Arthur Altman

Arthur Altman (1910, in Brooklyn – January 18, 1994, in Lake Worth, Florida) was an American songwriter whose credits include "All or Nothing at All", with lyrics by Jack Lawrence, and the lyrics for "All Alone Am I", "I Will Follow Him", and "Truly, Truly True". Altman studied violin and began his professional career as a violinist with the CBS Radio Orchestra. His first nationally known song was "Play Fiddle Play", which he wrote in the early 1930s for the orchestra leader Emory Deutsch. Among the 400 songs he wrote, "All or Nothing at All" appears on more than 180 albums recorded by more than 150 artists including Count Basie, John Coltrane, Bing Crosby, Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Oscar Peterson, Frank Sinatra, and Sarah Vaughan. He died of a heart ailment.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 28, 1910 (Brooklyn), Died January 18, 1994 (Lake Worth Beach)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1932 - 1954

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter

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

Recordings (Results 26-28 of 28 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	W152323	10-in.	11/28/1932	Play fiddle play	Ted Lewis and his Band	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	CO48056	10-in.	6/13/1952	My mother's Bible	Betty Johnson	Female vocal solo, with organ	songwriter
Columbia (U.K.)	CL9951	10-in.	approximately 1954	Jours bleus	Tino Rossi ; Pierre Spiers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer

(Results 26-28 of 28 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Altman, Arthur," accessed September 7, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/111403.

Altman, Arthur. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 7, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/111403.

"Altman, Arthur." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 September 2024.