List of songs recorded by Morgana King
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The following is a detailed songlist for Morgana King
, which includes composers, album date and title from the years 1956 to the present. Her albums titled 'Airs de Cour' (Mainstream Records
1022), 'Bidin' My Time', 'Morgana King' - 2 LPs (Roulette Records
), 'Morgana King Sings Just For You' and 'The Best of Morgana King'* (Mainstream Records) are not included due to the lack of an available track listing.
Morgana King
Morgana King is an American singer and actress. She is a noted jazz singer, who is regarded as a "musician's singer." The musical œuvre of her stylized vocal artistry spans a period of more than four decades and has an "appeal that bridges generations, tastes and life styles"."She is, like all...
, which includes composers, album date and title from the years 1956 to the present. Her albums titled 'Airs de Cour' (Mainstream Records
Mainstream Records
Mainstream Records was an American record label, which released jazz, rock music, and soundtracks during the 1970s.It was founded in 1964 by Bob Shad, and in its early history reissued material from Commodore Records and Time Records in addition to some new jazz material...
1022), 'Bidin' My Time', 'Morgana King' - 2 LPs (Roulette Records
Roulette Records
Roulette Records is an American record label, which was founded in late 1956, by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Levy and Phil Khals, with creative control given to producers and songwriters Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore. Levy was appointed as director...
), 'Morgana King Sings Just For You' and 'The Best of Morgana King'* (Mainstream Records) are not included due to the lack of an available track listing.
Note: Box sets and Compilations*; Also appears on**
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| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
Label / catalog # |
| "A Foggy Day A Foggy Day "A Foggy Day" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film A Damsel in Distress... " |
Gershwin George Gershwin George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known... , Gershwin Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.... |
1959 - The Greatest Songs Ever Swung | Camden Records RCA Camden RCA Camden was a budget record label of recordings, first introduced by RCA Victor.-History:The label was named after Camden, New Jersey, original home to the Victor Talking Machine Company, later RCA Records. It specialized in reissuing historic classical and popular recordings from the RCA catalog... 542 |
| "A Sleepin' Bee A Sleepin' Bee "A Sleepin' Bee" is a popular song composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Arlen and Truman Capote. It was introduced in the musical House of Flowers by Diahann Carroll.The signature line is "When a bee lies sleeping In the palm of your hand ..."... " |
Arlen Harold Arlen Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music, having written over 500 songs, a number of which have become known the world over. In addition to composing the songs for The Wizard of Oz, including the classic 1938 song, "Over the Rainbow,” Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the... , Truman Capote Truman Capote Truman Streckfus Persons , known as Truman Capote , was an American author, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's and the true crime novel In Cold Blood , which he labeled a "nonfiction novel." At... |
1990 - I Just Can't Stop Loving You 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records Muse Records Muse Records was an American record label which released jazz and blues music.Muse was founded in the early 1970s by Joe Fields, who had previously worked as an executive for Prestige Records in the 1960s... 5408 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "A Song For You A Song for You "A Song for You" is a soulful love song written and originally recorded by rock singer-songwriter and pianist Leon Russell for his first solo album 'Leon Russell', which was released in 1970 on Shelter Records. A slow, pained plea for forgiveness and understanding from an estranged lover, the tune... " |
Russell Leon Russell Claude Russell Bridges , known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music.... |
1973 - New Beginnings 1990 - I Just Can't Stop Loving You 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Paramount Records Paramount Records (1969) Paramount Records was a record label started in 1969 by Paramount Pictures after acquiring the rights to the name from George H. Buck. The previous label with the same name had been unconnected to Paramount Pictures. The new Paramount label reissued pop releases by sister label Dot Records, which... 6067 Muse Records Muse Records Muse Records was an American record label which released jazz and blues music.Muse was founded in the early 1970s by Joe Fields, who had previously worked as an executive for Prestige Records in the 1960s... 5408 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "A Taste of Honey A Taste of Honey (song) "A Taste of Honey" is a pop standard written by Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow. It was originally an instrumental track written for the 1960 Broadway version of the 1958 British play A Taste of Honey . Both the original and a cover by Herb Alpert in 1965 earned the song Grammy Awards... " |
Scott Bobby Scott (musician) Bobby Scott was an American musician, record producer, and songwriter.-Biography:He was born Robert William Scott in Mount Pleasant, New York, and became a pianist, vibraphonist, and singer, and could also play the accordion, cello, clarinet, and double bass... , Marlow Ric Marlow Ric Marlow is an American songwriter and actor, best known for co-writing with Bobby Scott the song "A Taste of Honey" which won a Grammy in 1962. The song has been recorded by many artists including Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Herb Alpert, and The Beatles... |
1964 - With A Taste of Honey 1964 - A Taste Of Honey |
Mainstream Records Mainstream Records Mainstream Records was an American record label, which released jazz, rock music, and soundtracks during the 1970s.It was founded in 1964 by Bob Shad, and in its early history reissued material from Commodore Records and Time Records in addition to some new jazz material... 6015 Mainstream Records 707 |
| "A Time For Love" | Scott, Marlow | 1967 - Gemini Changes 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records Reprise Records Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:... 6257 Label M 5704 |
| "Ain't Misbehavin' Ain't Misbehavin' (song) "Ain't Misbehavin" is a 1929 song written by Thomas "Fats" Waller, Harry Brooks and Andy Razaf . Waller recorded the original version that year for Victor Records and also later performed the song in the 1943 film Stormy Weather. It was used in the off-broadway musical Connie's Hot Chocolates... "/"Honeysuckle Rose Honeysuckle Rose (song) "Honeysuckle Rose" is a 1928 song composed by Fats Waller, whose lyrics were written by Andy Razaf. Fats Waller's 1934 recording was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.... " |
Brooks Harry Brooks (composer) Harry Brooks was an American writer of popular songs, jazz pianist and composer in the 1920s through the early 1950s.... , Razaf, Waller Fats Waller Fats Waller , born Thomas Wright Waller, was a jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer... |
1978 - Everything Must Change | Muse Records 5190 |
| "All Blues All Blues "All Blues" is a jazz composition by Miles Davis first appearing on the influential 1959 album Kind of Blue.It is a 12 bar blues in 6/4; the chord sequence is that of a basic blues and made up entirely of 7th chords, with a ♭VI in the turnaround instead of just the usual V chord... " |
Davis Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,... |
1964 - A Taste Of Honey 1965 - Miss Morgana King 1990 - Highstream: The Best of Mainstream Jazz** |
Mainstream Records 707 Ascot Records 16020 Mainstream Records |
| "All in All" | Williams | 1973 - New Beginnings | Paramount Records 6067 |
| "All In Love Is Fair"/"Feelings Feelings (song) "Feelings" is a song based on a melody composed by Loulou Gasté and made famous by Morris Albert, who recorded it as a single released in 1974 that later appeared as the title track of his 1975 debut album. The song's lyrics, recognizable by their "whoa whoa whoa" chorus, concern the singer's... " |
Wonder, Albert Morris Albert Morris Albert is a Brazilian singer and songwriter, famous for his 1975 hit single "Feelings".... |
1977 - Stretchin' Out | Muse Records 5166 |
| "All or Nothing at All All or Nothing at All "All or Nothing at All" is a song composed in 1939 by Arthur Altman, with lyrics by Jack Lawrence.Frank Sinatra's 1939 recording of the song became a huge hit in 1943, when it was reissued by Columbia Records during the 1942-43 musicians' strike... " |
Altman Arthur Altman Arthur Altman was an American songwriter whose credits "All or Nothing at All," and the lyrics for "All Alone Am I" and "I Will Follow Him."... , Lawrence Jack Lawrence Jack Lawrence was an American songwriter. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.- Biography :... |
1965 - The End of a Love Affair 1960 - Let Me Love You 196x - Velvet Voice (South America release only) |
Ascot Records United Artists Records United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:... 16014 United Artists Records United Artists Records United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:... 6020 UA 10111 and MH 14097 |
| "And the Angels Sing And the Angels Sing And the Angels Sing is a classic example of a film musical written to capitalize on the title of a previously popular song; in this case Benny Goodman's 1939 number one hit song, "And the Angels Sing" by Ziggy Elman and Johnny Mercer, and sung by Martha Tilton although the song is not sung in the... " |
Elman Ziggy Elman Harry Aaron Finkelman , better known by the stage name Ziggy Elman, was an American jazz trumpeter most associated with Benny Goodman, though he also led his own Ziggy Elman and His Orchestra.... , Mercer, Tilton Martha Tilton Martha Tilton was an American popular singer, best-known for her 1939 recording of "And the Angels Sing" with Benny Goodman. She was sometimes introduced as The Liltin' Miss Tilton.Tilton and her family lived in Texas and Kansas, relocating to Los Angeles when she was seven years old... |
1959 - The Greatest Songs Ever Swung | Camden Records 542 |
| "Anything Goes Anything Goes (song) "Anything Goes" is a popular song written by Cole Porter for his musical Anything Goes . Many of the lyrics feature humorous references to various figures of scandal and gossip in Depression Era high society... " |
Porter Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre... |
1966 - Wild Is Love 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6205 Label M 5704 |
| "April Age" | Wilder Alec Wilder Alec Wilder was an American composer.-Biography:... |
1965 - Winter of My Discontent | Wing Records Wing Records Wing Records was a record label subsidiary of Mercury Records, founded in 1955, that enjoyed its greatest success during the late 50s. In 1986, the label was revived by Mercury's parent company PolyGram and, just before its final fade, the label enjoyed a brief success with then new R&B singers... 16307 |
| "As Long as He Will Stay" | Gosh, Gimbel | 1973 - New Beginnings | Paramount Records 6067 |
| "As Time Goes By As Time Goes By (song) "As Time Goes By" is a song written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931. It became most famous in 1942 when it was sung by the character Sam in the movie Casablanca. The song was voted #2 on the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs special, commemorating the best songs in film. It was used as a fanfare for Warner... " |
Hupfeld Herman Hupfeld Herman Hupfeld was an American songwriter whose most notable composition was "As Time Goes By."-Biography:Hupfeld studied violin in Germany at 9. He was in the military during World War I, and he entertained camps and hospitals during World War II... |
1980 - Tribute to Billie Holiday** | |
| "At Sundown" | Donaldson Walter Donaldson Walter Donaldson was a prolific United States popular songwriter, composing many hit songs of the 1910s and 1920s.-History:... |
1959 - The Greatest Songs Ever Swung | Camden Records 542 |
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| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
Label / catalog # |
| "Bee-Bom" | Vandyke Les Vandyke Les Vandyke was a popular music singer and later songwriter in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also known as Johnny Worth and John Worsley... |
1966 - Wild Is Love 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6205 Label M 5704 |
| "Bill Bill (Show Boat) "Bill" is a song heard in Act II of Kern and Hammerstein's classic 1927 musical Show Boat. The song was written for Kern and P.G. Wodehouse's 1917 musical Oh, Lady! Lady!! for Vivienne Segal to perform, but withdrawn because it was considered too melancholy for that show... " |
