DWIGHT FISKE
(August 25, 1892 - November 25, 1959)




Major Engagements:

Bat Club, London (c. early 1930s)
Mayfair Yacht Club, N.Y.C. (c. 1933-1934)
Savoy Room/Café Lounge, Savoy-Plaza Hotel N.Y.C. (c. 1935-1941)
San Marco Restaurant, London (c. July 1936)
Blackstone Club, Chicago (c. August 1936)
Versailles Nightclub, N.Y.C. (c. 1943-1945)

Note: All recordings, whether or not designated, are performed by Dwight Fiske, solo piano and voice. Unless note, all Gala label recordings are ten inch recordings.


1933

78/Fiskana unnumbered (Ida, The Wayward Sturgeon; Clarissa The Flea)

78/Fiskana unissued (Two Horses And A Debutante; Mrs. Pettibone)

78/Fiskana 36099 (Mrs. Pettibone; Two Horses And A Debutante) [also 78/Gala 099 (12")]

78/Fiskana 36100 (Clarissa The Flea; Ida, The Wayward Sturgeon) [also 78/Gala 100 (12")]

1934

78/Fiskana 36103 (Anthony And Cleopatra; Adam And Eve) [also 78/Gala 103 (12")]

78/Fiskana 36108 (Tilley The Pure White Leghorn; Wing Toy And Ky Fy) [also 78/Gala 108 (12")]
Note: Tilley The Pure White Leghorn was recorded on November 27, 1933.

78/Fiskana 36122 (Kitty Malibu; Irving Levy)

78/Fiskana 36134 (Week-End; Vera Young) [also 78/Gala 134 (12")]

78/Fiskana 36135 (Columbus And Isabella; Africa Whispers)

78/Fiskana unissued takes 2, 2A, 3, 3A (Mr. Webster)

1935

78/Fiscana 36162 (The Colonel's Tropical Bird; Mr. Seven) [also 78/Gala 162 (12")]

78/Fiscana 36167 (Mr. Webster [also 78/Gala 167 (12")]; Molly O'Toole, The Fan Dancer)
Note: Mr. Webster was recorded on January 3, 1934.

78/Fiskana 36173 (The King And The Queen; Last Cure) [also 78/Gala 173 (12")]

78/Fiskana 36177 (Venus And Adonis; We Live At The Everglades Club)

78/Fiskana unissued (Venus And Adonis) ]

1936

78/Fiscana 36179 (Uncle Tom's Cabana; Coney Island Honeymoon)

78/Fiscana 36182 (The Happy Couple; Paul And Virginia)

78/Fiscana 36187 (Why Should Penguins Fly?; Mediterranean Folly) [also 78/Gala 187 (12")]
Note: This last record was recorded in London.

1937

78/Fiscana 36203 (Mickey Finn; The Fourteenth Wedding Anniversary)

78/Fiscana unissued (Town And Country Boy)

78/Fiscana unissued takes 1, 2, 2A (Puss In The Corner)

78/Fiscana? unissued (Beet-Top And His Friends) (children's story)

1939

Liberty Music Shops Present Dwight Fiske, unnumbered Liberty Music Shop album containing:

78/Liberty Music Shop L-264 (The Toast of Calcutta; Thank You For Coming)
78/Liberty Music Shop L-265 (Oh, Evening Star; Souvenir Of The Fair)
78/Liberty Music Shop L-266 (From Titles To Tales; Havana Night)
78/Liberty Music Shop L-267 (Town And Country Boy; His Excellency)

c. 1945

78/Gala 188 (12") (Pogey Brown; The Censored Letter)

78/Gala 189 (12") (Dr. Cinnamon; The Hair Of The Wolf)

78/Gala 191 (12") Spring In Rhode Island; Putzy Gold)

c. 1946

78/Gala 099 (Mrs. Pettibone; Two Horses And A Debutante) [reissued on Sophisticated Songs And Patter, Vol. 1, 10"/Gala GLP-101]
Note: Alternate takes of Mrs. Pettibone exist (099-2A, 099-3A); alternate takes of Two Horses And A Debutante exist (099-1B, 099-2B, 099-3A).

