Phil Stephens
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1963
Roles Represented in DAHR: string bass, tuba
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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 | MS-023232 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately mid-April 1938 | Prelude in C sharp minor | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | MS-023233 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately mid-April 1938 | Harmony in Harlem | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | MS-023234 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately mid-April 1938 | Chatterbox | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | MS-023235 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately mid-April 1938 | Moonshine over Kentucky | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | MS-023236 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately mid-April 1938 | Lullaby in rhythm | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | MS-028916 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately mid-Oct. 1938 | You must have been a beautiful baby | Charlie Barnet ; Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Judy Ellington | Jazz/dance band and vocal soloists | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Victor | MS-028917 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately mid-October 1938 | Prelude to a kiss | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Judy Ellington | Jazz/dance band and female vocal soloist | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Decca | L 3965 | 10-in. | 9/13/1945 | Day by day | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | L 3966 | 10-in. | 9/13/1945 | Prove it by the things you do | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
| Decca | L 4352 | 2/11/1947 | Riverboat shuffle | Hoagy Carmichael | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 4353 | 2/11/1947 | Rockin' chair | Hoagy Carmichael | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 4354 | 2/11/1947 | Georgia on my mind | Hoagy Carmichael | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5250 | 12/9/1949 | That's a plenty | Hoagy Carmichael | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5251 | 12/9/1949 | At the Darktown Strutter's Ball | Hoagy Carmichael | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5606 | 5/18/1950 | Sound off (Duckworth chant) | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5607 | 5/18/1950 | A string of pearls | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5608 | 5/18/1950 | The lonesomest whistle | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5822 | 9/6/1950 | Ellington echoes: Part 1: Sophisticated lady ; I let a song go out of my heart | Eddie Miller | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 5823 | 9/6/1950 | Ellington echoes: Part 2: In a sentimental mood/Solitude | Eddie Miller | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6028 | 2/1/1951 | The golden rocket | Hoagy Carmichael ; Cass Daley | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6029 | 2/1/1951 | The aba daba honeymoon | Hoagy Carmichael ; Cass Daley | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6034 | 2/2/1951 | Sentimental music | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6035 | 2/2/1951 | Silver moon | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6046 | 2/6/1951 | You're just in love | Lil Hardin Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6047 | 2/6/1951 | If | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6048 | 2/6/1951 | (I want a) Big butter and egg man (from the West) | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6167 | 3/19/1951 | 9:20 special | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6168 | 3/19/1951 | 'Cause of you | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6169 | 3/19/1951 | [Unknown title(s)] | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6170 | 3/19/1951 | The Memphis blues | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6189 | 4/2/1951 | St. Louis blues | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6190 | 4/2/1951 | Beale Street blues | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6191 | 4/2/1951 | Loveless love | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6237 | 4/16/1951 | Joe Turner's blues | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6238 | 4/16/1951 | Way down South where the blues began | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6239 | 4/16/1951 | Yellow dog blues | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6240 | 4/16/1951 | Aunt Hagar's blues | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6262 | 4/27/1951 | Gone fishin' | Louis Armstrong ; Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6318 | 6/20/1951 | In the cool, cool, cool of the evening-1 | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6319 | 6/20/1951 | Misto Cristofo Colombo | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6550 | 11/28/1951 | It's all in the game | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6551 | 11/28/1951 | When it's sleepy time South-1 | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6552 | 11/28/1951 | Jeannine, I dream of lilac time | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6553 | 11/28/1951 | Indian love call | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6866 | 9/2/1952 | You belong to me | Georgie Auld ; Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6867 | 9/2/1952 | Early Autumn | Georgie Auld ; Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6868 | 9/2/1952 | Lullaby of Broadway | Georgie Auld ; Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 6869 | 9/2/1952 | Harlem nocturne | Georgie Auld ; Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 7519 | 12/31/1953 | Moanin' low | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 7520 | 12/31/1953 | Takin' a chance on love | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8188 | 2/21/1955 | Get out of the car | Georgie Auld Orchestra ; The Lancers | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8189 | 2/21/1955 | Afraid | Georgie Auld Orchestra ; The Lancers | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8190 | 2/21/1955 | Close your eyes | Georgie Auld Orchestra ; The Lancers | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8191 | 2/21/1955 | Two hearts, two kisses | Georgie Auld Orchestra ; The Lancers | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8192 | 2/21/1955 | Jam up | Georgie Auld Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8193 | 2/21/1955 | Rib tips | Georgie Auld Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8194 | 2/21/1955 | Cherry pink and apple blossom white | Georgie Auld Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8195 | 2/21/1955 | Plantation boogie | Georgie Auld Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8219 | 3/8/1955 | Give a little whistle | Cliff Edwards | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8220 | 3/8/1955 | Jiminy cricket | Cliff Edwards | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8221 | 3/8/1955 | The bird and the cricket and the willow tree-1 | Cliff Edwards | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 8222 | 3/4/1955 | When you wish upon a star-1, 2 | Cliff Edwards | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
| Decca | L 13157 | 3/23/1963 | Walking through New Orleans | Pete Fountain and His Mardi Gras Strutters | instrumentalist, tuba | |||
| Decca | L 13158 | 3/23/1963 | Over the waves | Pete Fountain and His Mardi Gras Strutters | instrumentalist, tuba | |||
| Decca | L 13159 | 3/23/1963 | South Rampart Street parade | Pete Fountain and His Mardi Gras Strutters | instrumentalist, tuba | |||
| Decca | L 13160 | 3/23/1963 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | Pete Fountain and His Mardi Gras Strutters | instrumentalist, tuba | |||
| Decca | L 13161 | 3/23/1963 | Marching 'round the mountain | Pete Fountain and His Mardi Gras Strutters | instrumentalist, tuba | |||
| Decca | L 13162 | 3/23/1963 | Farewell blues | Pete Fountain and His Mardi Gras Strutters | instrumentalist, tuba | |||
| Decca | L 13163 | 3/23/1963 | Put on your old grey bonnet | Pete Fountain and His Mardi Gras Strutters | instrumentalist, tuba | |||
| Decca | L 13164 | 3/23/1963 | Careless love | Pete Fountain and His Mardi Gras Strutters | instrumentalist, tuba | |||
| Decca | L 13166 | 3/25/1963 | The second line | Pete Fountain and His Mardi Gras Strutters | instrumentalist, tuba | |||
| Decca | L 13167 | 3/25/1963 | Washington and Lee swing | Pete Fountain and His Mardi Gras Strutters | instrumentalist, tuba | |||
| Decca | L 13168 | 3/25/1963 | Sugar Bowl parade | Pete Fountain and His Mardi Gras Strutters | instrumentalist, tuba | |||
| Decca | L 13169 | 3/25/1963 | Basin Street blues | Pete Fountain and His Mardi Gras Strutters | instrumentalist, tuba |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Stephens, Phil," accessed May 7, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/209822.
Stephens, Phil. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 7, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/209822.
"Stephens, Phil." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 May 2024.
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