Hammerstein Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and was twice awarded an Academy Award for "Best Original Song". Many of his songs are standard repertoire for... , Kern Jerome Kern Jerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A... , Wodehouse P. G. Wodehouse Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE was an English humorist, whose body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years and his many writings continue to be... |
1958 - Morgana King Sings The Blues 1965 - More Morgana King 1994 - A Fine Romance: Jerome Kern Songbook** 1997 - The Complete Jerome Kerns Songbooks** 2000 - A Jazz Romance a Night in With Verve** |
Mercury Records 20231 Mainstream Records 56052 PolyGram UMG Recordings Inc. UMVD Labels |
| "Bluesette" | Thielemans Toots Thielemans Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans , known as Toots Thielemans, is a Belgian jazz musician well known for his guitar and harmonica playing as well as his whistling. Thielemans is credited as one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century... , Jean-Baptiste, Gimbel, Norman |
1964 - A Taste Of Honey 1965 - Miss Morgana King |
Mainstream Records 707 Ascot Records 16020 |
| "Body and Soul Body and Soul (song) "Body and Soul" was recorded as a duet by Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse in 2011. It was the final recording made by Winehouse before her death on July 23, 2011. The single was released worldwide on September 14, 2011 on iTunes, MTV and VH1.... " |
Eyton Frank Eyton Frank Eyton was an English popular music lyricist best known for co-writing the lyrics of Johnny Green's "Body and Soul" with Edward Heyman and Robert Sour.... , Green Johnny Green Johnny Green was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, and conductor. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger. His most famous song was one of his earliest, "Body and Soul"... , Heyman Edward Heyman Edward Heyman was an American musician and lyricist, best known for his compositions "Body and Soul", "When I Fall in Love", and "For Sentimental Reasons". He also contributed many songs for films.-Biography:... , Sour Robert Sour Robert Sour was a lyricist and composer, and the president of Broadcast Music Incorporated .In 1940 Sour worked for Broadcast Music as its lyrics editor, and by 1966 had risen through company ranks to become BMI's president. Two years later he had become the company's vice chairman and was... |
1958 - Morgana King Sings The Blues 1986 - Simply Eloquent 1992 - Jazz Divas: Studio** 2000 - Tender Moments* 2007 - Gold - Jazz Divas** |
Mercury Records Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal... 20231 Muse Records 5326 PolyGram PolyGram PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:... Savoy Savoy Records Savoy Records is an American record label specializing in jazz, R&B and gospel. Starting in the mid 1940s, Savoy played an important part in popularizing bebop.Savoy Records is an American record label specializing in jazz, R&B and gospel. Starting in the mid 1940s, Savoy played an important part... Jazz 17253 Verve Records Verve Records Verve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve... |
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| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
Label / catalog # |
| "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, is one of the most famous songs from their classic 1927 musical play Show Boat, adapted from Edna Ferber's novel.-Context:... " |
Hammerstein, Kern | 1958 - Morgana King Sings The Blues 1965 - More Morgana King |
Mercury Records 20231 Mainstream Records 56052 |
| "Chilly Winds" | John Stewart, Phillip | 1960 - Folk Songs a La King 1965 - Everybody Loves Saturday Night |
United Artists Records 6028 Ascot Records 16019 |
| "Clear Out Of This World" | Dubin Al Dubin Alexander "Al" Dubin was an American lyricist. He became known through his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren.-Life and works:... , McHugh Jimmy McHugh James Francis McHugh was a U.S. composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he composed over 270 songs... |
1992 - Another Time, Another Space | Muse Records 5339 |
| "Corcovado" ("Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars") | Jobim Antônio Carlos Jobim Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within... |
1964 - With A Taste of Honey 1972 - Cuore Di Mama |
Mainstream Records 6015 Mainstream Records 355 |
| "Could It Be Magic Could It Be Magic "Could It Be Magic" is a song by Adrienne Anderson and Barry Manilow. It was included on Manilow's 1973 debut album, Barry Manilow.Due to its popularity, it was released as a single in 1975, two years after it had originally been recorded, where it reached #6 in the United States.Manilow's... " |
Anderson, Manilow Barry Manilow Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana ."... |
1977 - Stretchin' Out 2000 - Tender Moments* 2003 - Jazz for Romantic Moments** |
Muse Records 5166 Savoy Jazz 17253 Savoy Jazz |
| "Cuore Di Mama (Mamma)" | Morricone Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces... |
1965 - Miss Morgana King 1972 - Cuore Di Mama |
Ascot Records 16020 Mainstream Records 355 |
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| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
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| "Dearly Beloved" | Kern, Mercer Johnny Mercer John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others... |
1998 - Looking Through The Eyes of Love 2000 - Tender Moments* |
Muse Records 5257 Savoy Jazz 17253 |
| "Deep Song" | Cory, Cross | 1965 - It's A Quiet Thing 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6192 Label M 5704 |
| "Desert Hush"/"I Am A Leaf" | Cook Roger Cook (songwriter) Roger Cook is an English songwriter who has written many hits for other recording artists. He has also had a successful recording career in his own right.-Early life:Cook was born in Fishponds, Bristol, England... , Greenaway Roger Greenaway Roger Greenaway , is a popular English songwriter, best known for his collaborations with Roger Cook.-Career:... |
1973 - New Beginnings | Paramount Records 6067 |
| "Didn't We?" | Webb Jimmy Webb Jimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He wrote numerous platinum selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park"... |
1968 - I Know How It Feels To Be Lonely | Verve Records 9229 |
| "Dindi Dindi "Dindi" is a song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Aloysio de Oliveria. English lyrics were added by Ray Gilbert. Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote this piece especially for Brazilian singer Sylvia Telles whose nickname was Dindi... " |
DeOliveira, Gilbert Ray Gilbert Ray Gilbert was a lyricist.Gilbert is best remembered for the lyrics to the Oscar winning song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" from the film Song of the South, which he wrote with Allie Wrubel in 1947.He married, in 1962, actress Janis Paige.Daughter, actress and singer Joanne Gilbert, July... , Jobim |
1965 - It's A Quiet Thing 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6192 Label M 5704 |
| "Don't Explain Don't Explain (song) "Don't Explain" is a song written by jazz singer Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr.-Overview:It is said Billie wrote "Don't Explain" after her husband, Jimmy Monroe, came home one night with lipstick traces on his collar.-Recording Session:... " |
Herzog, Holiday Billie Holiday Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing... |
1966 - Wild Is Love 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6205 Label M 5704 |
| "Don't Stop" | 1965 - Winter Of My Discontent | Wing Records 16307 | |
| "Don't Worry 'bout Me Don't Worry 'bout Me "Don't Worry 'bout Me" is a 1938 song composed by Rube Bloom, with lyrics written by Ted Koehler.-Notable recordings:*Dave Brubeck - Jazz Goes to College *Ella Fitzgerald - Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall... " |
Bloom Rube Bloom Reuben Bloom was a Jewish American multi-faceted entertainer, and in addition to being a songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and writer .During his career, he worked with many well-known performers, including Bix Beiderbecke, Joe Venuti, Ruth Etting,... , Koehler Ted Koehler Ted L. Koehler was an American lyricist.-Life and career:Koehler was born in Washington, D.C. He started out as a photo-engraver but was attracted to the music business, where he started out as a theater pianist for silent films. He moved on to write for vaudeville shows and Broadway, and he also... |
1986 - Stardust (Japan release only) | CBS/Sony 32DP 686 |
| "Down In The Depths Down in the Depths (on the Ninetieth Floor) "Down in the Depths " is a song written by Cole Porter, for his 1936 musical Red, Hot and Blue, in which it was introduced by Ethel Merman... " |
Porter Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre... |
1956 - For You, For Me, For Evermore 1965 - More Morgana King 1986 - Simply Eloquent 2008 - New York For Lovers** 2008 - Jazz And The City** |
EmArcy Records EmArcy Records EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by Mercury Records, and today a European jazz label owned by Universal Music Group. The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company.... 36079s Mainstream Records 56052 Muse Records 5326 Verve Records Deluxe Holland |
| "Drive Drive (The Cars song) "Drive" is a 1984 song by The Cars, the third single from the band's Heartbeat City album and their biggest international hit. It was written by Ric Ocasek and produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange with the band. Lead vocals were by Cars bassist Benjamin Orr.... " |
Ocasek Ric Ocasek Ric Ocasek is an American musician and music producer. He is best known as lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band, The Cars.... |
1990 - I Just Can't Stop Loving You 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5408 32 Jazz 32042 |
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| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
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| "Easy Living Easy Living (song) "Easy Living" is a jazz standard written by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin for the film Easy Living directed by Mitchell Leisen.The song has been recorded by many jazz performers including Billie Holiday, Chet Baker, Anita O'Day, and Miles Davis... " |
Rainger Ralph Rainger Ralph Rainger was an American composer of popular music principally for films.-Biography:Born Ralph Reichenthal in New York City, Rainger embarked on a legal career before escaping to Broadway where he became Clifton Webb's accompanist... , Robin Leo Robin Leo Robin was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Oscar-winning song "Thanks for the Memory," sung by Bob Hope in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938.-Biography:Robin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and... |
1964 - A Taste Of Honey 1965 - Miss Morgana King> 1980 - Tribute to Billie Holiday** 1991 - Billie Holiday Revisited** |
Mainstream Records 707 Ascot Records 16020 Mainstream Records |
| "Easy to Love You'd Be So Easy to Love " Easy to Love" is a popular song written by Cole Porter for the 1936 film Born to Dance, where it was introduced by Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, and Frances Langford... " |
Porter | 1964 - A Taste Of Honey 1964 - With A Taste of Honey 1991 - Billie Holiday Revisited** |
Mainstream Records 707 Mainstream Records 6015 Mainstream Records |
| "Eleanor Rigby" | Lennon, McCartney Lennon/McCartney The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history... |
1968 - I Know How It Feels To Be Lonely | Verve Records 9229 |
| "Everything Must Change" | Ighner | 1978 - Everything Must Change 2000 - Tender Moments* |
Muse Records 5190 Savoy Jazz 17253 |
| "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Published by Chappell & Company, "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" is a song with lyrics and music by Cole Porter. It was introduced in 1944 in Billy Rose's musical revue, Seven Lively Arts.... " |
Porter | 1986 - Simply Eloquent 2000 - Tender Moments* |
Muse Records 5326 Savoy Jazz 17253 |
| "Ev'rybody Loves Saturday Night" | Campbell | 1965 - Everybody Loves Saturday Night | Ascot Records 16019 |
| "Ev'rything I Love" | Porter | 1956 - For You, For Me, For Evermore 1991 - Night and Day, Vol. 2: Songbook** 1991 - I Get A Kick Out Of You: Cole Porter Songbook Vol. 2** 1993 - The Complete Cole Porter Songbooks** 2005 - Very Best Of The Cole Porter Songbook** |
EmArcy Records 36079 PolyGram PolyGram Greatest Hits Spain |
| "Ev'rything I've Got Ev'rything I've Got "Ev'rything I've Got" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hart musical By Jupiter , in which it was introduced by Ray Bolger and Benay Venuta.-Notable recordings:*Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook... " |
Rodgers, Hart | 1956 - For You, For Me, For Evermore | EmArcy Records 36079 |
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| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
