William Raskin
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1920 - 1937
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-25114 | 10-in. | 3/24/1921 | I found a rose in the Devil's garden | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio, with trombone, bassoon, and orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-28634 | 10-in. | 10/5/1923 | Steamboat Sal | Garber-Davis Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | B-31615 | 10-in. | 12/26/1924 | Little by little | Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-31747 | 10-in. | 1/22/1925 | Cross-word mamma, you puzzle me (But papa's gonna figure you out) | Frank Crumit | Male vocal solo, with guitar | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-36143 | 10-in. | 8/31/1926 | She's still my baby | Gus C. Edwards Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-36651 | 10-in. | 10/21/1926 | She's still my baby | Four Aristocrats | Male vocal quartet, with instrumental quartet | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-38374 | 10-in. | 4/28/1927 | Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal duet (takes 4-7); with male vocal chorus (takes 1-3) | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-38466 | 10-in. | 4/14/1927 | Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with male vocal duet and piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-49989 | 10-in. | 2/23/1929 | Wedding bells (Are breaking up that old gang of mine) | Gene Austin ; Dick Robertson ; Ed Smalle | Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-50520 | 10-in. | 2/24/1929 | Wedding bells (Are breaking up that old gang of mine) | Art Kassel ; "Kassels-in-the-Air" Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus and talk | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-50932 | 10-in. | 3/12/1929 | Wedding bells (Are breaking up that old gang of mine) | Elliott Shaw ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-50957 | 10-in. | 3/19/1929 | The bee song | Frank Crumit ; Julia Sanderson | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-51611 | 10-in. | 4/5/1929 | If I give up the saxophone (Will you come back to me?) | Eddie Cantor | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-53440 | 10-in. | 5/24/1929 | Mountains ain't no place for bad men | Frank Crumit | Male vocal solo, with guitar and organ | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-59902 | 10-in. | 3/29/1930 | They cut down the old pine tree | Gene and Glenn | Male vocal duet, with piano and harmonica | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-73742 | 10-in. | 10/3/1932 | They cut down the old pine tree | Joe Rines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-02869 | 10-in. | 10/24/1936 | They cut down the old pine tree | Buster Coward ; Bill Dickey ; Tune Wranglers | String band, with male vocal duet | lyricist | |
| Victor | PBS-09888 | 10-in. | 12/16/1937 | Why do Hawaiians sing aloha | Fats Waller and his Rhythm | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-010510 | 10-in. | 6/3/1937 | That's when your heartaches begin | Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 78923 | 10-in. | 1/12/1920 | I'll buy the ring and change your name to mine | Cliff Edwards ; Pierce Keegan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 79651 | 10-in. | 1/21/1921 | I found a rose in the devil's garden | Samuel Ash | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 81126 | 10-in. | 7/11/1923 | Steamboat Sal | Ray Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 81176 | 10-in. | 8/13/1923 | Steamboat Sal | Van and Schenck | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 81459 | 10-in. | 1/4/1924 | O, gee, Georgie! | Eddie Cantor ; Georgians | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 81595 | 10-in. | 3/1/1924 | You left me out in the rain | Lewis James | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W140529 | 10-in. | 4/15/1925 | What do we get from Boston? | Van and Schenck | Male vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W141531 | 10-in. | 1/20/1926 | This one today and that one tomorrow | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 142523 | 10-in. | 8/11/1926 | She's still my baby | Albert Campbell ; Jack Kaufman | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 142555 | 10-in. | 8/21/1926 | She's still my baby | Arthur Fields ; Manhattan Dance Makers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W142928 | 10-in. | 11/10/1926 | She's still my baby | Four Aristocrats | Male vocal quartet, with steel guitar, ukulele, and piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 143619 | 10-in. | 3/12/1927 | Heaven help a sailor on a night like this | Art Barnett ; Tommy Christian Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W143994 | 10-in. | 4/20/1927 | Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong | Frank Harris | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 144037 | 10-in. | 4/18/1927 | Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong | Joe Candullo and his Orchestra ; Pierre La Fond | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and clarinet | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W144052 | 10-in. | 4/27/1927 | Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong | Ted Lewis and his Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W144071 | 10-in. | 4/30/1927 | When it's moonlight in Brooklyn | Gangplank Orchestra ; Earl Gresh | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 144086 | 10-in. | 5/4/1927 | Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong | Dolly Kay ; Phil Phillips | Female vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W144786 | 10-in. | 9/22/1927 | I'm making believe that I don't care | Charles Kaley | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W144813 | 10-in. | 9/29/1927 | Rolling around in roses (Since Rosie rolled her eyes at me) | Kitty O'Connor | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W145265 | 10-in. | 12/1/1927 | I'm like a bird with a broken wing (Trying to fly back home) | Kenny Sargent | Male vocal solo, with violin and piano | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W145379 | 10-in. | 12/14/1927 | I'm like a bird with a broken wing | Kenny Sargent | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W146473 | 10-in. | 6/21/1928 | I'm making believe that I don't care | Billy Emerick | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 146586 | 10-in. | 6/27/1928 | A choir boy sings all alone to-night | Mack Allen | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 147927 | 10-in. | 2/5/1929 | Wedding bells (Are breaking up that old gang of mine) | Jerome Conrad Orchestra ; Irving Kaufman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | [W]147933 | 10-in. | 2/6/1929 | Wedding bells (Are breaking up that old gang of mine) | Sammy Fain | Male vocal solo, with violin and piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W147968 | 10-in. | 2/19/1929 | Wedding bells (Are breaking up that old gang of mine) | Goodrich Silvertown Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with piano | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W147969 | 10-in. | 2/19/1929 | Wedding bells (Are breaking up that old gang of mine) | Fred Rich Orchestra ; The Rollickers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 147999 | 10-in. | 2/27/1929 | Mountains ain't no place for bad men | Ned Cobben | Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W148598 | 10-in. | 6/20/1929 | If I give up the saxophone (Will you come back to me) | Pearce Brothers | Male vocal duet | songwriter | |
