Abe Olman
Abe Olman (December 20, 1887 – January 4, 1984), born Abraham Olshewitz, was an American songwriter and music publisher. He composed a number of successful ragtime and popular songs including "Red Onion Rag" (1912), "Down Among the Sheltering Palms" (1915), "Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!" (1917), and "Down By the O-Hi-O" (1920). He was later director of ASCAP, and a founder of the Songwriters Hall of Fame which, in 1983, named the annual Abe Olman Publisher Award in his honor. |
Birth and Death Data: Born December 20, 1887 (Cincinnati), Died January 4, 1984 (Rancho Mirage)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1914 - 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-15303 | 10-in. | 10/26/1914 | Bluebirds hesitation waltz | Joseph Belmont | Whistling solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-15924 | 10-in. | 4/21/1915 | Down among the sheltering palms | Lyric Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-16342 | 10-in. | 8/10/1915 | Sooner or later (Your heart will cry 'I want you') | Ada Jones ; Billy Murray | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-16990 | 10-in. | 1/10/1916 | If you've got a little bit (Hang on to it, it's hard to get a little bit more) | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-18168 | 10-in. | 8/1/1916 | Dancing down in Dixieland | M. J. O'Connell | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Victor | B-18563 | 10-in. | 10/18/1916 | Come along to Caroline | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-18765 | 12-in. | 11/29/1916 | Way down in Arkansaw | Victor Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-18766 | 10-in. | 12/1/1916 | At seven, seventeen and seventy | Morton Harvey | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-19101 | 12-in. | 1/18/1917 | It's not your nationality | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-19318 | 10-in. | 2/28/1917 | Some sweet day | American Quartet ; Marion Harris | Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Victor | B-19378 | 10-in. | 3/16/1917 | Oh Johnny, oh Johnny, oh! | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-19558 | 10-in. | 4/7/1917 | Oh Johnny, oh Johnny, oh | Nora Bayes | Female vocal solo, with mandolin and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-19777 | 10-in. | 5/14/1917 | Oh Johnny, oh Johnny, oh! | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-20215 | 10-in. | 7/12/1917 | Some sweet day | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Victor | B-21032 | 10-in. | 10/31/1917 | Daddy found you down beside the garden wall | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-21061 | 10-in. | 11/6/1917 | An old horse that knows his way home | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-21950 | 10-in. | 6/5/1918 | Chasing the chickens | Six Brown Brothers | Saxophone sextet | composer | |
Victor | B-21967 | 10-in. | 6/6/1918 | When you sang 'Hush-a-bye baby' to me | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio, with harp and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22175 | 10-in. | 7/23/1918 | Pick a little four-leaf clover and send it over to me | Harry Macdonough ; Elizabeth Spencer | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22557 | 10-in. | 1/24/1919 | Johnny's in town | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-22741 | 10-in. | 4/9/1919 | Oh, Susie, behave | Van Eps Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | B-23328 | 10-in. | 11/6/1919 | Where the lanterns glow | Van Eps Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | B-23696 | 10-in. | 2/24/1920 | Karavan | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-24755 | 10-in. | 12/21/1920 | Down by the O-hi-o (I've got the sweetest little O, my! O!) | Billy Murray ; Victor Roberts [i.e., Billy Jones] | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-25688 | 10-in. | 11/2/1921 | Mississippi cradle | Hackel-Bergè Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-25710 | 10-in. | 10/1/1921 | Mississippi cradle | Benson Orchestra of Chicago | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-25786 | 10-in. | 12/1/1921 | Mississippi cradle | Edna Brown ; Elliott Shaw | Female-male vocal duet, with marimbas and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-26808 | 10-in. | 7/18/1922 | Down old Virginia way | Edna Brown ; Henry Burr | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-27335 | 10-in. | 12/21/1922 | I'm waiting for ships that never come in | Bruce Wallace | Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-31001 | 10-in. | 10/10/1924 | Ev'rything you do | Barney Rapp Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BVE-33869 | 10-in. | 11/13/1925 | Sweet blue bird (Take my love a message) | Green Brothers Marimba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with whistling | composer | |
