Sonny Dunham
Elmer "Sonny" Dunham (November 16, 1911 – July 9, 1990) was an American trumpet player and bandleader. A versatile musician, he was one of the few trumpet players who could double on the trombone with equal skill. |
Birth and Death Data: Born November 16, 1914 (Brockton), Died July 9, 1990
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1934 - 1942
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, trombone, arranger, director
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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 | BS-063725 | 10-in. | 4/9/1941 | Bar babble | Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-063726 | 10-in. | 4/9/1941 | Throwing pebbles in the millstream | Ray Kellogg ; Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-063727 | 10-in. | 4/9/1941 | Mighty lak' a rose | Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-063728 | 10-in. | 4/9/1941 | I understand | Ray Kellogg ; Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-065674 | 10-in. | 6/3/1941 | Sand in my shoes | Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-065675 | 10-in. | 6/3/1941 | Lament to love | Ray Kellogg ; Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-065676 | 10-in. | 6/3/1941 | Down, down, down (What a song) | Harriet Clark ; Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-065677 | 10-in. | 6/3/1941 | Easy Street | Ray Kellogg ; Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-066968 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | The nickel serenade | Diane Mitchell ; Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-066969 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | Hi neighbor | Ray Kellogg ; Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-066970 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | Memories of you | Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-066971 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | As we walk into the sunset | Ray Kellogg ; Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-067757 | 10-in. | 9/8/1941 | When I grow too old to dream | Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-067758 | 10-in. | 9/8/1941 | My foolish heart and I | Ray Kellogg ; Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-067759 | 10-in. | 9/8/1941 | Watch the birdie | Harriet Clark ; Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-067760 | 10-in. | 9/8/1941 | Nothin' | Harriet Clark ; Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-073714 | 10-in. | 3/18/1942 | Sweet talk | Ray Kellogg ; Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-073715 | 10-in. | 3/18/1942 | Heavenly hideway | Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-073716 | 10-in. | 3/18/1942 | You're blasé | Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-073717 | 10-in. | 3/18/1942 | Deliver me to Tennessee | Ray Kellogg ; Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | director, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Decca | 38676 | 10-in. | 9/17/1934 | When will I know? | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 38677 | 10-in. | 9/17/1934 | Chinatown, my Chinatown | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 38678 | 10-in. | 9/17/1934 | Nagasaki | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 38715 | 10-in. | 9/24/1934 | A new moon is over my shoulder | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 38716 | 10-in. | 9/24/1934 | I'm in love | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 38717 | 10-in. | 9/24/1934 | You're a builder-upper | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 38718 | 10-in. | 9/24/1934 | Judy | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 38726 | 10-in. | 9/24/1934 | Stompin' around | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 38727 | 10-in. | 9/24/1934 | P. S. I love you | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 38929 | 10-in. | 10/31/1934 | Irresistible | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 38930 | 10-in. | 10/31/1934 | I've got an invitation to a dance | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 38931 | 10-in. | 10/31/1934 | Maybe I'm wrong again | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 38932 | 10-in. | 10/31/1934 | You took advantage of me | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39130 | 10-in. | 11/16/1934 | Where there's smoke there's fire | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39131 | 10-in. | 11/16/1934 | Two in a dream | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39132 | 10-in. | 11/16/1934 | Blue moon | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39133 | 10-in. | 11/16/1934 | The object of my affection | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39174 | 10-in. | 12/19/1934 | Just a fair-weather friend | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39175 | 10-in. | 12/19/1934 | I woke up too soon | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39176 | 10-in. | 12/19/1934 | In my country that means love | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39233 | 10-in. | 1/9/1935 | Fare Thee well, Annabelle | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39234 | 10-in. | 1/9/1935 | When I grow too old to dream | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39235 | 10-in. | 1/9/1935 | The night is young | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39236 | 10-in. | 1/9/1935 | In a blue and pensive mood | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39333 | 10-in. | 2/6/1935 | The little man with the hammer | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39334 | 10-in. | 2/6/1935 | Who's sorry now ? | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39335 | 10-in. | 2/6/1935 | Ain't it just too bad ? | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39336 | 10-in. | 2/6/1935 | Things might have been so diff'rent | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39374 | 10-in. | 2/20/1935 | Lookie, lookie, lookie, here comes Cookie | Casa Loma Orchestra ; Glen Gray | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39375 | 10-in. | 2/20/1935 | My dance | Casa Loma Orchestra ; Glen Gray | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39376 | 10-in. | 2/20/1935 | Love and a dime ; East of the sun | Casa Loma Orchestra ; Glen Gray | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39377 | 10-in. | 2/20/1935 | My heart is an open book | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39400 | 10-in. | 3/13/1935 | Two little slippers and two big shoes | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 39401 | 10-in. | 3/13/1935 | You're walking in my sleep | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39402 | 10-in. | 3/13/1935 | Cotton | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39403 | 10-in. | 3/13/1935 | Love passes by | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 39469 | 10-in. | 4/3/1935 | Once upon a midnight | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39470 | 10-in. | 4/3/1935 | Two heads against the moon | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39471 | 10-in. | 4/3/1935 | Song of spring | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39472 | 10-in. | 4/3/1935 | Chant of the jungle | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39919 | 10-in. | 9/4/1935 | Without a word of warning | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39920 | 10-in. | 9/4/1935 | Takes two to make a bargain | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39921 | 10-in. | 9/4/1935 | I wish I were Aladdin | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39922 | 10-in. | 9/4/1935 | The devil is afraid of music | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 60100 | 10-in. | 10/23/1935 | Will love find a way? | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 60101 | 10-in. | 10/23/1935 | Yankee doodle never went to town | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 60182 | 10-in. | 11/29/1935 | With all my heart | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, trombone, arranger | ||
| Decca | 60183 | 10-in. | 11/29/1935 | Lovely lady | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, trombone, arranger | ||
| Decca | 60233 | 10-in. | 12/16/1935 | Lovely lady | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 60234 | 10-in. | 12/13/1935 | With all my heart | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 60425 | 10-in. | 2/1/1936 | Moonburn | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 60426 | 10-in. | 2/1/1936 | My heart and I | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 60427 | 10-in. | 2/1/1936 | Let yourself go | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 60428 | 10-in. | 2/1/1936 | I'd rather lead a band | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 60486 | 10-in. | 2/17/1936 | I'd rather lead a band | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61152 | 10-in. | 6/10/1936 | Shades of Hades | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61153 | 10-in. | 6/10/1936 | Copenhagen | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61154 | 10-in. | 6/10/1936 | Royal garden blues | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61155 | 10-in. | 6/10/1936 | Rose of the Rio Grande | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61156 | 10-in. | 6/10/1936 | Jungle jitters-1 | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61157 | 10-in. | 6/10/1936 | Bugle call rag | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61555 | 10-in. | 1/28/1937 | You're laughing at me | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61556 | 10-in. | 1/28/1937 | I've got my love to keep me warm | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61557 | 10-in. | 1/28/1937 | Swing high, swing low | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61558 | 10-in. | 1/28/1937 | Please keep me in your dreams | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61577 | 10-in. | 2/4/1937 | A study in brown | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61578 | 10-in. | 2/4/1937 | Whoa, babe! | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61579 | 10-in. | 2/4/1937 | The Goblin band | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61580 | 12-in. | 2/4/1937 | Paramour | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61952 | 10-in. | 2/16/1937 | Too marvelous for words | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61953 | 10-in. | 2/16/1937 | Zig-zag | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61954 | 10-in. | 2/16/1937 | Sentimental and melancholy | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61955 | 10-in. | 2/16/1937 | Drifting apart | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 62031 | 10-in. | 3/5/1937 | I'd be a fool again | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 62032 | 10-in. | 3/5/1937 | You're here, you're there | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 62033 | 10-in. | 3/5/1937 | Was it rain? | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 62034 | 10-in. | 3/5/1937 | Love is good for anything that ails you | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 62035 | 10-in. | 3/5/1937 | One, two, three little hours | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 62082 | 10-in. | 3/30/1937 | There's a lull in my life | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 62083 | 10-in. | 3/30/1937 | Would you like to build a dream? | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 62084 | 10-in. | 3/30/1937 | Never in a million years | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 62085 | 10-in. | 3/30/1937 | I remember | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 62745 | 10-in. | 11/3/1937 | I've got my heart set on you | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, trombone | ||
| Decca | 62746 | 10-in. | 11/3/1937 | Have you met Miss Jones? | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, trombone | ||
| Decca | 62747 | 10-in. | 11/3/1937 | In the mission by the sea | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, trombone | ||
| Decca | 62748 | 10-in. | 11/3/1937 | Farewell, my love | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62749 | 10-in. | 11/3/1937 | I'd rather be right | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62796 | 10-in. | 11/19/1937 | You took the words right out of my heart | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62797 | 10-in. | 11/19/1937 | The waltz lives on | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62798 | 10-in. | 11/19/1937 | Thanks for the memory | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62799 | 10-in. | 11/19/1937 | Mama, that moon is here again | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62826 | 10-in. | 12/1/1937 | I can dream, can't I? | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62827 | 10-in. | 12/1/1937 | Memories of you | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62828 | 10-in. | 12/1/1937 | Let's make it a lifetime | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62829 | 10-in. | 12/1/1937 | Song of India | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62862 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | I see your face before me | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62863 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | Bei mir bist du schoen | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62864 | 10-in. | 12/8/1937 | Time