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| "Fascinating Rhythm Fascinating Rhythm "Fascinating Rhythm" is a popular song written by George Gershwin in 1924 with lyrics by Ira Gershwin.It was first introduced by Cliff Edwards, Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire in the Broadway musical Lady Be Good. The Astaires also recorded the song on April 19, 1926 in London with George Gershwin... " |
Gershwin, Gershwin | 1964 - With A Taste of Honey 1964 - A Taste Of Honey |
Mainstream Records 6015 Mainstream Records 707 |
| "Feel Like Flying" | Vannelli | 1979 - Higher Ground | Muse Records 5224 |
| "Feelin' Groovy The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) "The 59th Street Bridge Song " is a song by folk music duo Simon and Garfunkel, appearing on their 1966 album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. "59th Street Bridge" is the colloquial name of the Queensboro Bridge in New York City... " |
Simon Paul Simon Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles... |
1968 - I Know How It Feels To Be Lonely | Verve Records 9229 |
| "For You, For Me, For Evermore For You, For Me, For Evermore "For You, For Me, For Evermore" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin.Written around 1936-7, it was rediscovered by Ira Gershwin when he was preparing music for The Shocking Miss Pilgrim , where it was introduced by Dick Haymes.-Notable recordings:*Ella Fitzgerald -... " |
Gershwin, Gershwin | 1956 - For You, For Me, For Evermore 1965 - More Morgana King 1994 - Gershwin Songbook: 'S Marvelous** 1995 - The Complete Gershwin Songbooks** 1996 - Easy Listening Jazz Classics** 1998 - The Ultimate Collection: George Gershwin** 2006 - Włoska Mafia** |
EmArcy Records 36079 Mainstream Records 56052 PolyGram PolyGram Reader's Digest Music Decca Records Decca Records Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades.... Universal Music Polska |
| "Frankie and Johnny" | Cannon Hughie Cannon Hughie Cannon was a composer and lyricist who was born in Detroit 1877 and died in 1912 in Toledo.-His Works and Bio:His best known composition was the popular song Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey. He wrote the song at the age of sixteen and this ragtime song was published in 1902... |
1956 - The Young Ones Of Jazz** 1958 - Morgana King Sings The Blues 2002 - Mercury Songbook** |
Mercury/EmArcy MG306084M Mercury Records 20231 Universal Music Group Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations... International |
| G | |||
| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
Label / catalog # |
| "Gentleman Friend" | Horwitt, Lewine | 1998 - Looking Through The Eyes of Love | Muse Records 5257 |
| "Give Me the Simple Life" | Bloom Rube Bloom Reuben Bloom was a Jewish American multi-faceted entertainer, and in addition to being a songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and writer .During his career, he worked with many well-known performers, including Bix Beiderbecke, Joe Venuti, Ruth Etting,... , Ruby |
1978 - Everything Must Change | Muse Records 5190 |
| "God Bless The Child God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday song) "God Bless the Child" is a song written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr. in 1939, first recorded on May 9, 1941 under the Okeh label.Holiday's version of the song was honored with the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in... " |
Holiday, Herzog | 1977 - Stretchin' Out | Muse Records 5166 |
| "Golden Slumbers Golden Slumbers "Golden Slumbers" is a song by The Beatles, part of the climactic medley on their 1969 album Abbey Road. The song begins the progression that leads to the end of the album and is followed by "Carry That Weight." The two songs were recorded together as a single piece, and both were written by Paul... " |
Lennon, McCartney Lennon/McCartney The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history... |
1979 - Higher Ground | Muse Records 5224 |
| "Gone With The Wind Gone with the Wind (song) "Gone with the Wind" is a popular song. The music was written by Allie Wrubel, the lyrics by Herb Magidson. The song was published in 1937. A version recorded by Horace Heidt was a #1 song in 1937.Diane E... " |
Magidson Herb Magidson Herbert A. "Herb" Magidson was an American popular lyricist. His work was used in over 23 films and four Broadway reviews. He won the first Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1934.... , Wrubel Allie Wrubel Allie Wrubel was an American composer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Wrubel attended Wesleyan University and Columbia University before working in dance bands. He began his musical career in Greenwich Village, New York where he roomed with his close friend James Cagney... |
1965 - It's A Quiet Thing 1986 - Stardust (Japan release only) 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6192 CBS/Sony 32DP 686 Label M 5704 |
| "Goodnight Irene" | Lead Belly | 1965 - Everybody Loves Saturday Night | Ascot Records 16019 |
| "Got To Get You Into My Life Got to Get You into My Life "Got to Get You into My Life" is a song by The Beatles, first released in 1966 on the album Revolver. Written by Paul McCartney , it made prominent use of a brass section... " |
Lennon, McCartney | 1968 - I Know How It Feels To Be Lonely | Verve Records 9229 |
| "Greensleeves Greensleeves "Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song and tune, a ground of the form called a romanesca.A broadside ballad by this name was registered at the London Stationer's Company in September 1580 as "A New Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves". It then appears in the surviving A Handful of... " |
Traditional | 1960 - Folk Songs a La King 1965 - Everybody Loves Saturday Night |
United Artists Records 6028 Ascot Records 16019 |
| H | |||
| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
Label / catalog # |
| "Here I'll Stay" | Lerner Alan Jay Lerner Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre for both the stage and on film... , Weill Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht... |
1956 - For You, For Me, For Evermore 1965 - More Morgana King |
EmArcy Records 36079 Mainstream Records 56052 |
| "Here's That Rainy Day Here's That Rainy Day "Here's That Rainy Day" is a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke, published in 1953. It was introduced by Dolores Gray in the Broadway musical Carnival in Flanders... " |
Burke Johnny Burke (lyricist) Johnny Burke was a lyricist, widely regarded as one of the finest writers of popular songs in America between the 1920s and 1950s.-Biography:... , Van Heusen |
1965 - It's A Quiet Thing 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6192 Label M 5704 |
| "Higher Ground" | Wonder Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist... |
1979 - Higher Ground | Muse Records 5224 |
| "How About You? How About You? "How About You?" is a popular song composed by Burton Lane, with lyrics by Ralph Freed. It was introduced in the 1941 film Babes on Broadway by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney and has also featured in The Fisher King with Robin Williams. The music of the song appears in the film All About Eve... " |
Ralph Freed, Lane Burton Lane Burton Lane was an American composer and lyricist. His most popular and successful work is the musical Finian's Rainbow, "the score for which Lane will always be most remembered."-Biography:... |
1990 - I Just Can't Stop Loving You 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5408 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "How High The Moon How High the Moon "How High the Moon" is a jazz standard with lyrics by Nancy Hamilton and music by Morgan Lewis. It was first featured in the 1940 Broadway revue Two for the Show, where it was sung by Alfred Drake and Frances Comstock.... " |
Nancy Hamilton, Lewis Morgan Lewis (songwriter) Morgan 'Buddy' Lewis was a writer of jazz songs, some of which were also recorded in the pop music genre.-External links:... |
1959 - The Greatest Songs Ever Swung | Camden Records 542 |
| "How Insensitive" ("Insensatez") | deMoraes Vinicius de Moraes Marcus Vinicius de Moraes , known as Vinicius de Moraes and nicknamed O Poetinho , was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Son of Lydia Cruz de Moraes and Clodoaldo Pereira da Silva Moraes, he was a seminal figure in contemporary Brazilian music... , Gimbel Norman Gimbel Norman Gimbel is an American lyricist of popular songs, television and movie themes whose writing career includes such titles as "Sway", "Canadian Sunset", "Summer Samba", "The Girl from Ipanema", "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "Meditation" and "I Will Wait for You", along with an Oscar for... , Jobim |
1965 - It's A Quiet Thing 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6192 Label M 5704 |
| "Human Nature Human Nature (Michael Jackson song) "Human Nature" is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was written and composed by Steve Porcaro and John Bettis, and produced by Quincy Jones. It is the fifth single from the singer's sixth solo album, Thriller . Initially, Porcaro had recorded a rough demo of the song on a... " |
Bettis John Bettis John Bettis is an American lyricist who has co-written many famous popular songs over the years. In 2011, John was inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.... , Porcaro Steve Porcaro Steven Maxwell "Steve" Porcaro is an American keyboardist and composer, who was an original member of the rock/pop band Toto.... |
1990 - I Just Can't Stop Loving You 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5408 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "Hush Little Baby Hush Little Baby Hush, Little Baby is a traditional lullaby. It is thought to be American , but the author and date of origin are unknown. The lyrics promise all kinds of rewards to the child if he or she is quiet.... " |
Traditional | 1960 - Folk Songs a La King 1965 - Everybody Loves Saturday Night |
United Artists Records 6028 Ascot Records 16019 |
| I | |||
| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
Label / catalog # |
| "I Can Do A Trick" | Hamilton | 1968 - I Know How It Feels To Be Lonely | Verve Records 9229 |
| "I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me" | Gaskill, McHugh | 1992 - This Is Always 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5493 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "I Can't Get Started I Can't Get Started "I Can't Get Started" is a popular song, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and music by Vernon Duke, that was first heard in the theatrical production Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 where it was sung by Bob Hope... " |
Duke Vernon Duke Vernon Duke was a Russian-American composer/songwriter, who also wrote under his original name Vladimir Dukelsky. He is best known for "Taking a Chance on Love" with lyrics by Ted Fetter and John Latouche, "I Can't Get Started" with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, "April in Paris" with lyrics by E. Y... , Gershwin |
1959 - The Greatest Songs Ever Swung 1986 - Stardust (Japan release only) |
Camden Records 542 CBS/Sony 32DP 686 |
| "I Get a Kick out of You I Get a Kick Out of You "I Get a Kick Out of You" is a song by Cole Porter, originally featured in the Broadway musical Anything Goes and the movie of the same name.... " |
Porter | 1986 - Simply Eloquent | Muse Records 5326 |
| "I Have Loved Me A Man" | Weaver | 1967 - Gemini Changes 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* 2006 - 40th Anniversary: Australia’s Tour of Duty: Vietnam** |
Reprise Records 6257 Label M 5704 Sony BMG |
| "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" | Jackson Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records... |
1990 - I Just Can't Stop Loving You 2000 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5408 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "I Know How It Feels To Be Lonely" | Gilbert, Guardino | 1968 - I Know How It Feels To Be Lonely 1995 - Great Ladies Sing the Blues** 2002 - Great Ladies Sing the Blues** |
Verve Records 9229 Umvd Special Markets Delta Music |
| "I Know Where I'm Going I Know Where I'm Going (song) "I Know Where I'm Going" is a traditional Scottish or Irish ballad about a woman pining for her "bonnie" lover Johnny. It is Roud number 5701. It was recorded by Burl Ives on 31 March 1941 for his debut album Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger... " |
Traditional | 1960 - Folk Songs a La King 1965 - Everybody Loves Saturday Night |
United Artists Records 6028 Ascot Records 16019 |
| "I Love Paris I Love Paris "I Love Paris" is a popular song written by Cole Porter and published in 1953. The song was introduced by Lilo in the musical Can-Can.Was the title of Michel Legrand's most popular album, which included an orchestral arrangement of the song... " |
Porter | 1964 - With A Taste of Honey 1972 - Cuore Di Mama |
Mainstream Records 6015 Mainstream Records 355 |
| "I Love You Much" | Towber, Olshey, Raye | 1965 - The End Of A Love Affair 1960 - Let Me Love You 196x - Velvet Voice (South America release only) |
