Winky Tharp

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1940

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter

Notes: Name also appears as Winston Tharp.

= 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-83177 10-in. 7/16/1934 Out of space Isham Jones Orchestra Jazz/dance band lyricist  
Victor BS-89762 10-in. 5/8/1935 You've been taking lessons in love (From somebody new) Fats Waller and his Rhythm Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-89796 10-in. 5/13/1935 Squareface Gene Gifford Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with talk lyricist  
Victor BS-89797 10-in. 5/13/1935 Dizzy glide Gene Gifford Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with vocal lyricist  
Victor BS-91142 10-in. 6/5/1935 You've been taking lessons in love (From somebody new) Ben Bensman ; Art Kassel ; Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra ; Thal Taylor Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio songwriter  
Victor BS-98894 10-in. 2/1/1936 The panic is on Fats Waller and his Rhythm Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-99775 10-in. 3/12/1936 The panic is on Mezz Mezzrow Swing Band Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Victor BS-042729 10-in. 9/25/1939 Out of space Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BS-042730 10-in. 9/25/1939 So many times Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BS-042981 10-in. 10/18/1939 Out of space Hal Kemp Orchestra ; Nan Wynn Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BS-058353 10-in. 12/11/1940 A cathedral in Rio Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Arthur Wright Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Edison 8830 10-in. 1/30/1923 The panic is on Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones Male vocal duet, with orchestra songwriter  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tharp, Winky," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114095.

Tharp, Winky. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114095.

"Tharp, Winky." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.

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URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114095

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