George Olsen

George Olsen

George Edward Olsen Sr. (March 18, 1893 – March 18, 1971) was an American musician and bandleader. Born in Portland, Oregon, Olsen's orchestra's debut hotel engagement came at the Multnomah Hotel in Portland. He then made the cross-county transition to Broadway, appearing in Kid Boots (1923), the Ziegfeld Follies of 1924, Ziegfeld Follies of 1925, and Good News (1927). George Olsen and his orchestra were in Eddie Cantor's 1928 Broadway hit Whoopee!, and in the 1930 movie version. In the Follies George met a singer, Ethel Shutta, who sings and dances memorably in Whoopee!, and they married, appearing together in nightclubs and on radio. They had two children, George Jr. and Charles; following a divorce, Olsen opened a restaurant in Paramus, New Jersey. Olsen and Shutta were heard on the Oldsmobile Program on CBS radio in 1933. He also was an orchestra leader for The Jack Benny Program on radio. Olsen signed with Victor in 1924 and remained as one of Victor's most popular bands until 1933 when he signed with Columbia. He stayed with Columbia through January, 1934. He recorded a single session in 1938 for Decca, and one final date for the rare Varsity label in 1940. Olsen's bands produced few stars. Singer-saxophonist Fred MacMurray passed through in 1930 on his way to eventual movie stardom, recording a vocal on I'm in the Market for You. Olsen's long-time alto saxist and singer, Fran Frey, with his distinctive, reedy bass-baritone, was perhaps the best known Olsenite until he left in 1933 for a career as a music director in radio. In 1936, Olsen became leader of Orville Knapp's band after Knapp died in a plane crash. Olsen was chosen to lead the band by Knapp's widow. Morale problems plagued the group, and in 1938, after many musicians had already left, the group disbanded. A resident of Paramus, New Jersey, Olsen ran a popular local restaurant there on Paramus Road for many years before he died there on March 18, 1971. According to John S. Wilson in The New York Times, reviewing a retrospective of Olsen's recording "George Olsen and His Music" on RCA-Victor, in 1968, Olsen had a restaurant in Paramus, NJ called "George Olsen's". Wilson noted that "Olsen is there every day greeting guests at lunch and dinner... In the background, the original George Olsen records of the Twenties play softly. After his divorce from Shutta, Olsen married Claralee Pilcer.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 18, 1893 (Portland), Died March 18, 1971 (Paramus)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1948

Roles Represented in DAHR: director, leader, composer, songwriter, speaker, traps, vocalist

= 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-30115	10-in.	5/16/1924	He's the hottest man in town	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	B-30116	10-in.	5/16/1924	Sally Lou	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	B-30165	10-in.	6/5/1924	A new kind of man	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	B-30326	10-in.	6/26/1924	Beale Street blues	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	B-30327	10-in.	6/26/1924	You'll never get to heaven with those eyes	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	B-30621	10-in.	7/25/1924	Sax-o-phun	George Olsen and his Music ; Rudy Wiedoeft	Jazz/dance band, with saxophone solo	leader
Victor	B-30622	10-in.	7/25/1924	My papa doesn't two-time no time	George Olsen and his Music ; Billy Murray	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	B-30660	10-in.	8/19/1924	Follow the swallow	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	B-30661	10-in.	8/19/1924	Biminy	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with saxophone solo	leader
Victor	C-30882	12-in.	10/3/1924	Toodles	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	B-30883	10-in.	10/3/1924	Goin' home blues	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader, composer
Victor	B-31036	10-in.	10/22/1924	A sun-kist cottage	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader, composer
Victor	B-31037	10-in.	10/22/1924	The slave of love	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	B-31091	10-in.	11/7/1924	Dixie dreams	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	B-31098	10-in.	11/11/1924	Nancy	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	B-31099	10-in.	11/11/1924	My best girl	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	B-31400	10-in.	11/11/1924	Ever lovin' bee	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	B-31413	10-in.	11/14/1924	Put away a little ray of golden sunshine for a rainy day	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	B-31787	10-in.	1/29/1925	Nobody knows what a red-head mamma can do	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	B-31989	10-in.	2/20/1925	Those Panama mamas (Are ruining me)	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	B-31990	10-in.	2/20/1925	Why couldn't it be poor little me	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	B-32050	10-in.	3/4/1925	Everybody loves my baby (But my baby don't love nobody but me)	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	B-32248	10-in.	3/24/1925	Toddle along	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	BVE-32739	10-in.	6/23/1925	Say Arabella (What's a fella to do?)	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-32740	10-in.	6/23/1925	Save your sorrow for to-morrow	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BVE-32741	10-in.	6/23/1925	Row! Row! Rosie	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet	director
