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Jesse Crawford

org, 1895-1962 US, Woodland, California
Musician of Pop
A.k.a. Kevin Mallory

American pianist and organist (December 2, 1895 – May 28, 1962). He was well-known in the 1920s as a theater organist for silent films and was a very popular gramophone record recording artist. In the 1930s, he switched to the Hammond organ and became a freelancer. In the 1940s, he authored instruction books on organ and taught organ lessons. Early years Crawford's father died when he was one year old and his impoverished mother placed the baby in an orphanage asylum near Woodland, California. He taught himself music at the orphanage, and by the age of nine he was playing a cornet in the orphanage band. At age 14 he left the orphanage to play piano in a small dance band, and then took a job playing piano in a ten-cent-admission silent film house. His early theatre organ experience was at Washington's Spokane Gem Theater in 1911 and at the Clemmer-owned Casino Theatre (on an eight-rank Estey organ). He next played briefly at theatres in Billings, Montana, Spokane, Washington and Seattle. When he met Oliver Wallace, Crawford learned about the then-new types of theatre organ sounds. Crawford’s next jobs were playing at the Strand in San Francisco and the Mission Theatre in Los Angeles. 1920s: Silent movie organist In the 1920s, he became well-known, and was dubbed the of "Poet of the Organ" for his style of playing ballads. In 1921, the Balaban and Katz theatre chain hired Crawford to Chicago to play its 29-rank Wurlitzer in the Chicago Theatre. Next, Crawford was hired as the organist at Grauman's Million Dollar Theatre in Los Angeles, playing a large Wurlitzer theatre organ. From 1926 to 1933, he performed at New York City's Paramount Theater, with his wife Helen (also an organist) playing a twin organ console. After some recordings for the small local Autograph Records label, Crawford made a series of records for the Victor Records label which proved very popular with record buyers. He had hits such as "Rose Marie", "Valencia" and "Russian Lullaby". Other popular songs included "At Dawning" and "Roses Of Picardy". 1930s: Hammond organist With the end of the silent film era, work for theatre organists in movie houses dried up. Crawford played a Kilgen organ at Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair in 1934, and in 1936 he got a job as staff organist in NBC studios in Chicago. In the 1930s, Crawford switched to the Hammond organ, and began playing engagements across the US. In addition to his numerous sound recordings, Crawford recorded player organ rolls on the Wurlitzer "R Rolls" system. His own compositions included "Vienna Violins", "Louisiana Nocturn", "Harlem Holiday", and "Hawaiian Honeymoon". Teaching and instruction book author In 1940, the self-taught Crawford undertook his first formal music study with Joseph Schillinger, whose other students included George Gershwin, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, and movie score composers Leith Stevens and Nathan Van Cleave. He recorded Hammond organ LPs for Decca Records and did sheet music arrangements for Hammond organ and instruction books. He also taught organ students, both in one-on-one lessons and in class style lessons, where he mostly lectured. He recorded his last two LPs on the Simonton Wurlitzer organ.

     
Instruments
  • Organ
  • Pipe organ
  • Vibraphone
Genres
  • Pop
  • Jazz
  • Classical
  • World
  • Folk
Popular Tracks   
I`ve Got A Feeling I`m Falling on Echoes from the 1920s by Various Artists
Blue Danube on Hammond Organ by Jesse Crawford
O Holy Night - Original Mix on The Organ Play Christmas - 30 Christmas Carols Played with the Organ by Various Artists
Give My Regards to Broadway on Hammond Organ by Jesse Crawford
Buttercup on Hammond Organ by Jesse Crawford
Treasure Waltz on Jesse Crawford At The Organ by Jesse Crawford
Tales from the Vienna Woods on Jesse Crawford At The Organ by Jesse Crawford
My Wild Irish Rose on Hammond Organ Favorites by Jesse Crawford
A Wandering Minstrel on Jesse Crawford At The Organ by Jesse Crawford
Artist's Life on Jesse Crawford At The Organ by Jesse Crawford

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Giannina Mia / Hasta MañanaJesse Crawford2019Album
Over The RainbowJesse Crawford2011Album
At The OrganJesse Crawford2006Album
At The OrganJesse Crawford2006Album
At The Pipe Organ - Wedding MusicJesse Crawford1995Album
Wedding MusicJesse Crawford1995Album
Marcha Nupcial / Danubio AzulJesse Crawford / Russ Morgan And His Orchestra1977Single
The Genius Of Jesse Crawford At The Theatre OrganJesse Crawford1975Album
At The Organs Of The Empire, London And Studio Organs Chicago And Paramount, New YorkJesse Crawford1975Album
When Day Is DoneJesse Crawford1973Album
Magic MomentsJesse Crawford1970Compil.
