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Don Costa

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Aliases
Don Costa and His Freeloaders
Don Costa His Orchestra and Chorus
Don Costa & His Orchestra & Chorus
Don Costa's Free Loaders
Real name
Domenick P. Costa
Born
July 10, 1925
Died
January 19, 1983
Country
United States
IPI
00006897461 11 works
00006897951 7 works
Affiliation
ASCAP, BMI
Comments
Conductor and record producer
Family
Nikka Costa Daughter
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DCP International   founder of
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
November 1961 Connie Francis
December 1955 (5 artists)
September 1960 (7 artists)
December 4, 1964 (3 artists)
January 1956 Petula Clark with Orchestra directed by Tony Osborne
July 1953 (4 artists)
April 1956 (21 artists)
listen on Internet Archive June 1954 Chris Connor accompanied by Vinnie Burke Quartet
September 13, 1965 (15 artists)
July 1957 Ulf Lindqvist
July 1959 (11 artists)
October 1957 (20 artists)
May 1957 (2 artists)
August 1969 (4 artists)
June 1958 César Costa - Coros y orquesta de Gustavo Pimentel
1952 (3 artists)
August 19, 1965 Bruno Lomas
March 1955 (6 artists)
Oh, Oh, Oh Lloyd Price with Don Costa Orchestra 1957 Unverified
March 1955 (3 artists)
November 1962 (8 artists)
 REL November 1955 (278 artists)
Originally by Jackie & Roy REC
January 1964 (4 artists)
May 10, 1965 (2 artists)
September 1959 (3 artists)
 REC January 1964 (23 artists)
Originally by Jesse Pearson REL, Bert Lahr & Julienne Marie PRF
March 26, 1980 Sumiko Yoseyama, Mal Waldron
i 1963 (5 artists)
June 1958 Diego Peano
March 26, 1980 (11 artists)
December 1957 (56 artists)
January 1966 (12 artists)

Covers by Don Costa

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i October 1962 Mr. Acker Bilk with The Leon Young String Chorale
i 1960 Enrique Madriguera & His Rumba Orch.
i 1969 Enrique Madriguera & His Rumba Orch.
i Adiós Don Costa and His Orchestra 1960 Unverified
September 1957 Campbell and Burr
i 1968 Simon and Garfunkel
November 1955 Yvette Giraud - Orchestre dir. Albert Lasry
i November 1967 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
December 1955 Lou Gold with The Melody Man – Vocal Chorus, Murray Amster
1962 Steve Lawrence with Orchestra directed by Jack Kane
August 1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
February 1962 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
i November 1967 The Beatles
September 1958 (unknown)
November 1955 Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal refrain by Jimmy Saunders
i 1960 Chucho Martínez Gil - Con la orquesta de J. Sabre Marroquin
i An Affair to Remember Don Costa Voices and Orchestra (Don Costa) 1961 Unverified
i 1981 The Beatles
May 1959 Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
  January 8, 1954 (unknown), Jerry Vale with Percy Faith & His Orch. REC,REL, Alfred Drake, Doretta Morrow, Richard Kiley & Henry Calvin PRF
September 1957 Peggy Lee with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra
i   1960 Flo Sandon's e "I Radars" - Orchestra diretta da Federico Bergamini REL, Sylvana Mangano [dubbed by Flo Sandon's] BRD
i Anna Don Costa and His Orchestra 1961 Unverified
April 1959 Christine Spencer - Conducted by Teddy Vann
1960 Al Jolson
1962 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
  December 1955 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
1973 Clifton Webb
i 1968 Simon and Garfunkel
i   1960 J. Harold Murray PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC,REL
November 1957 Mitch Miller
May 1959 Tommy Edwards
i October 1962 Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
September 1962 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
i 1981 The Beatles
  April 1957 Bing Crosby BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra REL
1957 George Givot
i 1981 The Beatles
November 1955 El Brendel and Manya Roberti
February 1959 John McCormack - Piano accomp. by Edwin Schneider
  1958 Jack Denny and His Orchestra - Vocal by Sonny Schuyler REC, Bing Crosby BRD
  September 1957 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
1957 Solange Berry accompagnée par Bill Byers et son orchestre BRD, Eddie Constantine accompagné par Bill Byers et son orchestre REL, Jackie Paris
i 1960 Count Basie and His Orchestra
1962 Bing Crosby
  September 1959 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
  1963 Frank Sinatra REL, Jackie Gleason BRD
1963 Andy Williams - Arr. & cond. by Robert Mersey
  September 1957 Helen Morgan, Tess Gardella and Norma Terris PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
i November 1967 Frankie Valli
1963 Bobby Vee with The Johnny Mann Singers
i 1968 The Cyrkle
  1965 Louis Jourdan PRF, Doug Crosley REL
  February 1962 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
  1958 Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
  April 1957 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REL
