Abel Baer (1893-1976)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Abel Baer was an American songwriter born in Baltimore, Maryland.
He graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, specialising in dentistry. but left medicine after serving in World War I. to become a songwriter working for Leo Feist.
Baer's collaborators include Louis Wolfe Gilbert, Stanley Adams, Cliff Friend, Sam M. Lewis and Mabel Wayne.
After moving to Hollywood in 1929, he contributed songs to Paramount on Parade, True to the Navy and Frozen Justice. On Broadway, he provided the scores for the musicals Lady Do and Old Bill M.P.

Many thanks to surfer Heather Rogers in December 2018 for providing the YouTube Link to I Ain't Got Nobody And I Don't Want Nobody But You (1926). Thanks a million Heather!

Websites:
	Abel Baer	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR: Abel Baer	List of 308 historic recordings from 1921 to 1950.

Abel Baer (1893-1976) has at least 10 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Chapel of Roses
Music by: Abel Baer.
Words by: Remus Harris

Publisher:	Triangle Music Corporation
Suppliers:
Printed: 1951.	Sheet Music 4 pages.

Garden in Granada
Music by: Abel Baer.
Words by: Sam M Lewis

Publisher:	Southern Music Publishing Co. Ltd
Suppliers:
Printed: 1938.	Sheet Music.

Harriet
Music by: Abel Baer.
Words by: Paul Cunningham

Publisher:	Broadway Music Corp.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1945.	Sheet Music 3 pages.

High Up on a Hill Top
Music by: Abel Baer.
Co-Author: Ivan Campbell, George Whiting

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1928.	Sheet Music.

I Miss My Swiss Miss
Music by: Abel Baer.
Words by: L. Wolfe Gilbert

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1925.	Sheet Music 6 pages.

June Night Just Give Me A June Night, The Moonlight And You
Music by: Abel Baer.
Words by: Cliff Friend

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1924.	Sheet Music.

My Mother's Eyes
Music by: Abel Baer.
Words by: L. Wolfe Gilbert

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1928.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Ride on Vaquero
Music by: Abel Baer.
Words by: L. Wolfe Gilbert

Publisher:	De Sylva, Brown & Henderson Inc.
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1929.	Sheet Music.

That's My Mammy! Fox-Trot Song
Music by: Abel Baer.

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1928.	Sheet Music.

There Are Such Things
Music by: Abel Baer.
Words by: Stanley Adams

Publisher:	Chappell & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1942.	Sheet Music 4 pages.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


Hello, Aloha! - How Are You? (1926)	Four Aristocrats	Edison Blue Amberol: 5180
I Miss My Swiss Miss (1925)	Tennessee Happy Boys	Edison Blue Amberol: 5039
June Night (1924)	Nathan Glantz	Edison Blue Amberol: 4922

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	I Don't Want Nobody But You		James Pitt-Payne
	I Miss My Swiss Miss (1925)		James Pitt-Payne
	I'm on a Diet of Love (1930)		James Pitt-Payne
	June Night (1924)		Denese Coulbeck
	Let Me Linger Longer in Your Arms (1924)		James Pitt-Payne
	Lucky Lindy (1927)		James Pitt-Payne
	Me Minus You (1932)		James Pitt-Payne
	My Mother's Eyes (1928)		James Pitt-Payne
	Night When Love Was Born, The (1932)		James Pitt-Payne
	You Can't Take It With You (1937)		James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


I Ain't Got Nobody and I Don't Want Nobody But You (1926)	A. Baer	R. Etting	Columbia: W142401
Last Two Weeks in July, The (1939)	A. Baer	Helen Forrest	Victor: BS-042608
Lonesome in the Moonlight (1928)	A. Baer	H. Barris Bing Crosby Al Rinker	Columbia: W146546
Piggy Wiggy Woo (1939)	A. Baer	Marion Holmes	Victor: BS-044002
When You're With Somebody Else (1927)	A. Baer	A. Fields	Columbia: 145454