on my hands | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62865 | 12-in. | 12/8/1937 | Sleepy time gal | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62882 | 10-in. | 12/14/1937 | Two dreams got together | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62883 | 12-in. | 12/14/1937 | Drifting apart | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62884 | 10-in. | 12/14/1937 | You have everything | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62885 | 10-in. | 12/14/1937 | I cried for you | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62898 | 10-in. | 12/22/1937 | Sweet as a song | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62899 | 10-in. | 12/22/1937 | I could use a dream | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63109 | 10-in. | 12/22/1937 | Girl of my dreams | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63179 | 10-in. | 1/19/1938 | My heart is taking lessons | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63180 | 10-in. | 1/19/1938 | Did an angel kiss the day you were born? | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63181 | 10-in. | 1/19/1938 | Nutty nursery rhymes | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, trombone | ||
| Decca | 63182 | 10-in. | 1/19/1938 | This is my night to dream | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63222 | 10-in. | 2/2/1938 | What is this thing called love? | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63223 | 10-in. | 2/2/1938 | Malady in F minor | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63224 | 10-in. | 2/2/1938 | Mindin' my business | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63261 | 10-in. | 2/9/1938 | You better change your tune | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63262 | 10-in. | 2/9/1938 | The old apple tree | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63337 | 10-in. | 2/9/1938 | Daddy's boy | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63338 | 10-in. | 2/9/1938 | My Bonnie lies over the ocean | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63339 | 10-in. | 2/9/1938 | You go to my head | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63340 | 10-in. | 2/9/1938 | Dear old southland | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64961 | 10-in. | 1/27/1939 | Last night a miracle happened | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64962 | 10-in. | 1/27/1939 | Riverboat shuffle | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64963 | 10-in. | 1/27/1939 | Boneyard shuffle-1 | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65012 | 10-in. | 2/13/1939 | Could be | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65013 | 10-in. | 2/13/1939 | I won't believe it | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65015 | 10-in. | 2/13/1939 | This night (will be my souvenir) | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65017 | 10-in. | 2/13/1939 | Honolulu | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65035 | 10-in. | 2/17/1939 | Sunrise serenade-1 | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65036 | 10-in. | 2/17/1939 | I promise you | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65037 | 10-in. | 2/17/1939 | Heaven can wait | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65038 | 10-in. | 2/14/1939 | (Gotta get some) Shut-Eye | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65044 | 10-in. | 2/20/1939 | Ay ay ay | Casa Loma Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65045 | 10-in. | 2/20/1939 | Rockin' chair-1 | Louis Armstrong ; Casa Loma Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65046 | 10-in. | 2/20/1939 | Lazybones | Louis Armstrong ; Casa Loma Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65063 | 10-in. | 2/25/1939 | Washboard blues | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65064 | 10-in. | 2/25/1939 | Little old lady | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65065 | 10-in. | 2/25/1939 | Lazy river | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65066 | 10-in. | 2/25/1939 | Moon country | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65180 | 10-in. | 3/15/1939 | Star dust | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65181 | 10-in. | 3/15/1939 | One morning in May | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65182 | 10-in. | 3/15/1939 | In the still of the night | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65183 | 10-in. | 3/15/1939 | Georgia on my mind | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65263 | 10-in. | 3/24/1939 | You grow sweeter as the years go by | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65264 | 10-in. | 3/24/1939 | If I had my way | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65265 | 10-in. | 3/24/1939 | Tears from my inkwell | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66076 | 10-in. | 8/13/1939 | Prelude in C sharp minor (Rachmaninoff) | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66077 | 10-in. | 8/13/1939 | Beautiful love | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66078 | 10-in. | 8/13/1939 | Tumbling tumbleweeds | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66079 | 10-in. | 8/13/1939 | Love grows on the white-oak tree | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66080 | 10-in. | 8/13/1939 | Through (How can you say we're through?) | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66081 | 10-in. | 8/13/1939 | Shadows | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66683 | 10-in. | 9/28/1939 | My wild Irish rose | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66684 | 10-in. | 9/28/1939 | When Irish eyes are smiling | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66685 | 10-in. | 9/28/1939 | Come and get it | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66686 | 10-in. | 9/28/1939 | Under a blanket of blue | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66747 | 10-in. | 10/10/1939 | Blue rain | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66748 | 10-in. | 10/10/1939 | Shine on harvest moon | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66749 | 10-in. | 10/10/1939 | Out of space | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66750 | 10-in. | 10/10/1939 | Midnight lullaby | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66753 | 10-in. | 10/11/1939 | Bless you (for being an angel) | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67139 | 10-in. | 2/2/1940 | Watching the clock | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67140 | 10-in. | 2/2/1940 | I concentrate on you | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67141 | 10-in. | 2/2/1940 | Last night's gardenias | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67142 | 10-in. | 2/2/1940 | Would'st could I but kiss Thy hand, oh babe | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67235 | 10-in. | 2/27/1940 | Yours is my heart alone | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67236 | 10-in. | 2/27/1940 | You've got me out on a limb | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67237 | 10-in. | 2/27/1940 | Castle of dreams | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67238 | 10-in. | 2/27/1940 | The fable of the rose | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67239 | 10-in. | 2/27/1940 | A lover's lullaby | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 67240 | 10-in. | 2/27/1940 | Save your sorrow for tomorrow | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69760 | 10-in. | 9/21/1941 | I'll never be the same | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69761 | 10-in. | 9/21/1941 | Just friends | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69762 | 10-in. | 9/21/1941 | Memory lane | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69763 | 10-in. | 9/21/1941 | Don't blame me | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69838 | 10-in. | 10/19/1941 | City called heaven | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69839 | 10-in. | 10/19/1941 | I found you in the rain | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69840 | 10-in. | 10/19/1941 | The bells of San Raquel | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69841 | 10-in. | 10/19/1941 | I'm through with love | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69967 | 10-in. | 11/23/1941 | Rose Marie | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 69968 | 10-in. | 11/23/1941 | Sweet and lovely | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70065 | 10-in. | 12/16/1941 | Moonlight cocktail | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70066 | 10-in. | 12/16/1941 | Purple moonlight | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70067 | 10-in. | 12/16/1941 | Until the stars fall down | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70068 | 10-in. | 12/16/1941 | The bottom man on the totem pole, part 1 | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70069 | 10-in. | 12/16/1941 | The bottom man on the totem pole, part 2 | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, trombone | ||
| Decca | 70070 | 10-in. | 12/16/1941 | Autumn nocturne | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70170 | 10-in. | 1/15/1942 | Darling, how you lied | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70171 | 10-in. | 1/15/1942 | I would do anything for you | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70172 | 10-in. | 1/15/1942 | Angels of mercy | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70173 | 10-in. | 1/15/1942 | It's the talk of the town | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70174 | 10-in. | 1/15/1942 | I'll never forget | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70604 | 10-in. | 4/1/1942 | Here you are | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70605 | 10-in. | 4/1/1942 | Oh, the pity of it all | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70606 | 10-in. | 4/1/1942 | The mem'ry of this dance | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70607 | 10-in. | 4/1/1942 | One dozen roses | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70657 | 10-in. | 4/15/1942 | Carry me back to the lone prairie | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70658 | 10-in. | 4/15/1942 | Till we meet again | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 70659 | 10-in. | 4/15/1942 | Dear old pal of mine | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71106 | 10-in. | 7/20/1942 | Tall grows the timber | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71107 | 10-in. | 7/20/1942 | Yesterday's gardenia | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71108 | 10-in. | 7/20/1942 | I came here to talk for Joe | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71109 | 10-in. | 7/20/1942 | South wind | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71207 | 10-in. | 7/27/1942 | You're in love with someone else | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71208 | 10-in. | 7/27/1942 | Don't get around much any more | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71209 | 10-in. | 7/27/1942 | Moonlight mood | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71210 | 10-in. | 7/27/1942 | Happy mood | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71278 | 10-in. | 7/31/1942 | Rock-a-bye bay | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71279 | 10-in. | 7/31/1942 | I'm old-fashioned | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71280 | 10-in. | 7/31/1942 | Don't do it, darling | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71281 | 10-in. | 7/31/1942 | Lullaby of the rain | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71284 | 10-in. | 7/31/1942 | Purple moonlight | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 1408 | 10-in. | 8/8/1938 | Yours.all yours | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 1409 | 10-in. | 8/15/1938 | You never know | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 1410 | 10-in. | 8/15/1938 | At long last love | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 1411 | 10-in. | 8/15/1938 | Hoboken bucket | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2403 | 10-in. | 5/24/1941 | Boogie woogie piano man | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2404 | 10-in. | 5/24/1941 | As if you didn't know | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2405 | 10-in. | 5/24/1941 | Hep and happy | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2406 | 10-in. | 5/24/1941 | Buck fever | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2417 | 10-in. | 5/27/1941 | Woodland symphony | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2418 | 10-in. | 5/27/1941 | Swing tonic | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2419 | 10-in. | 5/27/1941 | Purple moonlight | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 2420 | 10-in. | 5/26/1941 | Off and on | Glen Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dunham, Sonny," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/202789.
Dunham, Sonny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/202789.
"Dunham, Sonny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Dunham, Sunny - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003119024
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MusicBrainz: Elmer "Sonny" Dunham - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/22fa3512-e176-4cd0-8526-7fef2b6f1d82
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