Dick Robertson (songwriter)
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Dick Robertson (New York City, 3 July 1903 - 1979[1][2]) was an American popular big band singer and songwriter of the 1930s and 40s. He sang for many bandleaders such as Leo Reisman, and was on the artist roster at Banner Records. His last recording session as a singer was in 1949. He also used the pseudonym Bob Richardson for some recordings on Mayfair Records.[3]
As a songwriter his biggest hit was "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me)" in 1940.[4] The Sinatra version of the song was re-released on The Song Is You (album) and again on Frank Sinatra & the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1
As songwriter
- "I'd Do It All Over Again" 1945 co-written with Frank Weldon and James Cavanaugh.
As singer
- Singin' in the Bathtub, 1929
- All I Do Is Dream of You, 1934
- She Had to Go and Lose It at the Astor, 1940 - banned by the BBC
- Any Bonds Today?, 1940
- Ferryboat Serenade, 1941 - Number 1 in Australia
- My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time, 1945
References
- ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21116226?selectedversion=NBD8527539
- ↑ Oxford
- ↑ 60 years of recorded jazz 1917-1977 1980 - Volume 9 - Page R-237 "Old sheep, you know the way - BOB RICHARDSON Bob Richardson and his Orchestra : pseudonym on Mayfair G2023 for Dick Robertson, see there"
- ↑ Warren W. Vaché The unsung songwriters: America's masters of melodies 2000 p403 "Anybody who bought popular records during the thirties and forties would be familiar with his voice. Besides performing as a vocalist, Robertson also doubled as a songwriter, collaborating on a number of very respectable entries in the popular field. His biggest hit was the wistful ballad We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me), a 1940 "
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