1939 | One morning in May | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65182 | 10-in. | 3/15/1939 | In the still of the night | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65183 | 10-in. | 3/15/1939 | Georgia on my mind | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65263 | 10-in. | 3/24/1939 | You grow sweeter as the years go by | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65264 | 10-in. | 3/24/1939 | If I had my way | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65265 | 10-in. | 3/24/1939 | Tears from my inkwell | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66076 | 10-in. | 8/13/1939 | Prelude in C sharp minor (Rachmaninoff) | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66077 | 10-in. | 8/13/1939 | Beautiful love | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66078 | 10-in. | 8/13/1939 | Tumbling tumbleweeds | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66079 | 10-in. | 8/13/1939 | Love grows on the white-oak tree | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66080 | 10-in. | 8/13/1939 | Through (How can you say we're through?) | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66081 | 10-in. | 8/13/1939 | Shadows | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66683 | 10-in. | 9/28/1939 | My wild Irish rose | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66684 | 10-in. | 9/28/1939 | When Irish eyes are smiling | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66685 | 10-in. | 9/28/1939 | Come and get it | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66686 | 10-in. | 9/28/1939 | Under a blanket of blue | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66747 | 10-in. | 10/10/1939 | Blue rain | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66748 | 10-in. | 10/10/1939 | Shine on harvest moon | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66749 | 10-in. | 10/10/1939 | Out of space | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66750 | 10-in. | 10/10/1939 | Midnight lullaby | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66753 | 10-in. | 10/11/1939 | Bless you (for being an angel) | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67139 | 10-in. | 2/2/1940 | Watching the clock | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67140 | 10-in. | 2/2/1940 | I concentrate on you | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67141 | 10-in. | 2/2/1940 | Last night's gardenias | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67142 | 10-in. | 2/2/1940 | Would'st could I but kiss Thy hand, oh babe | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67235 | 10-in. | 2/27/1940 | Yours is my heart alone | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67236 | 10-in. | 2/27/1940 | You've got me out on a limb | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67237 | 10-in. | 2/27/1940 | Castle of dreams | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67238 | 10-in. | 2/27/1940 | The fable of the rose | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67239 | 10-in. | 2/27/1940 | A lover's lullaby | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67240 | 10-in. | 2/27/1940 | Save your sorrow for tomorrow | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67342 | 10-in. | 3/20/1940 | Jimtown blues | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67343 | 10-in. | 3/20/1940 | Big Bad Bill | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67344 | 10-in. | 3/20/1940 | No name jive, part 1 | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67345 | 10-in. | 3/20/1940 | No name jive, part 2 | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67459 | 10-in. | 4/3/1940 | Sierra Sue | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67460 | 10-in. | 4/3/1940 | Charming little faker | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67461 | 10-in. | 4/3/1940 | Polka dots and moonbeams | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67462 | 10-in. | 4/3/1940 | Soft winds | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67515 | 10-in. | 4/10/1940 | The pessimistic character | Casa Loma Orchestra ; Glen Gray | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67516 | 10-in. | 4/10/1940 | I haven't time to be a millionaire | Casa Loma Orchestra ; Glen Gray | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67517 | 10-in. | 4/10/1940 | April played the fiddle | Casa Loma Orchestra ; Glen Gray | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67518 | 10-in. | 4/10/1940 | Meet the sun half-way | Casa Loma Orchestra ; Glen Gray | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67561 | 10-in. | 4/17/1940 | Rock Island flag stop | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67562 | 10-in. | 4/17/1940 | When Buddha smiles | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67680 | 10-in. | 5/7/1940 | I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67681 | 10-in. | 5/7/1940 | Coral sea | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67682 | 10-in. | 5/7/1940 | Mirage | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67683 | 10-in. | 5/7/1940 | Beautiful dreamer | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67745 | 10-in. | 5/16/1940 | Clear out of this world | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67746 | 10-in. | 5/16/1940 | Temptation | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67747 | 10-in. | 5/16/1940 | I touched a star | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67748 | 10-in. | 5/16/1940 | A Latin tune, a Manhattan moon and you | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68124 | 10-in. | 9/18/1940 | We three | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68125 | 10-in. | 9/18/1940 | Our love affair | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68126 | 10-in. | 9/18/1940 | When you awake | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68127 | 10-in. | 9/18/1940 | The world is waiting for the sunrise | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68142 | 10-in. | 9/25/1940 | Margie | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68143 | 10-in. | 9/25/1940 | I'd love to live in Loveland | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68144 | 10-in. | 9/25/1940 | Bye-bye blues | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68145 | 10-in. | 9/25/1940 | Moon over Burma | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68195 | 10-in. | 