Cliff Hess
Birth and Death Data: Born June 19, 1894 (Cincinnati), Died June 8, 1959 (Brownsville)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1914 - 1938
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, songwriter, piano
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 83 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | C-15269 | 12-in. | 10/13/1914 | Beets and turnips | Victor Military Band | Band | songwriter | |
| Victor | C-16870 | 12-in. | 12/9/1915 | I'm simply crazy over you | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-17609 | 10-in. | 5/4/1916 | Homesickness blues | Nora Bayes | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
| Victor | B-17768 | 10-in. | 5/31/1916 | When you drop off at Cairo, Illinois | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-19954 | 10-in. | 5/25/1917 | Huckleberry Finn | Van and Schenck | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | C-20377 | 12-in. | 7/9/1917 | Huckleberry Finn | Conway's Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-21983 | 10-in. | 6/12/1918 | When Alexander takes his ragtime band to France | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Victor | B-22574 | 10-in. | 2/7/1919 | Persian moon | Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-23111 | 10-in. | 8/6/1919 | Regretful blues | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-23198 | 10-in. | 10/10/1919 | On the trail to Santa Fe | Crescent Trio | Male vocal trio, with bells and orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
| Victor | B-23379 | 10-in. | 12/16/1919 | Mystery! | Paul Biese’s Novelty Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-23482 | 10-in. | 11/19/1919 | Freckles | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-24169 | 10-in. | 6/16/1920 | I'm in heaven when I'm in my mother's arms (I don't have to die to go to heaven) | William Robyn | Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | B-24757 | 10-in. | 12/21/1920 | Marimba | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with 3 marimbas, violin, and orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-32777 | 10-in. | 7/15/1925 | Hokey pokey diddle dee rum | Wendell W. Hall | Male vocal solo, with ukulele (self-accompaniment) | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-33349 | 10-in. | 8/26/1925 | Blue Ridge Mountain blues | Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-022482 | 10-in. | 4/21/1938 | Never felt better, never had less | Bunny Berigan Orchestra ; Ruth Gaylor | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | [Trial 1918-05-15-02] | Not documented | 5/15/1918 | When Alexander takes his ragtime band to France | Bee Palmer | Female vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| Victor | [Trial 1919-12-18-02] | Not documented | 12/18/1919 | Freckles | Blossom Seeley | Female vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | [Trial 1919-12-18-04] | Not documented | 12/18/1919 | Regretful blues | Benny Fields | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Victor | [Trial 1920-03-01-04] | Not documented | 3/1/1920 | I'd like to find the fellow that wrote Dardanella | Bob Miller | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Columbia | 47457 | 10-in. | 4/4/1917 | Huckleberry Finn | Samuel Ash | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | 77024 | 10-in. | 5/5/1917 | Huckleberry Finn | Prince's Band | Band | composer | |
| Columbia | 77740 | 10-in. | 3/29/1918 | Regretful blues | Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 77752 | 10-in. | 4/3/1918 | When Alexander takes his band to France | Bob White [Vernon Dalhart] | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hess, Cliff," accessed October 31, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111009.
Hess, Cliff. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111009.
"Hess, Cliff." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 31 October 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
External Sources
IMDb: Cliff Hess
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Hess, Cliff, 1894-1959 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98064017
Wikidata: Cliff Hess - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q47002669
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/58696524
MusicBrainz: Cliff Hess - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6cd1b58e-6edd-41db-a143-b17a3a65c369
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