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George Olsen

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Aliases
George Olsen & His Music
George Olsen and His Music
George Olsen and His Orchestra
Born
March 18, 1893
Died
March 18, 1971
Country
United States
Comments
Drummer and popular band leader
Family
Ethel Shutta Spouse (1926-1938)
Related
Bob Rice Singer in the George Olsen Trio
Bob Borger Singer in the George Olsen Trio
Ray Adams [US] Vocalist in George Olsen's Orchestra
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
listen on Internet Archive March 1929 (31 artists)
 REL March 1927 (145 artists)
Originally by Bert Kaplan and His Collegians REC
June 1929 (12 artists)
June 1929 (16 artists)
listen on Internet Archive November 9, 1928 (22 artists)
 REC 1933 (99 artists)
Originally by Art Jarrett BRD
listen on Internet Archive  REC October 7, 1927 (19 artists)
Originally by Zelma O'Neal PRF
 REL April 1926 (5 artists)
Originally by The Six Jumping Jacks (Harry Reser) REC
i November 1925 (5 artists)
1929 (5 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REC September 1929 (11 artists)
Originally by Al Jolson BRD
 REC,REL June 1930 (47 artists)
Originally by Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell BRD
 REL July 1926 Originally by The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham) REC
My Fraternity Pin George Olsen and His Music 1933 Missing information
listen on Internet Archive December 5, 1932 (45 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REC June 1929 (19 artists)
Originally by Annette Hanshaw REL
listen on Internet Archive  REC November 1927 (155 artists)
Originally by Mary Lawlor and John Price Jones PRF
listen on Internet Archive August 1930 (26 artists)
July 1933 (58 artists)
listen on Internet Archive April 8, 1932 (5 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REC 1934 (67 artists)
Originally by Everett Marshall PRF
listen on Internet Archive What's The Use Of Talking George Olsen And His Music (George Olsen) 1926 Unverified

Covers by George Olsen

Title Performer Release date Originally by
listen on Internet Archive September 1929 Gene Austin
April 1926 Irving Kaufman
listen on Internet Archive i August 1924 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive 1945 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
October 1930 Jeanette MacDonald with Male Quartet and Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive   April 1927 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
Bye Bye Blackbird George Olsen and His Music July 30, 1926 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1932 Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive   January 1927 Gertrude Lawrence REC, George Gershwin REL
Dream Mother George Olsen and His Music September 1929 Unverified
May 1926 Ted Lewis and His Band
listen on Internet Archive i May 1925 Aileen Stanley
Follow The Swallow George Olsen and His Music November 1924 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   July 1926 Mike Markels' Orchestra REC, The Aristocrats [US1] REL
listen on Internet Archive August 27, 1926 Charley Straight and His Rendezvous Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive March 1929 (unknown)
November 1925 "Piggy" Jones & His Orch. - Vocal Chorus, Arthur Fields
December 24, 1926 Hollywood Dance Orchestra [Adrian Schubert]
January 1927 Irwin Abrams' Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
listen on Internet Archive It Happened in Monterey George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger May 2, 1930 Unverified
1933 Claire Carleton
August 1928 Jesse Crawford
1926 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive September 1929 Al Jolson
September 1932 Bing Crosby
listen on Internet Archive 1932 Art Kahn's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Elmer Feldkamp
August 13, 1926 The Harmonians - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman
listen on Internet Archive November 1927 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive May 1932 Adrian Schubert & His Orch. ‑ Vocal Chorus Harold Van Emburgh
listen on Internet Archive   January 7, 1927 Wendell Hall - Whistling by Carson Robison REL, Isham Jones Orchestra REC
January 15, 1926 The Ambassadors under direction of Louis Katzman
listen on Internet Archive October 1924 Al Jolson with Gene Rodemich's Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i April 1925 Jos. Samuels & His Music Masters
listen on Internet Archive October 1928 (unknown)
September 1929 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive February 1930 John Boles
listen on Internet Archive September 1925 Eddie Cantor
listen on Internet Archive 1927 Williams Sisters
listen on Internet Archive i August 1925 Ben Litchfield
listen on Internet Archive September 1925 Original Indiana Five
September 1932 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive March 1926 Earl Gresh and His Gangplank Orchestra
i   February 1927 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
Song of the Dawn George Olsen And His Musicvocal refrain by Donald Novis (George Olsen) May 2, 1930 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   November 2, 1928 Al Jolson REC,BRD
listen on Internet Archive April 1930 Ben Selvin and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive October 1928 The Harmonians - Vocal Chorus by Tom Frawley (Ben Selvin, Irving Kaufman)
listen on Internet Archive The Dickey-Bird Song George Olsen and His Orchestra, vocal by Ray Adams (Ray Adams [US], George Olsen) 1948 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   June 1926 The Melody Sheiks (Sam Lanin) REC, Eva Puck and Sam White PRF
listen on Internet Archive 1933 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive January 1928 Sam Lanin and His Troubadours
listen on Internet Archive October 7, 1927 The OKeh Melodians (Sam Lanin)
listen on Internet Archive March 1927 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i 1925 Vernon Dalhart and Ed. Smalle
i June 1926 Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive August 27, 1926 Sam Lanin's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Walter Johnston
listen on Internet Archive   April 1927 Helen Ford, Margaret Breen and Ensemble PRF, Harry Reser's Syncopators REC
listen on Internet Archive i February 1929 Colonial Club Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Jack Parker
listen on Internet Archive   1926 Marilyn Miller and Paul Frawley PRF, Eddie Elkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive May 1925 Isham Jones with Ray Miller's Orchestra

