Walter Donaldson

Walter Donaldson (February 15, 1893 – July 15, 1947) was an American prolific popular songwriter and publishing company founder, composing many hit songs of the 1910s to 1940s, that have become standards and form part of the Great American Songbook.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 15, 1893 (New York City), Died July 15, 1947 (Santa Monica)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1915 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, songwriter

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 1453 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-16034	10-in.	5/18/1915	We'll have a jubilee in my old Kentucky home	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-16223	10-in.	7/16/1915	Back home in Tennessee	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-16513	12-in.	9/20/1915	Araby	Conway's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-16702	10-in.	10/21/1915	You'd never know that old home town of mine	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-16703	10-in.	10/21/1915	At the old plantation ball	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-16864	12-in.	12/7/1915	You'd never know that old home town of mine	Victor Military Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-17426	10-in.	4/3/1916	Oh, Joe, with your fiddle and bow, you stole my heart away	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-17433	12-in.	4/4/1916	Down where the Swanee River flows	Victor Military Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-17598	10-in.	5/3/1916	In the beautiful seaside air	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra	composer
Victor	C-18049	12-in.	7/5/1916	In the beautiful seaside air	Conway's Band	Band, with xylophone	composer
Victor	B-18132	10-in.	7/19/1916	Come on to Nashville, Tennessee	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-19320	10-in.	2/28/1917	I've got the sweetest girl in Maryland	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-19888	10-in.	5/24/1917	Suki San	Louis J. Winsch	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20033	10-in.	6/12/1917	When he's all dolled up he's the best dressed rube in town	Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20453	10-in.	7/25/1917	I've got the nicest little home in D-I-X-I-E	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-21060	10-in.	11/6/1917	Yock-a-hilo Town	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-22370	10-in.	1/30/1919	How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm (After they've seen Paree)	Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-22601	10-in.	2/26/1919	Don't cry, Frenchy, don't cry	Charles Hart ; Elliott Shaw	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-22605	10-in.	2/27/1919	How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm?	Arthur Fields	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-22672	10-in.	4/7/1919	When the bees make honey (Down in sunny Alabam')	Irving Kaufman ; Jack Kaufman	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-22802	10-in.	4/23/1919	When you see another sweetie hanging around (That's the time you'll want to come back to me)	Adele Rowland	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-23046	10-in.	7/3/1919	When the preacher makes you mine	Adele Rowland	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-23308	10-in.	10/22/1919	All the Quakers are shoulder shakers	All Star Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	B-23453	10-in.	11/4/1919	Bless my Swanee River home	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-23555	10-in.	12/26/1919	You're a million miles from nowhere	Charles Harrison	Male vocal solo, with violin and orchestra	composer

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Donaldson, Walter," accessed November 4, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106121.

Donaldson, Walter. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 4, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106121.

"Donaldson, Walter." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 November 2024.

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