Jerome Kern
Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Song Is You", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Long Ago (and Far Away)". He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era, including George Grossmith Jr., Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin and Yip Harburg. A native New Yorker, Kern created dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films in a career that lasted for more than four decades. His musical innovations, such as 4/4 dance rhythms and the employment of syncopation and jazz progressions, built on, rather than rejected, earlier musical theatre tradition. He and his collaborators also employed his melodies to further the action or develop characterization to a greater extent than in the other musicals of his day, creating the model for later musicals. Although dozens of Kern's musicals and musical films were hits, only Show Boat is now regularly revived. Songs from his other shows, however, are still frequently performed and adapted. Many of Kern's songs have been adapted by jazz musicians to become standard tunes. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 27, 1885 (Manhattan), Died November 11, 1945 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1905 - 1960
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, piano, songwriter
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Recordings (Results 426-450 of 611 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 74371 | 12-in. | approximately 10/7/1921 | You can't keep a good girl down | John Ansell ; Dorothy Dickson ; Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 74372 | 12-in. | approximately 10/7/1921 | Look for the silver lining | John Ansell ; Dorothy Dickson ; Gregory Stroud ; Winter Garden Theatre Orchestra | Vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 74373 | 12-in. | approximately 10/7/1921 | Whip-poor-will | Dorothy Dickson ; Gregory Stroud | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 74395 | 12-in. | 11/25/1921 | Whose baby are you? | New York Havana Band ; Bert Ralton | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 75048 | 12-in. | 1/31/1922 | Fun of the fayre, selection, part 1 | Herman Finck ; Herman Finck's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 75049 | 12-in. | 1/31/1922 | Fun of the fayre, selection, part 2 | Herman Finck ; Herman Finck's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 75199 | 12-in. | 10/3/1922 | The cabaret girl, selection, part 1 | Herman Finck ; Herman Finck's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 75200 | 12-in. | 10/3/1922 | The cabaret girl, selection, part 2 | Herman Finck ; Herman Finck's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 75262 | 12-in. | approximately 1916 | Theodore & Co., selection, pt. 1 | London Repertoire Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 75263 | 12-in. | approximately 1916 | Theodore & Co., selection, pt. 2 | London Repertoire Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 75377 | 12-in. | approximately 1917 | Vanity fair, selection, pt. 1 | London Repertoire Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 75378 | 12-in. | approximately 1917 | Vanity fair, selection, pt. 2 | London Repertoire Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 75897 | 12-in. | approximately 1917 | Some sort of somebody | London Repertoire Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76309 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | The picture I want to see | Mabel Lee ; Geo. F. Murray | Vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76337 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | Sirens | Dan & Harvey's Jazz Band | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | 76381 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | Oh, joy, selection, part 1 | Leonard Hornsey ; Kingsway Theatre Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76382 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | Oh, joy, selection, part 2 | Leonard Hornsey ; Kingsway Theatre Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76394 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | Sirens jazz | London Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76426 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | Till the clouds roll by | Dan & Harvey's Jazz Band | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | CO28825 | 10-in. | approximately 1940 | (When your heart's on fire) smoke gets in your eyes | Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra ; Andre Kostelanetz | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | CO28826 | 10-in. | approximately 1940 | All the things you are | Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra ; Andre Kostelanetz | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | W100349 | 10-in. | 10/26/1929 | Don't ever leave me! | Perley Stevens and his Orchestra [Selvin's Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | W703070 | 10-in. | August 1930 | Viejo río (Que corre sin descansar) : Canción | Tito Coral ; Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
OKeh | 140 | 10-in. | ca. May 1918 | Oh! Lady, lady | Van Eps Quartet | Instrumental quartet | composer | |
OKeh | 476 | 10-in. | ca. Nov. 1918 | Take a chance | Van Eps Quartet | Instrumental quartet | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kern, Jerome," accessed October 1, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102963.
Kern, Jerome. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 1, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102963.
"Kern, Jerome." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 October 2024.
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LCNAR: Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80149466
Wikidata: Jerome Kern - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q313270
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/196726
MusicBrainz: Jerome Kern - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8fb64b2e-db8b-4579-ad08-f324ef1bf494
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