Heller & Riley
Last updated: 08.06.25
All that can presently (April 2025) be gleaned about Heller & Riley from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that they were an American comedy and singing act who have been featured on 6 works published between 1924 and 1925. They met and formed their act in the early 1920s and performed throughout the United States and Europe until the early 1950s.
Their portrait on the left is taken from Dreamer of Dreams (1924) music by Ted Fiorito, words by Gus Kahn and published by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit, USA.
Helene Louise Heller (1904-1992), born in Chicago, came to California as a child and began as a classical soprano on Los Angeles billed as "Helene Heller -The California Nightingale".
She died in Los Angeles, California.
George Riley(1897-1972), born in Rochester, New York, was a comedian and film actor. He is, known for The Branded Man (1928), The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1962) and Over My Dead Body (1942).
He also died in Los Angeles, California
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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Dreamer of Dreams (1924) | T. Fiorito (music) G. Kahn (words) Heller & Riley (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP |  |
The peformer is featured on 7 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
| Title | Composer | Attribution | Items |
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Lazy (1924) | Irving Berlin(w&m) | Heller & Riley (perf.) |
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That Certain Party (1925) | Walter Donaldson | Gus Kahn (words)
Heller & Riley (perf.) |
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Dreamer of Dreams (1924) | Ted Fiorito | Gus Kahn (words)
Heller & Riley (perf.) |
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I Can't Get the One I Want (1924) | Lou Handman | Billy Rose (words) Herman Ruby (words) Heller & Riley (perf.) |
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Follow the Swallow (1924) | Ray Henderson | Billy Rose (words) Mort Dixon (words) Heller & Riley (perf.) |
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Stars Are the Windows of Heaven (1926) | Tommie Malie(w&m) | Jimmy Steiger (co-author)
Heller & Riley (perf.) |
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Pal of My Cradle Days (1925) | Al Piantadosi | Marshall Montgomery (words)
Heller & Riley (perf.) Alice Morley (perf.) |