Lou Klein

Birth and Death Data: Born 1888, Died September 7, 1945

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1913 - 1939

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer

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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 B-13717 10-in. 9/3/1913 On the Honeymoon Express Collins and Harlan Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-14185 10-in. 12/11/1913 The bells Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-14314 10-in. 1/14/1914 If I had my way Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-14521 10-in. 2/27/1914 If they'd only move Old Ireland over here Ada Jones Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-14654 10-in. 4/1/1914 My lovin' dancing man Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-17014 10-in. 1/17/1916 It's a hundred-to-one you're in love Dan W. Quinn Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-17093 10-in. 1/31/1916 On the Hoko Moko isle Collins and Harlan Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-17708 10-in. 5/18/1916 There's someone more lonesome than you James F. Harrison ; James Reed Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-18130 10-in. 7/18/1916 When Uncle Sammy leads the band Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-18986 10-in. 1/15/1917 Just the kind of a girl (You'd love to make your wife) Billy Murray Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-24944 10-in. 2/16/1921 Over the hill Charles Hart Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-56759 10-in. 10/8/1929 Sergeant Flagg and Sergeant Quirt The Happiness Boys Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Victor LBRC-70138 10-in. (33-1/3 rpm) 7/30/1931 Join the Victor artists' party Victor Arden ; Frank Crumit ; Phil Ohman ; The Revelers ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Symphony Orchestra Demonstration record : Orchestra, vocalists, and speaker songwriter  
Victor BVE-70567 10-in. 2/5/1932 Lonesome valley Jim Baird ; Bob Mitchell Male vocal solo, with organ lyricist  
Victor BSHQ-72653 10-in. 6/7/1932 Chuck, chuck, chuckle along Joe Haymes Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-73562 10-in. 9/22/1932 They're always together Frank Crumit Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Victor BS-73564 10-in. 9/22/1932 The veg'table blues or the strike of the vegetables Frank Crumit Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Victor BS-74779 10-in. 1/9/1933 By a little bayou Dwight Butcher Male vocal solo, with piano and guitar lyricist  
Victor BS-74785 10-in. 1/9/1933 By a little bayou Dwight Butcher Male vocal solo, with guitar lyricist  
Victor BS-74794 10-in. 1/11/1933 My fraternity pin Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-74938 10-in. 1/20/1933 My fraternity pin Tom Berwick Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-75504 10-in. 3/13/1933 What are we gonna use for money? (Where are we gonna get the dough?) Bob Dixon Male vocal solo and mixed vocal trio, with violin and piano lyricist  
Victor BS-75505 10-in. 3/13/1933 What are we gonna use for money? (Where are we gonna get the dough?) George Donaldson Trio Mixed vocal trio and male vocal solo, with violin and piano lyricist  
Victor BS-76299 10-in. 6/28/1933 A broken rosary James Melton Male vocal solo, with pipe organ lyricist  
Victor BS-76858 10-in. 8/4/1933 What we need is more perambulators Al and Pete Male vocal duet, with piano songwriter  
Victor BS-77335 10-in. 12/13/1933 Where's Elmer? Wendell Hall Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BS-015538 10-in. 10/22/1937 The pop corn man Benny Goodman Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-027212 10-in. 9/23/1938 Pop corn man Elisse Cooper ; Eddie De Lange Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal ensemble songwriter  
Victor BS-035754 10-in. 4/17/1939 If I had my way Kate Smith Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BS-036807 10-in. 4/25/1939 If I had my way Smoothies Mixed vocal trio, with jazz/dance band lyricist  
Columbia 39014 10-in. 9/12/1913 On the Honeymoon Express Collins and Harlan Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 39150 10-in. 12/17/1913 The bells Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 46361 10-in. 1/21/1916 It's a hundred to one you're in love M. J. O'Connell Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 46410 10-in. 2/15/1916 On the Hoko Moko Isle Collins and Harlan Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 46728 10-in. 1/21/1916 There's someone more lonesome than you Jeff O'Hara Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 46826 10-in. 6/13/1916 There's some-one more lonesome than you James F. Harrison ; James Reed Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 46906 10-in. 7/12/1916 When Uncle Sammy leads the band Billy Burton ; Herbert Stuart Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 47079 10-in. 10/18/1916 Oh! Southern city (Send us some beautiful girls) George O'Connor Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 47213 10-in. 12/8/1916 Just the kind of a girl you'd love to make your wife Arthur Fields Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 78740 10-in. 10/15/1919 There's some-one more lonesome than you Charles Harrison ; James Reed Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 79652 10-in. 1/21/1921 Over the hill Samuel Ash Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 80347 10-in. 5/12/1922 Cow bells Nora Bayes Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 147084 10-in. 9/28/1928 Just because it's you Arthur Ross and his Westerners ; Arthur Seelig Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Columbia 147134 10-in. 10/23/1928 Watching the trains come in Mack Allen Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar lyricist  
