Stuff Smith

Stuff Smith

Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith (August 14, 1909 – September 25, 1967), better known as Stuff Smith, was an American jazz violinist. He is well known for the song "If You're a Viper" (the original title was "You'se a Viper"). Smith was, along with Stéphane Grappelli, Michel Warlop, Svend Asmussen, Ray Nance and Joe Venuti, one of jazz music's preeminent violinists of the swing era.

Birth and Death Data: Born August 14, 1909 (Portsmouth), Died September 25, 1967 (Munich)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1953

Roles Represented in DAHR: violin, vocalist, composer, lyricist, songwriter

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= 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	BS-99447	10-in.	3/10/1936	I'se a muggin'	Teagarden Boys ; Trumbauer Swing Band	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-99448	10-in.	3/10/1936	I'se a muggin'	Teagarden Boys ; Trumbauer Swing Band	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-99776	10-in.	3/12/1936	I'se a-muggin'	Mezz Mezzrow Swing Band ; Willie Smith	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-99777	10-in.	3/12/1936	I'se a-muggin'	Mezz Mezzrow Swing Band ; Willie Smith	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-017452	10-in.	12/2/1937	It's wonderful	Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Martha Tilton	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-017489	10-in.	12/9/1937	It's wonderful	Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-019621	10-in.	2/3/1938	It's wonderful	Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-057642	10-in.	11/13/1940	I met you then, I know you now	Una Mae Carlisle	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Gennett	14327	10-in.	10/11/1928	Louder and funnier	Alphonse Trent Orchestra	Jazz/dance band,	instrumentalist, violin
Gennett	14328	10-in.	10/11/1928	Gilded kisses	Alphonse Trent Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, violin
Gennett	14518	10-in.	12/5/1928	Black and blue rhapsody	Alphonse Trent Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, violin
Gennett	14519	10-in.	12/5/1928	Nightmare	Alphonse Trent Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, violin
Gennett	14520	10-in.	12/5/1928	Adorable Dora	Alphonse Trent Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, violin
Gennett	16349	10-in.	3/5/1930	After you've gone	Alphonse Trent Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	vocalist, instrumentalist, violin
Gennett	16350	10-in.	3/5/1930	St. James Infirmary	Alphonse Trent Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	62172	10-in.	5/4/1937	Twilight in Turkey	Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys		instrumentalist, violin
Decca	62173	10-in.	5/4/1937	Where is the sun ?	Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys		instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Decca	62174	10-in.	5/4/1937	Upstairs	Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys		instrumentalist, violin
Decca	62175	10-in.	5/4/1937	Onyx Club spree	Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys		instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Decca	84319		4/3/1953	Honeysuckle rose	Stuff Smith		instrumentalist, violin
Decca	84320		4/3/1953	Too marvelous for words	Stuff Smith		instrumentalist, violin
Decca	C 24954		11/17/1943	Humoresque	Stuff Smith Trio		instrumentalist, violin
Decca	C 24955	10-in.	11/17/1943	I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you	Stuff Smith Trio		instrumentalist, violin
Decca	C 24956		11/17/1943	Minuet in swing	Stuff Smith Trio		instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Decca	C 24957		11/17/1943	The red jumps	Stuff Smith Trio		instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Decca	C 24958		11/17/1943	Melody in F	Stuff Smith Trio		instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Decca	C 24959		11/17/1943	She's funny that way	Stuff Smith Trio		instrumentalist, violin
Decca	C 24960		11/17/1943	To a wild rose	Stuff Smith Trio		instrumentalist, violin
Decca	C 24961		11/17/1943	Bugle call rag	Stuff Smith Trio		instrumentalist, violin
Decca	C 24962	10-in.	11/17/1943	Desert sands	Stuff Smith Trio		instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Decca	C 24963	10-in.	11/17/1943	La cinquantaine	Stuff Smith Trio		instrumentalist, violin

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Smith, Stuff," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104695.

Smith, Stuff. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104695.

"Smith, Stuff." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.