  1963 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
1965 Liza Minnelli
October 1962 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
  1961 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
  September 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ink Spots REL
listen on Internet Archive Don't Make Me Love You Dolores Hawkins with Orchestra under Direction of Don Costa 1954 Unverified
i November 1967 Petula Clark
1961 Mildred Bailey
December 1955 Mildred Bailey
1958 Jerry Lewis
1960 The Pied Pipers - With Paul Weston and His Orchestra
April 1962 Gloria Lynne with The Earl May Trio
i 1960 Marga Llergo & Antonio Escobar
  1961 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
i 1968 Simon and Garfunkel
1957 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
  April 1957 Joe Cook and Alice Boulden PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC
1958 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra
i 1962 Jean-Michel Defaye et son grand orchestre à cordes
i Flamenco Love Don Costa 1956 Unverified
November 1955 Charles Trenet accompagné par Wal-Berg et son orchestre
  October 1962 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
1963 Connie Francis
1963 The Shirelles
  1958 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
  August 1962 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
March 26, 1980 Bill Nash
For You My Love Nat Wright - Conducted by Don Costa April 1959 Unverified
i 1969 Judy Collins
i From Here to Eternity Don Costa - Voices And Orchestra (Don Costa) 1961 Unverified
i 1964 Johnny Janis
  November 1962 Doris Carson PRF, Bea Wain with Orchestra under the direction of Walter Gross REC
1963 (unknown)
i 1969 Ary Cordovil
December 1955 Ted Wallace and His Swing Kings (Ed Kirkeby)
1960 Ted Wallace and His Swing Kings (Ed Kirkeby)
1958 The Daddy-O's
April 1957 June Carroll
April 1957 (unknown performer)
  December 1955 Ethel Waters BRD, Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Frances Wayne REC,REL
1958 Roy Fox and His Orchestra (Vocal Refrain by Barry Gray)
i 1960 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Jack Dumont, Alto Sax
  November 1955 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
1960 Jacques Renard & His Orchestra
  1965 Louis Armstrong and The All Stars REC, Carol Channing and David Hartman PRF
November 1955 The Mello Larks with Neal Hefti & His Orch.
1958 The Mello Larks with Neal Hefti & His Orch.
i November 1967 The Beach Boys
i 1969 The Beatles
October 1955 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
November 1955 Charles Trenet et son orchestre
i   1968 Chad and Jeremy REC, Simon & Garfunkel REL
December 1955 (unknown)
  November 1955 Fred Astaire & Adele Astaire PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred and Adele Astaire REC,REL
  1973 Betty Jane Bonney with Orchestra REL, Lauren Bacall - Hoagy Carmichael BRD
April 1957 Bobbe Arnst
October 1965 Francesca Annis
November 1968 Little Anthony and The Imperials
i 1968 Paul Simon
  February 1959 Jane Froman with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sid Feller REC, Jane Froman BRD
listen on Internet Archive July 1955 Chuck Willis & The Sandmen [US] - Orch. under dir. of Quincy Jones
  1973 Douglas McPhail BRD, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Howard REC,REL
  November 1955 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra REC,REL, Gene Kelly & Leila Ernst PRF
December 1955 Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone)
  October 1962 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra REL
listen on Internet Archive March 1954 Jackie Paris with Orchestra and Chorus directed by Neal Hefti
February 1959 (unknown)
Covered by (3 artists)
September 1962 Jackie Wilson
November 1962 Frank Sinatra
December 1955 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
1973 Andy Williams
  November 1955 Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocals under the direction of Ken Darby REC, Judy Garland & Ray Bolger BRD
i 1969 Michel Fugain
  1965 Harry Secombe with Wally Stott and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Harry Secombe PRF, Bobby Darin REC
October 1962 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
  1960 Al Jolson PRF, Moulin Rouge Orchestra (Ben Selvin) REL, The Melody Sheiks (Sam Lanin) REC
  September 1957 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
  September 1957 Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
November 1962 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin
February 1962 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin
  1958 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
  September 1962 Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
  1960 Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
October 1962 Dorothy Squires with Orchestra directed by Billy Reid
July 1965 Ted Wallace & His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by The Radio Imps
