Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

James Francis Durante ( də-RAN-tee, Italian: [duˈrante]; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. He often referred to his nose as the schnozzola (Italianization of the American Yiddish slang word schnoz, meaning "big nose"), and the word became his nickname.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 10, 1893 (Manhattan), Died January 28, 1980 (Santa Monica)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921 - 1959

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, piano, composer, songwriter, lyricist, speaker

Notes: Full name: James Francis Durante.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 62 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-25777	10-in.	11/22/1921	I've got my habits on	Isabelle Patricola	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-78568	10-in.	11/22/1933	Inka dinka doo	Hotel McAlpin Orchestra ; Sam Robbins	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-81100	10-in.	12/26/1933	Inka dinka doo	The Chanters ; Don Bestor Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus	composer
Victor	BAVE-86662	10-in.	10/3/1934	Inka-dinka-doo	Orquesta Típica Victor	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	79986	10-in.	9/13/1921	Who'll be the next one (to cry over you)	Happy Six	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	80389	10-in.	6/19/1922	I ain't never had nobody crazy over me	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	80434	10-in.	6/30/1922	I've got my habits on	Garber-Davis Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	W148495	10-in.	5/9/1929	Can Broadway do without me?	Lou Clayton ; Jimmy Durante ; Eddie Jackson	Comic scene	vocalist, lyricist, speaker, composer
Columbia	W148496	10-in.	5/9/1929	So I ups to him!	Lou Clayton ; Jimmy Durante ; Eddie Jackson	Comic scene	composer, lyricist, speaker, vocalist
Columbia	W152558	10-in.	11/21/1933	Inka dinka doo	Ferde Grofé Orchestra ; Rhythm Boys	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet	composer
OKeh	S-70070	10-in.	Aug. 1921	I didn't start in to love you (Until you stopped loving me)	Daisy Martin ; Tampa Blue Jazz Band	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-70075	10-in.	Aug. 1921	Daddy, your mama is lonesome for you	Mamie Smith and her Jazz Band	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-70246	10-in.	Oct. 1921	Let's agree to disagree	Jazz Hounds ; Mamie Smith	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
OKeh	S-70285	10-in.	Oct. 1921	I've got my habits on	Joseph Samuels Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-70650	10-in.	May 1922	Mean daddy blues	Jazz Hounds ; Mamie Smith	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	6946-6948	10-in.	approximately Dec. 1921	I've got my habits on	Benny Krueger’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	15288-15291	10-in.	3/26/1925	You’re talking to the wrong man now	Hamtree Harrington	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Edison	8303	10-in.	11/25/1921	I've got my habits on	Al Bernard ; Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	8509	10-in.	6/27/1922	At the Honky Tonk Steppers Ball	Al Bernard	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Edison	8978	10-in.	5/15/1923	I ain't never had nobody crazy over me	Jazz-O-Harmonists	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Decca	81782		10/26/1951	You say the nicest things	Jimmy Durante ; Ethel Merman		vocalist
Decca	81783		10/26/1951	A husband, a wife	Jimmy Durante ; Ethel Merman		vocalist
Decca	81784		10/26/1951	If you catch a little cold	Jimmy Durante ; Ethel Merman		vocalist
Decca	101933		3/8/1957	A real piano player	Jimmy Durante		vocalist
Decca	101934		3/8/1957	I'm as ready as I'll ever be-2	Jimmy Durante		vocalist

(Results 1-25 of 62 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Durante, Jimmy," accessed November 4, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103062.

Durante, Jimmy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 4, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103062.

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