Les Backer

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1929

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal, guitar, banjo, vocalist, yodeling, composer

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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 80 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Brunswick MR36 10-in. approximately Mar. 1929 [Unknown title(s)] Les Backer Male vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick MR37 10-in. approximately Mar. 1929 He, she and me Les Backer Male vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gennett 12824 12-in. 6/1/1927 I'd love to be a baby again Les Backer Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gennett 12835 10-in. 6/6/1927 Love me Les Backer Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gennett 12836 10-in. 6/6/1927 Just like a butterfly Les Backer Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gennett 12840 12-in. 6/10/1927 I'd love to be a baby again Les Backer Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gennett 12849 10-in. 6/13/1927 Rain Les Backer Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gennett 12864 10-in. 6/17/1927 Gorgeous Les Backer Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gennett 12910 10-in. 6/29/1927 I'd love to be a baby again Les Backer Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gennett 12967 10-in. 8/4/1927 You don't like it not much Les Backer Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gennett 12968 10-in. 8/4/1927 I know what it means to be lonesome Les Backer Male vocal solo, with 2 pianos vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gennett 12970 10-in. 8/4/1927 Sleep baby sleep Les Backer Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar, steel guitar, and piano vocalist, tenor vocal, yodeling  
Gennett 12971 10-in. 8/4/1927 In the mountain high Les Backer Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar, steel guitar, and piano vocalist, tenor vocal, yodeling  
Gennett 12972 10-in. 8/4/1927 The torch Les Backer Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar, steel guitar, and piano vocalist, tenor vocal, yodeling  
Gennett 13094 10-in. 9/23/1927 Alabama stomp Walt Anderson ; Golden Pheasant Hoodlums Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, banjo  
Gennett 13097 10-in. 9/23/1927 The torch Walt Anderson ; Les Backer ; Golden Pheasant Hoodlums Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo, tenor vocal  
Gennett 13098 10-in. 9/23/1927 Melancholy Walt Anderson ; Golden Pheasant Hoodlums Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, banjo  
Gennett 13099 10-in. 9/23/1927 After I've called you sweetheart (How can I call you friend) Walt Anderson ; Les Backer ; Golden Pheasant Hoodlums Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gennett 13100 10-in. 9/23/1927 Shakes Walt Anderson ; Les Backer ; Golden Pheasant Hoodlums Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gennett 13101 10-in. 9/23/1927 Two little pretty birds Walt Anderson ; Les Backer ; Golden Pheasant Hoodlums Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gennett 13104 10-in. 9/29/1927 Hold everything Walt Anderson ; Golden Pheasant Hoodlums Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist, tenor vocal, guitar  
Gennett 13105 10-in. 9/29/1927 Bye bye pretty baby Norvy Mulligan's Minnesotans Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gennett 13108 10-in. 9/29/1927 Sugar foot strut North-West Melody Boys Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, banjo  
Gennett 13120 10-in. 10/7/1927 Hutchings and Holloway Walt Anderson ; Les Backer ; Golden Pheasant Hoodlums Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gennett 13124 10-in. 10/7/1927 Mokus Walt Anderson ; Golden Pheasant Hoodlums Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, banjo  
(Results 26-50 of 80 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Backer, Les," accessed May 1, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/115365.

Backer, Les. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 1, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/115365.

"Backer, Les." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 May 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/115365

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Backer, Les (Vocalist) - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010136788

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/125920683

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