Victor	BVE-33337	10-in.	8/21/1925	I'm knee deep in daisies (And head over heels in love)	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet	director
Victor	BVE-33338	10-in.	8/21/1925	Hot aire	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BVE-33572	10-in.	10/16/1925	Sugar plum	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-33573	10-in.	10/16/1925	Lonesome me	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BVE-33832	10-in.	10/30/1925	Just a little thing called rhythm	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-33855	10-in.	11/6/1925	Sunny	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BVE-33856	10-in.	11/6/1925	Who	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-33880	10-in.	11/17/1925	Fond of you	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BVE-33881	10-in.	11/17/1925	A little bit bad	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-34109	10-in.	12/1/1925	Journey's end	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BVE-34110	10-in.	12/1/1925	Miami	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-34332	10-in.	1/15/1926	She was just a sailor's sweetheart	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-34333	10-in.	1/15/1926	She's a corn-fed Indiana girl (But she's mamma to me)	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet	director, composer
Victor	BVE-34353	10-in.	1/22/1926	Oh, how I've waited for you	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-34354	10-in.	1/22/1926	All for you	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet	director
Victor	BVE-34601	10-in.	2/5/1926	Always	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-34602	10-in.	2/4/1926	Too bad	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BVE-34624	10-in.	2/16/1926	Drifting and dreaming	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-34675	10-in.	3/4/1926	Gypsyland	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	director, instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BVE-34676	10-in.	3/4/1926	Horses	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and monologue	director, speaker, instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BVE-35335	10-in.	4/22/1926	Just a little dance	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director, instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BVE-35336	10-in.	4/22/1926	The girl friend	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-35607	10-in.	5/14/1926	Let's make up	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet	director
Victor	BVE-35608	10-in.	5/14/1926	Hello, aloha! How are you?	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-35623	10-in.	5/21/1926	What's the use of talking	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band (takes 5-8); with male vocal duet (takes 1-4)	director
Victor	BVE-35693	10-in.	6/16/1926	Bye bye blackbird	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director, instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BVE-35731	10-in.	6/30/1926	Lucky day	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-35732	10-in.	6/30/1926	Katinka	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-35750	10-in.	7/8/1926	Why do you want to know why?	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BVE-35751	10-in.	7/8/1926	You need someone to love	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director, composer
Victor	BVE-35777	10-in.	7/16/1926	Where'd you get those eyes	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-35778	10-in.	7/16/1926	Hi-diddle-diddle	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-36882	10-in.	10/29/1926	Leander	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-36883	10-in.	10/29/1926	I never knew what the moonlight could do	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-36909	10-in.	11/6/1926	I'm tellin' the birds, tellin' the bees (How I love you)	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-36910	10-in.	11/6/1926	Do-do-do	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-36924	10-in.	11/12/1926	Someone to watch over me	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BVE-36953	10-in.	11/22/1926	Meadow lark	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-36954	10-in.	11/22/1926	I've got the girl!	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-37130	10-in.	12/13/1926	Ev'ry little while	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-37131	10-in.	12/13/1926	For you and me	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-37163	10-in.	12/21/1926	Sam, the old accordion man	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director, instrumentalist, traps
Victor	BVE-37164	10-in.	12/21/1926	Thinking of you (I've grown so lonesome)	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-37549	10-in.	1/19/1927	Blue skies	Bob Borger ; Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music ; Bob Rice	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-37550	10-in.	1/19/1927	Where's that rainbow?	Bob Borger ; Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music ; Bob Rice	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-37741	10-in.	2/4/1927	At sundown (When love is calling me home)	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	leader
