Lew Pollack (1895-1946)
Last updated: 04.11.25
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).
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DAHR: Lew Pollack | List of 410 historic recordings from 1914 to 1954. |
Lew Pollack (1895-1946) has at least 1 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
 Midnight RoseMusic by: Lew Pollack. Words by: Sidney D. Mitchell Performed by: Karyl Norman
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Loud Speakin' Papa (1925) | Elsie Clark | Edison Blue Amberol: 5072 |
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At the Codfish Ball (1936) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Buddha (1919) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Cairo (1918) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Cheatin' on Me (1925) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Glorianna (1928) | S. Clare | James Pitt-Payne |
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Harry Fox Trot (1918) | Unknown | |
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I Know That I'm in Love (1921) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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I'm Missin' Mammy's Kissin' (1921) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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I've Found My Sweetheart Sally (1925) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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In Our Little Wooden Shoes (1937) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Loud Speakin' Papa (1925) | Unknown | |
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Midnight Rose (1923) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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No Man's Mamma (1925) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Oh Sing-A-Loo (1922) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams (1944) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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⇑Sing, Baby, Sing (1936) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Telling Eyes (1925) | Lee Morse | James Pitt-Payne |
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That's-A-Plenty (1914) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Vamping Sal (1923) | James Pitt-Payne |
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It's Love I'm After (1936) | L. Pollack | C. Barnet | Victor: BS-0545 |
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Midnight Rose (1923) | L. Pollack | Benson Orchestra | Victor: B-28477 |
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My Yiddishe Momme (1925) | L. Pollack | Belle Baker | Victor: CVE-33567 |
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Seventh Heaven (1937) | L. Pollack | Dolly Dawn | Victor: BS-06130 |
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Sing, Baby, Sing (1936) | L. Pollack | C. Barnet | Victor: BS-0546 |
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You Do the Darndest Things, Baby (1936) | L. Pollack | C. Barnet | Victor: BS-0544 |
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Cairo (1918) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. | T+A/T/T+B/B+T/GB(B) |
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Tango-Toreador (1914) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. | A/T/T/B/GB(B) |
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That's-A-Plenty (1914) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. | D/A/T/T/B/GB(B) |
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Duncan Sisters | The Duncan Sisters | |
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Ann Leaf | The Mighty Wurlitzer: Music For Movie-Palace Organs |       |
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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) |
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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) | |
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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 |
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| DBE571 | Cairo (1918) - Oriental Fox Trot T+A/T/T+B/B+T/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins. |
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| DBE572 | Tango-Toreador (1914) A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins. |
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| DBE573 | That's-A-Plenty (1914) - Rag or One Step D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¼ mins. |
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| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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At the Codfish Ball (1936) | L. Pollack (music) Mitchell (words) Sidney (words) Shirley Temple (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer |  |
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Buddha (1919) | L. Pollack (music) E. Rose (words) |
Piano, Voice | Greer Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
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Cairo (1918) | L. Pollack (music) |
Piano | IMSLP Indiana |
