Roger Lewis

Birth and Death Data: Born April 3, 1885 (Colfax), Died 1948 (Chicago)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1911 - 1942

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer

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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-10712 10-in. 7/12/1911 The Oceana roll Ed Morton Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-12164 10-in. 7/8/1912 You can't expect kisses from me Ada Jones ; Billy Murray Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-12386 10-in. 9/23/1912 At the ragtime ball Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-13714 10-in. 9/3/1913 Floating down the river ('Cause it's moonlight now in Dixieland) American Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-13901 10-in. 10/3/1913 Sing me the rosary Orpheus Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-15280 10-in. 10/16/1914 Now I'll raise an army of my own Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-15923 10-in. 4/21/1915 When I was a dreamer (And you were my dream) Lyric Quartet ; Harry Macdonough Mixed vocal quartet and male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-17047 10-in. 1/21/1916 Down in the U-17 Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-25983 10-in. 1/30/1922 Tee-pee blues Roy Bargy ; Benson Orchestra of Chicago Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-29816 10-in. 3/31/1924 You can take me away from Dixie (But you can't take Dixie from me) Jack Chapman Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet lyricist  
Victor BVE-33753 10-in. 11/4/1925 Down by the winegar woiks Billy Murray ; Aileen Stanley Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BS-073825 10-in. 4/9/1942 One dozen roses Dinah Shore Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band lyricist  
Victor BS-074125 10-in. 3/2/1942 One dozen roses Art Kassel Trio ; Gloria Hart ; Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal trio lyricist  
Columbia 19549 10-in. 9/6/1911 Oceana roll Arthur Collins Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 38450 10-in. 11/27/1912 At the ragtime ball Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 38937 10-in. 7/9/1913 Sing me the rosary Henry Burr Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 39714 10-in. 12/23/1914 The violin my great grand-daddy made Henry Santrey Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 45572 10-in. 4/22/1915 When I was a dreamer, and you were my dream Samuel Ash Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 77630 10-in. 1/12/1918 Jazzin' the cotton town blues George O'Connor Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 77762 10-in. 4/9/1918 Torpedo Jim Arthur Fields Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 80433 10-in. 6/29/1922 Tee-pee blues Garber-Davis Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia 49290 12-in. 12/15/1917 Cleopatra had a jazz band Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson Band songwriter  
Columbia W141227 10-in. 10/30/1925 Down by the winegar woiks Johnny Marvin Male vocal solo, with ukulele songwriter  
Columbia W146168 10-in. 4/20/1928 Oceana roll Dan Hornsby Trio Male vocal trio, with banjo and piano lyricist  
Columbia W148188 10-in. 4/8/1929 Perfume of roses Andy Sannella All Star Trio Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Columbia 148445 10-in. 4/16/1929 Perfume of roses Julie Wintz and his Jersey Collegians ; Tommy Weir Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
OKeh S-72424 10-in. Apr. 1924 You can take me away from Dixie (But you can't take Dixie from me) National Male Quartet Male vocal quartet, with banjo lyricist  
OKeh 73968 10-in. Jan. 1926 Down by the winegar woiks Billy Jones Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Brunswick E1703-E1705 10-in. 11/13/1925 Down by the winegar woiks Al Bernard Male vocal solo, with lute and piano lyricist  
Brunswick E17454-E17456 10-in. 1/12/1926 Down by the winegar woiks Ed Smalle Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Edison 2800 10-in. Feb. 1914 Sing me the rosary Irving Gillette Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 3673 10-in. 3/30/1915 The violin my great grand-daddy made George Wilton Ballard Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 3919 10-in. 6/30/1915 When I was a dreamer (And you were my dream) George Wilton Ballard Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 4776 10-in. 6/8/1916 I will love you when the silver threads are shining among the gold Manuel Romain Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lewis, Roger," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108143.

Lewis, Roger. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108143.

"Lewis, Roger." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.

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URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108143

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