Ascot Records 10614 United Artists Records 6020 UA 10111 and MH 14097 |
| "I Only Have Eyes For You I Only Have Eyes for You "I Only Have Eyes for You" is a popular song by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin, written in 1934 for the film Dames where it was introduced by Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler.... " |
Warren Harry Warren Harry Warren was an American composer and lyricist. Warren was the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison,... , Dubin Al Dubin Alexander "Al" Dubin was an American lyricist. He became known through his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren.-Life and works:... |
1986 - Stardust (Japan release only) | CBS/Sony 32DP 686 |
| "I Remember You I Remember You (1941 song) "I Remember You" is a popular song. The music was written by Victor Schertzinger, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song was published in 1941.The song was one of several introduced in the movie The Fleet's In... " |
Schertzinger Victor Schertzinger Victor L. Schertzinger was an American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His films include Paramount on Parade , Something to Sing About with James Cagney, and the first two "Road" pictures Road to Singapore and Road to Zanzibar... , Mercer |
1986 - Stardust (Japan release only) | CBS/Sony 32DP 686 |
| "I See Two Lovers" | Dixon Mort Dixon -Biography:Born in New York, Dixon began writing songs in the early 1920s, and was active into the 1930s. He achieved success with his first published effort, 1923's "That Old Gang of Mine". His chief composer collaborators were Ray Henderson, Harry Warren, Harry M... , lie Wrubel|Wrubel }} |
1958 - Morgana King Sings The Blues | Mercury Records 20231 |
| "I Thought Of You Last Night" | Freed | 1966 - Wild Is Love 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6205 Label M 5704 |
| "I Wished on the Moon I Wished on the Moon "I Wished on the Moon" is a song composed by Ralph Rainger, with lyrics by Dorothy Parker, for the The Big Broadcast of 1936. It was introduced by Bing Crosby.-Notable recordings:*Ella Fitzgerald and Gordon Jenkins on Decca, a 1955 release... " |
Parker Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker was an American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th century urban foibles.... , Rainger Ralph Rainger Ralph Rainger was an American composer of popular music principally for films.-Biography:Born Ralph Reichenthal in New York City, Rainger embarked on a legal career before escaping to Broadway where he became Clifton Webb's accompanist... |
1998 - Looking Through The Eyes of Love | Muse Records 5257 |
| "I'd Do It All Again" | 1965 - Winter Of My Discontent | Wing Records 16307 | |
| "I'd Stay With You" | Williams | 1967 - Gemini Changes 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6257 Label M 5704 |
| "I’m Glad There Is You" | Dorsey, Mediera | 1977 - Stretchin' Out | Muse Records 5166 |
| "If You Could See Me Now" | Dameron Tadd Dameron Tadley Ewing Peake "Tadd" Dameron was an American jazz composer, arranger and pianist. Saxophonist Dexter Gordon called Dameron the "romanticist" of the bop movement, while reviewer Scott Yanow writes that Dameron was the "definitive arranger/composer of the bop era".-Biography:Born in Cleveland,... , Sigman Carl Sigman Carl Sigman was an American songwriter.-Biography:Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, Sigman graduated from law school and passed his Bar exams to practice in the state of New York... |
1956 - For You, For Me, For Evermore 1983 - Portraits 2002 - Jazz Legends (UK)** |
EmArcy Records 36079 Muse Records 5301 Spectrum Music - MCA |
| "If You Should Leave Me (E Se Domani)" | Altman, Calabrese, Rossi | 1965 - It's A Quiet Thing 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6192 Label M 5704 |
| "I'll Follow You" | 1964 - A Taste Of Honey 1965 - Miss Morgana King 1972 - Cuore Di Mama |
Mainstream Records 707 Ascot Records 16020 Mainstream Records 355 |
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| "I'll Never Smile Again I'll Never Smile Again "I'll Never Smile Again" is a 1939 song written by Ruth Lowe.The most successful and best known version of the song was recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, with vocals provided by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers. This recording was released as a Victor 78, 26628A, in 1940... " |
Lowe Ruth Lowe Ruth Lowe was a Canadian pianist and songwriter. She wrote the song "I'll Never Smile Again" after her husband died during surgery... |
1965 - The End Of A Love Affair 1960 - Let Me Love You 196x - Velvet Voice (South America release only) |
Ascot Records 16014 United Artists Records 6020 UA 10111 and MH 14097 |
| "I'll Remember April I'll Remember April (song) "I'll Remember April" is a popular song. The music for the song was written by Gene de Paul, and the lyrics were written by Patricia Johnston and Don Raye.... " |
de Paul Gene de Paul Gene de Paul was an American pianist, composer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in New York City, he served in the United States Army during World War II.... , Johnston, Raye Don Raye Don Raye , born Donald MacRae Wilhoite, Jr., in Washington, D.C., was an American vaudevillian and songwriter, best known for his songs for the Andrews Sisters such as "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", "The House of Blue Lights", "Just For A Thrill" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."While known for... |
1960 - Let Me Love You 196x - Velvet Voice (South America release only) 1965 - The End Of A Love Affair |
United Artists Records 6020 UA 10111 and MH 14097 Ascot Records 16014 |
| "I'll String Along With You I'll String Along With You "I'll String Along with You" is a popular song with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin, published in 1934. It features in the 1934 film Twenty Million Sweethearts where it is sung by Dick Powell.... " |
Dubin, Warren | 1956 - For You, For Me, For Evermore | EmArcy Records 36079 |
| "I'm On My Way" | 1965 - Everybody Loves Saturday Night | Ascot Records 16019 | |
| "Imagination Imagination (1940 song) "Imagination" is a popular song with music written by Jimmy Van Heusen and the lyrics by Johnny Burke. The song was first published in 1940. The two best-selling versions were recorded by the orchestras of Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey in 1940.... "/"I'm Old Fashioned I'm Old Fashioned "I'm Old Fashioned" is a 1942 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer.It was written for the film You Were Never Lovelier , where it was introduced by Nan Wynn who dubbed for Rita Hayworth as part of a song and dance routine with Fred Astaire.According to Mueller:... " |
Van Heusen, Burke/Kern, Mercer | 1998 - Looking Through The Eyes of Love 2000 - Tender Moments* |
Muse Records 5257 Savoy Jazz 17253 |
| "In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning" | Hilliard Bob Hilliard Bob Hilliard was an American lyricist. He wrote the words for the songs; "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning", "Any Day Now", "Dear Hearts and Gentle People", "Our Day Will Come", "My Little Corner of the World", and "Seven Little Girls ".-Career:Born in New York City, New York, and after... , Mann David Mann (songwriter) David Mann was an American songwriter of popular songs... |
1956 - For You, For Me, For Evermore | EmArcy Records 36079 |
| "It Never Entered My Mind It Never Entered My Mind "It Never Entered My Mind" is a show tune from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical Higher and Higher , where it was introduced by Shirley Ross.-Notable recordings:... " |
Hart, Rodgers | 1986 - Simply Eloquent | Muse Records 5326 |
| "It Only Happens When I Dance With You" | Berlin Irving Berlin Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous... |
1990 - I Just Can't Stop Loving You 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5408 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "It's A Fine Day for Walkin' Country Style" | 1965 - Winter Of My Discontent | Wing Records 16307 | |
| "It's A Quiet Thing" | Kander John Kander John Harold Kander is the American composer of a number of musicals as part of the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb.-Life and career:Kander was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Bernice and Harold S. Kander... , Ebb Fred Ebb Fred Ebb was an American musical theatre lyricist who had many successful collaborations with composer John Kander. The Kander and Ebb team frequently wrote for such performers as Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera.... |
1965 - It's A Quiet Thing 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6192 Label M 5704 |
| "It's De-Lovely It's De-Lovely "It's De-Lovely" is one of Cole Porter's hit songs, originally appearing in his 1936 musical, Red Hot and Blue. The song was later used in the musical Anything Goes, first appearing in the 1962 revival. The hit records in late 1936 and early 1937 included versions by Eddy Duchin, Shep Fields, and... " |
Porter | 1956 - For You, For Me, For Evermore 2002 - Mercury Songbook** |
EmArcy Records 36079 Universal Music Group International |
| "It's Only A Paper Moon It's Only a Paper Moon (song) "It's Only a Paper Moon" is a popular song. Published in 1933, it was written by Harold Arlen with lyrics by E. Y. Harburg and Billy Rose. It was written originally for an unsuccessful Broadway play called The Great Magoo, set in Coney Island. It was subsequently used in the movie Take a Chance, in... " |
Arlen, Harburg Yip Harburg Edgar Yipsel Harburg , known as E.Y. Harburg or Yip Harburg, was an American popular song lyricist who worked with many well-known composers... , Rose Billy Rose William "Billy" Rose was an American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist. He is credited with many famous songs, notably "Me and My Shadow" , "It Happened in Monterey" and "It's Only a Paper Moon"... |
1958 - Morgana King Sings The Blues 1997 - That Old Black Magic: The Harold Arlen Songbook** 2002 - Mercury Songbook** 2005 - Get Happy: The Harold Arlen Centennial Celebration** |
Mercury Records 20231 PolyGram Universal Music Group International Verve Records |
| "It's So Peaceful in the Valley" | 1965 - Winter Of My Discontent | Wing Records 16307 | |
| "It's You or No One" | Cahn Sammy Cahn Sammy Cahn was an American lyricist, songwriter and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premiered by recording companies in the Greater Los Angeles Area... , Styne Jule Styne Jule Styne was a British-born American songwriter especially famous for a series of Broadway musicals, which included several very well known and frequently revived shows.-Early life:... |
1992 - This Is Always 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5493 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "I've Found a New Baby I've Found a New Baby "I've Found a New Baby", also known as "I Found a New Baby", is a popular song written by Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams. It was introduced by Clarence Williams' Blue Five in 1926 and has since been recorded by many artists, making it a popular jazz standard.Spencer Williams and Palmer had... " (Fast version) |
Palmer, Williams Spencer Williams Spencer Williams was an American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer. He is best known for his hit songs "Basin Street Blues", "I Ain't Got Nobody", "Royal Garden Blues", "I've Found a New Baby", "Everybody Loves My Baby", "Tishomingo Blues", "Careless Love", and many... |
1960 - Let Me Love You 196x - Velvet Voice (South America release only) 1965 - The End Of A Love Affair |
United Artists Records 6020 UA 10111 and MH 14097 Ascot Records 16014 |
| "I've Found a New Baby I've Found a New Baby "I've Found a New Baby", also known as "I Found a New Baby", is a popular song written by Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams. It was introduced by Clarence Williams' Blue Five in 1926 and has since been recorded by many artists, making it a popular jazz standard.Spencer Williams and Palmer had... " (Slow version) |
Palmer, Williams | 1960 - Let Me Love You 1965 - The End Of A Love Affair |
United Artists Records 6020 Ascot Records 16014 |
| J | |||
| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
Label / catalog # |
| "Jennifer Had" | Farber | 1973 - New Beginnings | Paramount Records 6067 |
| "Just Friends Just Friends (1931 song) "Just Friends" is a popular song that has become a jazz standard. The song was written in 1931 by John Klenner with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis. Although introduced by Red McKenzie and His Orchestra in October 1931, it first became a hit when singer Russ Columbo performed it with Leonard Joy’s... " |
Klenner, Lewis Sam M. Lewis Sam M. Lewis was a Jewish-American singer and lyricist, born in New York City, New York as Samuel Levine-Biography:... |
1992 - This Is Always 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5493 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "Just the Way You Are" | Joel Billy Joel William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to... |
