Tom Delaney
Thomas Henry Delaney (September 14, 1889 – December 16, 1963) was an American blues and jazz songwriter, pianist and singer, who wrote a number of popular songs, mainly in the 1920s. His work was recorded by many of the more fashionable singers and musicians of the period and later times, including Lillyn Brown, Lucille Hegamin, Original Dixieland Jass Band, Ethel Waters, Earl Hines, Count Basie, Bix Beiderbecke, Big Joe Williams, Clara Smith, Alberta Hunter, Clarence Williams, James P. Johnson, Woody Herman, Bukka White, Toots Thielemans, and Dinah Washington. Delaney was known primarily as a songwriter for other performers, but he also recorded a small number of his own songs. |
Birth and Death Data: Born September 14, 1889 (Charleston), Died December 16, 1963 (Baltimore)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921 - 1953
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, songwriter, vocalist
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 58 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W144000 | 10-in. | 4/7/1927 | Troublesome blues | Clara Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with clarinet or alto saxophone and piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W144490 | 10-in. | 7/22/1927 | Police blues | Martha Copeland | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W146321 | 10-in. | 5/22/1928 | Graveyard love | Bertha Idaho | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano | composer | |
Columbia | W146417 | 10-in. | 6/8/1928 | Somethin' goin' on wrong | Martha Copeland | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with clarinet and piano | songwriter | |
Columbia | W146826 | 10-in. | 8/1/1928 | Walk that broad | Clarence Williams’ Jazz Kings | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | 148180 | 10-in. | 4/5/1929 | The jazz me blues | Bert Lown and his Loungers | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | W148627 | 10-in. | 5/25/1929 | Down on Pennsylvania Avenue | Bertha Idaho | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W148628 | 10-in. | 5/25/1929 | Move it on out of here | Bertha Idaho | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W151887 | 10-in. | 11/21/1931 | Jazz me blues | The Original Memphis Five | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-7899 | 10-in. | May 1921 | The jazz me blues | Black Devil Orchestra ; J. Tim Brymn | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-70127 | 10-in. | Aug. 1921 | Down home blues | Mamie Smith and her Jazz Band | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | S-70313 | 10-in. | Nov. 1921 | The down home blues | Tampa Blue Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-72789 | 10-in. | 9/5/1924 | I love you, Daddy, but you don't mean me no good | Clarence Williams’ Harmonizers ; Margaret Johnson | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | S-72790 | 10-in. | 9/5/1924 | Nobody knows the way I feel this mornin' | Clarence Williams’ Harmonizers ; Margaret Johnson | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | S-72791 | 10-in. | 9/5/1924 | Absent minded blues | Clarence Williams’ Harmonizers ; Margaret Johnson | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | S-73082 | 10-in. | 1/8/1925 | Done made a fool out of me | Clarence Williams’ Blue Five ; Margaret Johnson | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | S-73419 | 10-in. | June 1925 | I'm a good hearted mama (But I got a trifling man) | Margaret Johnson ; Clarence Williams | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | S-73420 | 10-in. | June 1925 | Death house blues | Margaret Johnson ; Clarence Williams | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | 73754 | 10-in. | Nov. 1925 | Mournful blues | Sara Martin | Female vocal solo, with cornet, trombone, and piano | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | 73755 | 10-in. | Nov. 1925 | Georgia stockade blues | Sara Martin | Female vocal solo, with cornet, trombone, and piano | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | W80645 | 10-in. | 3/18/1927 | Grievin' mama blues | Lizzie Miles | Female vocal solo, with violin and cornet | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | W81520 | 10-in. | 10/5/1927 | The jazz me blues | Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | W400621 | 10-in. | 4/18/1928 | Log cabin blues (Fox trot) | Clarence Williams’ Washboard Five | Jazz/dance ensemble | composer | |
OKeh | W401152 | 10-in. | 9/26/1928 | Walk that broad | Clarence Williams’ Washboard Five | Jazz/dance ensemble, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | 12518-12519 | 10-in. | 2/13/1924 | Ev’ry day blues | Viola McCoy | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Delaney, Tom," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/101169.
Delaney, Tom. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/101169.
"Delaney, Tom." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
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LCNAR: Delaney, Tom, 1889-1963 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007070564
Wikidata: Tom Delaney - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18149641
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/4386644
MusicBrainz: Tom Delaney - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/982f0e5c-edad-467a-bc9d-7189d373450d
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