John Jacob Loeb

John Jacob Loeb (1910 – 2 March 1970) was an American composer. He wrote music and lyrics for many popular songs, such as "Rosie the Riveter" (1942), "Seems Like Old Times" (1945), "Masquerade", "Reflections in the Water", "Sweetie Pie", "Boo Hoo", "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" and "The Maharajah of Magador".

Born in Chicago, Loeb started composing songs in 1928 while attending Lawrence Woodmere Academy.After he left school, Loeb worked briefly for his father at Eliel, Loeb and Company, the family insurance brokerage firm. He later became a member of American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 1932. Loeb collaborated with Carmen Lombardo, Paul Francis Webster and Edward Lane. He died on 2 March 1970 at Franklin General Hospital in Valley Stream, New York.

John Jacob Loeb was also the cousin of Richard Loeb, one half of the "thrill killing duo", Leopold and Loeb.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1910, Died March 2, 1970

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1931 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter, composer, lyricist

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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-53017 10-in. 4/15/1931 Two little, blue little eyes Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BVE-64069 10-in. 3/2/1931 There's rhythm in the river Blanche Calloway and her Joy Boys Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo composer  
Victor BSHQ-71742 10-in. 5/24/1932 Masquerade Helen Crawford ; Jesse Crawford ; Frank Luther Pipe organ duet, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BSHQ-73025 10-in. 6/22/1932 Masquerade Dick Robertson ; Ted Black Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-75016 10-in. 1/31/1933 Masquerade Marimba Centro-Americana Marimba band composer  
Victor BS-75734 10-in. 4/6/1933 I do! Isham Jones Orchestra ; Eddie Stone Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BVE-78858 10-in. 12/15/1933 Got the jitters Isham Jones Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-84419 10-in. 9/28/1934 Sweetie pie Fats Waller and his Rhythm Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist, composer  
Victor BS-86496 10-in. 12/21/1934 You didn't know me from Adam (And I didn't know you from Eve) Eddy Duchin Orchestra ; Lew Sherwood Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-92978 10-in. 8/14/1935 What a night, what a moon, what a girl The Little Ramblers ; Eddie Lloyd Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
Victor BAVE-93984 10-in. 11/23/1937 Boo-hoo Orquesta Típica Victor Instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Victor BS-95337 10-in. 10/5/1935 Ev'rything is okey dokey Little Ramblers ; Ward Pinkett Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble composer  
Victor BS-101792 10-in. 5/18/1936 Monopoly Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-04532 10-in. 1/29/1937 You're here, you're there Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-04550 10-in. 2/2/1937 Boo-hoo Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio songwriter  
Victor BS-04567 10-in. 2/4/1937 Boo-hoo Wingy Manone Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-06673 10-in. 3/17/1937 Dreamy eyes Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio and vocal ensemble songwriter  
Victor BS-07129 10-in. 2/18/1937 The kid in the three cornered pants Frank Britton ; Hotel Charlotte Orchestra ; Jimmie Livingston Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-07734 10-in. 4/7/1937 Maybe Royal Canadians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio songwriter  
Victor BS-07747 10-in. 4/9/1937 Boo-hoo Fats Waller and his Rhythm Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Victor BS-07827 10-in. 4/18/1937 You're here, you're there (You're everywhere) Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-07836 10-in. 4/21/1937 Toodle-oo Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio songwriter  
Victor BS-010100 10-in. 5/1/1937 Toodle-oo Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-010137 10-in. 5/7/1937 A sailboat in the moonlight Kurt Bloom ; Charlie Barnet Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-010361 10-in. 5/28/1937 A sailboat in the moonlight Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-011731 10-in. 8/18/1937 In a little Carolina town Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-011759 10-in. 8/21/1937 In a little Carolina town Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-013757 10-in. 9/24/1937 Boo-hoo Marimba Pan-Americana Marimba band songwriter  
Victor BS-017717 10-in. 12/15/1937 It's easier said than done Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-017799 10-in. 1/4/1938 A little love will go a long, long way Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio lyricist  
