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Sy Oliver

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Aliases
Sy Oliver and His Orchestra
Sy Oliver and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Sy Oliver and His Ensemble
Real name
Melvin James Oliver
Born
December 17, 1910
Died
May 28, 1988
Country
United States
IPI
00022871693 11 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Jazz trumpet player and singer, bandleader, arranger and composer
Family
Lillian Clark Spouse (1946-1988)
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
listen on Internet Archive  REL November 1949 (129 artists)
Originally by Ilene Woods - Orchestra conducted by P. Smith REC
January 19, 1952 (24 artists)
 REL August 1951 (104 artists)
Originally by Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orchestra REC
 REC February 1946 (713 artists)
Originally by Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
1936 (36 artists)
March 1952 (15 artists)
listen on Internet Archive October 1949 (4 artists)
March 1950 (24 artists)
On My Way (Got On My Travelin'Shoes) Sy Oliver and His Orchestra February 23, 1952 Missing information
listen on Internet Archive  REC April 1955 (116 artists)
Originally by Fred Astaire BRD
October 31, 1941 (4 artists)
December 1958 (3 artists)
April 1957 (7 artists)
September 1956 (2 artists)

Originals using parts of other songs

Covers by Sy Oliver

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1959 Warren Barker with Warner Bros. Star Instrumentalists
listen on Internet Archive April 1946 Martha Tilton with Orchestra and Vocal Octet
1956 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
listen on Internet Archive 1950 Lou Gold with The Melody Man – Vocal Chorus, Murray Amster
1955 Fats Domino
1951 (unknown), Kay Brown
August 1958 Carl Brisson
September 1955 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
1957 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
May 1957 Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
May 1957 Susan Miller
May 1957 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
May 1957 Al Jolson
1953 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
February 1952 Emmett Miller
May 1953 Alberto Ribeiro e Seu Conjunto, (unknown)
May 1957 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes
listen on Internet Archive April 1951 Don Hall Trio – Dick Robertson
March 1950 Billy Eckstine with The Quartones - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case
Basin Street Blues Ella Fitzgerald and Sy Oliver 1950 Unverified
March 1951 Arthur Smith Trio
Because of Rain Ella Fitzgerald and Sy Oliver 1951 Unverified
October 1951 Tommy Tucker Time - Vocal Chorus by Don Brown
listen on Internet Archive   February 1952 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
listen on Internet Archive February 1952 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
listen on Internet Archive November 1949 Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae
February 1952 Mickey Katz and His Orchestra, Ella Mae Morse with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
December 1949 (unknown)
  1958 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
September 1955 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
  July 1951 Delta Rhythm Boys REL, The King Cole Trio REC
listen on Internet Archive 1966 Jack Buchanan
listen on Internet Archive 1950 Lloyd Keating and His Music [Fred Rich] - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty
1950 Ames Brothers with Orchestra directed by Roy Ross
June 1949 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters, Valaida & Lulle Ellboys orkester
1958 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eddie Howard
July 1951 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
Covered by (4 artists)
1950 Jacques Hélian & son orchestre - Chant Jean Marco REC, Suzy Delair PRF, Johnny Desmond with The Quintones - Orchestra conducted by Tony Mottola
listen on Internet Archive 1950 (unknown)
1958 The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
October 1951 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
July 1951 Rosemary Clooney with Stan Freeman, Mundell Lowe, Jimmy Crawford & Frank Carroll
1954 The Crew-Cuts
i 1973 King Oliver's Jazz Band, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive March 1950 The Ambassadors [US2]
July 1953 Darrell Glenn
1954 Ronnie Gaylord with Orchestra conducted by David Carroll
1955 The Royals, Etta James and "The Peaches"
listen on Internet Archive i 1950 Maud Powell accompanied by George Falkenstein
1958 Biddleville Quintette
March 1950 Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Skylarks
Don't Be A Baby, Baby Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver 1946 Unverified
1958 Fisk University Jubilee Singers
i 1953 Ray Anthony and His Orchestra
1950 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1951 Owen Bradley and His Sextet
Early Autumn Ella Fitzgerald and Sy Oliver 1956 Unverified
  1958 Tom Coakley and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Carl Ravazza REC, The Princeton University Triangle Club PRF
  1956 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
1958 Biddle University Quartet
July 1964 Little Willie John
1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
May 1957 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
listen on Internet Archive i For Dancers Only Sy Oliver and His Orchestra 1950 Unverified
  1967 Tommy Steele REL,BRD
  1958 John Boles BRD, Joe Green's Marimba Band REC
listen on Internet Archive 1950 Western Wanderers (Bob Haring)
listen on Internet Archive July 1935 Western Wanderers (Bob Haring)
  September 1955 The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
August 1960 McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman
July 1964 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
February 1952 Mildred Bailey
1958 Tuskegee Institute Singers
  May 1957 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bob Allen REL, Midge Williams and Her Jazz Jesters REC
April 1952 Ted Wallace and His Swing Kings (Ed Kirkeby)
March 1949 Wynonie Harris
listen on Internet Archive March 1949 White Way Novelty Orch.
October 1955 Otis Williams and His New Group
September 1955 Lupita Palomera con la Orq. de Gonzalo Curiel, Tony Martin with Orchestra directed by Ray Sinatra
April 1952 Edna McGriff with Buddy Lucas and His Band of Tomorrow
listen on Internet Archive March 1949 Blue Lu Barker
listen on Internet Archive   1966 Clifford David PRF,REC,REL
June 1954 Chubby "Hip Shakin'" Newsom and Her Hip Shakers
1936 Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (Ed Kirkeby)
listen on Internet Archive Hold Me, Hold Me, Hold Me Tamara Hayes - With Sy Oliver and His Orchestra 1951 Unverified
1956 (unknown)
1957 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
September 1953 Margaret Young
July 1950 Marion Harris
1956 Marion Harris
listen on Internet Archive   1950 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
1956 Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone)
  April 1950 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
