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Dana Records was founded in 1946 in New York by polish immigrant pianist, composer and singer Wladyslaw Danilowski also known as Walter Dana. Wladyslaw was born in Warsaw, Poland in April 26, 1902. He began playing piano and composing at the age of seven. In 1940 he managed to immigrate to the U.S. with his wife, stage star Niusia Nobosowna and son Gustav.

Dana Records started on reissuing “Syrena-Record” records, but quickly began its own recordings. It became the top Polish-Polka line within a short time. In 1952 a poll by Billboard Magazine ranked Dana Records behind Victor and Columbia and ahead of Decca, Capitol, Mercury and all others.

The Dana line included 120 albums or some 1,300 recorded tunes.

In 1950 Wladyslaw sold Dana Records to Fiesta Records and moved to Florida where he dedicated all his time to serious music composing. He died on March 4, 2000 at age of 97.

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TakeTitle Name (Composer)Artist(s), AccompanimentRec Date
Rec Place
Press Date
Label(s)Order No
[xRef Nos]
Files
590 A
(590-A)
polishbaritone with orchestra
A bit of happiness (Odrobina szczęścia w miłości), tango (movie «What is my husband doing tonight?») (Jerzy Petersburski, lyrics by Emanuel Schlechter)
Mieczysław Fogg, acc. orchestra "Syrena Records"09-1934Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro590
25218
[25218, 9332]
590 B
(590-B)
polishbaritone with orchestra
A woman is like a rose (Kobieta jest jak róża), tango (Julian Skotnicki, lyrics by Feliks Motylewski)
Mieczysław Fogg, acc. orchestra "Syrena Records"05-1935...06-1935Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro590
26147
[9479]
608 A
(DAN-608 A)
polishtenor with orchestra
Ecie-pecie, foxtrot (Zygmunt Bialostocki, lyrics by Zygmunt Białostocki)
Tadeusz Faliszewski (Jan Pobog), acc. "syrena-record" orchestra1935
Warsaw
1946
Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro608
26455
608 B
(DAN-608 B)
polishtenor with orchestra
You can’t escape from love (Od miłości nikt się nie wykręci), foxtrot (Alfred Scher, Stanisław Szebego, lyrics by Konrad Tom)
Tadeusz Faliszewski (Jan Pobog), acc. "syrena-record" orchestra1935
Warsaw
1946
Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro608
26457
610 A
(DAN-610 A)
polishtenor with orchestra
It’s best to have noise in my head (Najlepiej w głowie mieć szum), waltz (Film «Three of a kind») (Henryk Wars, lyrics by Emanuel Schlechter)
[pl]Edward Jasiński[pl]Edward Jasinski[ru] Ýäâàðä ßñèíüñêèé, acc. "syrena-record" orchestra1937
Warsaw
1946
Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro28429
610 B
(DAN-610 B)
polishtenor with orchestra
Does miss Agnes live here? (Czy tutaj mieszka panna Agnieszka), tango (Film «Three of a kind») (Henryk Wars, lyrics by Emanuel Schlechter)
Edward Jasinski, acc. "syrena-record" orchestra1937
Warsaw
1946
Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro28428
612 A
(DAN-612 A)
polishtenor with orchestra
The sweetest tango (Najsłodsze tango) (Jerzy Petersburski, lyrics by Zenon Friedwald)
Adam Aston, acc. "syrena-record" orchestra, Conductor Henryk Gold1936
Warsaw
1946
Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro27170
612 B
(DAN-612 B)
