Pennsylvanians
Waring's Pennsylvanians was a dance band that was founded at Penn State University by Fred Waring. First named the Collegians, the group was formed in 1918 at Penn State by the brothers Fred and Tom Waring and their friends Freddy Buck and Poley McClintock. They had a hit in 1925 with the song "Collegiate". Other popular novelty songs were "I've Never Seen a Straight Banana" and "I Wonder How I Look When I'm Asleep". In 1929 they appeared in the movie Syncopation and on stage in The New Yorkers the following year. Their popularity increased in the 1930s with their presence in radio and movies. During the 1940s, they performed on Broadway and at the World's Fair and became the first band to broadcast its own TV show. From 1950–1970, they became a corporation that branched into workshops, real estate, and a magazine. |
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1968
Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group
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Recordings (Results 476-500 of 787 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 74549 | 8/18/1948 | Song of Christmas: Part 3 | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 74550 | 8/18/1948 | Song of Christmas: Part 4 | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 74951 | 6/1/1949 | Younger than Springtime | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 74952 | 6/1/1949 | This nearly was mine | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 74953 | 6/1/1949 | Follow the swallow to hide a way hollow | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 74959 | 6/6/1949 | Trees | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 74960 | 6/6/1949 | Hymn to music | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75002 | 6/17/1949 | The Iowa corn song (Io-Wuh) | Bing Crosby | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75003 | 6/17/1949 | 'Way back home | Bing Crosby | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75008 | 6/22/1949 | Let's take an old-fashioned walk | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75009 | 6/22/1949 | (Just one way to say) I love you | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75010 | 6/22/1949 | Give me your tired, your poor-1 | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75011 | 6/22/1949 | Paris wakes up and smiles | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75012 | 6/22/1949 | You can have him | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75013 | 6/22/1949 | The policeman's ball | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75014 | 6/22/1949 | Little fish in a big pond | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75015 | 6/22/1949 | Homework | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75071 | 7/15/1949 | A place in the sun, part 1 | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75072 | 7/15/1949 | A place in the sun, part 2 | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75403 | 10/12/1949 | Come dance with me | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75404 | 10/12/1949 | Give me your hand | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75405 | 10/12/1949 | Whirlwind | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75406 | 10/12/1949 | There's no one here but me | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75408 | 10/14/1949 | I love the way it looks on you | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group | |||
Decca | 75409 | 10/14/1949 | I must have done something wonderful | Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians | Musical group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Pennsylvanians," accessed November 15, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104964.
Pennsylvanians. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 15, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104964.
"Pennsylvanians." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 15 November 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians
Discogs: Pennsylvanians
IMDb: Pennsylvanians
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Pennsylvanians (Musical group) - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85161564
Wikidata: Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7969431
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/121015813
MusicBrainz: Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4a903390-4381-4c32-90d0-803bd4f9ce34
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