Basil Adlam

Birth and Death Data: Died 1974

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1933 - 1948

Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter, composer, conductor

Notes: Basil Adlam sometimes listed in Victor ledgers and disc labels as Basil G. Adlam; also known as George B. Adlam and Buzz Adlam.

= 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 Audio
Victor BS-78521 10-in. 11/9/1933 My Galveston gal Harlem Hot Shots Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-81941 10-in. 3/16/1934 The house is haunted (By the echo of your last good-bye) Al Mitchell Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-81988 10-in. 3/27/1934 The house is haunted Park Avenue Boys ; Ramona Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-83178 10-in. 7/16/1934 Say it Isham Jones Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BVE-83915 10-in. 8/10/1934 Say it Mack Rogers Orchestra ; Paul White Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-03277 10-in. 11/24/1936 I love you from coast to coast Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio songwriter  
Victor BS-03557 10-in. 12/10/1936 I love you from coast to coast Dick Stabile Orchestra ; Billie Trask Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-04570 10-in. 2/4/1937 Oh, say, can you swing? Wingy Manone Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-06638 10-in. 3/12/1937 Poor "Robinson Crusoe" Ozzie Nelson Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-010113 10-in. 5/3/1937 Jelly-fish Ozzie Nelson Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Victor D6VB-2052 10-in. 4/24/1946 Pin marin Buddy Cole Orchestra ; Four King Sisters Female vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band songwriter  
Victor D8VB-3422 10-in. 12/14/1948 I've got you under my skin Buzz Adlam ; Masked Spooner Recitation, with instrumental ensemble conductor  
Victor D8VB-3423 10-in. 12/14/1948 That old black magic Buzz Adlam ; Masked Spooner Recitation, with instrumental ensemble conductor  
Columbia W152524 10-in. 10/11/1933 My Galveston gal The Harmonians ; Harry Reser’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble songwriter  
Columbia C2312 10-in. 9/13/1938 Monkeys is the cwaziest people! Prairie Ramblers String band, with male vocal duet songwriter  
Brunswick LA279 10-in. 12/10/1934 It's written all over your face Boswell Sisters ; Jimmie Grier Orchestra Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick B20106 10-in. 10/21/1936 With thee I swing Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo songwriter  
ARC 14285 10-in. 11/9/1933 My Galveston gal Allen-Hawkins Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
ARC 16672 10-in. 1/23/1935 It's written all over your face Henry Allen and his Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
ARC 20183 10-in. 11/3/1936 With thee I swing Dick McDonough Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Adlam, Basil," accessed January 10, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108802.

Adlam, Basil. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 10, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108802.

"Adlam, Basil." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 10 January 2026.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108802

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Adlam, Basil - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89009303

Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q133730602

VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/314851935

Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1491396 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1491396

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