Vic Mizzy

Victor Mizzy (January 9, 1916 – October 17, 2009) was an American composer for television and movies and musician whose best-known works are the themes to the 1960s television sitcoms Green Acres and The Addams Family. Mizzy also wrote top-20 songs from the 1930s to 1940s.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 9, 1916 (Brooklyn), Died October 17, 2009 (Ecatepec)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: 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-023651	10-in.	7/1/1938	There's a far away look in your eye	Art Kassel ; Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra ; Billy Leach	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-024023	10-in.	7/12/1938	There's a far away look in your eye	Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	PBS-026251	10-in.	11/14/1938	It serves you right	Shep Fields ; Annabelle Graham ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-032928	10-in.	3/8/1939	I can't get you out of my mind	Gray Gordon ; Cliff Grass ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-032972	10-in.	3/13/1939	I can't get you out of my mind	Three Reasons ; Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with female vocal trio and jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-034657	10-in.	5/8/1939	Igloo	Betty Hutton ; Vincent Lopez ; Suave Swing Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-036910	10-in.	5/5/1939	I'll never fail you	Blue Barron ; Alan Holmes	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-036963	10-in.	5/18/1939	Igloo	Don Redman Orchestra ; Laurel Watson	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-041918	10-in.	8/24/1939	Sleepy moon	Hal Derwin ; Shep Fields ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-042626	10-in.	8/30/1939	No mama no	Harriet Hilliard ; Ozzie Nelson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet	composer
Victor	BS-042947	10-in.	10/12/1939	No mama no	Smoothies	Mixed vocal trio, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-047020	10-in.	2/7/1940	If it weren't for you	Bob Chester Orchestra ; Dolores O'Neill	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	PBS-049584	10-in.	3/28/1940	The sailor with the navy blue eyes	Four King Sisters ; Alvino Rey	Female vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-053246	10-in.	7/26/1940	The night has a thousand eyes	Carl Ravazza Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-058213	10-in.	12/3/1940	He's a Latin from Staten Island	Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Ford Leary	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-073424	10-in.	3/11/1942	Three little sisters	Four V's ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal quartet	composer
Victor	BS-073824	10-in.	4/9/1942	Three little sisters	Dinah Shore	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-073898	10-in.	6/1/1942	The corporal told the private	Four V's ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal quartet	composer
Victor	BS-074143	10-in.	3/16/1942	Three little sisters	Art Jarrett Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal quartet	composer
Victor	BS-075457	10-in.	7/24/1942	Kille kille (Indian love talk)	Four King Sisters ; Rhythm Reys	Female vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-075571	10-in.	7/22/1942	Kille kille	The Four Lyttle Sisters ; Hal McIntyre Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal quartet	composer
Victor	BS-075701	10-in.	7/31/1942	Kille kille (Indian love talk)	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal ensemble	composer
Victor	D5VB-0084	10-in.	2/7/1945	My dreams are getting better all the time	Billy Daniels ; Phil Moore Four	Male vocal duet, with vocal quartet and jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	D6VB-2019	10-in.	2/6/1946	Loop-de-loo	John Ryan ; Sportsmen Quartet	Male vocal solo, with vocal quartet and jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	D6VB-2091	10-in.	7/7/1946	What did you put in that kiss	Betty Hutton ; Joe Lilley Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	D6VB-2396	10-in.	6/20/1946	Remember when you sang "oh promise me"	Russ Case ; Dennis Day ; Russ Case Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	D6VB-2398	10-in.	6/20/1946	The whole world is singing my song	Dennis Day ; Russ Case Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	PD6VB-2676	10-in.	8/17/1946	My dreams are getting better all the time	Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	D7VB-0237	10-in.	4/4/1947	You grew up to be some baby	Artie Dunn ; Three Suns	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	composer
Victor	D7VB-1636	10-in.	9/22/1947	With a hey and a hi and a ho ho ho!	Louis Prima Orchestra ; Louis Prima	Male vocal solo, with vocal group jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	D9VB-0137	10-in.	1/25/1949	Johnny get your girl	Buddy Moreno Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Brunswick	B23689	10-in.	11/09/1938	I'll never fail you	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CL8326	10-in.	1/21/1947	La nuit je rêve	Jo Charrier ; Francine Claudel ; Jacques Hélian Orchestre	Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mizzy, Vic," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110368.

Mizzy, Vic. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110368.

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