Moon RiverJesse Crawford / Jay Dodds1967Album
12 All Time Waltz FavoritesJesse Crawford1966Album
At The OrganJesse Crawford1966Album
The Poet Of The OrganJesse Crawford1966Compil.
Organ ReveriesJesse Crawford1966Album
Sweet And LowJesse Crawford1965Album
A Lovely Way To Spend An EveningJesse Crawford1963Album
Sweet Hour Of PrayerJesse Crawford1963Album
Christmas On The Organ And ChimesJesse Crawford1962Album
Christmas Organ And ChimesJesse Crawford1962Album
Christmas Favorites Organ & ChimesJesse Crawford1962Album
Organ And Chimes For ChristmasJesse Crawford1962Album
Christmas Organ & ChimesJesse Crawford1962Album
Golden Opera FavoritesJesse Crawford1962Album
Organ & Chimes At ChristmasJesse Crawford1962Album
Organ And ChimesJesse Crawford1962Album
The Organ & Chimes Of ChristmasJesse Crawford1962Album
The Sound Of Jesse Crawford At The Majestic Pipe OrganJesse Crawford1961Album
Over the RainbowJesse Crawford1960Album
The Song Is You / The Music Of Jerome KernJesse Crawford1959Album
Christmas With Jesse CrawfordJesse Crawford1958Album
Christmas WIth Jesse CrawfordJesse Crawford1958Single
Poet Of The OrganJesse Crawford1957Album
Hits On The HammondJesse Crawford1957Album
The Best Of Jesse CrawfordJesse Crawford1957Compil.
The Poet Of The OrganJesse Crawford1957Album
Deep Purple (The Organ Poetry Of Jesse Crawford)Jesse Crawford1957Album
Moonlight SonataJesse Crawford1957Album
Hits On The HammondJesse Crawford1957Single
Poet Of The OrganJesse Crawford1957Single
Waltzes Of LoveJesse Crawford1956Album
Christmas Carols With Jesse CrawfordJesse Crawford1956Single
Rudolf Friml MelodiesJesse Crawford1955Single
Christmas Carols 'Poet Of The Organ'Jesse Crawford1955Album
Latin Rhythms For OrganJesse Crawford1955Single
Remember - The Waltzes Of Irving BerlinJesse Crawford1955Album
Pipe Organ MagicJesse Crawford1955Album
Popular Encores: Jesse Crawford At The Hammond Chord OrganJesse Crawford1954Album
Love Themes By TchaikovskyJesse Crawford1954Album
Organ SolosJesse Crawford1954Single
Love Themes By Tchaikovsky Vol. 1Jesse Crawford1954Single
Valencia / The Dance Of The Blue DanubeJesse Crawford1953Album
My Song Of LoveJesse Crawford1953Album
Popular Organ FavoritesJesse Crawford1953Album
Lead Kindly Light: Hymns That Touch The HeartJesse Crawford1952Album
Moonlight SonataJesse Crawford1951Album
Jalousie / I'll See You In My DreamsJesse Crawford1951Album
Rock Of AgesJesse Crawford And Harry Breuer1949Album
My Mother's Rosary / My MomPhil Regan With Jesse Crawford1947Album
Rudolf Friml MelodiesJesse Crawford1947Album
Baby Feet Go Pitter PatterJesse Crawford1947Album
White Christmas / Joy To The WorldJesse Crawford With Harry Breuer1947Album
O Little Town Of Bethlehem / Hark! The Herald Angels SingDick Haymes And The Travis Johnson Singers With Jesse Crawford / Eileen Farrell, Jan Peerce1944Album
Hans Christian Andersen Fairy TalesJean Hersholt, Jesse Crawford1942Album
When The Organ Played At TwilightJesse Crawford1941Album
A Perfect Day / Little Grey Home In The WestJesse Crawford1941Album
Largo / The Lost ChordJesse Crawford1935Album
Drifting Down The Shalimar / In The Valley Of The MoonJesse Crawford1933Album
Drifting Down The Shalimar / Hold MeJesse Crawford1933Album
On The Road To Mandalay / SylviaJesse Crawford1932Album
"Show Boat" MedleyJesse Crawford1932Single
Siboney / Maria My OwnJesse Crawford1931Album