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Cheatin' on Me (1925) | L. Pollack (music) J. Yellen (words) S. Tucker (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Glorianna (1928) | L. Pollack (w&m) S. Clare (coauth.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Harry Fox Trot (1918) | L. Pollack (music) | Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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I Know That I'm in Love (1921) | L. Pollack (music) | Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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⇑I'm Missin' Mammy's Kissin' (1921) | L. Pollack (music) S. Clare (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
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I've Found My Sweetheart Sally (1925) | L. Pollack (music) J. Yellen (words) Lillian Morton (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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In Our Little Wooden Shoes (1937) | L. Pollack (music) S. Mitchell (words) Shirley Temple (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Loud Speakin' Papa (1925) | L. Pollack (music) J. Yellen (words) S. Tucker (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Sheet Music Singer |
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Midnight Rose (1923) | L. Pollack (music) S. Mitchell (words) K. Norman (perf.) K. Norman (perf.) K. Norman (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
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No Man's Mamma (1925) | L. Pollack (music) J. Yellen (words) Margie Coates (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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Oh Sing-A-Loo (1922) | L. Pollack (music) S. Mitchell (words) L. Brown (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.) Duncan Sisters (perf.) Duncan Sisters (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
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Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams (1944) | L. Pollack (music) Charles Newman (words) Belita (perf.) James Ellison (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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⇑Sing, Baby, Sing (1936) | L. Pollack (music) J. Yellen (words) A. Faye (perf.) Adolphe Menjou (perf.) Gregory Ratoff (perf.) Ted Healy (perf.) Patsy Kelly (perf.) Michael Whalen (perf.) Ritz Brothers (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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Spanish Lou (1921) | L. Pollack (music) S. Mitchell (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Telling Eyes (1925) | L. Pollack (w&m) Lee Morse (coauth.) Lee Morse (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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That's-A-Plenty (1914) | L. Pollack (music) | Piano | IMSLP | |
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Vamping Sal (1923) | L. Pollack (music) H. Creamer (words) S. Tucker (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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Weep No More My Mammy (1921) | L. Pollack (music) S. Mitchell (words) S. Clare (words) Gene Howard (perf.) Willie Howard (perf.) Gene Howard (perf.) Willie Howard (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Greer Indiana |
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 135 works by Lew Pollack (1895-1946).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Tango-Toreador | 1914 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) | |
| That's-A-Plenty | 1914 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Freddy Martin (perf.) |
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| All Fussed Up | 1915 | Dick Richards (co-author) | |
| High Stepper Rag | 1917 | Pub. | |
| Cairo | 1918 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) |  |
| Harry Fox Trot | 1918 | Pub. |
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| Buddha | 1919 | Ed. 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. |
| ⇑ I'm Oriental | 1921 | Harold Atteridge (words) | |
| 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) Gene Howard (perf.) Willie Howard (perf.) |
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| Where Is the Beautiful Face | 1921 | Harold Atteridge (words) | |
| Wonderful Kid | 1921 | Willie Howard (words) Sidney Clare (words) |
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| Oh Sing-A-Loo | 1922 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Lew Brown (words) Duncan Sisters (perf.) |
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| Emblems of Love | 1923 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| How My Sweetie Loves Me | 1923 | J. Fred Coots (co-author) Sydney D. Mitchell (words) Nora Bayes (perf.) Martha Pryor (perf.) |
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| Midnight Rose | 1923 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Benson Orchestra (perf.) Courtney Sisters (perf.) Charles Crafts (perf.) Morton Downey (perf.) Frank Farnum (perf.) Jack Haley (perf.) Karyl Norman (perf.) |
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| Vamping Sal | 1923 | Henry Creamer (words) Sophie Tucker (perf.) |
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| ⇑ Who Will It Be? | 1923 | ||
| Cheatin' on Me | 1925 | Jack Yellen (words) Margie Coates (perf.) Healy & Cross (perf.) Sophie Tucker (perf.) Van & Schenck (perf.) |
