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Walter Donaldson

1893-1947 US, Brooklyn
Songwriter of Jazz and Classical

Born: 15 February 1893 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died: 15 July 1947 in Santa Monica, California, USA. Walter Donaldson was a prolific American songwriter, producing many hit songs of the 1910s and 1920s, several written with lyricist Gus Kahn. In 1929 Donaldson moved to Hollywood and worked composing and arranging music for motion pictures. Inducted in the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 1970.

     
Genres
  • Jazz
  • Classical
Popular Tracks   
Yes sir that's my baby on Sous les ponts de Paris by Onesimé Grosbois
Lola (Yes Sir, That's My Baby) / Valzer (Parlami di me) / Stormy Weather - Remastered 2022 on La dolce vita by Nino Rota
My Blue Heaven on American Music - The Fabled 24 September 1940 San Francisco Concerts Featuring Cohan, Berlin, Kern, Romberg, Kalmar by Various Artists, Howard Hanson, Richard Hageman, Edwin McArthur, William Grant Still, Eugene Hayes, Lee S. Roberts & Albert Hay Malotte
Making whoopee on Drume Negrita by Felipe Dulzaides & Margarita Royero
Little White Lies on The Happy Piano by Various Artists
My Buddy on American Music - The Fabled 24 September 1940 San Francisco Concerts Featuring Cohan, Berlin, Kern, Romberg, Kalmar by Various Artists, Howard Hanson, Richard Hageman, Edwin McArthur, William Grant Still, Eugene Hayes, Lee S. Roberts & Albert Hay Malotte
My Blue Heaven (arr. for piano): Intro on American Music - The Fabled 24 September 1940 San Francisco Concerts Featuring Cohan, Berlin, Kern, Romberg, Kalmar by Various Artists, Howard Hanson, Richard Hageman, Edwin McArthur, William Grant Still, Eugene Hayes, Lee S. Roberts & Albert Hay Malotte
The Longer That You Linger in Virginia on Schellack Schätze: Treasures on 78 RPM from Berlin, Europe and the World, Vol. 36 by Various Artists
Home Is Heaven (From "Cameo Kirby") on Schellack Schätze: Treasures on 78 RPM from Berlin, Europe & the World, Vol. 34 by Various Artists
Kansas City Kitty on Schellack Schätze: Treasures on 78 RPM from Berlin, Europe and the World, Vol. 11 by Various Artists

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Gershwin & Donaldson Fascinating RhythmsGeorge Gershwin, Walter Donaldson1996Album
O Katharina / Mindin 'my Buss'nessRichard Fall, Gus Kahn ,And Walter DonaldsonAlbum
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