Nick Kenny
Nicholas Aloysius Kenny (February 3, 1895 in Astoria, New York - December 1, 1975 in Sarasota, Florida) was a syndicated newspaper columnist, a song lyricist and a poet who wrote light verse in the Edgar Guest tradition. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 3, 1895 (Astoria), Died December 1, 1975
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1949
Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter, lyricist, 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 | BVE-41525 | 10-in. | 1/6/1928 | When the Robert E. Lee comes to town | Harry Reser's Banjo Boys | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-53001 | 10-in. | 3/25/1931 | Teardrops and kisses | The Southerners | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-64607 | 10-in. | 11/4/1930 | Laughing at life | McKinney's Cotton Pickers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-67797 | 10-in. | 1/15/1931 | I hate myself (For falling in love with you) | Frank Luther ; Victor Arden-Phil Ohman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BRC-68821 | 10-in. | 3/24/1931 | Broken-hearted waltz | Lew Conrad ; The Troubadours | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BRC-69671 | 10-in. | 6/2/1931 | If I were only sure of you | High Hatters ; Leonard W. Joy ; Frank Luther | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BRC-70184 | 10-in. | 8/27/1931 | Love letters in the sand | Tom Brown ; Ted Black Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BRC-70222 | 10-in. | 9/9/1931 | Love letters in the sand | Gene Austin | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Victor | BRC-71979 | 10-in. | 3/22/1932 | Tell me while we're dancing | Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-72586 | 10-in. | 5/16/1932 | If I were only sure of you | Lew Conrad ; The Musketeers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-73344 | 10-in. | 8/31/1932 | I found a brand new sweetheart | Eliot Everett Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with 2 male vocal solos | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-74905 | 10-in. | 1/12/1933 | Where are you tonight? | Glen Gray Orchestra ; Kenny Sargent | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-77558 | 10-in. | 8/28/1933 | Beloved | Don Bestor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-78606 | 10-in. | 11/3/1933 | When shall we meet again | New Englanders ; Barney Rapp ; Eddie Ryan | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-78827 | 10-in. | 12/4/1933 | Drop me off in Harlem | Adelaide Hall ; Lucky Millinder ; Mills Blue Rhythm Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-80506 | 10-in. | 5/8/1934 | Grandfather's clock | Lee Bennett ; Jan Garber Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-81902 | 10-in. | 3/7/1934 | Bubbles in the wine | Isham Jones Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-83615 | 10-in. | 7/23/1934 | I'll close my eyes to everyone else (If you'll open your heart to me) | Tom Berwick Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-83634 | 10-in. | 7/26/1934 | I'll close my eyes to everyone else (If you'll open your heart to me) | Neil Buckley ; Don Bestor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-84458 | 10-in. | 10/8/1934 | Must we say good-night so soon? | Eddie Stone Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-84747 | 10-in. | 10/23/1934 | Must we say good-night (So soon) | Richard Himber ; Joey Nash ; Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-99041 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | Every minute of the hour | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-99544 | 10-in. | 2/6/1936 | Every minute of the hour (Every hour of the day) | Dolly Dawn ; George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-06592 | 10-in. | 4/1/1937 | Carelessly | Bunny Berigan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-06859 | 10-in. | 4/8/1937 | Carelessly | Ted Mack Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-07785 | 10-in. | 4/13/1937 | Carelessly | Kay Thompson Orchestra ; Rhythm Singers | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-011084 | 10-in. | 7/9/1937 | My cabin of dreams | Musical Musketeers ; Jimmy Ray | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-014314 | 10-in. | 9/18/1937 | My cabin of dreams | Claytie Polk ; Ted Mays Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-015828 | 10-in. | 11/4/1937 | There's a gold mine in the sky | Art Kassel ; Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra ; Billy Leach | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-017734 | 10-in. | 12/17/1937 | There's a gold mine in the sky | Stuart Allen ; Richard Himber ; Seven Stylists | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-017777 | 10-in. | 12/28/1937 | There's a gold mine in the sky | Kate Smith | Female vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-022474 | 10-in. | 4/20/1938 | Cathedral in the pines | Shep Fields ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra ; Jerry Stewart | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-022668 | 10-in. | 4/28/1938 | Cathedral in the pines | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-027252 | 10-in. | 10/1/1938 | It's a lonely trail (When you're travelin' all alone) | Blue Barron ; Russ Carlyle Glee Club | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-027917 | 10-in. | 10/14/1938 | While a cigarette was burning | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Charles Wilson | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-028132 | 10-in. | 10/20/1938 | While a cigarette was burning | Frank Dailey ; Howard DuLany ; Stop and Go Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-030474 | 10-in. | 12/23/1938 | It's a lonely trail (When you're travelin' all alone) | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-034262 | 10-in. | 3/8/1939 | Little skipper | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-035316 | 10-in. | 3/20/1939 | Little skipper | Ozzie Nelson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | PBS-036245 | 10-in. | 6/5/1939 | White sails (Beneath a silver moon) | Kenny Baker ; Nathaniel Finston | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Victor | PBS-036485 | 10-in. | 9/10/1939 | Take a tip from the whip-poor-will | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Judy Ellington | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-036952 | 10-in. | 5/17/1939 | White sails | Clyde Burke ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-037411 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | White sails (Beneath a yellow moon) | Ozzie Nelson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-038105 | 10-in. | 7/20/1939 | Running through my mind | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-040238 | 10-in. | 7/3/1939 | Running through my mind | Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Bill Stoker | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | PBS-042122 | 10-in. | 9/15/1939 | (Why couldn't it last?) Last night | Kenny Baker ; Nathaniel Finston | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-042663 | 10-in. | 9/11/1939 | (Why couldn't it last?) Last night | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-042712 | 10-in. | 9/20/1939 | (Why couldn't it last) Last night | Terry Allen ; Hal Kemp Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-042779 | 10-in. | 10/3/1939 | (Why couldn't it last) Last night | Dinah Shore | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-043290 | 10-in. | 11/6/1939 | Leanin' on the ole top rail | Ozzie Nelson Orchestra ; Rose Ann Stevens | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-044559 | 10-in. | 1/4/1940 | Leanin' on the ole top rail | Wayne King Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-047719 | 10-in. | 2/28/1940 | I need a friend | Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-048716 | 10-in. | 4/4/1940 | Make-believe Island | Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-048906 | 10-in. | 4/15/1940 | Make-Believe Island | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-049097 | 10-in. | 4/11/1940 | Laughing at life | Lewis Bronzeville Five | Male vocal quintet, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-050134 | 10-in. | 4/24/1940 | Make-Believe Island | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-054960 | 10-in. | 8/1/1940 | Isla de ensueños | Tito Coral | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-055538 | 10-in. | 8/26/1940 | Isla de ensueños | Marimba Pan-Americana | Marimba band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-056471 | 10-in. | 10/9/1940 | Dream Valley | Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-056726 | 10-in. | 10/8/1940 | A faded photograph | Shep Fields ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-057022 | 10-in. | 10/23/1940 | Dream Valley | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-057314 | 10-in. | 10/25/1940 | Dream valley | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-058185 | 10-in. | 12/18/1940 | Rose of the Rockies | Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-058738 | 10-in. | 1/3/1941 | Rose of the Rockies | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-065942 | 10-in. | 6/10/1941 | Harbor of dreams | Alvino Rey Orchestra ; Bill Schollen | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-065991 | 10-in. | 6/18/1941 | Harbor of dreams | Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-066190 | 10-in. | 7/7/1941 | Harbor of dreams | Barry Wood | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-067742 | 10-in. | 9/3/1941 | Orange Blossom Lane | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-067756 | 10-in. | 9/5/1941 | Orange Blossom Lane | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-073435 | 10-in. | 3/13/1942 | I'll keep the lovelight burning | Carl Denny ; Hal McIntyre Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-073570 | 10-in. | 3/13/1942 | I'll keep the lovelight burning | Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Stuart Wade | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | D4AB-0431 | 10-in. | 11/20/1944 | After a while | Gene Martin ; New Music [Shep Fields] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | D6VB-2142 | 10-in. | 9/5/1946 | Save me a dream | Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Clyde Rogers | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-0144 | 10-in. | 2/15/1947 | Do you love me just as much as ever? | Helen Carroll ; The Satisfiers | Female vocal solo, with vocal ensemble and jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-1494 | 10-in. | 8/8/1947 | The old Ferris wheel | Larry Green ; Larry Green Orchestra ; June Robbins | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D8VB-4139 | 10-in. | 12/27/1948 | Beyond the purple hills | Johnny Bradford ; Henri René | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W145391 | 10-in. | 12/23/1927 | When the Robert E. Lee comes to town | Harry Reser's Syncopators | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble | lyricist | |
