Songwriter, musical director and arranger for Pathé in the 1920s. Onivas is his surname spelled backwards.
APPEARANCES +
Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orchestras*
After Midnight
2024, 2xCD, Comp, Archeophone Records, 
Loren McMurray*
The Moaninest Moan Of Them All: The Jazz Saxophone Of Loren McMurray 1920-1922
2023, 2xCD, Comp, Archeophone Records
The Birdlanders Featuring Jay Jay Johnson* And Al Cohn
The Birdlanders
1991, CD, 
,
, Bop
Various
Too Much Mustard
1972, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Saydisc
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus Band*
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus Band
1951
Willard Robison And His Orchestra* / D. Onivas And His Orchestra*
The More We Are To-gether / Come Along Sweet Summer Time
1927, Shellac, 10", Bro, Perfect (3)
Golden Gate Orchestra / D. Onivas & Orchestra
Montmartre Rose / Tango Parisian
1925, Shellac, 10", Perfect (3), ,
, Tango
Cliff Edwards* / D. Onivas And His Orchestra*
Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me / Harriette
1925, Shellac, 10", Bro, Perfect (3)
Lou Gold And His Orchestra / Casino Dance Orchestra
Ukulele Lady / Night Ride Of The Cossacks
1925, Shellac, 10", Bro, Perfect (3)
Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike)* / D. Onivas And His Orchestra*
Will You Remember Me / Tell Me You Love Me
1925
Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike)* / D. Onivas And His Orchestra*
Let It Rain, Let It Pour / In My Droski
1925
Westchester Biltmore Country Club Orchestra / Casino Dance Orchestra
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / Japanette
1924
Carl Fenton's Orchestra / Oriole Orchestra
March Of The Mannikins / In A Tent
1923, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra
Roses Of Picardy / March Of The Mannikins
1923, Shellac, 10", Red, Vocalion (2), 
Vincent Lopez And His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra*
Aggravatin' Papa / Burning Sands
1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh
The Manhattan Merrymakers / The Benson Orchestra Of Chicago
Bonnie / March Of The Mannikins
1923, Shellac, 10", Victor
Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra
Burning Sands / Falling
1923, Shellac, 10", Victor
Ray Perkins
March Of The Mannikins / Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
1923, Edison Disc, Edison Records
Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra / The Georgians
Burning Sands / You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night
1923, Shellac, 10", 80 RPM, Columbia
Ray Miller And His Orchestra
Blue Hoosier Blues / March Of The Mannikins
1923, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Hotel Baltimore Orchestra / Casino Dance Orchestra
Love Tales / March Of The Mannikins
1923, Shellac, 10", Pathé Actuelle
Broadway Dance Orchestra
March Of The Mannikins / You Know You Belong To Somebody Else (So Why Don't You Leave Me Alone)
1923, Edison Disc, Edison Records
The Gregorians
March Of The Mannikins / Wonderful You
1923
Rialto Dance Orchestra
Fate (It Was Fate When I First Met You) / Burning Sands
1923
Vox-Tanz-Orchester
Serenade / Kentucky Dream
1922, Shellac, 12", Vox (3)
Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra / The Happy Six
Burning Sands / You Gave Me Your Heart
1922, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Harry Raderman's Orchestra
Love's Symphony / Burning Sands
1922, Edison Disc, Re-, Edison Records
Regal Dance Orchestra
Indianola / Elsetta
1921, Shellac, 10", Regal, 
Shannon Four / Peerless Quartet*
Now I Know / I'll Aways Be Waiting For You
1920, Shellac, 10", Victor, ,
, Ballad
Campbell And Burr / Lewis James
All I Have Are Sunny Weather Friends / Now I Know
1920, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Walter Scanlan
When Two Hearts Discover / Now I Know
1920, Shellac, 10", Emerson Records (2)
Harvey Hindermyer / The Lyric Male Quartet
Sunny Weather Friends / Now I Know
1920, Edison Disc, Edison Records
Coney Island Jazz Orchestra / Conklin's Society Orchestra
Under The Honeymoon / Now I Know
1920, Shellac, 10", Gennett
Orquestrina Tzigan Americana Nic Fusly
Hindustan / Indianola
1920, Shellac, 10", Disco "Gramófono", Disco "Gramófono",
Kalliope Streichorchester
Arizona / Indianola
1920, Shellac, 10", Kalliope
Walter Scanlan / Arthur Fields
Good Night, Dearie / Bless My Swanee River Home
1920, Shellac, 10", Emerson Records (2)
Nicholas Orlando's Orchestra
Kentucky Dream Waltz / Velvet Lady
1919, Shellac, 10", Victor
New York Military Band
Indianola / Camouflage
1919, Edison Disc, Edison Records
Le Grand Orchestre Du Gramophone
Indianola / Phi-Phi : "Marche des Petits Païens"
1919, Shellac, 10", Disque Pour Gramophone, 
,
, Novelty/Operetta
Bal Taberin Jazz Orchestra
Dardanella / Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me
1919, Shellac, 10", Lyric Record
Leola Lucey And Charles Hart (2) / George Wilton Ballard
Kentucky Dreams /Someday I'll Make You Glad
1919, Edison Disc, Edison Records
Leola Lucey And Charles Hart
Kentucky Dream
1919, Cyl, 4min, Edison Blue Amberol Record
Jockers Dance Orchestra*
Tears (Of Love) / Yama Yama Blues
1919
Victor Military Band
Long Boy / Indianola
1918, Shellac, 10", Victor,
Arthur Hall (2) / Collins And Harlan
Indianola / When Uncle Joe Steps Into France
1918, Shellac, 10", Okeh, ,
, Vocal
George Hamilton Green
Social Life / Pahjamah (Oriental Novelty)
1918, Shellac, 7", Emerson Records (2)
Prince's Band
Indianola / Remick Medley One-Step
1918, Shellac, 12", Columbia
Wilber C. Sweatman's Original Jazz Band*
Indianola / Oh! You La! La!
1918, Shellac GY,
Armand Vecsey And His Hungarian Orchestra
Valse Pathétique / Crescendo!
1917, Edison Disc, Edison Records
Armand Vecsey And His Hungarian Orchestra
Valse Pathétique / Crescendo!
1917, Edison Disc, Etc, Edison Records
Van Eps Banta Trio / Emerson Military Band
Indianola / Yah De Dah
1916
Prince's Band
Carolina / Tsin Tsin
1914, Shellac, 12", Columbia
Deskundologisch Laboratorium
Insektensekte, Resistentieorkest, Deskundologie
LP, Album, Not On Label (Deskundologisch Laboratorium Self-released)
Unknown Artist
March Of The Mannikins
10", Artti Records
Orch. Direction Bosc*
Indianola / Tu Le R'verras Paname !
Pathé Disc, 27cm, 80 RPM, Pathé
Orchester Marion
Smiles / Indianola
Shellac, 10", Beka, Beka
The Broadway Band* / The Ohio Dance Band
Kitten On The Keys / Burning Sands
Shellac, 10", ACO
Elite Dance Orchestra
Hymn To The Sun / Swanee River Moon
Shellac, 10", Perfect (3)
American Republic Band
Bungalow In Quogue / Indianola
Pathé Disc, 27cm, 80 RPM, Pathé
Grammophon-Orkestern, Stockholm*
Indianola / Café Noir
Shellac, 10", Gramophone Concert Record
Orch. Direction Bosc*
Indianola / Tu Le R'verras Paname !
Shellac, 10", 80 RPM, Mono, Pathé
Lou Gold & His Orchestra* / Casino Dance Orchestra
Yearning / Old Favorites