Clifford Grey
Clifford Grey (5 January 1887 – 25 September 1941) was an English songwriter, librettist, actor and screenwriter. His birth name was Percival Davis, and he was also known as Clifford Gray. Grey contributed prolifically to West End and Broadway shows, as librettist and lyricist for composers including Ivor Novello, Jerome Kern, Howard Talbot, Ivan Caryll and George Gershwin. Among his best-remembered songs are two from early in his career, in 1916: "If You Were the Only Girl (In the World)" and "Another Little Drink Wouldn't Do Us Any Harm". His later hits include "Got a Date with an Angel" and "Spread a Little Happiness". For 35 years after 1979 it was widely believed that Grey secretly competed as an American bobsleigher, under the name Clifford "Tippy" Gray, in two Winter Olympics, in 1928 and 1932, winning gold medals, but it was finally shown that the sportsman was a different person. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 5, 1887 (Birmingham), Died September 25, 1941 (Ipswich)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1918 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 169 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-57580 | 10-in. | 12/5/1929 | Dream lover | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-57581 | 10-in. | 12/5/1929 | The rogue song | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Douglas Stanbury ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-57596 | 10-in. | 12/11/1929 | March of the grenadiers | Jeanette MacDonald | Female vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-57597 | 10-in. | 12/11/1929 | Dream lover | Jeanette MacDonald | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-57923 | 10-in. | 12/16/1929 | Wild rose | High Hatters ; Frank Luther | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-57966 | 10-in. | 12/30/1929 | The shepherd's serenade | Morton Downey | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-57989 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | The shepherd's serenade | Victoria Quintet [i.e., Cibelli's Novelty Quintette] | Instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-58113 | 10-in. | 12/17/1929 | If he cared | Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-58187 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | The rogue song | Lawrence Tibbett | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-58188 | 10-in. | 1/13/1930 | The narrative | Lawrence Tibbett | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-58195 | 10-in. | 1/15/1930 | When I'm looking at you | Lawrence Tibbett | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-58196 | 10-in. | 1/15/1930 | The white dove | Lawrence Tibbett | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-58510 | 10-in. | 1/21/1930 | Charming | Lewis James | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-58513 | 10-in. | 1/22/1930 | Nobody's using it now | Maurice Chevalier | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-58514 | 10-in. | 1/22/1930 | My love parade | Maurice Chevalier | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-58521 | 10-in. | 1/25/1930 | Paris, stay the same | Maurice Chevalier | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | CVE-58664 | 12-in. | 2/18/1930 | Gems from The love parade | Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | CVE-58693 | 12-in. | 3/12/1930 | L'amour, toujours, l'amour (Love everlasting) | Lewis James ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-59617 | 10-in. | 3/7/1930 | Mon cocktail d'amour | Maurice Chevalier | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-59618 | 10-in. | 3/7/1930 | Personne ne s'en sert maintenant | Maurice Chevalier | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-59688 | 10-in. | 4/10/1930 | Paris, je t'aime d'amour | Maurice Chevalier | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-62205 | 10-in. | 4/24/1930 | Dark night | Frank Munn ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-62694 | 10-in. | 7/24/1930 | Lonely | Bernie Cummins ; Walter Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | lyricist | |
Victor | PBVE-217 | 10-in. | 5/12/1926 | If I were king | Henry Halstead Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | PBS-09607 | 10-in. | 7/22/1937 | Got a date with an angel | Skinnay Ennis ; Hal Kemp Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Grey, Clifford," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108896.
Grey, Clifford. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108896.
"Grey, Clifford." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Grey, Clifford, 1887-1941 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89019130
Wikidata: Clifford Grey - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1101276
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/43856190
MusicBrainz: Clifford Grey - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d5c58002-376b-4961-8ab3-23af9c7c9462
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