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Kay Kyser

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Aliases
Kay Kyser and His Orchestra
Real name
James Kern Kyser
Born
June 18, 1905
Died
July 23, 1985
Country
United States
Comments
Bandleader and radio personality in the 1930s and 1940s. He retired as a performer in 1950.
Related
Harry Babbitt Vocalist Kay Kyser & His Orchestra (1936-1949)
The Campus Kids Vocal group with Kay Kyser
Sully Mason Alto saxophonist and vocalist
Georgia Carroll Wife (1945-1985)
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Title Performer Release date Covered by
 REC 1939 (8 artists)
Originally by Bing Crosby BRD
1935 (8 artists)
listen on Internet Archive February 20, 1942 (5 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1940 (8 artists)
listen on Internet Archive November 1945 (11 artists)
1939 (11 artists)
Don't Cross Your Fingers, Cross Your Heart Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Sully Mason 1938 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive February 1941 (414 artists)
 REL 1938 (3 artists)
Originally by Toby Wing & Charles Kemper, The Debonairs and Ensemble PRF
listen on Internet Archive 1936 (17 artists)
May 1942 (3 artists)
1937 (7 artists)
1938 (12 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1939 (10 artists)
 REC May 1942 (3 artists)
Originally by Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Wade REL
listen on Internet Archive 1938 (8 artists)
March 29, 1948 (4 artists)
Pushin' Sand Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1942 Missing information
September 8, 1939 (2 artists)
December 1947 (3 artists)
 REL December 31, 1945 (12 artists)
Originally by Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra directed by Victor Young REC
October 14, 1946 (24 artists)
(18 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1938 (51 artists)
 REC July 1941 (5 artists)
Originally by Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Clyde Rogers REL
 REC June 30, 1947 (307 artists)
Originally by Margaret Whiting with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra REL
listen on Internet Archive March 1942 (10 artists)
1940 (56 artists)
 REC July 1942 (11 artists)
Originally by Connie Boswell REL
1940 (4 artists)

Covers by Kay Kyser

Title Performer Release date Originally by
  January 22, 1945 Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts BRD
  January 1939 Ivie Anderson BRD, Dick McDonough and Carl Kress Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Barry McKinley REC
listen on Internet Archive 1939 (unknown)
i Always Kay Kyser and His Orchestra July 1944 Unverified
February 1940 Susan Miller
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Al Jolson
listen on Internet Archive April Played the Fiddle Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms April 9, 1940 Unverified
  March 24, 1947 Lena Horne and Avon Long PRF, Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Clifton Webb
May 7, 1945 (unknown), The Jesters [US1]
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Helen Forrest
1940 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan
November 1939 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle
1937 George Beaver (Irving Kaufman)
May 1939 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by "The Smoothies"
listen on Internet Archive 1948 Tony Martin and Chorus with Earle Hagen and His Orchestra
i Bye Bye Blues Kay Kyser and His Orchestra July 1944 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   October 16, 1942 Johnny Long and His Orchestra REC, Ginny Simms with Freddy Martin and His Orchestra BRD
  1937 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dick Powell BRD
Chatterbox Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms 1939 Unverified
September 8, 1939 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Ward
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
Deep Purple Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms 1939 Unverified
August 1949 Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music
Don't Believe Everything You Dream Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Georgia Carroll & Harry Babbitt (Kay Kyser, Georgia Carroll, Harry Babbitt) April 1944 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bob Allen
April 17, 1942 (unknown), (unknown), Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke and The Modernaires
listen on Internet Archive Ev'ry Night About This Time Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harry Babbitt August 1942 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   August 23, 1940 Carlo Buti, Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra REC, Frankie Masters and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Marion Francis and The Masters Voices REL
listen on Internet Archive March 21, 1940 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
listen on Internet Archive Free For All Kay Kyser and His Orchestra June 29, 1941 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Bert Lahr & Ethel Merman
listen on Internet Archive 1939 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright
(Gotta Get Some) Shut-Eye Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harry Babbitt 1939 Unverified
