Harold Spina (1906-1997)

Overview

Websites:
	Harold Spina	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR: Harold Spina	List of 59 historic recordings from 1931 to 1954.

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Jitterbug's Lullaby (1942)		James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Cumana (1947)	H. Spina	Freddy Martin Orchestra	Victor: D7VB-0554
Grass Is Gettin' Greener All the Time, The (1933)	H. Spina	LIttle Jack LIttle	Victor: BS-75530
Half Moon on the Hudson (1937)	H. Spina	Al Bowlly	Victor: BS-017458
How Can I Thank You? (1938)	H. Spina	Ozzie Nelson	Victor: PBS-019347
H'ya Duchess (1933)	H. Spina	Parker Gibbs Andrea Marsh	Victor: BS-75353
I Could Use a Dream (1937)	H. Spina	Lebert Lombardo	Victor: BS-017443
I Still Love to Kiss You Goodnight (1937)	H. Spina	Bobby Goday	Victor: BS-011757
I'd Like to See Samoa of Samoa (1937)	H. Spina	Bobby Goday	Victor: BS-011758
I'm the Man With the Dreams (1949)	H. Spina	Glenn Douglas	Victor: D9VB-2159
Image of You, The (1935)	H. Spina	Lee Bennett	Victor: BS-85824
Let's Drift Away on Dreamer's Bay (1931)	H. Spina	Elmer Feldkamp	Victor: BRC-70214
Now You've Got Me Doing It (1935)	H. Spina	Ed Kirkeby Eddie Lloyd	Victor: BS-95528
Oh! the Pity of It All (1934)	H. Spina	Ramona	Victor: BS-81771
One Little Tear Is an Ocean (1947)	H. Spina	Beryl Davis	Victor: D7VB-1482
Santa Catalina (1946)	H. Spina	Stuart Wade	Victor: D6VB-3145
Sleepy Baby (1946)	H. Spina	Artie Wayne	Victor: D6VB-2009
⇑So This Is Heaven (1936)	H. Spina	Ed Kirkeby Ted Wallace	Victor: BS-98491
State of My Heart, The (1936)	H. Spina	Charles Chester	Victor: BS-101829
Strawberry Tears (1951)	H. Spina	D. Evans	Victor: E1VB-0608
Strike a Match (1954)	H. Spina	Dinah Kaye	Victor: E4LB-3467
Three Wishes (1949)	H. Spina	Dennis Day	Victor: D9VB-0539
Too Much Imagination (1936)	H. Spina	Eddie Lloyd	Victor: BS-98498
We Were Only Walking in the Moonlight (1932)	H. Spina	D. Robertson	Victor: BSHQ-73026
Would I Love You (1951)	H. Spina	Hermanas Montoya	Victor: MBS-093077
You Appeal to Me (1938)	H. Spina	Larry Wynn	Victor: BS-018155
You're Not the Only Oyster in the Stew (1934)	H. Spina	T. Waller	Victor: BS-84422

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Jitterbug's Lullaby (1942)	H. Spina (music) F. Loesser (words) Judy Canova (perf.) Allan Jones (perf.) Ann Miller (perf.) Jerry Colonna (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
	Would I Love You (1950)	H. Spina (music) Waiter Bullock (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 47 works by Harold Spina (1906-1997). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

