Walter Gross

Walter Gross

Walter Gross (July 14, 1909 – November 27, 1967) is best known for having composed the music for the popular 1946 song "Tenderly". In addition to composing dozens of other titles, he was also a pianist, arranger, orchestra leader, and record industry executive.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 14, 1909 (New York City), Died November 27, 1967 (Los Angeles)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, director, composer, 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	BS-038251	10-in.	7/11/1939	Glad to be unhappy	Walter Gross ; Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-038252	10-in.	7/11/1939	Oh! You crazy moon	Walter Gross ; Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-038253	10-in.	7/11/1939	Stormy weather (Keeps rainin' all the time)	Walter Gross ; Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-038254	10-in.	7/11/1939	Go fly a kite!	Walter Gross ; Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-043313	10-in.	10/25/1939	I didn't know what time it was	Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-043314	10-in.	10/25/1939	Make with the kisses	Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-043957	10-in.	12/5/1939	Blue rain	Walter Gross ; Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-043958	10-in.	12/5/1939	When love beckoned (On Fifty-second Street)	Walter Gross ; Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-043959	10-in.	12/5/1939	Dancing in the dark	Walter Gross ; Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-043960	10-in.	12/5/1939	(I don't stand) A ghost of a chance with you	Walter Gross ; Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-048793	10-in.	4/17/1940	It's a lovely day tomorrow	Walter Gross ; Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-048794	10-in.	4/17/1940	It's somebody else (That you love)	Walter Gross ; Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	director, composer
Victor	BS-048795	10-in.	4/17/1940	I'm nobody's baby	Walter Gross ; Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano, director
Victor	BS-048796	10-in.	4/17/1940	Buds won't bud	Walter Gross ; Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	director, instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-048903	10-in.	4/15/1940	Write a letter to your mother	Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-048904	10-in.	4/15/1940	Mother Machree	Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-048905	10-in.	4/15/1940	Devil may care	Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-048906	10-in.	4/15/1940	Make-Believe Island	Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-048907	10-in.	4/15/1940	You can't brush me off	Dinah Shore ; Dick Todd	Female-male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-048908	10-in.	4/15/1940	Outside of that, I love you	Dinah Shore ; Dick Todd	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-048943	10-in.	4/24/1940	It never entered my mind	Shirley Howard	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-048944	10-in.	4/24/1940	Fools rush in (Where angels fear to tread)	Shirley Howard	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-048945	10-in.	4/24/1940	Fools fall in love	Shirley Howard	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-048946	10-in.	4/24/1940	It'll come to you	Shirley Howard	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-051233	10-in.	6/6/1940	I'm always chasing rainbows	Walter Gross	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-051234	10-in.	6/6/1940	A slight case of ivory	Walter Gross	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano, composer
Victor	BS-051235	10-in.	6/6/1940	Creepy weepy (A boogie woogie study)	Walter Gross	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano, composer
Victor	BS-051236	10-in.	6/6/1940	Improvisation in several keys	Walter Gross	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano, composer
Victor	BS-051561	10-in.	6/25/1940	How come you do me like you do?	Dinah Shore ; Paul Wetstein	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-051562	10-in.	6/25/1940	Smoke gets in your eyes	Dinah Shore ; Paul Wetstein	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-051563	10-in.	6/25/1940	The nearness of you	Dinah Shore ; Paul Wetstein	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-051564	10-in.	6/25/1940	Maybe	Dinah Shore ; Paul Wetstein	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-051591	10-in.	7/1/1940	Orchids for remembrance	Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-051592	10-in.	7/1/1940	Can't get Indiana off my mind	Dick Todd Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-051593	10-in.	7/1/1940	My greatest mistake	Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-051594	10-in.	7/1/1940	I'm waiting for ships that never come in	Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BS-073482	10-in.	3/25/1942	Just a moon ago	Vera Barton	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-2036	10-in.	11/14/1947	Tenderly	Charlie Spivak Orchestra ; Charlie Spivak	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BVE-Test-1034	10-in.	12/18/1930	Without love	Rudy Vallée	Male vocal solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	64616	10-in.	9/9/1938	I'm coming Virginia	Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	64617	10-in.	9/9/1938	Jamboree Jones	Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	64618	10-in.	9/9/1938	Aunt Hagar's blues	Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	64619	10-in.	9/9/1938	I used to be color-blind	Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	64620	10-in.	9/9/1938	Sing a song of sixpence	Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	64621	10-in.	9/9/1938	Peelin' the peach	Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing		instrumentalist, piano

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gross, Walter," accessed November 19, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106796.

Gross, Walter. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106796.

"Gross, Walter." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 November 2024.