Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra (1918 - 1947)

Group - United States

Releases (29)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. 1922-1932: Hot Recordings by a West Coast Band 2001 (as Abe Lyman & His California Orchestra)

Single

  1. When I Was the Dandy and You Were the Belle / Any Way the Wind Blows Dec 1924 (as Abe Lyman's California Orchestra)
  2. All Alone / Out of a Million You're the Only One 1924 (as Abe Lyman & His Orchestra)
  3. Romany Days / A New Kind of Man 1924 (as Abe Lyman's California Orchestra)
  4. I Want You Back, Old Pal / Cocoanut Trot Jan 1925 (as Abe Lyman's California Orchestra)
  5. Bye-Bye Pretty Baby / Just Another Day Wasted Away Oct 1927 (as Abe Lyman's California Orchestra)
  6. Beside a Garden Wall / Wistful and Blue 1927
  7. I Think of What You Used to Think of Me / Rag Doll 19 Jul 1928 (as Abe Lyman's California Orchestra)
  8. Dream Train / Don't Be Like That 1929 (as Abe Lyman's California Orchestra)
  9. Heaven Only Knows / You're My Past, Present and Future 1933 (as Abe Lyman & His California Orchestra)
  10. Let's Put the Axe to the Axis / Baby Boogie 1942 (as Abe Lyman and His Californians)
  11. He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings / Amen 1942 (as Abe Lyman and His Californians)
  12. Besame Mucho 1944 (as Abe Lyman & His California Orchestra)
  13. By the River of Roses / My British Buddy 1944 (as Abe Lyman and His Californians)
  14. 12th Street Rag / New St. Louis Blues
  15. Pal of My Lonesome Hours / Don’t Somebody Want Somebody to Love
  16. I’ve Got the Girl / Just a Bird’s Eye View (of My Old Kentucky Home)
  17. Normany / Want a Little Lovin’
  18. Too Bad / Nothing Else to Do (but Sit Around and Think About You)
  19. After I Say I’m Sorry / Shake That Thing
  20. Let’s Talk About My Sweetie / Tenderly
  21. Do You Believe in Dreams? / Mary Lou
  22. Sweet Little You / Mandalay (as Abe Lyman & His California Orchestra)
  23. There’s a Blue Ridge in My Heart, Virginia / Burgundy
  24. Breezin’ Along With the Breeze / Where’d You Get Those Eyes?
  25. Ace in the Hole / Mandy
  26. Cryin’ for the Moon / Looking at the World through Rose Colored Glasses
  27. Sunday / Havin’ Lots of Fun
  28. I Can’t Get Over a Girl Like You (Loving a Boy Like Me) / Fleurs d’amour (Flowers of Love)

Relationships (4)

Members

  1. Abe Lyman

Supporting By

  1. Charles Kaley violin
  2. Gus Arnheim piano

Support By

  1. Charles Kaley

Recordings by (92)