polishtenor with orchestra
Almeri, tango (Zygmunt Lewandowski, lyrics by Zbigniew Maciejowski)
Adam Aston, acc. "syrena-record" orchestra, Conductor Henryk Gold1936
Warsaw
1946
Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro27168
614 A
(DAN-614 A)
polishtenor with orchestra
We agreed to meet at 9 (Umowilem sie z nia na 9-ta), tango (Film «One Floor Above») (Henryk Wars, lyrics by Emanuel Schlechter)
Marian Wilhelm Demar, acc. "syrena-record" orchestra, Conductor Iwo Wesby1937
Warsaw
1946
Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro28067
614 B
(DAN-614 B)
polish, italiantenor with orchestra
Gypsy violinists (Cygańskie skrzypeczki) (Violino tzigano), tango (Film «Melodramma») (Cesare Andrea Bixio, lyrics by Bixio Cherubini)
Marian Wilhelm Demar, acc. "Syrena-Record" Orchestra, Conductor Iwo Wesby1937
Warsaw
Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro28068
635 A
(DAN-635 A)
polishtenor with orchestra
Who kisses your lips today (Kto dziś całuje Twe usta), tango (Wiktor Krupiński, lyrics by Andrzej Wlast)
Adam Aston, acc. "syrena-record" orchestra1935
Warsaw
1946
Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro26489
635 B
(DAN-635 B)
polishtenor with orchestra
As In Old Years (Jak za dawnych lat), tango (Henryk Wars, lyrics by Jerzy Jurandot)
Adam Aston, acc. "syrena-record" orchestra1936
Warsaw
1946
Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro26569
740 A
(740-A)
polish
Wishing at Wishng Well (Głęboka studzienka), waltz
Gene WisniewskiDana (brown)740
740 B
(740-B)
polish
Running Brook (Płynie potok), oberek (Gene Wisniewski)
Gene Wisniewski, acc. Gene Wisniewski And His Harmony Bells Orchestra1946Dana (brown)740
1008 A
(1008-A)
polishtenor with chorus and orchestra
The fairest of maidens (Śliczna Panienka), kolyada (arr. Walter Dana (Wladyslaw Danilowski, Dan))
Stanislaw Jaworski, chorus Arfa (Edmund A. Sennert), acc. Gil (Gilbert E.) Bajek (organ), Conductor Walter Dana (Wladyslaw Danilowski, Dan)~1947
New York
Carinia (red)1008
PD-202
(1008-A)
1014 A
(1014-A)
polish, americantenor with orchestra
Jingle bells (Polish text) (Dzwoń, dzwoń, dzwoń), polka (James Lord Pierpont, lyrics by Niusia Nobisowna (Nobis) (Polish text))
Stanislaw Jaworski, acc. Dana orchestra, Conductor Walter Dana (Wladyslaw Danilowski, Dan)~1947
New York
Carinia (red)1014
PD-202
(1014-A)
6001 A
polishtenor with orchestra
Jontek’s dumka - In the hills the wind wails, part 1 (Szumią jodły- aria Jontka cz.1) (Opera «Halka», act 4) (Stanisław Moniuszko, lyrics by Włodzimierz Wolsky, based on: Włodzimierz Wolsky/Kazimierz Vuynitsky: Poem/Novel «Halka/The mountain girl»)
Mieczysław Salecki, acc. Orchestra of Warsaw Opera, Conductor Bronisłav Szulc1929
Warsaw
1948
Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro6001
20408
6001 B
polishtenor with orchestra
Jontek’s dumka - In the hills the wind wails, part 2 (Szumią jodły- aria Jontka cz. 2) (Opera «Halka», act 4) (Stanisław Moniuszko, lyrics by Włodzimierz Wolsky, based on: Włodzimierz Wolsky/Kazimierz Vuynitsky: Poem/Novel «Halka/The mountain girl»)
Mieczysław Salecki, acc. Orchestra of Warsaw Opera, Conductor Bronisłav Szulc1929
Warsaw
1948
Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro6001
20409
6002 A
polishsoprano with orchestra
