Roger Lewis

Birth and Death Data: Born April 3, 1885 (Colfax), Died 1948 (Chicago)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1911 - 1942

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 34 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-10712 10-in. 7/12/1911 The Oceana roll Ed Morton Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-12164 10-in. 7/8/1912 You can't expect kisses from me Ada Jones ; Billy Murray Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-12386 10-in. 9/23/1912 At the ragtime ball Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-13714 10-in. 9/3/1913 Floating down the river ('Cause it's moonlight now in Dixieland) American Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-13901 10-in. 10/3/1913 Sing me the rosary Orpheus Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-15280 10-in. 10/16/1914 Now I'll raise an army of my own Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-15923 10-in. 4/21/1915 When I was a dreamer (And you were my dream) Lyric Quartet ; Harry Macdonough Mixed vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-17047 10-in. 1/21/1916 Down in the U-17 Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-25983 10-in. 1/30/1922 Tee-pee blues Roy Bargy ; Benson Orchestra of Chicago Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-29816 10-in. 3/31/1924 You can take me away from Dixie (But you can't take Dixie from me) Jack Chapman Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet lyricist  
Victor BVE-33753 10-in. 11/4/1925 Down by the winegar woiks Billy Murray ; Aileen Stanley Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BS-073825 10-in. 4/9/1942 One dozen roses Dinah Shore Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band lyricist  
Victor BS-074125 10-in. 3/2/1942 One dozen roses Art Kassel Trio ; Gloria Hart ; Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal trio lyricist  
Columbia 19549 10-in. 9/6/1911 Oceana roll Arthur Collins Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 38450 10-in. 11/27/1912 At the ragtime ball Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 38937 10-in. 7/9/1913 Sing me the rosary Henry Burr Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 39714 10-in. 12/23/1914 The violin my great grand-daddy made Henry Santrey Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 45572 10-in. 4/22/1915 When I was a dreamer, and you were my dream Samuel Ash Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 77630 10-in. 1/12/1918 Jazzin' the cotton town blues George O'Connor Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 77762 10-in. 4/9/1918 Torpedo Jim Arthur Fields Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 80433 10-in. 6/29/1922 Tee-pee blues Garber-Davis Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia 49290 12-in. 12/15/1917 Cleopatra had a jazz band Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson Band songwriter  
Columbia W141227 10-in. 10/30/1925 Down by the winegar woiks Johnny Marvin Male vocal solo, with ukulele songwriter  
Columbia W146168 10-in. 4/20/1928 Oceana roll Dan Hornsby Trio Male vocal trio, with banjo and piano lyricist  
Columbia W148188 10-in. 4/8/1929 Perfume of roses Andy Sannella All Star Trio Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo songwriter  
(Results 1-25 of 34 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lewis, Roger," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108143.

Lewis, Roger. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108143.

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