Harry Archer

Harry Archer

Harry Archer (February 21, 1888 – April 23, 1960) was an American composer and orchestra leader. He is best remembered for six Broadway shows from the 2nd and 3rd decades of the 20th-century, but also made several popular recordings in the 1920s for Brunswick Records.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 21, 1888 (Creston), Died April 23, 1960

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1920 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, leader, arranger, songwriter

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-28581	10-in.	9/20/1923	I love you	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-29025	10-in.	11/23/1923	I love you	Charles Hart	Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-29801	10-in.	3/24/1924	'No' means 'yes'	Phil Spitalny Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-29982	10-in.	5/9/1924	Paradise Alley	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet	composer
Victor	B-30011	10-in.	4/23/1924	I love you	Reinald Werrenrath	Baritone vocal solo, with violin and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-30012	10-in.	4/23/1924	Suppose I had never met you	Reinald Werrenrath	Baritone vocal solo, with violin and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-31753	10-in.	1/22/1925	You and I	Jack Shilkret Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	B-32068	10-in.	3/9/1925	Desert isle	Edwin J. McEnelly Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BVE-33483	10-in.	10/23/1925	It must be love	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-33853	10-in.	11/6/1925	It must be love	International Novelty Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-33854	10-in.	11/6/1925	I was blue	International Novelty Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	CVE-33982	12-in.	12/11/1925	Gems from Merry-merry	Victor Light Opera Company	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-36814	10-in.	10/12/1926	I'd rather be the girl in your arms (Than the girl in your dreams)	Jean Goldkette Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo (takes 5-8); with male vocal trio (takes 1-4)	composer
Victor	BVE-37711	10-in.	1/12/1927	Pepita	Kirilloff's Russian Balalaika Orchestra	Balalaika orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-39297	10-in.	6/27/1927	I'm gonna dance wit de guy wot brung me	Billy Murray ; Aileen Stanley	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-39581	10-in.	8/24/1927	She'll never find a fellow like me	Ted Weems Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-43568	10-in.	4/16/1928	Maybe it's all for the best	Walter O'Keefe	Male vocal solo, with piano and guitar	composer
Victor	BVE-43570	10-in.	4/16/1928	I'm lookin' for a girl	Walter O'Keefe	Male vocal solo, with piano and guitar	composer
Victor	BVE-47852	10-in.	10/19/1928	Anything your heart desires	Ted Weems Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-56818	10-in.	4/3/1930	You're the sweetest girl this side of heaven	High Hatters ; Leonard W. Joy ; Frank Luther	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-57683	10-in.	2/4/1930	Where the golden daffodils grow	High Hatters ; Frank Luther	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-58548	10-in.	2/4/1930	So sympathetic	High Hatters ; Leonard W. Joy ; Frank Luther	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-58629	10-in.	1/30/1930	Alone with my dreams	Elliott Shaw ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra	Orchestra, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-88978	10-in.	5/28/1935	Rainbow	Carl Ravazza ; Tom Coakley Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-89585	10-in.	4/25/1935	Rainbow	George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Sonny Schuyler	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	PBS-036245	10-in.	6/5/1939	White sails (Beneath a silver moon)	Kenny Baker ; Nathaniel Finston	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Victor	BS-036901	10-in.	5/3/1939	I love you	Ozzie Nelson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-036952	10-in.	5/17/1939	White sails	Clyde Burke ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-037411	10-in.	6/1/1939	White sails (Beneath a yellow moon)	Ozzie Nelson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-2760	10-in.	12/28/1947	I love you	Charles Dant Orchestra ; Dennis Day	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia	79567	10-in.	12/10/1920	I'm gonna quit Saturday	Bert Williams	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	81192	10-in.	9/5/1923	My home town in Kansas	Frank Crumit	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	81203	10-in.	9/8/1923	I love you	Columbians Dance Orchestra De Luxe	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	81328	10-in.	11/7/1923	I love you	Lewis James	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	81537	10-in.	2/8/1924	I love you	Rudy Wiedoeft	Saxophone solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	81559	10-in.	2/14/1924	"No" means "Yes"	Silver Slipper Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	140157	10-in.	11/29/1924	You and I	Paul Specht Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	W141176	10-in.	10/22/1925	It must be love	Harry Reser's Syncopators	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	W141861	10-in.	3/24/1926	I'd rather be the girl in your arms	Ross Gorman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	W144370	10-in.	7/14/1927	I'm gonna dance wit de guy wot brung me	Vaughn De Leath ; Frank Harris	Female-male vocal duet, with piano	composer
Columbia	144495	10-in.	7/23/1927	I'm gonna dance wit de guy wot brung me	Night Club Orchestra ; Tom Stacks	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	W146266	10-in.	4/19/1928	She'll never find a fellow like me	The Happiness Boys	Male vocal duet, with piano	composer
