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 476-500 of 611 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Brunswick | 6720-6723 | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1921 | Ka-lu-a | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 6724-6727 | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1921 | Blue Danube blues | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 9756-9758 | 10-in. | approximately Jan. 1923 | Pale Venetian moon | Arnold Johnson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 9907-9909 | 10-in. | 2/14/1923 | Love and the moon | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 12279-12281 | 10-in. | 1/14/1924 | Raggedy Ann | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E21999 | 10-in. | 3/18/1927 | The same old moon | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E22000 | 10-in. | 3/18/1927 | When the Bo-Tree blossoms again | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E22001 | 10-in. | 3/18/1927 | When the Bo-Tree blossoms again | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E31148 | 10-in. | Oct. 1929 | Here am I | Libby Holman | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E31149 | 10-in. | Oct. 1929 | Why was I born? | Libby Holman | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E31474 | 10-in. | November 1929 | Don’t ever leave me! | Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | composer | |
Brunswick | E31525 | 10-in. | November 1929 | Don’t ever leave me! | Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E34111 | 10-in. | 8/27/1930 | Who? | Five Pennies ; Red Nichols | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E37323 | 10-in. | 10/27/1931 | The night was made for love | Abe Lyman's California Orchestra [Brunswick Studio Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E37389 | 10-in. | 11/2/1931 | Try to forget | Abe Lyman's California Orchestra [Brunswick Studio Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E1805-E1808 | 10-in. | 11/24/1925 | Who? | Harry Archer Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E1809-E1811 | 10-in. | 11/24/1925 | Sunny | Harry Archer Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E1935-E1937 | 10-in. | 12/15/1925 | Who? | Harry Archer Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | composer | |
Brunswick | E1938-E1940 | 10-in. | 12/15/1925 | Sunny | Harry Archer Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | composer | |
Brunswick | E1958-E1960 | 10-in. | 12/21/1925 | Who? | Harry Archer Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | composer | |
Brunswick | E1961-E1963 | 10-in. | 12/21/1925 | Sunny | Harry Archer Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | composer | |
Brunswick | E2032-E2033 | 10-in. | 1/4/1926 | Whose who are you? | Tuxedo Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E17571-E17574 | 10-in. | 1/19/1926 | D’ye love me? | Franklyn Baur ; Virginia Rea | Female-male vocal duet, with violin, cello, and piano | composer | |
Brunswick | E17752-E17755 | 10-in. | 2/1/1926 | Who? | Gaiety Musical Comedy Chorus | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E19903-E19905 | 10-in. | 7/23/1926 | Two little bluebirds | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | 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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