John McGhee
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1969
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, organ, mellophone
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-028934 | 10-in. | 11/9/1938 | When Paw was courtin' Maw | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-028935 | 10-in. | 11/9/1938 | You're the only star (In my blue heaven) | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-028936 | 10-in. | 11/9/1938 | It took a million years | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-028937 | 10-in. | 11/9/1938 | Say it with a kiss | Dick Todd | Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-037675 | 10-in. | 6/22/1939 | Oh, you crazy moon | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-037676 | 10-in. | 6/22/1939 | Ain't cha comin' out? | Tex Beneke ; Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Gennett | 13619 | 10-in. | 3/29/1928 | The lonely village churchyard | Frank Welling | Male vocal solo, with guitar and organ | instrumentalist, organ | |
| Gennett | 13620 | 10-in. | 3/29/1928 | The volunteer organist | John McGhee | Male vocal solo, with guitar and organ | instrumentalist, organ | |
| Gennett | 13621 | 10-in. | 3/29/1928 | Bring back old time music | John McGhee | Male vocal solo, with guitar and organ | instrumentalist, organ | |
| Gennett | 13797 | 10-in. | 5/9/1928 | A suffering child made happy | John McGhee | Male vocal solo, with organ | instrumentalist, organ | |
| Decca | 62418 | 10-in. | 7/21/1937 | A sailboat in the moonlight | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62419 | 10-in. | 7/21/1937 | Strangers in the dark | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62420 | 10-in. | 7/21/1937 | My cabin of dreams | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62421 | 10-in. | 7/21/1937 | Heaven help this heart of mine | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62559 | 10-in. | 8/24/1937 | Ebb tide | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62560 | 10-in. | 8/24/1937 | In a little Carolina town | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62561 | 10-in. | 8/24/1937 | You can't stop me from dreaming | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62562 | 10-in. | 8/24/1937 | Blossoms on Broadway | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62563 | 10-in. | 8/24/1937 | Sidewalks of New York | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62564 | 10-in. | 8/24/1937 | Come, Josephine, in my flying machine | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62666 | 10-in. | 10/7/1937 | In my merry Oldsmobile | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62667 | 10-in. | 10/7/1937 | Daisy Bell/Little Annie Rooney (On a bicyle ride all around Voc. 55025) | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63138 | 10-in. | 1/7/1938 | Bill | Artists vary | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63139 | 10-in. | 1/7/1938 | Singin' the blues | Artists vary | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63140 | 10-in. | 1/7/1938 | The sweetest story ever told | Artists vary | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63236 | 10-in. | 2/2/1938 | Let's get happy together | Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63237 | 10-in. | 2/2/1938 | Happy today, sad tomorrow | Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63238 | 10-in. | 2/2/1938 | You shall reap what you sow | Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63239 | 10-in. | 2/2/1938 | Oriental swing | Lil Armstrong and her Swing Band | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63300 | 10-in. | 2/21/1938 | Joseph! Joseph! | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63301 | 10-in. | 2/21/1938 | Ti-pi-tin | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63314 | 10-in. | 2/22/1938 | Shortnin' bread | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63315 | 10-in. | 2/22/1938 | It's easier said than done | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63316 | 10-in. | 2/22/1938 | Where have we met before? | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63317 | 10-in. | 2/22/1938 | Ooooooo-oh boom! | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63353 | 10-in. | 2/28/1938 | Goodnight, angel | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63354 | 10-in. | 2/28/1938 | Let's sail to dreamland | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63355 | 10-in. | 2/28/1938 | Drop a nickel in the slot | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63356 | 10-in. | 2/28/1938 | You went to my head | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63374 | 10-in. | 3/7/1938 | Cry, baby, cry | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63375 | 10-in. | 3/7/1938 | Oh! Ma-Ma! | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63376 | 10-in. | 3/7/1938 | Take me out to the ball game | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63377 | 10-in. | 3/7/1938 | In the good old Summer time | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63737 | 10-in. | 5/10/1938 | Teacher's pet | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63738 | 10-in. | 5/10/1938 | Dust | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63739 | 10-in. | 5/10/1938 | Chinese laundry blues | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63740 | 10-in. | 5/10/1938 | Ferdinand the bull | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63741 | 10-in. | 5/10/1938 | Oh! How I miss you tonight | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63911 | 10-in. | 6/4/1938 | Says my heart | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63912 | 10-in. | 6/4/1938 | Oh ! Ma-Ma ! | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63913 | 10-in. | 6/4/1938 | Pagan love song | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63914 | 10-in. | 6/4/1938 | I married an angel | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63915 | 10-in. | 6/4/1938 | Oh! Faithless maid | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63916 | 10-in. | 6/4/1938 | From the land of the sky-blue water | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63917 | 10-in. | 6/4/1938 | Ferdinand the bull | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63921 | 10-in. | 6/7/1938 | Memories | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64227 | 10-in. | 6/24/1938 | Naturally | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64228 | 10-in. | 6/24/1938 | I've got a pocketful of dreams | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64229 | 10-in. | 6/24/1938 | I can't give you anything but love | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64230 | 10-in. | 6/23/1938 | Ain't misbehavin' | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64239 | 10-in. | 6/30/1938 | Rancho grande | Dick Robertson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64240 | 10-in. | 6/30/1938 | Hi yo, silver! | Dick Robertson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64241 | 10-in. | 6/30/1938 | When Mother Nature sings her lullaby | Dick Robertson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64487 | 10-in. | 9/1/1938 | No wonder | Dick Robertson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64488 | 10-in. | 9/1/1938 | You're the only star | Dick Robertson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64489 | 10-in. | 9/1/1938 | You gotta be a football hero-1 | Dick Robertson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, mellophone | ||
| Decca | 64490 | 10-in. | 9/1/1938 | All-American girl | Dick Robertson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64491 | 10-in. | 9/1/1938 | Indiana moonlight | Dick Robertson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64492 | 10-in. | 9/1/1938 | You're the very last word in love | Dick Robertson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64887 | 10-in. | 1/12/1939 | I cried for you | Dick Robertson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64888 | 10-in. | 1/12/1939 | My melancholy baby | Dick Robertson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64889 | 10-in. | 1/12/1939 | Kermit the hermit | Dick Robertson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 64890 | 10-in. | 1/12/1939 | Gardenias | Dick Robertson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65196 | 10-in. | 3/17/1939 | (I am afraid) The masquerade is over | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65197 | 10-in. | 3/17/1939 | To live the life of a lie | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65216 | 10-in. | 3/8/1939 | I promise you | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65217 | 10-in. | 3/8/1939 | Penny serenade | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65218 | 10-in. | 3/8/1939 | I'm a lucky devil | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65219 | 10-in. | 3/8/1939 | I'm building a sailboat of dreams | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65396 | 10-in. | 4/14/1939 | Little skipper | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65397 | 10-in. | 4/14/1939 | It makes no difference now | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65398 | 10-in. | 4/14/1939 | Where do you work-a, John | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65399 | 10-in. | 4/14/1939 | Maybe | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65602 | 10-in. | 5/19/1939 | Maybe | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65603 | 10-in. | 5/19/1939 | Where do you work-a, John ? | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65604 | 10-in. | 5/19/1939 | Pippinella | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65605 | 10-in. | 5/19/1939 | Ain't cha comin' out? | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 65606 | 10-in. | 5/19/1939 | Who did you meet last night ? | Dick Robertson | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66167 | 10-in. | 8/22/1939 | The man with the mandolin | Leo Watson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66168 | 10-in. | 8/22/1939 | Utt da zay (The tailor song) | Leo Watson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66169 | 10-in. | 8/22/1939 | Ja-da | Leo Watson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 66170 | 10-in. | 8/22/1939 | It's the tune that counts | Leo Watson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 71482 | 10-in. | 11/3/1943 | Cow cow boogie (Cuma-ti-yi-yi-ay) | Ella Fitzgerald ; Ink Spots | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 121547 | 4/28/1969 | I can't give you anything but love | Louis Armstrong | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "McGhee, John," accessed November 19, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/206575.
McGhee, John. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/206575.
"McGhee, John." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 November 2024.
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