Gene Austin

Aliases: Bill Collins
Gene Austin & His Orch.
Gene Austin and His Orchestra
Gene Austin & Victor Orchestra
Gene Austin with Orchestra
Real name: Lemeul Eugene Lucas
Born: June 24, 1900
Died: January 24, 1972
Country: United States
IPI: 00001625042 7 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Singer and songwriter. Austin, who adopted his step-father's surname, was one of the early crooners.

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
A Garden in the Rain	Gene Austin	May 3, 1929	(49 artists)
Dream Mother	Gene Austin	May 3, 1929	Unverified
How I Love Her and She Loves Me Is Nobody's Business	Gene Austin	March 19, 1926	Elsie Carlisle
I Wish I Had Died In My Cradle (Before I Grew Up To Love You)	Gene Austin	February 1929	Unverified
Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time	Gene Austin	1928	(50 artists)
Just A Little Home For The Old Folks	Gene Austin	1932	Unverified
Me Too REL	Gene Austin	September 24, 1926	(10 artists) Originally by Monarch Orchestra REC
Music, Maestro, Please!	Gene Austin	1938	(70 artists)
My Bundle of Love	Gene Austin	July 1926	(8 artists)
Nothin'	Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Gene Austin	December 30, 1927	(2 artists)
Old Liza Jane	Uncle "Am" Stuart - Vocal chorus by Gene Austin	October 1924	(42 artists)
She's Funny That Way	Gene Austin	December 21, 1928	(254 artists)
The Lonesome Road	Gene Austin	February 1928	(291 artists)
When the Moon Shines Down upon the Mountain	Bill Collins (Gene Austin)	June 1927	(3 artists)
When Your Lover Has Gone	Gene Austin	April 10, 1931	(297 artists)
Ya Gotta Know How to Love	Gene Austin	June 18, 1926	(16 artists)
Yes Sir, That's My Baby	Gene Austin	June 1925	(240 artists)

