Lew Pollack (1895-1946)
Last updated: 07.08.18
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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"Perfessor" Bill Edwards | on "Perfessor Bill Sings Volume 3" | |
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"Perfessor" Bill Edwards | on "The Rag's the Thing" | |
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"Perfessor" Bill Edwards | on "A Ragtime Sampler" | |
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Firehouse Stompers | on "Leaving Our Mark" |  |
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Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra | on "It's a Bear" |    |
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Sue Keller | on "Nola" | |
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George Lewis | on "George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 04" |    |
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George Lewis | on "George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 05" | |
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George Lewis | on "George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 13" | |
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Johnny Maddox | on "Back Home in Tennessee" | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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⇑Various Artists | on "Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 1: The Twenties (1923-1929)" | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Various Artists | on "New Orleans Masters" | |
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Various Artists | on "The Obscure & Neglected Chicagoans" | |
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Various Artists | on "Ragtime unter dem Doppeladler" | |
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Michael Pollock | on "Ragtime Michael Tickles the Ivories" | |
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Stumptown Jazz | on "On Track" | |
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Adam Swanson | on "Chestnut St. in the 90s" | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Terry Waldo | on "Ragtime Classics Vol. 1" | |
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Fats Waller | on "Fats Waller: 1936-37" | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Fats Waller | on "Fats Waller: 1939" | |
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Fats Waller | on "Fats Waller: 1939-40" | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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⇑Fats Waller | on "Fats Waller: Portrait Vol.2" | |
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Fats Waller | on "Middle Years Part I (1936-38)" | |
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Lu Watters | on "Originals & Ragtime: San Francisco Style: Vol. 2" | |
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White-Gresty Ragtimers | on "Mugsy Remembered" | |
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Canadian Brass | on "Basin Street" | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Chicago Chamber Brass | on "Fireworks For Brass" | |
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South Shore Circus Concert Band | on "Sounds of the Circus - Volume 27" | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
| 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. |
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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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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 62 works by Lew Pollack (1895-1946). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Key: Items on hold
Tango-Toreador (1914)  | Some Sweet Day (1929) |
| That's-A-Plenty (1914) | A Yiddishe Momme (1932) Words by: Jack Yellen |
| High Stepper Rag (1917) | Arlene (1933) |
| Cairo (1918) | Bluer Than Blue (1933) Words by: Tot Seymour |
| Harry Fox Trot (1918) | Dawn (1934) |
| Buddha (1919) Words by: E. Rose | Two Cigarettes in the Dark (1934) Words by: Paul Francis Webster |
| Gee I Wish I Had a Girl Like You (1921) | Water Under the Bridge (1934) Words by: Paul F. Webster |
| I Know That I'm in Love (1921) | Our Little Girl (1935) Words by: Paul R. Webster |
| I'm Missin' Mammy's Kissin (1921) Words by: Sidney Clare | At the Codfish Ball (1936) Words by: Mitchell, Sidney |
| Musical Comedy's Queen (1921) | Baby, Sing (1936) |
| One Last Good Time (1921) | The Balboa (1936) |
| Weep No More My Mammy (1921) Words by: Sidney D. Mitchell, Sidney Clare | It's Love I'm After (1936) Words by: Sidney D. Mitchell |
| Oh Sing-A-Loo (1922) Words by: Sidney D. Mitchell, Lew Brown | Love Will Tell (1936) Words by: Jack Yellen |
| Midnight Rose (1923) Words by: Sidney D. Mitchell | Moonlit Waltz (1936) Words by: Sidney D. Mitchell |
| Who Will It Be? (1923) | One in a Million (1936) |
| Cheatin' on Me (1925) Words by: Jack Yellen | Pigskin Parade Football Songs (1936) Words by: Sidney D. Mitchell |
| I've Found My Sweetheart Sally (1925) Words by: Jack Yellen Arr. by May Singhi Breen; | Sing, Baby, Sing (1936) Words by: Jack Yellen |
| Loud Speakin' Papa (1925) Words by: Jack Yellen | We're Back in Circulation Again (1936) Words by: Sidney D. Mitchell |
| My Yiddishe Momme (1925) Words by: Jack Yellen | You Do the Darndest Things, Baby (1936) Words by: Sidney D. Mitchell |
| Cobblestones (1927) Words by: Sidney Clare | You're Slightly Terrific (1936) |
| I'm Away From the World When I'm Away From You (1927) | Seventh Heaven (1937) Words by: Sidney D. Mitchell |
| Miss Annabelle Lee (1927) Words by: Harry Richman, Sidney Clare | Who's Afraid of Love? (1937) Words by: Sidney D. Mitchell |
| Naughty Naurette (1927) | Why Talk About Love? (1937) Words by: Sidney D. Mitchell |
| Anita (1928) Co-Author: Sidney Clarke | Moonshine Over Kentucky (1938) Words by: Sidney D. Mitchell |
| Hiding in the Corner of Your Smile (1928) Co-Author: Geo Whiting | He's My Uncle (1940) Words by: Charles Newman |
| I Can't Make Her Happy (1928) Co-Author: Sidney Clare | The Moon Kissed the Mississippi (1943) Words by: Charles Newman |
| Just a Night For Meditation (1928) Words & Music: Pollack Co-Authors: Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young | Apple Blossoms in the Rain (1944) Words by: Mort Greene |
| Little Mother (1928) Words by: Erno Rapee | Rainbow Valley (1944) Words by: Harry Harris |
| Loneliness (1928) Words & Music: Pollack Co-Author: Sidney Clare | Seven Days Ashore (1944) Co-Author: Mort Greene |
| By the Way (1929) Co-Author: Lew White Words by: Sam M Lewis, Joe Young | Glorianna (?) Words by: Sidney Clare |
| Poor Punchinello (1929) | In Our Little Wooden Shoes (?) |