Victor | BVE-35335 | 10-in. | 4/22/1926 | Just a little dance | George Olsen and his Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | composer | |
Victor | BVE-41579 | 10-in. | 1/25/1928 | I'm waiting for ships that never come in | Maurice J. Gunsky | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-43349 | 10-in. | 3/12/1928 | I'm waiting for ships that never come in | Franklyn Baur | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-46401 | 10-in. | 7/12/1928 | Some sweet day | McKinney's Cotton Pickers | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-75102 | 10-in. | 1/27/1933 | Some sweet day | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-043392 | 10-in. | 11/18/1939 | Oh Johnny, oh Johnny, oh! | Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-047533 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Oh, Johnny, oh | Riley Puckett | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | composer | |
Victor | BS-048947 | 10-in. | 4/25/1940 | Down by the O-H-I-O | Smoothies | Mixed vocal trio, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-050525 | 10-in. | 5/7/1940 | Down by the O-hi-o (o, my, o!) | Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-051051 | 10-in. | 5/31/1940 | Down by the O-hi-o (O, my, o!) | Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | composer | |
Victor | BS-051594 | 10-in. | 7/1/1940 | I'm waiting for ships that never come in | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-051894 | 10-in. | 7/19/1940 | I'm waiting for ships that never come in | Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-053417 | 10-in. | 9/4/1940 | I'm waiting for ships that never come in | Wayne King Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | D7VB-2560 | 10-in. | 12/2/1947 | Down among the sheltering palms | Don Cornell ; Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Male vocal solo, with female vocal trio, vocal chorus and jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | D7VB-2776 | 10-in. | 12/29/1947 | I'm waiting for ships that never come in | Beryl Davis ; Toots Camarata Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1920-01-29-05] | Not documented | 1/29/1920 | Who wants a baby? | Rudy Wiedoeft's Californians | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 45555 | 10-in. | 4/12/1915 | Down among the sheltering palms | Columbia Stellar Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 45903 | 10-in. | 7/31/1915 | Sooner or later | Will C. Robbins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 45964 | 10-in. | 8/24/1915 | Sooner or later | James F. Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 45969 | 10-in. | 8/25/1915 | If you've got a little bit, hang on to it | Will C. Robbins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 46270 | 10-in. | 12/14/1915 | If you've got a little bit, hang on to it (It's hard to get a little bit more) | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 46965 | 10-in. | 8/16/1916 | Not so very far from Zanzibar | Sterling Trio | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 77000 | 10-in. | 4/20/1917 | Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny! Oh! | Elizabeth Brice | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 77007 | 10-in. | 4/24/1917 | Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny! Oh! | Frank E. Banta ; Howard Kopp | Piano and drums duet | composer | |
Columbia | 77604 | 10-in. | 12/28/1917 | Faugh-a-ballah | M. J. O'Connell ; Peerless Quartet | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 77656 | 10-in. | 1/31/1918 | Faugh-a-ballah | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 78139 | 10-in. | 10/22/1918 | Oh! Susie behave | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 78274 | 10-in. | 1/27/1919 | Johnny's in town | Arthur Fields ; Peerless Quartet | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 78666 | 10-in. | 9/17/1919 | Fee fi fo fum | Art Hickman's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Columbia | 78844 | 10-in. | 12/5/1919 | I'm waiting for ships that never come in | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 78971 | 10-in. | 2/11/1920 | Mystery | Happy Six ; Jack Kaufman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | 78976 | 10-in. | 2/14/1920 | Who wants a baby? | Columbia Saxophone Sextette ; Rachael Grant | Saxophone sextet, with female vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | 78994 | 10-in. | 2/21/1920 | Who wants a baby | Columbia Saxophone Sextette | Saxophone sextet | composer | |
