Walter B. Rogers
Walter Bowman Rogers (October 14, 1865 – December 24, 1939) was an American cornet player, concert band and orchestral conductor and composer, who was responsible for most of the orchestral arrangements on recordings made for the Victor Talking Machine Company between 1904 and 1916. He left the Victor Company when he accepted an equity partnership with the Paroquette recording company, a venture which ended when the company went into receivership. He accepted arranging, conducting positions with the Paramount and Emerson companies before he was offered an executive-level position by the Brunswick-Balke-Collander Company when the nationally known manufacturer of bowling, saloon, and phonograph cabinetry decided to expand its operations in the talking-machine industry by creating a line of phonograph recordings. Rogers became Brunswick’s director of classical-music releases, a role he held until shortly before the Brunswick phonograph division was acquired by the Warner Brothers film corporation in April 1930. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 14, 1865 (Delphi), Died December 24, 1939
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1900 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor, arranger, cornet, composer, trombone, piano, chimes
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Recordings (Results 1601-1625 of 2261 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-16948 | 10-in. | 12/29/1915 | The heart of her | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16949 | 10-in. | 12/29/1915 | The young warrior | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16950 | 10-in. | 12/30/1915 | On billow rocking | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16953 | 10-in. | 12/31/1915 | The ghost of the terrible blues | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16954 | 10-in. | 12/31/1915 | The lights of my home town | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-16959 | 12-in. | 1/4/1916 | Mavourneen roamin' | Lambert Murphy | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16960 | 10-in. | 1/4/1916 | Rackety coo | Alice Green | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16961 | 10-in. | 1/4/1916 | The girl on the magazine | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16962 | 10-in. | 1/4/1916 | Shadowland | Alice Green ; Harry Macdonough | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16964 | 10-in. | 1/5/1916 | Hello, Hawaii, how are you? | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16965 | 10-in. | 1/5/1916 | I love a piano | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with piano and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16966 | 10-in. | 1/5/1916 | Loading up the Mandy Lee | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16967 | 10-in. | 1/5/1916 | No one but your dear old dad | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16978 | 10-in. | 1/6/1916 | She's the daughter of Mother Machree | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16979 | 10-in. | 1/6/1916 | My mother's rosary | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16980 | 10-in. | 1/6/1916 | Kilkenny | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16981 | 10-in. | 1/6/1916 | What a wonderful mother you'd be | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16982 | 10-in. | 1/6/1916 | Always be Honey to me | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16983 | 10-in. | 1/6/1916 | In the glory of the moonlight | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-16993 | 10-in. | 1/10/1916 | Kiss me again | Alice Green | Female vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-17001 | 12-in. | 1/12/1916 | Annie Laurie | Nellie Melba | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-17002 | 12-in. | 1/12/1916 | Songs my mother taught me | Nellie Melba | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17005 | 10-in. | 1/12/1916 | I'm neutral | Olive North | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17006 | 10-in. | 1/12/1916 | I'm a lonesome melody | Olive North | Female vocal solo, with cello and orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | B-17008 | 10-in. | 1/14/1916 | The old refrain | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Rogers, Walter B.," accessed October 27, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102188.
Rogers, Walter B.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 27, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102188.
"Rogers, Walter B.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 27 October 2024.
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LCNAR: Rogers, Walter B., 1865-1939 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78016385
Wikidata: Walter B. Rogers - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4463404
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/49418707
MusicBrainz: Walter B. Rogers - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3c423820-1f42-4587-94fa-821a98419fcf
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