Burton Lane

Burton Lane

Burton Lane (né Levy; February 2, 1912 – January 5, 1997) was an American composer and lyricist primarily known for his theatre and film scores. His most popular and successful works include Finian's Rainbow in 1947 and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever in 1965.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 2, 1912 (New York City), Died January 5, 1997 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, lyricist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BVE-62253	10-in.	5/29/1930	Under Vesuvian skies	Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller	Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars and piano	composer
Victor	BVE-62650	10-in.	6/11/1930	Under Vesuvian skies	Charles Dameron ; Henry Thies Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BRC-70178	10-in.	8/20/1931	Have a heart	Ben W. Gordon ; Leo Reisman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BRC-70197	10-in.	8/28/1931	Say the word	Chick Bullock ; Luis Russell Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-74646	10-in.	12/8/1932	Lucky little accident	Victor Arden-Phil Ohman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-74863	10-in.	12/19/1932	Look who's here	Ted Weems Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-74864	10-in.	12/19/1932	Look who's here	Ted Weems Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-75372	10-in.	3/7/1933	Tony's wife	Ramona	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BS-75930	10-in.	7/10/1933	Stringin' along on a shoe-string	Fritz Heilbron ; Jan Garber Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-76607	10-in.	7/7/1933	Stringin' along on a shoe string	Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-77079	10-in.	10/25/1933	Everything I have is yours	Elmo Tanner ; Ted Weems Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-78258	10-in.	10/20/1933	Everything I have is yours	Jerry Freeman Orchestra ; Frank Sylvano	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-78519	10-in.	11/8/1933	Everything I have is yours	Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	PBS-79377	10-in.	9/25/1934	Your head on my shoulder	Tom Coakley ; Palace Hotel Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-81029	10-in.	1/4/1934	Everything I have is yours	Ray Sinatra ; Arthur Tracy	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-81101	10-in.	12/26/1933	Like me a little bit less	The Chanters ; Don Bestor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal chorus	composer
Victor	BS-81976	10-in.	3/22/1934	Little did I dream	Maurice Cross ; Don Bestor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-84277	10-in.	9/14/1934	Your head on my shoulder	Allen Church ; George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-85506	10-in.	2/25/1935	Beyond the shadow of a doubt	Lee Bennett ; Jan Garber Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	PBS-90002	10-in.	2/11/1935	You took the words right out of my mouth	Maurice Chevalier	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	PBS-90003	10-in.	2/11/1935	Ce que j'allais dire	Maurice Chevalier	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-101885	10-in.	5/29/1936	Guess who	Jerry Cooper ; Eddy Duchin Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-102698	10-in.	6/19/1936	Guess who	Frankie and Johnnie Orchestra ; John Gilliland	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-01167	10-in.	9/8/1936	'Tain't no use	Wayne King Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-02459	10-in.	11/5/1936	'Taint no use	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-03006	10-in.	11/5/1936	When is a kiss not a kiss?	Shep Fields ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-03217	10-in.	11/13/1936	When is a kiss not a kiss?	Eddy Duchin Orchestra ; Lew Sherwood	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-03906	10-in.	12/24/1936	Who's that knockin' at my heart?	Johnny Hamp Orchestra ; Jayne Whitney	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-04171	10-in.	1/14/1937	Swing high, swing low	Tempo King ; Kings of Tempo ; Queenie Ada Rubin	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-06197	10-in.	3/12/1937	Swing high, swing low	Ray Heatherton ; Ruby Newman ; Rainbow Room Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-010371	10-in.	6/1/1937	Stop! You're breaking my heart	Skinnay Ennis ; Hal Kemp Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-010640	10-in.	6/11/1937	Stop! You're breakin' my heart	Ann Seaton ; Willie Farmer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-010647	10-in.	6/11/1937	(You know it all) Smarty	Fats Waller and his Rhythm	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-011072	10-in.	7/2/1937	(You know it all) Smarty	Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-013583	10-in.	9/21/1937	I want a new romance	Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra ; Billy Leach	Jazz/dance band with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-014653	10-in.	10/7/1937	I want a new romance	Bunny Berigan Orchestra ; Gail Reese	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-017787	10-in.	12/29/1937	How'dja like to love me?	Abe Lyman Orchestra ; Olga Sardi	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-018129	10-in.	1/10/1938	Moments like this	Dick Stabile Orchestra ; Burt Shaw	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-018359	10-in.	1/21/1938	How'dja like to love me?	Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	PBS-019193	10-in.	4/6/1938	Says my heart	Harriet Hilliard ; Ozzie Nelson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-019574	10-in.	2/11/1938	Moments like this	Bama Boys	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-021054	10-in.	3/1/1938	Moments like this	Claude Thornhill Orchestra ; Maxine Sullivan	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-021952	10-in.	4/11/1938	Says my heart	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-023483	10-in.	6/9/1938	I wish I was the willow	Frank Dailey ; Howard DuLany ; Stop and Go Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-023549	10-in.	6/8/1938	I wish I was the willow	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	PBS-026191	10-in.	10/12/1938	Blue nightfall	Lou Bring Orchestra ; Jean Sablon	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-026883	10-in.	9/14/1938	Love doesn't grow on trees	Dick Todd Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-027251	10-in.	10/1/1938	Love doesn't grow on trees	Blue Barron ; Charlie Fischer	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-029931	10-in.	2/1/1939	Kiss me with your eyes	Charles Farrell ; Wayne King Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-031535	10-in.	1/19/1939	Kiss me with your eyes	Fats Waller and his Rhythm	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-035702	10-in.	4/4/1939	The lady's in love with you	Tex Beneke ; Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-035714	10-in.	4/7/1939	The lady's in love with you	Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Martha Tilton	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	PBS-036292	10-in.	6/22/1939	I'll remember	Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Helen Forrest	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-036526	10-in.	4/25/1939	Tony's wife	Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-037679	10-in.	6/23/1939	I'll remember	Mary Dugan ; Larry Clinton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-042675	10-in.	9/13/1939	I'll remember	Cliff Nazarro	Comic monologue, with organ	composer
Victor	BS-051877	10-in.	7/17/1940	The world is in my arms	Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-053267	10-in.	8/12/1940	The world is in my arms	Californians ; Abe Lyman ; Frank Parrish	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-053269	10-in.	8/12/1940	There's a great day coming mañana	Rose Blane ; Californians ; Eddie Holly ; Abe Lyman ; Frank Parrish	Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal trio	composer
Victor	BS-054653	10-in.	7/29/1940	Would you be so kindly	Anita Boyer ; Leo Reisman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-054654	10-in.	7/29/1940	Don't let it get you down	Anita Boyer ; Leo Reisman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-054671	10-in.	8/1/1940	Don't let it get you down	Bob Chester Orchestra ; Dolores O'Neill	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-056109	10-in.	9/13/1940	Dancing on a dime	Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-056110	10-in.	9/13/1940	I hear music	Meredith Blake ; Gray Gordon ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-056199	10-in.	9/27/1940	Dancing on a dime	Terry Allen ; Larry Clinton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-056400	10-in.	9/27/1940	I hear music	Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Peggy Mann	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-060621	10-in.	2/5/1941	Moments like this	Yvette	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	PBS-061991	10-in.	12/22/1941	How about you?	Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-068076	10-in.	11/4/1941	How about you?	Dick Judge ; Peggy Mann ; Teddy Powell Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet	composer
Victor	BS-068370	10-in.	11/26/1941	How about you?	Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	PBS-072108	10-in.	2/19/1942	Poor you	Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	PBS-072109	10-in.	2/19/1942	I'll take Tallulah	The Pied Pipers ; Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	composer
Victor	PBS-072110	10-in.	2/19/1942	The last call for love	The Pied Pipers ; Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble	songwriter
Victor	BS-073508	10-in.	3/6/1942	The last call for love	Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Clyde Rogers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	D6VB-3063	10-in.	10/17/1946	If this isn't love	Charlie Spivak Orchestra	Mixed vocal ensemble, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	D6VB-3065	10-in.	10/17/1946	That old devil moon	Charlie Spivak Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	D6VB-3541	10-in.	12/31/1946	How are things in Glocca Mora	Stuart Foster ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	D6VB-3542	10-in.	12/31/1946	When I'm not near the girl I love	Stuart Foster ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	D7VB-0472	10-in.	2/20/1947	Necessity	Phil Harris Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	D7VB-0528	10-in.	4/30/1947	I love to dance	Desi Arnaz ; Desi Arnaz Orchestra ; Carol (Carole) Richards	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	D7VB-0926	10-in.	5/29/1947	Feudin' and fightin'	Tex Beneke ; Glenn Miller Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with vocal ensemble and instrumental ensemble	composer, lyricist
Victor	D7VB-1683	10-in.	10/7/1947	How are things in Glocca Morra	Marion Bell ; Thomas Lender Jones	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	BS-Test-1182	10-in.	2/16/1934	Did you ever see a dream walking?	Gilbert Diaz	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	W152351	10-in.	1/13/1933	Look who's here	Claude Hopkins and his Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	W152377	10-in.	2/9/1933	Tony's wife	Gertrude Niesen	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia	W152471	10-in.	8/18/1933	Everything I have is yours	George Olsen and his Music ; Joe Morrison	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	W152472	10-in.	8/18/1933	Let's go Bavarian	George Olsen and his Music ; Ethel Shutta	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal trio	composer
Columbia	W152603	10-in.	12/14/1933	Like me a little bit less (love me a little bit more)	Drake Hotel Orchestra ; Clyde McCoy ; Bud Prentiss	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	28618	10-in.	9/12/1940	I hear music	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	E37151	10-in.	9/4/1931	Have a heart	Brunswick Orchestra [Brunswick Studio Orchestra] ; Frank Munn ; Victor Young	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Brunswick	B19499	10-in.	6/30/1936	Guess who?	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Vocalion	23152	10-in.	6/23/1938	Says my heart	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lane, Burton," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104446.

Lane, Burton. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104446.

"Lane, Burton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.