Tess Gardella (1894-1950)
Last updated: 06.10.25
p_gardellat.jpgHer portrait on the left is taken from Where Were You Last Night (1931) music by Harry Woods, words by Al Dubin and published by M. Witmark and Sons, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, USA.
Websites:
url15.gif Tess Gardella Biography by wikipedia.org.  
url15.gif  DAHR: List of 11 historic recordings from 1922 to 1928.

  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
  Historic Records      
recordmp3.gif My Idea of Heaven (1927) A. Sherman Tess Gardella Columbia: W143710
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (1922) H. Creamer (music)
T. Layton (coauth.)
Tess Gardella (perf.)		 Piano Indiana wvicon.gif
The peformer is featured on 5 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m) ER
     Title Composer Attribution Items
         
perf15.jpg Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (1922) Henry Creamer(w&m) Turner Layton (co-author)
Tess Gardella (perf.)
perf15.jpg Carolina Mammy (1922) Billy James(w&m) Tess Gardella (perf.)
perf15.jpg Pile of Logs and Stone Called Home (1926) Maceo Pinkard Tess Gardella (perf.)
perf15.jpg My Idea of Heaven (1927) Al Sherman Charles Tobias (words)
Howard E. Johnson (words)
Tess Gardella (perf.)
  recordmp3.gif
perf15.jpg Where Were You Last Night (1931) Harry Woods Al Dubin (words)
Tess Gardella (perf.)