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
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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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 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105804.
Weeks, Harold. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105804.
"Weeks, Harold." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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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
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