Victor	BVE-37742	10-in.	2/4/1927	Somebody else	Bob Borger ; Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music ; Bob Rice	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	leader
Victor	BVE-39471	10-in.	8/18/1927	Lucky in love	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-39472	10-in.	8/18/1927	Good news	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-39473	10-in.	8/18/1927	The best things in life are free	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-39474	10-in.	8/19/1927	The varsity drag	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-40181	10-in.	10/14/1927	Worryin'	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-40182	10-in.	10/14/1927	Blue baby (Why are you blue?)	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-40183	10-in.	10/14/1927	Magnolia	Ethel Shutta	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	director
Victor	BVE-40500	10-in.	10/21/1927	I feel at home with you	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BVE-40501	10-in.	10/21/1927	My heart stood still	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-40535	10-in.	11/1/1927	The song is ended (But the melody lingers on)	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus	director
Victor	BVE-45182	10-in.	5/28/1928	Because my baby don't mean 'maybe' now!	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-45183	10-in.	5/28/1928	Just like a melody out of the sky	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-45627	10-in.	6/12/1928	Pickin' cotton	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-45628	10-in.	6/12/1928	Old man sunshine (Little boy blue bird)	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-45640	10-in.	6/18/1928	I'm on the crest of a wave	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-45641	10-in.	6/18/1928	American tune	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-45890	10-in.	7/19/1928	Driftwood	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-45891	10-in.	7/19/1928	Ten little miles from town	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-45892	10-in.	7/19/1928	King for a day	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	vocalist, director
Victor	BVE-46955	10-in.	8/28/1928	Out of the tempest	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-46956	10-in.	8/28/1928	The first kiss	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-46989	10-in.	9/6/1928	Sonny boy	Eddie Cantor	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	director
Victor	BVE-46990	10-in.	9/6/1928	It goes like this!	Eddie Cantor	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	director
Victor	BVE-47510	10-in.	9/13/1928	At last	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director, composer
Victor	BVE-47511	10-in.	9/13/1928	Doin' the raccoon	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus	director
Victor	BVE-47529	10-in.	9/18/1928	Sonny boy	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Victor	BVE-47801	10-in.	10/3/1928	A precious little thing called love	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-47802	10-in.	10/3/1928	Where the shy little violets grow	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-48437	10-in.	12/6/1928	I'm bringing a red, red rose	Bob Borger ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-48438	10-in.	12/6/1928	Come west little girl, come west	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet	director
Victor	BVE-49022	10-in.	12/27/1928	I faw down an' go boom!	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus	director
Victor	BVE-49023	10-in.	12/27/1928	In a little town called home sweet home	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-49250	10-in.	12/11/1928	Makin' whoopee!	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-49251	10-in.	12/11/1928	Until you get somebody else	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-49624	10-in.	1/8/1929	I'll never ask for more	Bob Borger ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-49625	10-in.	1/8/1929	When the world is at rest	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-49634	10-in.	1/11/1929	The Monte Carlo song	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-49635	10-in.	1/11/1929	O! What a night to love	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-50963	10-in.	3/22/1929	Walking with Susie	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-50964	10-in.	3/22/1929	That's you, baby	George Olsen and his Music ; Erwin Magee	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-50980	10-in.	3/27/1929	Dream mother	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-50981	10-in.	3/27/1929	A garden in the rain	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-50996	10-in.	4/1/1929	Breakaway	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-50997	10-in.	4/1/1929	Big city blues	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-51606	10-in.	4/4/1929	I'm in seventh heaven	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-51607	10-in.	4/4/1929	Little pal	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-51997	10-in.	5/13/1929	Just another kiss	Bob Borger ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-51998	10-in.	5/13/1929	Reaching for someone (And not finding anyone there)	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-51999	10-in.	5/13/1929	If we never should meet again	George Olsen and his Music ; Jack Gifford	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BVE-53527	10-in.	5/29/1929	Out where the moonbeams are born	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with recitation	speaker, vocalist, director
