Robert Emmett Dolan

Robert Emmett Dolan

Robert Emmett Dolan (August 3, 1908 - September 26, 1972) was a Broadway conductor, composer, and arranger beginning in the 1920s. He moved on to radio in the 1930s and then went to Hollywood in the early 1940s as a musical director for Paramount. He scored, arranged, and conducted many musical and dramatic films in the 1940s and 1950s and produced three musicals. At the end of his career, he returned to the stage – where he had begun.

Birth and Death Data: Born August 3, 1908 (Hartford), Died September 26, 1972 (Westwood)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter

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Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BVE-48150	10-in.	11/12/1928	Ever since the movies learned to talk	Walter O'Keefe	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	songwriter
Victor	BVE-53985	10-in.	8/14/1929	Little by little	Bernie Cummins ; New York Biltmore Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-55644	10-in.	8/3/1929	Little by little	Johnny Marvin	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-63165	10-in.	10/22/1930	I love love	Bernie Cummins ; Frank Munn ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-64006	10-in.	7/30/1930	Hullabaloo	McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; Dave Wilborn	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	D6VB-3015	10-in.	10/15/1946	And so to bed	Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with female vocal ensemble, and jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	D7VB-0235	10-in.	4/3/1947	Fine thing	Charlie Spivak Orchestra ; Charlie Spivak	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	D9VB-2786	10-in.	12/16/1949	The yodel blues	Rosalie Allen ; Elton Britt ; Skytoppers	Female-male vocal duet, with string band and yodeling	composer
Columbia	147466	10-in.	11/15/1928	Ever since the movies learned to talk	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet	songwriter
Columbia	148929	10-in.	8/26/1929	Little by little	Sam Lanin Orchestra ; Robert Wood	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	W148982	10-in.	9/6/1929	Little by little	Eddie Walters	Male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	W149449	10-in.	11/20/1929	Little by little	Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W403029	10-in.	10/4/1929	Little by little	Frances Shelley	Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio	composer
OKeh	W404208	10-in.	6/6/1930	You (I love but you)	Ray Seeley Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W404209	10-in.	6/6/1930	My love (I'll be waiting for you)	Ray Seeley Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W404267	10-in.	7/22/1930	Hullabaloo	Ed Kirkeby Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W404506	10-in.	10/23/1930	I love love	Joe Farrell Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W490079	10-in.	6/6/1930	You (I love but you)	Ray Seeley Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E30545	10-in.	9/10/1929	Little by little	Louisiana Rhythm Kings	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E31628	10-in.	December 1929	Little by little	Dick Robertson	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E31767	10-in.	January 1930	Brunswick Brevities program X, part 3	Brunswick Male Quartet	Radio transcription disc : Male vocal quartet	composer
Brunswick	E35365	10-in.	Nov. 1930	I love love	Emil Coleman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	C4367	10-in.	9/16/1929	Little by little	Van Fleming	Male vocal solo, with clarinet, trumpet, and guitar	composer
Brunswick	LAE613	10-in.	9/5/1929	Little by little	Jesse Stafford Palace Hotel Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G)	composer
Brunswick	LAE866	10-in.	9/4/1930	Hullabaloo	Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal; without vocal (take G)	composer
Edison	18988	10-in.	1/5/1929	Ever since the movies learned to talk	Billy Murray and his Melody Men	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Edison	N-679	10-in.	1/5/1929	Ever since the movies learned to talk	Merry Melody Men ; Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Decca	75620		12/22/1949	Texas, li'l darlin'	Kenny Delmar		composer
Decca	75621		12/22/1949	Hootin' owl trail	Danny Scholl		composer
Decca	75622		12/22/1949	The big movie show in the sky	Danny Scholl		composer
Decca	75623		12/22/1949	Reprise : The yodel blues	Kenny Delmar		composer
Decca	75624		12/22/1949	Affable, balding me	Fredd Wayne		composer
Decca	75625		12/22/1949	A month of Sundays	Mary Hatcher ; Danny Scholl ; Fredd Wayne		composer
Decca	75626		12/22/1949	The yodel blues	Kenny Delmar ; Mary Hatcher		composer
Decca	75627		12/22/1949	Politics	Kenny Delmar ; Loring Smith		composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dolan, Robert Emmett," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109585.

Dolan, Robert Emmett. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109585.

"Dolan, Robert Emmett." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.

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