April 1957 Grace Moore
  July 1957 Louis Prima and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lily Ann Carol REC,REL, Dinah Shore BRD
i October 1959 Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two
1963 Leon Payne
1958 Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
1961 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
September 1962 Nat "King" Cole
i 1969 Dee Dee Warwick
1958 Andy Williams
October 1962 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
June 1960 Jo Stafford with Orchestra conducted by Billy May
November 1955 Margaret Whiting
1958 Margaret Whiting
  1958 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
1958 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
i Invitation Don Costa Voices and Orchestra (Don Costa) 1961 Unverified
August 1959 Dick Powell
  November 1962 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly REC, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell and Chorus with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
1960 Al Jolson
  1958 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
1962 Dinah Shore with Orchestra
  February 1962 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1958 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby BRD
August 1969 Glenn Yarbrough - Arranged and conducted by Dave Gates
November 1955 Mary Martin
  July 1965 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
  1961 Rex Harrison REL,PRF
February 1959 Homer Quincy Smith
1958 Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
October 1957 Joe Reisman and His Orchestra
Covered by (6 artists)
September 1962 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
March 26, 1980 Billy Joel
September 1958 Andy Rose
1958 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen)
i 1960 (unknown)
November 1955 Charles Trenet accompagné par Wal-Berg et son orchestre
i Laura Don Costa Voices and Orchestra (Don Costa) 1961 Unverified
  1957 (unknown), Burl Ives BRD, Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Harry Zimmerman REC,REL
November 1955 Roche & Aznavour avec le Quintette Henri Leca
i   1981 The Beatles REC, Aretha Franklin REL
  October 1957 Tommy Sands with Bob Bain's Music REL, Chet Baker & Bud Shank REC
  December 1955 Harold Arlen with Orchestral Acc. Dir. by Ray Sinatra REC, Art Jarrett BRD
  1962 Dinah Shore PRF, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
  1958 Dinah Shore PRF, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
  November 1955 Dinah Shore PRF, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
December 1956 Nappy Brown with The Zippers Quartet
1960 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Paul Small
  1965 Rita Williams REC, Marti Webb and Tommy Steele PRF,REL
1965 Robert Preston and Ulla Sallert
1963 Jean Renard - Jacques Denjean et son orchestre, Brenda Lee
  October 1962 Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra REC, Jack Payne & His Band BRD,REL
1973 Ethel Waters
  1958 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
October 1957 The Four Esquires - Arranged & Conducted by Sid Bass
March 26, 1980 Geo. Campbell, Elvis Presley
September 1962 Billie Holiday
August 1969 Rod McKuen
i 1969 Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass
December 1955 Bing Crosby
i   1960 Dick Powell with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra REC, Wini Shaw BRD
June 1954 Ted Fiorito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Muzzy Marcellino & The Fio-rettes
March 26, 1980 Richard Harris [IE]
  1960 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
July 1965 Ray Dorey – Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
i   1960 Sterling Holloway - June Cochran PRF, The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin] REC
i 1960 Victor Salon Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret)
1958 Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager)
August 1959 Ray Charles and His Band
1958 Billy Murray and Haydn Qartet with Orchestra, Edison Male Quartette, (unknown)
i 1960 Erroll Garner Trio
February 1962 Erroll Garner Trio, Dakota Staton
1960 Mark Andrews [US1], Henry Halstead and His Orchestra
  1958 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Dorothy Lamour BRD
  1961 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
i Moulin Rouge Don Costa Voices and Orchestra (Don Costa) 1961 Unverified
i 1968 Simon and Garfunkel
January 1956 Sarah Vaughan with Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra
1958 Reilly-Farley and Their Onyx Club Boys
October 1962 (unknown)
  1958 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1963 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
1958 Byron G. Harlan
  1958 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
i July 1960 Melina Mercouri
  1965 Sarah Vaughan REL, Sammy Davis Jr. PRF
February 1959 Tuskegee Institute Singers
1960 (unknown), Ana Hato and Deane Waretini, Gracie Fields with Orchestral Accompaniment conducted by Phil Green
