Sid Block
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: arranger, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet, baritone saxophone, saxophone
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-99917 | 10-in. | 3/25/1936 | You never looked so beautiful | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band (take 1); with female vocal solo (takes 2 and 3) | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-99919 | 10-in. | 3/27/1936 | It's you I'm talkin' about | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-99920 | 10-in. | 3/27/1936 | Will I ever know? | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-99921 | 10-in. | 3/27/1936 | Rhythm saved the world | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-99949 | 10-in. | 4/3/1936 | Star dust | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Victor | BS-101454 | 10-in. | 4/15/1936 | Jada | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
| Decca | 71483 | 10-in. | 11/4/1943 | You better give me lots of lovin', honey | Johnny Long Orchestra | arranger, instrumentalist, baritone saxophone | ||
| Decca | 71484 | 10-in. | 11/4/1943 | In a friendly little harbor | Johnny Long Orchestra | arranger, instrumentalist, baritone saxophone | ||
| Decca | 71485 | 10-in. | 11/4/1943 | No love, no nothin' | Johnny Long Orchestra | arranger, instrumentalist, baritone saxophone | ||
| Decca | 71486 | 10-in. | 11/4/1943 | Southbound track | Johnny Long Orchestra | arranger, instrumentalist, baritone saxophone | ||
| Decca | 71487 | 10-in. | 11/4/1943 | I've had this feeling before | Johnny Long Orchestra | arranger, instrumentalist, baritone saxophone | ||
| Decca | 71793 | 10-in. | 2/16/1944 | San Fernando Valley | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, arranger | ||
| Decca | 72483 | 10-in. | 11/6/1944 | And her tears flowed like wine | Ella Fitzgerald ; Johnny Long Orchestra ; The Song Spinners | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 72484 | 10-in. | 11/6/1944 | I'm confessin' (that I love you) | Ella Fitzgerald ; Johnny Long Orchestra ; The Song Spinners | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 72611 | 10-in. | 12/10/1944 | Angelina (The waitress at the pizzeria) | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 72612 | 10-in. | 12/10/1944 | Gonna build a big fence around Texas | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 72737 | 10-in. | 2/20/1945 | Candy | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 72738 | 10-in. | 2/20/1945 | My dreams are getting better all the time | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | 73123 | 10-in. | 11/6/1945 | Between the desert and me | Johnny Long Orchestra | arranger, instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 73124 | 10-in. | 11/6/1945 | I want to go to Texas when I die | Johnny Long Orchestra | arranger, instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 73341 | 2/4/1946 | In a shanty in old shanty town | Johnny Long Orchestra | arranger, instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |||
| Decca | 73342 | 2/4/1946 | Blue skies | Johnny Long Orchestra | arranger, instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |||
| Decca | 73379 | 2/18/1946 | When I grow too old to dream | Johnny Long Orchestra | arranger, instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |||
| Decca | 73380 | 2/18/1946 | It's a sin to tell a lie | Johnny Long Orchestra | arranger, instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |||
| Signature | SRC 326 | 10-in. | 1946 | Last night on the back porch | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 327 | 10-in. | 1946 | How are things in Glocca Morra | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 328 | 10-in. | 1946 | Life can be beautiful | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 329 | 10-in. | 1946 | Hawaiian war chant | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 388 | 10-in. | 1947 | Please take me home this very moment | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 389 | 10-in. | 1947 | White star of Sigma Nu | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 414 | 10-in. | 1947 | Unless it can happen with you | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 415 | 10-in. | 1947 | Time after time | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 416 | 10-in. | 1947 | It's the same old dream | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 428 | 10-in. | 1947 | I can't get up the nerve to kiss you | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 429 | 10-in. | 1947 | My love for you | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 430 | 10-in. | 1947 | An evening in Paris | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 431 | 10-in. | 1947 | It's the same old dream | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 432 | 10-in. | 1947 | Heartbreakin' | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 433 | 10-in. | 1947 | Jingle bells | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 434 | 10-in. | 1947 | Winter wonderland | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 531 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Roar, lion, roar | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 532 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Dear old Duke | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 533 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Washington and Lee swing | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 534 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Far above Cayuga's waters | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 535 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | The eyes of Texas are upon you | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 536 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Fight on | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 537 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | On, Wisconsin | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 538 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Notre Dame victory march | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 543 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Paradise | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 544 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | One dozen roses | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 545 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | It's like a trip to Tipperary | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 595 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Just like that | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 596 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Sweet Sue, just you | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 597 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Night and day | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 598 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Poor butterfly | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 599 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Moonlight and U.P.I. | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 604 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | In the glow of evening | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 605 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Home | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 606 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | If I can't have the one I love | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 607 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Happy birthday to you | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 608 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Easter parade | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 609 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Allah's holiday | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, arranger | ||
| Decca | N 1725 | 10-in. | 2/16/1944 | Time waits for no one | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, arranger | ||
| Decca | N 1726 | 10-in. | 2/16/1944 | Some day I'll meet you again | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, arranger | ||
| Decca | N 1727 | 10-in. | 2/16/1944 | Featherhead | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, arranger | ||
| Decca | N 3528 | 10-in. | It's a sin to tell a lie | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
| Decca | N 3529 | 10-in. | 8/6/1945 | Fishin' for the moon | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | N 3530 | 10-in. | 8/6/1945 | Junior | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | N 3531 | 10-in. | 8/6/1945 | Waitin' for the train to come in | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | N 3532 | 10-in. | 8/6/1945 | One of my dreams is missing | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, clarinet | ||
| Decca | N 3783 | 10-in. | 11/20/1945 | In the middle of May | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, arranger | ||
| Decca | N 3784 | 10-in. | 11/20/1945 | If I had a dozen hearts | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, arranger | ||
| Decca | N 3785 | 10-in. | 11/20/1945 | The desert and me | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, arranger | ||
| Decca | N 3786 | 10-in. | 11/20/1945 | I want to go to Texas when I die | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, arranger | ||
| Decca | N 3787 | 10-in. | 11/20/1945 | Live it up | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone, arranger |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Block, Sid," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/200905.
Block, Sid. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/200905.
"Block, Sid." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.
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