Dave Dreyer

Dave Dreyer (September 22, 1894 in Brooklyn, New York – March 1, 1967 in New York City) was an American composer and pianist. He started off as a pianist with vaudeville greats such as Al Jolson, Sophie Tucker, Belle Baker, and Frank Fay. In 1923 he worked for the Irving Berlin Music Company. While there, he worked numerous film scores. He later became the head of the music department of RKO Radio. He left the Music Company in 1947.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1894 (Brooklyn), Died 1967

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1916 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, lyricist, piano

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 226-250 of 259 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Brunswick	LAE666	10-in.	11/18/1929	I’m sailing on a sunbeam	Jesse Stafford Palace Hotel Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G)	composer
Brunswick	LAE667	10-in.	11/18/1929	I’m following you	Lawrence Gray	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	LAE668	10-in.	11/18/1929	I’m sailing on a sunbeam	Lawrence Gray	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	LAE692	10-in.	1/30/1930	A year from today	Earl Burtnett Biltmore Trio	Male vocal trio, with string ensemble	songwriter
Brunswick	[Br (U.K.) cat 104-a]	10-in.	approximately June 1927	Me and my shadow	Leslie Hutchinson ; Helen Morgan	Female vocal duet, with piano	composer
Edison	6234	10-in.	between 6/17/1918 and 6/20/1918	When I send you a picture of Berlin (You'll know it's over, "Over there," I'm coming home)	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Edison	6322	10-in.	8/12/1918	When I send you a picture of Berlin medley	Jaudas' Society Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Edison	9756	10-in.	9/30/1924	When I was the dandy and you were the belle	Walter Scanlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	10522	10-in.	7/27/1925	Cecilia	Vernon Dalhart ; Greenwich Village Inn Orchestra ; Billy Wynne	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Edison	11087	10-in.	7/2/1926	Nobody knows what happened to McCarthy	John Ryan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Edison	11191	10-in.	9/11/1926	I want to be known as Susie's "feller"	Frank Braidwood ; Marion Healy	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Edison	11705	10-in.	5/17/1927	Me and my shadow	Four Aristocrats	Male vocal quartet, with instrumental quartet	composer
Edison	11827	10-in.	7/30/1927	Me and my shadow	Al Lynn ; Music Masters ; J. Donald Parker	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Edison	11849	10-in.	8/22/1927	Me and my shadow	Duke Yellman	Piano solo	composer
Edison	11944	10-in.	10/10/1927	Me and my shadow	Frederick Kinsley	Pipe organ solo	composer
Edison	18109	10-in.	12/16/1927	Four walls	Will Donaldson ; J. Donald Parker	Male vocal solo, with piano	songwriter
Edison	18120	10-in.	12/21/1927	Four walls	Al Friedman ; The Rollickers [Edison] ; Yoeng's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet	songwriter
Edison	18255	10-in.	2/23/1928	Golden Gate	Happiness Orchestra ; Ernest Hare ; Dave Kaplan	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Edison	18286	10-in.	3/6/1928	Back in your own back yard	Walter Scanlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	18571	10-in.	6/7/1928	Giggling Gertie	Vaughn De Leath	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Edison	18819	10-in.	10/18/1928	There's a rainbow 'round my shoulder	Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers]	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Edison	19044	10-in.	2/13/1929	The spell of the blues	Al Friedman Orchestra ; Tommy Weir	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Edison	19098	10-in.	3/13/1929	I'm "ka-razy" for you	Vaughn De Leath	Female vocal solo, with ukulele and piano	songwriter
Edison	19342	10-in.	8/13/1929	One sweet kiss	Phil Spitalny's Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet	songwriter
Edison	N-126	10-in.	3/6/1928	Back in your own back yard	Walter Scanlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

(Results 226-250 of 259 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dreyer, Dave," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108736.

Dreyer, Dave. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108736.

"Dreyer, Dave." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.