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Jazz Music CDs:
	Kenny Ball	The Very Best of Kenny Ball
	Kenny Ball	Greatest Hits of Kenny Ball
	Boswell Sisters	Shout Sister Shout

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


I Don't Want Nobody But You (1926)	A. Baer (music) Lewis (words) Young (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
I Miss My Swiss Miss (1925)	A. Baer (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
I'm on a Diet of Love (1930)	A. Baer (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Ann Pennington (perf.) Charles Farrell (perf.) Frank Richardson (perf.) G. Olsen (perf.) Janet Gaynor (perf.) Marjorie White (perf.) Will Rogers (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
June Night (1924)	A. Baer (music) C. Friend (words) Morton Downey (perf.) Morton Downey (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Let Me Linger Longer in Your Arms (1924)	A. Baer (music) C. Friend (words) Eva Shirley (perf.) Eva Shirley (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Lucky Lindy (1927)	A. Baer (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Me Minus You (1932)	A. Baer (music) Paul Francis Webster (words) John Jacob Loeb (words) Guy Lombardo (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
⇑My Mother's Eyes (1928)	A. Baer (music) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Alex Gray (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Night When Love Was Born (1932), The	A. Baer (music) J. Young (words) Dave Oppenheim (words) C. Boswell (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
You Can't Take It With You (1937)	A. Baer (music) Charlie Tobias (words) Roger Pryor (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 64 works by Abel Baer (1893-1976). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

1923-1927

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I'm Sitting Pretty in a Pretty Little City	1923	Lou Davis (co-author)
Mama Loves Papa - Papa Loves Mama	1923	Cliff Friend (words)
Olaf	1923	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)	Pub.
If I Didn't Know Your Husband	1924	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Joe Mace (perf.)	Pub.
June Night	1924	Cliff Friend (words) Morton Downey (perf.) Nathan Glantz (perf.) Welder Sisters (perf.) Elsie White (perf.)	Pub.
Let Me Linger Longer in Your Arms	1924	Cliff Friend (words) Eva Shirley (perf.)	Pub.
When the One You Love Loves You	1924	Paul Whiteman (co-author) Cliff Friend (words) Morton Downey (perf.) Eva Shirley (perf.) Paul Whiteman (perf.)	Pub.
Where the Dreamy Wabash Flows	1924	Cliff Friend (words)	Pub.
I Miss My Swiss Miss	1925	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Tennessee Happy Boys (perf.)	Pub.
Hello, Aloha! - How Are You?	1926	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Four Aristocrats (perf.)	Pub.
I Ain't Got Nobody and I Don't Want Nobody But You	1926	Joe Young (words) Sam M. Lewis (words) Ruth Etting (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ I Don't Want Nobody But You	1926	Lewis (words) Young (words)	Pub.
Love Is Just a Little Bit of Heaven	1926	Alfred Bryan (words)	Pub.
Collette	1927	Gus Kahn (words) Paul Whiteman (perf.)	Pub.
Go Home and Tell Your Mother (w&m)	1927	Benee Russell (co-author) Ira Schuster (co-author)	Pub.
Lady Do	1927	Lewis E. Young (words) Karyl Norman (perf.)	Pub.

1927-1929

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Lucky Lindy	1927	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
When You're With Somebody Else	1927	Ruth Etting (co-author) L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Arthur Fields (perf.)	Pub.
High Up on a Hill Top	1928	Ivan Campbell (co-author) George Whiting (co-author) Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Crawford (perf.) Paul Whiteman (perf.)	Pub.
Lonesome in the Moonlight	1928	Benee Russell (words) Harry Barris (perf.) Bing Crosby (perf.) Al Rinker (perf.)	Pub.
My Mother's Eyes	1928	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Alex Gray (perf.) George Jessel (perf.)	Pub.
That's My Mammy!	1928	Ed G. Nelson (co-author) Harry Pease (words) Harry Richman (perf.)	Pub.
Blue Hawaii (w&m)	1929	Irving Ceaser (co-author) Ira Schuster (co-author) Ray Nichols (perf.) Robert Olsen (perf.) Sunshine Quartette (perf.)	Pub.
If You Believed in Me	1929	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
In the Land of Make-Believe	1929	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)	Pub.
Italian Kisses	1929	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
Margharita	1929	Abel Baer (co-author) L. Wolfe Gilbert (co-author) George Jessel (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Midstream	1929	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
Ride on Vaquero	1929	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)	Pub.
Right Kind of Man, The	1929	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Lenore Ulric (perf.)	Pub.
South Sea Rose	1929	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)	Pub.
Time Will Tell	1929	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)

