Phil Baker  (1896-1963)
Last updated: 25.08.25
p_bakerphil.jpgAll that can presently (November 2023) be gleaned about Phil Baker from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that he was presumably an American composer/performer/piano accordian player who has been featured on 10 works published between 1839 and 1943.
He has published 9 works between 1922 and 1937.
His portrait on the left is taken from Sunshine and Rain (1922) published by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit, USA. Here he is described as "A bad boy from a good familly".
Surfers are welcome to contribute any further information about this composer.
Websites:
url15.gif Phil Baker (comedian) Biography by wikipedia.org.  
url15.gif  DAHR: Phil Baker List of 82 historic recordings from 1918 to 1944.
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Pretty Little Baby (1925) B. Bernie James Pitt-Payne
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
recordmp3.gif Ann and Her Little Sedan (1930) P. Baker Sam Lee
A. Shaw		 Columbia: W170535
recordmp3.gif Big Butter and Egg Man (1925) P. Baker P. Baker Edison: 10571
record15.gif Black Sheep Blues (1923) P. Baker Benson Orchestra of Chicago Victor: B-28872
recordmp3.gif Did You Mean It? (1927) P. Baker Marion Harris Victor: BVE-41345
recordmp3.gif Did You Mean It? (1927) P. Baker Frank Harris
I. Kaufman		 Columbia: W144770
recordmp3.gif Did You Mean It? (1927) P. Baker Lee Morse Columbia: W144846
record15.gif Look at Those Eyes (1925) P. Baker L. Katzman
Harry Reser
Austin Wylie		 Brunswick: 444W-448W;
recordmp3.gif Pretty Little Baby (1925) P. Baker Phil Baker's Bad Boys Edison: 10653
record15.gif Without Your Love (1930) P. Baker J. H. Muldowney Victor: BVE-58682
  as Performer      
recordmp3.gif Ann and Her Little Sedan (1925) J. Stanley P. Baker Columbia: W141237
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Did You Mean It? (1927) P. Baker (w&m)
Sid Silverman (coauth.)
A. Lyman (coauth.)
Three Brox Sisters (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Univ. of Maine wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Look at Those Eyes (1925) P. Baker (w&m)
Sid Silvers (coauth.)		 Piano, Voice YorkSpace wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Love and Kisses (1927) P. Baker (music)
Sid Silvers (coauth.)		 Piano, Voice Univ. of Maine wvicon.gif
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pdf15.gif		 Pretty Little Baby (1925) P. Baker (music)
B. Bernie (coauth.)
Sid Silvers (words)
 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer
Univ. of Maine		 wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Sunshine and Rain (1922) P. Baker (w&m)
B. Davis (coauth.)
P. Baker (perf.)		 Piano, Voice YorkSpace Pub.
  As performer        
pdf15.gif Love Walked In (1938) G. Gershwin (music)
Ira Gershwin (words)
Adolphe Menjou (perf.)
Ritz Bros (perf.)
Vera Zorina (perf.)
Kenny Baker (perf.)
Andrea Leeds (perf.)
Helen Jepson (perf.)
P. Baker (perf.)
Ella Logan (perf.)
Bobby Clark (perf.)
Jerome Cowan (perf.)
Edgar Bergen (perf.)
Charlie McCarthy (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
The peformer is featured on 15 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 Remarks
         
perf15.jpg It All Depends on You (1926) Buddy Gard DeSylva(w&m) Lew Brown (co-author)
Ray Henderson (co-author)
Phil Baker (perf.)
perf15.jpg Last Rose of Summer (1935), The Friedrich von Flotow Thomas Moore (words)
Phil Baker (perf.)
perf15.jpg I Was Doing All Right (1938) George Gershwin Ira Gershwin (words)
Kenny Baker (perf.)
Phil Baker (perf.)
Ritz Bros (perf.)
Helen Jepson (perf.)
Andrea Leeds (perf.)
Ella Logan (perf.)
Adolphe Menjou (perf.)
Vera Zorina (perf.)
perf15.jpg Love Is Here to Stay (1938) George Gershwin Ira Gershwin (words)
Phil Baker (perf.)
perf15.jpg Love Walked In (1938) George Gershwin Ira Gershwin (words)
Kenny Baker (perf.)
Phil Baker (perf.)
Ritz Bros (perf.)
Helen Jepson (perf.)
Andrea Leeds (perf.)
Ella Logan (perf.)
Adolphe Menjou (perf.)
Vera Zorina (perf.)
perf15.jpg It All Depends on You (1926) Ray Henderson B.G. DeSylva (co-author)
Lew Brown (co-author)
Phil Baker (perf.)
perf15.jpg Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep (1839) Joseph Philip Knight Emma Hart Willard (words)
Phil Baker (perf.)
perf15.jpg Tales of Hoffmann - Barcarolle (1908) Jacques Offenbach M. Louise Baum (words)
Phil Baker (perf.)
perf15.jpg Ann and Her Little Sedan (1925) Jack Stanley(w&m) James F. Hanley (co-author)
Phil Baker (perf.)
