Frankie Marvin
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1950
Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal, guitar, electric steel guitar, composer, yodeling, lyricist, steel guitar, songwriter, vocalist, ukulele, harmonica, jew's harp, speaker, violin
Notes: Also known by the pseudonyms Frank Wallace and Oklahoma's Blue Yodeler. Sometimes billed as "Frankie Marvin and his Uke."
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 1-25 of 304 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-36814 | 10-in. | 10/12/1926 | I'd rather be the girl in your arms (Than the girl in your dreams) | Jean Goldkette Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo (takes 5-8); with male vocal trio (takes 1-4) | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-40132 | 10-in. | 9/28/1927 | Give me a night in June | Johnny Marvin | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, ukulele | |
| Victor | BVE-43699 | 10-in. | 5/3/1928 | Get out and get under the moon | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal duet | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-45609 | 10-in. | 6/7/1928 | That's my weakness now | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo and ukulele | instrumentalist, ukulele, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-45656 | 10-in. | 6/25/1928 | Sweet Ella May | Jacques Renard Cocoanut Grove Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-45826 | 10-in. | 6/26/1928 | You're a real sweetheart | Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-53909 | 10-in. | 7/8/1929 | Sweetheart you're in my dreams (But morning finds you gone) | Frankie Marvin ; Johnny Marvin | Male vocal duet, with 2 steel guitars (self-accompaniment) | composer, instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-53910 | 10-in. | 7/8/1929 | She's old and bent (But she just keeps hoofin' along) | Frankie Marvin ; Johnny Marvin | Male vocal duet, with 2 steel guitars (self-accompaniment) | instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-56761 | 10-in. | 10/9/1929 | My dreaming of you | Gene Autry ; Jimmy Long | Male vocal duet, with 2 steel guitars and violin | composer, vocalist, yodeling, instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-56762 | 10-in. | 10/9/1929 | My Alabama home | Gene Autry ; Jimmy Long | Male vocal duet, with yodeling, 2 steel guitars, and fiddle (violin) | vocalist, yodeling, instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-57029 | 10-in. | 10/28/1929 | Oklahoma, land of the sunny west | Frankie Marvin | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-57030 | 10-in. | 10/28/1929 | Old family album | Frankie Marvin | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-58527 | 10-in. | 1/28/1930 | St. James Infirmary | King Oliver Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-58528 | 10-in. | 1/28/1930 | When you're smiling (The whole world smiles with you) | King Oliver Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-58546 | 10-in. | 2/3/1930 | Honeysuckle rose | McKinney's Cotton Pickers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-58547 | 10-in. | 2/3/1930 | Then someone's in love | McKinney's Cotton Pickers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-59102 | 10-in. | 1/21/1930 | Mother's song of love | Frankie Marvin ; Johnny Marvin | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | songwriter, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-59103 | 10-in. | 1/21/1930 | The girl I left behind | Frankie Marvin ; Johnny Marvin | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | songwriter, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-59104 | 10-in. | 1/21/1930 | Slue-foot Lou | Frankie Marvin | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | songwriter, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-59105 | 10-in. | 1/21/1930 | The wild and wooly west | Frankie Marvin | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | songwriter, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-59525 | 10-in. | 3/18/1930 | I must have it | King Oliver Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-59693 | 10-in. | 4/11/1930 | My gal is good for nothing but love | Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-59694 | 10-in. | 4/11/1930 | I was made to love you | Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-59759 | 10-in. | 4/18/1930 | 'Leven-thirty Saturday night | Royal Flush Orchestra ; Fess Williams | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
| Victor | BVE-62232 | 10-in. | 5/16/1930 | I lost my gal from Memphis | Mileage Makers ; Bubber Miley | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Marvin, Frankie," accessed October 31, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/113098.
Marvin, Frankie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/113098.
"Marvin, Frankie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 31 October 2024.
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LCNAR: Marvin, Frankie - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006070349
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