Art Gillham
Art Gillham (January 1, 1895, St. Louis, Missouri – June 6, 1961, Atlanta, Georgia) was an American songwriter, who was among the first crooners as a pioneer radio artist and a recording artist for Columbia Records. With Billy Smythe and Scott Middleton he wrote "Hesitation Blues", which he also recorded as one of the first electrical recordings for Columbia Records(Rust). The song is heard in the following movies The Public Enemy, Of Human Bondage and Fireman Save My Child (IMDB). Gillham and Smythe wrote approximately 100 songs together, including "Mean Blues," "Just Forget," "The Deacon Told Me I Was Good," "Just Waiting for You," "Crying Again," "Things That Remind Me of You" (sheet music) and the first successful electrical recording, "You May Be Lonesome" (Rust). With J. Russell Robinson he wrote "In My Sweetheart's Arms". |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 1, 1895 (St. Louis), Died June 6, 1961
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1936
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, piano, songwriter, composer, lyricist, leader, guitar
Notes: Often billed as "The Whispering Pianist." Surname spelled "Gilham" on Bluebird disc labels.
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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 174 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W141816 | 10-in. | 3/17/1926 | Say it again | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with tuba and piano | vocalist | |
Columbia | W141817 | 10-in. | 3/17/1926 | It's too late to be sorry now | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
Columbia | W141823 | 10-in. | 3/18/1926 | It don't do nothing but rain | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with tuba and piano | vocalist | |
Columbia | W141824 | 10-in. | 3/18/1926 | I'm leaving you | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with tuba and piano | vocalist | |
Columbia | W141825 | 10-in. | 3/18/1926 | If you're old-fashioned you're long underwear | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with tuba and piano | vocalist | |
Columbia | W141826 | 10-in. | 3/18/1926 | Crying again | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with tuba and piano | songwriter, vocalist | |
Columbia | W141827 | 10-in. | 3/18/1926 | The waltz we love | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with tuba and piano | vocalist | |
Columbia | W141835 | 10-in. | 3/22/1926 | Gone | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Columbia | W141836 | 10-in. | 3/22/1926 | I don't want to forget | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter, instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Columbia | W141837 | 10-in. | 3/22/1926 | I wish I had my old gal back again | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Columbia | 141893 | 10-in. | 3/31/1926 | Don't let me stand in your way | Harvey Marburger Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Columbia | W142376 | 10-in. | 7/8/1926 | Tenderly | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W142377 | 10-in. | 7/8/1926 | Thinking | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W142831 | 10-in. | 10/18/1926 | Just a little longer | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with tuba and piano | vocalist | |
Columbia | W142832 | 10-in. | 10/18/1926 | Red hot Flo | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with tuba and piano | vocalist | |
Columbia | W142833 | 10-in. | 10/18/1926 | Broken hearted | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with tuba and piano | vocalist | |
Columbia | W142834 | 10-in. | 10/18/1926 | If I get a sweetie now | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with tuba and piano | lyricist, vocalist | |
Columbia | W142839 | 10-in. | 10/19/1926 | Broken-hearted Sue | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
Columbia | W142840 | 10-in. | 10/19/1926 | Pretty little thing | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
Columbia | W142841 | 10-in. | 10/19/1926 | Things that remind me of you | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | songwriter, vocalist | |
Columbia | W142842 | 10-in. | 10/19/1926 | I'm missing the kissing of someone | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | songwriter, vocalist | |
Columbia | W142843 | 10-in. | 10/19/1926 | I'm only another to you | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W142844 | 10-in. | 10/19/1926 | I'm drifting back to dreamland | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W142904 | 10-in. | 11/3/1926 | Rags | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
Columbia | 143158 | 10-in. | 11/29/1926 | I don't want to forget | Joe Davis | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gillham, Art," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110519.
Gillham, Art. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110519.
"Gillham, Art." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Gillham, Art, 1895-1961 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97041655
Wikidata: Art Gillham - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4796846
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/213770
MusicBrainz: Art Gillham - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4602585a-bf0a-483a-8452-bbca1d7d9370
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