| Columbia | [W]150176 | 10-in. | 4/7/1930 | They cut down the old pine tree | Buck Wilson and his Rangers | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| OKeh | 9357 | 10-in. | Sept. 1925 | When a blonde makes up her mind to do you good | Jack Gardner Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-71849 | 10-in. | September 1923 | Steamboat Sal | The Oklahomans | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-72481 | 10-in. | Apr. 1924 | If I stay away too long from Carolina (I may find somebody else with Caroline) | Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| OKeh | S-73292 | 10-in. | Apr. 1925 | I'll buy the ring and change your name to mine | Harry Robinson | Male vocal solo, with ukulele | lyricist | |
| OKeh | 74341 | 10-in. | 9/7/1926 | She's still my baby | Araby Gardens Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| OKeh | W80273 | 10-in. | 12/30/1926 | (I meet her in the moonlight but) She keeps me in the dark | The Goofus Five | Jazz/dance ensemble, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| OKeh | W80738 | 10-in. | 4/15/1927 | Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong | Miff Mole's Molers ; Ted Shapiro ; Sophie Tucker | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| OKeh | W81457 | 10-in. | 9/20/1927 | Rolling around in roses | Royal Music Makers ; Noel Taylor | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| OKeh | W401731 | 10-in. | 3/21/1929 | Wedding bells (Are breaking up that old gang of mine) | Jazz Pilots ; Harry Reser | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| OKeh | W403898 | 10-in. | 4/11/1930 | They cut down the old pine tree | Paul Mason | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | 11055-11057 | 10-in. | 7/7/1923 | He may be your good man Friday (But he's mine on Saturday night) | Margaret Young | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | 12114-12116 | 10-in. | 12/14/1923 | Steamboat Sal | Cotton Pickers | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | 12711-12713 | 10-in. | 3/21/1924 | Oh, gee, Georgie! | Margaret Young | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | 13729-13732 | 10-in. | 8/14/1924 | If I stay away too long from Carolina (I may find somebody else with Caroline) | Radio Franks | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E29237 | 10-in. | Feb. 1929 | Wedding bells (Are breaking up that old gang of mine) | Bob Haring Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E29455 | 10-in. | Mar. 1929 | Wedding bells (Are breaking up that old gang of mine) | Dick Robertson | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E30402 | 10-in. | July 1929 | Mountains ain’t no place for bad men | Kanawha Singers | Male vocal quartet and whistling, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E32742 | 10-in. | May 1930 | They cut down the old pine tree | Dick Robertson | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E36435 | 10-in. | 3/31/1931 | They cut down the old pine tree | Frankie Marvin | Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E3676-E3677 | 10-in. | 9/4/1926 | She’s still my baby | Jay’s Chelsea Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E3868-E3869 | 10-in. | 9/29/1926 | She’s still my baby | Jay’s Chelsea Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal trio | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E20055-E20056 | 10-in. | 9/7/1926 | She’s still my baby | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra ; Keller Sisters and Lynch | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal trio | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E20215-E20216 | 10-in. | 9/20/1926 | She’s still my baby | Wendell W. Hall | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | C3112 | 10-in. | 3/13/1929 | Wedding bells (Are breaking up that old gang of mine) | Frank Sylvano | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | C3165 | 10-in. | 3/22/1929 | You left me out in the rain | Freddie Rose | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | C3166 | 10-in. | 3/22/1929 | You left me out in the rain | Freddie Rose | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Edison | 9427 | 10-in. | 3/20/1924 | You left me out in the rain | Criterion Quartet | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
| Edison | 10275 | 10-in. | 3/24/1925 | What do we get from Boston? | Frank Silver Dance Orchestra ; Lawrence A. Murphy | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Edison | 11676 | 10-in. | 5/2/1927 | Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong | Jack Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | 18110 | 10-in. | 12/16/1927 | I'm making believe that I don't care | Will Donaldson ; J. Donald Parker | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Edison | 18789 | 10-in. | 10/8/1928 | The choir boy (Sings all alone to-night) | Vernon Dalhart and Company | Male vocal solo, with violin, organ, and chimes | songwriter | |
| Edison | 19024 | 10-in. | 1/22/1929 | Wedding bells (Are breaking up that old gang of mine) | Billy Murray ; Walter Scanlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | 19052 | 10-in. | 2/15/1929 | Heaven help a sailor on a night like this | 7 Blue Babies ; Jack Dalton | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Edison | 19126 | 10-in. | 3/26/1929 | If I give up the saxophone (Will you come back to me?) | 7 Blue Babies ; Jack Dalton | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Edison | N-487 | 10-in. | 10/8/1928 | The choir boy (Sings all alone to-night) | Vernon Dalhart and Company | Male vocal solo, with violin, organ, and chimes | songwriter | |
| Edison | N-715 | 10-in. | 1/22/1929 | Wedding bells (are breaking up that old gang of mine) | Billy Murray ; Walter Scanlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Edison | N-743 | 10-in. | 2/15/1929 | Heaven help a sailor on a night like this | 7 Blue Babies ; Jack Dalton | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Edison | N-817 | 10-in. | 3/26/1929 | If I give up the saxophone (Will you come back to me?) | 7 Blue Babies ; Jack Dalton | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Raskin, William," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116676.
Raskin, William. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116676.
"Raskin, William." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Raskin, William, 1896-1942 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr96011494
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