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| I've Found My Sweetheart Sally | 1925 | Jack Yellen (words) Lillian Morton (perf.) Jack Sidney (perf.) Arr. by May Singhi Breen; |
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| Loud Speakin' Papa | 1925 | Jack Yellen (words) Elsie Clark (perf.) Sophie Tucker (perf.) Van & Schenck (perf.) Frances Williams (perf.) |
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| My Yiddishe Momme | 1925 | Jack Yellen (words) Belle Baker (perf.) |
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| No Man's Mamma | 1925 | Jack Yellen (words) Margie Coates (perf.) Helen Harrigan (perf.) Adelyn Jason (perf.) |
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| Telling Eyes (w&m) | 1925 | Lee Morse (co-author) Lee Morse (perf.) |
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| Cobblestones | 1927 | Sidney Clare (words) Janet Bodwell (perf.) Louis E. Zoeller (perf.) |
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| Diane | 1927 | Erno Rapee (co-author) | |
| I'm Away From the World When I'm Away From You | 1927 | ||
| I'm in Heaven When I See You Smile Diane (w&m) | 1927 | Erno Rapee (co-author) | |
| Miss Annabelle Lee (w&m) | 1927 | Sidney Clare (co-author) Harry Richman (co-author) Tom Fulmer (perf.) Mildred M. Hunt (perf.) Charlie Melson (perf.) Mae Wayne (perf.) |
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| Naughty Naurette | 1927 | |
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| ⇑ Siren Dream, A (w&m) | 1927 | Al Sheridan (co-author) | Pub. |
| There's Always a Way to Remember (w&m) | 1927 | Sammy Fain (co-author) | |
| Anita | 1928 | Sidney Clarke (co-author) | |
| Apple Blossoms in the Rain | 1928 | Sidney Clare (co-author) Mort Greene (words) Wally Brown (perf.) Alan Carney (perf.) Marcy McGuire (perf.) Gordon Oliver (perf.) |
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| Glorianna (w&m) | 1928 | Sidney Clare (co-author) | |
| Hiding in the Corner of Your Smile | 1928 | Geo Whiting (co-author) | Pub. |
| I Can't Make Her Happy (w&m) | 1928 | Sidney Clare (co-author) Frank DeVoe (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Just a Night For Meditation (w&m) | 1928 | Sam M. Lewis (co-author) Joe Young (co-author) |
Pub. |
| Kiddie Kapers (w&m) | 1928 | Al Sherman (co-author) Nathaniel Shilkret (co-author) |
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| 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 (w&m) | 1929 | Nat Shilkret (co-author) Dorothy Mackaill (perf.) Jack Mulhall (perf.) |
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| Yiddishe Momme, A | 1932 | Jack Yellen (words) |
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| Arlene | 1933 | |
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| Bluer Than Blue | 1933 | Tot Seymour (words) | |
| Dawn | 1934 | |
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| Lita | 1934 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| Love Is in Command | 1934 | Joe Young (words) | |
| Now and Forever | 1934 | Joe Young (words) | |
| Two Cigarettes in the Dark | 1934 | Paul Francis Webster (co-author) Gloria Grafton (perf.) |
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| Water Under the Bridge | 1934 | Paul F. Webster (words) Fred Waring (perf.) |
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| Little Colonel | 1935 | Paul Francis Webster (words) | |
| Our Little Girl | 1935 | Paul R. Webster (words) Shirley Temple (perf.) |
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| At the Codfish Ball | 1936 | Mitchell (words) Sidney (words) Shirley Temple (perf.) |
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| ⇑ Baby, Sing | 1936 | ||
| Balboa, The | 1936 | ||
| Early Bird | 1936 | Sidney Mitchell (words) Shirley Temple (perf.) |
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| I Love to Ride the Horses on a Merry-Go-Round | 1936 | Jack Yellen (words) | |
| It's Love I'm After | 1936 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Charles Daly Barnet (perf.) |
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| Love Will Tell | 1936 | Jack Yellen (words) Alice Faye (perf.) Ted Healy (perf.) Patsy Kelly (perf.) Adolphe Menjou (perf.) Gregory Ratoff (perf.) Ritz Brothers (perf.) Michael Whalen (perf.) |
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| Moonlit Waltz, The | 1936 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Sonja Henie (perf.) |
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| 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.) |
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| Sing, Baby, Sing | 1936 | Jack Yellen (words) Charles Daly Barnet (perf.) Alice Faye (perf.) Ted Healy (perf.) Patsy Kelly (perf.) Adolphe Menjou (perf.) Gregory Ratoff (perf.) Ritz Brothers (perf.) Michael Whalen (perf.) |
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| We're Back in Circulation Again | 1936 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | Pub. |
| ⇑ Who's Afraid of Love? | 1936 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Sonja Henie (perf.) |
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| You Do the Darndest Things, Baby | 1936 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Charles Daly Barnet (perf.) |
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| You're My Favorite One | 1936 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| You're Slightly Terrific | 1936 | ||
