Discography of American Historical Recordings (DAHR)

Red Norvo made over 100 recordings for ARC, Columbia, and related companies from the 1930s through 1950s. Mildred Bailey was notably the singer for many of his 1930s sessions. Session data now online.

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Cajun singer and accordionist Dewey Segura (left) made 7 recordings for Columbia in 1928 and 1929. Session data now online.

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Tenor Lloyd Chandos made 12 recordings for Columbia in the UK between 1903 and 1905. He specialized in oratorio and opera.

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Big band trumpeter Harry James recorded for Brunswick beginning in 1937 and recorded for Columbia from 1939 until signing with Capitol in 1955. Notably, Frank Sinatra sang with his band in 1939. Data on over 380 James masters now online.

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Composer Alexander Maloof led "Maloof's Oriental Orchestra" in over 30 recordings for Maloof Records at Gennett's NY studio from 1922-25. Session data now online. For many masters we don't know the issue numbers. Please reach out if you have the discs.

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Emile Gour, the "Canadian Caruso," made 29 recordings for Columbia between 1920 and 1922. Session data now online. (pictured on left)

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Baritone Ivor Foster recorded two groups of recordings for Columbia in London, the first in 1903/4 and the second in 1914. Data now online.

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Swing pianist Teddy Wilson made over 200 records for ARC and related companies in the 1930s, notably as Billie Holiday's backing band on Brunswick. Session data now online.

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Syrian singer Mayer Murad recorded 14 songs for Maloof at the Gennett studios between 1922 and 1924. Session data now online. For most masters we don't know the issue numbers. Please reach out if you have the discs.

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Harmonica player and composer Adélard St-Louis recorded 10 selections for Columbia in 1930 in the Québecois style of folk playing.

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John Watson, a minister of the Free Church of Scotland, wrote fiction under the pen name Ian MacLaren. Watson, as MacLaren, recorded 3 selections for Columbia in London in 1904.

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More on @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social's collaboration with the Dust-To-Digital Foundation to make rare historical recordings available for free online through DAHR. Reporting from @npr.org affiliate KPCC/@laist.com in Los Angeles.

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Now that our NEH grant has been reinstated, work has resumed on ARC masters. Check on Saturdays for updates.

"Queen of Swing" Mildred Bailey recorded over 100 masters for the ARC company in the 1930s, often with the Red Norvo Orchestra. The recordings were released on Brunswick, Vocalion, and Columbia. Session data now online.

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Syrian singer Wadeeh Bagdadi recorded a dozen songs for Maloof at the Gennett studios in 1924 and 1925. Session data now online. For most masters we don't know the issue numbers. Please reach out if you have the discs.

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French-Canadian singer Joseph Saucier made around 30 recordings for Columbia between 1905-07 and returned to make another dozen recordings in 1920. Session data and selected audio now online.

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An amazing (and amazingly clean) recording from the Dust-to-Digital archive: Stack o' Lee blues by Mississippi John Hurt. Recorded in New York, 1928.

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Baritone Ian Colquhoun recorded 21 songs for British Columbia between 1903 and 1907. He also recorded extensively for Leeds & Catlin in the U.S. in 1907.

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From the Joe Bussard collection and a favorite of his: Goofy dust by Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra. Recorded in St. Louis, 1924.

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What sets DAHR apart is that you get your audio fix along with authoritative metadata. Or your metadata fix with expertly transferred audio. From the Joe Bussard collection, here's Lane Hardin's "Hard time blues," the only record he made for Bluebird in 1935.

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Victor set M-1154 "Waltzing with Romberg" was recorded 11/21 and 11/22/1946 with Sigmund Romberg directing his own orchestra. Also available on WMO-1154 (45-rpm) and LM-91 (LP). Session data now online.

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Preserving the Past & Sharing It Today: A New Partnership with the University of California The Dust-to-Digital Foundation and the University of California, Santa Barbara have partnered to make thousands of historic recordings freely accessible to the public.

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Vast collection of historic American music released via UCSB Library partnership with Dust-to-Digital Foundation Thousands of rare and uniquely American songs from the Jazz Age and the Great Depression are available for free listening thanks to a partnership between UCSB and the Dust-to-Digital Foundation.

A treasure trove of rare and historic American music—including songs by Memphis Minnie, the Carter Family, Blind Willie Johnson, and more—is now freely available to the public thanks to a new collaboration between the UCSB Library and the Dust-to-Digital Foundation.

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Syrian singer Samy Attaya recorded 14 songs for Maloof at the Gennett studios in 1923. Session data now online. For most masters we don't know the issue numbers. Please reach out if you have the discs.

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French-Canadian vocal quartet Quatuor Octave Pelletier made 18 recordings under the direction of L. Guillaume Dupuis for Columbia in 1918. Session data and selected audio now online.

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Tenor Herbert Emlyn recorded 5 songs for Columbia in England in 1903 or 1904. Data now online.

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Gems from Sigmund Romberg shows recorded November and December 1945, performed by the Sigmund Romberg Orchestra with Genevieve Rowe, Lillian Cornell, and Lawrence Brooks. Released as set MO-1256. Session data now online.

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Syrian singer Louis Wardini recorded 30 songs for Maloof at the Gennett studios between 1921 and 1925. Session data now online. He also recorded for Victor. For most Maloof masters we don't know the issue numbers. Please reach out if you have the discs.

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French-Canadian baritone J. Fournier de Belleval made 60 recordings for Columbia between 1912 and 1928. Session data now online.

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