Covers by Gene Austin

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	A Faded Summer Love	Gene Austin	1931	Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
	After You've Gone	Gene Austin	April 1930	Campbell and Burr
	Ain't Misbehavin'	Gene Austin with Orchestra	September 6, 1929	Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
	Ain't She Sweet?	Gene Austin	May 13, 1927	Lou Gold with The Melody Man – Vocal Chorus, Murray Amster
	A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet	Gene Austin	1932	Unverified
	All I Do Is Dream of You	Gene Austin	July 5, 1934	Gene Raymond
	All That I'm Asking Is Sympathy	Gene Austin	February 1930	Lew Bray
	A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid	Gene Austin	July 1957	Alabama Washboard Stompers – Vocal Chorus by Jake Fenderson
	Are You Happy?	Gene Austin	November 18, 1927	Unverified
i	Arkansas Traveler	The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau	1924	(unknown)
	Blue Ridge Blues	The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau	1925	George Reneau
	Bye Bye Blackbird	Gene Austin	June 18, 1926	Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
	Carolina Moon	Gene Austin	February 1929	Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Joe Rines
	China Boy	Gene Austin with Candy and Coco	1938	Arnold Johnson and His Orchestra
	Cindy	Bill Collins (Gene Austin)	June 1927	Tuskegee Institute Singers, (unknown)
	Crying Myself to Sleep!	Gene Austin with Orchestra	March 1931	The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin]
	Dear Old Southland	Gene Austin	1934	(unknown)
	Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now	Gene Austin	June 1925	Salt and Pepper
	Everything's Made for Love	Gene Austin with Ukulele by Art Fowler	March 25, 1927	Miss Annette Hanshaw
	Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl)	Gene Austin	February 1926	Sam Lanin and His Orchestra
	Forgive Me	Gene Austin	May 6, 1927	Irving Kaufman
	For My Sweetheart	Gene Austin	September 24, 1926	Sam Lanin's Troubadours - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
	Girl of My Dreams	Gene Austin	May 11, 1928	Blue Steele and His Orchestra with Vocal Chorus
	Goodnight, Sweetheart	Gene Austin	1931	New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble]
	Guilty	Gene Austin and His Orchestra	1931	Unverified
	How Am I to Know?	Gene Austin	1929	Ben Selvin and His Orchestra REC, Russ Columbo BRD
	How Come You Do Me Like You Do – One Sweet Letter from You – I Can't Give You Anything but Love	Gene Austin	January 1954	Marion Harris, Annette Hanshaw, Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
	I Can't Do Without You	Gene Austin	August 1928	Paul Bolognese and His Orchestra
	I Can't Give You Anything but Love	Gene Austin	February 1929	Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
	I Could Write a Book	Gene Austin	July 1957	Artie Shaw and His Orchestra REC,REL, Gene Kelly & Leila Ernst PRF
	I Cried for You (Now it's Your Turn to Cry over Me)	Gene Austin with Victor Young and His Orchestra	1936	The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
	If I Had My Way	Gene Austin with Victor Young and His Orchestra	1936	Peerless Quartet
	I'm Thru with Love	Gene Austin	1931	Henry Busse and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Richard Barry
	I Never Knew	Gene Austin	February 1926	Lou Gold and His Orchestra
	It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry	Gene Austin	February 1927	Isham Jones Orchestra
	I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling	Gene Austin	September 1929	(unknown)
	I've Got the Girl!	Gene Austin	March 1927	Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
	Just Like a Melody out of the Sky	Gene Austin	August 1928	Jesse Crawford
i	La paloma	Gene Austin and Hit of the Week Orchestra	November 19, 1931	Sebastián Yradier PRF, Cornet Duet REL
	Let It Rain	Gene Austin	June 26, 1925	(unknown)
	Let Me Sing and I'm Happy	Gene Austin	May 1930	Al Jolson
	Lies	Gene Austin & His Orch.	December 1931	Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra
	Life's Railway to Heaven	The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau	1925	Edward Allen and Charles Hart
	Little Brown Jug	The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau	1924	Steve Porter
	Lonesome Road Blues	The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau	1925	Henry Whitter
	Lonesome Road – Someday Sweetheart – Who	Gene Austin	January 1954	Gene Austin, Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra, Marilyn Miller and Paul Frawley PRF, Eddie Elkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
