Art Gillham
Art Gillham (January 1, 1895, St. Louis, Missouri – June 6, 1961, Atlanta, Georgia) was an American songwriter, who was among the first crooners as a pioneer radio artist and a recording artist for Columbia Records. With Billy Smythe and Scott Middleton he wrote "Hesitation Blues", which he also recorded as one of the first electrical recordings for Columbia Records(Rust). The song is heard in the following movies The Public Enemy, Of Human Bondage and Fireman Save My Child (IMDB). Gillham and Smythe wrote approximately 100 songs together, including "Mean Blues," "Just Forget," "The Deacon Told Me I Was Good," "Just Waiting for You," "Crying Again," "Things That Remind Me of You" (sheet music) and the first successful electrical recording, "You May Be Lonesome" (Rust). With J. Russell Robinson he wrote "In My Sweetheart's Arms". |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 1, 1895 (St. Louis), Died June 6, 1961
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1936
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, piano, songwriter, composer, lyricist, leader, guitar
Notes: Often billed as "The Whispering Pianist." Surname spelled "Gilham" on Bluebird disc labels.
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 174 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-28861 | 10-in. | 11/1/1923 | Mean blues | David H. Silverman Orchestra ; Dave Silverman | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-29408 | 10-in. | 1/22/1924 | Days of yesterday | Elliott Shaw | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-64367 | 10-in. | 11/20/1930 | Just forget | Hoagy Carmichael ; Hoagy Carmichael Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BVE-82740 | 10-in. | 3/31/1934 | Somebody painted my dream castle blue | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist, songwriter | |
Victor | BVE-82741 | 10-in. | 3/31/1934 | I'd rather be alone | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano, songwriter | |
Victor | BS-101574 | 10-in. | 5/8/1936 | Hesitation blues | Wingy Manone Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | 140113 | 10-in. | 10/22/1924 | Way out west in Kansas | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Columbia | 140114 | 10-in. | 10/22/1924 | How do you do? | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Columbia | 140123 | 10-in. | 11/6/1924 | The deacon told me I was good | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist, songwriter | |
Columbia | 140125 | 10-in. | 11/6/1924 | You may be lonesome | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist, songwriter | |
Columbia | 140270 | 10-in. | 1/20/1925 | Carolina blues | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Columbia | 140274 | 10-in. | 1/21/1925 | Second hand love | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter, instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | 140275 | 10-in. | 1/21/1925 | Doo wacka doo | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Columbia | 140390 | 10-in. | 2/25/1925 | Hesitation blues | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano, songwriter | |
Columbia | 140391 | 10-in. | 2/25/1925 | Heart-broken strain | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Columbia | 140394 | 10-in. | 2/25/1925 | I had someone else before I had you | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Columbia | 140395 | 10-in. | 2/25/1925 | How's your folks & my folks | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Columbia | 140399 | 10-in. | 2/26/1925 | Can't your friend get a friend for me? | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Columbia | W144044 | 10-in. | 4/25/1927 | To-night you belong to me | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with steel guitar and piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Columbia | W140404 | 10-in. | 2/27/1925 | Hot Tamale Molly | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | W140725 | 10-in. | 6/26/1925 | Smile all the while | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Columbia | W140726 | 10-in. | 6/26/1925 | Are you sorry? | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Columbia | W140727 | 10-in. | 6/26/1925 | Angry | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Columbia | W140728 | 10-in. | 6/26/1925 | Page Mr. Handy | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Columbia | W140731 | 10-in. | 6/27/1925 | So that's the kind of a girl you are? | Art Gillham | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gillham, Art," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110519.
Gillham, Art. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110519.
"Gillham, Art." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Gillham, Art, 1895-1961 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97041655
Wikidata: Art Gillham - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4796846
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/213770
MusicBrainz: Art Gillham - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4602585a-bf0a-483a-8452-bbca1d7d9370
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