Lew Pollack (1895-1946)
Last updated: 29.04.22
According to the Internet source given below, Lew Pollack was an American all-round talent and variously a singer, pianist, composer of popular music for stage and film. His musical career began aged just 14-years old as a boy soprano in the Walter Damrosch choral group. He went on to play piano in picture houses and tour the vaudeville circuit as a singer-pianist. He wrote materials both for himself and others. As a song composer, his collaborators included Erno Rapee, Sidney Clare, Jack Yellen and Ray Gilbert. The greater part of his output went however into film scores such as Captain January (1936), One In A Million (1937), In Old Chicago (1938), My Son, My Son (1940) and Lady, Let's Dance (1944). Perhaps his best known song is the evergreen Charmaine (1927). Of ragtime interest are his That's-A-Plenty (1914) and High Stepper Rag (1917).
| Title | Instruments | Performers |
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Cairo (1918) | T+A/T/T+B/B+T/GB(B) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. |
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Tango-Toreador (1914) | A/T/T/B/GB(B) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. |
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That's-A-Plenty (1914) | D/A/T/T/B/GB(B) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. |
| Midi File(s) | Sequencer(s) | ||
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Cairo (1918) | Midi | James Pitt-Payne |
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Harry Fox Trot (1918) | Midi | Unknown |
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That's-A-Plenty (1914) | Midi | James Pitt-Payne |
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| Folk Music CDs: | |||
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Duncan Sisters | The Duncan Sisters | |
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Canadian Brass | Basin Street | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)        |
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Chicago Chamber Brass | Fireworks For Brass | |
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South Shore Circus Concert Band | Sounds of the Circus - Volume 27 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
| Jazz Music CDs: | |||
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Stumptown Jazz | On Track | |
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Thomas Waller | Fats Waller: 1936-37 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Thomas Waller | Fats Waller: 1939 | |
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Thomas Waller | Fats Waller: 1939-40 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Thomas Waller | Fats Waller: Portrait Vol.2 | |
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Thomas Waller | Middle Years Part I (1936-38) | |
| Ragtime Music CDs: | |||
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⇑Various Artists | Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 1: The Twenties (1923-1929) | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Various Artists | New Orleans Masters | |
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Various Artists | The Obscure & Neglected Chicagoans | |
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Various Artists | Ragtime unter dem Doppeladler | |
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Firehouse Stompers | Leaving Our Mark | |
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Lu Watters | Originals & Ragtime: San Francisco Style: Vol. 2 | |
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Terry Waldo | Ragtime Classics Vol. 1 | |
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White-Gresty Ragtimers | Mugsy Remembered | |
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Sue Keller | Nola | |
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George Lewis | George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 04 | |
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George Lewis | George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 05 | |
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⇑George Lewis | George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 13 | |
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Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra | It's a Bear | |
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Michael Pollock | Ragtime Michael Tickles the Ivories | |
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Adam Swanson | Chestnut St. in the 90s | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Johnny Maddox | Back Home in Tennessee | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Bill Edwards | Perfessor Bill Sings Volume 3 | |
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Bill Edwards | The Rag's the Thing | |
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Bill Edwards | A Ragtime Sampler |
| Item | Title | Available | € | £ | $ | Other |
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| DBE571 | Cairo (1918) - Oriental Fox Trot T+A/T/T+B/B+T/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins. |
1-2 days |  |
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| DBE572 | Tango-Toreador (1914) A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins. |
1-2 days | |
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| DBE573 | That's-A-Plenty (1914) - Rag or One Step D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¼ mins. |
1-2 days | |
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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Buddha | L. Pollack (music) E. Rose (words) |
Piano, Voice | Greer |  |
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Cairo (1918) | L. Pollack (music) | Piano | IMSLP | |
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Harry Fox Trot (1918) | L. Pollack (music) | Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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I'm Missin' Mammy's Kissin' (1921) | L. Pollack (music) S. Clare (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Loud Speakin' Papa (1925) | L. Pollack (music) J. Yellen (words) S. Tucker (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Midnight Rose (1923) | L. Pollack (music) Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Karyl Norman (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Oh Sing-A-Loo (1922) | L. Pollack (music) Sidney D. Mitchell (words) L. Brown (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Spanish Lou (1921) | L. Pollack (music) Sidney D. Mitchell (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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That's-A-Plenty (1914) | L. Pollack (music) | Piano | IMSLP | |
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Weep No More My Mammy | L. Pollack (music) Sidney D. Mitchell (words) S. Clare (words) Howard Bros (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Greer | Pub. |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 73 works by Lew Pollack (1895-1946).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