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Always – Princess Flavia George Olsen and His Music – The Troubadours April 1926 Victor
A New Kind of Man George Olsen and His Music August 1924 Victor
Aren't You Glad You're You? George Olsen and His Orchestra 1945 Majestic
At Sundown (When Love Is Calling Me Home) - Here or There as Long as I'm with You George Olsen and His Music - Waring's Pennsylvanians March 1927 Victor
Beyond the Blue Horizon George Olsen and His Music October 1930 Victor
Blue Skies George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice April 1927 Victor
Breakaway George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Fran Frey June 1929 Victor
Do-Do-Do – Clap Yo' Hands George Olsen and His Music - Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra January 1927 Victor
Doin' the Raccoon – It Goes Like This (That Funny Melody) George Olsen and His Music – Johnny Johnson and His Statler Pennsylvanians November 9, 1928 Victor
Dream Mother George Olsen and His Music September 1929 Victor
Drifting and Dreaming - Dreaming of a Castle in the Air George Olsen and His Music - Jack Chapman and His Orchestra May 1926 Victor
Everything I Have Is Yours George Olsen & His Music 1933 Columbia [US]
Glad Rag Doll - I'll Never Ask for More Nat Shilkret - George Olsen 1929 Victor
Hello, Aloha! How Are You? George Olsen and His Music July 1926 Victor
Hi-Diddle-Diddle George Olsen and His Music August 27, 1926 Victor
Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo – You'll Never Get to Heaven with Those Eyes Jan Garber and His Orchestra - George Olsen and His Music August 29, 1924 Victor
Horses - Whose Who Are You? George Olsen and His Music - Herbert Berger's Coronado Hotel Orchestra April 1926 Victor
How Could Red Riding Hood? -- I'm Tellin' the Birds - Tellin' the Bees (How I Love You) Jan Garber and His Orchestra - George Olsen and His Music December 24, 1926 Victor
I Faw Down and Go Boom! George Olsen and His Music March 1929 Victor
I'm in the Market for You George Olsen and His Music June 1930 Victor
I'm Knee Deep in Daisies (And Head over Heels in Love) George Olsen and His Music November 1925 Victor
I Never Knew What the Moonlight Could Do – I Don't Mind Being All Alone George Olsen and His Music – Art Landry and His Orchestra January 1927 Victor
It's Only a Paper Moon George Olsen and His Music 1933 Columbia [US]
Junior – Reaching for Someone (And Not Finding Anyone There) Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra - George Olsen and His Music September 1929 Victor
Just a Little Thing Called Rhythm – Paddlin' Madelin' Home George Olsen and His Music – Whitey Kaufman and His Orchestra December 11, 1925 Victor
Just Like a Melody out of the Sky George Olsen and His Music August 1928 Victor
Katinka - Hard-to-Get Gertie George Olsen and His Music - Irving Aaronson and His Commanders ‎ 1926 Victor
Little Pal George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Fran Frey September 1929 Victor
Love, You Funny Thing! George Olsen and His Music 1932 Victor
Lucky Day - Black Bottom George Olsen and His Music - Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders August 13, 1926 Victor
Lucky in Love George Olsen and His Music November 1927 Victor
Maybe - Someone to Watch over Me Jesse Crawford with Nat Shilhkret and The Victor Orchestra - George Olsen and His Music February 1927 Victor
Meadow Lark – Sweet Thing George Olsen and His Music - Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra January 7, 1927 Victor
Miami – Here in My Arms George Olsen and His Music – Jack Shilkret's Orchestra January 15, 1926 Victor
My Papa Doesn't Two-time No Time – Superstitious Blues George Olsen and His Music – The Virginians October 1924 Victor