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perf15.jpg  ⇑Don't Let This Waltz Mean Good-Bye (1934) Albert von Tilzer Jack Meskill (words)
Gus Arnheim (perf.)
Gene Austin (perf.)
Phil Baker (perf.)
Downey Sisters (perf.)
Ruth Etting (perf.)
June Knight (perf.)
Edmund Lowe (perf.)
Miller & Harling Walker (perf.)
Victor Moore (perf.)
Wini Shaw (perf.)
Gloria Stuart (perf.)
Ethel Waters (perf.)
Alice White (perf.)
perf15.jpg I Found a Million Dollar Baby (1931) Harry Warren Billy Rose (words)
Mort Dixon (words)
Phil Baker (perf.)
Fanny Brice (perf.)
Ted Healy (perf.)
perf15.jpg Sing a Little Jingle (1931) Harry Warren Mort Dixon (words)
Phil Baker (perf.)
Fanny Brice (perf.)
Ted Healy (perf.)
perf15.jpg No Love, No Nothin' (1943) Harry Warren(w&m) Leo Robin (co-author)
Phil Baker (perf.)
James Ellison (perf.)
Alice Faye (perf.)
Benny Goodman (perf.)
Charlotte Greenwood (perf.)
Edward Everett Horton (perf.)
EdwardEverett Horton (perf.)
Tony De Marco (perf.)
Carmen Miranda (perf.)
Eugene Pallette (perf.)
Sheila Ryan (perf.)
Dave Willock (perf.)
perf15.jpg Journey to a Star (1943), A Harry Warren Leo Robin (words)
Phil Baker (perf.)
James Ellison (perf.)
Alice Faye (perf.)
Benny Goodman (perf.)
Charlotte Greenwood (perf.)
EdwardEverett Horton (perf.)
Tony De Marco (perf.)
Carmen Miranda (perf.)
Eugene Pallette (perf.)
Sheila Ryan (perf.)
Dave Willock (perf.)
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 25 works by Phil Baker (1896-1963). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Lovers' Lane Is Crowded Again 1919 Sam Landers (words)
Mammy's Melody 1919 Lew Brown (words)
Ben. Bernie (words)
Forever After 1922
Sunshine and Rain (w&m) 1922 Benny Davis (co-author)
Phil Baker (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif pdf15.gif
Black Sheep Blues 1923 Benson Orchestra of Chicago (perf.)   record15.gif
Antoinette 1924
Big Butter and Egg Man (w&m) 1925 Phil Baker (perf.)   recordmp3.gif
Look at Those Eyes (w&m) 1925 Sid Silvers (co-author)
Louis Katzman (perf.)
Harry Reser (perf.)
Austin Wylie (perf.) 		 Pub. pdf15.gif  record15.gif
Pretty Little Baby 1925 Ben Bernie (co-author)
Sid Silvers (words)
Phil Baker's Bad Boys (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif pdf15.gifpdf15.gif  recordmp3.gif
Did You Mean It? (w&m) 1927 Sid Silverman (co-author)
Abe Lyman (co-author)
Nora Bayes (perf.)
Frank Harris (perf.)
Marion Harris (perf.)
Irving Kaufman (perf.)
Doree Leslie (perf.)
Lee Morse (perf.)
Bee Palmer (perf.)
Three Brox Sisters (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif pdf15.gif  recordmp3.gif recordmp3.gif recordmp3.gif
Love and Kisses (w&m) 1927 Sid Silvers (co-author)  wvicon.gif pdf15.gif
⇑ Hundred Years From Now, A 1928
More Than the Whole World to Me 1928
O-K-M-N-X We're Twenty Million Strong 1928 J. Russel Robinson (co-author)
Billy De Beck (words)
Sid Silvers (words) 		 Pub.
Rainy Day Pal (w&m) 1928 Sid Silvers (co-author)  Pub.
You're Gone (w&m) 1928 Georgie Price1 (co-author)
Sid Silvers (co-author)
Just Suppose 1929 Maury Rubens (co-author)
Sid Silvers (words)
Moe Joffee (words)
Park Avenue Strut 1929 Maury Rubens (co-author)
Moe Joffee (words)
Harold Atteridge (words)
Sweet Little Manikin Doll 1929
Ann and Her Little Sedan 1930 Sam Lee (perf.)
Al Shaw (perf.) 		  recordmp3.gif
Humming a Love Song 1930
Without Your Love 1930 Sid Silvers (co-author)
J. H. Muldowney (perf.) 		  record15.gif
Strange Interlude 1932 Ben Bernie (words)
Walter Hirsch (words)
Ben Bernie (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
⇑ My Heaven on Earth 1937 Samuel Pokrass (co-author)
Tobias (words)
Invitation to a Broken Heart 1951