(w&m)
(w&m)
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Tango-Toreador | 1914 |  |
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| That's-A-Plenty | 1914 | Pub. |
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| High Stepper Rag | 1917 | Pub. |
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| Cairo | 1918 | |
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| Harry Fox Trot | 1918 | Pub. |
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| Buddha | 1919 | E. Rose (words) | |
| Sudan | 1920 | Ed Rose (words) | |
| Gee I Wish I Had a Girl Like You | 1921 | ||
| I Know That I'm in Love | 1921 | |
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| I'm Missin' Mammy's Kissin' | 1921 | Sidney Clare (words) | Pub. |
| Musical Comedy's Queen | 1921 | ||
| ⇑ One Last Good Time | 1921 | ||
| Spanish Lou | 1921 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | Pub. |
| Weep No More My Mammy | 1921 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Sidney Clare (words) Howard Bros (perf.) |
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| Oh Sing-A-Loo | 1922 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Lew Brown (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Midnight Rose | 1923 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Karyl Norman (perf.) Frank Farnum (perf.) Mort Downey (perf.) Crafts (perf.) Jack Haley (perf.) |
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| Vamping Sal | 1923 | Henry Creamer (words) | Pub. |
| Who Will It Be? | 1923 | ||
| Cheatin' on Me | 1925 | Jack Yellen (words) Van & Schenck (perf.) Margie Coates (perf.) Healy &. Cross (perf.) |
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| I've Found My Sweetheart Sally | 1925 | Jack Yellen (words) Jack Sidney (perf.) Arr. by May Singhi Breen; |
Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Loud Speakin' Papa | 1925 | Jack Yellen (words) S. Tucker (perf.) |
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| My Yiddishe Momme | 1925 | Jack Yellen (words) | |
| No Man's Mamma | 1925 | Jack Yellen (words) | Pub. |
| Cobblestones | 1927 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| I'm Away From the World When I'm Away From You | 1927 | ||
| Miss Annabelle Lee | 1927 | Harry Richman (words) Sidney Clare (words) |
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| Naughty Naurette | 1927 | |
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| Siren Dream, A (w&m) | 1927 | Al Sheridan (co-author) | |
| Angela Mia | 1928 | Erno Rapee (words) Janet Gaynor (perf.) Charles Farrell (perf.) |
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| Anita | 1928 | Sidney Clarke (co-author) | |
| Glorianna | 1928 | Sidney Clare (words) | Pub. |
| ⇑ Hiding in the Corner of Your Smile | 1928 | Geo Whiting (co-author) | |
| I Can't Make Her Happy | 1928 | Sidney Clare (co-author) | Pub. |
| Just a Night For Meditation (w&m) | 1928 | Sam M. Lewis (co-author) Joe Young (co-author) |
Pub. |
| Little Mother | 1928 | Erno Rapee (words) | |
| Loneliness (w&m) | 1928 | Sidney Clare (co-author) | Pub. |
| By the Way | 1929 | Lew White (co-author) Sam M Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) |
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| Poor Punchinello | 1929 | ||
| Some Sweet Day | 1929 | ||
| Yiddishe Momme, A | 1932 | Jack Yellen (words) |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Arlene | 1933 | |
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| Bluer Than Blue | 1933 | Tot Seymour (words) | |
| Dawn | 1934 | |
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| Two Cigarettes in the Dark | 1934 | Paul Francis Webster (co-author) Gloria Grafton (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Water Under the Bridge | 1934 | Paul F. Webster (words) Fred Waring (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Little Colonel | 1935 | Paul Francis Webster (words) | |
| Our Little Girl | 1935 | Paul R. Webster (words) | |
| At the Codfish Ball | 1936 | Mitchell (words) Sidney (words) Shirley Temple (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Baby, Sing | 1936 | ||
| Balboa, The | 1936 | ||
| Early Bird | 1936 | Sidney Mitchell (words) Shirley Temple (perf.) |
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| ⇑ It's Love I'm After | 1936 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | Pub. |
| Love Will Tell | 1936 | Jack Yellen (words) | Pub. |
| Moonlit Waltz | 1936 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | Pub. |
| One in a Million | 1936 | ||
| Pigskin Parade Football Songs | 1936 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | Pub. |
| Right Somebody to Love, The | 1936 | Jack Yellen (words) Shirley Temple (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Sing, Baby, Sing | 1936 | Jack Yellen (words) Alice Faye (perf.) |
Pub. |
| We're Back in Circulation Again | 1936 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | Pub. |
| You Do the Darndest Things, Baby | 1936 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| You're Slightly Terrific | 1936 | ||
| Seventh Heaven | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| Who's Afraid of Love? | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| Why Talk About Love? | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| Isn't It Wonderful, Isn't It Swell | 1938 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| Moonshine Over Kentucky | 1938 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| He's My Uncle | 1940 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| South of Pago-Pago | 1940 | Bob Wright (words) Chet Forrest (words) |
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| Moon Kissed the Mississippi, The | 1943 | Charles Newman (words) | Pub. |
| Apple Blossoms in the Rain | 1944 | Mort Greene (words) | |
| Rainbow Valley | 1944 | Harry Harris (words) | Pub. |
| ⇑ Seven Days Ashore | 1944 | Mort Greene (co-author) | Pub. |
| In Our Little Wooden Shoes | ? |
| Title | Duration | Performer |
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Buddha | 2:06 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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Cairo | 3:13 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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Harry Fox Trot | 2:57 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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High Stepper Rag | 3:08 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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Naughty Naurette | 2:00 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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Tango-Toreador | 3:44 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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That's-A-Plenty | 2:30 | Ragtime Dorian Henry |