Van Alexander

Van Alexander

Van Alexander (May 2, 1915 – July 19, 2015) was an American bandleader, arranger, and composer.

Birth and Death Data: Born May 2, 1915 (New York City), Died July 19, 2015 (Los Angeles)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1953

Roles Represented in DAHR: director, leader, arranger, 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	PBS-019420	10-in.	7/9/1938	A-tisket, a-tasket	Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-023768	10-in.	7/1/1938	A-tisket a-tasket	Scat Powell ; Willie Farmer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-028193	10-in.	11/3/1938	Alexander's swinging	Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	director, composer
Victor	BS-028194	10-in.	11/3/1938	Where has my little dog gone?	Shirley Brown ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director, composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-028195	10-in.	11/3/1938	I found my yellow basket	Shirley Brown ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-028196	10-in.	11/3/1938	On the road to Mandalay	Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-028197	10-in.	11/3/1938	Gotta pebble in my shoe	Butch Stone ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	director, composer
Victor	BS-028198	10-in.	11/3/1938	Night and day	Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-030154	10-in.	11/23/1938	No star is lost	Jayne Dover ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	leader
Victor	BS-030155	10-in.	11/23/1938	Your eyes are bigger than your heart	Butch Stone ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	BS-030156	10-in.	11/23/1938	In a good for nothing mood	Jayne Dover ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	leader, songwriter
Victor	BS-030157	10-in.	11/23/1938	I cried for you	Jayne Dover ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	leader
Victor	BS-030158	10-in.	11/23/1938	We'll never know	Jayne Dover ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	leader
Victor	BS-030159	10-in.	11/23/1938	You're gonna see a lot of me	Butch Stone ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	BS-030764	10-in.	12/27/1938	The girl friend of the whirling dervish	Butch Stone ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	BS-030765	10-in.	12/27/1938	Dream caravan	Joel Livingston ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	BS-030766	10-in.	12/27/1938	F.D.R. Jones	Jayne Dover ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	leader
Victor	BS-030767	10-in.	12/27/1938	Hey! Barber	Jayne Dover ; Butch Stone ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet	leader, songwriter
Victor	BS-030768	10-in.	12/27/1938	Diga-diga doo	Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	BS-030769	10-in.	12/27/1938	The good little things you do	Jayne Dover ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	leader
Victor	BS-031545	10-in.	1/23/1939	(I'm afraid) The masquerade is over	Jayne Dover ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-031546	10-in.	1/23/1939	Honolulu	Butch Stone ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-031547	10-in.	1/23/1939	This night (Will be my souvenir)	Jayne Dover ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-031548	10-in.	1/23/1939	Oh! I'm evil	Butch Stone ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-031549	10-in.	1/23/1939	Heaven can wait	Jayne Dover ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-031550	10-in.	1/23/1939	Honey bunny boo	Jayne Dover ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter, director
Victor	BS-033666	10-in.	2/16/1939	Thursday	Phyllis Kenny ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-033667	10-in.	2/16/1939	Hooray for spinach	Butch Stone ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-033668	10-in.	2/16/1939	Name it and it's yours	Phyllis Kenny ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-033669	10-in.	2/16/1939	Dancing in the dark	Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-033670	10-in.	2/16/1939	I'm happy about the whole thing	Phyllis Kenny ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-033671	10-in.	2/16/1939	Don't look now	Butch Stone ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-035305	10-in.	3/18/1939	Hang your heart on a hickory limb	Phyllis Kenny ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-035306	10-in.	3/18/1939	East side of heaven	Phyllis Kenny ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-035307	10-in.	3/18/1939	The moon of Manakoora	Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-035308	10-in.	3/18/1939	Another night alone	Phyllis Kenny ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-035309	10-in.	3/18/1939	How strange	Phyllis Kenny ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-035310	10-in.	3/18/1939	Y' had it comin' to you	Butch Stone ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-036526	10-in.	4/25/1939	Tony's wife	Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-036527	10-in.	4/25/1939	If I didn't care	Phyllis Kenny ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-036528	10-in.	4/25/1939	'Way down yonder in New Orleans	Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-036529	10-in.	4/25/1939	Adios muchachos	Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-036530	10-in.	4/25/1939	No reason at all	Phyllis Kenny ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer, director
Victor	BS-036531	10-in.	4/25/1939	Thou swell	Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-036977	10-in.	5/25/1939	In the middle of a dream	Phyllis Kenny ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-036978	10-in.	5/25/1939	Let there be love	Phyllis Kenny ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-036979	10-in.	5/25/1939	Mary Lou	Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-036980	10-in.	5/25/1939	Ay-ay-ay	Butch Stone ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	arranger, director
Victor	BS-036981	10-in.	5/25/1939	Begone	Phyllis Kenny ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-036982	10-in.	5/25/1939	You are my dream	Phyllis Kenny ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-037738	10-in.	6/21/1939	The jumpin' jive (Jim jam jump)	Butch Stone ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-037739	10-in.	6/21/1939	La rosita	Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-037740	10-in.	6/21/1939	Ragtime cowboy Joe	Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-037741	10-in.	6/21/1939	Stumbling	Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-060657	10-in.	2/18/1941	I close my eyes	Dorsey Anderson ; Tony Pastor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-065285	10-in.	5/20/1941	Tempus fugit	Larry Clinton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	[OK cat 18003-A]	10-in.	approximately Jan. 1923	Nad Tatrou sa blýská	Józef Kálmán	Male vocal solo	songwriter
Decca	86007		between 9/4/1953 and 9/20/1953	Baby I need you	Les Brown and his Band of Renown		arranger
Decca	86157		between 9/4/1953 and 9/20/1953	Opening announcement ; Leap frog	Les Brown and his Band of Renown		arranger
Decca	86158		between 9/4/1953 and 9/20/1953	Closing announcement	Les Brown and his Band of Renown		arranger
Decca	L 6440		9/19/1951	I've got the shiniest mouth in town-2	Les Brown and his Band of Renown		arranger
Decca	L 6441		9/12/1951	Everybody wants to go to heaven-2	Les Brown and his Band of Renown		arranger
Decca	L 6442		9/19/1951	Highlights from An American in Paris (Gershwin): -1 Part 1	Les Brown and his Band of Renown		arranger
Decca	L 6443		9/19/1951	Highlights from An American in Paris (Gershwin): Part 2	Les Brown and his Band of Renown		arranger
Decca	L 6924		11/5/1952	My heart belongs to Daddy	Les Brown and his Band of Renown		arranger
Decca	L 6926		11/5/1952	Don't yield to temptation	Les Brown and his Band of Renown		arranger

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Alexander, Van," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106402.

Alexander, Van. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106402.

"Alexander, Van." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.