Columbia	W146631	10-in.	7/13/1928	Down in Waikiki	Eddy's Hawaiian Serenaders	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	W146885	10-in.	8/24/1928	Anything your heart desires	The Nifty Three	Mixed vocal trio, with banjo	composer
Columbia	W146886	10-in.	8/24/1928	Dog-gone!	The Nifty Three	Mixed vocal trio, with banjo	composer
Columbia	W149979	10-in.	2/11/1930	Where the golden daffodils grow	Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	W150005	10-in.	2/20/1930	Alone with my dreams	Charlie Lawman	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	150042	10-in.	2/28/1930	Where the golden daffodils grow	Lou Gold Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	[W]150072	10-in.	3/10/1930	So sympathetic	Hotel Pennsylvania Music [Lloyd Keating and his Music] ; Three Jacks	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	composer
Columbia	[W]150075	10-in.	3/10/1930	Alone with my dreams	Hotel Pennsylvania Music [Lloyd Keating and his Music] ; Three Jacks	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	songwriter
Columbia	W150093	10-in.	3/19/1930	So sympathetic	Merle Johnston and his Ceco Couriers	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	W150454	10-in.	4/10/1930	You're the sweetest girl this side of heaven	Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians ; Joseph M. White	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	150527	10-in.	5/23/1930	You're the sweetest girl this side of heaven	Jim Andrews ; Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers]	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	9555	10-in.	3/2/1926	It must be love	Castle of Paris Orchestra ; Emerson Gill	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-71857	10-in.	Sept. 1923	I love you	Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-71912	10-in.	September 1923	I love you	Lewis James	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
OKeh	S-73271	10-in.	Mar. 1925	You and I	Hotel Sylvania Orchestra of Philadelphia ; Vincent Rizzo	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	W403819	10-in.	3/4/1930	Alone with my dreams	Smith Ballew Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W403820	10-in.	3/4/1930	Where the golden daffodils grow	Smith Ballew Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W403821	10-in.	3/4/1930	So sympathetic	Smith Ballew Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W404207	10-in.	6/6/1930	You're the sweetest girl this side of heaven	Ray Seeley Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W490044	10-in.	3/4/1930	Alone with my dreams	Smith Ballew Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	W490045	10-in.	3/4/1930	Where the golden daffodils grow	Smith Ballew Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	11362-11365	10-in.	9/19/1923	I love you	Victor Arden ; Carl Fenton’s Orchestra ; Phil Ohman	Jazz/dance band, with 2 pianos	composer
Brunswick	12082-12084	10-in.	12/11/1923	I love you	Allen McQuhae	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	14428-14431	10-in.	12/10/1924	You and I	Ray Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	14494-14496	10-in.	12/16/1924	You and I	Ray Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E27577	10-in.	5/24/1928	In sunny Hawaii	Royal Hawaiians	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal ensemble; without vocal (take G)	composer
Brunswick	E32042	10-in.	February 1930	So sympathetic	Tom Clines and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	E32044	10-in.	February 1930	Alone with my dreams	Tom Clines and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Brunswick	E1586-E1588	10-in.	11/2/1925	It must be love	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader, composer
Brunswick	E1589-E1591	10-in.	11/2/1925	I was blue	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader, composer
Brunswick	E1805-E1808	10-in.	11/24/1925	Who?	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader
Brunswick	E1809-E1811	10-in.	11/24/1925	Sunny	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader
Brunswick	E1935-E1937	10-in.	12/15/1925	Who?	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	leader
Brunswick	E1938-E1940	10-in.	12/15/1925	Sunny	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	leader
Brunswick	E1958-E1960	10-in.	12/21/1925	Who?	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	leader
Brunswick	E1961-E1963	10-in.	12/21/1925	Sunny	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	leader
Brunswick	E2599-E2601	10-in.	3/9/1926	I don’t believe it, but say it again	Vanderbilt Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E2602-E2604	10-in.	3/9/1926	Everything’s gonna be all right	Vanderbilt Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E4202-E4204	10-in.	12/9/1926	Sunday	Vanderbilt Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E4205-E4207	10-in.	12/9/1926	Sweet thing	Vanderbilt Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E17215-E17217	10-in.	12/23/1925	Baby	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E17218-E17221	10-in.	12/23/1925	Lantern of love	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E17616-E17618	10-in.	1/21/1926	A little bungalow	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader
Brunswick	E17619-E17622	10-in.	1/21/1926	Great big bear	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader
Brunswick	E17923-E17926	10-in.	2/9/1926	Whistle away your blues	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E17927-E17929	10-in.	2/9/1926	Sweet and low down	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader
Brunswick	E18051-E18053	10-in.	2/23/1926	I don’t believe it, but say it again	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E18054-E18056	10-in.	2/23/1926	Everything’s gonna be all right	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E18592-E18594	10-in.	3/29/1926	My own	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader, composer
Brunswick	E18595-E18597	10-in.	3/29/1926	Ev’ry little note	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader, composer