Nobody Knows What a Red-Head Mamma Can Do – I Can't Stop Babying You George Olsen and His Music – Charles Dornberger and His Orchestra April 1925 Victor
Old Man Sunshine (Little Boy Blue Bird) George Olsen and His Music October 1928 Victor
Rock-A-Bye Moon George Olsen and His Music December 5, 1932 Victor
Romance George Olsen and His Music February 1930 Victor
Row! Row! Rosie George Olsen and His Music September 1925 Victor
Russian Lullaby - For You and Me Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra - George Olsen and His Orchestra July 1927 Victor
Sam, the Old Accordion Man - He's the Last Word George Olsen and His Music - Ben Pollack and His Californians 1927 Victor
Save Your Sorrow for To-Morrow - The Kiss I Can't Forget George Olsen and His Music - International Novelty Orchestra August 1925 Victor
Sax-O-Phun / Hey! Hey! and Hee! Hee! (I'm Charleston Crazy) George Olsen and His Music - International Novelty Orchestra December 19, 1924 Victor
Say It Isn't So George Olsen and His Music September 1932 Victor
She's a Corn-Fed Indiana Girl George Olsen and His Music June 1926 Victor
She Was Just a Sailor's Sweetheart – The Day That I Met You George Olsen and His Music – Ted Weems and His Orchestra March 1926 Victor
Sonny Boy George Olsen and His Music November 2, 1928 Victor
'Tain't No Sin (To Dance Around in Your Bones) George Olsen and His Music April 1930 Victor
Ten Little Miles from Town George Olsen and His Music October 1928 Victor
The Girl Friend - Could I, I Certainly Could George Olsen and His Music - Sid Sydney's Orchestra June 1926 Victor
The Girl in the Little Green Hat George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Fran Frey 1933 Victor
The Kiss Waltz - Nobody Cares if I'm Blue George Olsen and His Music - Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders August 1930 Victor
The Last Round Up George Olsen and His Music July 1933 Columbia [US]
The Little White House (At the End of Honeymoon Lane) – Leander Waring's Pennsylvanians - George Olsen and His Music January 1927 Victor
There I Go Dreaming Again George Olsen and His Music April 8, 1932 Victor
There's a Cradle in Carolina - The Song Is Ended (But the Memory Lingers On) Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra - George Olsen and His Music January 1928 Victor
The Varsity Drag George Olsen and His Music October 7, 1927 Victor
The Voice in the Old Village Choir - Lullaby of the Leaves Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - George Olsen and His Music May 1932 Victor
Thinking of You – When I First Met Mary George Olsen and His Music - Ben Pollack and His Californians March 1927 Victor
Those Panama Mamas – Oh That Sweet in Suite 16 George Olsen and His Music – Charles Dornberger and His Orchestra 1925 Victor
Walking with Susie George Olsen and His Music June 1929 Victor
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (All the Little Birdies Go Tweet-Tweet-Tweet) - Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me) Waring's Pennsylvanians - George Olsen and His Music May 1925 Victor
Where the Shy Little Violets Grow - A Night of Memories George Olsen - Nat Shilkret February 1929 Victor
Who George Olsen & His Music 1926 Victor
Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me – Wait Till You See Me with My Baby George Olsen and His Music – Ralph Williams and His Rainbo Orchestra May 1925 Victor
Why Do You Want to Know Why? - Ting-a-Ling the Bells 'll Ring George Olsen and His Music - Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra October 1926 Victor
You're in My Power Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! George Olsen & His Music 1934 Columbia [US]

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