Vivian Ellis  (1903-1996)
Last updated: 21.07.25
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url15.gif Vivian Ellis Biography by wikipedia.org.  
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif If Your Kisses Can't Hold the Man You Love (1930c) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Yale Blues (1927) James Pitt-Payne
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
record15.gif Yale Blues (1928) V. Ellis Fred Culley
Francis Foster
Bill Townsend
Fred Waring
Victor: BVE-41638
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif If Your Kisses Can't Hold the Man You Love (1930c) V. Ellis (music)
J. Yellen (words)
Jennie Benson (perf.)
Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Yale Blues (1927) V. Ellis (music)
Collie Knox (words)
Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 33 works by Vivian Ellis (1903-1996). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
I'm on a See-Saw 1923 Desmond Carter (words)  wvicon.gif
Do You Belong to Anyone? 1926 Desmond Carter (words)
Yale Blues 1927 Collie Knox (words)
Fred Culley (perf.)
Francis Foster (perf.)
Bill Townsend (perf.)
Fred Waring (perf.)
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Ev'ry Little Moment 1928 Clifford Grey (words)
Greatrex Newman (words)
 Pub.
I Never Dreamt You'd Fall in Love With Me 1928 Donovan Parsons (words)
Margaret Schilling (perf.)
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Mister Cinders 1928  Pub.
My Heart Is Saying 1929 Douglas Furber (words)
Donovan Parsons (words)
Spread a Little Happiness 1929 Clifford Grey (words)
Binnie Hale (perf.)
Let's Be Sentimental 1930 Desmond Carter (words)
Out of the Blue 1930 Arthur Schwartz (co-author)
Desmond Carter (words)
Wind in the Willows, The 1930 Desmond Carter (words)  wvicon.gif
If Your Kisses Can't Hold the Man You Love 1930c Jack Yellen (words)
Jennie Benson (perf.)
 Pub. pdf15.gif 
Flies Crawled Up the Window, The 1932 Douglas Furber (words)
I Want to Cling to Ivy 1932 Douglas Furber (words)
Little Boat (w&m) 1932 Dora Labbette (perf.)  youtube15.jpg
Put That Down in Writing 1932 Clifford Grey (words)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Sweep 1933 Douglas Furber (words)
Why Has a Cow Got Four Legs? 1933 Douglas Furber (words)
You Don't Understand 1933 Douglas Furber (words)
Perseverance 1934 A. P. Herbert (words)
Swing (w&m) 1936
White Sails 1936 Irvin Caesar (words)
I've Lost My Way 1938 Cicely Courtneidge (perf.)
Jack Hulbert (perf.)
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Mayfair in May (w&m) 1938
Rise Above It 1938 Cicely Courtneidge (perf.)
Jack Hulbert (perf.)
 Pub.
Together Again 1938 Cicely Courtneidge (perf.)
Jack Hulbert (perf.)
 Pub.
Empire Depends On You, The (w&m) 1939 Cicely Courtneidge (perf.)
Jack Hulbert (perf.)
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Piccadilly 1944
Ma Belle Marguerite ? A. P. Herbert (words)
Georges Guétary (perf.)
Over My Shoulder ?
She's My Lovely ?
This is My Lovely Day ?
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
What Did We Learn at School (w&m) ?
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg V. Ellis Little Boat (2:43) Dora Labbette
youtube15.jpg V. Ellis The Empire Depends On You (5:18) Cicely Courtneidge