Al J. Neiburg

Allen J. Neiburg (November 22, 1902 – July 12, 1978) was an American lyricist. He was born on 22 November 1902 in St. Albans, Vermont and received his education at Boston University. He is known for writing lyrics for such songs as "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (with Doc Dougherty and Ellis Reynolds), "It's the Talk of the Town" and "Under a Blanket of Blue" (with Jerry Livingston and Marty Symes). He also ran his own publishing company. Neiburg died in New Haven, Connecticut, on 12 July 1978.

Birth and Death Data: Born November 22, 1902 (St. Albans), Died July 12, 1978 (New Haven)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter

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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
Victor	BVE-63114	10-in.	7/14/1930	Confessin' (That I love you)	Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BRC-68222	10-in.	6/4/1931	Yours sincerely	The Melody Four	Vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-74702	10-in.	12/16/1932	(When it's) Darkness on the Delta	Isham Jones Orchestra ; Eddie Stone	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-75735	10-in.	4/6/1933	It's Sunday down in Caroline	Isham Jones Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-76014	10-in.	4/14/1933	It's Sunday down in Caroline	Paul Tremaine Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble	lyricist
Victor	BS-76469	10-in.	6/15/1933	Under a blanket of blue	Florence Case ; Don Bestor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-76573	10-in.	7/6/1933	Under a blanket of blue	George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Barry Wells	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-77358	10-in.	12/14/1933	In other words we're through	Lee Bennett ; Jan Garber Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-77359	10-in.	12/14/1933	Odds and ends (Of an old love affair)	Lee Bennett ; Jan Garber Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-77437	10-in.	8/8/1933	It's the talk of the town	Eddy Duchin Orchestra ; Lew Sherwood	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-77518	10-in.	8/21/1933	It's the talk of the town	Dick Robertson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-78152	10-in.	10/11/1933	When the last rose of summer whispers goodbye	Neil Buckley ; Don Bestor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-78610	10-in.	11/3/1933	Chimes in the chapel	New Englanders ; Barney Rapp ; Eddie Ryan	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-80729	10-in.	8/24/1934	Learning	Eddy Duchin Orchestra ; Lew Sherwood	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-81307	10-in.	1/24/1934	In other words—we're through	Hotel McAlpin Orchestra ; Sam Robbins	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-81373	10-in.	2/8/1934	Ol' Pappy	Sid Peltyn Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-81630	10-in.	2/8/1934	Ol' Pappy	Biltmore Trio	Vocal and instrumental trio	songwriter
Victor	BS-82551	10-in.	5/24/1934	Don't let it happen again	Don Bestor Orchestra ; Joy Lynne	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-83983	10-in.	3/15/1935	Twenty-four hours in Georgia	Taft School Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-84460	10-in.	10/8/1934	Learning	Eddie Stone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-86087	10-in.	12/5/1934	In a blue and pensive mood	Richard Himber ; Joey Nash ; Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-86240	10-in.	11/23/1934	I've got an invitation to a dance	Al Mitchell Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-86242	10-in.	11/23/1934	Where there's smoke—there's fire	Al Mitchell Orchestra ; Bill Briordy	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-86265	10-in.	11/26/1934	Where there's smoke—there's fire	Hotel Weylin Orchestra ; Enric Madriguera ; Tony Sacco	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-86408	10-in.	12/7/1934	I've got an invitation to a dance	Angelo Ferdinando ; Hotel Great Northern Orchestra ; Dick Robertson	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-87232	10-in.	1/2/1935	In a blue and pensive mood	Hal Davis Orchestra ; Dick Robertson	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-87359	10-in.	1/12/1935	In a blue and pensive mood	Al Bowlly ; Ray Noble Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-91058	10-in.	5/22/1935	Star gazing	Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-94519	10-in.	8/14/1935	Confessin' (That I love you)	Joe Kennedy Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-99977	10-in.	4/9/1936	Moonrise on the lowlands	Willie Bryant Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-100361	10-in.	4/9/1936	Moonrise on the lowlands	Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-102403	10-in.	8/1/1936	There goes my attraction	Fats Waller and his Rhythm	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-06125	10-in.	3/4/1937	I've got rain in