Lew Pollack (1895-1946)

Overview

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).

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Folk Music CDs:
Duncan Sisters	The Duncan Sisters
Brass Music CDs:
Canadian Brass	Basin Street	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Chicago Chamber Brass	Fireworks For Brass
South Shore Circus Concert Band	Sounds of the Circus - Volume 27	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Jazz Music CDs:
Stumptown Jazz	On Track
Thomas Waller	Fats Waller: 1936-37	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Fats Waller: 1939
Thomas Waller	Fats Waller: 1939-40	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Fats Waller: Portrait Vol.2
Thomas Waller	Middle Years Part I (1936-38)
Ragtime Music CDs:
⇑Various Artists	Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 1: The Twenties (1923-1929)	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	New Orleans Masters
Various Artists	The Obscure & Neglected Chicagoans
Various Artists	Ragtime unter dem Doppeladler
Firehouse Stompers	Leaving Our Mark
Lu Watters	Originals & Ragtime: San Francisco Style: Vol. 2
Terry Waldo	Ragtime Classics Vol. 1
White-Gresty Ragtimers	Mugsy Remembered
Sue Keller	Nola
George Lewis	George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 04
George Lewis	George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 05
⇑George Lewis	George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 13
Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra	It's a Bear
Michael Pollock	Ragtime Michael Tickles the Ivories
Adam Swanson	Chestnut St. in the 90s	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Johnny Maddox	Back Home in Tennessee	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Bill Edwards	Perfessor Bill Sings Volume 3
Bill Edwards	The Rag's the Thing
Bill Edwards	A Ragtime Sampler

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE571	Cairo (1918) - Oriental Fox Trot T+A/T/T+B/B+T/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins.	1-2 days
DBE572	Tango-Toreador (1914) A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins.	1-2 days
DBE573	That's-A-Plenty (1914) - Rag or One Step D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¼ mins.	1-2 days

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Cairo (1918)	T+A/T/T+B/B+T/GB(B)
	Tango-Toreador (1914)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
	That's-A-Plenty (1914)	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Buddha	Piano, Voice	Del Delbridge (co-author) Gus Kahn (words)
	Weep No More My Mammy	Piano, Voice	Del Delbridge (co-author) Gus Kahn (words)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 72 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)

1914-1925

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Tango-Toreador	1914
That's-A-Plenty	1914
High Stepper Rag	1917
Cairo	1918
Harry Fox Trot	1918
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
I'm Missin' Mammy's Kissin'	1921	Sidney Clare (words)
Musical Comedy's Queen	1921
⇑ One Last Good Time	1921
Weep No More My Mammy	1921	Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Sidney Clare (words) Howard Bros (perf. by)
Oh Sing-A-Loo	1922	Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Lew Brown (words) Duncan Sisters (perf. by)
Midnight Rose	1923	Sidney D. Mitchell (words) Karyl Norman (perf. by) Frank Farnum (perf. by) Mort Downey (perf. by) Crafts & (perf. by) Jack Haley (perf. by)
Vamping Sal	1923	Henry Creamer (words)
Who Will It Be?	1923
Cheatin' on Me	1925	Jack Yellen (words) Van & Schenck (perf. by) Margie Coates (perf. by) Healy &. Cross (perf. by)
I've Found My Sweetheart Sally	1925	Jack Yellen (words) Jack Sidney (perf. by) Arr. by May Singhi Breen;
Loud Speakin' Papa	1925	Jack Yellen (words)

1925-1933

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


My Yiddishe Momme	1925	Jack Yellen (words)
No Man's Mamma	1925	Jack Yellen (words)
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)
Naughty Naurette	1927
Siren Dream, A (w&m)	1927	Al Sheridan (co-author)
Angela Mia	1928	Erno Rapee (words) Janet Gaynor (perf. by) Charles Farrell (perf. by)
Anita	1928	Sidney Clarke (co-author)
Glorianna	1928	Sidney Clare (words)
Hiding in the Corner of Your Smile	1928	Geo Whiting (co-author)
⇑ I Can't Make Her Happy	1928	Sidney Clare (co-author)
Just a Night For Meditation (w&m)	1928	Sam M. Lewis (co-author) Joe Young (co-author)
Little Mother	1928	Erno Rapee (words)
Loneliness (w&m)	1928	Sidney Clare (co-author)
By the Way	1929	Lew White (co-author) Sam M Lewis (words) Joe Young (words)
Poor Punchinello	1929
Some Sweet Day	1929
Yiddishe Momme, A	1932	Jack Yellen (words)
Arlene	1933

1933-1936

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Bluer Than Blue	1933	Tot Seymour (words)
Dawn	1934
Two Cigarettes in the Dark	1934	Paul Francis Webster (co-author) Gloria Grafton (perf. by)
Water Under the Bridge	1934	Paul F. Webster (words) Fred Waring (perf. by)
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. by)
Baby, Sing	1936
Balboa, The	1936
Early Bird	1936	Sidney Mitchell (words) Shirley Temple (perf. by)
It's Love I'm After	1936	Sidney D. Mitchell (words)
⇑ Love Will Tell	1936	Jack Yellen (words)
Moonlit Waltz	1936	Sidney D. Mitchell (words)
One in a Million	1936
Pigskin Parade Football Songs	1936	Sidney D. Mitchell (words)
Right Somebody to Love, The	1936	Jack Yellen (words) Shirley Temple (perf. by)
Sing, Baby, Sing	1936	Jack Yellen (words) Alice Faye (perf. by)
We're Back in Circulation Again	1936	Sidney D. Mitchell (words)
You Do the Darndest Things, Baby	1936	Sidney D. Mitchell (words)
You're Slightly Terrific	1936

1937-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


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)
Moon Kissed the Mississippi, The	1943	Charles Newman (words)
Apple Blossoms in the Rain	1944	Mort Greene (words)
Rainbow Valley	1944	Harry Harris (words)
Seven Days Ashore	1944	Mort Greene (co-author)
⇑ In Our Little Wooden Shoes	?

Videos

	Title	Dur	Performer	Composer	Score/Song


Buddha	2:06	Ragtime Dorian Henry	L. Pollack
Cairo	3:13	Ragtime Dorian Henry	L. Pollack	Cairo (1918)
Harry Fox Trot	2:57	Ragtime Dorian Henry	L. Pollack
High Stepper Rag	3:08	Ragtime Dorian Henry	L. Pollack
Naughty Naurette	2:00	Ragtime Dorian Henry	L. Pollack
Tango-Toreador	3:44	Ragtime Dorian Henry	L. Pollack	Tango-Toreador (1914)
That's-A-Plenty	2:30	Ragtime Dorian Henry	L. Pollack	That's-A-Plenty (1914)