Al Stillman

Al Stillman (né Albert Irving Silverman; 26 June 1901 Manhattan, New York – 17 February 1979 Manhattan, New York) was an American lyricist.

Birth and Death Data: Born June 26, 1906 (New York City), Died February 17, 1979 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936 - 1949

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

Notes: Alternate name: Albert Stillman

= 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	BS-102293	10-in.	6/26/1936	Afterglow	Jimmy Brierly ; Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-102377	10-in.	7/1/1936	Afterglow	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-03277	10-in.	11/24/1936	I love you from coast to coast	Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	songwriter
Victor	BS-03557	10-in.	12/10/1936	I love you from coast to coast	Dick Stabile Orchestra ; Billie Trask	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-04570	10-in.	2/4/1937	Oh, say, can you swing?	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-06638	10-in.	3/12/1937	Poor "Robinson Crusoe"	Ozzie Nelson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-07718	10-in.	4/5/1937	It's no secret I love you	Carmen Castillo ; Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-010113	10-in.	5/3/1937	Jelly-fish	Ozzie Nelson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-010936	10-in.	6/17/1937	Cachita	Orquesta Casino de la Playa ; Miguelito Valdés	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-011694	10-in.	8/11/1937	An old flame never dies	Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-011695	10-in.	8/11/1937	If you were someone else	Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-011710	10-in.	8/12/1937	An old flame never dies	Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-011711	10-in.	8/12/1937	You and I know	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-011712	10-in.	8/12/1937	Good-bye, Jonah	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-011713	10-in.	8/12/1937	If you were someone else	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-013322	10-in.	9/2/1937	You and I know	Ozzie Nelson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-013755	10-in.	9/24/1937	Say si si (Para vigo me voy)	Marimba Pan-Americana	Marimba band	lyricist
Victor	BS-017382	10-in.	12/9/1937	Habanera	Alfredito Valdés ; Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-017386	10-in.	12/9/1937	Margarita	Eddie Asherman ; Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-019685	10-in.	2/18/1938	In my little red book	Lola Bard ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-019858	10-in.	2/23/1938	In my little red book	Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	songwriter
Victor	BS-021823	10-in.	3/25/1938	(I'm glad) I waited for you	California Ramblers ; Myron Hanley	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-023656	10-in.	7/1/1938	I'll still be loving you	Art Kassel ; Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra ; Billy Leach	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-023711	10-in.	6/21/1938	I'll still be loving you	Stuart Allen ; Essex House Orchestra ; Richard Himber	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-023762	10-in.	7/1/1938	(Take me back to) The wide open places	Fats Waller and his Rhythm	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-024044	10-in.	7/15/1938	Bambina	Blue Barron ; Russ Carlyle	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus	songwriter
Victor	PBS-026069	10-in.	9/1/1938	How can we be wrong?	Paul Martin's Soothing Music ; The Three Cheers	Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble	lyricist
Victor	BS-026618	10-in.	8/18/1938	Bambina	Bob Allen ; Hal Kemp Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-028180	10-in.	10/31/1938	A room with a view	Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-030315	10-in.	11/25/1938	Among those sailing	Jeanne D'Arcy ; Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-030364	10-in.	12/7/1938	I wish I had you	Fats Waller and his Rhythm	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-030719	10-in.	12/17/1938	The cockeyed mayor of Kaunakakai	Elisse Cooper ; Eddie De Lange Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-030731	10-in.	12/19/1938	A room with a view	Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Helen Forrest	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-030749	10-in.	12/21/1938	Among those sailing	Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-031804	10-in.	1/19/1939	In the middle of a dream	Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-036900	10-in.	5/3/1939	Say si si (Para vigo me voy)	Ozzie Nelson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-036977	10-in.	5/25/1939	In the middle of a dream	Phyllis Kenny ; Van Alexander Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-037472	10-in.	6/10/1939	Shabby old cabby	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; The Three Barons	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio and vocal ensemble	songwriter
Victor	BS-038217	10-in.	6/29/1939	Shabby old cabby	Johnny Messner ; Music Box Band	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	songwriter