my eyes	Dolly Dawn ; Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-06676	10-in.	3/17/1937	I've got rain in my eyes	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-06691	10-in.	3/19/1937	I'd be a fool again	Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-07824	10-in.	4/18/1937	At a carnival in Venice	Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-07848	10-in.	4/22/1937	You're looking for romance (I'm looking for love)	Eddy Duchin Orchestra ; Lew Sherwood	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-010135	10-in.	5/7/1937	You're looking for romance (I'm looking for love)	Kurt Bloom ; Charlie Barnet Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-011078	10-in.	7/2/1937	The shag	Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-040453	10-in.	9/26/1939	It's a hap-hap-happy day	Delta Rhythm Band ; Claire Martin ; Bob Zurke	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-043228	10-in.	10/25/1939	It's a hap-hap-happy day	Joseph Sudy Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-043307	10-in.	10/24/1939	It's the talk of the town	Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-043309	10-in.	10/24/1939	It's a hap-hap-happy day	Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-045723	10-in.	12/6/1939	Songs and scenes from Gulliver's travels	Craig McDonnell	Dramatic scene, with female and male vocal solos, vocal ensemble, narrator, piano, and sound effects	lyricist
Victor	BS-057097	10-in.	11/7/1940	Confessin' (that I love you)	Tony Pastor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-065909	10-in.	5/27/1941	So long, Shorty	Wilbur Bascomb ; Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ; Ida James	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and trumpet solo	lyricist
Victor	D4VB-0470	10-in.	12/11/1944	I'm confessin' (that I love you)	Perry Como	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Victor	D5AB-0661	10-in.	10/2/1945	Lonely corral, old pard'ner	Pecos River Rogues ; Billy Williams [1913-2001]	Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet	lyricist
Victor	D6VB-1878	10-in.	5/14/1946	It's the talk of the town	Mel Henke	Piano solo, with string bass	lyricist
Victor	D6VB-2062	10-in.	4/29/1946	What has she got that I haven't got	Betty Jane Rhodes ; Russ Case Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Victor	D6VB-3094	10-in.	10/19/1946	When you left me	Larry Green Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D6VB-3098	10-in.	10/19/1946	Moon nocturne	Herbie Fields Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-1107	10-in.	10/27/1947	Moonlight whispers	Tex Beneke ; Tex Beneke Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	D7VB-2648	10-in.	12/10/1947	Under a blanket of blue	Coleman Hawkins Orchestra ; Leslie Scott	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	D9VB-2572	10-in.	11/22/1949	Sweet slumber	Lucky Millinder Orchestra ; Lucky Millinder	Male vocal solo, with chorus and jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia	[W]150640	10-in.	7/10/1930	Confessin' (That I love you)	Lloyd Keating and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W150662	10-in.	7/24/1930	Confessin' (That I love you)	Art Gillham	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Columbia	W150663	10-in.	7/22/1930	Confessin' (That I love you)	Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	[W]150680	10-in.	8/19/1930	Confessin' (That I love you)	Sammy Fain	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W152401	10-in.	5/2/1933	It's Sunday down in Caroline	Ted Lewis and his Band	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W152554	10-in.	11/14/1933	The chimes in the chapel	Bob Bunch ; Enric Madriguera Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Columbia	W152675	10-in.	1/12/1934	In other words—we're through	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Columbia	W152703	10-in.	2/2/1934	Ol' Pappy	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
OKeh	W404273	10-in.	7/23/1930	Confessin' that I love you	Seger Ellis	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
OKeh	W404405	10-in.	8/19/1930	Confessin' (That I love you)	Louis Armstrong ; Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra	Jazz/ dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Brunswick	E33941	10-in.	8/15/1930	Confessin’ (that I love you)	Chester Gaylord	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	C5022	10-in.	12/12/1929	It’s the talk of the town	Benny Meroff Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G)	lyricist
Brunswick	LAE861	10-in.	8/22/1930	Confessin’	Ben Bernie Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal trio; without vocal (take G)	lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Neiburg, Al J.," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/113820.

Neiburg, Al J.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/113820.

"Neiburg, Al J.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.