Columbia | 79142 | 10-in. | 4/24/1920 | Ragadora | Prince's Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 79308 | 10-in. | 6/24/1920 | Underneath the palms | Prince's Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 79451 | 10-in. | 10/6/1920 | Where is my daddy now blues | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 79564 | 10-in. | 12/8/1920 | Sentimental melody | Paul Biese Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Columbia | 79568 | 10-in. | 12/13/1920 | O-H-I-O (O-my! O!) | Al Jolson | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 79650 | 10-in. | 1/21/1921 | O-H-I-O | Happy Six | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 79667 | 10-in. | Feb. 1921 | Goodbye, pretty butterflies | Art Hickman's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 79689 | 10-in. | Feb. 1921 | Underneath the palms | Ted Lewis Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 79695 | 10-in. | 3/22/1921 | Where is my daddy now blues | Ted Lewis Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 80417 | 10-in. | 6/24/1922 | Down old Virginia way | Charles Hart ; Elliott Shaw | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 37289 | 12-in. | 5/18/1915 | Leo Feist medley | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 49406 | 12-in. | 12/31/1918 | Down among the sheltering palms | Dorothy Brunton | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 49976 | 12-in. | 7/6/1921 | Mississippi cradle | Prince's Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | W140805 | 10-in. | 8/3/1925 | I left her by the shores of Minnetonka | Clover Garden Orchestra ; William C. Polla | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | W142143 | 10-in. | 5/4/1926 | Just a little dance | Harry Reser's Syncopators ; Tom Stacks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | W142992 | 10-in. | 12/4/1926 | Along Miami shore | Ford and Glenn | Male vocal duet, with piano | lyricist | |
Columbia | W144045 | 10-in. | 4/25/1927 | I'm waiting for ships that never come in | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with steel guitar and piano | composer | |
Columbia | 145742 | 10-in. | 3/8/1928 | I'm waiting for ships that never come in | Lou Gold Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | W145834 | 10-in. | 3/24/1928 | I'm waiting for ships that never come in | Charles Kaley Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | WCO26352 | 10-in. | 12/15/1939 | Oh Juanito! Oh Juanito! (Oh Johnny, oh Johnny oh!) : Rumba | Orquesta Hermanos Moráles | Jazz/dance band, with vocal solo | composer | |
OKeh | 663 | 10-in. | ca. May 1919 | My dreamy little lotus flower | Van Eps Quartet | Instrumental quartet | composer | |
OKeh | S-7060 | 10-in. | approximately Oct. 1919 | Karavan | Green Brothers' Xylophone Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-7284 | 10-in. | approximately 1920 | I'm waiting for ships that never come in | Elliott Shaw | Male vocal solo | composer | |
OKeh | S-7460 | 10-in. | June 1920 | Underneath the palms | Hotel Commodore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-7698 | 10-in. | Nov. 1920 | O-hi-o (O-my-o) | Hager Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-7806 | 10-in. | Mar. 1921 | O-hi-o (O-my! O!) | Jack Strouse | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | S-70116 | 10-in. | Aug. 1921 | Mississippi cradle | Green Brothers' Novelty Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | 74182 | 10-in. | 6/22/1926 | Just a little dance | Okeh Syncopators | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | 80051 | 10-in. | 6/2/1926 | Just a little dance | Harry Raderman ; The Red Hotters | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | W80339 | 10-in. | 1/26/1927 | Some sweet day | Miff Mole's Molers | Jazz/dance quintet | songwriter | |
OKeh | W402751 | 10-in. | 6/27/1929 | I'm waiting for ships that never come in | Jack Fralia | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
OKeh | [OK cat 1187-A] | 10-in. | approximately 1919 | Johnny's in town | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo | composer | |
OKeh | [OK cat 4500-b] | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1921 | Goodbye pretty butterflies | Damon's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 725 | 10-in. | approximately early 1917 | Come along, Caroline | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 1187 | 10-in. | approximately Aug. 1917 | Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny! | Peerless Dance Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Brunswick | 6137 | 10-in. | approximately July 1921 | Mississippi cradle | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 6922 | 10-in. | approximately Dec. 1921 | Goodbye, pretty butterflies | Selvin’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 3755-3756 | 10-in. | approximately