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 (Results 26-50 of 125 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
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

(Results 26-50 of 125 records)

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.