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

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 76-100 of 269 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	78293	10-in.	2/5/1919	He's had no lovin' for a long, long time	Arthur Fields	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78339	10-in.	3/7/1919	Mammy o' mine	Sterling Trio	Male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78376	10-in.	4/1/1919	Just another good man gone wrong	Louisiana Five	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	78677	10-in.	9/19/1919	Those draftin' blues	Art Hickman's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	78678	10-in.	9/19/1919	Just leave it to me	Irving Kaufman ; Jack Kaufman	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78683	10-in.	9/20/1919	Wonderful pal	Irving Kaufman ; Jack Kaufman	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78692	10-in.	9/24/1919	I ain't gonna give nobody none o' this jellyroll	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	78699	10-in.	9/26/1919	Wonderful pal	Hickman Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Columbia	78723	10-in.	10/4/1919	Wonderful pal	George Meader	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78807	10-in.	11/7/1919	Squealin' pig blues	Louisiana Five	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	78944	10-in.	1/23/1920	Jazz babies' ball	Al B. White	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78972	10-in.	2/11/1920	Shake your little shoulder	Happy Six ; Jack Kaufman	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	79002	10-in.	2/28/1920	Shake your little shoulder (Medley fox trot)	Happy Six	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	79007	10-in.	3/1/1920	Rose of Washington Square	Kentucky Serenaders	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	79776	10-in.	3/7/1921	Down where they play the blues	Mary Stafford	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance band	lyricist, composer
Columbia	79857	10-in.	5/24/1921	Wild weeping blues	Mary Stafford	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	80766	10-in.	1/5/1923	Liza	Frank Westphal Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	140071	10-in.	9/18/1924	I'm satisfied beside that sweetie o' mine	Little Ramblers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo (scat)	composer
Columbia	49610	12-in.	3/29/1919	Mammy o' mine	Premier American Quartette ; Yerkes Jazarimba Band	Jazz/dance band, with vocal quartet	composer
Columbia	49637	12-in.	6/2/1919	Easy pickin's	Yerkes Novelty Five	Jazz/dance quintet	composer
Columbia	W140597	10-in.	5/13/1925	Sweet Georgia Brown	Ebony Four ; Ethel Waters	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Columbia	W140603	10-in.	5/14/1925	Sweet Georgia Brown	California Ramblers	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia	W140642	10-in.	6/2/1925	Wait'll it's moonlight	14 Virginians ; Ace Brigode	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	W140643	10-in.	6/2/1925	Make those naughty eyes behave	14 Virginians ; Ace Brigode	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia	140867	10-in.	8/26/1925	Sweet man	Raderman's Roysterers	Jazz/dance band	composer

(Results 76-100 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.