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Benny Carter

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Aliases
Benny Carter / American Jazz Orchestra
Benny Carter 3
Benny Carter 4
The Benny Carter Big Band
The Benny Carter Group
Benny Carter and His All Star Orchestra
Benny Carter & His Chocolate Dandies
Benny Carter & His Harlem Club Orch.
Benny Carter and His Orchestra
Benny Carter & His Orchestra
Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet
The Benny Carter Quartet
Benny Carter Quartet
Benny Carter's Orchestra
Johnny Gomez
Real name
Bennett Lester Carter
Born
August 8, 1907
Died
July 12, 2003
Country
United States
IPI
00005368893 1 work
00005368991 28 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer
Member of
The Capitol International Jazzmen Alto sax (1945-1946)
The Ellingtonians Alto saxophone
Family
Joe Kennedy Jr. Cousin
Related
Chocolate Dandies
Specs Powell Drummer (1940-1943)
Karl Drewo Part of the Benny Carter Sextet
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Songs written by Benny Carter

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Another Time, Another Place Benny Carter Benny Carter November 1987 Covered by (7 artists)
A Walkin' Thing Benny Carter Benny Carter 1958 Covered by (7 artists)
Blue Moonlight Benny Carter Benny Carter 1988 Unverified
Cow-Cow Boogie Gene de Paul, Don Raye, Benny Carter Freddie Slack and His Orchestra - Vocal by Ella Mae Morse May 21, 1942 Covered by (61 artists)
Doozy Benny Carter Benny Carter August 1966 Unverified
Easy Money Benny Carter Count Basie & His Orchestra May 1963 Covered by (9 artists)
Friendly Islands Benny Carter Ethel Azama 1959 Unverified
How Can You Lose Benny Carter Benny Carter 1958 Covered by (3 artists)
Hurry, Hurry Benny Carter, Richard Larkin Benny Carter and His Orchestra - Vocal by Savannah Churchill October 25, 1943 Covered by (3 artists)
I Didn't Like It the First Time (The Spinach Song) Irving Gordon, Benny Carter Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends November 13, 1947 Covered by (7 artists)
I'm Left with the Blues in My Heart Irving Mills, Benny Carter King Carter and His Royal Orchestra (Mills' Blue Rhythm Band) March 23, 1931 Covered by (27 artists)
I'm the Caring Kind Irving Gordon, Benny Carter Benny Carter and His All Star Orchestra - Vocal by Maxine Sullivan June 1946 Covered by (2 artists)
I Was Wrong Benny Carter Benny Carter June 1992 Covered by (3 artists)
Jackson County Jubilee Benny Carter Count Basie & His Orchestra 1960 Unverified
Just a Mood Benny Carter Benny Carter & His Orchestra 1936 Covered by (4 artists)
Key Largo Karl Suessdorf, Benny Carter, Leah Worth Anita O'Day with Benny Carter and His Orchestra 1947 Covered by (36 artists)
King Size Papa Benny Carter, Paul Vandervoort II Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends November 11, 1947 Covered by (3 artists)
Lonely Woman Benny Carter, Ray Sonin Stan Kenton and His Orchestra December 6, 1947 Covered by (10 artists)
Love, You're Not the One for Me Benny Carter Mezz Mezzrow and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Benny Carter November 6, 1933 Covered by Jean-François Bonnel & His English Friends + One American
Malibu Benny Carter Benny Carter and His Orchestra May 1945 Missing information
My Blue Star Benny Carter Benny Carter December 31, 1953 Covered by (8 artists)
Nightfall Benny Carter, Mann Curtis Benny Carter and His Orchestra 1936 Unverified
Only Trust Your Heart Sammy Cahn, Benny Carter The New Stan Getz Quartet featuring Astrud Gilberto May 22, 1964 Covered by (102 artists)
People Time Benny Carter Benny Carter/Phil Woods 1990 Covered by (13 artists)
Pom Pom Benny Carter Benny Carter and His Orchestra January 1941 Covered by (2 artists)
Rock Me to Sleep Benny Carter, Paul Vandervoort II Miss Cornshucks with Benny Carter and His Orchestra REC, Helen Humes with Marshal Royal Orchestra REL February 16, 1950 Covered by (22 artists)
SamuraI Song Benny Carter The Benny Carter Big Band and The Rutgers University Orchestra 1992 Covered by Chris Neville
Souvenir Benny Carter The Capp/Pierce Juggernaut 1978 Covered by (12 artists)
Summer Serenade Benny Carter Benny Carter Quartet 1982 Covered by (18 artists)
Sunset Glow Benny Carter Count Basie & His Orchestra 1960 Covered by (2 artists)
Symphony in Riffs Irving Mills, Benny Carter Benny Carter & His Harlem Club Orch. October 16, 1933 Covered by (7 artists)
The Courtship Benny Carter Benny Carter & Dizzy Gillespie April 27, 1976 Covered by (8 artists)
Vine Street Rumble Benny Carter Count Basie & His Orchestra 1960 Covered by (4 artists)
When Lights Are Low Benny Carter, Spencer Williams Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet featuring Elisabeth Welch June 20, 1936 Covered by (211 artists)
Whisper To One Al Stillman, Benny Carter Benny Carter with Sammy Davis Jr. Vocal (Sammy Davis Jr., Benny Carter) 1966 Unverified
Wonderland Benny Carter The Benny Carter Group 1986 Covered by (4 artists)

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