Babe Fresk
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1940 - 1952
Roles Represented in DAHR: saxophone, tenor saxophone
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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 | BS-051547 | 10-in. | 6/21/1940 | Never took a lesson in my life | Meredith Blake ; Gray Gordon ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-051548 | 10-in. | 6/21/1940 | Gentlemen of the jury | Meredith Blake ; Gray Gordon ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-051549 | 10-in. | 6/21/1940 | Looking for yesterday | Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-051550 | 10-in. | 6/21/1940 | I am an American | Meredith Blake ; Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-054620 | 10-in. | 7/23/1940 | I could make you care | Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-054621 | 10-in. | 7/23/1940 | Molly Malone | Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-054622 | 10-in. | 7/23/1940 | Ferry-boat serenade | Meredith Blake ; Gray Gordon ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-054623 | 10-in. | 7/23/1940 | Pretty little peasant | Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-056109 | 10-in. | 9/13/1940 | Dancing on a dime | Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-056110 | 10-in. | 9/13/1940 | I hear music | Meredith Blake ; Gray Gordon ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-056111 | 10-in. | 9/13/1940 | Cuttin' the class | Gray Gordon ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with shouts | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-056112 | 10-in. | 9/13/1940 | Autumn on the campus | Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-056471 | 10-in. | 10/9/1940 | Dream Valley | Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-057001 | 10-in. | 10/17/1940 | The lady with red hair | Chet Bruce ; Gray Gordon ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-057002 | 10-in. | 10/17/1940 | Oh! They're making me all over in the army | Gordon Goons ; Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-057003 | 10-in. | 10/17/1940 | The Yankee Doodle polka | Meredith Blake ; Gray Gordon ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-057004 | 10-in. | 10/17/1940 | The Kerry dance | Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-057005 | 10-in. | 10/17/1940 | I'll take you home again, Kathleen | Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-058256 | 10-in. | 12/12/1940 | Keep an eye on your heart | Chet Bruce ; Gray Gordon ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-058257 | 10-in. | 12/12/1940 | San Antonio Rose | Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-058258 | 10-in. | 12/12/1940 | Scarf dance | Gray Gordon ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-058259 | 10-in. | 12/12/1940 | Eloise | Gray Gordon ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-060661 | 10-in. | 2/19/1941 | You waited too long | Meredith Blake ; Gray Gordon Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-060662 | 10-in. | 2/19/1941 | Make believe | Gray Gordon Orchestra ; Art Perry | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-060663 | 10-in. | 2/19/1941 | Why do I love you? | Meredith Blake ; Gray Gordon Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-060664 | 10-in. | 2/19/1941 | Granada | Gray Gordon Orchestra ; Art Perry | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-066820 | 10-in. | 7/14/1941 | The whistler's mother-in-law | New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-066821 | 10-in. | 7/14/1941 | Yo te amo, oh! Baby | Dorothy Allen ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-066822 | 10-in. | 7/14/1941 | City called heaven | Pat Foy ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-066823 | 10-in. | 7/14/1941 | It's you again | Dorothy Allen ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-068699 | 10-in. | 12/23/1941 | The lost chord | Ken Curtis ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-068800 | 10-in. | 12/23/1941 | Fire dance | Shep Fields ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-068801 | 10-in. | 12/23/1941 | Someone's rocking my dreamboat | Ken Curtis ; Shep Fields ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-068802 | 10-in. | 12/23/1941 | Let's say goodnight with a dance | Ken Curtis ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-071452 | 10-in. | 10/7/1941 | Mine | New Music [Shep Fields] ; Ann Perry | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-071453 | 10-in. | 10/7/1941 | 'Twas not so long ago | Eddie Kelly ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal quartet | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-071454 | 10-in. | 10/7/1941 | Who can I turn to? | New Music [Shep Fields] ; Ann Perry | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-071455 | 10-in. | 10/7/1941 | Ooh-does your mother know you smoke? | New Music [Shep Fields] ; Ann Perry | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-071456 | 10-in. | 10/7/1941 | Autumn nocturne | New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-071457 | 10-in. | 10/7/1941 | I think of you | Eddie Kelly ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-071916 | 10-in. | 2/16/1942 | Long may we love | Ken Curtis ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-071917 | 10-in. | 2/16/1942 | Dear old pal of mine | Ken Curtis ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-071918 | 10-in. | 2/16/1942 | The caissons go rolling along (The artillery song) | Ken Curtis ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-071919 | 10-in. | 2/16/1942 | Jersey bounce | New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-073292 | 10-in. | 5/28/1942 | This is worth fighting for | Ken Curtis ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-073293 | 10-in. | 5/28/1942 | You're too good for good-for-nothing me | Ken Curtis ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-073294 | 10-in. | 5/28/1942 | You're easy to dance with | Ken Curtis ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-073415 | 10-in. | 3/10/1942 | I threw a kiss in the ocean | Marie Greene ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-073416 | 10-in. | 3/10/1942 | Breathless | Ken Curtis ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-073417 | 10-in. | 3/10/1942 | Mad about him, sad without him, how can i be glad without him blues | Ken Curtis ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-073418 | 10-in. | 3/10/1942 | The tale of Peter and the Wolf | Ken Curtis ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-073419 | 10-in. | 3/10/1942 | I'm gettin' mighty lonesome for you | Ken Curtis ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-073858 | 10-in. | 5/1/1942 | Whisper that you love me | Ken Curtis ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-073859 | 10-in. | 5/1/1942 | Nursie!Nursie! | Ken Curtis ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-073860 | 10-in. | 5/1/1942 | Wonder when my baby's coming home | Ken Curtis ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-074785 | 10-in. | 7/29/1942 | (At the) Cross-roads | New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-074786 | 10-in. | 7/29/1942 | I came here to talk for Joe | New Music [Shep Fields] ; Ralph Young | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-074787 | 10-in. | 7/29/1942 | Please think of me | New Music [Shep Fields] ; Ralph Young | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-074788 | 10-in. | 7/29/1942 | Take it slow | New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-074789 | 10-in. | 7/29/1942 | When the lights go on again (All over the world) | New Music [Shep Fields] ; Ralph Young | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-074790 | 10-in. | 7/29/1942 | Better not roll those blue, blue eyes | New Music [Shep Fields] ; Ralph Young | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | D5VB-0596 | 10-in. | 9/7/1945 | Aren't you glad you're you? | Stuart Foster ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | D5VB-0597 | 10-in. | 9/7/1945 | Chicago | Sy Oliver ; Sentimentalists ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with vocal ensemble, and jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | D5VB-0758 | 10-in. | 5/14/1945 | The minor goes muggin' | Duke Ellington ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Piano solo, with jazz/dance orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |
| Decca | 76748 | 8/25/1950 | You're not in my arms tonight | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76749 | 8/25/1950 | So long Sally | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76759 | 8/28/1950 | T.D.'s boogie woogie | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76760 | 8/28/1950 | Indian love call | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76761 | 8/29/1950 | Rainbow gal | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76762 | 8/29/1950 | Only a moment ago | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76763 | 8/29/1950 | Opus two | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76764 | 8/29/1950 | My moonlight Madonna | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76851 | 9/18/1950 | Aggravatin' situation | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76852 | 9/18/1950 | Everybody wants to go to heaven | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76865 | 9/23/1950 | Strangers | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76866 | 9/23/1950 | Music, maestro, please | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76867 | 9/23/1950 | Goofus | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76912 | 9/29/1950 | May I? | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76913 | 9/29/1950 | One morning in May | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76991 | 10/10/1950 | This nearly was mine | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76992 | 10/10/1950 | Something to remember you by | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 76993 | 10/10/1950 | I see your face before me | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 80054 | 10/19/1950 | Aggravatin' situation-1 | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 80055 | 10/19/1950 | Alone together | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 80086 | 10/26/1950 | You and the night and the music | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 80087 | 10/26/1950 | Dancing in the dark | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 80105 | 10/31/1950 | I guess I'll have to change my plans | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 80106 | 10/31/1950 | Lullaby of Broadway | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 80107 | 10/31/1950 | If there is someone lovelier than you | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 80108 | 10/31/1950 | Louisiana hayride | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 80448 | 1/24/1951 | Sweet Adeline | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 80449 | 1/24/1951 | Diane | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 80450 | 1/24/1951 | Marcheta | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 83301 | 8/25/1952 | I laughed at love | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | 83302 | 8/25/1952 | Takes two to tango | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | L 5984 | 1/5/1951 | You know you belong to somebody else | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | L 5985 | 1/5/1951 | Please don't talk about me when I'm gone | Mills Brothers | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | L 5986 | 1/7/1951 | The girl friend | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | L 5987 | 1/7/1951 | Without a word of warning | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | L 5988 | 10-in. | 1/7/1951 | You gotta show me | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
| Decca | L 5989 | 1/7/1951 | Then you've never been blue | Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | L 6329 | 6/29/1951 | If you turn me down | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | L 6330 | 6/29/1951 | I fall in love with you ev'ry day | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | L 6331 | 6/29/1951 | You left your brown-eyed baby blue | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | L 6332 | 6/29/1951 | Everything I have is yours | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | L 6333 | 6/29/1951 | The hula hula boogie | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | L 6334 | 6/29/1951 | My magic heart | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | L 6338 | 7/2/1951 | You blew out the flame in my heart | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | L 6339 | 7/2/1951 | Oh, look at me now | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | L 6340 | 7/2/1951 | Black strap molasses | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
| Decca | L 6341 | 7/2/1951 | Show me you love me | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Fresk, Babe," accessed April 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/316484.
Fresk, Babe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/316484.
"Fresk, Babe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 April 2024.
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