i 1969 The Beatles
i November 1967 Bobbie Gentry
November 1962 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
November 1955 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
July 1965 Patti Page - With Vic Schoen & His Orchestra
1965 Louis Jourdan
  1957 Adriana Caselotti and Harry Stockwell REL,BRD
i 1969 Vic Damone
  September 1962 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Narration by Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan REL, Kate Smith – Orchestra under direction of Jack Miller REC
  1973 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
October 1962 (unknown), Red Nichols and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bill Darnell
  November 1955 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
September 1956 (unknown)
i 1960 Tom Gerun and His Orchestra - Vocal by Scrappy Lambert
  1965 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Peter Matz REC,REL, Barbra Streisand PRF
1959 Elena Madera
i Picnic Don Costa Voices and Orchestra (Don Costa) 1961 Unverified
March 1957 Ken Copeland
December 1960 Matt Monro
February 1962 Russ Columbo
i 1968 Simon and Garfunkel
1958 Haydn Quartet
i 1960 Nelson Pinedo con La Sonora Matancera
i 1960 (unknown)
1958 Lew Stone and His Band
1955 Hollywood Dance Orchestra [Adrian Schubert] - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman
i 1960 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
April 1957 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl
September 1962 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
i 1968 (unknown), Gordon Heath and Lee Payant, Simon and Garfunkel
1961 Bing Crosby with Pete King and His Orchestra
1958 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Don Rodney and The Lombardo Trio
March 1959 Ames Brothers
December 1955 Bob MacGimsey
1965 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Don Costa
May 1956 (unknown), Kay Cee Jones with Orchestra conducted by Ernest Freeman
  December 1955 The Charleston Chasers [US] REC, Lillian Roth BRD
i Smile Don Costa Voices and Orchestra (Don Costa) 1961 Unverified
i November 1967 Janis Ian
June 1955 The Four Fellows
i 1981 The Beatles
April 1960 Dean Stewart and The Robbins with Bob Wilson and His Orchestra
February 1959 (unknown)
1958 (unknown)
March 26, 1980 Neil Diamond
i 1960 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i   1969 Young-Holt Unlimited REL, Barbara Acklin REC
  November 1962 Jackie & Roy REC, Jerri Winters - With Orchestra conducted by Don Costa REL
October 1958 Waring's Pennsylvanians
Covered by (84 artists)
February 1962 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals, Chester Leighton & His Sophomores - Vocal Chorus by Chester Leighton
i 1981 John Lennon
November 1962 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD, Dick Haymes and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra
i Stella by Starlight Don Costa Voices and Orchestra (Don Costa) 1961 Unverified
  September 1957 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
i 1960 Alfred Newman and His Orchestra
i 1962 Leona Williams and Her Dixie Band
listen on Internet Archive June 1955 Leona Williams and Her Dixie Band
March 26, 1980 Peter Nero
  July 1965 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
  1965 Zero Mostel, Maria Karnilova and Chorus REL,PRF
1973 Marie Laforêt, (unknown)
1958 Nat "King" Cole
February 1962 Nat "King" Cole
October 1962 Russell Wooding and His Grand Central Red Caps
i "The 3rd Man" Theme Don Costa Voices and Orchestra (Don Costa) 1961 Unverified
August 1969 Rod McKuen
November 1967 The Kids Next Door
Sampled by Beastie Boys
  April 1957 Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REC, Lisa Kirk PRF
1973 Michel Legrand, Johnny Mathis
July 1957 The Flamingos
February 1959 (unknown), John Charles Thomas
  September 1957 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
  September 1962 Judy Garland REC,BRD, Jeri Southern with Orchestra conducted by Sonny Burke REL
i October 1962 Composed and conducted by Jerry Fielding
i October 1962 The MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Robert Armbruster
i May 4, 1962 The Weavers
Covered by (2 artists)
i March 1960 Dimitri Tiomkin
i   October 1962 David Rose and His Orchestra REL, The MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Leigh Harline BRD
1958 (unknown)
February 1955 (unknown)
October 1965 Johnny Mandel
listen on Internet Archive February 1954 Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
August 1969 Rod McKuen
i 1968 Simon and Garfunkel
  November 1955 Rudy Vallee & Everett Marshall PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
November 1955 (unknown)
April 1957 Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Garry Stevens and The Stardusters
February 1973 The Drifters [US1]
November 1955 Priscilla Lane
i 1960 Orquestra Colbaz
  August 1959 Frank Sinatra BRD, Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC
March 1956 Sammy Davis, Jr.
