Samuel Siegel

Samuel Siegel (born 1875, Des Moines, Iowa — died January 14, 1948, Los Angeles, California) was an American mandolin virtuoso and composer who played mandolin on 29 records for Victor Records, including 9 pieces of his own composition and two that he arranged. Siegel was the first mandolinist to record on Emile Berliner’s phonograph disk-records. Recording partners Siegel recorded with Roy Butin in 1908 on four Victor records, the tunes: Southern Fantasy, Estellita Waltz, American Valor March, and In Fairyland. He recorded Edison Diamond Disk record Ragtime Echoes in 1918 with Marie Caveny, with her on ukulele, and also Dance, Mouse Dance, and Medley. Marie and her husband James Frank Caveny lived with Siegel as lodgers in Chicago during the 1910 United States Census. They were performers or lecturers in the Lyceum movement. James Franklin was a cartoonist and Marie sang soprano in their performance. Gold Molded * Home, sweet home (1902), Samuel Siegel (mandolin) * Manzanilo (c. 1902), Samuel Siegel (mandolin) * The story teller waltz (1903), Samuel Siegel (mandolin) * My Old Kentucky Home (1903), Samuel Siegel (mandolin) * Just One Girl (1904), Samuel Siegel (mandolin) (Music wri