Joseph M. Knecht
Joseph M. Knecht (1864 – May 30, 1931) was the conductor of the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra from 1908 to 1925. |
= 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 | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-21150 | 10-in. | 12/10/1917 | Maytime waltz | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | director | |
| Victor | B-21151 | 10-in. | 12/10/1917 | The American serenade | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | director | |
| Victor | B-21152 | 10-in. | 12/10/1917 | Miss 1917 medley | Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | director | |
| Victor | B-21153 | 10-in. | 12/10/1917 | Odds and ends of 1917 | Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | director | |
| Victor | B-21804 | 10-in. | 4/29/1918 | Deep river | Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director | |
| Victor | B-21805 | 10-in. | 4/29/1918 | Oh lady! Lady! | Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director | |
| Victor | B-21806 | 10-in. | 4/29/1918 | Fancy free | Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director | |
| Victor | B-21807 | 10-in. | 4/29/1918 | Sinbad | Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director | |
| Victor | B-22328 | 10-in. | 11/29/1918 | Arabian nights | Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director | |
| Victor | B-22329 | 10-in. | 11/29/1918 | Kentucky dream | Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director | |
| Victor | B-22330 | 10-in. | 11/29/1918 | Beautiful Ohio | Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director | |
| Victor | BVE-33500 | 10-in. | 9/22/1925 | Brown eyes, why are you blue? | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-33501 | 10-in. | 9/22/1925 | A kiss in the moonlight | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-33522 | 10-in. | 9/29/1925 | I wonder where we've met before | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, director | |
| Victor | BVE-33523 | 10-in. | 9/29/1925 | Carolina sweetheart | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-35287 | 10-in. | 4/6/1926 | A night of love | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-35288 | 10-in. | 4/6/1926 | Reaching for the moon | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-35629 | 10-in. | 5/26/1926 | Burgundy | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-35630 | 10-in. | 5/26/1926 | I'm lonely without you | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-36311 | 10-in. | 9/14/1926 | Petrushka | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-36312 | 10-in. | 9/14/1926 | Mary Lou | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-36348 | 10-in. | 9/23/1926 | Trail of dreams | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-36349 | 10-in. | 9/23/1926 | Falling in love with you | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-37407 | 10-in. | 1/6/1927 | Moonbeam! Kiss her for me | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht ; The Silver-Masked Tenor [i.e., Joseph M. White] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-37408 | 10-in. | 1/6/1927 | So will I | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht ; The Silver-Masked Tenor [i.e., Joseph M. White] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-37575 | 10-in. | 1/27/1927 | Silver song bird | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-37576 | 10-in. | 1/27/1927 | Love me all the time | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-37766 | 10-in. | 2/11/1927 | If all the stars were pretty babies (And I was the man in the moon) | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-37767 | 10-in. | 2/11/1927 | Au revoir (But not good-bye) | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-39643 | 10-in. | 7/11/1927 | Leonora | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-39644 | 10-in. | 7/11/1927 | Charmaine! | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-39936 | 10-in. | 8/4/1927 | Nothin' | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-41147 | 10-in. | 12/7/1927 | He loves and she loves | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-41148 | 10-in. | 12/7/1927 | Where in the world (Is there someone for me) | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-41592 | 10-in. | 1/31/1928 | You gotta be good to me | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-41593 | 10-in. | 1/31/1928 | The church bells are ringing for Mary | B.F. Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra ; Joseph M. Knecht | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Columbia | 78225 | 10-in. | 12/24/1918 | No one but you | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78226 | 10-in. | 12/24/1918 | Thousands of years ago | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78227 | 10-in. | 12/24/1918 | I wonder whether I've loved you all my life | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78318 | 10-in. | 2/24/1919 | Mary Ann | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78319 | 10-in. | 2/24/1919 | It gets them all | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78320 | 10-in. | 2/24/1919 | My Cairo love | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78402 | 10-in. | 4/19/1919 | The red lantern | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78403 | 10-in. | 4/19/1919 | One and two and three and four, rock-a-bye | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78404 | 10-in. | 4/19/1919 | Monte Cristo Jr. medley | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78459 | 10-in. | 5/29/1919 | The vamp | Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus | leader | |
| Columbia | 78460 | 10-in. | 5/29/1919 | Merci beaucoup! | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78461 | 10-in. | 5/29/1919 | Wild honey | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78462 | 10-in. | 5/29/1919 | Song of Omar | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78552 | 10-in. | 7/11/1919 | Tell me | Irving Kaufman ; Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | leader | |
| Columbia | 78554 | 10-in. | 7/11/1919 | Buddha | Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78563 | 10-in. | 7/11/1919 | Taxi | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with "taxi calls" | leader | |