Victor	BVE-53528	10-in.	5/29/1929	Spanish doll	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BVE-53529	10-in.	5/29/1929	Watcha want to make me love you for, baby	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BVE-53530	10-in.	5/29/1929	Or what have you	Fran Frey ; Ethel Shutta	Female-male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band	director
Victor	PBVE-54481	10-in.	10/27/1929	What do I care	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo (takes 4-6); with male vocal trio (takes 1-3)	director
Victor	PBVE-54482	10-in.	10/27/1929	South Sea Rose	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo (takes 4-6); with male vocal solo (takes 1-3)	director
Victor	PBVE-54496	10-in.	11/10/1929	Home is heaven, heaven is home	Bob Borger ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	PBVE-54497	10-in.	11/10/1929	Romance	Bob Borger ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	PBVE-54498	10-in.	11/10/1929	After a million dreams	George Olsen and his Music ; Fred MacMurray	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	PBVE-54499	10-in.	11/10/1929	Sweet nothings of love	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	PBVE-54519	10-in.	11/24/1929	Mona	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	PBVE-54543	10-in.	12/22/1929	'Tain't no sin (To dance around in your bones)	Dick Gardner ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	PBVE-54544	10-in.	12/22/1929	I'm on a diet of love	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	PBVE-54592	10-in.	2/9/1930	I'm in the market for you	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	PBVE-54593	10-in.	2/9/1930	It happened in Monterey	Bob Borger ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	PBVE-54594	10-in.	2/9/1930	I don't need atmosphere (To fall in love)	Bob Borger ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	PBVE-54621	10-in.	2/23/1930	When the little red roses get the blues for you	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	PBVE-54622	10-in.	2/23/1930	Sing, you sinners	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus	director
Victor	PBVE-54675	10-in.	3/7/1930	Sing a little theme song	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	PBVE-54687	10-in.	3/12/1930	Montana call	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal chorus	leader
Victor	PBVE-54702	10-in.	3/14/1930	The moon is low	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	PBVE-54703	10-in.	3/14/1930	Just like in a story book	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with vocal solo	leader
Victor	PBVE-54718	10-in.	3/19/1930	Song of the dawn	George Olsen and his Music ; Donald Novis	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	PBVE-54800	10-in.	5/13/1930	Shoo the hoodoo away	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	PBVE-54801	10-in.	5/13/1930	The kiss waltz	Bob Borger ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	PBVE-54802	10-in.	5/13/1930	There's happiness over the hill	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus	leader
Victor	BVE-55621	10-in.	7/23/1929	The moonlight march	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BVE-55623	10-in.	7/25/1929	If you belived in me	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	speaker, director
Victor	BVE-55624	10-in.	7/25/1929	Song of the moonbeams	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director, speaker
Victor	PBVE-61018	10-in.	9/5/1930	Always in all ways	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	PBVE-61019	10-in.	9/5/1930	Beyond the blue horizon	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader, speaker
Victor	PBVE-61022	10-in.	9/16/1930	My ideal	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	PBVE-61023	10-in.	9/16/1930	It's a great life (if you don't weaken)	Dick Gardner ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	PBVE-61053	10-in.	11/10/1930	My love for you	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	PBVE-61054	10-in.	11/14/1930	Song of the fool	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with vocal trio	director
Victor	BRC-71867	10-in.	2/18/1932	Kiss me goodnight	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BRC-71868	10-in.	2/18/1932	I'll miss you in the evening	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BRC-71895	10-in.	2/24/1932	There I go dreaming again	George Olsen and his Music ; Ethel Shutta	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BRC-71896	10-in.	2/24/1932	You can make my life a bed of roses (Marry me)	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BRC-71914	10-in.	3/4/1932	Love, you funny thing!	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BRC-71915	10-in.	3/4/1932	(In the gloaming) By the fireside	Bob Borger ; George Olsen and his Music ; Ethel Shutta	Jazz/dance band, with recitation and male vocal solo	director
Victor	BRC-71916	10-in.	3/4/1932	Al anochecer	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BRC-71986	10-in.	3/23/1932	Say	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	director