1978 - Everything Must Change 2000 - Tender Moments* |
Muse Records 5190 Savoy Jazz 17253 |
| "Just You, Just Me Just You, Just Me "Just You, Just Me" is a song from the 1929 musical film Marianne, composed by Jesse Greer with lyrics by Raymond Klages. It was introduced by Marion Davies and Cliff Edwards, with Dick Hyman on the piano... " |
Greer, Klages | 1959 - The Greatest Songs Ever Swung | Camden Records 542 |
| K | |||
| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
Label / catalog # |
| "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" | Newman, Campbell | 1965 - Everybody Loves Saturday Night | Ascot Records 16019 |
| L | |||
| Song | Composer(s) | Album Year - Title |
Label / catalog # |
| "Lazy Afternoon" | La Touche, Moross | 1964 - With A Taste of Honey 1972 - Cuore Di Mama |
Mainstream Records 6015 Mainstream Records 355 |
| "Let Me Love You" | Howard | 1965 - The End Of A Love Affair 1960 - Let Me Love You 196x - Velvet Voice (South America release only) |
Ascot Records 10614 United Artists Records 6020 UA 10111 and MH 14097 |
| "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Let's Call the Whole Thing Off "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" is a song written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 film Shall We Dance where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as part of a celebrated dance duet on roller skates... " |
Gershwin, Gershwin | 1986 - Simply Eloquent | Muse Records 5326 |
| "Let's Get Away from It All Let's Get Away from It All "Let's Get Away from It All" is a popular song with music by Matt Dennis and lyrics by Tom Adair, published in 1941.The song is best known in a version by Frank Sinatra, but many others have recorded it and it is considered a pop standard.... " |
Adair Tom Adair Thomas "Tom" Montgomery Adair was an American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter.-Biography:Born in Newton, Kansas, worked at a power company and the Saturday Evening Post, writing numerous poems, while penning the songs in his spare time. In 1941, Adair met Matt Dennis in a club and the duo... , Dennis Matt Dennis Matt Dennis was a singer, pianist, bandleader, arranger, and writer of music for popular music songs.He was born in Seattle, Washington. His mother was a violinist and his father a singer, and the family was in vaudeville, so he was early exposed to music. In 1933 he joined Horace Heidt's... |
1992 - This Is Always 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5493 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "Like A Seed" | Rankin Kenny Rankin Kenny Rankin was an American pop and jazz singer and songwriter, originally from the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City, New York.-Biography:... , Rankin |
1973 - New Beginnings 2002 - Café Après-midi: Lilas** |
Paramount Records 6067 - |
| "Like Someone in Love Like Someone in Love Like Someone in Love is an album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank DeVol... " |
Burke, Van Heusen | 1986 - Stardust (Japan release only) 1992 - Another Time, Another Space 2000 - Tender Moments* |
CBS/Sony 32DP 686 Muse Records 5339 Savoy Jazz 17253 |
| "Lilac Wine Lilac Wine "Lilac Wine" is a song written by James Shelton in 1950. It was introduced by Hope Foye in the short-lived theater musical revue, "Dance Me a Song." It was covered by Eartha Kitt , by Judy Henske on her first, self-named album , by Nina Simone on her album Wild Is The Wind , was a solo hit by... " |
Shelton | 1998 - Looking Through The Eyes of Love 2000 - Tender Moments* |
Muse Records 5257 Savoy Jazz 17253 |
| "Little Girl Blue Little Girl Blue (song) "Little Girl Blue" is a popular song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, published in 1935. The song was introduced by Gloria Grafton in the Broadway musical Jumbo.... " |
Hart Lorenz Hart Lorenz "Larry" Milton Hart was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart... , Rodgers Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II... |
1965 - It's A Quiet Thing 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6192 Label M 5704 |
| "Loch Lomand The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond", or simply "Loch Lomond" for short, is a well-known traditional Scottish song . It was first published in 1841 in Vocal Melodies of Scotland.... " |
Traditional | 1960 - Folk Songs a La King 1965 - Everybody Loves Saturday Night |
United Artists Records 6028 Ascot Records 16019 |
| "Lonesome Road" | Shilkret Nathaniel Shilkret Nathaniel Shilkret was an American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive, and music director born in New York City, New York to an Austrian immigrant family.-Early career:... , Austin Gene Austin Gene Austin was an American singer and songwriter, one of the first "crooners". His 1920s compositions "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" and "The Lonesome Road" became pop and jazz standards.-Career:... |
1959 - The Greatest Songs Ever Swung | Camden Records 542 |
| "Love is Sweeping the Country Love is Sweeping the Country "Love is Sweeping the Country" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was introduced by George Murphy and June O'Dea in the 1931 musical Of Thee I Sing.-Notable recordings:... " |
Gershwin, Gershwin | 1998 - Looking Through The Eyes of Love | Muse Records 5257 |
| "Love Song" | Duncan Lesley Duncan Lesley Duncan was an English singer-songwriter, best known for her work during the 1970s. She received a lot of airplay on British radio stations such as BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, but never achieved great commercial success.Duncan was born in Stockton-on-Tees... |
1978 - Everything Must Change | Muse Records 5190 |
| "Lullaby of Birdland Lullaby of Birdland "Lullaby of Birdland" is a 1952 popular song with music by George Shearing and lyrics by George David Weiss under the pseudonym "B. Y. Forster" in order to circumvent the rule that ASCAP and BMI composers could not collaborate.... " |
Shearing George Shearing Sir George Shearing, OBE was an Anglo-American jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for MGM Records and Capitol Records. The composer of over 300 titles, he had multiple albums on the Billboard charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s... , Weiss George David Weiss George David Weiss was an American songwriter and former President of the Songwriters Guild of America.-Career:... |
1959 - The Greatest Songs Ever Swung | Camden Records 542 |
| "Lush Life Lush Life (song) "Lush Life" is a jazz standard with lyrics and music written by Billy Strayhorn from 1933 to 1938. However, the song was only performed privately by Strayhorn until he and vocalist Kay Davis performed it on November 13, 1948 with the Duke Ellington Orchestra at Carnegie Hall... " |
Strayhorn Billy Strayhorn William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn was an American composer, pianist and arranger, best known for his successful collaboration with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington lasting nearly three decades. His compositions include "Chelsea Bridge", "Take the "A" Train" and "Lush Life".-Early... |
1983 - Portraits 2000 - Tender Moments* |
Muse Records 5301 Savoy Jazz 17253 |
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| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
Label / catalog # |
| "Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Live Without Him, Blues" |
Charles, Markes Jr. Larry Markes Lawrence Wolcott Markes was an American who provided jokes, sketches, songs and screenplays during a career that lasted more than 50 years.... |
1965 - The End Of A Love Affair 1960 - Let Me Love You 196x - Velvet Voice (South America release only) |
Ascot Records 16014 United Artists Records 6020 UA 10111 and MH 14097 |
| "Mad About the Boy Mad About the Boy Dinah Washington's 1952 recording of "Mad about the Boy" is possibly the most widely known version of the song in modern times. The 6/8-time arrangement for voice and jazz orchestra by Quincy Jones omits two verses and was recorded in the singer's native Chicago on the Mercury label.Washington's... " |
Coward Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy... |
1958 - Morgana King Sings The Blues 1965 - More Morgana King |
Mercury Records 20231 Mainstream Records 56052 |
| "Makin' Whoopee" | Donaldson Walter Donaldson Walter Donaldson was a prolific United States popular songwriter, composing many hit songs of the 1910s and 1920s.-History:... , Kahn Gus Kahn Gustav Gerson Kahn was a musician, songwriter and lyricist.-Biography:Kahn was born in Koblenz, Germany in 1886. The family emigrated from there to the United States and moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1890... |
1977 - Stretchin' Out | Muse Records 5166 |
| "Mean to Me" | Ahlert Fred E. Ahlert Frederick Emil Ahlert was an American composer and songwriter. He received a degree from Fordham Law School, but instead of pursuing a legal career he began work as an arranger, initially for Irving Aaronson and his Commanders and then for composer and band-leader Fred Waring... , Turk Roy Turk Roy Kenneth Turk was an American songwriter. A lyricist, he frequently collaborated with composer Fred E. Ahlert – their popular 1928 song "Mean to Me" has become a jazz standard. He worked with many other composers, including for film lyrics... |
1958 - Morgana King Sings The Blues 1965 - More Morgana King |
Mercury Records 20231 Mainstream Records 56052 |
| "Meditation" ("Meditacao") | Jobim, Mendonca Newton Mendonça Newton Ferreira de Mendonça was a musician, composer, and lyricist. He began as a pianist in 1950. In 1953 he started working with Antonio Carlos Jobim, something for which he is best known. Mendonça went on to co-compose music and lyrics for Desafinado, Meditação, and Samba de uma nota só... , Gimbel |
1964 - A Taste Of Honey 1965 - Miss Morgana King 1972 - Cuore Di Mama |
Mainstream Records 707 Ascot Records 16020 Mainstream Records 355 |
| "More Than You Know More Than You Know (1929 song) "More Than You Know" is a popular song, with music written by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Billy Rose and Edward Eliscu. The song was published in 1929.... " |
Eliscu, Rose, Youmans | 1958 - Morgana King Sings The Blues 2002 - Jazz Singing** |
Mercury Records 20231 UMVD Import |
| "Mountain Greenery Mountain Greenery "Mountain Greenery" is a popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical The Garrick Gaieties . It was first performed on stage by Sterling Holloway.-Notable recordings:... " |
Hart, Rodgers | 1992 - Another Time, Another Space | Muse Records 5339 |
| "Mountain High, Valley Low" | Hanighen Bernie Hanighen Bernard D. Hanighen was an American songwriter best known for co-writing "'Round Midnight" and "When a Woman Loves a Man"... , Scott Raymond Scott Raymond Scott was an American composer, band leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and electronic instrument inventor.... |
1965 - It's A Quiet Thing 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6192 - Label M 5704 |
| "My Funny Valentine My Funny Valentine "My Funny Valentine" is a show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Babes in Arms in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green... " |
Rodgers, Hart | 2003 - Women of Substance** 2004 - Classic Love Songs** 2004 - Jazz Express Presents: The Jazz Singers** 2004 - Original Divas** 2007 - The Ultimate Most Relaxing Jazz in the Universe** |
Savoy Jazz BMG Special Products Metro Music Metro Music Metro Music was Martha and the Muffins' first album, released in 1979. It contained the international hit single "Echo Beach", which reached #3 in Canada, #1 in Portugal, #5 in Australia and #10 in the UK charts in March 1980. It also reached #37 in the U.S. on the Club Play Singles chart. ... Sony BMG Special Products Danon Records |
| "My Funny Valentine"/"You Are So Beautiful You Are So Beautiful "You Are So Beautiful" is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher and Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys. It was first recorded by Preston and made popular in a version by Joe Cocker.... " |
Rodgers, Hart/Fisher, Preston | 1978 - Everything Must Change 2000 - Jazz for When You're in Love** 2000 - Tender Moments* 2003 - Jazz for Romantic Moments** |
Muse Records 5190 32 Jazz Savoy Jazz 17253 Savoy Jazz |
| "My Love is a Wanderer" | 1965 - Everybody Loves Saturday Night | Ascot Records 16019 | |
| N | |||
| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
Label / catalog # |
| "Nobody Else But Me" | Hammerstein II, Kern | 1966 - Wild Is Love 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6205 Label M 5704 |
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| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
Label / catalog # |
| "Oh Dear! What Can The Matter Be?" | Traditional | 1960 - Folk Songs a La King 1965 - Everybody Loves Saturday Night |
United Artists Records United Artists Records United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:... 6028 Ascot Records 16019 |
