Maceo Pinkard

Maceo Pinkard (June 27, 1897 – July 21, 1962) was an American composer, lyricist, and music publisher. Among his compositions is "Sweet Georgia Brown", a popular standard for decades after its composition and famous as the theme of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. Pinkard was inducted in the National Academy of Popular Music Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984.

Birth and Death Data: Born June 27, 1897 (Bluefield), Died July 19, 1962

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1917 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, lyricist, piano

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 51-75 of 269 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	PBVE-61057	10-in.	11/20/1930	Them there eyes	Cocoanut Grove Orchestra ; Rhythm Boys	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	songwriter
Victor	BVE-63632	10-in.	9/8/1930	I'll be a friend with pleasure	Bix Beiderbecke's Orchestra ; Ray Lodwig	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-64004	10-in.	7/29/1930	Okay, baby	McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BRC-69634	10-in.	5/21/1931	Sweet Georgia Brown	Estes Manasco ; Memphis Ramblers ; Snooks	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BVE-72588	10-in.	5/16/1932	I love to see the evenin' sun go down	Lew Conrad ; The Musketeers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BRC-72594	10-in.	5/17/1932	Sweet Georgia Brown	Pickens Sisters	Female vocal trio, with instrumental quartet	songwriter
Victor	BS-77326	10-in.	12/12/1933	Sweet Georgia Brown	Jim & Bob	Ukulele and Spanish guitar duet (Hawaiian)	songwriter
Victor	BVE-87866	10-in.	2/2/1935	Here comes the show boat	Gunter Hotel Orchestra ; Mack Rogers	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-99363	10-in.	2/25/1936	Georgia	Boots and his Buddies	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-021628	10-in.	3/25/1938	Sugar	Benny Goodman Quartet	Jazz/dance quartet	composer
Victor	BS-025878	10-in.	10/12/1938	Sweet Georgia Brown	Benny Goodman Quartet	Jazz/dance quartet	songwriter
Victor	BS-030773	10-in.	12/28/1938	Sugar	Ziggy Elman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-035715	10-in.	4/7/1939	Them there eyes	Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Johnny Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-036536	10-in.	4/26/1939	I'm a real kinda papa (Lookin' for a real kinda girl)	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-051261	10-in.	6/10/1940	Sweet Georgia Brown	Paul Bascomb ; Erskine Hawkins Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with tenor saxophone solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-075576	10-in.	7/24/1942	Sweet Georgia Brown	Teddy Powell Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D6VB-2150	10-in.	9/6/1946	Sugar	Louis Armstrong Hot Six	Male vocal, solo with jazz septet	composer
Victor	D7VB-0894	10-in.	5/21/1947	Sugar	Count Basie, his Instrumentalists and Rhythm	Jazz nonet	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-2320	10-in.	12/2/1947	Them there eyes	Lil Green ; Lil Green Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Victor	[Trial 1918-02-27-06]	Not documented	2/27/1918	Draftin' blues	Edna Alexander	Female vocal solo, with violin, cornet, and piano	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	77375	10-in.	9/24/1917	Those draftin' blues	Handy's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	77889	10-in.	6/14/1918	Indianola	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	78001	10-in.	8/16/1918	Those draftin' blues	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	78178	10-in.	11/18/1918	Don't cry, little girl, don't cry	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	78262	10-in.	1/22/1919	He's had no lovin' for a long long time	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer

(Results 51-75 of 269 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Pinkard, Maceo," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110556.

Pinkard, Maceo. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110556.

"Pinkard, Maceo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.