Vernon Duke (1903-1969)
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DAHR: Vernon Duke | List of 44 historic recordings from 1930 to 1947. |
| Title | Co-Author(s) | Sequencer |
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| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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I Can't Get Started With You (1939) | V. Duke | Dick Todd | Victor: BS-043308 |
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Not a Care in the World (1941) | V. Duke | Top Hatters | Victor: BS-068372 |
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Now (1936) | V. Duke | Al Bowlly | Victor: BS-02159 |
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Penny For Your Thoughts, A (1933) | V. Duke | Ramona | Victor: BS-75342 |
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Piano Tuner Man (1938) | V. Duke | Gail Reese | Victor: BS-018413 |
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We're Having a Baby (1942) | V. Duke | Art Kassel Trio | Victor: BS-070691 |
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Yankee Doodle Polka, The (1940) | V. Duke | Meredith Blake | Victor: BS-057003 |
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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April in Paris (1932) | V. Duke (music) E.Y. Harburg (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer |  |
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Autumn in New York (1934) | V. Duke (w&m) | Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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Cabin in the Sky (1940) | V. Duke (music) John Latouche (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Do What You Wanna Do (1940) | V. Duke (music) John Latouche (words) E. Waters (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Honey in the Honeycomb (1940) | V. Duke (music) John Latouche (words) E. Waters (perf.) Eddie Anderson (perf.) Lena Horne (perf.) L. Armstrong (perf.) Rex Ingram (perf.) D. Ellington (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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I Can't Get Started With You (1935) | V. Duke (music) Ira Gershwin (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Love Turned the Light Out (1940) | V. Duke (music) John Latouche (words) E. Waters (perf.) Todd Duncan (perf.) Rex Ingram (perf.) Dooley Wilson (perf.) Katherine Dunham (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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⇑Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (1952), The | V. Duke (music) S. Cahn (words) Virginia Mayo (perf.) Ronald Reagan (perf.) Gene Nelson (perf.) Don DeFore (perf.) Phyllis Thaxter (perf.) Patrice Wymore (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Taking a Chance on Love (1940) | V. Duke (music) John Latouche (words) Ted Fetter (words) E. Waters (perf.) Eddie Anderson (perf.) Lena Horne (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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What Is There to Say? (1933) | V. Duke (music) E.Y. Harburg (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 138 works by Vernon Duke (1903-1969).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Such a Funny Feeling | 1919 | Collie Knox (words) | |
| Day Dreams | 1926 | Percy Greenbank (words) | |
| It's Nicer to Be Naughty | 1926 | Jean Gilbert (co-author) Peggy Greenbank (words) |
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| Lucky | 1926 | Jean Gilbert (co-author) Peggy Greenbank (words) |
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| Magic of the Moon, The | 1926 | Jean Gilbert (co-author) Peggy Greenbank (words) |
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| We Always Disagree! | 1926 | Percy Greenbank (words) | |
| Deep Sea | 1927 | Desmond Carter (words) | |
| Half a Kiss | 1927 | Eric Little (words) Phyllis Dare (perf.) Wilfred Temple (perf.) |
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| I Love You So | 1927 | Desmond Carter (words) | |
| I Still Believe in You (w&m) | 1927 | Desmond Carter (words) Phyllis Dare (perf.) |
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| Somebody's Sunday (w&m) | 1927 | ||
| ⇑ I'm Wonderful | 1928 | Desmond Carter (words) | |
| You Do, I Don't | 1928 | Desmond Carter (words) | |
| Happily Ever After | 1929 | Collie Knox (words) | |
| Open Your Eyes | 1929 | Collie Knox (words) | |
| You'd Do For Me - I'd Do For You | 1929 | Collie Knox (words) | |
| I Am Only Human After All | 1930 | Ira Gershwin (words) E.Y. Harburg (words) |