| "Oh, I Wish I Were In Love Again I Wish I Were in Love Again "I Wish I Were in Love Again" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms. Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney performed it in the 1948 film Words and Music... " |
Rodgers, Hart | 1965 - Everybody Loves Saturday Night | Ascot Records 16019 |
| "On A Slow Boat To China (I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China " Slow Boat to China" is a popular song by Frank Loesser, published in 1947.Hit recordings:The song is a well-known pop standard, recorded by many artists, including Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald, Joni James, Jimmy Buffett, Fats Domino and Liza Minnelli.Bette Midler and Barry Manilow recorded... " |
Loesser Frank Loesser Frank Henry Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote the lyrics and scores to the Broadway hits Guys and Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won separate Tony Awards for the music and lyrics in both shows, as well as sharing the Pulitzer Prize for... |
1992 - This Is Always 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5493 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "On Green Dolphin Street On Green Dolphin Street (song) "On Green Dolphin Street" is a 1947 popular song composed by Bronislau Kaper with lyrics by Ned Washington. The song, composed for the film Green Dolphin Street, went on to become a jazz standard after being recorded by Miles Davis... " |
Kaper, Washington Ned Washington Ned Washington was an American lyricist.-Biography:Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962... |
1986 - Stardust (Japan release only) 1992 - Another Time, Another Space |
CBS/Sony 32DP 686 Muse Records 5339 |
| "On The South Side of Chicago" | Zeller | 1967 - Gemini Changes 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6257 Label M 5704 |
| "Once I Loved (O Amor en Paz)" | Jobim | 1967 - Gemini Changes 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6257 Label M 5704 |
| "Only Know I Loved You" | Scibetta, Wallow | 1968 - Know How It Feels To Be Lonely | Verve Records 9229 |
| "Out Of Nowhere Out of Nowhere (Johnny Green song) "Out of Nowhere" is a popular song composed by Johnny Green with lyrics by Edward Heyman. It was first recorded by Bing Crosby in 1931 and became his first number one hit as a solo artist... " |
Green, Heyman | 1978 - Everything Must Change | Muse Records 5190 |
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| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
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| "Perdido" | Tizol Juan Tizol Juan Tizol was a Puerto Rican trombonist and composer.He was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Music was a large part of his life from an early age. His first instrument was the violin, but he soon switched to valve trombone, the instrument he would play throughout his career... |
1959 - The Greatest Songs Ever Swung | Camden Records 542 |
| "Prelude to a Kiss Prelude to a Kiss (song) "Prelude to a Kiss" is a 1938 song composed by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills, with lyrics by Irving Gordon.In 1989, saxophonist Nelson Rangell covered the song from his self-titled album.-Notable Recordings:... " |
Ellington Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions... , Mills Irving Mills Irving Mills was a jazz music publisher, also known by the name of "Joe Primrose."Mills was born to Jewish parents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He founded Mills Music with his brother Jack in 1919... , Gordon Irving Gordon Irving Gordon was an American songwriter.-Biography:Irving Gordon was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a child, he studied violin, and after attending public schools in New York City, went to work in the Catskill Mountains at some of the resort hotels in the area... |
1964 - With A Taste of Honey 1964 - A Taste Of Honey |
Mainstream Records 6015 Mainstream Records 707 |
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| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
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| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
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| "Rain Rain (Don't Go Away)" | 1965 - Winter Of My Discontent | Wing Records 16307 | |
| S | |||
| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
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| "'S Wonderful 'S Wonderful S Wonderful" is a popular song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics written by Ira Gershwin. It was introduced in the Broadway musical Funny Face by Adele Astaire and Allen Kearns.... " |
Gershwin, Gershwin | 1992 - Another Time, Another Space | Muse Records 5339 |
| "Send in the Clowns Send in the Clowns "Send in the Clowns" is a song by Stephen Sondheim from the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night. It is a ballad from Act II in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. Among other things, she... " |
Sondheim Stephen Sondheim Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award... |
1983 - Portraits | Muse Records 5301 |
| "Simply Eloquent" | Morgana King, Monte Oliver | 1986 - Simply Eloquent | Muse Records 5326 |
| "Since I Fell for You Since I Fell for You "Since I Fell for You" is a jazz and pop standard. The blues ballad was composed by Buddy Johnson in 1945 and was first popularized by his sister, Ella Johnson, with Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra. The biggest hit version was recorded by Lenny Welch in 1963, reaching number four on the U.S... " |
Johnson Buddy Johnson Not to be confused with Budd Johnson.Buddy Johnson was an American jazz and New York blues pianist and bandleader, active from the 1930s through the 1960s... |
1968 - Know How It Feels To Be Lonely | Verve Records 9229 |
| "Softly Say Goodbye" | Wallawich, Scibetto | 1967 - Gemini Changes 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6257 Label M 5704 |
| "Solitude (In My) Solitude " Solitude" is a 1934 jazz standard, composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills.- Notable recordings :* Paul Robeson, bass with orchestra. Recorded in London on October 18, 1937... " |
DeLange Eddie DeLange Eddie DeLange was an American bandleader and lyricist. Famous artists who recorded some of DeLange's songs include Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman.-Biography:... , Ellington, Mills Irving Mills Irving Mills was a jazz music publisher, also known by the name of "Joe Primrose."Mills was born to Jewish parents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He founded Mills Music with his brother Jack in 1919... |
1992 - Another Time, Another Space | Muse Records 5339 |
| "Someone to Watch Over Me Someone to Watch over Me (song) "Someone to Watch Over Me" is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin from the musical Oh, Kay! , where it was introduced by Gertrude Lawrence... " |
Gershwin, Gershwin | 1986 - Stardust (Japan release only) | CBS/Sony 32DP 686 |
| "Something To Remember You By" | Dietz Howard Dietz Howard Dietz was an American publicist, lyricist, and librettist.-Biography:Dietz was born in New York City and studied journalism at Columbia University... , Schwartz Arthur Schwartz Arthur Schwartz was an American composer and film producer.Schwartz supported his legal studies at New York University and postgraduate studies at Columbia University by playing piano before concentrating his talents on vaudeville, Broadway theatre and Hollywood.Among his Broadway musicals are The... |
1958 - Morgana King Sings The Blues | Mercury Records 20231 |
| "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" is a traditional Negro spiritual.The song dates back to the era of slavery in the United States when it was common practice to sell children of slaves away from their parents. An early performance of the song dates back to the 1870s by the Fisk Jubilee... " |
Traditional | 1964 - A Taste Of Honey 1965 - Miss Morgana King 1972 - Cuore Di Mama 1991 - Great Ladies of Jazz Vol. 2** |
Mainstream Records 707 Ascot Records 16020 Mainstream Records 355 K-Tel |
| "Stardust Stardust (song) "Stardust" is an American popular song composed in 1927 by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics added in 1929 by Mitchell Parish. Originally titled "Star Dust", Carmichael first recorded the song at the Gennett Records studio in Richmond, Indiana... " |
Carmichael Hoagy Carmichael Howard Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He is best known for writing "Stardust", "Georgia On My Mind", "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul", four of the most-recorded American songs of all time.Alec Wilder, in his study of the... |
1986 - Stardust (Japan release only) | CBS/Sony 32DP 686 |
| "Summer Me, Winter Me" | Bergman Marilyn Bergman Marilyn Bergman is a composer, songwriter and author.She was born Marilyn Keith in Brooklyn, New York and studied psychology and English at New York University... , Bergman Alan Bergman Alan Bergman is an American lyricist and songwriter.-Life & career:Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UCLA. His involvement in the entertainment industry began in the early 1950s as a director of children's television shows... , Legrand Michel Legrand Michel Jean Legrand is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist... |
1990 - I Just Can't Stop Loving You 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5408 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "Sunny Sunny (song) "Sunny" is the name of a song written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most covered popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates "Sunny" number 25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century."... " |
Hebb Bobby Hebb Bobby Hebb was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his writing and recording of "Sunny".-Biography:... |
1967 - Gemini Changes 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6257 Label M 5704 |
| "Sunshine Superman Sunshine Superman "Sunshine Superman" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. The "Sunshine Superman" single was released in the United States through Epic Records in July 1966, but due to a contractual dispute the United Kingdom release was delayed until December 1966, where it... " |
Leitch Donovan Donovan Donovan Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch (born 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music... |
1968 - Know How It Feels To Be Lonely | Verve Records 9229 |
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| Song | Composer(s) | Album(s) Year - Title |
Label / catalog # |
| "Take the 'A' Train" | Strayhorn Billy Strayhorn William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn was an American composer, pianist and arranger, best known for his successful collaboration with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington lasting nearly three decades. His compositions include "Chelsea Bridge", "Take the "A" Train" and "Lush Life".-Early... |
1959 - The Greatest Songs Ever Swung 2002 - We Love New York** |
Camden Records 542 RCA Records |
| "That Ole Devil Called Love" | Fisher, Roberts | 1960 - Let Me Love You 196x - Velvet Voice (South America release only) 1965 - The End Of A Love Affair |
United Artists Records 6020 UA 10111 and MH 14097 Ascot Records 16014 |
| "The Best Is Yet to Come The Best Is Yet to Come (song) "The Best is Yet to Come" is a 1959 song composed by Cy Coleman, with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. It is associated with Frank Sinatra, who recorded it on his 1964 album It Might as Well Be Swing, accompanied by Count Basie, under the direction of Quincy Jones... " |
Coleman Cy Coleman Cy Coleman was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.-Life and career:He was born Seymour Kaufman on June 14, 1929, in New York City to Eastern European Jewish parents, and was raised in the Bronx. His mother, Ida was an apartment landlady and his father was a brickmason... , Leigh Carolyn Leigh Carolyn Leigh was an American lyricist for Broadway, movies, and popular songs. She is best known as the writer with partner Cy Coleman of the pop standards "Witchcraft" and "The Best Is Yet to Come."-Biography:... |
1966 - Wild Is Love 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6205 Label M 5704 |
| "The Best Things In Life Are Free" | Brown Lew Brown Lew Brown was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States.Brown was born as Louis Brownstein in Odessa, Russian Empire... , DeSylva, Henderson Ray Henderson Ray Henderson , was an American songwriter.Born Raymond Brost in Buffalo, New York, Henderson moved to New York City and became a popular composer in Tin Pan Alley... |
1992 - This Is Always 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5493 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "The End Of A Love Affair" | Redding | 1965 - The End Of A Love Affair 1960 1960 - Let Me Love You 196x - Velvet Voice (South America release only) |
Ascot Records 16014 United Artists Records 6020 UA 10111 and MH 14097 |
| "The Gentleman Is A Dope" | Rodgers, Hammerstein | 1992 - Another Time, Another Space | Muse Records 5339 |
