Dave Stamper (1883-1963)
Last updated: 30.01.21
According to the Internet source given below, Dave Stamper was an American songwriter born in New York City.
Active in the Tin Pan Alley and vaudeville eras, he contributed to twenty-one editions of the Ziegfeld Follies. He wrote for the Fox Film Corporation and is said to have composed of more than one thousand songs being self-taught without a formal music education.
Aged ten, he took up piano and when seventeen he became a pianist at a Coney Island dance hall for two years before becoming a "song-plugger" for F. A. Mills. In 1910 he teamed with Gene Buck to provide lyrics for his melodies. Their first published songs were In the Cool of the Evening , Daddy Has a Sweetheart (and Mother Is Her Name) (1912) and Some Boy (1912). The pair were celebrated in the 1936 film The Great Ziegfeld - John Hyams played Stamper and William Demarest played Buck.
Of ragtime interest is his That Shakespearian Rag (1912) published by Jos. W. Stern & Co., New York, USA.
He died in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Active in the Tin Pan Alley and vaudeville eras, he contributed to twenty-one editions of the Ziegfeld Follies. He wrote for the Fox Film Corporation and is said to have composed of more than one thousand songs being self-taught without a formal music education.
Aged ten, he took up piano and when seventeen he became a pianist at a Coney Island dance hall for two years before becoming a "song-plugger" for F. A. Mills. In 1910 he teamed with Gene Buck to provide lyrics for his melodies. Their first published songs were In the Cool of the Evening , Daddy Has a Sweetheart (and Mother Is Her Name) (1912) and Some Boy (1912). The pair were celebrated in the 1936 film The Great Ziegfeld - John Hyams played Stamper and William Demarest played Buck.
Of ragtime interest is his That Shakespearian Rag (1912) published by Jos. W. Stern & Co., New York, USA.
He died in Poughkeepsie, New York.
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Dave Stamper (1883-1963) has at least 7 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
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Chu Chin Chow By: Dave Stamper. Words by: G. Buck.
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 Dance Away the NightWords and Music by: Dave Stamper. Words by: Harlan Thompson.
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 Hello, My DearieBy: Dave Stamper. Words by: G. Buck.
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Lovely Lady By: Dave Stamper. Words by: Cyrus Wood. Sung by : Edna Leedom.
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 Sally Won't You Come Back?By: Dave Stamper. Words by: G. Buck.
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 Tulip TimeBy: Dave Stamper. Words by: G. Buck.
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 When I'm Looking at YouBy: Dave Stamper. Words by: G. Buck.
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 31 works by Dave Stamper (1883-1963).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Daddy Has a Sweetheart and Mother Is Her Name | 1912 | G. Buck (words) | |
| I Just Came Back From Dear Old Dixie Land | 1912 | ||
| I'm Crazy 'bout Somebody | 1912 | Nora Bayes (sung by) | |
| Some Boy | 1912 | G. Buck (words) Lillian Lorraine (sung by) |
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| That Shakespearian Rag | 1912 | Herman Ruby (words) | |
| Futurist Girl | 1913 | ||
| He's So Good | 1913 | G. Buck (words) | |
| If the Moon Was a Great Big Banjo | 1913 | Florence Courtney (sung by) Fay Courtney (sung by) |
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| Just You and I and the Moon | 1913 | G. Buck (words) José Collins (sung by) |
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| Everybody Sometime Must Love Someone | 1913. | Blanche Ring (sung by) | |
| Everything Is Different Nowadays | 1914 | G. Buck (words) | |
| ⇑ Chu Chin Chow | 1917 | G. Buck (words) |  |
| Hello, My Dearie | 1917 | G. Buck (words) | |
| Garden of My Dreams | 1918 | G. Buck (words) | |
| I Want to Lean to Jazz Dance | 1918 | G. Buck (words) | |
| Swinging Along | 1918 | G. Buck (words) | |
| When I'm Looking at You | 1918 | G. Buck (words)
from Ziegfeld Follies 1918 |
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| Shimmee Town | 1919 | G. Buck (words) | |
| Sweet Sixteen | 1919 | G. Buck (words) | |
| Tulip Time | 1919 | G. Buck (words)
From: Ziegfeld Follies 1919 |
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| You're the Finest of Them All | 1919 | ||
| Sally Won't You Come Back? | 1921 | G. Buck (words)
from Ziegfield Follies 1921 |
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| Some Sweet Day | 1921 | G. Buck (words) | |
| ⇑ Pep It Up | 1923 | L.A Hirsch (co-author) Gene Buck (words) |
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| All I Want Is a Lullaby | 1927 | ||
| Lovely Lady | 1927 | Cyrus Wood (words) Edna Leedom (sung by) |
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| Make Believe You're Happy | 1927 | Edna Leedom (sung by) | |
| Maybe I'll Baby You | 1927 | ||
| Dance Away the Night | 1929 | Harlan Thompson (words) | |
| Peasant Love Song | 1929 | Harlan Thompson (words) | |
| Too Wonderful For Words | 1929 | Smith (words) |
| Title | Dur | Performer | Score/Song |
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Chu-Chin-Chow (1917) | 3:28 | George Gershwin & E.E. Wilson: Midi |
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Sally Won't You Come Back | 3:29 | Dave Stamper | |
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Just You and I and the Moon (1913) | 4:30 | José Collins |