Harold Weeks

Harold Taylor Weeks (March 28, 1893 – January 7, 1967) was an American jazz musician and composer from Seattle, Washington.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 28, 1893, Died January 7, 1967

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1918 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, lyricist

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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 Audio
Victor B-21949 10-in. 6/4/1918 Come along ma honey Six Brown Brothers Saxophone sextet composer  
Victor B-22080 10-in. 7/29/1918 Hindustan Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-22598 10-in. 2/25/1919 Chong Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist, composer  
Victor C-24894 12-in. 3/2/1921 Siren of a southern sea All Star Trio ; All Star Trio Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-25540 10-in. 8/30/1921 Kentucky home Henry Burr ; Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet and soloist, with violin and orchestra songwriter  
Victor B-27134 10-in. 11/10/1922 The fuzzy wuzzy bird Zez Confrey Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor BVE-33204 10-in. 7/29/1925 Fuzzy wuzzy bird Wendell W. Hall Male vocal solo, with ukulele (self-accompaniment) composer  
Victor PBVE-61071 10-in. 2/9/1931 Beautiful Northwest Country Bob & Jimmy Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano composer  
Victor BVE-62235 10-in. 5/19/1930 Little cabin in the Cascade Mountains Bud Billings ; Carson Robison Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble and whistling composer  
Victor BS-047606 10-in. 2/7/1940 Hindustan Curly Hicks ; Taproom Boys Washboard band composer  
Victor BS-063352 10-in. 4/14/1941 Hindustan Alvino Rey Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor BS-066843 10-in. 7/16/1941 Hindustan Collins H. Driggs Novachord solo composer  
Victor BS-071704 10-in. 1/20/1942 Hindustan Artie Shaw Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor D7VB-0664 10-in. 3/17/1947 Hindustan Three Suns Instrumental trio composer  
Columbia 77858 10-in. 5/28/1918 Come along, ma honey (down upon the Swanee) Broadway Quartette [i.e., Columbia Stellar Quartette] ; Henry Burr Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra songwriter  
Columbia 78010 10-in. 8/20/1918 Hindustan Jockers Brothers Violin and piano duet composer  
Columbia 78015 10-in. 8/21/1918 Hindustan Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell Male vocal duet, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 78312 10-in. 2/20/1919 Chong (He come from Hong Kong) Irving Kaufman Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist, composer  
Columbia 78368 10-in. 3/24/1919 Chong (He come from Hong Kong) Columbia Saxophone Sextette [i.e., Master Saxophone Sextet] Saxophone sextet composer  
Columbia 78672 10-in. 9/18/1919 Cairo Art Hickman's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 79666 10-in. February 1921 Siren of a southern sea Art Hickman's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 79945 10-in. 7/18/1921 Kentucky home Broadway Quartette Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Columbia 79977 10-in. 9/9/1921 Siren of a southern sea Van and Schenck Male vocal duet, with orchestra songwriter  
Columbia 80030 10-in. 10/14/1921 Kentucky home Happy Six Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 80084 10-in. 11/29/1921 I'd rather have loved you and lost you Columbians Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 143165 10-in. 12/3/1926 Sumatra Edwin Grosso ; Royal Troubadours Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
Columbia W146466 10-in. 6/20/1928 Ada Vic Meyers' Music Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Columbia W146474 10-in. 6/22/1928 Isle of dreams Vic Meyers Hotel Butler Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal trio composer  
Columbia 148649 10-in. 6/3/1929 'Neath the palms The Harmonians [Selvin's Orchestra] ; Robert Wood Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Columbia 74052 12-in. approximately May 1920 Cairo London Dance Orchestra ; Corelli Windeatt Orchestra composer  
Columbia 76427 12-in. approximately 1919 Hindustan Dan & Harvey's Jazz Band Instrumental ensemble composer  
Columbia 76634 12-in. approximately October 1919 Chong Philip Braham ; Odette Myrtil ; Prince of Wales Theatre Orchestra Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 76666 12-in. approximately October 1919 Hindustan London Dance Orchestra ; Corelli Windeatt Orchestra composer  
Columbia 76780 12-in. approximately February 1920 Chong London Dance Orchestra ; Corelli Windeatt Orchestra composer  
OKeh 506 10-in. ca. Dec. 1918 Hindustan Green Brothers' Xylophone Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh 577 10-in. approximately 1919 Chong (He come from Hong Kong) Irving Kaufman Male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
OKeh 664 10-in. approximately May 1919 Chong (he come form Hong Kong) Van Eps Quartet Instrumental quartet composer  
OKeh S-719 10-in. approximately June 1919 Chong (He come from Hong Kong) Irving Kaufman Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
OKeh S-7815 10-in. March 1921 Sirene of the southern sea Black Devil Orchestra ; J. Tim Brymn Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh o-8101 10-in. ca. Feb. 1921 Siren of a southern sea Green Brothers' Novelty Band Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-71077 10-in. Dec. 1922 The fuzzy wuzzy bird Herbert Berger ; St. Louis Club Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with piano composer  
Brunswick 4905 10-in. approximately Dec. 1920 Siren of a southern sea Isham Jones Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Brunswick 9122 10-in. approximately Nov. 1922 The fuzzy wuzzy bird Isham Jones Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick E27907 10-in. 7/28/1928 Hindustan Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick E33307 10-in. 7/2/1930 Chong (He come from Hong Kong) Five Pennies ; Red Nichols Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick E4327-E4328 10-in. 1/3/1927 Sumatra The Ambassadors [Brunswick Records] Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick LAE43 10-in. Jan. 1928 Trianon Herb Wiedoeft Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Brunswick LAE50 10-in. Jan. 1928 Night time, love and you Herb Wiedoeft Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Brunswick [Br cat 5293-a] 10-in. approximately early 1919 Hindustan Brunswick Dance Orchestra Instrumental ensemble composer  
Edison 6027 10-in. Feb. 1918 Come along, ma honey (Down upon the Swanee) Helen Clark Female vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Edison 6353 10-in. between 9/6/1918 and 9/18/1918 Hindustan All Star Trio Instrumental trio composer  
Edison 6660 10-in. 3/11/1919 Chong (He come from Hong Kong) Premier Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Edison 7732 10-in. 1/11/1921 Siren of a southern sea Green Brothers' Novelty Band Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 8169 10-in. 8/4/1921 Kentucky home Crescent Trio Male vocal trio, with orchestra songwriter  
Edison 8694 10-in. 12/14/1922 The fuzzy wuzzy bird Al Burt Dance Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Weeks, Harold," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105804.

Weeks, Harold. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105804.

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

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105804

External Sources

Wikipedia: Harold Weeks (musician)

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Weeks, Harold, 1893-1967 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88028060

Wikidata: Harold Weeks (musician) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q108069822

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/27333412

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