Victor	BRC-71987	10-in.	3/23/1932	My mom	Jerry Baker ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BRC-71988	10-in.	3/23/1932	There's nothing the matter with me	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BRC-71989	10-in.	3/23/1932	Downhearted	Jerry Baker ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BRC-72286	10-in.	4/14/1932	Tom Thumb's drum	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BRC-72287	10-in.	4/14/1932	Lullaby of the leaves	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with vocal sextet	director
Victor	BRC-72288	10-in.	4/14/1932	Gosh darn!	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music ; Ethel Shutta	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet	director
Victor	BRC-72289	10-in.	4/14/1932	I'm so alone with the crowd	George Olsen and his Music ; Ethel Shutta	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BSHQ-73103	10-in.	7/13/1932	Mardi gras	George Olsen and his Music ; Paul Small	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BSHQ-73104	10-in.	7/13/1932	It was so beautiful	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BSHQ-73105	10-in.	7/13/1932	Someone to care for	George Olsen and his Music ; Paul Small	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BSHQ-73106	10-in.	7/13/1932	Songs for sale	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BSHQ-73107	10-in.	7/13/1932	Listen to the German band	George Olsen and his Music ; Ethel Shutta	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-73355	10-in.	9/2/1932	Say it isn't so	George Olsen and his Music ; Paul Small	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-73356	10-in.	9/2/1932	Love me to-night	George Olsen and his Music ; Paul Small	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-73357	10-in.	9/2/1932	All-American girl	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-73358	10-in.	9/2/1932	"— And so to bed"	George Olsen and his Music ; Ethel Shutta ; Paul Small	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet	director
Victor	BS-73380	10-in.	9/12/1932	Three talks announcing the #84 Victor machine	George Olsen ; Ethel Shutta	Promotional talk	speaker
Victor	BS-73381	10-in.	9/12/1932	Three talks announcing the #84 Victor machine	Edwin Franko Goldman ; George Olsen ; Ethel Shutta	Promotional talk	speaker
Victor	BS-73389	10-in.	9/13/1932	Spot broadcast	Fred Erdman	Promotional talk	speaker
Victor	BS-73573	10-in.	9/24/1932	It's gonna be you	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-73574	10-in.	9/24/1932	Pu-leeze! Mister Hemingway	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-73575	10-in.	9/24/1932	Please	Bob Borger ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-73576	10-in.	9/24/1932	Rock-a-bye moon	George Olsen and his Music ; Ethel Shutta	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-73577	10-in.	9/24/1932	Pink elephants	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-73840	10-in.	10/20/1932	Play, fiddle, play	George Olsen and his Music ; Dave Marshall	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-73841	10-in.	10/20/1932	More beautiful than ever	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-73842	10-in.	10/20/1932	Out of the darkness (You have come to me)	George Olsen and his Music ; Dave Marshall	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-73843	10-in.	10/20/1932	Ain'tcha kinda sorry now?	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-73845	10-in.	10/20/1932	Ah, but I've learned	George Olsen and his Music ; Ethel Shutta	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	LBS-73846	10-in. (33-1/3 rpm)	10/20/1932	Ah, but I've learned	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-74791	10-in.	1/11/1933	You are too beautiful	Bob Borger ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-74792	10-in.	1/11/1933	Say, young lady	Hotcha Gardner ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-74793	10-in.	1/11/1933	Hallelujah, I'm a bum	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-74794	10-in.	1/11/1933	My fraternity pin	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-74795	10-in.	1/11/1933	The girl in the little green hat	Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-74796	10-in.	1/11/1933	Underneath the arches	George Olsen and his Music ; Ethel Shutta	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-74797	10-in.	1/11/1933	Vas villst du haben?	George Olsen and his Music ; Ethel Shutta	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal ensemble	director
Victor	D8VB-4103	10-in.	12/21/1948	She's a corn-fed Indiana gal	Drugstore Cowboys ; Jack Lathrop	Male vocal solo, with mixed vocal trio and instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Victor	[Trial 1924-04-18-05]	10-in.	4/18/1924	Sally Lou	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	[Trial 1924-04-18-06]	10-in.	4/18/1924	Hottest man in town	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band	leader
Columbia	140240	10-in.	1/13/1925	A sun-kist cottage	14 Virginians ; Ace Brigode	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	142160	10-in.	5/6/1926	You need someone to love	Broadway Bellhops ; Jack Wilson	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Columbia	W143622	10-in.	3/8/1927	Stop it—I love it	Clarence Badger ; Robert Mueseler	Male vocal duet, with piano	songwriter
Columbia	W152435	10-in.	7/11/1933	Lou'siana lullaby	George Olsen and his Music ; Ethel Shutta	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152436	10-in.	7/11/1933	The last round up	George Olsen and his Music ; Joe Morrison	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152437	10-in.	7/11/1933	Rollin' on our roller skates	Bob Borger ; George Olsen and his Music ; Jack Gifford ; Bob Rice	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	leader
