Frank Luther
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1922 - 1959
Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal, speaker, composer, songwriter, lyricist, celeste, jew's harp, vocalist, vibraphone, yodeling, whistling, xylophone, bells, leader, ocarina
Notes: Born Francis Luther Crow, he was known as Frank Luther after 1926. Also used the names Bud Billings, Fred Larabee, and Eddie Bell.
See Also: Billings, Bud
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Recordings (Results 151-175 of 1197 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-57589 | 10-in. | 12/9/1929 | If love were all | Leo Reisman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-57683 | 10-in. | 2/4/1930 | Where the golden daffodils grow | High Hatters ; Frank Luther | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-57905 | 10-in. | 12/11/1929 | Can't you understand? | High Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-57906 | 10-in. | 12/11/1929 | Duke of Ka-Ki-Ak! | High Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-57922 | 10-in. | 12/16/1929 | Look for the silver lining | High Hatters ; Frank Luther | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-57923 | 10-in. | 12/16/1929 | Wild rose | High Hatters ; Frank Luther | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-57936 | 10-in. | 12/20/1929 | Love ain't nothin' but the blues | High Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-57937 | 10-in. | 12/20/1929 | A bundle of old love letters | High Hatters ; Leonard W. Joy ; Frank Luther | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-57943 | 10-in. | 12/23/1929 | His old cornet | Bud Billings ; Carson Robison | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-57944 | 10-in. | 12/23/1929 | Why ain't I got no sweetheart? | Bud Billings ; Carson Robison | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, jew's harp, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-57945 | 10-in. | 12/23/1929 | Smoky mountain Bill | Bud Billings ; Carson Robison | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, yodeling, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-57946 | 10-in. | 12/23/1929 | Cross eyed Sue | Bud Billings ; Carson Robison | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | speaker, vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-57974 | 10-in. | 1/3/1930 | What would I care? | High Hatters ; Frank Luther | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-58126 | 10-in. | 12/20/1929 | Nina Rosa | Victor Arden-Phil Ohman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-58127 | 10-in. | 12/20/1929 | My first love—my last love | Frank Luther ; Victor Arden-Phil Ohman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-58400 | 10-in. | 1/20/1930 | Oh jailer bring back that key | Bud Billings ; Carson Robison | Male vocal duet, with guitar and banjo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-58512 | 10-in. | 1/21/1930 | Only love is real | High Hatters ; Leonard W. Joy ; Frank Luther | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-58548 | 10-in. | 2/4/1930 | So sympathetic | High Hatters ; Leonard W. Joy ; Frank Luther | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-58556 | 10-in. | 2/6/1930 | Singing a vagabond song | Frank Luther ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-58571 | 10-in. | 2/13/1930 | Sing, you sinners | High Hatters ; Frank Luther | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-58575 | 10-in. | 2/14/1930 | Gone | Frank Luther ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-58576 | 10-in. | 2/14/1930 | Lazy Louisiana moon | Victor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-58591 | 10-in. | 2/20/1930 | What is this thing called love? | Frank Luther | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-58592 | 10-in. | 2/20/1930 | The moon is low | Frank Luther | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-58597 | 10-in. | 2/24/1930 | Lazy Louisiana moon | Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal trio (Hawaiian) | vocalist, tenor vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Luther, Frank," accessed October 13, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109184.
Luther, Frank. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 13, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109184.
"Luther, Frank." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 13 October 2024.
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LCNAR: Luther, Frank, 1905-1980 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91024711
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