| Alone With You | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| Big Chief Swing It | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| Curly Top's Birthday | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| Fair Lombardy | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| Happy Ending | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| I'll Never Let You Cry | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| I've Taken a Fancy to You | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| In Our Little Wooden Shoes | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Shirley Temple (perf.) |
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| Love Is News | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| ⇑ Lovely Lady in White | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchel (words) | |
| My Secret Love Affair | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| My Swiss Hilly Billy | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| Over Night | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| Rhumba Goes Collegiate, The | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| Seventh Heaven | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Dolly Dawn (perf.) Simone Simon (perf.) James Stewart (perf.) |
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| Why Talk About Love? | 1937 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| Go in and Out the Window | 1938 | Walter Bullock (words) | |
| Isn't It Wonderful, Isn't It Swell | 1938 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| Moonshine Over Kentucky | 1938 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Tony Martin (perf.) |
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| Reuben, Reuben, I've Been Swingin' | 1938 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| Sing a Song of Harvest | 1938 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| ⇑ Why Not String Along With Me | 1938 | Lew Brown (words) | |
| My Son, My Son | 1939 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) |
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| There'll Be Other Nights | 1939 | Lew Brown (words) | |
| He's My Uncle | 1940 | Charles Newman (words) Rose Blane (perf.) Dick Powell (perf.) |
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| South of Pago-Pago | 1940 | Bob Wright (words) Chet Forrest (words) |
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| I Must Have Priorities on Your Love | 1942 | Herman Ruby (words) Sidney Clare (words) |
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| Reap the Wild Wind | 1942 | Ned Washington (words) | |
| There Will Be No Black Out of Democracy (w&m) | 1942 | Herman Ruby (co-author) | |
| Yanks Are Coming, The (w&m) | 1942 | Tony Stern (co-author) | |
| Zip Your Lip (w&m) | 1942 | Herman Ruby (co-author) | |
| Any Old Port in a Storm | 1943 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| Here's to Tomorrow | 1943 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| I'm a Cossack | 1943 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| ⇑ I've Gotta See For Myself | 1943 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| If the Shoe Fits You, Wear It | 1943 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| In a Ten Gallon Hat | 1943 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| In Grandpaw's Beard | 1943 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| Koni Plenty Hu-Hu | 1943 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| Moon Kissed the Mississippi, The | 1943 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| This Gets Better Ev'ry Minute | 1943 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| You Could Hear a Pin Drop | 1943 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| All the Latin I Know Is 'Si Si' | 1944 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| Annabella's Bustle | 1944 | Harry Harris (words) | |
| Hail and Farewell | 1944 | Mort Greene (words) | |
| I Can See You Now | 1944 | Herb Magidson (words) | |
| ⇑ I Like a Man Who Makes Music | 1944 | Herb Magidson (words) | |
| If Mother Could Only See Us Now | 1944 | Harry Harris (words) |
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| One Night in Acapulco, Mexico | 1944 | Herb Magidson (words) | |
| Rainbow Valley | 1944 | Harry Harris (words) Frances Langford (perf.) |
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| Ready - Aim - Kiss | 1944 | Mort Greene (words) | |
| Seven Days Ashore | 1944 | Mort Greene (co-author) | Pub. |
| Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams | 1944 | Charles Newman (words) Belita (perf.) James Ellison (perf.) |
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| That Reminds Me | 1944 | Charles Newman (words) | |
| When I'm Walkin' Arm in Arm With Jim | 1944 | Harry Harris (words) | |
| Along About Evenin' | 1946 | Mort Greene (words) | |
| When Romance Comes Along | ? | Herb Magidson (words) | |
| With You on My Mind | ? | Lew Brown (words) |
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L. Pollack | Cairo (3:16) | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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L. Pollack | How My Sweetie Loves Me (2:56) | Martha Pryor |
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L. Pollack | He's My Uncle (2:37) | R. Blane |