Marjorie Hyams

Marjorie Hyams (August 9, 1920 – June 14, 2012) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, and arranger. She began her career as a vibraphonist in the 1940s, playing with Woody Herman (from 1944 to 1945), the Hip Chicks (1945), Mary Lou Williams (1946), Charlie Ventura (1946), George Shearing (from 1949 to 1950), and led her own groups, including a trio, which stayed together from 1945 to 1948, performing on 52nd Street in Manhattan. The media, marquees, and promos often spelled her first name "Margie", but she insisted that it was spelled with a "j".

Birth and Death Data: Born August 9, 1920 (New York City), Died June 14, 2012 (Monrovia)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1944 - 1946

Roles Represented in DAHR: vibraphone

= 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
Victor	PD6VB-2524	10-in.	7/24/1946	Harmony grits	Mary Lou Williams' Girl Stars	Jazz/dance quintet, with solos	instrumentalist, vibraphone
Victor	PD6VB-2525	10-in.	7/24/1946	It must be true	Mary Lou Williams' Girl Stars	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	instrumentalist, vibraphone
Decca	L 3690	10-in.	12/11/1944	As long as I love	Woody Herman Orchestra		instrumentalist, vibraphone
Decca	L 3691	10-in.	12/11/1944	Saturday night	Woody Herman Orchestra		instrumentalist, vibraphone
Decca	L 3695	10-in.	12/12/1944	Please don't say no	Woody Herman Orchestra		instrumentalist, vibraphone
Decca	L 3696	10-in.	12/12/1944	I ain't got nothin' but the blues	Woody Herman Orchestra		instrumentalist, vibraphone
Signature	BTS-1		10/2/1944	Skyscraper	Flip Phillips Fliptet		instrumentalist, vibraphone
Signature	BTS-2		10/2/1944	Poppilona	Flip Phillips Fliptet		instrumentalist, vibraphone
Signature	BTS-3		10/2/1944	A melody for the sky	Flip Phillips Fliptet		instrumentalist, vibraphone

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hyams, Marjorie," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/322305.

Hyams, Marjorie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/322305.

"Hyams, Marjorie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.