Arthur Swanstrom
Arthur M. Swanstrom (August 4, 1888 – October 4, 1940) was an American lyricist, playwright, producer, and dancer. The son of politician J. Edward Swanstrom, he began his career as a ballroom dancer, primarily performing in that capacity in nightclubs and in vaudeville. He expanded into working as a lyricist, initially working in partnership with John Murray Anderson as the lyricist for the revue The Greenwich Village Follies from 1919 to 1921. He became active as a Tin Pan Alley songwriter, writing lyrics for popular songs. Some of his hit songs included "Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me" (1919), "The Argentines, The Portuguese, and the Greeks" (1920), "Broadway Blues" (1920), "Rain" (1927), and "Twenty-Four Hours A Day" (1935). Many of his songs were written in collaboration with Carey Morgan, although he worked with several other composers during his career. He was both producer and lyricist for the Broadway productions of Sons O' Guns (1929) and Princess Charming (1930), and authored both the lyrics and book to the Broadway musical Sea Legs (1937). Ill health and financial problems plagued Swanstrom in the last years of his life, and he died of a stroke in 1940 at the age of 52. |
Birth and Death Data: Born (Brooklyn (borough of New York City, New York, United States)), Died 1940 (Scarsdale (town and village in Westchester County, New York, United States, suburb of NYC) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1940
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 49 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-23000 | 10-in. | 6/11/1919 | Blues (My naughty sweetie gives to me) | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-23173 | 10-in. | 9/26/1919 | Blues (My naughty sweetie gives to me) | Esther Walker | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-24371 | 10-in. | 8/10/1920 | The Broadway blues | Aileen Stanley | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-27660 | 10-in. | 3/19/1923 | The Argentines, the Portuguese, and the Greeks | Duncan Sisters | Female vocal duet, with ukuleles | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-57537 | 10-in. | 11/12/1929 | Why? | Arden-Ohman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-57538 | 10-in. | 11/12/1929 | It's you I love | Arden-Ohman Orchestra ; Frank Luther | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-57981 | 10-in. | 1/7/1930 | It's you I love | Olga Albani | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-58122 | 10-in. | 12/19/1929 | Cross your fingers | Burt Lorin ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-58504 | 10-in. | 1/17/1930 | Red hot and blue rhythm | High Hatters ; Leonard W. Joy ; Johnny Marvin | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-63164 | 10-in. | 10/22/1930 | I'll never leave you | Bernie Cummins ; Frank Munn ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-77499 | 10-in. | 8/16/1933 | Come up and see me sometime | Ramona | Female vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-84233 | 10-in. | 9/7/1934 | You ought to be arrested (For breaking my heart) | June Joy ; Sam Robbins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-91895 | 10-in. | 10/11/1935 | Twenty-four hours a day | Fritz Heilbron ; Jan Garber Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-98122 | 10-in. | 11/15/1935 | Twenty-four hours a day | Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-010175 | 10-in. | 5/14/1937 | Ten o'clock town | Buddy Clark ; Eddy Duchin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-011858 | 10-in. | 8/2/1937 | Touched in the head | Dixieland Swingsters | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-026974 | 10-in. | 9/26/1938 | The widow's daughter | Dixieland Swingsters ; Dave Durham | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-043991 | 10-in. | 12/11/1939 | Night after night after you | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-045716 | 10-in. | 12/5/1939 | As 'round and 'round we go | Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with vocal trio | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-057799 | 10-in. | 11/27/1940 | The cowboy isn't speaking to his horse | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 78624 | 10-in. | 9/5/1919 | Blues (My naughty sweetie gave me) | Ted Lewis Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 79337 | 10-in. | 7/10/1920 | The Argentines, the Portuguese and the Greeks | Nora Bayes | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 79389 | 10-in. | 8/26/1920 | The Broadway blues | Nora Bayes | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 79443 | 10-in. | 10/1/1920 | I'm a jazz vampire | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 79725 | 10-in. | 2/11/1921 | Funeral blues | Blossom Seeley | Female vocal solo, with organ and orchestra | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Swanstrom, Arthur," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110332.
Swanstrom, Arthur. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110332.
"Swanstrom, Arthur." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.
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IMDb: Arthur Swanstrom
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LCNAR: Swanstrom, Arthur, 1888-1940 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96045763
Wikidata: Arthur Swanstrom - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q110904461
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