1929-1932

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Two Little Baby Arms	1929	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
You'll Find Your Answer in My Eyes	1929	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
Dancing to Save Your Sole	1930	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
Don't Be a Meanie	1930	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Clara Bow (perf.)	Pub.
Drink to the Girl of My Dreams	1930	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
I'm in Training For You	1930	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
I'm on a Diet of Love	1930	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Charles Farrell (perf.) Janet Gaynor (perf.) George Olsen (perf.) Ann Pennington (perf.) Frank Richardson (perf.) Will Rogers (perf.) Marjorie White (perf.)	Pub.
Rarin' to Go	1930	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
That's Worth While Waiting For	1930	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)	Pub.
To Hold You	1930	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
I Thank You, Mr. Moon	1931	Dolly Morse (co-author) Dave Oppenheim (co-author) Boswell Sisters (perf.) Arthur Jarrett (perf.)
⇑ I'll Love You in My Dreams (w&m)	1931	Horace Heidt (co-author) Benee Russell (co-author) Horace Heidt (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Happy When You're Happy	1931	Benny Davis (words)	Pub.
It's the Girl!	1931	Dave Oppenheim (words) Guy Bonham (perf.) Boswell Sisters (perf.) Wamp Carlson (perf.) Dwight Latham (perf.) Rudy Vallée (perf.)	Pub.
Me Minus You	1932	Paul Francis Webster (words) John Jacob Loeb (words) Guy Lombardo (perf.)	Pub.
Night When Love Was Born, The	1932	Joe Young (words) Dave Oppenheim (words) Connee Boswell (perf.) Alex Gray (perf.) Pat Kennedy (perf.) Harry Richman (perf.)	Pub.

1932-1951

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Sun's in My Heart, The	1932	Arthur Freed (words) Sylvia Froos (perf.)
You'll Never Get Up to Heaven That Way	1933	Sammy Lerner (words)
Am I to Blame?	1934	Sam M Lewis (words)	Pub.
He's a Colonel From Kentucky	1934	Murray Mencher (co-author) Jack Scholl (words) Charles Tobias (words) George Olsen (perf.)	Pub.
It's Mating Time	1935	J. Fred Coot (co-author) Haven Gillespie (co-author)	Pub.
Gee! But You're Swell	1936	Charlie Tobias (words) Guy Lombardo (perf.)
I Won't Take No For an Answer	1937	Charles Tobias (words)
You Can't Take It With You	1937	Charlie Tobias (words) Roger Pryor (perf.)
Don't Wait 'till the Night Before Christmas	1938	Sam M. Lewis (words)
Garden in Granada (w&m)	1938	Sam M. Lewis (co-author) Ion Vasilescu (co-author) Manuel Del Rio (words) Russ Morgan (perf.)
Night Before Christmas, The	1938	Sam M Lewis (words) Alex Gray (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Simple and Sweet	1938	Bud Green (words)
Last Two Weeks in July, The	1939	Sam M. Lewis (words) Helen Forrest (perf.) Kay Kyser (perf.)
Piggy Wiggy Woo (w&m)	1939	Paul Cunningham (co-author) Ira Schuster (co-author) Marion Holmes (perf.)	Pub.
Harriet	1945	Paul Cunningham (words)
Chapel of Roses	1951	Remus Harris (words)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	A. Baer	I Don't Want Nobody But You - Brunswick 3226 (1926) (2:46)	Esther Walker
	A. Baer	The Suns in My Heart (1932) (2:29)	Sylvia Froos