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| Too, Too Divine | 1930 | E. Y. Harburg (words) | |
| April in Paris | 1932 | E.Y. Harburg (words) | Pub. |
| Penny For Your Thoughts, A | 1932 | E. Y. Harburg (words) Ramona (perf.) |
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| Speaking of Love | 1932 | E W Harburg (words) | Pub. |
| Where Have We Met Before? | 1932 | E.Y. Harburg (words) | Pub. |
| I Like the Likes of You | 1933 | E.Y. Harburg (words) | |
| ⇑ Off Again, on Again | 1933 | E. Y. Harburg (words) | |
| So Nonchalant | 1933 | E. Y. Harburg (words) Charles Tubias (words) |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Suddenly | 1933 | E.Y. Harburg (words) | |
| That's Life | 1933 | E. Y. Harburg (words) | |
| This Is Romance | 1933 | Ed Heyman (words) | |
| What Is There to Say? | 1933 | E.Y. Harburg (words) | Pub. |
| Autumn in New York (w&m) | 1934 | |
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| This Is Not a Song | 1934 | E. Y. Harburg (words) E. Hartman (words) |
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| Water Under the Bridge | 1934 | E.Y. Harburg (words) | |
| I Can't Get Started With You | 1935 | Ira Gershwin (words) Ginny Simms (perf.) Dick Todd (perf.) |
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| Island in the West Indies | 1935 | Ira Gershwin (words) | |
| That Moment of Moments | 1935 | Ira Gershwin (words) | Pub. |
| Words Without Music | 1935 | Ira Gershwin (words) | Pub. |
| ⇑ He Hasn't a Thing Except Me | 1936 | Ira Gershwin (words) | |
| I Used to Be Above Love | 1936 | Ira Gershwin (words) | |
| Little Old Lady | 1936 | Ted Fetter (words) Bert Lahr (perf.) Beatrice Lillie (perf.) |
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| My Red Letter Day | 1936 | Ira Gershwin (words) | |
| Now | 1936 | Ted Fetter (words) Al Bowlly (perf.) |
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| Here Pussy, Pussy (w&m) | 1938 | ||
| Love Walked In | 1938 | George Gershwin (words) Ira Gershwin (words) |
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| Piano Tuner Man | 1938 | Jack Ross (words) Gail Reese (perf.) |
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| Beverly Hills | 1940 |  |
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| Cabin in the Sky | 1940 | John Latouche (words) Todd Duncan (perf.) Katherine Dunham (perf.) Rex Ingram (perf.) Ethel Waters (perf.) Dooley Wilson (perf.) |
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| Do What You Wanna Do | 1940 | John Latouche (words) Ethel Waters (perf.) |
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| Don't Blow That Horn, Gabriel | 1940 | Al Stillman (words) Will Hudson (words) |
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| ⇑ Honey in the Honeycomb | 1940 | John Latouche (words) Eddie Anderson (perf.) Louis Armstrong (perf.) Duke Ellington (perf.) Lena Horne (perf.) Rex Ingram (perf.) Ethel Waters (perf.) |
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| In My Old Virginia Home | 1940 | John Latouche (words) |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Long Ago | 1940 | Al Stillman (words) | |
| Love Me Tomorrow | 1940 | John La Touche (words) Todd Duncan (perf.) Katherine Dunham (perf.) Rex Ingram (perf.) Ethel Waters (perf.) Dooley Wilson (perf.) |
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| Love Turned the Light Out | 1940 | John Latouche (words) Todd Duncan (perf.) Katherine Dunham (perf.) Rex Ingram (perf.) Ethel Waters (perf.) Dooley Wilson (perf.) |
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| Savannah | 1940 | John Latouche (words) | |
| Shadow of Love | 1940 | Charles O. Locke (words) Ted Fetter (words) |
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| Taking a Chance on Love | 1940 | John Latouche (words) Ted Fetter (words) Eddie Anderson (perf.) Katherine Dunham and her Dancers (perf.) Todd Duncan (perf.) Lena Horne (perf.) Rex Ingram (perf.) Ethel Waters (perf.) Dooley Wilson (perf.) |
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| Yankee Doodle Polka, The | 1940 | John Latouche (words) Meredith Blake (perf.) |
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| Don't Let It Happen Again | 1941 | John Latouche (words) | |
| I'd Like to Talk About the Weather | 1941 | John Latouche (words) | |
| Lady | 1941 | John Latouche (words) | |
| My Song Without Words | 1941 | John Latouche (words) | |
| ⇑ Nickel to My Name, A | 1941 | John La Touche (words) Eddie Cantor (perf.) |
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| Not a Care in the World | 1941 | John Latouche (words) Top Hatters (perf.) |
