George Fairman
George Wayne Fairman (1881–1962) was a lyricist, composer, and music publisher whose work includes popular songs. Several of his songs charted including two that reached #1. Fairman's work includes coon songs, ragtime, songs related to World War I, and a foxtrot. The Peerless Quartet recorded his song "I think we've got another Washington and Wilson is his name" in 1916 on Silvertone Records. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1881, Died 1962
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1906 - 1931
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, songwriter
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 49 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-4038 | 10-in. | 11/14/1906 | Fever's on | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12085 | 10-in. | 6/7/1912 | Way down south | Heidelberg Quintette ; Will Oakland | Male vocal quintet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-16718 | 10-in. | 10/25/1915 | I think we've got another Washington (And Wilson is his name) | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | B-20442 | 10-in. | 7/24/1917 | I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | B-21297 | 10-in. | 12/28/1917 | Hello, America, hello | Van and Schenck | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | B-23392 | 10-in. | 12/20/1919 | Bo-la-bo | Paul Biese’s Novelty Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-26963 | 10-in. | 10/16/1922 | Kiss Mama, kiss Papa | Ross Gorman ; Virginians | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BVE-40181 | 10-in. | 10/14/1927 | Worryin' | George Olsen and his Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BVE-40526 | 10-in. | 10/28/1927 | Worryin' | Franklyn Baur | Male vocal solo, withinstrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1914-08-12-14] | Not documented | 8/12/1914 | I'm the guy that paid the rent for Mrs. Rip Van Winkle | Morton Harvey | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1918-02-27-01] | Not documented | 2/27/1918 | When you find there's someone missing | Mrs. N. E. Tucker | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1927-09-07-01] | 10-in. | 9/7/1927 | Worryin' | Hugh Bennett | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 3576 | 10-in. | ca. Late 1906-Feb. 1907 | Fever's on | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 38532 | 10-in. | 1/3/1913 | Way down South | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 46134 | 10-in. | 10/21/1915 | I think we've got another Washington | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 77184 | 10-in. | 7/5/1917 | I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 77410 | 10-in. | 10/4/1917 | War song hits | Columbia Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 77490 | 10-in. | 11/5/1917 | Hello, America, hello | Lewis James ; Peerless Quartet | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 77648 | 10-in. | 1/17/1918 | They go wild, simply wild over me | Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | 77700 | 10-in. | 3/1/1918 | Hello, America, hello | Jazarimba Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | 77916 | 10-in. | 6/22/1918 | It's a long way to dear old Broadway | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 78634 | 10-in. | 9/9/1919 | Not in a thousand years | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 78924 | 10-in. | 1/12/1920 | Bo-la-bo | Ted Lewis Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 79901 | 10-in. | 6/20/1921 | If shamrocks grew along the Swanee shore | Broadway Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Columbia | 80257 | 10-in. | 3/21/1922 | Kiss Mama, kiss Papa | Garber-Davis Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Fairman, George," accessed September 3, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107852.
Fairman, George. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 3, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107852.
"Fairman, George." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 3 September 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: George Fairman
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Fairman, George, 1881-1962 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99021037
Wikidata: George Fairman - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q86124147
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