Fred Hamm

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Fred Hamm was a Chicago jazz orchestra leader and composer of the song Bye Bye Blues. In 1925 he took over the leadership of the Benson Orchestra (founded by Edgar Benson). He sang and played the cornet. Among the members of his band were Dave Bennett (who played clarinet and alto saxophone), Chauncey Gray (piano), and Bert Lown (violin). Bennett, Gray and Lown were also the lyricists of Bye Bye Blues
An arrangement by May Singhi Breen was published by Irving Berlin Inc., New York, USA. in 1930.

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	Fred Hamm	Biography by wikipedia.org.

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Midi File(s) from various sources
	Bye Bye Blues (1930)	Dave Bennett Bert Lown Chauncey Gray	James Pitt-Payne

Choral

Title	Parts	Choir	Remarks


Bye Bye Blues	SAB	Das Trio

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Bye Bye Blues (1930)	F. Hamm (w&m) Dave Bennett (coauth.) Bert Lown (coauth.) Chauncey Gray (coauth.) Bert Lown (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 1 work by Fred Hamm. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Bye Bye Blues (w&m)	1930	Dave Bennett (co-author) Bert Lown (co-author) Chauncey Gray (co-author) Mary Ford (perf.) Bert Lown (perf.) Les Paul (perf.)