	Maybe!–Who Knows?	Gene Austin	September 1929	Ruth Etting
	Memories	Gene Austin	1930	Harry McClaskey (Henry Burr)
	Memories of France	Gene Austin	September 1928	The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman
	Mood Indigo	Gene Austin and His Orchestra	January 1932	The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
	Muddy Water	Gene Austin	May 20, 1927	Harold Leonard and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
	My Blue Heaven	Gene Austin	November 4, 1927	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
	My Fate Is in Your Hands	Gene Austin	February 1930	Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo
	My Melancholy Baby	Gene Austin	January 1928	Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
	Nobody Cares if I'm Blue	Gene Austin	1930	Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC, Marion Harris REL
	Now That You're Gone	Gene Austin and Hit of the Week Orchestra	November 19, 1931	(unknown)
	One Sweet Letter from You	Gene Austin	August 1927	Annette Hanshaw
	Peace of Mind	Gene Austin with Orchestra	September 6, 1929	Pancho and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Ross
	Please Don't Talk About Me (When I'm Gone)	Gene Austin	April 10, 1931	Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
	Ramona	Gene Austin	May 11, 1928	Dolores Del Rio BRD, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REC,REL
	Ramona – She's Funny That Way – I'm in the Mood for Love	Gene Austin	January 1954	Dolores Del Rio BRD, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Gene Austin, Frances Langford BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC
	Sally Gooden	Uncle "Am" Stuart - Vocal choruses by Gene Austin	September 1924	A.C. (Eck) Robertson
	Save Your Sorrow (For To-Morrow)	Gene Austin	January 8, 1926	Ben Litchfield
	Sentimental Baby	Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Gene Austin	February 8, 1929	Charley Straight and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
	Sleepy Time Gal	Gene Austin	February 1926	Carlyle Stevenson's El Patio Orchestra
	Someday Sweetheart	Gene Austin	May 6, 1927	Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
	Sonny Boy	Gene Austin	December 21, 1928	Al Jolson REC,BRD
	So Tired	Gene Austin	June 1928	Freddie Rose
	St. James Infirmary	Gene Austin	April 1930	(unknown), (unknown), Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
	St. Louis Blues	Gene Austin	December 1928	Prince's Band
	Sunday	Gene Austin – Abel Baer at the Piano	February 11, 1927	Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
	Sweet Child (I'm Wild About You)	Gene Austin	March 1926	Chick Endor
	That's What I Call Heaven	Gene Austin	May 1929	The Rollickers
	There's a Cradle in Carolina	Gene Austin	January 1928	Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain Seger Ellis REL, Vaughn De Leath (The Radio Girl) ‑ Bill Regis at the piano REC
	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi	Gene Austin	November 18, 1927	(unknown)
	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi – Sleepy Time Gal – My Blue Heaven	Gene Austin	January 1954	(unknown), Carlyle Stevenson's El Patio Orchestra, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
	Thinking of You (I've Grown So Lonesome)	Gene Austin – Abel Baer at the Piano	February 11, 1927	(unknown)
	To My Mammy	Gene Austin	May 1930	Unverified
	To-night You Belong to Me	Gene Austin	February 1927	Irving Kaufman
i	Turkey in the Straw	The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau	May 1925	Billy Golden
	Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine)	Gene Austin assisted by Robertson and Smalle	May 1929	(unknown)
	What Do I Care What Somebody Said	Gene Austin	May 13, 1927	Harry Pollock's Blue Diamonds - Vocal Chorus, Al Shayne REL, Mound City Blue Blowers REC
	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (All the Little Birdies Go Tweet-Tweet-Tweet)	Aileen Stanley with Gene Austin	March 13, 1925	Wolverine Orch. – Vocal Chorus Dave Harman
	Without That Gal!	Gene Austin	1931	Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo
	Without You Sweetheart	Gene Austin	June 8, 1928	The Rounders – Vocal Chorus Tom Stacks
	Yearning (Just for You)	Gene Austin	May 1925	(unknown)
	You'll Never Miss Your Mother Until She Is Gone	The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau	1925	(unknown)
	You're Driving Me Crazy! (What Did I Do?)	Gene Austin with Orchestra	March 1931	Jack Albin and His Hotel Pennsylvania Dance Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty REC, Adele Astaire & Eddie Foy Jr. PRF

