Benny Krueger
Benny Krueger (June 17, 1899 – April 29, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist. After a short stint with Ross Gorman's band, Krueger's joined the Acme Sextette in New York, which included Miff Mole on trombone, Ernie Holst on violin, and Edwin Taylor Williams on banjo. He had the distinction of being one of the first jazz saxophonists on record. In 1920, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, following a successful tour of England, cut a number of sides for the Victor Talking Machine Company. One of Victor's managers insisted, against the ODJB members' wishes, that a saxophonist be included on their early recordings. Krueger was chosen by Victor as the saxophonist, and he recorded with the ODJB in 1920 to 1921, according to Rust's Jazz Records 1897-1942. Following the ODJB recording date, Krueger recorded numerous sides for Brunswick and Vocalion under his own name, as well as under several pseudonyms. His final recording session was for Columbia Records in May 1934, recording songs from the 1934 Carole Lombard-Bing Crosby film We're Not Dressing. In the 1930s he worked in radio and served as musical director and orchestra conductor for Rudy Vallee and Bob Crosby. He was also a songwriter; "Sunday" was covered by Pat Boone, Lester Young and Louis Jordan). Among his outstanding recordings with his orchestra was "I Don't Know Why" (1931). |
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Recordings (Results 376-396 of 396 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Brunswick | 498W-500W | 10-in. | 3/5/1925 | The only, only one for me | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Brunswick | 501W-503W | 10-in. | 3/6/1925 | Ukulele lady | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
Brunswick | 504W-505W | 10-in. | 3/6/1925 | Red hot Henry Brown | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
Brunswick | 519W-521W | 10-in. | 3/10/1925 | Oh, how I miss you tonight | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, saxophone | |
Brunswick | 522W-524W | 10-in. | 3/10/1925 | I had someone else before I had you (And I’ll have someone after you’ve gone) | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
Brunswick | 538W-540W | 10-in. | 3/12/1925 | Yearning | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
Brunswick | 541W-543W | 10-in. | 3/12/1925 | I didn’t care (‘Till I lost you) | Irving Kaufman | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
Brunswick | 599W-601W | 10-in. | 3/25/1925 | Those Panama mammas | Tennessee Tooters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
Brunswick | 602W-605W | 10-in. | 3/25/1925 | Red hot Henry Brown | Tennessee Tooters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
Brunswick | 663W-664W | 10-in. | 4/8/1925 | Jimtown blues | Tennessee Tooters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
Brunswick | 665W-666W | 10-in. | 4/8/1925 | Kansas City stomps | Tennessee Tooters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
Brunswick | 1347W-1349W | 10-in. | 9/15/1925 | I ain't got nobody (And nobody cares for me) | Tennessee Tooters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
Brunswick | 1350W-1352W | 10-in. | 9/15/1925 | Everybody stomp! | Tennessee Tooters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
Brunswick | Tests 14Ch | 3/19/1924 | Worried | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | ||
Brunswick | Tests 15Ch | 3/19/1924 | “No” means “Yes" | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, saxophone | ||
Brunswick | 10119[a] | 10-in. | 3/16/1923 | Wildflower | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
Edison | 10833 | 10-in. | 2/16/1926 | Hot coffee | Al Bernard | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 11342 | 10-in. | 11/29/1926 | Sunday | Don Voorhees and his Earl Carroll's Vanities Orchestra ; Arthur Hart | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Edison | 11401 | 10-in. | 12/27/1926 | Sunday (That day when I'm with you) | National Male Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Vocalion | 151W-154W | 10-in. | 12/23/1924 | Prince of Wails | Tennessee Tooters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |
Vocalion | 155W-157W | 10-in. | 12/23/1924 | I ain’t got nobody to love | Tennessee Tooters | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, alto saxophone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Krueger, Benny," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/112549.
Krueger, Benny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/112549.
"Krueger, Benny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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