1938 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Charles Wilson
Heaven Can Wait Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harry Babbitt January 27, 1939 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive Here You Are Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harry Babbitt May 1942 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Joe Loss and His Band (Vocalist: Chick Henderson)
listen on Internet Archive He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harry Babbitt June 1942 Unverified
1938 Roy Rogers [US1]
October 14, 1946 Hoagy Carmichael with The Chickadees and Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1941 Bing Crosby with Woody Herman and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Charles Wilson
listen on Internet Archive I Came Here To Talk For Joe Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harry Babbitt 1942 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bonnie King
I'd Know You Anywhere Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms September 1940 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive I Haven't Time To Be A Millionaire Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harry Babbitt 1940 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1949 (unknown)
1938 Al Donahue and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Paula Kelly
December 11, 1944 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive I'm Sorry for Myself Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Sully Mason May 1939 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Will Osborne and His Slide Music - Vocal by Barbara Bush
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Chick Bullock and His Levee Loungers
Indian Summer Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms 1939 Unverified
  January 1949 The King Cole Trio REC, Frankie Laine with Carl Fischer's Orchestra REL
listen on Internet Archive   1938 Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Donald O'Connor BRD, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye – Vocal Chorus The Three Barons REC
listen on Internet Archive 1935 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive March 1939 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
June 12, 1942 The Merry Macs
  1943 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra REC,REL, Mary Martin BRD
listen on Internet Archive March 21, 1940 Henry King and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Tony Russell
  January 22, 1945 Dinah Shore PRF, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
i November 1944 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Pinky Tomlin – Orchestra under direction of Cy Feuer
listen on Internet Archive 1939 Jan Garber and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Fritz Heilbron
January 6, 1947 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive 1937 Furman and Nash
  April 1942 Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra REC, Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra REL
Meet the Sun Half-Way Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harry Babbitt April 9, 1940 Unverified
January 1939 George Alexander [US1]
listen on Internet Archive October 16, 1942 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by The Modernaires
1938 Gene Austin
listen on Internet Archive 1939 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
  August 26, 1946 Hoagy Carmichael and Orchestra REC, Hoagy Carmichael BRD
September 13, 1948 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Al Hendrickson
listen on Internet Archive February 1940 (unknown), (unknown)
June 30, 1947 Roy Rogers with Spade Cooley and His Western Swing Band
listen on Internet Archive 1939 (unknown), (unknown)
November 1947 Dinah Shore with Russ Case and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive February 1940 Sousa's Band, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by "The Smoothies"
March 24, 1947 Phil Harris and His Orchestra
September 4, 1942 Robert Rounseville
listen on Internet Archive i 1940 The Biltmore Society Orchestra (Hazay Natzy)
listen on Internet Archive August 1950 Williams Sisters
listen on Internet Archive November 15, 1948 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
November 1947 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye
i Shine On, Harvest Moon Kay Kyser and His Orchestra July 1944 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   1938 Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Donald O'Connor BRD, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Judy Starr REC
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive   1938 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm REC, Jan Savitt and His Tophatters - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon REL
1938 The King's Jesters and their Orchestra
1939 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
Covered by (62 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i 1940 Prince's Band
1938 Bessie Calkins Shipman, Tommy Dorsey and His Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright and Skeets Herfurt
August 1942 Johnny Mercer