1931-1935

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Let's Drift Away on Dreamer's Bay	1931	Geo. B. McConnell (co-author) Elmer Feldkamp (perf.)
We Were Only Walking in the Moonlight	1932	Johnny Burke (co-author) Bud Green (words) Dick Robertson (perf.)
Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore	1933	Joe Young (words) Johnny Burke (words) Guy Lombardo (perf.)
Grass Is Gettin' Greener All the Time, The	1933	Johnny Burke (co-author) Charles Newman (words) LIttle Jack LIttle (perf.)
H'ya Duchess (w&m)	1933	Johnny Burke (co-author) Parker Gibbs (perf.) Andrea Marsh (perf.)
If You Lived in the Mountains (w&m)	1933	Johnny Burke (co-author) Guy Lombardo (perf.)
Lou'siana Lullaby	1933	Johnny Burke (co-author) Charles Newman (co-author) Don Bestor (perf.)
Shadows on the Swanee	1933	Joe Young (words) Johnny Burke (words) Dan Rubinoff (perf.)	Pub.
Beat O' My Heart, The	1934	Johnny Burke (words)	Pub.
I've Got a Warm Spot in My Heart For You	1934	Johnny Burke (words) Ray Heatherton (perf.)	Pub.
Irresistible	1934	Johnny Burke (words)
⇑ It's Dark on Observatory Hill	1934	Johnny Burke (words)	Pub.
Oh! the Pity of It All	1934	Johnny Burke (words) Ramona (perf.)
You're Not the Only Oyster in the Stew	1934	Johnny Burke (words) Thomas Waller (perf.)	Pub.
If You Were As Lonely	1935	Johnny Burke (words)
Image of You, The	1935	Johnny Burke (words) Lee Bennett (perf.)

1935-1938

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Love Dropped in For Tea	1935	Johnny Burke (words) Leah Ray (perf.) Sarah Ray (perf.)
My Very Good Friend the Milkman	1935	Johnny Burke (words)
Now You've Got Me Doing It	1935	Johnny Burke (words) Ed Kirkeby (perf.) Eddie Lloyd (perf.)
Once Upon a Midnight	1935	Johnny Burke (words)
You're So Darn Charming	1935	Johnny Burke (words) Ruth Etting (perf.)
I'm Pixilated Over You	1936	Edward Heyman (words)
So This Is Heaven	1936	Johnny Burke (words) Ed Kirkeby (perf.) Ted Wallace (perf.)
State of My Heart, The	1936	Edward Heyman (words) Charles Chester (perf.)
Too Much Imagination	1936	Johnny Burke (words) Eddie Lloyd (perf.)
Don't Save Your Love	1937	Waiter Bullock (words)
I Could Use a Dream	1937	Walter Bullock (words) Lebert Lombardo (perf.)
⇑ I Still Love to Kiss You Goodnight	1937	Walter Bullock (words) Bobby Goday (perf.) Ian Hunter (perf.) Pat Paterson (perf.)
I'd Like to See Samoa of Samoa	1937	Walter Bullock (words) Bobby Goday (perf.)	Pub.
Half Moon on the Hudson	1938	Walter Bullock (words) Al Bowlly (perf.)
How Can I Thank You?	1938	Walter Bullock (words) Ozzie Nelson (perf.)
You Appeal to Me	1938	Walter Bullock (words) Larry Wynn (perf.)

1942-1958

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Jitterbug's Lullaby	1942	Frank Loesser (words) Judy Canova (perf.) Jerry Colonna (perf.) Allan Jones (perf.) Ann Miller (perf.)
Velvet Glove, The	1943
Santa Catalina	1946	Stuart Wade (perf.)
Sleepy Baby	1946	Artie Wayne (perf.)
Cumana	1947	Barclay Allen (co-author) Roc Hillman (co-author) Freddy Martin Orchestra (perf.)
It's a Quiet Town	1947	Bob Russell (words)
One Little Tear Is an Ocean	1947	Artie Wayne (words) Bob Merrill (words) Beryl Davis (perf.)
I'm the Man With the Dreams	1949	Artie Wayne (co-author) Glenn Douglas (perf.)
Three Wishes	1949	Jack Elliott (co-author) Dennis Day (perf.)
Be Mine	1950	Jack Elliott (words)
It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House	1950	Jack Elliott (words) Dinah Shore (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Would I Love You	1950	Bob Russell (words) Hermanas Montoya (perf.)
Strawberry Tears	1951	Dale Evans (perf.)
Strike a Match	1954	Dinah Kaye (perf.)
Lazy Summer Night	1958	Patricia Breslin (perf.) Gina Gillespie (perf.) Sara Haden (perf.) Fay Holden (perf.) Cecilia Parker (perf.) Mickey Rooney (perf.) Teddy Rooney (perf.) Johnny Weissmuller Jr. (perf.)