Oh, my little one, part 1 (O mój maleńki, cz 1) (Opera «Halka», act 4) (Stanisław Moniuszko, lyrics by Włodzimierz Wolsky, based on: Włodzimierz Wolsky/Kazimierz Vuynitsky: Poem/Novel «Halka/The mountain girl»)
, Matylda Polińska-Lewicka, acc. Orchestra of Warsaw Opera, Conductor Bronisłav SzulcWarsawDana (brown), Syrena-Electro6002
20287
6002 B
polishsoprano with orchestra
Oh, my little one, part 2 (O mój maleńki, cz 2) (Opera «Halka», act 4) (Stanisław Moniuszko, lyrics by Włodzimierz Wolsky, based on: Włodzimierz Wolsky/Kazimierz Vuynitsky: Poem/Novel «Halka/The mountain girl»)
, Matylda Polińska-Lewicka, acc. Orchestra of Warsaw Opera, Conductor Bronisłav SzulcWarsawDana (brown), Syrena-Electro6002
20288
6003 A
polishsoprano with orchestra
Halka`s recitative and aria - It was earlier the sun .. part 1 (Gdyby rannym słonkiem.... cz.1) (Opera «Halka», act 2) (Stanisław Moniuszko, lyrics by Włodzimierz Wolsky, based on: Włodzimierz Wolsky/Kazimierz Vuynitsky: Poem/Novel «Halka/The mountain girl»)
Matylda Polińska-Lewicka, acc. Orchestra of Warsaw Opera, Conductor Bronisłav Szulc1929
Warsaw
1948
Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro6003
20285
6003 B
polishsoprano with orchestra
Halka`s recitative and aria - It was earlier the sun .. part 2 (Gdyby rannym słonkiem.... cz.2) (Opera «Halka», act 2) (Stanisław Moniuszko, lyrics by Włodzimierz Wolsky, based on: Włodzimierz Wolsky/Kazimierz Vuynitsky: Poem/Novel «Halka/The mountain girl»)
Matylda Polińska-Lewicka, acc. Orchestra of Warsaw Opera, Conductor Bronisłav Szulc1929
Warsaw
1948
Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro6003
20286
6004 A
polishchorus with orchestra
After Vespers on Sunday, part 1 (Po Nieszporach przy niedzieli cz.1) (Opera «Halka», act 3) (Stanisław Moniuszko, lyrics by Włodzimierz Wolsky, based on: Włodzimierz Wolsky/Kazimierz Vuynitsky: Poem/Novel «Halka/The mountain girl»)
choir and orchestra of Warsaw Opera, Conductor Bronisłav Szulc1929
Warsaw
1948
Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro6004
20297
6004 B
polishchorus with orchestra
After Vespers on Sunday, part 2 (Po Nieszporach przy niedzieli cz. 2) (Opera «Halka», act 3) (Stanisław Moniuszko, lyrics by Włodzimierz Wolsky, based on: Włodzimierz Wolsky/Kazimierz Vuynitsky: Poem/Novel «Halka/The mountain girl»)
choir and orchestra of Warsaw Opera, Conductor Bronisłav Szulc1929
Warsaw
1948
Dana (brown), Syrena-Electro6004
20298
6005 A
polishduet with orchestra
[ru]Äóýò Éîíòåêà è Ãàëüêè[pl]Niechaj będzie pochwalony (Opera «Halka», act 3) (Stanisław Moniuszko, lyrics by Włodzimierz Wolsky, based on: Włodzimierz Wolsky/Kazimierz Vuynitsky: Poem/Novel «Halka/The mountain girl»)
Wiktor Bregy, Matylda Polińska-Lewicka, acc. Orchestra of Warsaw Opera, Conductor Bronisłav SzulcWarsawDana, Syrena-Electro6005
20863
6005 B
polishduet with orchestra
The dove above the mountains (Gołąbeczek nad górami) (Opera «Halka», act 3) (Stanisław Moniuszko, lyrics by Włodzimierz Wolsky, based on: Włodzimierz Wolsky/Kazimierz Vuynitsky: Poem/Novel «Halka/The mountain girl»)
Wiktor Bregy, Matylda Polińska-Lewicka, acc. Orchestra of Warsaw Opera, Conductor Bronisłav SzulcWarsawDana (brown), Syrena-Electro6005
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