| "The Lady Is a Tramp The Lady Is a Tramp "The Lady Is a Tramp" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes In Arms in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green. This song is a spoof of New York high society and its strict etiquette... " |
Hart, Rodgers | 1964 - With A Taste of Honey 1964 - A Taste Of Honey 1993 - Mainstream Records Jazz & Blues Sampler** |
Mainstream Records 6015 Mainstream Records 707 Mainstream Records |
| "The Lady Sings the Blues Lady Sings the Blues (song) "Lady Sings the Blues" is a song written by jazz singer Billie Holiday, and jazz pianist Herbie Nichols.It is the title song to her 1956 album, released on Clef/Verve Records .... " |
Holiday, Nicols Herbie Nichols Herbie Nichols , was an American jazz pianist and composer who wrote the jazz standard "Lady Sings the Blues". Obscure during his lifetime, he is now highly regarded by many musicians and critics.-Life:... |
1965 - Winter Of My Discontent | Wing Records 16307 |
| "The Long and Winding Road The Long and Winding Road "The Long and Winding Road" is a ballad written by Paul McCartney that originally appeared on The Beatles' album Let It Be. It became The Beatles' 20th and last number-one song in the United States on 23 May 1970, and was the last single released by the quartet... " |
Lennon, McCartney | 1979 - Higher Ground | Muse Records 5224 |
| "The Look Of Love The Look of Love (1967 song) "The Look of Love" is a popular song composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and sung by Dusty Springfield, which appeared in the 1967 spoof James Bond film Casino Royale.-Songwriters:... " |
Bacharach Burt Bacharach Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick... , David Hal David Harold Lane "Hal" David is an American lyricist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. David is best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach.-Career:... |
1967 - Gemini Changes 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6257 Label M 5704 |
| "The Love of My Life (The Lady in My Life)" | Temperton | 1990 - I Just Can't Stop Loving You 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5408 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "The Moment Of Truth" | Satterwhite, Scott | 1966 - Wild Is Love 1983 - Portraits 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6205 Muse Records 5301 Label M 5704 |
| "The More I See You The More I See You "The More I See You" is a popular song written by Harry Warren, with lyrics by Mack Gordon. Chris Montez produced the most commercially successful and well known version of the song and it is this version that has been used many times in movies, notably at the beginning of the famous club scene in... " |
Warren, Gordon Mack Gordon Mack Gordon was an American composer and lyricist of songs for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times, including six consecutive years between 1940 and 1945, and won the award once, for "You'll Never Know"... |
1986 - Stardust (Japan release only) | CBS/Sony 32DP 686 |
| "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (jazz standard) "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" is a song composed by Jerry Brainin, with lyrics by Buddy Bernier. The song was written for the 1948 film Night Has a Thousand Eyes.... " |
Brainer, Bernier | 1964 - A Taste Of Honey 1965 - Miss Morgana King |
Mainstream Records 707 Ascot Records 16020 |
| "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) "The One I Love " is a popular song.The music was written by Isham Jones, the lyrics by Gus Kahn. The song was published in 1924. It was first introduced by Al Jolson. The song was performed in the 1951 film I'll See You in My Dreams, starring Doris Day and Danny Thomas... " |
Kahn, Jones Isham Jones Isham Jones was a United States bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter.-Career:Jones was born in Coalton, Ohio, to a musical and mining family, and grew up in Saginaw, Michigan, where he started his first band... |
1979 - Higher Ground | Muse Records 5224 |
| "The Sands of Time And Changes" | Hathaway Donny Hathaway Donny Edward Hathaway was an American soul singer-songwriter and musician. Hathaway contracted with Atlantic Records in 1969 and with his first single for the Atco label, "The Ghetto, Part I" in early 1970, Rolling Stone magazine "marked him as a major new force in soul music."His collaborations... , McKinnor |
1973 - New Beginnings | Paramount Records 6067 |
| "The Shadow Of Your Smile The Shadow of Your Smile "The Shadow of Your Smile", also known as "Love Theme from The Sandpiper", is a popular song. The music was written by Johnny Mandel with the lyrics written by Paul Francis Webster... " (Love Theme from the film - 'Sandpiper') |
Mandel Johnny Mandel Johnny Mandel is an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. Among the musicians he has worked with are Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, and Shirley Horn.-Life:... , Webster Paul Francis Webster Paul Francis Webster was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award.-Biography:... |
1966 - Wild Is Love 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6205 Label M 5704 |
| "The Song Is You The Song Is You (song) "The Song Is You" is a popular song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was written for their musical Music in the Air and sung in that show by Tullio Carminati. In later years the song became often associated with Frank Sinatra."The Song Is You" is the recurring... " |
Hammerstein, Kern | 1956 - For You, For Me, For Evermore 1965 - More Morgana King |
EmArcy Records 36079 Mainstream Records 56052 |
| "The Things We Did Last Summer The Things We Did Last Summer "The Things We Did Last Summer" is a popular song from 1946. The words were written by Sammy Cahn, with the composition by Jule Styne. Several recordings have been made, the most well known of which include versions by Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford and Vaughn Monroe... " |
Cahn, Styne | 1992 - This Is Always 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5493 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "Them There Eyes Them There Eyes "Them There Eyes" is a jazz song written by Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, and William Tracey. It was published in 1930. One of the early recorded versions was done by Louis Armstrong in 1931... " |
Pinkard Maceo Pinkard Maceo Pinkard was an American composer, lyricist, and music publisher. Among his compositions is "Sweet Georgia Brown", a popular standard for decades after its composition and famous as the theme of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.Pinkard was inducted in the National Academy of... , Tauber, Tracey |
1977 - Stretchin' Out | Muse Records 5166 |
| "There Will Never Be Another You There Will Never Be Another You "There Will Never Be Another You" is a popular song with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Mack Gordon for the Twentieth Century Fox musical Iceland starring Sonja Henie... " |
Gordon, Warren | 1992 - Another Time, Another Space | Muse Records 5339 |
| "There's A Lull In My Life" | Gordon Mack Gordon Mack Gordon was an American composer and lyricist of songs for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times, including six consecutive years between 1940 and 1945, and won the award once, for "You'll Never Know"... , Revel Harry Revel Harry Revel was an English composer of musical theatre.Revel was born in London. Before emigrating to the United States in 1929, he wrote musicals for productions in Paris, Copenhagen, Vienna and London.... |
1956 - For You, For Me, For Evermore 1965 - More Morgana King |
EmArcy Records 36079 Mainstream Records 56052 |
| "They All Laughed They All Laughed (song) "They All Laughed" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the 1937 film Shall We Dance where it was introduced by Ginger Rogers as part of a song and dance routine with Fred Astaire.-Notable recordings:... " |
Gershwin, Gershwin | 1990 - I Just Can't Stop Loving You 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5408 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "They Can't Take That Away from Me They Can't Take That Away from Me "They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a 1937 song written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film Shall We Dance.... " |
Gershwin, Gershwin | 1992 - This Is Always 1997 - Every Once In A While* | Muse Records 5493 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "This Can't Be Love This Can't Be Love (song) "This Can't Be Love" is a show tune and a popular song from the 1938 Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse. It was also included in the 1962 musical film, Billy Rose's Jumbo, though most of the songs in that film came from the 1935 Rodgers & Hart musical Jumbo. The lyrics poke fun of the... " |
Hart, Rodgers | 1992 - This Is Always 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5493 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "This Is Always" | Gordon, Warren | 1992 - This Is Always 1997 - Every Once In A While* |
Muse Records 5493 32 Jazz 32042 |
| "This Is My Song This Is My Song (1967 song) "This Is My Song" is a song written by Charlie Chaplin in 1966 and performed by Petula Clark.-Origin/ Petula Clark recording:"This is My Song" was intended for the film, A Countess from Hong Kong, which Charlie Chaplin wrote and directed... " |
Chaplin Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I... |
1967 - Gemini Changes 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6257 Label M 5704 |
| "This Masquerade This Masquerade "This Masquerade" is a song written by Leon Russell. The song appeared on the B-side of the single for Russell's 1972 hit "Tight Rope."The song has also been recorded by many other artists. Helen Reddy included it on her 1972 I am Woman album, and also included a live version on her 1978 Live in... " |
Russell Leon Russell Claude Russell Bridges , known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music.... |
1978 - Everything Must Change | Muse Records 5190 |
| "Through the Eyes of Love" | Hamlisch Marvin Hamlisch Marvin Frederick Hamlisch is an American composer. He is one of only thirteen people to have been awarded Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and a Tony . He is also one of only two people to EGOT and also win a Pulitzer Prize... , Sager Carole Bayer Sager Carole Bayer Sager is an American lyricist, songwriter, singer, and painter.-Introduction:Born in New York City, Sager graduated from New York University, where she majored in English, dramatic arts and speech... |
1998 - Looking Through The Eyes of Love 2000 - Tender Moments* |
Muse Records 5257 Savoy Jazz 17253 |
| "Time After Time Time after Time (1947 song) "Time After Time" is a jazz standard written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne in 1947.It was introduced by Frank Sinatra in the film It Happened in Brooklyn.-Cover versions:... " |
Cahn, Styne | 1998 - Looking Through The Eyes of Love 2000 - Tender Moments* |
Muse Records 5257 Savoy Jazz 17253 |
| "Time For Sleeping" | 1960 - Folk Songs a La King 1965 - Everybody Loves Saturday Night |
United Artists Records 6028 Ascot Records 16019 |
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| "Time Was" (Duermé) | Sosenko | 1983 - Portraits 2000 - Tender Moments* |
Muse Records 5301 Savoy Jazz 17253 |
| "Tomorrow Never Knows Tomorrow Never Knows "Tomorrow Never Knows" is the final track of The Beatles' 1966 studio album Revolver but the first to be recorded. Credited as a Lennon–McCartney song, it was written primarily by John Lennon... " |
Lennon, McCartney | 1968 - I Know How It Feels To Be Lonely | Verve Records 9229 |
| "Try To Remember" | Jones Tom Jones (singer) Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records... , Schmidt Harvey Schmidt Harvey Lester Schmidt is an American composer for musical theatre. He is best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway from 1960 - 2002.-Biography:... |
1964 - A Taste Of Honey 1965 - Miss Morgana King 1972 - Cuore Di Mama |
Mainstream Records 707 Ascot Records 16020 Mainstream Records 355 |
| "'Twas The Night Before Xmas" | 1965 - Everybody Loves Saturday Night | Ascot Records 16019 | |
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| "Undecided Undecided "Undecided" is a popular song written by Sid Robins and Charlie Shavers and published in 1938.The first recording was made by John Kirby and The Onyx Club Boys on October 28, 1938, and released by Decca Records as catalog number 2216, with the flip side "From A Flat to C".It was also recorded by... " |
Shavers Charlie Shavers Charles James Shavers , known as Charlie Shavers, was an American swing era jazz trumpet player who played at one time or another with Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams and Billie Holiday... , Robin |
1960 - Let Me Love You 196x - Velvet Voice (South America release only) 1965 - The End Of A Love Affair |
United Artists Records 6020 UA10111 and MH 14097 Ascot Records 16014 |
| "Useless Landscape" ("Inútil Paisagem") ("If You Never Come to Me") |
DeOliveira, Gilbert, Jobim | 1965 - It's A Quiet Thing 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6192 Label M 5704 |