June 1920 | Who wants a baby | All Star Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Brunswick | 4728-4729 | 10-in. | approximately Dec. 1920 | O-hi-o (O-my! O!) | Billy Jones | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 10744-10746 | 10-in. | 5/25/1923 | I‘m waiting for ships that never come in | Fredric Fradkin | Violin solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 14665-14667 | 10-in. | 1/22/1925 | Everything you do | Benny Krueger’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E31913 | 10-in. | 1/27/1930 | Karavan | Louisiana Rhythm Kings | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E17669-E17671 | 10-in. | 1/25/1926 | Sweet blue bird | Palakiko & Paaluhi | Steel guitar duet | composer | |
Brunswick | E18945-E18947 | 10-in. | 4/29/1926 | Just a little dance | Mike Markel's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E26669-E26670 | 10-in. | 2/25/1928 | I’m waiting for ships that never come in | Nick Lucas | Male vocal solo, with guitar | composer | |
Brunswick | C3113 | 10-in. | 3/13/1929 | Some sweet day | Frank Sylvano | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Brunswick | C1426-C1427 | 10-in. | 1/10/1928 | I’m waiting for ships that never come in | Freddie Rose | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Brunswick | C1716-C1718 | 10-in. | 3/18/1928 | I’m waiting for ships that never come in | Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (C1718) | composer | |
Edison | 3367 | 10-in. | Oct. 1914 | Lucille love | National Promenade Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 3996 | 10-in. | 7/21/1915 | Down among the sheltering palms | Harvey Hindermyer | Male vocal solo and mixed vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 4116 | 10-in. | 9/15/1915 | Down among the sheltering palms | Harvey Hindermyer | Male vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 4825 | 10-in. | 6/27/1916 | The lily and the frog | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5031 | 10-in. | 9/29/1916 | Dancing down in Dixieland | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Edison | 5532 | 10-in. | 5/2/1917 | Oh Johnny, oh Johnny, oh | Premier Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5570 | 10-in. | 5/18/1917 | Oh Johnny, oh Johnny, oh | Jaudas' Society Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 5725 | 10-in. | 8/2/1917 | All I need is just a girl like you | Frisco "Jass" Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 5796 | 10-in. | 9/20/1917 | All I need is just a girl like you | Rachel Grant ; Billy Murray | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6131 | 10-in. | Mar. 1918 | When you sang "Hush-a-bye baby" to me | Helen Clark | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6607 | 10-in. | 2/4/1919 | Johnny's in town | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6654 | 10-in. | 3/6/1919 | You're breaking my heart with "good-bye" | Leola Lucey | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 7027 | 10-in. | 11/21/1919 | Who wants a baby | Lenzberg's Riverside Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 7452 | 10-in. | 7/31/1920 | Moonlight in Mandalay | Homestead Trio | Female vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 7587 | 10-in. | 10/19/1920 | Where-is-my-daddy-now-blues | Aileen Stanley | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 7726 | 10-in. | 1/7/1921 | O-h-i-o | Max Fells' Della Robbia Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 8216 | 10-in. | 9/14/1921 | Mississippi cradle | Green Brothers' Novelty Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 8557 | 10-in. | 8/3/1922 | Down old Virginia way | Helen Clark ; Walter Van Brunt | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 8933 | 10-in. | 4/18/1923 | Funny feet | Jazz-O-Harmonists | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Edison | 9207 | 10-in. | 10/16/1923 | Memory Isle | Homestead Trio | Female vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 9612 | 10-in. | 7/11/1924 | Ev'rything you do | Harry Raderman's Dance Orchestra ; Joseph A. Phillips | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Edison | 10589 | 10-in. | 9/23/1925 | Sweet blue bird | Herbert Soman Salon Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Edison | 10966 | 10-in. | 5/7/1926 | Just a little dance | Kaplan's Melodists | Jazz/dance band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Olman, Abe," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106625.
Olman, Abe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106625.
"Olman, Abe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Olman, Abe - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92082935
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