Bobby Smith
Birth and Death Data: Born January 3, 1907, Died June 6, 1995
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1941 - 1960
Roles Represented in DAHR: alto saxophone, saxophone, composer, arranger
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 39 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-067727 | 10-in. | 8/26/1941 | Foo-gee | Sunset Orchestra ; Julius Watson ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-067728 | 10-in. | 8/26/1941 | How 'bout that mess | Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-067729 | 10-in. | 8/26/1941 | Take a tip | Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-067730 | 10-in. | 8/26/1941 | Baby, I just want you | Frohsine Stewart ; Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band, with vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-068152 | 10-in. | 11/6/1941 | Gabby | Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone, composer | |
Victor | BS-068166 | 10-in. | 11/6/1941 | Big and fat and forty-four | Hardway Four ; Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal quartet | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-068167 | 10-in. | 11/6/1941 | Sarghum switch | Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-068168 | 10-in. | 11/6/1941 | Leave the rest to me | Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band | composer, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-073487 | 10-in. | 3/30/1942 | Who threw the whiskey in the well? | Hardway Four ; Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal quartet | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-073488 | 10-in. | 3/30/1942 | Me and my Melinda | James Otis Lewis ; Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | BS-073490 | 10-in. | 3/30/1942 | Keep jumpin' | Sunset Orchestra ; Doc Wheeler | Jazz/dance band | composer, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | D5AB-0300 | 10-in. | 1/10/1945 | Tippin' in | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ; Erskine Hawkins | Jazz/dance band | composer, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | D6VB-1493 | 10-in. | 4/24/1946 | Sneakin' out | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ; Erskine Hawkins | Jazz/dance band | composer, instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Victor | D6VB-1955 | 10-in. | 10/7/1946 | Feelin' low | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ; Erskine Hawkins | Jazz/dance band | composer, instrumentalist, saxophone, arranger | |
Victor | D7VB-0297 | 10-in. | 4/30/1947 | Coast to coast | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ; Erskine Hawkins | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Decca | 76827 | 9/11/1950 | so long, goodbye blues | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |||
Decca | 76828 | 9/11/1950 | Skippin' and hoppin' | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |||
Decca | 76829 | 9/11/1950 | Down beat | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |||
Decca | 76830 | 9/11/1950 | Tennessee waltz | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |||
Decca | 80262 | 12/6/1950 | After hours-1 | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |||
Decca | 80263 | 12/6/1950 | No regrets | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |||
Decca | 80264 | 12/6/1950 | Tuxedo junction-2 | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |||
Decca | 80265 | 12/6/1950 | Bear mash blues-3 | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |||
Decca | 89338 | 2/9/1956 | The yurt | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |||
Decca | 89339 | 2/9/1956 | Put your feet down on the ground | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Smith, Bobby," accessed June 3, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/344232.
Smith, Bobby. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 3, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/344232.
"Smith, Bobby." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 3 June 2023.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Smith, Bobby (Saxophonist) - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2013043937
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