Don Frye

Birth and Death Data: Born Springfield (county seat of Clark County, Ohio, United States), Died February 9, 1981

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1937

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, composer

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 27 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BVE-37529 10-in. 1/10/1927 Harlem shuffle Lloyd Scott Orchestra Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-37530 10-in. 1/10/1927 Symphonic scronch Lloyd Scott Orchestra Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano, composer  
Victor BVE-37531 10-in. 1/10/1927 Happy hour Lloyd Scott Orchestra Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano, composer  
Victor BVE-56756 10-in. 10/8/1929 What you want me to do King Oliver Orchestra Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-56757 10-in. 10/8/1929 Sweet like this King Oliver Orchestra Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-56758 10-in. 10/8/1929 Too late King Oliver Orchestra Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-57709 10-in. 11/19/1929 Lawd, lawd Cecil Scott and his Bright Boys Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-57710 10-in. 11/19/1929 In a corner Cecil Scott and his Bright Boys Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-57711 10-in. 11/19/1929 Bright boy blues Cecil Scott and his Bright Boys Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano, composer  
Victor BVE-57712 10-in. 11/19/1929 Springfield stomp Cecil Scott and his Bright Boys Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano, composer  
Victor BVE-58338 10-in. 12/30/1929 Everybody does it in Hawaii King Oliver Orchestra Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-58339 10-in. 12/30/1929 Frankie and Johnny King Oliver Orchestra ; Roy Smeck Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-58340 10-in. 12/30/1929 New Orleans shout King Oliver Orchestra Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano  
Master M173 10-in. 3/5/1937 You're the one Frankie Newton Uptown Serenaders Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, piano  
Master M174 10-in. 3/5/1937 You showed me the way Frankie Newton Uptown Serenaders Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, piano  
Master M175 10-in. 3/5/1935 Please don't talk about me when I'm gone Frankie Newton Uptown Serenaders Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, piano  
Master M176 10-in. 3/5/1937 Who's sorry now? Frankie Newton Uptown Serenaders Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano  
Master M402 10-in. 4/15/1937 I found a new baby Frankie Newton Uptown Serenaders Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano  
Master M403 10-in. 4/15/1937 The brittwood stomp Frankie Newton Uptown Serenaders Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano  
Master M404 10-in. 4/15/1937 There's no two ways about it Frankie Newton Uptown Serenaders Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, piano  
Master M405 10-in. 4/15/1937 Cause my baby say's it's so Frankie Newton Uptown Serenaders Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, piano  
Master M557 10-in. 7/13/1937 Lonely feeling Frankie Newton Uptown Serenaders Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, piano  
Master M558 10-in. 7/13/1937 Easy living Frankie Newton Uptown Serenaders Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, piano  
Master M559 10-in. 7/13/1937 The onyx hop Frankie Newton Uptown Serenaders Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, piano  
Master M560 10-in. 7/13/1937 Where or when Frankie Newton Uptown Serenaders Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, piano  
(Results 1-25 of 27 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Frye, Don," accessed December 31, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100414.

Frye, Don. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 31, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100414.

"Frye, Don." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 31 December 2025.

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