Cryin' For The Carolines / What Is This Thing Called Love?Jesse Crawford1930Album
When The Organ Played At Twilight / The Kiss WaltzJesse Crawford1930Album
Rhapsody In BlueJesse Crawford1930Album
Just A Little While / So Beats My Heart For YouJesse Crawford1930Album
Meditation From "Thaïs"Jesse Crawford1930Album
I Love To Hear You SingingJesse Crawford1929Album
A Precious Little Thing Called Love / Carolina MoonJesse Crawford1929Album
My Sin / Singin' In The RainJesse Crawford1929Album
I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling / She's A New Kind Of Old-Fashioned GirlJesse Crawford1929Album
I'll Always Be In Love With You / I Get The Blues When It RainsJesse Crawford1929Album
Indian Love CallJesse Crawford1929Album
I Loved You Then As I Love You Now / La BorrachitaJesse Crawford1929Album
Where The Shy Little Violets Grow / When Summer Is GoneJesse Crawford1929Album
Little Pal / Why Can't You?Jesse Crawford1929Album
You're The Cream In My Coffee / Me And The Man In The MoonJesse Crawford1929Album
Sonny Boy / I Loved You Then As I Love You NowJesse Crawford1929Album
Jeannine I Dream of Lilac Time / King For A DayJesse Crawford1928Album
My Angel (Angela Mia) / Out Of The DawnJesse Crawford1928Album
The Dance Of The Blue Danube / I Can't Do Without YouJesse Crawford1928Album
My Blue Heaven / The Song Is EndedJesse Crawford1928Album
After I've Called You Sweetheart / Just A MemoryJesse Crawford1928Album
Amapola / La BorrachitaJesse Crawford1928Album
Ten Little Miles From Town / High HatJesse Crawford1928Album
Just Like A Melody Out Of The Sky / BelovedJesse Crawford1928Album
Diane / Among My SouvenirsJesse Crawford1928Album
Somewhere A Voice Is Calling / SerenadeJesse Crawford1928Album
Mary (What Are You Waiting For?) / Dancing TambourineJesse Crawford1928Album
A Dream / HumoreskeJesse Crawford1927Album
What Does It Matter / Song Of The Wanderer (Where Shall I Go)Jesse Crawford1927Album
Dreaming The Waltz Away / Lay My Head Beneath A RoseJesse Crawford1927Album
Put Your Arms Where They Belong (For They Belong To Me) / Within The Prison Of My DreamsJesse Crawford With Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra1927Album
In A Little Spanish Town / Just A Bird's-Eye View Of My Old Kentucky HomeJesse Crawford1927Album
Maybe / Someone To Watch Over MeJesse Crawford / George Olsen's Music1927Album
Estrellita (Little Star) / La Paloma (The Dove)Jesse Crawford1927Album
Blue Skies / Falling In Love With YouJesse Crawford1927Album
Nesting Time / So BlueJesse Crawford1927Album
When Day Is Done / Dawn Of To-MorrowJesse Crawford1927Album
Cherie, I Love You / Ting-A-LingJesse Crawford1927Album
Oh, Promise Me! / BecauseJesse Crawford1927Album
At Peace With The World / ValenciaJesse Crawford1926Album
I'd Love To Call You My Sweetheart / Kentucky LullabyJesse Crawford With Jean Goldkette And His Orchestra1926Album
At Dawning / Roses Of PicardyJesse Crawford1926Album
Always / DinahJesse Crawford1926Album
I'd Love To Call You My Sweetheart / Kentucky LullabyJesse Crawford With Jean Goldkette And His Orchestra1926Album
The Prisoner's Song / After I Say I'm Sorry (What Can I Say?)Jesse Crawford1926Album
Sleepy Time Gal / You Forgot To RememberJesse Crawford1926Album
Russian LullabyJesse Crawford1926Album
Barcelona / Hello, Aloha! - How Are You?Jesse Crawford1926Album
Meadow Lark / Stars are the Windows of HeavenJesse Crawford1926Album