Columbia	W152438	10-in.	7/11/1933	Let's make up	George Olsen and his Music ; Joe Morrison	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152469	10-in.	8/18/1933	This time it's love	George Olsen and his Music ; Joe Morrison	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152470	10-in.	8/18/1933	Bless your heart	George Olsen and his Music ; Joe Morrison	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152471	10-in.	8/18/1933	Everything I have is yours	George Olsen and his Music ; Joe Morrison	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152472	10-in.	8/18/1933	Let's go Bavarian	George Olsen and his Music ; Ethel Shutta	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal trio	leader
Columbia	W152481	10-in.	9/7/1933	Me for you forever	George Olsen and his Music ; Joe Morrison	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152482	10-in.	9/7/1933	Savage serenade	Bob Borger ; George Olsen and his Music ; Jack Gifford ; Bob Rice	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	leader
Columbia	W152483	10-in.	9/7/1933	It's only a paper moon	George Olsen and his Music ; Joe Morrison	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152484	10-in.	9/7/1933	Night owl	George Olsen and his Music ; Ethel Shutta	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152543	10-in.	10/30/1933	There's a home in Wyomin'	George Olsen and his Music ; Joe Morrison	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152544	10-in.	10/30/1933	The tree Father planted for me	George Olsen and his Music ; Joe Morrison	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152545	10-in.	10/30/1933	We were the best of friends	George Olsen and his Music ; Joe Morrison	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152546	10-in.	10/30/1933	Sing a little low-down tune (Little Sing-A-Lee)	George Olsen and his Music ; Ethel Shutta	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152547	10-in.	10/30/1933	Roll out of bed with a smile	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet	vocalist, leader
Columbia	W152569	10-in.	12/1/1933	I'm weaving rainbows (For those in love)	George Olsen and his Music ; Joe Morrison	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152570	10-in.	12/1/1933	The colonel from Kentucky	George Olsen and his Music ; Ethel Shutta	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152571	10-in.	12/1/1933	Another perfect day has passed away	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152572	10-in.	12/1/1933	Surprise	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader, vocalist
Columbia	W152573	10-in.	12/1/1933	Throw another log on the fire	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152674	10-in.	1/12/1934	This little piggie went to market	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152675	10-in.	1/12/1934	In other words—we're through	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152676	10-in.	1/12/1934	Old man Jingle	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W152677	10-in.	1/12/1934	You're in my power (Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!)	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet	leader
Columbia	W152678	10-in.	1/12/1934	Wagon wheels	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal quartet	leader
Columbia	W152679	10-in.	1/12/1934	What do the animals do (When they wanna say "I love you")	George Olsen and his Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	leader
Columbia	H1145	10-in.	11/29/1944	Gonna build a big fence around Texas	Gene Autry	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
OKeh	S-72903	10-in.	Oct. 1924	A sun-kist cottage (In California)	14 Virginians ; Ace Brigode	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	74328	10-in.	Sept. 1926	I never knew what the moonlight could do (Till the night I met you)	Abe Essig ; Ritz-Carlton Casa Valencia Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
OKeh	80054	10-in.	6/3/1926	You need someone to love	Melody Sheiks	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Brunswick	14675-14678	10-in.	1/15/1925	A sun-kist cottage in California	Oriole Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E3301-E3303	10-in.	6/26/1926	You need someone to love	Windsor Hotel Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	songwriter
Brunswick	E3779-E3780	10-in.	9/16/1926	She’s a corn-fed Indiana girl	Bessie Coldiron	Female vocal solo, with piano	songwriter
Edison	10234	10-in.	3/2/1925	A sun-kist cottage (In California)	Sam Lanin Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	11035	10-in.	6/9/1926	She's a corn-fed Indiana girl (But she's Mama to me)	Tom Howard ; Jazz Babies	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Edison	11173	10-in.	8/31/1926	You need someone to love	Arthur Fields ; Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers]	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Vocalion	14054-14056	10-in.	12/16/1924	A sun-kist cottage in California	The Ambassadors	Jazz/dance band	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Olsen, George," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106120.

Olsen, George. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106120.

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