78/Gala 100 (Clarissa The Flea; Ida The Wayward Sturgeon) [reissued on Sophisticated Songs And Patter, Vol. 1, 10"/Gala GLP-101]

78/Gala 108 (Tilley The Pure White Leghorn; Wing Toy And Ky Fy) [reissued on Sophisticated Songs And Patter, Vol. 3, 10"/Gala GLP-102]
Note: Alternate takes of Tiley The Pure White Leghorn exist (108-A, 108-1A, 108-3A); alternate takes of Wing Toy And Ky Fy exist (108-2B, 108-3B).

78/Gala 134 (Week-End; Vera Young)

78/Gala 162 (Adam And Eve; The Colonel's Tropical Bird) [reissued on Sophisticated Songs And Patter, Vol. 1, 10"/Gala GLP-101]

78/Gala 167 (Mr. Webster; Mickey Finn) [reissued on Sophisticated Songs And Patter, Vol. 3, 10"/Gala GLP-102]

78/Gala 187 (Bella The Belle Of The Beltline; Why Should Penguins Fly) [reissued on Sophisticated Songs And Patter, Vol. 3, 10"/Gala GLP-102]

78/Gala 188 (The King And Queen; The Censored Letter) [reissued on Sophisticated Songs And Patter, Vol. 2, 10"/Gala GLP-101]

78/Gala 189 (Dr. Cinnamon; The Hair Of The Wolf) [reissued on Sophisticated Songs And Patter, Vol. 3, 10"/Gala GLP-102]

78/Gala 190 (The Captain's Leave; Mr. Green)
Note: Alternate takes of The Captain's Leave exist (190-A, 190-1A, 190-2A); alternate takes of Mr. Green exist (190-B, 190-2B, 190-3B).

78/Gala 192 (Major Teakwood; 14th Wedding Anniversary)

78/Gala 193 (Stella The Mouse; Everglades Club) [reissued on Sophisticated Songs And Patter, Vol. 2, 10"/Gala GLP-101]

78/Gala 194 (All Out Annie; Mrs. Trapp)

78/Gala 195 (Puss In The Corner; Irving Levy)
Note: Alternate takes of Puss In The Corner exist (195-A, 195-1A); alternate takes of Irving Levy exist (195-B, 195-1B).

78/Gala 196 (Seaman Dinwiddie Comes Home; Pomona The Deer) [reissued on Sophisticated Songs And Patter, Vol. 2, 10"/Gala GLP-101]
Note: Alternate takes of Seaman Dinwiddie Comes Home exist (196-1A, 196-3A); alternate takes of Pomona The Deer exist (196-1B, 196-3B).

78/Gala 197 (Anthony And Cleopatra; Columbus And Isabella) [reissued on Sophisticated Songs And Patter, Vol. 2, 10"/Gala GLP-101]

78/Gala 198 (Afghan Serenade; Case 142)
Note: Alternate takes of Case 142 exists (198 B-1, 198 B-3).

78/Gala 199 (Uncle Tom's Cabana; The Happy Couple)
Note: Alternate takes of Uncle Tom's Cabana exist (199 A, 199 A-2, 199 A-3); alternate takes of The Happy Couple exist (199B, 199 B-1, 199 B-3.

1947

78/Gala 200 (Oh Evening Star; Thank You For Coming)

78/Gala 201 (Souvenir Of The Fair; Havana Night)
Note: Alternate takes of Souvenir Of The Fair exist (201 A, 201 A-1); alternate takes of Havana Night exist (201 B, 201 B-1).

78/Gala 202 (Lucrezia Borgia; Mary And Fred)

78/Gala 203 (Morning; Salome) [reissued on Sophisticated Songs And Patter, Vol. 1, 10"/Gala GLP-101]

1955

Songs His Mother Never Taught Him, 10"/Jubilee (M) LP-17 (Dwight Fiske, piano and voice)

Tracks: Senorita Margarita Del Campo; Elizabeth And Raliegh; Fountain Of Youth; Salome; Mrs. Pettibone; Mr. America

Note: Recorded in 1954.

Mid-1950s

Musical Satires, 10"/Monarch (M) MO-LP206 (Dwight Fiske, piano and voice)

Tracks: The Fountain Of Youth; The Captain's Leave; Senorita Del Campo; Case 142; Mrs. Pettibone; The 14th Wedding Anniversary

2005

Tongue With Cheek, Jubilee (M) JGM-2026 (Dwight Fiske, piano and voice)

Track: Senorita Margarita Del Campo; Case 142; Mrs. Pettibone; The Fourteenth Wedding Anniversary

Note: The remaining tracks are performed by Nan Blackstone.