Maceo Pinkard

Maceo Pinkard (June 27, 1897 – July 21, 1962) was an American composer, lyricist, and music publisher. Among his compositions is "Sweet Georgia Brown", a popular standard for decades after its composition and famous as the theme of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. Pinkard was inducted in the National Academy of Popular Music Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984.

Birth and Death Data: Born June 27, 1897 (Bluefield), Died July 19, 1962

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1917 - 1947

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

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 226-250 of 269 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Brunswick	STL854	10-in.	Nov. 1928	Come on, baby	Coronado Hotel Orchestra ; Allister Wylie	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	C2608	10-in.	11/26/1928	Don’t be like that	Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G)	songwriter
Brunswick	C4371	10-in.	9/17/1929	Congratulations	Freddie Rose	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Brunswick	C6177	10-in.	9/30/1930	Okay, baby	Andy Kirk ; Twelve Clouds of Joy	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	C6418	10-in.	Oct. 1930	I’ll be a friend (With pleasure)	Freddie Rose	Male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	LTR331	10-in.	10/2/1930	Sweet Georgia Brown	John Robinson Varsity Vagabonds	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	songwriter
Brunswick	473W-475W	10-in.	2/26/1925	Does my sweetie do, and how	Selvin’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	573W-576W	10-in.	3/19/1925	Sweet Georgia Brown	Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Brunswick	781W-782W	10-in.	5/5/1925	Sweet Georgia Brown	Hamtree Harrington	Male vocal solo, with ukulele	songwriter
Brunswick	1156W-1157W	10-in.	8/13/1925	Sweet man	Tennessee Tooters	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	1334W-1336W	10-in.	9/11/1925	Sweet man	Peggy English	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	1399W-1401W	10-in.	9/25/1925	Wait'll it's moonlight	Ben Bernie Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	1531W-1533W	10-in.	10/23/1925	Sweet man	Peggy English	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	[Br (U.K.) cat 168-a]	10-in.	approximately Apr. 1928	Dawning	Alice Morley	Female vocal solo, with piano	songwriter
Brunswick	B24047	10-in.	1/30/1939	Sugar (That sugar baby o' mine)	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Edison	6524	10-in.	12/26/1918	Don't cry, little girl, don't cry	Irving Kaufman	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	6789	10-in.	5/17/1919	Dixie is Dixie once more	Premier Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	7260	10-in.	4/2/1920	Jazz Babies' Ball	Premier Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	7779	10-in.	2/4/1921	Aunt Jemima's jubilee	Premier Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	8578	10-in.	9/6/1922	Stuttering	Broadway Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	9274	10-in.	12/1/1923	Headin' home	Broadway Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Edison	9705	10-in.	9/12/1924	Hot tamale baby	Andy Razaf	Male vocal solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano
Edison	9706	10-in.	9/15/1924	Hard hearted Hannah	Marjorie Royce	Female vocal solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano
Edison	9784	10-in.	10/10/1924	I'm satisfied (Beside that sweetie o' mine)	Georgia Melodians	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	10428	10-in.	6/11/1925	Sweet Georgia Brown (A Charleston swing)	Tennessee Happy Boys	Jazz/dance band	songwriter

(Results 226-250 of 269 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Pinkard, Maceo," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110556.

Pinkard, Maceo. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110556.

"Pinkard, Maceo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.