Vincent Youmans
Vincent Millie Youmans (September 27, 1898 – April 5, 1946) was an American Broadway composer and producer. A leading Broadway composer of his day, Youmans collaborated with virtually all the greatest lyricists on Broadway: Ira Gershwin, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Irving Caesar, Anne Caldwell, Leo Robin, Howard Dietz, Clifford Grey, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, Edward Heyman, Harold Adamson, Buddy DeSylva and Gus Kahn. Youmans' early songs are remarkable for their economy of melodic material: two-, three- or four-note phrases are constantly repeated and varied by subtle harmonic or rhythmic changes. In later years, however, he turned to longer musical sentences and more rhapsodic melodic lines. Youmans published fewer than 100 songs, but 18 of these were considered standards by ASCAP, a remarkably high percentage. |
Birth and Death Data: Born September 27, 1898 (New York City), Died April 5, 1946 (Denver)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921 - 1952
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, piano
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Recordings (Results 176-200 of 237 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Brunswick | 12276-12278 | 10-in. | 1/14/1924 | Toodle-oo | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 12539-12541 | 10-in. | 2/15/1924 | Take a little one-step | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 13406-13410 | 10-in. | 6/26/1924 | I want to be happy | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet | composer | |
Brunswick | 13469-13471 | 10-in. | 7/2/1924 | No no Nanette medley | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra ; Phil Ohman | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 13957-13959 | 10-in. | 10/15/1924 | Tea for two | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E16924 | 10-in. | 11/18/1925 | Tea for two | Brunswick Hour Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E31473 | 10-in. | Nov. 1929 | Without a song | Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra ; William C. Elkins Jubilee Singers | Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus | composer | |
Brunswick | E31526 | 10-in. | Nov. 1929 | Happy because I’m in love | Libby Holman | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E31527 | 10-in. | Nov. 1929 | More than you know | Libby Holman | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E31672 | 10-in. | Dec. 1929 | West wind | Ben Bernie Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal; without vocal (take G) | composer | |
Brunswick | E31903 | 10-in. | 1/24/1930 | Sometimes I’m happy | Five Pennies ; Red Nichols | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E31904 | 10-in. | 1/24/1930 | Hallelujah! | Five Pennies ; Red Nichols | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E32040 | 10-in. | 2/14/1930 | I want to be happy | Five Pennies ; Red Nichols | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E32041 | 10-in. | 2/14/1930 | Tea for two | Five Pennies ; Red Nichols | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E37241 | 10-in. | 10/6/1931 | Time on my hands (You in my arms) | Casa Loma Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E37287 | 10-in. | 10/8/1931 | Time on my hands (You in my arms) | Art Kahn's Orchestra [Brunswick Studio Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E37333 | 10-in. | 10/28/1931 | Time on my hands (You in my arms) | Connie Boswell | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E6015-E6018 | 10-in. | 6/1/1927 | Hallelujah! | Jay’s Chelsea Orchestra [Frank Black Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E6018) | composer | |
Brunswick | E6215-E6218 | 10-in. | 7/18/1927 | Sometimes I’m happy | Jay’s Chelsea Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E6222-E6225 | 10-in. | 7/19/1927 | Sometimes I’m happy | Vaughn De Leath | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E15560-E15562 | 10-in. | 4/15/1925 | Tea for two | Brunswick Hour Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E16962-E16964 | 10-in. | 11/25/1925 | Tea for two | Brunswick Hour Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E17209-E17211 | 10-in. | 12/23/1925 | Tea for two | Brunswick Hour Orchestra | Orchestra, with female-male vocal duet | composer | |
Brunswick | E17352-E17354 | 10-in. | 1/5/1926 | Tea for two | Brunswick Hour Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | composer | |
Brunswick | XE19519-XE19521 | 12-in. | 6/10/1926 | Toodle-oo | Franklyn Baur | Male vocal solo and male vocal chorus, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Youmans, Vincent," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102876.
Youmans, Vincent. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102876.
"Youmans, Vincent." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.
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