Dave Tough
Dave Tough (April 26, 1907 – December 9, 1948) was an American jazz drummer associated with Dixieland and swing jazz in the 1930s and 1940s. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-99917 | 10-in. | 3/25/1936 | You never looked so beautiful | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band (take 1); with female vocal solo (takes 2 and 3) | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-99919 | 10-in. | 3/27/1936 | It's you I'm talkin' about | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-99920 | 10-in. | 3/27/1936 | Will I ever know? | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-99921 | 10-in. | 3/27/1936 | Rhythm saved the world | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-99949 | 10-in. | 4/3/1936 | Star dust | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-101453 | 10-in. | 4/15/1936 | At the Codfish Ball | Clambake Seven ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-101454 | 10-in. | 4/15/1936 | Jada | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-02165 | 10-in. | 10/18/1936 | Head over heels in love | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-02169 | 10-in. | 10/18/1936 | May I have the next romance with you? | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-03083 | 10-in. | 11/24/1936 | Tea on the terrace | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-03084 | 10-in. | 11/24/1936 | I'm in a dancing mood | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-03085 | 10-in. | 11/24/1936 | Keepin' out of mischief now | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-03086 | 10-in. | 11/24/1936 | Jamboree | Three Esquires ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal trio | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-03246 | 10-in. | 11/18/1936 | Where are you? | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-03247 | 10-in. | 11/18/1936 | That foolish feeling | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-03248 | 10-in. | 11/18/1936 | There's frost on the moon | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-03514 | 10-in. | 12/2/1936 | Stompin' at the Savoy | Benny Goodman Quartet | Jazz/dance quartet | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-03898 | 10-in. | 1/7/1937 | The "goona goo" | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-03899 | 10-in. | 1/7/1937 | If my heart could only talk | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-03989 | 10-in. | 1/19/1937 | Who'll buy my violets | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-03990 | 10-in. | 1/19/1937 | On a little bamboo bridge | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-03991 | 10-in. | 1/19/1937 | How could you? | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-03992 | 10-in. | 1/19/1937 | Melody in F | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-04201 | 10-in. | 1/7/1937 | Mr. Ghost goes to town | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-04202 | 10-in. | 1/7/1937 | Lookin' around corners for you | Three Esquires ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-04532 | 10-in. | 1/29/1937 | You're here, you're there | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-04533 | 10-in. | 1/29/1937 | Song of India | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-04534 | 10-in. | 1/29/1937 | Marie | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-04535 | 10-in. | 1/29/1937 | Dedicated to you | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-04927 | 10-in. | 2/17/1937 | Sweet is the word for you | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-04928 | 10-in. | 2/17/1937 | In a little hula heaven | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-04929 | 10-in. | 2/17/1937 | I'll dream my way to heaven | Three Esquires ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-04932 | 10-in. | 2/18/1937 | Thanks for everything | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-04933 | 10-in. | 2/18/1937 | Liebestraum | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-04934 | 10-in. | 2/18/1937 | Mendelssohn's spring song | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-06619 | 10-in. | 3/10/1937 | They all laughed | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-06620 | 10-in. | 3/10/1937 | (I've got) Beginner's luck | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-06621 | 10-in. | 3/10/1937 | Wanted | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-06622 | 10-in. | 3/10/1937 | Blue Danube | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-06623 | 10-in. | 3/10/1937 | Dark eyes | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-06674 | 10-in. | 3/17/1937 | Turn off the moon | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-06675 | 10-in. | 3/17/1937 | Jammin' | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-06676 | 10-in. | 3/17/1937 | I've got rain in my eyes | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-07803 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | The milkman's matinee | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-07804 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | Twilight in Turkey | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-07805 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | He's a Gypsy from Poughkeepsie | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-07806 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | Alibi baby | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-07807 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | Wake up and live | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-07808 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | Nola | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-07809 | 10-in. | 4/15/1937 | Satan takes a holiday | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | CS-07810 | 12-in. | 4/15/1937 | Stop, look and listen | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-07897 | 10-in. | 5/6/1937 | Love is never out of season | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-07898 | 10-in. | 5/6/1937 | If I put my heart in my song | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-07899 | 10-in. | 5/6/1937 | Our penthouse on Third Avenue | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-010129 | 10-in. | 5/6/1937 | (Can't you hear that) Mountain music | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-010130 | 10-in. | 5/6/1937 | Good mornin' | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-010148 | 10-in. | 5/12/1937 | Humoresque | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-010149 | 10-in. | 5/12/1937 | Goin' home | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-010342 | 10-in. | 5/26/1937 | You're precious to me | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-010343 | 10-in. | 5/26/1937 | Happy birthday to love | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-010344 | 10-in. | 5/26/1937 | Strangers in the dark | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | CS-010345 | 12-in. | 5/26/1937 | Beale Street blues | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-010558 | 10-in. | 6/12/1937 | Is this gonna be my lucky summer? | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-010560 | 10-in. | 6/12/1937 | Who'll be the one this summer? | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-011359 | 10-in. | 7/21/1937 | Passionette | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-011360 | 10-in. | 7/21/1937 | Morning air | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-011361 | 10-in. | 7/21/1937 | Canadian capers | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-011362 | 10-in. | 7/21/1937 | The morning after | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-011363 | 10-in. | 7/21/1937 | Once in a while | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-013522 | 10-in. | 9/11/1937 | The lady is a tramp | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-013523 | 10-in. | 9/11/1937 | Tears in my heart | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-013524 | 10-in. | 9/11/1937 | Josephine | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Jack Leonard | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-013525 | 10-in. | 9/11/1937 | If the man in the moon were a coon | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Jack Leonard | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-014668 | 10-in. | 10/12/1937 | Getting some fun out of life | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-014669 | 10-in. | 10/12/1937 | In a mission by the sea | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-021625 | 10-in. | 3/25/1938 | Sweet Lorraine | Benny Goodman Trio | Jazz/dance trio | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-021626 | 10-in. | 3/25/1938 | The blues in your flat | Benny Goodman Quartet | Jazz/dance quartet | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-021627 | 10-in. | 3/25/1938 | The blues in my flat | Benny Goodman Quartet ; Lionel Hampton | Jazz/dance quartet, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-021628 | 10-in. | 3/25/1938 | Sugar | Benny Goodman Quartet | Jazz/dance quartet | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-021629 | 10-in. | 3/25/1938 | Dizzy spells | Benny Goodman Quartet | Jazz/dance quartet | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-025876 | 10-in. | 10/12/1938 | Opus 1/2 | Benny Goodman Quartet | Jazz/dance quartet | composer, instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-025878 | 10-in. | 10/12/1938 | Sweet Georgia Brown | Benny Goodman Quartet | Jazz/dance quartet | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-025879 | 10-in. | 10/12/1938 | S' wonderful | Benny Goodman Quartet | Jazz/dance quartet | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-037134 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | Rendezvous in Paree | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-037135 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | How am I to know | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-037136 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | Is it possible | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-037137 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | Well all right! (Tonight's the night) | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-037138 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | La rosita | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-037139 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | All I remember is you | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-037140 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | Judgment is coming | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | CS-037141 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | Swing low sweet chariot | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | PD6VB-1429 | 10-in. | 4/10/1946 | Jazz me blues | Brad Gowans' New York Nine | Jazz/dance ensemble | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | PD6VB-1432 | 10-in. | 4/10/1946 | Singin' the blues (till my daddy comes home) | Brad Gowans' New York Nine | Jazz/dance ensemble | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D7VB-0660 | 10-in. | 3/14/1947 | St. Louis blues | Jack Teagarden's Big Eight | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance octet | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | D7VB-0661 | 10-in. | 3/14/1947 | Blues after hours | Jack Teagarden's Big Eight | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance octet | instrumentalist, drums | |
Decca | 60481 | 10-in. | 2/17/1936 | You hit the spot | Mound City Blue Blowers | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 60482 | 10-in. | 2/17/1936 | Spreadin' rhythm around | Mound City Blue Blowers | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 60483 | 10-in. | 2/17/1936 | Saddle your blues to a wild mustang | Mound City Blue Blowers | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 60484 | 10-in. | 2/17/1936 | Wah-hoo! | Mound City Blue Blowers | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 60485 | 10-in. | 2/17/1936 | I'm gonna clap my hands | Mound City Blue Blowers | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 66072 | 10-in. | 8/11/1939 | There'll be some changes made | Eddie Condon | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 66073 | 10-in. | 8/11/1939 | Nobody's sweetheart | Eddie Condon | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 66074 | 10-in. | 8/11/1939 | Friar's point shuffle | Eddie Condon | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 66075 | 10-in. | 8/11/1939 | Someday sweetheart | Eddie Condon | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 73480 | 3/27/1946 | Farewell blues | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 73481 | 3/27/1946 | Improvisation for march of time | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 73482 | 3/27/1946 | She's funny that way-1 | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 73483 | 3/27/1946 | Stars fell on Alabama | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 73646 | 7/17/1946 | Some sunny day | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 73647 | 7/17/1946 | Just you, just me-1 | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 73648 | 7/17/1946 | Atlanta blues -1 | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | 73649 | 7/17/1946 | The way you look tonight | Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Signature | SRC 281 | 10-in. | 1946 | Etude Brutus | Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Signature | SRC 289 | 10-in. | 1946 | If I'm lucky | Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Signature | SRC 290 | 10-in. | 1946 | Sooner or later | Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Signature | SRC 291 | 10-in. | 1946 | Turn the knob on the left to the right | Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | L 3690 | 10-in. | 12/11/1944 | As long as I love | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | L 3691 | 10-in. | 12/11/1944 | Saturday night | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | L 3695 | 10-in. | 12/12/1944 | Please don't say no | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | L 3696 | 10-in. | 12/12/1944 | I ain't got nothin' but the blues | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Signature | BTS-1 | 10/2/1944 | Skyscraper | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Signature | BTS-2 | 10/2/1944 | Poppilona | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Signature | BTS-3 | 10/2/1944 | A melody for the sky | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Signature | RHT-5 | 10-in. | 1944 | Bob's belief | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Signature | RHT-6 | 10-in. | 1944 | Sweet and lovely | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Signature | RHT-7 | 10-in. | 1944 | Stompin' at the Savoy | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Signature | RHT-8 | 10-in. | 1944 | Lover come back to me | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, drums |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tough, Dave," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107188.
Tough, Dave. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107188.
"Tough, Dave." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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