| Columbia | 78622 | 10-in. | 9/4/1919 | Tell me (Tell me why) | Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78669 | 10-in. | 9/17/1919 | Tents of Arabs | Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78670 | 10-in. | 9/17/1919 | I want a daddy who will rock me to sleep | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78671 | 10-in. | 9/17/1919 | Chinese lullaby | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | 78742 | 10-in. | 10/16/1919 | A bungalow for two | Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7040 | 10-in. | Oct. 1919 | Now I know | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7041 | 10-in. | Oct. 1919 | Oh, what a pal was Mary | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7042 | 10-in. | Oct. 1919 | On Miami shore | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7093 | 10-in. | Dec. 1919 | On the streets of Cairo | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7094 | 10-in. | Dec. 1919 | In your arms | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7095 | 10-in. | Dec. 1919 | Pretty little rainbow | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7228 | 10-in. | Feb. 1920 | Korinthia | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7229 | 10-in. | Feb. 1920 | Wild flower | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7230 | 10-in. | Feb. 1920 | Beautiful nights | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7348 | 10-in. | Mar. 1920 | Dance-o-mania | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7350 | 10-in. | Mar. 1920 | Zoma | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7395 | 10-in. | Apr. 1920 | [Unknown title(s)] | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7396 | 10-in. | Apr. 1920 | Enticing | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7397 | 10-in. | Apr. 1920 | Polly | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7495 | 10-in. | July 1920 | Will you remember or will you forget? | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7497 | 10-in. | July 1920 | Take me | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7498 | 10-in. | July 1920 | Romance | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7612 | 10-in. | Oct. 1920 | [Unknown title(s)] | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7613 | 10-in. | Oct. 1920 | Why did you leave me? | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7614 | 10-in. | Oct. 1920 | In my sweet little Alice blue gown | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7637 | 10-in. | Nov. 1920 | June (I love no one but you) | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7638 | 10-in. | Nov. 1920 | If a wish could make it so | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7639 | 10-in. | Nov. 1920 | Lotus flowers | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7773 | 10-in. | Feb. 1921 | Broken moon | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7774 | 10-in. | Feb. 1921 | [Unknown title(s)] | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-7821 | 10-in. | Mar. 1921 | Snuggle | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | o-8107 | 10-in. | approximately Feb. 1921 | My budding rose | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | o-8108 | 10-in. | approximately Feb. 1921 | Goodbye | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | o-8133 | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1921 | In my igloo | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | o-8134 | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1921 | Would you? | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | o-8141 | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1921 | Do you ever think of me? | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | o-8142 | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1921 | Wyoming | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | o-8143 | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1921 | Dear little rose girl | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | o-8189 | 10-in. | approximately Aug. 1921 | You're the sweetest girl in all the world | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | o-8190 | 10-in. | approximately Aug. 1921 | Crooning | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | o-8191 | 10-in. | approximately Aug. 1921 | Fancies | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-70196 | 10-in. | Sept. 1921 | I wonder if you still care for me | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-70197 | 10-in. | Sept. 1921 | Figaro | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-70299 | 10-in. | Nov. 1921 | Della-Rhea | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-70300 | 10-in. | Nov. 1921 | Rosy cheeks | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-70378 | 10-in. | Dec. 1921 | [Unknown title(s)] | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-70379 | 10-in. | Dec. 1921 | That haunting waltz | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | S-70380 | 10-in. | Dec. 1921 | By the old Ohio shore | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | [OK cat 4123-A] | 10-in. | approximately Apr. 1920 | The crocodile | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| OKeh | [Od cat 20071-A] | 10-in. | approximately 1921 | The merry widow | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 8599 | 10-in. | 9/18/1922 | When all your castles come tumbling down | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 8600 | 10-in. | 9/18/1922 | I gave you up just before you threw me down | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 8636 | 10-in. | 10/13/1922 | Jimmy | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 8637 | 10-in. | 10/13/1922 | All muddled up | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 10431 | 10-in. | 6/15/1925 | I wonder where we've met before | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer, leader | |
| Edison | 10432 | 10-in. | 6/15/1925 | Stop flirting | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 10698 | 10-in. | 11/27/1925 | Moonlight in Mandalay | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Edison | 10699 | 10-in. | 11/27/1925 | Let's wander away | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Knecht, Joseph M.," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/113537.
Knecht, Joseph M.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/113537.
"Knecht, Joseph M.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Knecht, Joseph M. - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007049748
Wikidata: Joseph Knecht - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21176816
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/36693714
MusicBrainz: Joseph Knecht - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/92520790-0e1c-4969-9182-e4a2a082a66e
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