Victor	BS-040964	10-in.	10/13/1939	Don't make me laugh	Bob Chester Orchestra ; Dolores O'Neill	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-041749	10-in.	10/10/1939	Don't make me laugh	Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-042726	10-in.	9/25/1939	Many dreams ago	Hal Kemp Orchestra ; Nan Wynn	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-042755	10-in.	9/28/1939	Many dreams ago	Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Helen Forrest	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-044841	10-in.	2/19/1940	I want my mama	Carmen Castillo ; Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-044893	10-in.	3/7/1940	Believing	Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Clyde Rogers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-045777	10-in.	12/19/1939	I want my mama	Blue Barron ; Charlie Fischer	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-046000	10-in.	12/15/1939	I want my mama	Delta Rhythm Band ; Evelyn Poe ; Bob Zurke	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-046061	10-in.	1/3/1940	Say 'si, si' (Para vigo me voy)	Smoothies	Mixed vocal group, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-046727	10-in.	1/26/1940	Say 'si si'	Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-048910	10-in.	4/16/1940	The breeze and I	Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Mary Ann McCall	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-049051	10-in.	3/26/1940	Believing	Bob Allen ; Hal Kemp Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-049179	10-in.	5/11/1940	The breeze and I	Janet Blair ; Hal Kemp Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-050586	10-in.	5/16/1940	Where do you keep your heart	Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Larry Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-050853	10-in.	5/23/1940	Where do you keep your heart?	Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-050882	10-in.	5/27/1940	The breeze and I	Dinah Shore ; Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-050894	10-in.	5/29/1940	Where do you keep your heart?	Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-053146	10-in.	6/18/1940	So deep is the night	Bernie Cummins Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	arranger
Victor	BS-055524	10-in.	8/19/1940	Salud, dinero y amor	Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-055548	10-in.	8/27/1940	Cat's serenade	Loretta Clemens Tupper ; Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-056410	10-in.	9/28/1940	Batucada	Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra	Jazz/dance band with vocal refrain	songwriter
Victor	BS-056427	10-in.	10/1/1940	Salud, dinero y amor	Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-058849	10-in.	1/8/1941	Taboo	Larry Clinton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-060301	10-in.	1/10/1941	Salud, dinero y amor	Graziella Parraga	Female vocal solo, with instrumental quartet	lyricist
Victor	BS-063818	10-in.	4/24/1941	Bless 'em all	King Sisters, The ; Barry Wood	Male vocal solo and female vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-064063	10-in.	4/11/1941	Bless 'em all	Art Kassel Trio ; Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio and vocal ensemble	songwriter
Victor	BS-068373	10-in.	11/27/1941	Now and forever	Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	lyricist
Victor	BS-068698	10-in.	12/22/1941	The lamp of memory	Johnny McAfee ; Tony Pastor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-068899	10-in.	1/20/1942	If I could only play a concertina	Four King Sisters ; Rhythm Reys	Female vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-071662	10-in.	1/23/1942	If I could only play a concertina	McFarland Twins Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	lyricist
Victor	BS-071707	10-in.	1/21/1942	The lamp of memory	Lanny Ross	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-074742	10-in.	7/15/1942	Juke box Saturday night	Tex Beneke ; Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton ; Modernaires	Female-male vocal duet with male vocal quartet and jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D5VB-1143	10-in.	10/5/1945	In the middle of May	Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Martin Men	Male vocal ensemble, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D6VB-2022	10-in.	2/7/1946	Now and forever	Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Artie Wayne	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Victor	D6VB-3092	10-in.	10/19/1946	Tabu	Desi Arnaz ; Desi Arnaz Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	D7FB-0118	10-in.	1/29/1947	The breeze and I	José Curbelo Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Victor	D7VB-0468	10-in.	2/17/1948	(I need ya') like I need a hole in the head	Aristokats	Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-0667	10-in.	3/17/1947	The breeze and I	Three Suns	Instrumental trio	lyricist
Victor	D7VB-1833	10-in.	10/29/1947	Copacabana	Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Martin Men	Male vocal group, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	D8VB-4142	10-in.	12/28/1948	Little Jack Frost get lost	Jean Friley ; Ray McKinley Orchestra	Female-male vocal duet, with male vocal group and jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D9AB-1834	10-in.	7/14/1949	Who do you know in heaven (that made you the angel you are)	Jack Searle	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Columbia	CO22166	10-in.	12/6/1937	Cachita	Antobal's Cubans ; Alfredo Valdéz	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Brunswick	B20106	10-in.	10/21/1936	With thee I swing	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Vocalion	23153	10-in.	6/23/1938	I wish I had you	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Stillman, Al," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109882.

Stillman, Al. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109882.

"Stillman, Al." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.