Dan Burley
Dan Burley (November 7, 1907, in Lexington, Kentucky – October 29, 1962, in Chicago, Illinois) was an American pianist and journalist. He appeared on numerous network television and radio shows in the US and had two radio shows of his own on WWRL Radio in New York. He was editor of many African-American publications, including the New York Age, the Amsterdam News, and the magazines Ebony, Jet and Duke. He also appeared in five films, performed with Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Milton Hinton, Lionel Hampton, Leonard Feather, Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, and wrote music for Lionel Hampton and Cab Calloway. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-042941 | 10-in. | 10/12/1939 | I'm on my way from you | Lionel Hampton Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-055534 | 10-in. | 8/21/1940 | Pig foot sonata | Lionel Hampton Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | D7VB-0040 | 10-in. | 1/8/1947 | I'm scared of that woman | Ruby Smith | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Decca | 73328 | 1/30/1946 | Hamp's salty blues | Lionel Hampton Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 73329 | 1/30/1946 | Ridin' on the L & N | Lionel Hampton Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 73330 | 1/30/1946 | Chord-a-re-bop-1 | Lionel Hampton Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 73331 | 1/30/1946 | Limehouse blues | Lionel Hampton Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Burley, Dan," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110781.
Burley, Dan. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110781.
"Burley, Dan." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Burley, Dan, 1907-1962 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98022075
Wikidata: Dan Burley - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1159014
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/24212789
MusicBrainz: Dan Burley - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e8b5d2ad-766d-4782-b2cd-71031405708c
ISNI: 0000 0000 4583 1116 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000045831116
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