Kay Swift

Kay Swift

Katharine Faulkner "Kay" Swift (April 19, 1897 – January 28, 1993) was an American composer of popular and classical music, the first woman to score a hit musical completely. Written in 1930, the Broadway musical Fine and Dandy includes some of her best known songs; the song “Fine and Dandy” has become a jazz standard. "Can't We Be Friends?" (1929) was her biggest hit song. Swift also arranged some of the music of George Gershwin posthumously, such as the prelude "Sleepless Night" (1946).

Birth and Death Data: Born April 19, 1897 (New York City), Died January 28, 1993 (Southington)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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-55638	10-in.	7/31/1929	Can't we be friends?	Leo Reisman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-64304	10-in.	10/8/1930	Fine and dandy	Frank Luther ; Victor Arden-Phil Ohman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-64305	10-in.	10/8/1930	Can this be love?	Frank Luther ; Victor Arden-Phil Ohman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	PBS-09570	10-in.	7/6/1937	Can't we be friends?	Benny Goodman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-035346	10-in.	3/24/1939	Friends medley	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-064012	10-in.	4/3/1941	Can't we be friends?	Joe Reichman	Piano solo, with instrumental trio	composer
Victor	BVE-Test-417	10-in.	6/5/1929	Can't we be friends?	Libby Holman	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	W148957	10-in.	8/30/1929	Can't we be friends?	The Diplomats	Vocal ensemble, with alto saxophone and piano-accordion	composer
Columbia	W149066	10-in.	9/27/1929	Can't we be friends?	Bing Crosby	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	[W]149481	10-in.	11/22/1929	Can't we be friends?	The Georgians [Paul Specht Orchestra] ; Johnny Morris	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	W150872	10-in.	10/10/1930	Can this be love?	Ipana Troubadours ; Sam Lanin	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W402946	10-in.	9/11/1929	Can't we be friends?	Smith Ballew Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W404543	10-in.	11/7/1930	Can this be love?	Dorsey Brothers Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W404544	10-in.	11/7/1930	Fine and dandy	Dorsey Brothers Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	E30829	10-in.	Sept. 1929	Can’t we be friends?	Libby Holman	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E31350	10-in.	Oct. 1929	Brunswick brevities program Q, part 5	Colonial Club Orchestra ; Libby Holman	Radio transcription disc : Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E34406	10-in.	Sept. 1930	Can this be love?	Jacques Renard Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	E30533-E30534	10-in.	9/6/1929	Can’t we be friends?	Five Pennies ; Red Nichols	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G)	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Swift, Kay," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104915.

Swift, Kay. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104915.

"Swift, Kay." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.