Vincent Youmans
Vincent Millie Youmans (September 27, 1898 – April 5, 1946) was an American Broadway composer and producer. A leading Broadway composer of his day, Youmans collaborated with virtually all the greatest lyricists on Broadway: Ira Gershwin, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Irving Caesar, Anne Caldwell, Leo Robin, Howard Dietz, Clifford Grey, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, Edward Heyman, Harold Adamson, Buddy DeSylva and Gus Kahn. Youmans' early songs are remarkable for their economy of melodic material: two-, three- or four-note phrases are constantly repeated and varied by subtle harmonic or rhythmic changes. In later years, however, he turned to longer musical sentences and more rhapsodic melodic lines. Youmans published fewer than 100 songs, but 18 of these were considered standards by ASCAP, a remarkably high percentage. |
Birth and Death Data: Born September 27, 1898 (New York City), Died April 5, 1946 (Denver)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921 - 1952
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, piano
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Recordings (Results 151-175 of 237 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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OKeh | S-7974 | 10-in. | June 1921 | Dolly | Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra [Leo Erdody] | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-7975 | 10-in. | June 1921 | Oh, me! Oh, my! | Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra [Leo Erdody] | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | o-8158 | 10-in. | ca. Apr. 1921 | Oh me! Oh my! | American Odeon Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | o-8159 | 10-in. | ca. Apr. 1921 | Dolly | American Odeon Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | o-8182 | 10-in. | ca. June 1921 | Oh me! Oh my! | Lewis James | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | S-71308 | 10-in. | February 1923 | Wild flower | Markel's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-71309 | 10-in. | February 1923 | Bambalina | Markel's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-72227 | 10-in. | December 1923 | Toodle-oo | Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-72318 | 10-in. | Feb. 1924 | Take a little one step | Eddie Elkins' Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-72717 | 10-in. | 7/31/1924 | I want to be happy | Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-73136 | 10-in. | 1/23/1925 | Tea for two | Gotham Nightingales | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | W81087 | 10-in. | 5/17/1927 | Hallelujah! | Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
OKeh | W81114 | 10-in. | 6/27/1927 | Hallelujah! | Art Kahn | Piano solo, with male vocal solo and guitar | composer | |
OKeh | W81115 | 10-in. | 6/27/1927 | Sometimes I'm happy | Art Kahn | Piano solo, with male vocal solo and guitar | composer | |
OKeh | W81171 | 10-in. | 7/15/1927 | Sometimes I'm happy | Eubie Blake ; Noble Sissle | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
OKeh | W81172 | 10-in. | 7/15/1927 | Hallelujah! | Eubie Blake ; Noble Sissle | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
OKeh | W403068 | 10-in. | 10/15/1929 | Great day! | Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
OKeh | W403628 | 10-in. | 1/15/1930 | Tea for two | Lanin’s Famous Players | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
OKeh | W403629 | 10-in. | 1/15/1930 | I want to be happy | Lanin’s Famous Players | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
OKeh | W490032 | 10-in. | 1/15/1930 | Tea for two | Lanin’s Famous Players | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | W490033 | 10-in. | 1/15/1930 | I want to be happy | Lanin’s Famous Players | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 5662 | 10-in. | approximately May 1921 | Oh me! Oh my! | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 12854 | 10-in. | 4/11/1924 | No, no, Nanette | Vincent Youmans | Piano solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, composer | |
Brunswick | 10158-10161 | 10-in. | 3/22/1923 | Wildflower | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 10207-10210 | 10-in. | 3/29/1923 | Bambalina | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Youmans, Vincent," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102876.
Youmans, Vincent. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102876.
"Youmans, Vincent." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80107199
Wikidata: Vincent Youmans - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q746951
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/74039292
MusicBrainz: Vincent Youmans - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7e43f216-d19c-4668-a939-191ca24ad661
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