Dan Grissom
Birth and Death Data: Died March 1963 (Los Angeles (seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1954
Roles Represented in DAHR: alto saxophone, clarinet, vocalist
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 91 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior | OR-509-A | 10-in. | 12/31/1951 | My last affair | Gerald Wilson Orchestra ; Dan Grissom | vocalist | ||
| Excelsior | 510-A | 10-in. | 12/31/1951 | What a fool I was | Gerald Wilson Orchestra ; Dan Grissom | vocalist | ||
| Class | LR-3007 | 10-in. | 1953-1954 | When the swallows come back to Capistrano - part 1 | Dan Grissom ; Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Exclusive | RR-9954-3 | 10-in. | 12/31/1948 | I wonder | Cecil Gant ; Lou Gonzales ; Dan Grissom ; Red Callender Trio | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 39551 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Sleepy time gal-4, 5 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39552 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Bird of paradise-2, 4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39553 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Rhapsody junior-2, 4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39554 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Runnin' wild-3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39555 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Four or five times | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39556 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Four or five times | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39557 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | (If I had) Rhythm in my nursery rhymes-4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39996 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Babs-1, 5 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39997 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Swanee river-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39998 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Thunder-4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 39999 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Oh boy-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60000 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Charmaine-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60001 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Hittin' the bottle-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60013 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | I'll take the South-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60014 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | Avalon-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60015 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | Charmaine-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60016 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | Hittin' the bottle-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60274 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | My blue heaven-1, 3, 4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60275 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | I'm nuts about screwy music-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60276 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | The best things in life are free-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, vocalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 60277 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | The melody man-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Grissom, Dan," accessed January 8, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/204067.
Grissom, Dan. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 8, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/204067.
"Grissom, Dan." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 8 January 2026.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Grissom, Dan - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002100076
Wikidata: Dan Grissom - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1159076
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/19869852
MusicBrainz: Dan Grissom - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7e53bb06-0c45-4942-8a53-15f167d9a079
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/486028 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/486028
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