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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 176-200 of 237 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Brunswick 12276-12278 10-in. 1/14/1924 Toodle-oo Carl Fenton’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 12539-12541 10-in. 2/15/1924 Take a little one-step Carl Fenton’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 13406-13410 10-in. 6/26/1924 I want to be happy Carl Fenton’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet composer  
Brunswick 13469-13471 10-in. 7/2/1924 No no Nanette medley Carl Fenton’s Orchestra ; Phil Ohman Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 13957-13959 10-in. 10/15/1924 Tea for two Marion Harris Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick E16924 10-in. 11/18/1925 Tea for two Brunswick Hour Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick E31473 10-in. Nov. 1929 Without a song Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra ; William C. Elkins Jubilee Singers Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus composer  
Brunswick E31526 10-in. Nov. 1929 Happy because I’m in love Libby Holman Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick E31527 10-in. Nov. 1929 More than you know Libby Holman Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick E31672 10-in. Dec. 1929 West wind Ben Bernie Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with vocal; without vocal (take G) composer  
Brunswick E31903 10-in. 1/24/1930 Sometimes I’m happy Five Pennies ; Red Nichols Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick E31904 10-in. 1/24/1930 Hallelujah! Five Pennies ; Red Nichols Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick E32040 10-in. 2/14/1930 I want to be happy Five Pennies ; Red Nichols Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick E32041 10-in. 2/14/1930 Tea for two Five Pennies ; Red Nichols Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick E37241 10-in. 10/6/1931 Time on my hands (You in my arms) Casa Loma Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Brunswick E37287 10-in. 10/8/1931 Time on my hands (You in my arms) Art Kahn's Orchestra [Brunswick Studio Orchestra] Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Brunswick E37333 10-in. 10/28/1931 Time on my hands (You in my arms) Connie Boswell Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick E6015-E6018 10-in. 6/1/1927 Hallelujah! Jay’s Chelsea Orchestra [Frank Black Orchestra] Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E6018) composer  
Brunswick E6215-E6218 10-in. 7/18/1927 Sometimes I’m happy Jay’s Chelsea Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Brunswick E6222-E6225 10-in. 7/19/1927 Sometimes I’m happy Vaughn De Leath Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick E15560-E15562 10-in. 4/15/1925 Tea for two Brunswick Hour Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick E16962-E16964 10-in. 11/25/1925 Tea for two Brunswick Hour Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick E17209-E17211 10-in. 12/23/1925 Tea for two Brunswick Hour Orchestra Orchestra, with female-male vocal duet composer  
Brunswick E17352-E17354 10-in. 1/5/1926 Tea for two Brunswick Hour Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet composer  
Brunswick XE19519-XE19521 12-in. 6/10/1926 Toodle-oo Franklyn Baur Male vocal solo and male vocal chorus, with orchestra composer  
(Results 176-200 of 237 records)

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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URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102876

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