Harry Owens

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Harry Owens

Harry Robert Owens (18 April 1902 – 12 December 1986) was an American composer, bandleader and songwriter best known for his song "Sweet Leilani".

Birth and Death Data: Born April 18, 1902 (O'Neill), Died December 12, 1986 (Eugene)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1922 - 1947

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

= 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	B-26999	10-in.	10/25/1922	To-morrow will be brighter than to-day	Great White Way Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-29332	10-in.	1/21/1924	Linger awhile	Marcia Freer ; Lewis James	Female-male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	B-31737	10-in.	1/20/1925	When I think of you	Montmartre Orchestra ; Vincent Rose	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BVE-32512	10-in.	4/14/1925	When I think of you	Benjamin Franklin Hotel Orchestra ; Howard Lanin	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BVE-33104	10-in.	7/24/1925	When I think of you	Carleton A. Coon ; Joe Sanders	Male vocal duet, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-33223	10-in.	8/14/1925	When I think of you	Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller	Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandola	composer
Victor	BVE-36353	10-in.	9/24/1926	Down on the banks of the old Yazoo	Frank Bessinger ; Gladys Rice ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra	Orchestra, with female-male vocal duet	composer
Victor	BVE-36395	10-in.	10/7/1926	Adios	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-36831	10-in.	10/15/1926	Just one more kiss	Jean Goldkette Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	PBS-79271	10-in.	6/25/1934	I've found a little grass skirt (For my little grass shack)	Sol K. Bright’s Hollywaiians	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal trio (Hawaiian)	songwriter
Victor	PB-2	10-in.	6/9/1924	String beans	Montmartre Orchestra ; Vincent Rose	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	PB-9	10-in.	6/11/1924	Helen gone	Buddy Burns ; Montmartre Orchestra ; Vincent Rose	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	PB-14	10-in.	6/12/1924	Sadie	Buddy Burns ; Montmartre Orchestra ; Vincent Rose	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	PB-100	10-in.	3/2/1925	When we are together	Art Hickman's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	PBVE-132	10-in.	9/3/1925	Let's wander away	Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	PBVE-256	10-in.	4/18/1927	When you dream, dream of me	The Rounders	Male vocal chorus, with piano	composer
Victor	BS-0700	10-in.	9/17/1936	To you, sweetheart, aloha	Guy Lombardo ; Lebert Lombardo ; Royal Canadians	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-06128	10-in.	3/4/1937	Sweet Leilani	George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-06195	10-in.	3/12/1937	Sweet Leilani	Ray Heatherton ; Ruby Newman ; Rainbow Room Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Victor	PBS-09767	10-in.	10/28/1937	Hawaii calls	Bobby Breen	Dubbed from film : Boy soprano vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Victor	PBS-09769	10-in.	10/28/1937	Down where the trade winds blow	Bobby Breen	Boy soprano vocal solo, with jazz/dance band (take 2) ; dubbed from film : Boy soprano vocal solo (take 1)	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-011602	10-in.	7/29/1937	Dancing under the stars	Helen Crawford ; Jesse Crawford Orchestra ; Bob Murray	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	PBS-026430	10-in.	2/8/1939	Beneath a banyan tree	Sol K. Bright’s Hollywaiians	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo (Hawaiian)	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-030357	10-in.	12/6/1938	Sweet Leilani	Don Redman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-040493	10-in.	10/10/1939	To you sweetheart, aloha	Gray Gordon ; Cliff Grass ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-040497	10-in.	10/11/1939	To you sweetheart, aloha	Californians ; Abe Lyman ; Frank Parrish	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	PBS-Test-042288	10-in.	12/11/1939	Princess Poopooly	Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Eddie Stone	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-042709	10-in.	9/20/1939	To you sweetheart, aloha	Three Reasons ; Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band and female vocal trio	composer