Victor BS-018163 10-in. 1/15/1938 My day Elmer Feldkamp ; Freddy Martin Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-018166 10-in. 1/15/1938 A little love will go a long, long way Elmer Feldkamp ; Freddy Martin Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BS-018442 10-in. 2/1/1938 In the neighborhood of heaven Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor PBS-019008 10-in. 2/10/1938 It's easier said than done Ozzie Nelson Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-023230 10-in. 5/15/1938 I love you with all my heart Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor PBS-026455 10-in. 2/21/1939 It's never too late Joseph Sudy Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BS-032927 10-in. 3/8/1939 It's never too late to love Betty Bradley ; Gray Gordon ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-032943 10-in. 3/9/1939 Some rainy day Fats Waller and his Rhythm Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BS-035321 10-in. 3/21/1939 It's never too late Kate Smith Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BS-068074 10-in. 11/4/1941 Serenade to a maid Teddy Powell Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble composer  
Victor BS-071490 10-in. 10/15/1941 Hereafter Ruth Gaylor ; Teddy Powell Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-073423 10-in. 3/10/1942 There won't be a shortage of love Peggy Mann ; Teddy Powell Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo songwriter  
Victor D3AB-0005 10-in. 1/15/1943 Rosie the riveter Four Vagabonds Male vocal quartet, with ukelele songwriter  
Victor D6VB-1570 10-in. 1/17/1946 Seems like old times Norton Sisters ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra Male vocal solo, with female vocal group and jazz/dance band songwriter  
Victor D6VB-3012 10-in. 10/14/1946 You'll know when it happens Mary Marlow ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band songwriter  
Victor D7VB-0464 10-in. 2/13/1947 Why did I teach my girl to drive Ziggy Talent ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band songwriter  
Victor D7VB-0492 10-in. 4/10/1947 If my heart had a window Beryl Davis Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor D7VB-0925 10-in. 5/29/1947 How can I say I love you Tex Beneke ; Glenn Miller Orchestra Male vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and jazz/dance band songwriter  
Victor D7VB-2268 10-in. 11/24/1947 Somebody else's picture Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Your Sunday Serenade Sweetheart Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band composer  
Victor D7VB-2527 10-in. 11/26/1947 When the moonlight fell on the waterfall Artie Dunn ; Sun Maids ; Three Suns Male vocal solo, with female vocal group and instrumental trio composer  
Victor D7VB-2729 10-in. 12/22/1947 No rodeo dough Sons of the Pioneers Male vocal group, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Victor D7VB-3036 10-in. 12/27/1947 The Maharajah of Magador Ziggy Talent ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia W152211 10-in. 6/9/1932 Masquerade The Cavaliers Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Columbia W152296 10-in. 9/9/1932 Me minus you Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Columbia W152431 10-in. 7/5/1933 Reflections in the water Ben Selvin and his Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia W152662 10-in. 12/28/1933 Got the jitters Ben Pollack Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Columbia W351027 10-in. 5/21/1931 Two little, blue little eyes Chester Leighton and his Sophomores [Selvin's Orchestra] Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Brunswick E36107 10-in. 2/19/1931 There’s rhythm in the river New Orleans Ramblers Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal quartet composer  
Brunswick E36639 10-in. 4/19/1931 The birthday of a kiss Jacques Renard Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Brunswick E36701 10-in. 5/19/1931 Two little, blue little eyes Art Kahn Orchestra ; Ross Colby Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Brunswick B17913 10-in. 7/31/1935 What a night, what a moon, what a girl Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo composer, lyricist  
Vocalion 21250 10-in. 6/15/1937 A sailboat in the moonlight Billie Holiday Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo songwriter  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Loeb, John Jacob," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110821.

Loeb, John Jacob. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110821.

"Loeb, John Jacob." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110821

External Sources

Wikipedia: John Jacob Loeb

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LCNAR: Loeb, John Jacob - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98025324

Wikidata: John Jacob Loeb - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q35452888

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