listen on Internet Archive 1949 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
listen on Internet Archive 1935 Irving Kaufman
That's for Me Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Mike Douglas & The Campus Kids (Kay Kyser) August 1945 Unverified
  January 6, 1947 Perry Como with Orchestra - Lloyd Shaffer, director REL, The King Cole Trio REC
listen on Internet Archive August 23, 1940 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
1941 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Howard Du Lany
listen on Internet Archive 1939 (unknown)
 REC 1939 Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra, Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REL
Covered by (133 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
December 11, 1944 Kay Kyser's Orchestra with Harry Babbitt
listen on Internet Archive December 1941 Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lynne Richards
  January 1940 Susan Miller PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard REL, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC
This Changing World Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms 1939 Unverified
  April 1942 Kate Smith and the Kate Smith Singers REL, Cast of "This is the Army" [musical] PRF
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Hollywood Dance Orchestra [Nathan Glantz]
  1938 Bob Hope & Shirley Ross BRD, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Charles Wilson REC
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Al Donahue and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Paula Kelly & Al Donahue
listen on Internet Archive February 20, 1942 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle
  1937 Marilyn Miller and Paul Frawley PRF, Eddie Elkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive i 1937 Bob Thompson [US1]
Why Don't We Do This More Often? Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms 1941 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1950 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Merv Griffin and The Martin Men
May 1948 (unknown)
1941 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1936 Jack Norworth
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A Man and His Dream Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harry Babbitt 1939 Brunswick
Angel Kay Kyser and His Orchestra November 1945 Columbia [US]
Angel Child Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1940 Columbia [US]
Any Rags, Any Bones, Any Bottles Today Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1936 Brunswick
Are There Any More at Home Like You? Kay Kyser and His Orchestra March 1939 Brunswick
As Long as I Live Kay Kyser and His Orchestra March 24, 1947 Columbia [US]
At Long Last Love Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1938 Brunswick
Bell Bottom Trousers Kay Kyser and His Orchestra May 7, 1945 Columbia [US]
Between a Kiss and a Sigh Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1938 Brunswick
Blues (My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me) Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1937 Brunswick
Boop-Boop Dit-Tem Dot-Tem What-Tem Chu! Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Poo) Kay Kyser and His Orchestra May 1939 Brunswick
Can't Get Out of This Mood Kay Kyser and His Orchestra October 16, 1942 Columbia [US]
'Cause My Baby Says It's So Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1937 Brunswick
Concert in the Park Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1939 Brunswick
Day In - Day Out Kay Kyser and His Orchestra September 8, 1939 Columbia [US]
Did You Mean It? Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1936 Brunswick
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me) Kay Kyser and His Orchestra April 17, 1942 Columbia [US]
Egg-A Bread Kay Kyser and His Orchestra July 1942 Columbia [US]
Evelyn Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1948 Columbia [US]
Ever Since Eve Kay Kyser and His Orchestra November 15, 1948 Columbia [US]
Everything Happens to Me Kay Kyser and His Orchestra February 1941 Columbia [US]
Friendship Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1940 Columbia [US]
(Gotta Get Some) Shut-Eye Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1939 Brunswick
Havin' Myself a Time Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1938 Brunswick
Her Name Was Rosita Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1940 Columbia [US]
Hi-Yo, Silver! Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1938 Brunswick
Hurry Home Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1938 Brunswick
I'd Know You Anywhere Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1940 Columbia [US]
I Don't Wanna Do It Alone Kay Kyser and His Orchestra December 31, 1945 Columbia [US]
If My Love Could Talk Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1935 Brunswick
I Love You Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1949 Columbia [US]
I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key) Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1938 Brunswick
I'm Gonna See My Baby Kay Kyser and His Orchestra December 11, 1944 Columbia [US]
I Promise You Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harry Babbitt 1939 Brunswick