| Columbia | [W]150792 | 10-in. | 9/12/1930 | Laughing at life | Lloyd Keating and his Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W150845 | 10-in. | 9/29/1930 | Laughing at life | Ruth Etting | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W150856 | 10-in. | 10/3/1930 | Laughing at life | Ted Lewis and his Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | [W]151164 | 10-in. | 12/8/1930 | I hate myself (For falling in love with you) | Selvin’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | [W]151234 | 10-in. | 1/20/1931 | I hate myself (For falling in love with you) | Annette Hanshaw | Female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W151265 | 10-in. | 2/3/1931 | I hate myself (For falling in love with you) | Smith Ballew Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W151773 | 10-in. | 9/4/1931 | Love letters in the sand | Blue Grass Boys ; Lee Morse | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W151796 | 10-in. | 9/18/1931 | Love letters in the sand | The Radiolites | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | HCO1706 | 10-in. | 2/13/1946 | There's a gold mine in the sky | Gene Autry | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W26902 | 10-in. | 6/07/1940 | Laughing at life | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | CO41850 | 10-in. | November 1949 | A cowboy's serenade | Gene Autry | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W113192 | 10-in. | November 1931 | 'Diay baybay naminsan nagsursurattaman (Love letters in the sand) | Pedro A. Ramajo | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W365030 | 10-in. | 9/3/1931 | Love letters in the sand | Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trio | Instrumental trio (Hawaiian), with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | LA1530 | 10-in. | 11/24/1937 | There's a gold mine in the sky | Gene Autry | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E34902 | 10-in. | 10/20/1930 | Laughing at life | Delivery Boys | Male vocal duet, with piano | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E34956 | 10-in. | Oct. 1930 | Laughing at life | Belle Baker | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E35926 | 10-in. | 1/18/1931 | I hate myself (For falling in love with you) | Chester Gaylord ; Jacques Renard Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E35947 | 10-in. | 1/21/1931 | I hate myself (For falling in love with you) | Sleepy Hall and his Collegians [Brunswick Studio Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E36083 | 10-in. | 2/17/1931 | Broken-hearted waltz | Regent Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E36109 | 10-in. | 2/19/1931 | Teardrops and kisses | Red Nichols Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E36191 | 10-in. | 2/26/1931 | Teardrops and kisses | Seger Ellis | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E36477 | 10-in. | 3/17/1931 | Teardrops and kisses | Detroiters ; Milt Shaw | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E36515 | 10-in. | 3/26/1931 | Broken-hearted waltz | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E36516 | 10-in. | 3/26/1931 | Vals del corazon partido | Trio Vitafonico Hawaiano | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E37183 | 10-in. | 9/4/1931 | Love letters in the sand | Anthony Trini Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E37206 | 10-in. | 9/16/1931 | Love letters in the sand | Brunswick Orchestra [Brunswick Studio Orchestra] ; Scrappy Lambert ; Victor Young | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | LAT987 | 10-in. | 4/1/1931 | Teardrops and kisses | Herb Atkins California Country Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | B20911 | 10-in. | 3/31/1937 | Carelessly | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kenny, Nick," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109921.
Kenny, Nick. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109921.
"Kenny, Nick." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Kenny, Nick, 1895-1975 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94002445
Wikidata: Nick Kenny - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7027405
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/76583195
MusicBrainz: Nick Kenny - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/56cb869c-7ff2-4706-86ce-77ee4d160fc7
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