Bobby Stark

Bobby Stark (January 6, 1906 – December 29, 1945) was an American jazz trumpeter. Stark started playing music at age 15 and played piano, clarinet, saxophone, and alto horn before deciding on trumpet. In the mid-1920s he played with June Clark (1925), Edgar Dowell, Leon Abbey, Duncan Mayers, Bobbie Brown, Bobby Lee, Billy Butler, Charles Turner, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, and Chick Webb, the last in 1926-27. From 1927 to 1933, he played in Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra as a featured soloist. He returned to duty under Chick Webb behind Taft Jordan from 1934 to 1939. After Webb's death, he remained in the orchestra, now under the direction of Ella Fitzgerald. In 1940, he left the group to freelance. In 1942-43, he served in the Army. Sharp then played with Garvin Bushell (1944) and Benny Morton shortly before his death, in New York, at the age of 39. He never led his own recording session.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 6, 1906 (New York City), Died December 29, 1945 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1940

Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet

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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
Victor	MS-031431	16-in. (33-1/3 rpm)	approximately late Jan. 1939	Tea for two	Chick Webb Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	MS-031432	16-in. (33-1/3 rpm)	approximately late Jan. 1939	Crazy rhythm	Chick Webb Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	MS-031433	16-in. (33-1/3 rpm)	approximately late Jan. 1939	Blue skies	Chick Webb Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W265135	10-in.	9/22/1933	Queer notions-1	Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W265136	10-in.	9/22/1933	It's the talk of the town	Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W265137	10-in.	9/22/1933	Night life-3	Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W265138	10-in.	9/22/1933	Nagasaki-2	Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W265150	10-in.	10/3/1933	Happy feet	Horace Henderson Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W265151	10-in.	10/3/1933	I'm rhythm crazy now-1	Horace Henderson Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W265152	10-in.	10/3/1933	Old man river	Horace Henderson Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W265153	10-in.	10/3/1933	Minnie the moocher's wedding day-1	Horace Henderson Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W265154	10-in.	10/3/1933	Ain't cha glad?-1	Horace Henderson Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Columbia	W265155	10-in.	10/3/1933	I've got to sing a torch song	Horace Henderson Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
OKeh	W404566	10-in.	12/3/1930	Goodbye blues	Chocolate Dandies	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
OKeh	W404596	10-in.	12/30/1930	Cloudy skies	Chocolate Dandies	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
OKeh	W404597	10-in.	12/30/1930	Got another sweetie now	Chocolate Dandies ; Jimmy Harrison	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, trumpet
OKeh	W404598	10-in.	12/30/1930	Bugle call rag	Chocolate Dandies	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
OKeh	W404599	10-in.	12/30/1930	Dee blues	Chocolate Dandies	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	38593	10-in.	9/10/1934	That rhythm man	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	38594	10-in.	9/10/1934	On the sunny side of the street	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	38595	10-in.	9/10/1934	Lona-1	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	38596	10-in.	9/10/1934	Blue minor-1	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	39138	10-in.	11/19/1934	It's over because we're through	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	39140	10-in.	11/19/1934	Don't be that way	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	39141	10-in.	11/19/1934	What a shuffle-1	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	39142	10-in.	11/19/1934	Blue Lou	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	39614	10-in.	6/12/1935	I'll chase the blues away	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	39615	10-in.	6/12/1935	Down home rag-1	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	39616	10-in.	6/12/1935	Are you here to stay?	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	39617	10-in.	6/12/1935	Love and kisses	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60054	10-in.	10/12/1935	Rhythm and romance	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60055	10-in.	10/12/1935	Moonlight and magnolias	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60056	10-in.	10/12/1935	I'll chase the blues away	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60057	10-in.	10/12/1935	I may be wrong (but, I think you're wonderful)	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60058	10-in.	10/12/1935	Facts and figures	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60999	10-in.	4/7/1936	Love, you're just a laugh	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61000	10-in.	4/7/1936	Cryin' my heart out for you	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61001	10-in.	4/7/1936	under the spell of the blues	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61002	10-in.	4/7/1936	When I get low I get high	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61123	10-in.	6/2/1936	Go Harlem-1	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61124	10-in.	6/2/1936	Sing me a swing song (and let me dance)	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61125	10-in.	6/2/1936	A little bit later on	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61126	10-in.	6/2/1936	Love, you're just a laugh	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61127	10-in.	6/2/1936	Devoting my time to you	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61361	10-in.	10/29/1936	(If you can't sing it) You'll have to swing it	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61362	10-in.	10/29/1936	Swinging on the reservation	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61363	10-in.	10/29/1936	I got the Spring fever blues	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61364	10-in.	10/29/1936	Vote for Mr. Rhythm	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61520	10-in.	1/14/1937	There's frost on the moon-1	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61527	10-in.	1/14/1937	Take another guess	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61528	10-in.	1/14/1937	Love marches on-1	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61530	10-in.	1/15/1937	Gee, but you're swell	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62064	10-in.	3/24/1937	Rusty hinge	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62065	10-in.	3/24/1937	Wake up and live-2	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62066	10-in.	3/24/1937	It's swell of you	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62067	