Chester Smith
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1940
Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, steel guitar
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 36 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-047046 | 10-in. | 2/12/1940 | Tiny old town | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-047047 | 10-in. | 2/12/1940 | Moments in the moonlight | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-047048 | 10-in. | 2/12/1940 | I'll be seeing you | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BS-047049 | 10-in. | 2/12/1940 | With the wind and the rain in your hair | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 13056 | 10-in. | 8/29/1927 | Sweet Hawaiian moonlight | Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 13057 | 10-in. | 8/29/1927 | Kohala march | Francis Lei and Chester Smith of Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Guitar and steel guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 13058 | 10-in. | 8/29/1927 | Hawaiian love serenade | Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Guitar, steel guitar, and ukulele | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 13059 | 10-in. | 8/29/1927 | Uluwehi o kaala | Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 13060 | 10-in. | 8/29/1927 | Hilo Hawaiian march | Francis Lei and Chester Smith of Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Guitar and steel guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 13061 | 10-in. | 8/29/1927 | Paauau waltz | Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Guitar, steel guitar, and ukulele | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 13062 | 10-in. | 8/29/1927 | Kilima waltz | Francis Lei and Chester Smith of Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Steel guitar and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 13063 | 10-in. | 8/29/1927 | Cunha medley | Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Guitar, steel guitar, and ukulele | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 13209 | 10-in. | 11/5/1927 | Aloha | Francis Lei ; Chester Smith | Steel guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar, steel guitar | |
Gennett | 13210 | 10-in. | 11/5/1927 | Drowsy waters | Francis Lei and Chester Smith of Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Steel guitar duet | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
Gennett | 13211 | 10-in. | 11/5/1927 | Dreamy Hawaii | Francis Lei and Chester Smith of Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Steel guitar duet | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
Gennett | 13212 | 10-in. | 11/5/1927 | Let the rest of the world go by | Francis Lei and Chester Smith of Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Steel guitar duet | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
Gennett | 13213 | 10-in. | 11/5/1927 | My isle of golden dreams | Plada's Serenaders [Francis Lei and Chester Smith of Lei's Royal Hawaiians] | Steel guitar duet | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
Gennett | 13214 | 10-in. | 11/5/1927 | Honolulu march | Francis Lei and Chester Smith of Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Steel guitar duet | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
Gennett | 13215 | 10-in. | 11/5/1927 | Hawaiian waltz medley | Francis Lei and Chester Smith of Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Steel guitar duet | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
Gennett | 13216 | 10-in. | 11/5/1927 | Hula medley | Francis Lei and Chester Smith of Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 13217 | 10-in. | 11/5/1927 | Hawaiian breezes | Francis Lei and Chester Smith of Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 13815 | 10-in. | 5/12/1928 | One-two-three-four | Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 13816 | 10-in. | 5/12/1928 | Medley of Hawaiian melodies | Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Gennett | 13817 | 10-in. | 5/12/1928 | Kaui kahio medley | Francis Lei ; Chester Smith | Steel guitar duet | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
Gennett | 13818 | 10-in. | 5/12/1928 | In a garden of paradise | Lei's Royal Hawaiians | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Smith, Chester," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/353941.
Smith, Chester. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/353941.
"Smith, Chester." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.
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