Ben Bernie (1891-1943)
Last updated: 04.11.25
According to the Internet source given below, Ben Bernie was an American jazz violinist, bandleader, and radio personality, often introduced as "The Old Maestro". He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue, being part of the first generation of "stars" of American popular music. He studied at Columbia University and the New York College of Music. Bernie performed in vaudeville and formed own band, The Lads. Bernie's orchestra recorded on Vocalion, Brunswick, Columbia, Decca and ARC (Vocalion and OKeh) in the 1920's and 1930's.He co-authored Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) with Maceo Pinkard (words by Kenneth Casey) and which was published by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit, USA.Ben Bernie and his orchestra recorded Sweet Georgia Brown which became a jazz standard.
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Ben Bernie | Biography by wikipedia.org. |
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Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) | M. Pinkard | Unknown | |
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True (1923) | Violinsky Ben Ryan |
James Pitt-Payne |
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St. Louis Brass Quintet | Pops-Music of the Americas | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)        |
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Chris Barber | The Absolutely Essential 3CD Collection | |
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Chris Barber | The Very Best of Chris Barber | |
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Various Artists | Key One Up | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Claude Bolling | Ragtime Bolling & Boogie | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Tommy Yetta | Tommy Yetta: New Orleans Jazz: Autographed (signed): Vinyl LP | |
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Jerry White | Jerry White's Select Songs / Ragtime Stride Piano Jazz | |
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Jo Ann Castle | 12 Great Hits In Ragtime | |
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Jo Ann Castle | Jo Anne Castle - 22 Greatest Ragtime Hits: Vol. 2 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Budapest Ragtime Band | Trubadur | |
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⇑Butch Thompson | The Butch Thompson Trio Plays Favorites | |
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Joe ''Fingers'' Carr | Joe "Fingers" Carr and His Ragtime Band | |
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Johnny Maddox | Red Hot Ragtime Volume 1 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Johnny Maddox | Where the Southern Crosses the Yellow Dog | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Bill Edwards | A Ragtime Sampler |
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Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) | B. Bernie (w&m) M. Pinkard (coauth.) Kenneth Casey (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer |  |
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True (1923) | B. Bernie (w&m) Violinsky (coauth.) Ben Ryan (coauth.) B. Bernie (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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Carolina in the Morning (1922) | W. Donaldson (music) G. Kahn (words) B. Bernie (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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Wake Up and Live (1937) | M. Gordon (w&m) H. Revel (coauth.) B. Bernie (perf.) Grace Bradley (perf.) Walter Catlett (perf.) Joan Davis (perf.) A. Faye (perf.) Douglas Fowley (perf.) Etienne Giradot (perf.) George Givot (perf.) Bobby Goday (perf.) Jack Haley (perf.) Warren Hymer (perf.) Patsy Kelly (perf.) Miles Mander (perf.) Leah Ray (perf.) Ned Sparks (perf.) Walter W (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs Off the Moon (1927) | O. Levant (music) Sam M. Lewis (words) J. Young (words) B. Bernie (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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I'm in Love Again (1925) | C. Porter (w&m) B. Bernie (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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That Red Head Gal (1923) | Van & Schenck (music) Henry Lodge (coauth.) B. Bernie (perf.) |
Piano | YorkSpace | |
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Moonbeam! Kiss Her For Me (1927) | H. Woods (music) M. Dixon (words) B. Bernie (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
The peformer is featured on 39 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
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Strange Interlude (1932) | Phil Baker | Ben Bernie (words) Walter Hirsch (words) Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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Faded Summer Love (1931), A | Philip Baxter(w&m) | Ben Bernie (perf.) | |
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Cheer Leader Charlie (1935) | James Anthony Cavanaugh | Harry Edelheit (co-author) Bob Emmerich (co-author) Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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Wedding of Jack and Jill (1935), The | J. Fred Coots | Haven Gillespie (words) Abner P Grunauer (words) Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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Carolina in the Morning (1922) | Walter Donaldson | Gus Kahn (words)
Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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Shut-Eye (1939) | Walter Donaldson | Johnny Mercer (words)
Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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Gotta Get Some Shut-Eye (1939) | Walter Donaldson | Johnny Mercer (words)
Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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I'll See You in the Morning (1932) | Buddy Fields(w&m) | Gerald Marks (co-author)
Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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I Wanna Sing About You (1931) | Cliff Friend(w&m) | Dave Dreyer (co-author)
Ben Bernie (perf.) Guy Lombardo (perf.) Will Osborne (perf.) |
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⇑With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming (1934) | Mack Gordon(w&m) | Harry Revel (co-author)
Ben Bernie (perf.) Dorothy Dell (perf.) Roscoe Karns (perf.) Jack Oakie (perf.) Alison Skipworth (perf.) |
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I Wanna Be in Winchell's Column (1937) | Mack Gordon(w&m) | Harry Revel (co-author)
Ben Bernie (perf.) Joan Davis (perf.) Bert Lahr (perf.) Simone Simon (perf.) Walter Winchell (perf.) |