  1960 Al Jolson PRF,REC
listen on Internet Archive March 1954 (unknown)
August 1956 (unknown)
November 1955 Charles Trenet - Orchestre direction Jacques Metehen
i   November 1967 The 5th Dimension REL, The Sunshine Company REC
i November 1967 Dionne Warwick
March 1955 Dinah Shore
November 1962 Tony Martin with Earle Hagan and His Orchestra
1963 Mark Dinning
1958 Victor Young, Jeri Southern with Victor Young and His Orchestra
1957 Cliff Edwards, Jim Carmichael and the Hall Johnson Choir
November 1961 Cliff Richard - Norrie Paramor Orchestra
December 1955 Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone)
September 1957 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen O'Connell
1958 Edith Piaf, Bob Sands with Orchestra conducted by Bill Loose
September 1957 Gene Austin
1957 Cliff Edwards with Victor Young and His Orchestra - And The Ken Darby Singers
1958 American Quartet
  1958 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra REL, Ray Miller's Black and White Melody Boys REC
  1965 Norman Wisdom PRF, Shirley Bassey with Accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence REL
1958 Bob Thompson [US1]
  1958 Margaret Adams PRF, Johnny Green and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marjory Logan REC
1958 Frank Sinatra with Percy Faith and His Orchestra
July 1957 Steve Karmen with Hal Mooney & His Orchestra
i   November 1967 The Association REL, Ruthann Friedman REC
January 1957 Fess Parker
i 1981 The Beatles
  February 1962 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
1981 Odia Coates
  1959 (unknown), Walter Huston and Gloria Warren BRD, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC,REL
March 1959 (unknown), Ken Griffin at the Organ - Vocal by Jerry Wayne
November 1968 Robie Porter - Arr. and cond. by Johnnie Spence
  September 1957 Carol Bruce REC, Ella Fitzgerald REL
1958 Max Bygraves with The Clarke Brothers and Eric Rogers and His Orchestra
  October 1962 Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC, Alice Faye BRD
listen on Internet Archive January 18, 1954 Gladys Rice
  1957 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye REC,REL, James Baskett BRD

Sampled songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Man Alone Frank Sinatra - Music arranged & Conducted by Don Costa August 1969 Reprise Records
Bill Hayes Sings the Best of Disney Bill Hayes with Don Costa's Orchestra & Chorus 1957 ABC-Paramount
Don Costa Plays the Beatles Don Costa 1981 CGD
Don Costa's Instrumental Versions of Simon & Garfunkel Don Costa 1968 Mercury
Drinking Again Dinah Washington - Arr. & Cond. by Don Costa September 1962 Roulette
Eydie Gormé Eydie Gormé - Orchestra conducted by Don Costa April 1957 ABC-Paramount
Eydie in Love Eydie Gorme - Orchestra conducted by Don Costa 1958 ABC-Paramount
Eydie Swings the Blues Eydie Gorme - Orchestra conducted by Don Costa September 1957 ABC-Paramount
Hawaiian Village Nights Alfred Apaka – Orchestra conducted by Don Costa 1958 ABC-Paramount
Hits Hits Hits Don Costa His Orchestra and Chorus 1963 Columbia [US]
Hollywood Premiere Don Costa and His Orchestra October 1962 Columbia [US]
I'll Cry Tomorrow Lillian Roth – Orch. under the direction of Don Costa December 1955 Epic
In Love Dinah Washington - Arranged by Don Costa October 1962 Roulette
It's Us Again Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence – Arranged and conducted by Don Costa 1962 Mati-Mor Superecords
Johnny Nash Johnny Nash - Orchestra directed by Don Costa 1958 ABC-Paramount
Latin Pianos Ferrante & Teicher with Orchestra conducted by Don Costa 1960 United Artists Records
Listen Easy Tony Bennett – Arranged & conducted by Don Costa 1973 Verve Records
Manhattan with Strings Georgie Auld with Don Costa and His Orchestra 1960 United Artists Records