Victor	BS-044310	10-in.	12/4/1939	Princess Poo-poo-ly has plenty of pa-fa-ya (And she loves to give it away)	Rose Blane ; Californians ; Abe Lyman	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-046043	10-in.	12/28/1939	Princess Poo-Poo-Ly has plenty of pa-pa-ya (And she loves to give it away)	Rose Blane ; Californians ; Abe Lyman	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-048678	10-in.	4/9/1940	Hawaiian paradise	Blue Barron ; Russ Carlyle	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Victor	PBS-049581	10-in.	3/28/1940	Poi, my boy, will make a man of you	Four King Sisters ; Alvino Rey	Female vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-068710	10-in.	12/19/1941	Blue shadows and white gardenias	Alfred Apaka ; Hawaiian Musical Ambassadors ; Ray Kinney	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-068711	10-in.	12/19/1941	Sing me a song of the islands	Hawaiian Musical Ambassadors ; Ray Kinney	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-068855	10-in.	1/12/1942	Sing me a song of the islands	Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-068865	10-in.	1/12/1942	Sing me a song of the islands	Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	songwriter
Victor	BS-068866	10-in.	1/12/1942	Blue shadows and white gardenias	Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	songwriter
Victor	BS-071666	10-in.	1/27/1942	Blue shadows and white gardenias	Alvino Rey Orchestra ; Alyce King	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-071667	10-in.	1/27/1942	Sing me a song of the islands	Alvino Rey Orchestra ; Bill Schallen	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-071705	10-in.	1/21/1942	Blue shadows and white gardenias	Lanny Ross	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	PBS-072565	10-in.	7/31/1942	Sweet Leilani	David Rose Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	D6VB-3488	10-in.	12/18/1946	Sweet Leilani	Coral Islanders ; Ray Kinney	Female vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	D6VB-3495	10-in.	12/20/1946	Hawaiian paradise	Coral Islanders ; Ray Kinney	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	D7VB-1165	10-in.	11/14/1947	To you sweetheart aloha	Nancy Evans ; Wayne King Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	D7VB-1167	10-in.	11/14/1947	Sweet Leilani	Billy Leach ; Wayne King Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia	80594	10-in.	10/10/1922	To-morrow (Will be brighter than to-day)	Paul Biese Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	81553	10-in.	2/13/1924	Linger awhile	Shannon Four	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	W140878	10-in.	8/28/1925	Let's wander away	Lewis James ; Selvin’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	140942	10-in.	9/15/1925	Let's wander away	Billy Wynne Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	W142782	10-in.	10/12/1926	Just one more kiss	Don Clark ; Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra ; Betty Patrick	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Columbia	W143404	10-in.	2/16/1927	When you dream, dream of me	Jackie Souders Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Columbia	W143622	10-in.	3/8/1927	Stop it—I love it	Clarence Badger ; Robert Mueseler	Male vocal duet, with piano	songwriter
OKeh	8893	10-in.	1/22/1925	I'm afraid to care for you	John Tobin's Midnight Serenaders	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	11919-11923	10-in.	11/19/1923	Linger awhile	Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	lyricist
Brunswick	12004-12006	10-in.	11/30/1923	Linger awhile	Benny Krueger’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	lyricist
Brunswick	12045-12047	10-in.	12/6/1923	Linger awhile	Benny Krueger’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	lyricist
Brunswick	E16861-E16863	10-in.	11/10/1925	Let's wander away	Benny Krueger’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	LAE641	10-in.	10/23/1929	Tune in on my heart	Arizona Biltmore Hotel Orchestra ; Harry Owens	Orchestra, with vocal trio	leader
Brunswick	LAE642	10-in.	10/23/1929	What do I care?	Arizona Biltmore Hotel Orchestra ; Harry Owens	Orchestra, with vocal trio	leader
Brunswick	A55-A57	10-in.	5/10/1924	Heartbroken	Vic Meyers Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	A80-A82	10-in.	5/13/1924	Helen gone	Vic Meyers Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	485W-487W	10-in.	2/27/1925	When I think of you	The Ambassadors [Brunswick Records]	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	627W-629W	10-in.	3/30/1925	When I think of you	Earl and Bell	Male vocal duet, with guitar	composer
Brunswick	1139W-1141W	10-in.	8/12/1925	Let's wander away	Selvin’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	9267	10-in.	11/27/1923	Linger awhile	Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	lyricist
Edison	10277	10-in.	3/25/1925	When I think of you	14 Virginians ; Ace Brigode	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	10656	10-in.	10/27/1925	Let's wander away	Dave Kaplan ; Ponce Sisters	Female vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	10699	10-in.	11/27/1925	Let's wander away	Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	11249	10-in.	10/15/1926	Just one more kiss	Don Voorhees and his Earl Carroll's Vanities Orchestra ; Harold Lambert	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Owens, Harry," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108841.

Owens, Harry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108841.

"Owens, Harry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.