10/2/1940 | Head on my pillow | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68196 | 10-in. | 10/2/1940 | Cottonwood corners | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68197 | 10-in. | 10/2/1940 | Blow the smoke away | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68198 | 10-in. | 10/2/1940 | I'd rather dream | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68437 | 10-in. | 12/4/1940 | You say the sweetest things | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68438 | 10-in. | 12/4/1940 | Not so long ago | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68439 | 10-in. | 12/4/1940 | Magic mountain | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68440 | 10-in. | 12/4/1940 | I do, do you ? | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69760 | 10-in. | 9/21/1941 | I'll never be the same | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69761 | 10-in. | 9/21/1941 | Just friends | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69762 | 10-in. | 9/21/1941 | Memory lane | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69763 | 10-in. | 9/21/1941 | Don't blame me | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69838 | 10-in. | 10/19/1941 | City called heaven | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69839 | 10-in. | 10/19/1941 | I found you in the rain | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69840 | 10-in. | 10/19/1941 | The bells of San Raquel | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69841 | 10-in. | 10/19/1941 | I'm through with love | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69967 | 10-in. | 11/23/1941 | Rose Marie | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69968 | 10-in. | 11/23/1941 | Sweet and lovely | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70065 | 10-in. | 12/16/1941 | Moonlight cocktail | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70066 | 10-in. | 12/16/1941 | Purple moonlight | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70067 | 10-in. | 12/16/1941 | Until the stars fall down | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70068 | 10-in. | 12/16/1941 | The bottom man on the totem pole, part 1 | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70069 | 10-in. | 12/16/1941 | The bottom man on the totem pole, part 2 | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70070 | 10-in. | 12/16/1941 | Autumn nocturne | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70170 | 10-in. | 1/15/1942 | Darling, how you lied | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70171 | 10-in. | 1/15/1942 | I would do anything for you | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70172 | 10-in. | 1/15/1942 | Angels of mercy | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70173 | 10-in. | 1/15/1942 | It's the talk of the town | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70174 | 10-in. | 1/15/1942 | I'll never forget | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70604 | 10-in. | 4/1/1942 | Here you are | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70605 | 10-in. | 4/1/1942 | Oh, the pity of it all | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70606 | 10-in. | 4/1/1942 | The mem'ry of this dance | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70607 | 10-in. | 4/1/1942 | One dozen roses | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70657 | 10-in. | 4/15/1942 | Carry me back to the lone prairie | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70658 | 10-in. | 4/15/1942 | Till we meet again | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70659 | 10-in. | 4/15/1942 | Dear old pal of mine | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71106 | 10-in. | 7/20/1942 | Tall grows the timber | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71107 | 10-in. | 7/20/1942 | Yesterday's gardenia | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71108 | 10-in. | 7/20/1942 | I came here to talk for Joe | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71109 | 10-in. | 7/20/1942 | South wind | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71207 | 10-in. | 7/27/1942 | You're in love with someone else | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71208 | 10-in. | 7/27/1942 | Don't get around much any more | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71209 | 10-in. | 7/27/1942 | Moonlight mood | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71210 | 10-in. | 7/27/1942 | Happy mood | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71278 | 10-in. | 7/31/1942 | Rock-a-bye bay | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71279 | 10-in. | 7/31/1942 | I'm old-fashioned | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71280 | 10-in. | 7/31/1942 | Don't do it, darling | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71281 | 10-in. | 7/31/1942 | Lullaby of the rain | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71284 | 10-in. | 7/31/1942 | Purple moonlight | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2403 | 10-in. | 5/24/1941 | Boogie woogie piano man | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2404 | 10-in. | 5/24/1941 | As if you didn't know | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2405 | 10-in. | 5/24/1941 | Hep and happy | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2406 | 10-in. | 5/24/1941 | Buck fever | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2417 | 10-in. | 5/27/1941 | Woodland symphony | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2418 | 10-in. | 5/27/1941 | Swing tonic | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2419 | 10-in. | 5/27/1941 | Purple moonlight | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2420 | 10-in. | 5/26/1941 | Off and on | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ryerson, Frank," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114456.
Ryerson, Frank. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114456.
"Ryerson, Frank." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Ryerson, Frank, 1905-1995 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008147839
Wikidata: Frank L. Ryerson - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5487808
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/78602618
ISNI: 0000 0000 4769 1073 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000047691073
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