Harry Roberts
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1938
Roles Represented in DAHR: saxophone, baritone vocal, vocalist, composer, lyricist
Notes: Identified in Victor ledgers as a Welsh baritone.
= 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 | BS-017060 | 10-in. | 11/17/1937 | My heaven on earth | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-017061 | 10-in. | 11/17/1937 | Am I in another world | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-017062 | 10-in. | 11/17/1937 | You started something | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-017063 | 10-in. | 11/17/1937 | The gypsy in my soul | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-017064 | 10-in. | 11/17/1937 | I live the life I love | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-017065 | 10-in. | 11/17/1937 | A kiss for consolation | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-021185 | 10-in. | 3/18/1938 | Moonshine over Kentucky | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-021186 | 10-in. | 3/18/1938 | Bewildered | Carlotta Dale ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-021187 | 10-in. | 3/18/1938 | Stop! And reconsider | Jan Savitt ; Three Toppers ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal trio | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-021188 | 10-in. | 3/18/1938 | Lovelight in the starlight | Carlotta Dale ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-021189 | 10-in. | 3/18/1938 | The week end of a private secretary | Carlotta Dale ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-021190 | 10-in. | 3/18/1938 | Something tells me | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-023220 | 10-in. | 5/13/1938 | My Margarita | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-023221 | 10-in. | 5/13/1938 | Why's ya make me fall in love? | Jan Savitt ; Three Toppers ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal trio | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-023222 | 10-in. | 5/13/1938 | Sweet and tender | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-023223 | 10-in. | 5/13/1938 | Dust | Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with sound effects (take 1); jazz/dance band (take 2) | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-023224 | 10-in. | 5/13/1938 | I got a guy | Carlotta Dale ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-023225 | 10-in. | 5/13/1938 | It's the little things that count | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-023592 | 10-in. | 6/17/1938 | Fol-da-rol-dol-dol | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-023593 | 10-in. | 6/17/1938 | 'Sgood enough for me | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-023594 | 10-in. | 6/17/1938 | We, the people | Jan Savitt ; Three Toppers ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal trio | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-023595 | 10-in. | 6/17/1938 | So lovely | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-023596 | 10-in. | 6/17/1938 | Hi-yo silver | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-023597 | 10-in. | 6/17/1938 | When twilight comes | Carlotta Dale ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-024069 | 10-in. | 7/22/1938 | La de doody doo | Harry Roberts ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-024070 | 10-in. | 7/22/1938 | Love of my life (Where are you?) | Carlotta Dale ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-024071 | 10-in. | 7/22/1938 | That's a plenty | Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-024072 | 10-in. | 7/22/1938 | What are you doin' tonight | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-024073 | 10-in. | 7/22/1938 | I haven't changed a thing | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-024074 | 10-in. | 7/22/1938 | Futuristic shuffle | Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-026641 | 10-in. | 8/25/1938 | (Be it ever so thrilling) There's no place like your arms | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-026642 | 10-in. | 8/25/1938 | The sweetheart of Sigma Chi | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-026643 | 10-in. | 8/25/1938 | When I go a dreamin' | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-026644 | 10-in. | 8/25/1938 | Ya got me | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-026645 | 10-in. | 8/25/1938 | You go to my head | Carlotta Dale ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-026646 | 10-in. | 8/25/1938 | Tutti frutti | Bon Bon ; Harry Roberts ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, saxophone, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-028139 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | Just a kid named Joe | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-028140 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | Sugar foot stomp | Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-028141 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | Wait until my heart finds out | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-028142 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | Gardenias | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-028143 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | Quaker City jazz | Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-028144 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | Hurry home | Carlotta Dale ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BVE-Test-289 | 10-in. | 3/7/1929 | 'O sole mio | Harry Roberts | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-Test-290 | 10-in. | 3/7/1929 | Winnie dear | Harry Roberts | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W148725 | 10-in. | 6/20/1929 | Old forsaken blues | Mary Dixon | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with clarinet and piano | composer, lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Roberts, Harry," accessed April 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/208589.
Roberts, Harry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/208589.
"Roberts, Harry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 April 2024.
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