Edward Eliscu

Edward Eliscu (April 2, 1902 – June 18, 1998) was an American lyricist, playwright, producer and actor, and a successful writer of songs for films.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 2, 1902 (New York City), Died June 18, 1998 (Connecticut)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist

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= 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	BVE-50901	10-in.	2/28/1929	Something to live for	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra	Orchestra, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-50902	10-in.	2/28/1929	You're perfect!	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra	Orchestra, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-56712	10-in.	9/24/1929	More than you know	Helen Morgan	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-56722	10-in.	9/27/1929	From now on	Ben Pollack Orchestra ; Ben Pollack ; Charles Roberts	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-59902	10-in.	3/29/1930	They cut down the old pine tree	Gene and Glenn	Male vocal duet, with piano and harmonica	lyricist
Victor	BVE-63191	10-in.	11/3/1930	I'll still belong to you	Leonard Joy's All String Orchestra	Orchestra, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-67467	10-in.	2/25/1931	Heavenly night	Leo Reisman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-67492	10-in.	3/6/1931	Without a song	Lawrence Tibbett	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BRC-69617	10-in.	5/14/1931	When the clock is striking twelve	Frank Munn ; The Troubadours	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BRC-69620	10-in.	5/15/1931	You forgot your gloves	Clare Hanlon ; Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-73742	10-in.	10/3/1932	They cut down the old pine tree	Joe Rines Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet	lyricist
Victor	BS-76092	10-in.	5/5/1933	Sing to me	Ted Holt ; Jack Berger Hotel Astor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-76106	10-in.	5/8/1933	Sing to me	Maurice Cross ; Don Bestor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-76380	10-in.	6/5/1933	My imaginary sweetheart	Casa Loma Orchestra ; Glen Gray ; Kenny Sargent	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-78517	10-in.	11/8/1933	Orchids in the moonlight	Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-78520	10-in.	11/8/1933	Flying down to Rio	Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-78898	10-in.	12/22/1933	Orchids in the moonlight	Bill Scotti Orchestra ; Lee Sullivan	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-78949	10-in.	1/4/1934	Carioca	Orquesta de los Estudios RKO	Dubbed recording from film : Jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-78955	10-in.	1/10/1934	Carioca	RKO Studio Orchestra ; Max Steiner	Dubbed recording from film : Jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-81060	10-in.	1/15/1934	Carioca	Orquesta Pedro Vía	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	lyricist
Victor	BS-83296	10-in.	6/19/1934	Orchids in the moonlight	Juan Arvizu	Jazz/dance band (re-recording), with male vocal solo and piano	lyricist
Victor	BVE-84651	10-in.	10/11/1934	Kapicka	Tetos Demetriades (Τετος Δημητριαδης)	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Victor	BS-02869	10-in.	10/24/1936	They cut down the old pine tree	Buster Coward ; Bill Dickey ; Tune Wranglers	String band, with male vocal duet	lyricist
Victor	BS-041381	10-in.	10/2/1939	More than you know	Dolores Brown ; Erskine Hawkins Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	D6VB-1344	10-in.	3/11/1946	More than you know	Perry Como ; Russ Case Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	D7VB-1980	10-in.	11/4/1947	Carioca	Russ Case ; Russ Case Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Victor	D7VB-3104	10-in.	12/31/1947	Without a song	Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with vocal quartet and jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-Test-1153	10-in.	10/7/1932	One alone [from The desert song]	Edward Nell, Jr.	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	W149079	10-in.	10/1/1929	From now on	The Knickerbockers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W149124	10-in.	10/9/1929	Great day	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet	lyricist
Columbia	W149125	10-in.	10/9/1929	Without a song	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W149412	10-in.	11/12/1929	More than you know	Ruth Etting	Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio	lyricist
Columbia	[W]149762	10-in.	1/15/1930	Great day	The Danford Sisters ; Hotel Pennsylvania Music [Phil Spitalny Orchestra] ; Jack Miller	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and female vocal duet	lyricist
Columbia	[W]149763	10-in.	1/15/1930	Without a song	Hotel Pennsylvania Music [Phil Spitalny Orchestra] ; Jack Miller	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	[W]150176	10-in.	4/7/1930	They cut down the old pine tree	Buck Wilson and his Rangers	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W151572	10-in.	5/28/1931	You forgot your gloves	Paul Specht Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W152705	10-in.	2/5/1934	Music makes me	Emil Coleman and his Palais Royal Orchestra ; Stanley Worth	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	HCO1121	10-in.	approximately 1944	Great day	Robert Armbruster ; Nelson Eddy	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	HCO1124	10-in.	approximately 1944	Without a song	Robert Armbruster ; Nelson Eddy	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	W351033	10-in.	6/5/1931	You forgot your gloves	Jack Whitney and his Orchestra [Selvin's Orchestra]	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
OKeh	W403068	10-in.	10/15/1929	Great day!	Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
OKeh	W403898	10-in.	4/11/1930	They cut down the old pine tree	Paul Mason	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
OKeh	W404480	10-in.	10/10/1930	I'll still belong to you	Ed Kirkeby Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Brunswick	E31473	10-in.	Nov. 1929	Without a song	Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra ; William C. Elkins Jubilee Singers	Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus	lyricist
Brunswick	E31526	10-in.	Nov. 1929	Happy because I’m in love	Libby Holman	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	E31527	10-in.	Nov. 1929	More than you know	Libby Holman	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	E32742	10-in.	May 1930	They cut down the old pine tree	Dick Robertson	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	E36435	10-in.	3/31/1931	They cut down the old pine tree	Frankie Marvin	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	lyricist
Brunswick	E36695	10-in.	5/16/1931	You forgot your gloves	The Brunswick Orchestra [Victor Young Orchestra] ; Victor Young	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet	lyricist
Brunswick	E31429-E31430	10-in.	Nov. 1929	Great day	Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra ; William C. Elkins Jubilee Singers	Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus; without vocal (take G)	lyricist
Brunswick	E31431-E31432	10-in.	Nov. 1929	Without a song	Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra ; William C. Elkins Jubilee Singers	Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus; without vocal (take G)	lyricist
Brunswick	C6193	10-in.	Nov. 1930	I’ll still belong to you	Ben Bernie Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal; without vocal (take G)	lyricist
Brunswick	LTR261	10-in.	12/10/1929	More than you know	Carmel Myers	Female vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Brunswick	LAE854	10-in.	7/31/1930	It must be you	Zelma O'Neal	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Brunswick	B14607	10-in.	1/16/1934	En una noche de luna (Orchids in the moonlight) : Tango	Don Rafael y su Orquesta	Instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Brunswick	B14608	10-in.	1/16/1934	Carioca : Rumba fox trot	Don Rafael y su Orquesta	Instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Brunswick	B14887	10-in.	3/5/1934	Carioca	Marimba Hurtado Hermanos	Marimba band	lyricist
Brunswick	B15197	10-in.	5/11/1934	Carioca : Rumba son	Sexteto Canario	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Brunswick	B24046	10-in.	1/30/1939	More than you know	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Edison	19347	10-in.	9/17/1929	Without a song	B. A. Rolfe Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	lyricist
Edison	N-1201	10-in.	10/11/1929	Great day	Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra ; B. A. Rolfe	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Eliscu, Edward," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105831.

Eliscu, Edward. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105831.

"Eliscu, Edward." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.