Songs written by Gene Austin

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
How Come You Do Me Like You Do	Gene Austin, Roy Bergere	Marion Harris	March 28, 1924	Covered by (124 artists)
I'm a Rootin' Shootin' Tootin' Man from Texas	Gene Austin	New Dixie Demons	August 1936	Covered by (5 artists)
Occidental Woman	Gene Austin	Mae West		Covered by Duke Robillard and Sunny Crownover
Take Your Shoes Off Baby	Gene Austin	Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by "Hot Lips" Page	September 3, 1941	Covered by (9 artists)
The Lonesome Road	Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret	Gene Austin	September 16, 1927	Covered by (291 artists)
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	Gene Austin, Irving Mills, Jimmy McHugh	Wolverine Orch. – Vocal Chorus Dave Harman	December 4, 1924	Covered by (118 artists)
When the Moon Shines Down upon the Mountain	Gene Austin	Bill Collins (Gene Austin)	February 10, 1926	Covered by (3 artists)

Releases

Albums

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	My Blue Heaven	Gene Austin	January 1954	RCA Victor

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Ain't Misbehavin'	Gene Austin with Orchestra	September 6, 1929	Victor
Ain't She Sweet?	Gene Austin	May 13, 1927	Victor
Are You Happy?	Gene Austin	November 18, 1927	Victor
Carolina Moon	Gene Austin	February 1929	Victor
Dear Old Southland	Gene Austin with Candy and Coco	1938	Decca
Dear Old Southland	Gene Austin	1934	Banner [US1]
Dream Mother	Gene Austin	May 3, 1929	Victor
Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now	Gene Austin	June 1925	Victor
Everything's Made for Love - Oh How She Could Play a Ukulele	Gene Austin - Johnny Marvin	March 25, 1927	Victor
Forgive Me	Gene Austin	May 6, 1927	Victor
For My Sweetheart	Gene Austin	September 24, 1926	Victor
Georgianna - Here I Am	Correll and Gosden - Gene Austin	August 20, 1926	Victor
Georgia on My Mind - Mood Indigo	Mildred Bailey - Gene Austin and His Orchestra	January 1932	Victor
Goodnight Sweetheart	Gene Austin	1931	Romeo
How Am I to Know?	Gene Austin	1929	Victor
I Can't Give You Anything but Love	Gene Austin	February 1929	Victor
I Could Write a Book	Gene Austin	July 1957	RCA Victor
If I Had My Way	Gene Austin with Victor Young and His Orchestra	1936	Decca
I Love My Baby - How I Love Her and She Loves Me Is Nobody's Business	Aileen Stanley - Gene Austin	March 19, 1926	Victor
I'm Sitting on Top of the World (Just Rolling Along, Just Rolling Along) - Sweet Child (I'm Wild About You)	Frank Crumit - Gene Austin	March 1926	Victor
I'm Sorry Dear	Gene Austin & His Orch.	December 1931	Perfect [US1]
I've Got the Girl! - 'Deed I Do	Gene Austin - Johnny Marvin	March 1927	Victor
I Wonder Where My Baby Is To-Night? - I Never Knew	Henry Burr and Billy Murray - Gene Austin	February 1926	Victor
Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time	Gene Austin	1928	Victor
Just Around the Corner – Behind the Clouds	The Revelers – Gene Austin	April 2, 1926	Victor
Just Like a Melody out of the Sky	Gene Austin	August 1928	Victor
Let It Rain	Gene Austin	June 26, 1925	Victor
Life's Railway to Heaven	The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau	April 1925	Edison Blue Amberol
Little Brown Jug	The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau	1924	Edison
Lonesome Road Blues	The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau	1925	Edison
Maybe!–Who Knows?	Gene Austin	September 1929	Victor
Memories of France	Gene Austin	September 1928	Victor
Muddy Water	Gene Austin	May 20, 1927	Victor
Music, Maestro, Please!	Gene Austin	1938	Decca
My Blue Heaven	Gene Austin	November 4, 1927	Victor
My Fate Is in Your Hands	Gene Austin	February 1930	Victor
Nobody Cares if I'm Blue	Gene Austin	1930	Victor
Now That You're Gone - La paloma	Gene Austin and Hit of the Week Orchestra	November 19, 1931	Hit of the Week
One Sweet Letter from You	Gene Austin	August 1927	Victor
Ramona	Gene Austin	May 11, 1928	Victor
Ridin' Around in the Rain	Gene Austin	July 5, 1934	Victor
Save Your Sorrow (For To-morrow) - Cross My Heart, Mother	Gene Austin - Henry Burr	January 8, 1926	Victor
Sleepy Time Gal	Gene Austin	February 1926	Victor
Sonny Boy	Gene Austin	December 21, 1928	Victor
St. James Infirmary	Gene Austin	April 1930	Victor
St. Louis Blues	Gene Austin	December 1928	Victor
Thanks for the Buggy Ride - My Bundle of Love	Frank Crumit - Gene Austin	July 1926	Victor
The Lonesome Road - Wake Nicodemus	Gene Austin - Frank Crumit	February 1928	Victor
There's a Cradle in Carolina	Gene Austin	January 1928	Victor
Thinking of You (I've Grown So Lonesome)	Gene Austin – Abel Baer at the Piano	February 11, 1927	Victor
Tomorrow	Gene Austin	June 1928	Victor
To My Mammy	Gene Austin	May 1930	Victor
To-night You Belong to Me	Gene Austin	February 1927	Victor
Turkey in the Straw	The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau	May 1925	Edison
Turkey in the Straw	The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau	June 1925	Edison Blue Amberol
Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine)	Gene Austin	May 1929	Victor
When the Moon Shines Down upon the Mountain	Bill Collins (Gene Austin)	June 1927	Victor
When Your Lover Has Gone	Gene Austin	April 10, 1931	Victor
Without That Gal!	Gene Austin	1931	Victor
Without You Sweetheart	Gene Austin	June 8, 1928	Victor
Ya Gotta Know How to Love	Gene Austin	June 18, 1926	Victor
Yearning (Just for You)	Gene Austin	May 1925	Victor
You're Driving Me Crazy! (What Did I Do?)	Gene Austin with Orchestra	March 1931	Victor
You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She Is Gone	The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau	1925	Edison

Performances also appear on

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Baby Your Mother (Like She Babied You) – Nothin'	Don Bestor and His Orchestra – Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra	December 30, 1927	Victor
Old Liza Jane	Uncle "Am" Stuart	October 1924	Vocalion [US]
Sally Gooden	Uncle "Am" Stuart	September 1924	Vocalion [US]
Sentimental Baby	Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra	February 8, 1929	Victor
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (All the Little Birdies Go Tweet-Tweet-Tweet)	Aileen Stanley	March 13, 1925	Victor

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