George L. Cobb

George L. Cobb

George Linus Cobb (August 31, 1886 – December 25, 1942) was an American composer. He composed over 200 pieces of music, including ragtimes, marches, and waltzes. He also wrote columns for music trade publications.

Birth and Death Data: Born August 31, 1886 (Mexico), Died December 25, 1942 (Brookline)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1913 - 1929

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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	B-13401	10-in.	6/6/1913	Lonesome moon	Helen Clark ; Walter Van Brunt	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-14280	10-in.	1/9/1914	All aboard for Dixieland	Victor Military Band	Band, with drum	composer
Victor	B-14310	10-in.	1/13/1914	All aboard for Dixieland	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-14366	10-in.	1/22/1914	All aboard for Dixieland	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-15034	10-in.	7/2/1914	All aboard for Dixieland	Elizabeth Murray	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-15044	10-in.	7/6/1914	Just for to-night	Billy Murray ; Will Oakland	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-15964	10-in.	4/28/1915	Alabama jubilee	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-16442	10-in.	9/1/1915	Listen to that Dixie band	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-16522	12-in.	9/20/1915	In Alabama, dear, with you	Conway's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-16901	10-in.	12/15/1915	Are you from Dixie ('Cause I'm from Dixie too)	Irving Kaufman ; Billy Murray	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-17234	12-in.	2/29/1916	Are you from Dixie	Victor Military Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-18523	10-in.	10/3/1916	When you're five times sweet sixteen	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with bells and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-18829	10-in.	12/11/1916	On Honolulu Bay	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with guitars and orchestra	composer
Victor	C-19102	12-in.	1/18/1917	Honolulu, America loves you	Victor Military Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-22826	10-in.	5/12/1919	Peter Gink	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	composer
Victor	B-23417	10-in.	10/16/1919	Russian rag	Pietro	Accordion solo	composer
Victor	B-24704	10-in.	11/22/1920	Shivaree	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	composer
Victor	BVE-41953	10-in.	2/23/1928	Alabama jubilee breakdown	Bill Helms ; Upson County Band	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	BVE-47137	10-in.	10/4/1928	Are you from Dixie?	Poplin-Woods Tennessee String Band	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia	39165	10-in.	12/24/1913	All aboard for Dixie	Ada Jones ; Peerless Quartet	Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	39448	10-in.	6/16/1914	Just for tonight	Clara Moister ; Peerless Quartet	Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	45563	10-in.	4/19/1915	Alabama jubilee	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	45594	10-in.	5/3/1915	Knock-knees	William Place, Jr.	Mandolin solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	45953	10-in.	8/17/1915	Listen to that Dixie band	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	46274	10-in.	12/15/1915	Are you from Dixie?	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	46947	10-in.	7/26/1916	Are you from Dixie?	Blue and White Marimba Band	Marimba band	composer
Columbia	78034	10-in.	8/30/1918	Russian rag	Earl Fuller ; Rector Novelty Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	81727	10-in.	4/25/1924	Are you from Dixie?	Ernest Thompson	Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica	composer
Columbia	81962	10-in.	8/28/1924	Russian rag	Monde [i.e., Anthony Monde]	Piano accordion solo	composer
Columbia	36921	12-in.	3/31/1914	All aboard for Dixieland	Prince's Band	Band	composer
Columbia	37228	12-in.	3/20/1915	Chinatown, my Chinatown	Prince's Band	Band	composer
Columbia	48552	12-in.	1/15/1916	Are you from Dixie?	Prince's Band	Band	composer
Columbia	49444	12-in.	6/13/1918	Some shape	Jockers Brothers	Violin and piano duet	composer
Columbia	49546	12-in.	10/29/1918	Peter Gink	Columbia Band ; Charles Adams Prince	Band	composer
Columbia	W142037	10-in.	4/17/1926	Alabama jubilee	Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner	String band, with male vocal solo and guitar	composer
Columbia	W145167	10-in.	11/8/1927	Are you from Dixie?	Young Brothers Tennessee Band	String band	composer
Columbia	145493	10-in.	1/9/1928	Just for tonight	Art Gillham	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist, composer
Columbia	6487	12-in.	approximately 1915	On the road to Dublin Town	Shirley Kellogg	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
OKeh	139	10-in.	ca. May 1918	Sing, ling, ting	Van Eps Quartet	Instrumental quartet	composer
OKeh	290	10-in.	ca. Aug. 1918	Some shape	Van Eps Quartet	Instrumental quartet	composer
OKeh	S-748	10-in.	ca. July 1919	Peter Gink	OKeh Dance Band	Band	composer
OKeh	S-750	10-in.	ca. July 1919	Russian rag	OKeh Dance Band	Band	composer
OKeh	S-70305	10-in.	Nov. 1921	Torrid Dora	Tampa Blue Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-71516	10-in.	May 1923	Just for tonight	Guyon's Paradise Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	W400270	10-in.	2/20/1928	Are you from Dixie?	Dick Parman ; Elmer Snyder	Male vocal duet, with guitar	composer
OKeh	W402374	10-in.	3/19/1929	Alabama breakdown	Herschel Brown and his Happy Five	Instrumental ensemble	composer
OKeh	[OK cat 1268-b]	10-in.	approximately 1918	Peter Gink	Joe Green	Xylophone solo	composer
Brunswick	[Br cat 5206-b]	10-in.	approximately Feb. 1918	Sing, ling, ting	Van Eps Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Edison	3735	10-in.	4/29/1915	Listen to that Dixie band	Irving Kaufman	Male vocal solo and mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	3804	10-in.	5/20/1915	Alabama jubilee	Arthur Collins ; Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	4744	10-in.	5/25/1916	Are you from Dixie? ('Cause I'm from Dixie too)	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra	composer
Edison	6749	10-in.	4/25/1919	Peter Gink	Tuxedo Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cobb, George L.," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110916.

Cobb, George L.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110916.

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