Meet Robert Clary Robert Clary - Orchestra under the direction of Don Costa November 1955 Epic
Modern Delights Don Costa November 1967 Verve Records
"Mr. Personality" Lloyd Price - Orchestra conducted by Don Costa August 1959 ABC-Paramount
Music to Break a Sub-Lease Don Costa's Free Loaders 1958 ABC-Paramount
On Broadway Robert Goulet - Arranged and conducted by Don Costa 1965 Columbia [US]
Portrait of My Love Steve Lawrence - Orchestra conducted by Don Costa 1961 United Artists Records
Shing Along with Ush Don Costa and His Freeloaders 1960 United Artists Records
Sinatra and Strings Frank Sinatra - Orchestra conducted by Don Costa February 1962 Reprise Records
Snowbound Sarah Vaughan, arranged & conducted by Don Costa November 1962 Roulette
The Don Costa Concept Don Costa 1969 Mercury
The Four Coins The Four Coins - Orch. under the direction of Don Costa 1955 Epic
The Golden Touch Don Costa 1964 DCP International
The Quiet Hour Johnny Nash - Orchestra directed by Don Costa February 1959 ABC-Paramount
Winter's Here Jerri Winters - With Orchestra conducted by Don Costa November 1955 Fraternity

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Anything Nat Wright - Conducted by Don Costa April 1959 ABC-Paramount
Baby, Baby, Baby Johnny Nash - Arranged and conducted by Don Costa May 1959 ABC-Paramount
Brigitte's Song "Tell Me Something Sweet" Cindy and Lindy - Orchestra directed by Don Costa 1957 ABC-Paramount
Chain Gang Bobby Scott - Orchestra conducted by Don Costa December 1955 ABC-Paramount
Coal Black Hair Pete Hanley – Orch. under dir. of Don Costa January 18, 1954 Epic
Come Back, Silly Girl Steve Lawrence with Don Costa Orchestra September 1960 ABC-Paramount
Easy Come, Easy Go Lover Sarah Vaughan with Orch. cond. by Don Costa January 8, 1954 Mercury
Flamenco Guitar Don Costa and His Orchestra 1962 Columbia [US]
God Bless Us All Brucie Weil - Don Costa and His Orchestra July 1953 Barbour
He Touched Me Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Don Costa September 13, 1965 Columbia [US]
Hide and Seek Ken Carson - Don Costa and His Orchestra October 1955 Media Records [US1]
How Very Wonderful Alan Dale – Orchestra Directed by Don Costa July 1957 ABC-Paramount
(I Don't Care) Only Love Me Steve Lawrence - Arranged and conducted by Don Costa February 1959 ABC-Paramount
I Don't Mind Hadda Brooks – Orch., Chorus under dir. of Don Costa June 1954 OKeh
I'll Walk Alone Johnny Nash - Orchestra and Chorus directed by Don Costa July 1957 ABC-Paramount
I'll Walk the Line Don Costa October 1959 United Artists Records
I'm Gonna Get Married Lloyd Price - Arranged and conducted by Don Costa July 1959 ABC-Paramount
It's Just My Luck to Be Fifteen The Poni-Tails - Orchestra directed by Don Costa July 1957 ABC-Paramount
Just Young Paul Anka with Don Costa Orchestra & Chorus September 1958 ABC-Paramount
Little by Little Micki Marlo with Don Costa His Orchestra & Chorus December 1956 ABC-Paramount
Miracle of Love Ginny Gibson with Don Costa, His Orchestra and Chorus August 1956 ABC-Paramount
Mr. Wonderful Bette Anne Steele - Orch. & Chorus conducted by Don Costa January 1956 ABC-Paramount
My Favorite Song The Overtones featuring Marian Caruso - Orchestra under Direction of Don Costa 1952 Devon
Never on Sunday Don Costa & His Orch. & Chorus July 1960 United Artists Records
Pepito Teddy Randazzo, arranged and conducted by Don Costa 1959 ABC-Paramount
Pledge of Love Johnny Janis with Don Costa's Orchestra & Chorus March 1957 ABC-Paramount
Smoky Morning Dolores Hawkins with Orchestra under Direction of Don Costa March 1955 Epic
Soldier Boy Bert Taylor - Music by Don Costa June 1955 Essex [US]
Stagger Lee Lloyd Price with Don Costa Orchestra October 1958 ABC-Paramount