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It's Swell of You (1937) | Mack Gordon(w&m) | Harry Revel (co-author)
Ben Bernie (perf.) Alice Faye (perf.) Walter Winchell (perf.) |
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Never in a Million Years (1937) | Mack Gordon(w&m) | Harry Revel (co-author)
Ben Bernie (perf.) Alice Faye (perf.) Walter Winchell (perf.) |
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Sweet Someone (1937) | Mack Gordon(w&m) | Harry Revel (co-author)
Ben Bernie (perf.) Joan Davis (perf.) Bert Lahr (perf.) Simone Simon (perf.) Walter Winchell (perf.) |
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There's a Lull in My Life (1937) | Mack Gordon(w&m) | Harry Revel (co-author)
Ben Bernie (perf.) Alice Faye (perf.) Walter Winchell (perf.) |
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Wake Up and Live (1937) | Mack Gordon(w&m) | Harry Revel (co-author)
Ben Bernie (perf.) Alice Faye (perf.) Walter Winchell (perf.) |
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Poor Kid (1931) | Jesse Greer | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words)
Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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Let That Be a Lesson to You (1932) | Isham Jones(w&m) | Ben Bernie (perf.) | |
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Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs Off the Moon (1927) | Oscar Levant | Sam M. Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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I'll See You in the Morning (1932) | Gerald Marks(w&m) | Buddy Fields (co-author)
Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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⇑Imagination (1928) | Joseph Meyer | Roger Wolfe Kahn (co-author) Irving Caesar (words) Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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I'm in Love Again (1925) | Cole Porter(w&m) | Ben Bernie (perf.) | |
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Take a Lesson From the Lark (1934) | Ralph Rainger(w&m) | Leo Robin (co-author)
Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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Little Mother (1922) | Erno Rapee(w&m) | Lew Pollack (co-author)
Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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One Little Raindrop (1930) | Harry Richman | Jack Meskill (words) Jean Schwartz (words) Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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Have You Ever Been Lonely? (1933) | Peter de Rose | George Brown (words)
Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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Were You Sincere? (1931) | Vincent Rose | Jack Meskill (words)
Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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One Little Raindrop (1930) | Jean Schwartz(w&m) | Jack Meskill (co-author) Harry Richman (co-author) Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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You Gotta Be a Football Hero (1933) | Al Sherman(w&m) | Buddy Fields (co-author) Al Lewis (co-author) Ben Bernie (perf.) Harry Richman (perf.) |
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No! No! a Thousand Times No! (1934) | Al Sherman(w&m) | Al Lewis (co-author) Abner Silver (co-author) Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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I Saw Stars (1934) | Maurice Sigler(w&m) | Al Goodhart (co-author) Al Hoffman (co-author) Ben Bernie (perf.) Frances Langford (perf.) |
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⇑I Get the Blues When It Rains (1929) | Harry Stoddard | Marcy Klauber (words)
Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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Trail of Dreams (1926) | Einar Aaron Swan | Raymond Klages (words)
Ben Bernie (perf.) Vincent de Lopez (perf.) Paul Specht (perf.) |
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That Red Head Gal (1923) | Van & Schenck(w&m) | Henry Lodge (co-author)
Ben Bernie (perf.) Brooke Lipschultz (perf.) |
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She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain (1935) | Frank Weldon(w&m) | Nick Manoloff (co-author)
Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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Rock Me in a Cradle of Kalua (1931) | Pete Wendling | Al Bryan (words)
Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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Moonbeam! Kiss Her For Me (1927) | Harry Woods | Mort Dixon (words)
Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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We Won't Have to Sell the Farm (1933) | Allie Wrubel | Alfred Bryan (words)
Ben Bernie (perf.) |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 10 works by Ben Bernie (1891-1943).
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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| True | 1923 | Violinsky (co-author) Ben Ryan (co-author) Ben Bernie (perf.) |
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| Kiss Me Goodnight | 1924 | Vernon Stevens (co-author) Gladys Gillette (co-author) Elmer Olson (words) |
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| Craving | 1925 | Kenneth Casey (words) Philip Charig (words) |
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| Sweet Georgia Brown | 1925 | Maceo Pinkard (co-author) Kenneth Casey (words) Louis Armstrong (perf.) Margie Carson (perf.) Fisher & Smith (perf.) Ella Fitzgerald (perf.) Charlie Gaylord (perf.) Pickens Sisters (perf.) |
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| I'm Getting Jealous of You | 1931 | Harry Harris (words) | |
| Holding My Honey's Hand | 1932 | Walter Hirsch (words) Al Goering (words) |
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| I Can't Believe It's True | 1932 | Isham Jones (co-author) Charles Newman (co-author) |
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| Strange Interlude | 1932 | ||
| Bowl of Chop Suey and You - Ey, A | 1934 | Al Goering (words) Walt Bullock (words) |
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| Old Lullaby, An | 1934 | Al Goering (words) Walter Hirsch (words) |
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B. Bernie | Sweet Georgia Brown (3:03) | Pickens Sisters |
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B. Bernie | Sweet Georgia Brown (4:17) | L. Armstrong |
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B. Bernie | Sweet Georgia Brown (3:10) | E. Fitzgerald |