Steady Nelson
Horace Steadman "Steady" Nelson (1913—1988), born in Jefferson, Texas, was a 20th-century American musician who specialized in Jazz and Swing during the Big Band era. He recorded over 60 sessions on trumpet and vocals with Woody Herman, Hal McIntyre, the Casa Loma Orchestra, Horace Hiedt, the NBC Radio orchestra and others. Nelson's most important works are his instrumental lead in "Woodchopper's Ball" and two solo vocal recordings with Woody Herman's band : "I’m Comin’ Virginia", and "Rosetta". Nelson has been declared a Texas Music Pioneer by the Texas Music Office, a division of the Office of the Governor of Texas. This link has details of Steady life. https://web.archive.org/web/20081006192834/http://www.art-dir.com/Steady%20Nelson%20Bio.htm |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1913 (Jefferson), Died 1988
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939 - 1943
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, vocalist
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | 65379 | 10-in. | 4/12/1939 | At the Woodchopper's ball | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65380 | 10-in. | 4/12/1939 | Big wig in the wigwam | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65381 | 10-in. | 4/12/1939 | Dallas blues | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65382 | 10-in. | 4/12/1939 | Blues downstairs-1 | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65383 | 10-in. | 4/12/1939 | Blues upstairs-1 | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65634 | 10-in. | 5/24/1939 | Paleface | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65635 | 10-in. | 5/24/1939 | The Sheik of Araby | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65636 | 10-in. | 5/24/1939 | casbah blues | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65637 | 10-in. | 5/24/1939 | Farewell blues | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65978 | 10-in. | 7/18/1939 | East Side kick | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65979 | 10-in. | 7/18/1939 | Midnight echoes | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65980 | 10-in. | 7/18/1939 | Jumpin' blues | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65981 | 10-in. | 7/18/1939 | Big morning | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66048 | 10-in. | 8/2/1939 | Love with a capital You | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66049 | 10-in. | 8/2/1939 | Still the bluebird sings | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66050 | 10-in. | 8/2/1939 | Love me | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66051 | 10-in. | 8/2/1939 | Rosetta | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66529 | 10-in. | 9/11/1939 | For tonight | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66530 | 10-in. | 9/11/1939 | Fine and dandy | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66531 | 10-in. | 9/11/1939 | Put that thing in writing | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66532 | 10-in. | 9/11/1939 | can this be love? | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66672 | 10-in. | 9/26/1939 | If I knew then | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66673 | 10-in. | 9/26/1939 | I'm comin' Virginia | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66674 | 10-in. | 9/26/1939 | Blue dawn | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66897 | 10-in. | 11/20/1939 | Swingin' a dream | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66898 | 10-in. | 11/20/1939 | This changing world | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66899 | 10-in. | 11/20/1939 | It's my turn now | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66900 | 10-in. | 11/20/1939 | Blues on parade-1 | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66952 | 10-in. | 12/13/1939 | Smarty pants | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66953 | 10-in. | 12/13/1939 | The rhumba jumps | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66954 | 10-in. | 12/13/1939 | Peace, brother! | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66955 | 10-in. | 12/13/1939 | Love's got me down again | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66960 | 10-in. | 12/13/1939 | Blues on parade-1 | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67028 | 10-in. | 1/5/1940 | Careless | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67029 | 10-in. | 1/5/1940 | Wouldja mind ? | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67030 | 10-in. | 1/5/1940 | Pick-a-rib-1 | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67031 | 10-in. | 1/5/1940 | It's a blue world | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67152 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Give a little whistle | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67153 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | The sky fell down | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67154 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Peach tree street | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67155 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Blue prelude | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67156 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Cousin to Chris | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67163 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Blue link | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67521 | 10-in. | 4/10/1940 | Deep night | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67522 | 10-in. | 4/10/1940 | Whistle stop | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67523 | 10-in. | 4/10/1940 | Herman at the Sherman | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67524 | 10-in. | 4/10/1940 | Bessie's blues | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 67587 | 10-in. | 4/18/1940 | Music BY the moon | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67588 | 10-in. | 4/18/1940 | Jukin' (Ski jump) | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67589 | 10-in. | 4/18/1940 | Get your boots laced, Papa, part 1-1 | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67590 | 10-in. | 4/18/1940 | Get your boots laced, Papa, part 2 | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67732 | 10-in. | 5/14/1940 | You think of ev'rything | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67733 | 10-in. | 5/14/1940 | Where do I go from you? | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67734 | 10-in. | 5/14/1940 | The end of the rainbow | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67735 | 10-in. | 5/14/1940 | Mister Meadowlark | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67736 | 10-in. | 5/14/1940 | I'll pray for you | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68053 | 10-in. | 9/9/1940 | I wouldn't take a million | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68054 | 10-in. | 9/9/1940 | Looking for yesterday | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68055 | 10-in. | 9/9/1940 | Rhumboogie | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68056 | 10-in. | 9/9/1940 | A million dreams ago | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68157 | 10-in. | 9/27/1940 | Frenesi | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68158 | 10-in. | 9/27/1940 | Song of Old Hawaii | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68159 | 10-in. | 9/27/1940 | Golden wedding | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68160 | 10-in. | 9/27/1940 | Five o'clock whistle | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68227 | 10-in. | 10/10/1940 | Beat me Daddy, eight to a bar | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68228 | 10-in. | 10/10/1940 | Dream valley | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68229 | 10-in. | 10/10/1940 | Whatever happened to you? | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68230 | 10-in. | 10/10/1940 | There I go | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68324 | 10-in. | 11/9/1940 | You're the one | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68325 | 10-in. | 11/9/1940 | Love of my life | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68326 | 10-in. | 11/9/1940 | The stars remain | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68327 | 10-in. | 11/9/1940 | I should have known you years ago | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68328 | 11/9/1940 | The golden wedding (La cinquantaine) | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | |||
| Decca | 68609 | 10-in. | 1/22/1941 | (Hurry back to) Sorrento | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68610 | 10-in. | 1/22/1941 | Boogie woogie bugle boy | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68611 | 10-in. | 1/22/1941 | Oh! Look at me now | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68616 | 10-in. | 1/22/1941 | Bounce me brother, with a solid four | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68697 | 10-in. | 2/13/1941 | Blue flame | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68698 | 10-in. | 2/13/1941 | Fur trappers' ball | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68804 | 10-in. | 3/11/1941 | Sleepy serenade | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68805 | 10-in. | 3/11/1941 | Let's get away from it all | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68806 | 10-in. | 3/11/1941 | Everything happens to me | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68807 | 10-in. | 3/11/1941 | Chloe (Song of the swamp) | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68808 | 10-in. | 3/11/1941 | Eve, let that apple bee | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 68927 | 10-in. | 4/4/1941 | You call it madness, but I call it love | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68928 | 10-in. | 4/4/1941 | Lazy rhapsody | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68929 | 10-in. | 4/4/1941 | Intermezzo | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68930 | 10-in. | 4/4/1941 | Time changes everything | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68931 | 10-in. | 4/4/1941 | My Mom | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68982 | 10-in. | 4/11/1941 | Dancing in the dark | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68983 | 10-in. | 4/11/1941 | G'bye now | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68984 | 10-in. | 4/11/1941 | Until tomorrow | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68985 | 10-in. | 4/11/1941 | You'll never know | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 68986 | 10-in. | 4/11/1941 | Night watchman | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69311 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Love me a little | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69312 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Hey doc! | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69313 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Don't cry, cherie | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69314 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Prisoner of love | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69315 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | There goes that song again | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69316 | 10-in. | 6/5/1941 | Loveliness and love | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71439 | 10-in. | 10/1/1943 | My heart tells me | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71440 | 10-in. | 10/1/1943 | My shining hour | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71441 | 10-in. | 10/1/1943 | Birmingham special | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71442 | 10-in. | 10/1/1943 | An old manuscript | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2672 | 10-in. | 8/21/1941 | By-U by-O (The Louisiana lullaby) | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2673 | 10-in. | 8/21/1941 | Don't be blue, little pal, don't be blue | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2674 | 10-in. | 8/21/1941 | I love you more, more every day | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2675 | 10-in. | 8/21/1941 | Bishop's blues | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2676 | 10-in. | 8/21/1941 | Woodsheddin' with Woody | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2677 | 10-in. | 8/21/1941 | My foolish heart and I | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2705 | 10-in. | 8/28/1941 | Concerto No.1 in B flat minor for piano and orch. (Tchaikovsky-Op.23) | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2706 | 10-in. | 8/28/1941 | I'll remember April | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2734 | 10-in. | 09/05/1941 | Major (A man and his drum) | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2735 | 10-in. | 9/5/1941 | Misirlou | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2736 | 10-in. | 9/5/1941 | Three ways to smoke a pipe | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2737 | 10-in. | 9/5/1941 | Ten day furlough | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2746 | 10-in. | 9/10/1941 | Blues in the night | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2747 | 10-in. | 9/10/1941 | This time the dream's on me | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2748 | 10-in. | 9/10/1941 | I'd love to love you again | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2749 | 10-in. | 9/10/1941 | Hot chestnuts | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Nelson, Steady," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/207237.
Nelson, Steady. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/207237.
"Nelson, Steady." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Nelson, Steady - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006013963
Wikidata: Steady Nelson - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7605212
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/68677612
MusicBrainz: Steady Nelson - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c07aaf09-25da-4dcf-b3ad-96e009016c14
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