  1. When I Was the Dandy and You Were the Belle ?:?? (Dec 1924)
  2. Any Way the Wind Blows ?:?? (Dec 1924)
  3. All Alone ?:?? (1924)
  4. Out of a Million You're the Only One ?:?? (1924)
  5. Romany Days (Días En Romaní) ?:?? (1924)
  6. A New Kind Of Man (Nueva Clase De Hombre) ?:?? (1924)
  7. I Want You Back, Old Pal ?:?? (Jan 1925)
  8. Cocoanut Trot ?:?? (Jan 1925)
  9. Bye-Bye Pretty Baby ?:?? (Oct 1927)
  10. Just Another Day Wasted Away ?:?? (Oct 1927)
  11. Beside a Garden Wall ?:?? (1927)
  12. Wistful and Blue ?:?? (1927)
  13. I Think of What You Used to Think of Me ?:?? (19 Jul 1928)
  14. Rag Doll ?:?? (19 Jul 1928)
  15. Dream Train ?:?? (1929)
  16. Don't Be Like That ?:?? (1929)
  17. Heaven Only Knows ?:?? (1933)
  18. You're My Past, Present and Future ?:?? (1933)
  19. Let's Put the Axe to the Axis ?:?? (1942)
  20. He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings ?:?? (1942)
  21. Amen ?:?? (1942)
  22. Baby Boogie ?:?? (1942)
  23. Besame Mucho ?:?? (1944)
  24. My British Buddy ?:?? (1944)
  25. By the River of Roses ?:?? (1944)
  26. For Me and My Gal ?:?? (1969)
  27. I Cover the Waterfront 3:01 (1979)
  28. Lying in the Hay 2:36 (1979)
  29. When You Were the Girl on the Scooter (And I Was the Boy on the Bike) 3:10 (1979)
  30. Doin' the Uptown 2:21 (1979)
  31. Heaven Only Knows 2:58 (1979)
  32. Rum & Coca‐Cola 3:06 (1989)
  33. Riddle Me This 3:07 (01 Sep 1993)
  34. “Of Thee I Sing” Dance Medley 4:37 (24 Nov 1998) matrix BX11189A
  35. The Varsity Drag 2:42 (1998)
  36. Where’d You Get Those Eyes? 3:00 (1999)
  37. Those Longing for You Blues 2:21 (2001)
  38. Weary Weazel 3:15 (2001)
  39. California Blues 3:12 (2001)
  40. Bugle Call Rag 3:04 (2001)
  41. Cocanut Trot 2:52 (2001)
  42. Sally's Got the Blues 2:54 (2001)
  43. Mighty Blue 2:52 (2001)
  44. Everybody Stomp! 2:57 (2001)
  45. Shake That Thing 2:59 (2001)
  46. Too Bad 3:01 (2001)
  47. Ace in the Hole 2:53 (2001)
  48. Twelfth Street Rag 2:48 (2001)
  49. New St. Louis Blues 3:13 (2001)
  50. Havin' Lots of Fun 3:04 (2001)
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On Recordings (35)

Orchestra

  1. Wistful and Blue ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra (1927)
  2. Beside a Garden Wall ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra (1927)
  3. “Of Thee I Sing” Dance Medley 4:37 Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra (24 Nov 1998)
  4. Just a Bird’s Eye View (of My Old Kentucky Home) ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  5. After I Say I’m Sorry ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  6. Tenderly ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  7. New St. Louis Blues ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  8. Nothing Else to Do (but Sit Around and Think About You) ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  9. Let’s Talk About My Sweetie ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  10. Cryin’ for the Moon ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  11. 12th Street Rag ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  12. Normandy ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  13. Want a Little Lovin’ ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  14. Do You Believe in Dreams? ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  15. Nothing Else To Do (but Sit Around and Think About You) ?:?? Charles Kaley () additional
  16. Mary Lou ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  17. Don’t Wake Me Up (Let Me Dream) ?:?? Charles Kaley () additional
  18. Pal of My Lonesome Hours ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  19. Too Bad ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  20. I’ve Got the Girl ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  21. Breezin’ Along With the Breeze ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  22. Looking at the World through Rose Colored Glasses ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  23. Don’t Somebody Want Somebody to Love ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  24. Behind the Clouds (There’s Crowds and Crowds of Sunbeams) ?:?? Charles Kaley () additional
  25. Burgundy ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  26. There’s a Blue Ridge in My Heart, Virginia ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  27. After I Say I’m Sorry? ?:?? Charles Kaley () additional
  28. Mandy ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  29. Where’d You Get Those Eyes ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  30. Havin’ Lots of Fun ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  31. I Can’t Get Over a Girl Like You (Loving a Boy Like Me) ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  32. Mandalay ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  33. Ace in the Hole ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  34. Sweet Little You ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()
  35. Fleurs D’amour (Flowers of Love) ?:?? Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra ()

Credited as (8)

  1. Abe Lyman & His Californians
  2. Abe Lyman & His Orchestra
  3. Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra
  4. Abe Lyman & His California Orchestra
  5. Abe Lyman and His Californians
  6. Aby Lyman’s California Orchestra
  7. Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra
  8. Abe Lyman's California Orchestra

Links (7)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/300195

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Abe+Lyman+&+his+Californians
  2. https://www.last.fm/music/Abe%20Lyman%E2%80%99s%20California%20Orchestra

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/2872863
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1089971
  3. https://www.discogs.com/artist/349499

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000721040