Old Pal / Dreams Never Come TrueJesse Crawford1925Album
My Wild Irish Rose / When You And I Were Young, MaggieJesse Crawford1925Album
The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else / A Kiss In The DarkJesse Crawford1924Album
Until Tomorrow / Arizona StarsJesse Crawford1924Album
Somewhere A Voice Is Calling / SerenadeJesse Crawford1924Album
8 Big Hits Christmas CarolsJesse CrawfordAlbum
Organ AirsJesse CrawfordSingle
Plays For YouJesse CrawfordSingle
The World is Waiting For The Sunshine / HumoresqueJesse CrawfordAlbum
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Organ & Chimes)Jesse CrawfordAlbum
Serenades / Kiss Me AgainJesse CrawfordAlbum
Popular Organ FavoritesJesse Crawford, Jessie LeedsAlbum
Rosette / For Old Time's SakeJesse CrawfordAlbum
Organ FantasiesJesse CrawfordAlbum
Modes In MoodsJesse CrawfordSingle
Organ SupremeJesse Crawford, James Gibson, Tom Grierson, Chandler Goldthwaite, Howard Rookway, Arthur Guton, Marguerite VolavyAlbum
Plays His Pipe Organ FavoritesJesse CrawfordAlbum
THE Dance Of The Blue Danube / ValenciaJesse CrawfordSingle
Aloha Oe (Farewell To Thee) / Song Of The IslandJesse CrawfordAlbum
Not On LabelJesse CrawfordAlbum
Stein Song (University Of Maine) / Song Of The IslandsJesse CrawfordAlbum
The Days Of Wine And RosesJesse Crawford, Gayle WilsonAlbum
A Kiss In The Dark / Pale MoonJesse CrawfordAlbum
Pops By The PoetJesse CrawfordAlbum
MoonbeamsJesse CrawfordAlbum
In A Monastery GardenJesse CrawfordAlbum
Poet Of The Organ All Time HitsJesse CrawfordAlbum
Minuet / Minuet in GJesse CrawfordAlbum
ReveriesJesse CrawfordAlbum
Modes In MoodsJesse CrawfordAlbum
Among My SouvenirsJesse CrawfordSingle
Top Tunes From Hit Shows Vol. 1Jesse CrawfordSingle
Organ FavoritesJesse CrawfordAlbum
Organ InterludesJesse Crawford / Paul TaubmanCompil.
Christmas Carols - Vol. 2Jesse CrawfordSingle
Call Me Irresponsible / MoreJesse Crawford / James DrewAlbum
Organ FavoritesJesse CrawfordAlbum
Top Tunes From Hit Shows Vol. 2Jesse CrawfordSingle
Strauss Waltzes Vol. 1Jesse CrawfordSingle
All Time Hits Vol. 1Jesse CrawfordSingle
Strauss Waltzes Vol. 2Jesse CrawfordSingle
A Kiss In The Dark / Old Virginia MoonJesse CrawfordAlbum
The Most Beautiful Love SongsJesse CrawfordAlbum
Melodies And MoodsJesse CrawfordAlbum
Strauss WaltzesJesse CrawfordAlbum
Poets Of The Organ - Fly Me To The MoonJesse Crawford, Jay DoddsAlbum
Christmas CarolsJesse CrawfordAlbum
Mother Machree / Silver Threads Among The GoldJesse CrawfordAlbum
Now The Day Is OverJesse CrawfordAlbum
Songs Of Love - The Music Of Sigmond RombergJesse CrawfordAlbum
Beautiful DreamerJesse CrawfordAlbum
Ten Little Miles From Town / My AngelJesse CrawfordAlbum
Little Old LadyPhil Regan, Jesse CrawfordAlbum
La Golondrina / Birth Of PassionJesse CrawfordAlbum
Family Favorites For ChristmasChoir Of 100 Golden Voices, Jesse Crawford, Slim Boyd And The RangehandsCompil.
An Enchanted EveningJesse CrawfordAlbum
Rose-MarieJesse CrawfordAlbum
Top Tunes From Hit Shows Volume 8Jesse CrawfordAlbum
So In LoveJesse CrawfordAlbum
Auf Wiedersehn! / My Beautiful LadyJesse CrawfordAlbum
Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life / Gypsy Love SongJesse CrawfordAlbum
Organ AirsJesse CrawfordSingle
I Wonder What's Become Of Sally? / The Pal That I Loved Stole The Gal That I LovedJesse CrawfordAlbum
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