Columbia [W]147415 10-in. 12/11/1928 She waits and waits "Hobo" Jack Turner Male vocal solo, with guitar lyricist  
Columbia 147708 10-in. 12/17/1928 A gay caballero Mack Allen Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Columbia W147727 10-in. 12/26/1928 A gay caballero The Happiness Boys Male vocal duet, with instrumental quartet songwriter  
Columbia W149153 10-in. 10/17/1929 Sergeant Flagg and Sergeant Quirt Buddy Morgan and his Veterans Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band lyricist  
Columbia W149190 10-in. 10/28/1929 Sergeant Flagg and Sergeant Quirt Sam Lanin Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet lyricist  
Columbia [W]149426 10-in. 11/14/1929 The return of the gay caballero Mack Allen Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar lyricist  
Columbia [W]149604 10-in. 12/18/1929 There'll be one more fool in paradise Vernon Dalhart Male vocal solo, with clarinet, banjo, and guitar lyricist  
Columbia [W]150020 10-in. 2/26/1930 And the wise old owl said hoo Vernon Dalhart Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble lyricist  
Columbia [W]150144 10-in. 3/28/1930 For the first time in twenty-four years Mack Allen Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet lyricist  
Columbia W150149 10-in. 3/31/1930 For the first time in twenty-four years Al Craver Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar lyricist  
Columbia [W]150426 10-in. 5/15/1930 Song of the old ding dong Adelyne Hood Female vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and talk lyricist, composer  
Columbia W150471 10-in. 4/16/1930 Poker Alice Bob Ferguson ; Charlotte Miller Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble and talk lyricist  
OKeh 175 10-in. ca. June 1918 The little good for nothing's good for something after all Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh S-7742 10-in. Feb. 1921 Over the hill Billy Jones Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh S-70796 10-in. Aug. 1922 Cow bells Billy Jones Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh W403093 10-in. 10/23/1929 Sergeant Flagg and Sergeant Quirt Arthur Fields ; Fred Hall Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh W403094 10-in. 10/23/1929 Sergeant Flagg and Sergeant Quirt (I'll tell the cock-eye world) Arthur Fields ; Fred Hall ; Sugar Babies Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet lyricist  
Brunswick [Br cat 5245-a] 10-in. approximately July 1918 The little good for nothing's good for something after all Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick E28432 10-in. 9/28/1928 Just because it’s you Eddy Thomas Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick E31461 10-in. Nov. 1929 Sergeant Flagg and Sergeant Quirt Billy Murray ; Walter Scanlan Male vocal duet lyricist  
Brunswick XE31656 12-in. Dec. 1929 Brunswick brevities program U, pt. 3 Billy Murray ; Walter Scanlan Radio transcription disc : Male vocal duet lyricist  
Brunswick E31443-E31444 10-in. Nov. 1929 If I had my way Meyer Davis Hotel Astor Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) songwriter  
Brunswick LAE375 10-in. 12/12/1928 If I had my way Charles C. Locke Male vocal solo, with violin, guitar, and piano lyricist  
Edison 2803 10-in. Feb. 1914 The bells Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 4528 10-in. 2/25/1916 On the Hoko Moko Isle Collins and Harlan Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 6149 10-in. Mar. 1918 The little good for nothing's good for something after all Harmony Four Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 7771 10-in. 2/1/1921 Over the hill Elizabeth Spencer Female vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 18997 10-in. 1/9/1929 What good is a sandwich if it hasn't any bread? Will Donaldson ; J. Donald Parker ; Variety Players Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band composer  
Edison N-688 10-in. 1/9/1929 What good is a sandwich if it hasn't any bread? Will Donaldson ; J. Donald Parker ; Variety Players Male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band composer  
Edison N-698 10-in. 1/14/1929 Where did you get that name? 7 Blue Babies ; Jack Dalton Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band songwriter  
Edison N-1127 10-in. 9/12/1929 Sergeant Flagg and Sergeant Quirt (I'll tell the cock-eyed world) Billy Murray ; Walter Scanlan Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Klein, Lou," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/114030.

Klein, Lou. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/114030.

"Klein, Lou." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/114030

External Sources

IMDb: Lou Klein

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Klein, Lou, 1888-1945 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008045268

Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q113809790

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/26869664

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