Les Backer
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal, guitar, banjo, vocalist, yodeling, composer
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 80 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Brunswick | C2065 | 10-in. | 7/16/1928 | You tell me your dream | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with violin, clarinet, and piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2066 | 10-in. | 7/16/1928 | My angel | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with violin, clarinet, and piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2067 | 10-in. | 7/17/1928 | Sorry for me | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2068 | 10-in. | 7/17/1928 | That’s just my way of forgetting you | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with 2 violins and piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2069 | 10-in. | 7/17/1928 | Don’t cry, baby | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2071 | 10-in. | 7/18/1928 | Ace in the hole | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2072 | 10-in. | 7/18/1928 | Les Backer’s yodeling blues | Les Backer | Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2073 | 10-in. | 7/18/1928 | Downhearted yodel blues | Les Backer | Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2242 | 10-in. | 8/17/1928 | The bum song | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2243 | 10-in. | 8/17/1928 | Downhearted yodel blues | Les Backer | Male vocal solo and yodeling, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal, yodeling | |
Brunswick | C2244 | 10-in. | 8/17/1928 | My angel | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2245 | 10-in. | 8/17/1928 | You tell me your dream (I'll tell you mine) | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2246 | 10-in. | 8/17/1928 | King for a day | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2470 | 10-in. | 10/23/1928 | Memories of France | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with violin and organ | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2471 | 10-in. | 10/23/1928 | Can’t you hear me say I love you | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2472 | 10-in. | 10/24/1928 | My blackbirds are bluebirds now | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2473 | 10-in. | 10/24/1928 | My old girl’s my new girl now | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2474 | 10-in. | 10/24/1928 | I can’t give you anything but love | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | C2475 | 10-in. | 10/24/1928 | I learned about women from ‘er | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal, composer | |
Brunswick | C2483 | 10-in. | 10/25/1928 | I learned about women from ‘er | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, tenor vocal, composer | |
Brunswick | C2484 | 10-in. | 10/25/1928 | Masquerade | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | MP9 | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1929 | Button up your overcoat | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | MP10 | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1929 | What a girl! What a night! | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | MP11 | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1929 | My Angeline | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Brunswick | MP32 | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1929 | I get the blues when it rains | Wally Erickson Coliseum Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Backer, Les," accessed August 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/115365.
Backer, Les. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved August 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/115365.
"Backer, Les." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 August 2024.
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LCNAR: Backer, Les (Vocalist) - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010136788
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