Grant Clarke
Grant Clarke (May 14, 1891, Akron, Ohio – May 16, 1931, California) was an American songwriter. Clarke moved to New York City early in his career, where he worked as an actor and a staff writer for comedians. He began working on Tin Pan Alley, where he contributed music to films such as The Jazz Singer (1927), Weary River (1928), On with the Show (1929) and Is Everybody Happy? (1929). He wrote the lyrics to the show Dixie to Broadway, and also contributed to the 1921 Ziegfeld Follies and Bombo. Later in his career he became a charter member of ASCAP and was successful in the music publishing business. Clarke was the author of the lyrics to many popular songs of the 1910s and 1920s, working with composers such as George W. Meyer, Harry Akst, James V. Monaco, Al Piantadosi, Fred Fisher, Harry Warren, Arthur Johnston, James Hanley, Lewis F. Muir and Milton Ager. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 14, 1891 (Akron), Died May 16, 1931 (California)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1911 - 1949
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 304 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-15272 | 10-in. | 10/9/1914 | Back to the Carolina you love | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-15862 | 10-in. | 4/7/1915 | I want to be there | Herbert Stuart | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-16333 | 10-in. | 8/9/1915 | When you're in love with someone who is not in love with you | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-16737 | 10-in. | 11/2/1915 | All I can do is just love you | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-16746 | 10-in. | 11/4/1915 | What's the use of going home (When there's nobody there to love) | Irving Kaufman ; Billy Murray | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-16793 | 10-in. | 11/18/1915 | Beatrice Fairfax, tell me what to do | Ada Jones | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-17015 | 10-in. | 1/17/1916 | You can't get along when you're with 'em or without 'em | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-17298 | 10-in. | 3/13/1916 | You can't get along with 'em or without 'em | Billy Murray | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-17542 | 10-in. | 4/27/1916 | The Honolulu blues | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with mandolin and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-17843 | 10-in. | 6/12/1916 | You're a dangerous girl | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-18324 | 10-in. | 9/5/1916 | There's a little bit of bad in every good little girl | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-18327 | 10-in. | 9/7/1916 | I know I got more than my share | John H. Meyer ; M. J. O'Connell | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Victor | B-18555 | 10-in. | 10/17/1916 | I know I got more than my share | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with celeste and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-18559 | 10-in. | 10/18/1916 | Honolulu, America loves you | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | C-19102 | 12-in. | 1/18/1917 | Honolulu, America loves you | Victor Military Band | Band | songwriter | |
Victor | B-19513 | 10-in. | 3/26/1917 | I called you my sweetheart | James F. Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-21464 | 10-in. | 2/21/1918 | I hate to lose you | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-21993 | 10-in. | 6/18/1918 | France (We have not forgotten you) | Lambert Murphy | Male vocal solo, with violin duet and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-22176 | 10-in. | 7/25/1918 | Everything is peaches down in Georgia | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-22222 | 10-in. | 9/5/1918 | You'll find old Dixieland in France | Arthur Fields | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-22493 | 10-in. | 12/31/1918 | In the land of beginning again (Where broken dreams come true) | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-22666 | 10-in. | 3/31/1919 | Anything is nice if it comes from Dixieland | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-23111 | 10-in. | 8/6/1919 | Regretful blues | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-23146 | 10-in. | 9/10/1919 | Just for me and Mary ('Twas a beautiful wedding day) | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with celeste and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-23484 | 10-in. | 11/20/1919 | I'll dance my way right back to Dixieland | Esther Walker | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Clarke, Grant," accessed October 23, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103128.
Clarke, Grant. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 23, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103128.
"Clarke, Grant." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 October 2024.
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LCNAR: Clarke, Grant - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81046661
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MusicBrainz: Grant Clarke - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b5b8ed30-8bd6-4264-96d3-f7e9c246b3cf
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