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| "Visions" | Wonder | 1977 - Stretchin' Out | Muse Records 5166 |
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| "Walk On By" | Bacharach, David, Warwick Dionne Warwick Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health.... |
1967 - Gemini Changes 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* 2006 - What the World Needs Now Is Burt & Hal** |
Reprise Records 6257 Label M 5704 Rhino/Wea UK |
| "Warm Eyes And Bright" | William, Smollen | 1968 - I Know How It Feels To Be Lonely | Verve Records 9229 |
| "Watch What Happens" | Gimbel, Legrand | 1967 - Gemini Changes 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6257 Label M 5704 |
| "We Could Be Flying" | Colombier Michel Colombier Michel Colombier was a French composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor.- External links :*... , Williams Paul Williams (songwriter) Paul Hamilton Williams, Jr. is an Academy Award-winning American composer, musician, songwriter, and actor. He is perhaps best known for popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s including Three Dog Night's "An Old Fashioned Love Song", Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World",... |
1973 - New Beginnings | Paramount Records 6067 |
| "What a Diff'rence a Day Made What a Diff'rence a Day Made "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" is a popular song originally written in Spanish by María Méndez Grever , a Mexican composer, in 1934. Originally, the song was known as Cuando Vuelva A Tu Lado... " |
Grever María Grever María Grever was the first Mexican female musician to become a successful composer.Maria Joaquina de la Portilla Torres was born to a Spanish father and Mexican mother in Mexico. After spending much of her childhood in Spain, she returned with her parents to Mexico at the age of 12. She studied... , Adams |
1977 - Stretchin' Out | Muse Records 5166 |
| "What Is This Thing Called Love? What Is This Thing Called Love? "What Is This Thing Called Love?"is a 1929 popular song written by Cole Porter, for the musical Wake Up and Dream. It was first performed by Elsie Carlisle in March 1929. The song has become a popular jazz standard and one of Porter's most often played compositions.Wake Up and Dream ran for 263... " |
Porter | 1979 - Higher Ground | Muse Records 5224 |
| "What's Going On / Save The Children" | Benson, Cleveland Al Cleveland Al Cleveland is a former American songwriter for the Motown label. Among his most popular co-compositions are 1967's "I Second That Emotion" performed by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles and 1971's "What's Going On" performed by Marvin Gaye.Cleveland was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United... , Gaye Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range.... |
1983 - Portraits | Muse Records 5301 |
| "What's Wrong With Me?" | Wallawich, Scibetto | 1967 - Gemini Changes 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6257 Label M 5704 |
| "When I Fall in Love When I Fall in Love "When I Fall in Love" is a 1952 popular song recorded by many artists.When I Fall in Love may also refer to:* When I Fall in Love , an album by Chris Botti, with a version of the 1952 song... "/"Teach Me Tonight Teach Me Tonight "Teach Me Tonight" is a popular song. The music was written by Gene De Paul, the lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The song was published in 1953.Cahn wrote a new verse for Frank Sinatra's 1984 recording on L.A... " |
Young Victor Young Victor Young was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. He was born in Chicago.-Biography:... , Heyman/DePaul, Kahn |
1979 - Higher Ground | Muse Records 5224 |
| "When The World Was Young" | 1972 - Cuore Di Mama | Mainstream Records 355 | |
| "When Your Lover Has Gone When Your Lover Has Gone "When Your Lover Has Gone" is a 1931 composition by Einar Aaron Swan which, after being featured in the James Cagney film Blonde Crazy that same year, has become a jazz standard. The song was used in the 1991 film, The Rocketeer during the part where Neville Sinclair takes Jenny to The South Seas... " |
Swan Einar Aaron Swan Einar Aaron Swan was an American musician, arranger and composer. Born of Finnish parents who had emigrated to the United States at the turn of the century, he was the second of nine children.... |
1958 - Morgana King Sings The Blues | Mercury Records 20231 |
| "Where Am I Going Sweet Charity Sweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon. It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria... " |
Fields, Coleman | 1968 - Know How It Feels To Be Lonely 1996 - America Songbook Series: Cy Coleman** |
Verve Records 9229 Smithsonian Collection |
| "While We're Young" | Aaron, Adelson, Adler | 1965 - Winter Of My Discontent | Wing Records 16307 |
| "Who Can I Turn To? Who Can I Turn To? "Who Can I Turn To?" is a popular song. It may be titled "Who Can I Turn To ".It was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and published in 1964. The song was introduced in the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd, which struggled in the United Kingdom in 1964 and... " |
Bricusse Leslie Bricusse Leslie Bricusse is an English composer, lyricist, and playwright.Although best known for his partnership with Anthony Newley, Bricusse has worked with many other composers. He was educated at University College School in London and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge... , Newley Anthony Newley Anthony George Newley was an English actor, singer and songwriter. He enjoyed success as a performer in such diverse fields as rock and roll and stage and screen acting.-Early life:... |
1965 - Miss Morgana King 1965 - Winter Of My Discontent 1972 - Cuore Di Mama |
Ascot Records 16020 Wing Records 16307 Mainstream Records 355 |
| "Why Was I Born? Why Was I Born? "Why Was I Born?" is a 1929 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.It was written for the show Sweet Adeline .-Notable recordings:*Georgia Brown - Georgia Brown Sings Gershwin/Georgia Brown... " |
Hammerstein, Kern | 1958 - Morgana King Sings The Blues 1965 - More Morgana King |
Mercury Records 20231 Mainstream Records 56052 |
| "Wild Is Love" | Rasch, Wayne | 1966 - Wild Is Love 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6205 Label M 5704 |
| "Will You Still Be Mine?" | Adair, Dennis | 1986 - Simply Eloquent | Muse Records 5326 |
| "Winter of My Discontent" | Wilder Alec Wilder Alec Wilder was an American composer.-Biography:... , Berenberg |
1965 - Winter Of My Discontent | Wing Records 16307 |
| "Wish Me Well" | Engvick William Engvick William Engvick is an American lyricist, many of whose compositions appear in films.Engvick graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1937. He is best known for his collaborations with composer Alec Wilder; they produced songs for the Broadway musical Once Over Lightly , and for... , Wilder |
1965 - Winter Of My Discontent | Wing Records 16307 |
| "With You I'm Born Again With You I'm Born Again "With You I'm Born Again" is a 1979 duet single by Motown recording artists Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright, released as a single from the soundtrack of the motion picture, Fast Break. The song was credited as "Billy Preston and Syreeta" and written by Carol Connors & David Shire... " |
Connors Carol Connors (singer) Carol Connors is a retired American singer-songwriter. She is perhaps best known as the lead vocalist on The Teddy Bears' single, "To Know Him Is To Love Him", which was written by her bandmate Phil Spector.-Biography:She was the lead singer of the pop vocal trio known as The Teddy Bears, which... , Shire David Shire David Lee Shire is an American songwriter and the composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. The soundtrack to the movie The Taking of Pelham 123 and parts of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack such as Night on Disco Mountain, an adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's Night on Bald... |
1998 - Looking Through The Eyes of Love | Muse Records 5257 |
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| "You Always Hurt the One You Love You Always Hurt the One You Love "You Always Hurt the One You Love" is a pop standard, words by Allan Roberts and music by Doris Fisher. It has been performed by many artists over the years, such as The Mills Brothers, Connie Francis , Fats Domino, The Impressions,Frankie Laine, Richard Chamberlain , Peggy Lee, Maureen Evans,... " |
Roberts, Fisher | 1965 - The End Of A Love Affair 1960 - Let Me Love You 196x - Velvet Voice (South America release only) |
Ascot Records 16014 United Artists Records 6020 UA 10111 and MH 14097 |
| "You Are a Story" | Bertoncini, Mauro | 1966 - Wild Is Love 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6205 Label M 5704 |
| "You Are the Sunshine of My Life You Are the Sunshine of My Life "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" is a 1973 pop single released by Stevie Wonder. The song became Wonder's third number-one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and his first number one on the easy listening chart. It won Wonder a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. This song was... " |
Wonder | 1973 - New Beginnings | Paramount Records 6067 |
| "You Don't Know What Love Is You Don't Know What Love Is "You Don't Know What Love Is," a popular song of the Great American Songbook, has one the craziest histories of any song. It was written by Don Raye and Gene de Paul for the Abbott and Costello 1941 Universal picture Keep 'Em Flying, in which it was sung by Carol Bruce... " |
DePaul Gene de Paul Gene de Paul was an American pianist, composer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in New York City, he served in the United States Army during World War II.... , Raye Don Raye Don Raye , born Donald MacRae Wilhoite, Jr., in Washington, D.C., was an American vaudevillian and songwriter, best known for his songs for the Andrews Sisters such as "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", "The House of Blue Lights", "Just For A Thrill" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."While known for... |
1965 - The End Of A Love Affair 1960 - Let Me Love You 196x - Velvet Voice (South America release only) |
Ascot Records 10614 United Artists Records 6020 UA 10111 and MH 14097 |
| "You Fascinate Me So" | Coleman Cy Coleman Cy Coleman was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.-Life and career:He was born Seymour Kaufman on June 14, 1929, in New York City to Eastern European Jewish parents, and was raised in the Bronx. His mother, Ida was an apartment landlady and his father was a brickmason... , Leigh Carolyn Leigh Carolyn Leigh was an American lyricist for Broadway, movies, and popular songs. She is best known as the writer with partner Cy Coleman of the pop standards "Witchcraft" and "The Best Is Yet to Come."-Biography:... |
1966 - Wild Is Love 2000 - The Complete Reprise Recordings* |
Reprise Records 6205 Label M 5704 |
| "You Go to My Head You Go to My Head "You Go to My Head" is a 1938 popular song composed by J. Fred Coots with lyrics by Haven Gillespie. The song is a unique conjunction of a sophisticated lyric and complex, lush harmonic structure by two songwriters who were not generally known for such elegance; nevertheless the song is highly... " |
Coots, Gillespie Haven Gillespie James Lamont "Haven" Gillespie was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. He was the writer of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" as well as "You Go to My Head", "Honey", "By the Sycamore Tree", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Breezin' Along With The Breeze", "Right or Wrong," "Beautiful Love",... |
1983 - Portraits 2000 - Tender Moments* 2003 - Jazz for an Elegant Rendezvous** |
Muse Records 5301 Savoy Jazz 17253 Savoy Jazz |
| "You Stepped Out of a Dream You Stepped Out of a Dream "You Stepped Out of a Dream" is a popular song with music written by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Gus Kahn that was published in 1940. The song has become a pop and jazz standard, with many recorded versions.... " |
Brown Nacio Herb Brown Nacio Herb Brown was an American writer of popular songs, movie scores, and Broadway theatre music in the 1920s through the early 1950s.-Biography:... , Kahn |
1979 - Higher Ground | Muse Records 5224 |
| "Young and Foolish"" | 1972 - Cuore Di Mama | Mainstream Records 355 | |
| "Your House" | 1965 - Winter Of My Discontent | Wing Records 16307 | |
| "You're Driving Me Crazy You're Driving Me Crazy "You’re Driving Me Crazy" is a U.S. popular song composed by Walter Donaldson for the 1930 musical comedy Smiles. It was recorded the same year by Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians and became a hit... " |
Donaldson | 1979 - Higher Ground | Muse Records 5224 |
| "You're Not So Easy To Forget" | 1956 - For You, For Me, For Evermore | EmArcy Records 36079 | |
| "You're Not the Kind" | Hudson, Mills | 1983 - Portraits | Muse Records 5301 |
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