Anna Chandler
Anna Chandler (July 4, 1884 – July 10, 1957) was an American vaudeville actress and mezzo-soprano singer of popular and light classical songs. She was born in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Chandler married Jack Curtis, a booking agent. They had one child, Beatrice Curtis, who became an actress and whose first husband was the vaudevillian actor Harry Fox. Chandler was a headline artist for the Orpheum Circuit. She sang songs in Hebrew and Italian almost exclusively during her career as a headliner on the Orpheum Circuit. On Broadway, Chandler portrayed Mrs. Anastasia Kidd in Jumping Jupiter (1911) and Bessie Bloom in Mendel, Inc. (1929). Chandler died at age 73 in El Sereno, California. |
Birth and Death Data: Born July 4, 1884 (New Cumberland), Died July 10, 1957 (El Sereno)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1915 - 1923
Roles Represented in DAHR: soprano vocal, songwriter
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 30 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | [Trial 1915-10-05-02] | Not documented | 10/5/1915 | If you only had my disposition | Anne Chandler | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1915-10-05-03] | Not documented | 10/5/1915 | When old Bill Bailey plays the uka-le-le | Anne Chandler | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1920-05-15-01] | Not documented | 5/15/1920 | Bold bad vampires | Anna Chandler | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1920-05-15-02] | Not documented | 5/15/1920 | My family is going jazz mad | Anna Chandler | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1922-05-10-01] | 10-in. | 5/10/1922 | Love-sick blues | Anne Chandler | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1922-05-10-02] | 10-in. | 5/10/1922 | Beating about the bush | Anne Chandler | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1922-06-06-01] | 10-in. | 6/6/1922 | Miami Mammy | Anne Chandler | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 46297 | 10-in. | 12/21/1915 | Hello Hawaii, how are you? | Anna Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 46298 | 10-in. | 12/21/1915 | Those come-hither eyes | Anne Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 46315 | 10-in. | 1/5/1916 | When you're down in Louisville | Anna Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 46345 | 10-in. | 1/15/1916 | She's good enough to be your baby's mother | Anna Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 46357 | 10-in. | 1/20/1916 | You can't get along with 'em or without 'em | Anna Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 46441 | 10-in. | 2/23/1916 | Never let the same bee sting you twice | Anna Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 46650 | 10-in. | 3/18/1916 | I'm going way back home and have a wonderful time | Anna Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 46798 | 10-in. | 5/22/1916 | Gootmon is a hootmon now | Anna Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 46799 | 10-in. | 5/22/1916 | I've got a sweet tooth bothering me | Anna Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 46958 | 10-in. | 8/15/1916 | The dance of all nations' ragtime ball | Anna Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 46959 | 10-in. | 8/15/1916 | Rolling stones | Anne Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 47034 | 10-in. | 9/20/1916 | Since Mary Ann McCue came back from Honolulu | Anna Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 47035 | 10-in. | 9/20/1916 | Sometimes you get a good one and sometimes you don't | Anna Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 47051 | 10-in. | 9/29/1916 | O'Brien is trying to learn to talk Hawaiian | Anne Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 47237 | 10-in. | 12/16/1916 | There never was a land like dear old Ireland | Anne Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 47238 | 10-in. | 12/16/1916 | I love but you | Anne Chandler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
| Columbia | 77558 | 10-in. | 12/7/1917 | I don't care to live in any marble halls with you | Samuel Ash | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 49288 | 12-in. | 12/15/1917 | I don't care to live in any marble halls with you | Prince's Band | Band | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Chandler, Anna," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/113151.
Chandler, Anna. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/113151.
"Chandler, Anna." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Chandler, Anna, 1884-1957 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006087585
Wikidata: Anna Chandler - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4766910
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/26823284
MusicBrainz: Anna Chandler - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2ef8e18f-aab4-4271-ae63-c5005d5b2307
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