Jack Meskill

Birth and Death Data: Born 1897, Died 1973

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1922 - 1945

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 155 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-29077 10-in. 12/12/1923 So I took the fifty thousand dollars Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-30116 10-in. 5/16/1924 Sally Lou George Olsen and his Music Jazz/dance band lyricist  
Victor BVE-33226 10-in. 8/14/1925 Ukulele baby Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandola lyricist  
Victor BVE-33540 10-in. 10/5/1925 Better call the preacher now Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with ukulele and piano lyricist  
Victor BVE-33683 10-in. 1/26/1926 What! No women? The Happiness Boys Male vocal duet, with piano lyricist  
Victor BVE-41140 10-in. 12/5/1927 You can tell her anything under the sun (When you get her under the moon) Four Aristocrats Male vocal quartet, with instrumental quartet lyricist  
Victor BVE-50543 10-in. 3/15/1929 That's what I call sweet music Eddie Harkness Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BVE-50575 10-in. 4/1/1929 That's what I call sweet music Ted Shapiro Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor PBVE-50858 10-in. 4/25/1929 That's what I call sweet music Herman Kenin Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BVE-50957 10-in. 3/19/1929 The bee song Frank Crumit ; Julia Sanderson Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-53593 10-in. 6/28/1929 Wonderful you The Silver-Masked Tenor [i.e., Joseph M. White] Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-58171 10-in. 1/8/1930 There's danger in your eyes, cherie! Clare Hanlon ; Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BVE-58622 10-in. 1/24/1930 There's danger in your eyes, chérie! James Melton Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-62149 10-in. 5/12/1930 Dream Avenue Bernie Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BVE-62652 10-in. 6/11/1930 Here comes Emily Brown Henry Thies Orchestra ; Howard Trio Jazz/dance band, with vocal trio lyricist  
Victor BVE-64376 10-in. 11/25/1930 Au revoir, pleasant dreams Roy Smeck Vita Trio Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo (Hawaiian) lyricist  
Victor BRC-64869 10-in. 3/11/1931 I want to dream by the old mill stream King Nawahi's Hawaiians Instrumental ensemble, with vocal trio songwriter  
Victor BVE-67442 10-in. 2/11/1931 One little raindrop Frank Crumit Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Victor BVE-67500 10-in. 3/12/1931 Were you sincere? Bert Lown Hotel Biltmore Orchestra ; Elmer Feldkamp Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BVE-67509 10-in. 2/18/1931 One little raindrop Ernie Birchill ; Wayne King Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BRC-68822 10-in. 3/25/1931 Smile, darn ya, smile Walter Ashby ; Elly Bellare ; Ken Herlin ; Snooks Friedman Memphis Stompers Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio lyricist  
Victor BRC-68825 10-in. 3/25/1931 One little raindrop Harold van Emburgh ; William Wirges Special Radio Orchestra Radio broadcast : Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BRC-69935 10-in. 6/15/1931 Pardon me, pretty baby Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BRC-70111 10-in. 7/1/1931 Moonlight on the prairie Band O’ Sunshine ; Sunny Clapp ; George Marks Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BRC-70177 10-in. 8/20/1931 To-night or never Ben W. Gordon ; Leo Reisman Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
(Results 1-25 of 155 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Meskill, Jack," accessed March 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113821.

Meskill, Jack. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113821.

"Meskill, Jack." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 March 2024.

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