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| Summer Is A-Comin' In | 1941 | John Latouche (words) | |
| This Is Where I Came In | 1941 | John Latouche (words) | |
| You Took Me by Surprise | 1941 | John Latouche (words) | |
| I'll Take the City | 1942 | John Latouche (words) | |
| Make With the Feet | 1942 | Harold Adamson (words) | |
| Tondelayo | 1942 | Howard Dietz (words) | |
| We're Having a Baby | 1942 | Harold Adamson (words) Art Kassel Trio (perf.) |
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| Dancing in the Streets | 1943 | Howard Dietz (words) | |
| Indefinable Charm | 1943 | Howard Dietz (words) | |
| Irresistible You | 1943 | Howard Dietz (words) | |
| ⇑ Sugarfoot | 1943 | Howard Dietz (words) | |
| There Are Yanks | 1943 | Howard Dietz (words) |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| What Happened | 1943 | Howard Dietz (words) | |
| Civilian | 1944 | Howard Dietz (words) | |
| Farewell For a While | 1944 | Howard Dietz (words) | |
| I've Got a One Track Mind | 1944 | Howard Dietz (words) | |
| If You Can't Get the Love You Want | 1944 | Howard Dietz (words) | |
| Life's a Funny Present From Someone | 1944 | Howard Dietz (words) | |
| Love I Long For, The | 1944 | Howard Dietz (words) | |
| Poor As a Churchmouse | 1944 | ||
| Sailing at Midnight | 1944 | Howard Dietz (words) | |
| When You Live on an Island | 1944 | Howard Dietz (words) | |
| American Arabesque | 1945 | |
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| ⇑ Just Like a Man | 1946 | Ogden Nash (words) | |
| Low and Lazy | 1946 | Ogden Nash (words) | |
| Old-Fashioned Tune, An | 1946 | Ogden Nash (words) | |
| Round About | 1946 | Ogden Nash (words) | |
| Sweet Bye and Bye | 1946 | Ogden Nash (words) | |
| You After All These Years | 1950 | Harold Rome (words) | |
| Give Me Your Lips | 1952 | Sammy Cahn (words) | |
| Good Little Girls | 1952 | Sammy Cahn (words) | |
| I Know a Place | 1952 | Sammy Cahn (words) | |
| I'll Be Loving You | 1952 | Sammy Cahn (words) | |
| I'm Gonna Ring the Bell Tonight | 1952 | Sammy Cahn (words) | |
| It Just Occurred to Me | 1952 | Sammy Cahn (words) | |
| ⇑ It Must Be Good | 1952 | Sammy Cahn (words) | |
| Madly in Love | 1952 | Ogden Nash (words) |
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| Out of the Clear Blue Sky | 1952 | Ogden Nash (words) | |
| Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of, The | 1952 | Sammy Cahn (words) Don DeFore (perf.) Virginia Mayo (perf.) Gene Nelson (perf.) Ronald Reagan (perf.) Phyllis Thaxter (perf.) Patrice Wymore (perf.) |
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| That's What Makes Paris, Paree | 1952 | Sammy Cahn (words) | |
| Born Too Late | 1956 | Ogden Nash (words) | |
| You're Far From Wonderful | 1956 | Ogden Nash (words) | |
| Ages Ago | 1957 | Richard Burton (perf.) Helen Hayes (perf.) Susan Strasberg (perf.) |
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| Time Remembered (w&m) | 1957 | ||
| Anymore | 1958 | Lenny Adelson (words) | |
| Let Her Not Be Beautiful | 1963 | Martin Charnin (words) | |
| Livin' It Up (w&m) | 1963 | ||
| Night Is Filled With Wonderful Sounds, The | 1963 | Martin Charnin (words) | |
| ⇑ Brian (w&m) | 1965 | ||
| Free As the Air (w&m) | 1965 | ||
| Hundred Women in One, A (w&m) | 1965 | ||
| Just Like Children (w&m) | 1965 | ||
| Love For Sure (w&m) | 1965 | ||
| Nobody But Tess (w&m) | 1965 | ||
| Paris in New York (w&m) | 1965 | ||
| Pink Jungle, The (w&m) | 1965 | ||
| Same Old Love (w&m) | 1965 | ||
| There Was I (w&m) | 1965 | ||
| In This Life | 1966 | Martin Charnin (words) | |
| Tars and Spars | ? | Howard Dietz (words) | |
| ⇑ Bacon and the Egg, The | n.d. | Desmond Carter (words) | |
| Chinese Ballet | n.d. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Diddle Daddle | n.d. | Harold Rome (words) | |
| Fancy, Fancy | n.d. | Ira Gershwin (words) | |
| I Cling to You | n.d. | Charles O. Locke (words) Ted Fetter (words) |
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| Je t'aime - I Love You | n.d. | Harold Rome (words) | |
| Just Lucky, I Guess | n.d. | Jerome Lawrence (words) Robert E. Lee (words) |
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| Maharanee | n.d. | Ira Gershwin (words) | |
| My Heart Decided | n.d. | Harold Rome (words) | |
| Roll Along Sadie | n.d. | Ogden Nash (words) | |
| There You Are Again | n.d. | Harold Rome (words) | |
| Unlucky Pierre | n.d. | Harold Rome (words) | |
| Walking on Air | n.d. | ||
| ⇑ What if You're Not | n.d. | Jerome Lawrence (words) Robert E. Lee (words) |
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| When the Devil Played the Fiddle | n.d. | Harold Rome (words) |