Stardust Frank Sinatra - Arranged & Conducted by Don Costa March 1962 Reprise Records
Stay with Me Frank Sinatra - Arr. & Cond. by Don Costa January 1964 Reprise Records
Take a Giant Step Johnny Nash - Arranged and conducted by Don Costa September 1959 ABC-Paramount
The Harem Don Costa and His Orchestra 1963 Columbia [US]
Theme from "The Miracle Worker" (Hush Little Baby) Don Costa and His Orchestra May 4, 1962 CBS
Theme from The Unforgiven (The Need for Love) Don Costa & His Orchestra & Chorus March 1960 United Artists Records
Trapped (In the Web of Love) Redd Evans with Don Costa Orchestra March 1954 Redd-E
When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart) Connie Francis - Conducted and arranged by Don Costa November 1961 MGM
You Could End the World Cathy Carlson - Arranged and conducted by Don Costa November 1968 Philips
You Fool The Gayles - Orchestra conducted by Don Costa May 1956 ABC-Paramount
You Need Hands Eydie Gorme - Arranged and conducted by Don Costa 1958 ABC-Paramount

Performances also appear on

Title Performer Release date Label
Almost in Your Arms Johnny Nash September 1958 ABC-Paramount
A Teenager Sings the Blues Johnny Nash September 1956 ABC-Paramount
A Very Special Love Johnny Nash November 1957 ABC-Paramount
Dinah '62 Dinah Washington April 1962 Roulette
Dino Latino Dean Martin December 1962 Reprise Records
For All We Know Dinah Washington August 1962 Roulette
Forget Her, Forget Her Danny Williams [ZA] December 4, 1964 His Master's Voice
Fortune Teller John Leslie [US1] January 1956 ABC-Paramount
From the Bottom of My Heart (Dammi, dammi, dammi) Dean Martin October 1962 Reprise Records
Got a Match? Frank Gallup 1958 ABC-Paramount
Graduation Day The Rover Boys featuring Billy Albert April 1956 ABC-Paramount
I Can Tell Georgie Shaw July 1955 Decca
I Got Rhythm Johnny Nash August 1959 ABC-Paramount
Indoor Sport Sandy Stewart [US1] June 1960 United Artists Records
Joey's Song Betty Martin October 1957 ABC-Paramount
Just for the Record... Barbra Streisand September 24, 1991 Columbia [US]
Kiss in Your Eyes Eydie Gorme May 1957 ABC-Paramount
Love and Peace Johnny Nash 1969 JAD
Love Me Forever Eydie Gorme October 1957 ABC-Paramount
Love's Been Good to Me Frank Sinatra August 1969 Reprise Records
Magnificent Matador Billy Butterfield June 1955 Essex [US]
Midnight Paul Anka June 1958 ABC-Paramount
My Home Town Paul Anka April 1960 ABC-Paramount
My Name Is Barbra, Two . . . Barbra Streisand October 1965 Columbia [US]
My Town, My Guy and Me Lesley Gore August 19, 1965 Mercury
My Town, My Guy and Me Lesley Gore September 1965 Mercury
Nikka Costa Nikka Costa 1981 CGD
Portrait of My Love Steve Lawrence December 1960 United Artists Records
Sentimental Me Eydie Gorme & Steve Lawrence March 1959 ABC-Paramount
Softly, as I Leave You Frank Sinatra December 1964 Reprise Records
Softly, As I Leave You Frank Sinatra August 10, 1964 Reprise Records
Summer Sounds Robert Goulet July 1965 Columbia [US]
Summer Sounds Robert Goulet May 10, 1965 Columbia [US]
The Exciting Lloyd Price Lloyd Price February 1959 ABC-Paramount
The Sheik of Araby Buddy Greco February 1954 Coral
This Magic Moment Billy Joe Royal February 1973 MGM South
Too Close for Comfort Eydie Gormé March 1956 ABC-Paramount
Trilogy Frank Sinatra March 26, 1980 Reprise Records
Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets) The Mello-Larks March 1955 Epic
What Word Is Sweeter Than Sweetheart Buddy Greco June 1954 Coral
When I'm Alone Dick Noel February 1955 Fraternity
Where Am I Going? Barbra Streisand January 1966 Columbia [US]
Wringle, Wrangle Bill Hayes January 1957 ABC-Paramount
You Are My Destiny Paul Anka December 1957 ABC-Paramount
You're a Sweetheart Dinah Washington October 1962 Roulette
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