10-in.	3/24/1937	You showed me the way	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62068	10-in.	3/24/1937	Clap hands! Here comes Charley	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62069	10-in.	3/24/1937	Cryin' mood	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62072	10-in.	3/24/1937	Love is the thing, so they say	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62073	10-in.	3/24/1937	That naughty waltz	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62725	10-in.	10/27/1937	Just a simple melody	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62726	10-in.	10/27/1937	I got a guy	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62728	10-in.	10/27/1937	Holiday in Harlem	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62738	10-in.	11/1/1937	Rock it for me	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62739	10-in.	11/1/1937	Squeeze me	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62740	10-in.	11/1/1937	Harlem conga	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62743	10-in.	11/2/1937	Hallelujah!	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62744	10-in.	11/2/1937	I want to be happy	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62886	12-in.	12/17/1937	I want to be happy-1	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62887	10-in.	12/17/1937	The dipsy doodle-1	Chick Webb Orchestra ; Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62888	10-in.	12/17/1937	If dreams come true	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62889	12-in.	12/17/1937	Hallelujah!	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62890	10-in.	12/17/1937	Midnite in a madhouse (Midnite in Harlem)	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63693	10-in.	5/2/1938	A-tisket, a-tasket	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63694	10-in.	5/2/1938	Heart of mine	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63695	10-in.	5/2/1938	I'm just a jitterbug	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63696	10-in.	5/2/1938	Azure	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63707	10-in.	5/3/1938	Spinnin' the Webb	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63708	10-in.	5/3/1938	Liza (All the clouds 'll roll away)	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63934	10-in.	6/9/1938	Pack up your sins and go to the devil	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63935	10-in.	6/9/1938	MacPherson is rehearsin' to swing	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63936	10-in.	6/9/1938	Everybody step	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63937	10-in.	6/9/1938	Ella	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	64459	10-in.	8/17/1938	Wacky dust	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	64460	10-in.	8/17/1938	Gotta pebble in my shoe	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	64461	10-in.	8/17/1938	I can't stop loving you	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	64464	10-in.	8/18/1938	Who ya hunchin'?	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	64465	10-in.	8/18/1938	I let a tear fall in the river	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	64573	10-in.	10/6/1938	F.D.R Jones	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	64574	10-in.	10/6/1938	I love each move you make	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	64575	10-in.	10/6/1938	It's foxy	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	64576	10-in.	10/6/1938	I found my yellow basket	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65039	10-in.	2/17/1939	Undecided	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65040	10-in.	2/17/1939	T'ain't what you do	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65041	10-in.	2/17/1939	In the groove at the Grove	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65042	10-in.	2/17/1939	One side of me	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65043	10-in.	2/17/1939	My heart belongs to Daddy	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65094	10-in.	3/2/1939	Sugar pie	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65095	10-in.	3/2/1939	It's slumbertime along the Swanee	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65096	10-in.	3/2/1939	I'm up a tree	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65097	10-in.	3/2/1939	Chew-chew-chew (Your bubble gum)	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65445	10-in.	4/21/1939	Have mercy	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65446	10-in.	4/21/1939	Little white lies	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65447	10-in.	4/21/1939	Coochi-coochi-coo	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65448	10-in.	4/21/1939	That was my heart	Chick Webb Orchestra		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65903	10-in.	6/29/1939	Betcha nickel	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65904	10-in.	6/29/1939	Stairway to the stars	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65905	10-in.	6/29/1939	I want the waiter (with the water)	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65906	10-in.	6/29/1939	That's all, brother	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	65907	10-in.	6/29/1939	Out of nowhere	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	66134	10-in.	8/18/1939	My last goodbye	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	66135	10-in.	8/18/1939	Billy (I always dream of Billy)	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	66136	10-in.	8/18/1939	Please tell me the truth	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	66137	10-in.	8/18/1939	I'm not complainin'	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	66138	10-in.	8/18/1939	Betcha nickel	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	67119	10-in.	1/26/1940	Is there somebody else ?	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	67120	10-in.	1/26/1940	Sugar blues	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	67121	10-in.	1/26/1940	The starlit hour	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	67122	10-in.	1/26/1940	What's the matter with me?	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	91836	10-in.	10/12/1939	You're gonna lose your gal	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	91837	10-in.	10/12/1939	After I say I'm sorry	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	91838	10-in.	10/12/1939	Baby, what else can I do?	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	91839	10-in.	10/12/1939	My wubba dolly	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	91840	10-in.	10/12/1939	Lindy hoppers' delight (Instrumental)	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	91841	10-in.	10/12/1939	Moon ray	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, trumpet

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Stark, Bobby," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110333.

Stark, Bobby. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110333.

"Stark, Bobby." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.