I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1938 Brunswick
I Want My Mama Kay Kyser and His Orchestra February 1940 Columbia [US]
Jingle Jangle Jingle Kay Kyser and His Orchestra June 12, 1942 Columbia [US]
Just Plain Lonesome Kay Kyser and His Orchestra May 1942 Columbia [US]
Let's Get Lost Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1943 Columbia [US]
Let There Be Love Kay Kyser and His Orchestra March 21, 1940 Columbia [US]
Like Someone in Love Kay Kyser and His Orchestra January 22, 1945 Columbia [US]
Lost and Found Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1938 Brunswick
Love Is Where You Find It Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1938 Brunswick
Managua, Nicaragua Kay Kyser and His Orchestra January 6, 1947 Columbia [US]
Ma! (She's Making Eyes at Me) Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1937 Brunswick
Ma, She's Making Eyes at Me Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1940 Columbia [US]
Me and My Melinda Kay Kyser and His Orchestra April 1942 Columbia [US]
Mighty Lak' a Rose Kay Kyser and His Orchestra January 1939 Brunswick
Mission Bells and Wishin' Wells Kay Kyser and His Orchestra August 1949 Columbia [US]
My Fair Lady Kay Kyser and His Orchestra March 29, 1948 Columbia [US]
Oh! You Crazy Moon Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1939 Brunswick
Ole Buttermilk Sky Kay Kyser and His Orchestra August 26, 1946 Columbia [US]
On a Slow Boat to China Kay Kyser and His Orchestra September 13, 1948 Columbia [US]
On the Old Spanish Trail Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt and The Campus Kids June 30, 1947 Columbia [US]
Pass That Peace Pipe Kay Kyser and His Orchestra November 1947 Columbia [US]
Playmates Kay Kyser and His Orchestra February 1940 Columbia [US]
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition Kay Kyser and His Orchestra September 4, 1942 Columbia [US]
Romeo Smith and Juliet Jones Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1941 Columbia [US]
Saturday Date Kay Kyser and His Orchestra December 1947 Columbia [US]
So Help Me (If I Don't Love You) Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1938 Brunswick
Something Tells Me Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Sully Mason 1938 Brunswick
Somewhere, Sometime Kay Kyser and His Orchestra April 1942 Columbia [US]
So You Left Me for the Leader of a Swing Band Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1938 Brunswick
Stairway to the Stars Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1939 Brunswick
Star Gazing Kay Kyser and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bill Stoker 1935 Brunswick
St. Louis Blues Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1940 Columbia [US]
Strip Polka Kay Kyser and His Orchestra August 1942 Columbia [US]
Stuttering in the Starlight Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1939 Brunswick
Take Your Girlie to the Movies (If You Can't Make Love at Home) Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1935 Brunswick
Ten Days with You - Limehouse Blues Clyde Lucas and His Orchestra - Kay Kyser and His Orchestra November 1944 V Disc
The Call of the Canyon Kay Kyser and His Orchestra August 23, 1940 Columbia [US]
The Cowboy Serenade (While I'm Rollin' My Last Cigarette) Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1941 Columbia [US]
The Dixieland Jamboree Kay Kyser and His Orchestra August 1950 Columbia [US]
The Girl I Left Behind Me Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1939 Brunswick
The Little Old Lady of Threadneedle Street Kay Kyser and His Orchestra January 1949 Columbia [US]
The Nearness of You Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1940 Columbia [US]
The Old Lamp-Lighter Kay Kyser and His Orchestra October 14, 1946 Columbia [US]
(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover Kay Kyser and His Orchestra December 1941 Columbia [US]
The Starlit Hour Kay Kyser and His Orchestra January 1940 Columbia [US]
The Tinkle Song Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1939 Brunswick
The Umbrella Man Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1938 Brunswick
'Til Reveille Kay Kyser and His Orchestra July 1941 Columbia [US]
Two Sleepy People Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1938 Brunswick
When Paw Was Courtin' Maw Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1938 Brunswick
When the Roses Bloom Again Kay Kyser and His Orchestra February 20, 1942 Columbia [US]
When Veronica Plays the Harmonica Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Gloria Wood May 1948 Columbia [US]
Who's Yehoodi? Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1940 Columbia [US]
Who Wouldn't Love You Kay Kyser and His Orchestra March 1942 Columbia [US]
Wilhelmina Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1950 Columbia [US]
With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1940 Columbia [US]
You Go to My Head Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1938 Brunswick
You're the Greatest Discovery Kay Kyser and His Orchestra November 1939 Columbia [US]
You've Got Me This Way Kay Kyser and His Orchestra 1940 Columbia [US]
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