Brunswick	E18683-E18685	10-in.	4/6/1926	I’d rather be the girl in your arms	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader, composer
Brunswick	E18686-E18688	10-in.	4/6/1926	When I’m with you I’m lonesome	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader, composer
Brunswick	E20259-E20260	10-in.	9/25/1926	Pepita	Park Lane Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	E20308-E20309	10-in.	9/30/1926	Get a load of this	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader, composer
Brunswick	E20310-E20311	10-in.	9/30/1926	Twinkle twinkle	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	leader, composer
Brunswick	E20919-E20921	10-in.	12/9/1926	When day is done	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E20922-E20924	10-in.	12/9/1926	There ain’t no maybe in my baby’s eyes	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E21369-E21371	10-in.	1/29/1927	High-high-high up in the hills (Watching the clouds roll by)	Bonnie Laddies ; Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	leader
Brunswick	E21372-E21373	10-in.	1/29/1927	Yankee Rose	Bonnie Laddies ; Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	leader
Brunswick	E21740-E21742	10-in.	3/4/1927	I’ll always remember you	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E21743-E21745	10-in.	3/4/1927	Lily	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E23511-E23513	10-in.	6/7/1927	Sa-lu-ta!	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E23513)	leader, arranger
Brunswick	E23514-E23516	10-in.	6/7/1927	Gorgeous	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E23516)	leader, arranger
Brunswick	E24201-E24204	10-in.	8/12/1927	I'm gonna dance wit de guy wot brung me	Six Jumping Jacks	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E24204)	composer
Brunswick	E24312-E24315	10-in.	8/25/1927	You sing that song to somebody else	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E24315)	leader, arranger
Brunswick	E24316-E24319	10-in.	8/25/1927	Roam on, my little Gypsy sweetheart	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E24319)	arranger, leader
Brunswick	E24512-E24515	10-in.	9/22/1927	'Way back when	Harry Archer Orchestra ; Vanderbilt Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E24515)	arranger, leader
Brunswick	E24516-E24519	10-in.	9/22/1927	Rain	Harry Archer Orchestra ; Vanderbilt Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E24519)	leader, arranger
Brunswick	E24777-E24780	10-in.	10/18/1927	Molly Malone	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo; without vocal (take E24780)	arranger, leader
Brunswick	E24781-E24784	10-in.	10/18/1927	Roses understand	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo; without vocal (take E24784)	leader, arranger
Brunswick	E24938-E24940	10-in.	10/27/1927	Up in the clouds	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal solo; without vocal (take E24940)	arranger, leader
Brunswick	E24941-E24944	10-in.	10/27/1927	Thinking of you	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E24944)	arranger, leader
Brunswick	E25096-E25098	10-in.	11/7/1927	Molly Malone	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	leader, arranger
Brunswick	E25099-E25101	10-in.	11/7/1927	Roses understand	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	leader, arranger
Brunswick	E25154-E25157	10-in.	11/11/1927	My heart stood still	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal effects	leader, arranger
Brunswick	E25158-E25161	10-in.	11/11/1927	I feel at home with you	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	arranger, leader
Brunswick	E26059-E26060	10-in.	1/18/1928	Down in Waikiki	Royal Hawaiians	Instrumental ensemble (Hawaiian), with male vocal trio	composer
Brunswick	E26237-E26239	10-in.	1/23/1928	Say so!	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E26239)	leader, arranger
Brunswick	E26240-E26242	10-in.	1/23/1928	Oh gee! Oh joy!	Harry Archer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E26242)	leader, arranger
Brunswick	LAE787	10-in.	5/10/1930	Where the golden daffodils grow	Earl Burtnett Biltmore Trio	Male vocal trio, with string ensemble	composer
Brunswick	882W-884W	10-in.	6/19/1925	Desert isle	Selvin’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	Tests 15Ch		3/19/1924	“No” means “Yes"	Carl Fenton’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	[Unnumbered 1927-03-00-02]	10-in.	Mar. 1927	My own	Fred Elizalde Varsity Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	8337	10-in.	1/11/1922	Tyrol	Al Bernard ; Frank Kamplain	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	songwriter
Edison	8791	10-in.	between 11/2/1923 and 11/14/1923	I love you	Ernest L. Stevens	Piano solo	composer
Edison	9137	10-in.	9/5/1923	I love you	Harvey Hindermyer	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	9156	10-in.	9/13/1923	I love you	Broadway Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	9502	10-in.	5/8/1924	Paradise Alley	Arthur Hall ; Harry Raderman's Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Edison	9575	10-in.	6/19/1924	I'll keep on dreaming (Until my dreams all come true)	George Wilton Ballard ; Merry Sparklers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Edison	9942	10-in.	1/15/1925	You and I	Clover Garden Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	10644	10-in.	10/20/1925	It must be love	Tennessee Happy Boys	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	11077	10-in.	6/29/1926	I'd rather be the girl in your arms (Than the girl in your dreams)	Palais D'Or Orchestra ; B. A. Rolfe	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	11902	10-in.	9/20/1927	I'm gonna dance wit de guy wot brung me	Vaughn De Leath ; Jack Kaufman	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Archer, Harry," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105001.

Archer, Harry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105001.

"Archer, Harry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.