Ted Fiorito

Theodore Salvatore Fiorito (December 20, 1900 – July 22, 1971), known professionally as Ted Fio Rito, was an American composer, orchestra leader, and keyboardist, on both the piano and the Hammond organ, who was popular on national radio broadcasts in the 1920s and 1930s. His name is sometimes given as Ted Fiorito or Ted FioRito.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 20, 1900 (Newark), Died July 22, 1971 (Scottsdale)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, leader, piano, songwriter, director, pipe organ

Notes: Credited on some record labels as "Ted Fio Rito."

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 226-250 of 515 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	W170337	10-in.	approximately December 1928	I'm sorry, Sally	Frank Salerno	Accordion solo	composer
Columbia	W351093	10-in.	8/25/1931	Now that you're gone	Selvin’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	S-7393	10-in.	Apr. 1920	You'll see the day	McCarthy Sisters	Female vocal duet, with orchestra	songwriter
OKeh	o-8202	10-in.	ca. Sept. 1921	Just like a rainbow	American Odeon Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	8917	10-in.	1/29/1925	I can't stop babying you	Finzel's Arcadia Orchestra of Detroit ; Howard Steel	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
OKeh	S-70109	10-in.	Aug. 1921	Just like a rainbow	Damon's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
OKeh	S-70710	10-in.	June 1922	Soothing	Markel's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-71778	10-in.	August 1923	No, no, Nora	Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-72700	10-in.	July 1924	Charley, my boy	Okeh Syncopators ; Harry Reser	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-72845	10-in.	Sept. 1924	Dreamer of dreams	Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Billy Jones ; Vincent Lopez	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	S-72881	10-in.	Oct. 1924	Eliza	Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-73020	10-in.	12/16/1924	Oh Mabel	The Goofus Five ; Billy Jones	Jazz/dance ensemble, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	S-73031	10-in.	12/18/1924	How I love that girl	Lanin's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-73434	10-in.	June 1925	Because of you	Richard B. Gilbert	Male vocal solo, with taropatch (ukulele)	composer
OKeh	S-73477	10-in.	6/26/1925	Arabella	Okeh Syncopators	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	73532	10-in.	Aug. 1925	Alone at last	Billy Jones	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	73592	10-in.	Sept. 1925	Sometime	Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	73720	10-in.	Oct. 1925	Alone at last	Bruce Wallace	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	composer
OKeh	73865	10-in.	12/22/1925	I never knew	Casa Lopez Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	73952	10-in.	Jan. 1926	When I dream of the last waltz with you	Yellow Jackets	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	80152	10-in.	10/4/1926	Meadow-lark	Jazz Pilots ; Tom Stacks	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W81896	10-in.	11/29/1927	After we kiss	Seger Ellis ; Joe Green ; Royal Music Makers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W81948	10-in.	12/19/1927	After we kiss	Seger Ellis	Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet	composer
OKeh	W400177	10-in.	3/27/1928	Nothin' on my mind (But the moonlight, the starlight and you)	Beth Challis ; Noel Taylor	Female-male vocal duet, with piano	composer
OKeh	W400594	10-in.	5/5/1928	Laugh, clown, laugh	Charles W. Hamp	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer

(Results 226-250 of 515 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Fiorito, Ted," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/100081.

Fiorito, Ted. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/100081.

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