Dick Robertson
Dick Robertson (New York City, July 3, 1903 – 1979) was an American popular big band singer and songwriter of the 1930s and 1940s. He sang for many bandleaders such as Leo Reisman and Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra, and was on the artist roster at Banner Records. In fact, he was one of the most prolific New York based vocalists (along with Irving Kaufman, Chick Bullock, Scrappy Lambert, Elmer Feldkamp, Paul Small and Smith Ballew) on scores of records from late 1928 through the mid 1930s. A series of records issued on Melotone/Perfect/Banner/Oriole/Romeo, Crown, Bluebird from 1930-1934 were issued under his name or are listed in the 2010 edition of "American Dance Bands on Record and Film (1915-1942)" by Richard J. Johnson and Bernard H. Shirley as being under his nominal leadership. His last recording session as a singer was in 1949. He also used the pseudonym Bob Richardson for some recordings on Mayfair Records. As a songwriter his biggest hit was "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" in 1940. The Sinatra version of the song was re-released on The Song Is You (album) and again on Frank Sinatra & the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1 |
Birth and Death Data: Born July 3, 1903 (New York City), Died 1979
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal, leader, songwriter, vocalist, speaker, lyricist, arranger, composer
Notes: Sometimes billed as "The Radio Jester."
See Also: Donaldson Quartet
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Recordings (Results 876-897 of 897 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 71258 | 10-in. | 7/30/1942 | Under a strawberry moon | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71259 | 10-in. | 7/30/1942 | Ching-1 | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71260 | 10-in. | 7/30/1942 | Oh! Pardon me-1 | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71261 | 10-in. | 7/30/1942 | Isabella kissed a fella-1 | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71443 | 10-in. | 10/11/1943 | No letter today | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71444 | 10-in. | 10/11/1943 | I walk alone | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71975 | 10-in. | 4/11/1944 | I'd like to give my dog to Uncle Sam | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71976 | 10-in. | 4/11/1944 | They took the stars out of heaven | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71977 | 10-in. | 4/11/1944 | You sang my love song to somebody else | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 71978 | 10-in. | 4/11/1944 | One face missing from the picture | Dick Robertson Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 72611 | 10-in. | 12/10/1944 | Angelina (The waitress at the pizzeria) | Johnny Long Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 72612 | 10-in. | 12/10/1944 | Gonna build a big fence around Texas | Johnny Long Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 72737 | 10-in. | 2/20/1945 | Candy | Johnny Long Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | 72738 | 10-in. | 2/20/1945 | My dreams are getting better all the time | Johnny Long Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | NA 2059 | 12/28/1949 | Let ev'ry day be mother's day | Dick Robertson | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
Decca | NA 2060 | 12/28/1949 | I'll never do a thing to hurt you | Dick Robertson | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
Decca | NA 2061 | 12/28/1949 | Old songs bring memories | Dick Robertson | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
Decca | NA 2062 | 12/28/1949 | I'm down to my last dream | Dick Robertson | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
Decca | NA 2358 | 3/12/1951 | Satins and lace-1 | Owen Bradley Quintet | vocalist, tenor vocal | |||
Columbia (U.K.) | CB11366 | 10-in. | approximately 1945 | Buonanotte ovunque tu sia | Jone Caciagli | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Decca | N 3529 | 10-in. | 8/6/1945 | Fishin' for the moon | Johnny Long Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | ||
Decca | N 3531 | 10-in. | 8/6/1945 | Waitin' for the train to come in | Johnny Long Orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Robertson, Dick," accessed October 2, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107135.
Robertson, Dick. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 2, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107135.
"Robertson, Dick." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 October 2024.
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LCNAR: Robertson, Dick, 1903-1979 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94083523
Wikidata: Dick Robertson - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16008787
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/1322149108402068780002
MusicBrainz: Dick Robertson - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/279a134f-f0bb-479a-8c67-5dbbd95ba25b
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