May 1950 Doris Day and The Mellomen - Orchestra under the direction of George Wyle
listen on Internet Archive I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire Don Cherry with The Ray Charles Singers and orchestra directed by Sy Oliver (Don Cherry [US1], The Ray Charles Singers, Sy Oliver) 1952 Unverified
September 1955 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
1956 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
July 1953 Martha Raye with Bob Burns, Louis Prima and The Sons of the Pioneers
listen on Internet Archive July 1953 Ted Lewis and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Ted Lewis
  September 1961 Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
  May 1957 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Muzzy Marcellino REC, Dick Powell BRD
listen on Internet Archive 1966 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
  May 1957 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain REC, Dennis King PRF
1961 Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jean Bowes
  1957 George Olsen and His Music REC,REL, Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell BRD
  September 1955 Frances Langford BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC
September 1, 1953 Dorothy Squires
  August 1958 Charles Harrison [US] REC, Campbell and Burr REL
listen on Internet Archive   April 1953 Jan Garber and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lee Bennett REC,REL, Johnny Downs and Arline Judge BRD
1957 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive I Said My Pajamas Ethel Merman and Ray Bolger with orchestra directed by Sy Oliver (Ethel Merman, Ray Bolger, Sy Oliver) 1950 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1951 Una Mae Carlisle
1951 Dinah Shore with Orchestra
July 1964 Haydn Quartet with Orchestra
  1950 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive July 1953 Bing Crosby with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra
1955 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
listen on Internet Archive April 1951 Little Jimmy Scott
May 1954 Teresa Brewer - With Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
  December 1958 Percy Faith REL, Art Lund PRF
listen on Internet Archive October 1954 (unknown)
  July 1956 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
October 1950 Gordon MacRae and The Ewing Sisters with Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol
listen on Internet Archive August 28, 1950 Sara Martin
October 1951 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orch.
1950 Edith Piaf, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Williams
August 1958 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eddie Howard
April 1952 Lily Ann Carol and The Hi-Hatters
listen on Internet Archive October 1954 Willy & Ruth
listen on Internet Archive   April 1955 Ruth Etting REC,REL,PRF
  1953 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
May 1954 The Clovers
  1956 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra REL, Benny Goodman REC
July 1954 George Shearing Quintet
Covered by (193 artists)
1955 Chuck Berry and His Combo
1954 Ruth Brown and Her Rhythmakers with Orchestra
December 1954 Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen, Orch. under Dir. of Buddy Cole
1954 Eddy Howard and His Orchestra
July 1960 Ray Charles and His Orchestra
  1957 International Novelty Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret) REC, Jack Tenney and the Majestic Orchestra PRF
1957 George Alexander [US1]
1957 Mark Andrews [US1], Henry Halstead and His Orchestra
1957 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
  1955 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
September 1955 Trixie Smith and The Jazz Masters
  June 1951 Gracie Fields PRF,REC,REL
1953 Joni James and The Jack Halloran Choir - Orchestra conducted by Lew Douglas
  1956 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
  1957 Chauncey Olcott PRF, Mr. A. C. Campbell REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive 1966 (unknown), Richard Kiley & Chorus
1958 Tuskegee Institute Singers
1957 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Jack Dumont, Alto Sax
Covered by (6 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1966 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
July 1964 The Cookies REC, The Crystals [US] REL, The Drifters [US1]
September 1936 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Charles Chester
  1958 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i 1958 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
April 1955 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
  August 1958 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REL, Raúl Roulien BRD
listen on Internet Archive i 1950 Hudson - DeLange Orchestra
1957 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
  1973 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
1955 Johnny Ace - Johnny Otis Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1957 (unknown), David Rose and His Orchestra
  May 1953 Dolores Del Rio BRD, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REC,REL
1955 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Willie Smith
July 1964 Hoagy Carmichael
1958 (unknown)
1957 The Biltmore Society Orchestra (Hazay Natzy)
1955 Boyd Bennett and His Rockets - Vocal by Big Moe
1958 Bob MacGimsey
1954 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
1954 The Chords [US1]
November 1953 Judy Valentine - Orch. under the dir. of Bill Leavitt
listen on Internet Archive i 1950 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra
i September 1954 The African Dance Band of the Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia
September 1954 The African Dance Band of the Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia, The Four Lads - Orch. under the dir. of Neal Hefti
1954 Eartha Kitt with Henri René's Orchestra and Chorus
1957 Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
  March 1952 Ella Logan REC,REL,PRF
1958 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive 1966 Douglas Richardson
i 1973 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1958 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals, Chester Leighton & His Sophomores - Vocal Chorus by Chester Leighton
listen on Internet Archive 1956 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals, Chester Leighton & His Sophomores - Vocal Chorus by Chester Leighton
December 1954 Prince's Band
May 1954 Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters
October 1955 Gogi Grant with Buddy Bregman and His Orchestra and Chorus
i 1958 Len Spencer
1958 Standard Quartette
1961 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
1957 Emil Roósz und sein Orchester v. Hotel Adlon, Berlin - Gesang: Austin Egen, Owen Fallon and His Californians - Vocal Chorus by Harlan Lattimore
September 1955 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
listen on Internet Archive August 1950 Virginia Verrill
June 1949 Ivory Joe Hunter
June 1948 Six Brown Brothers
  August 1958 David Brooks and Marion Bell PRF, David Brooks and Marion Bell with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
  April 1951 Derk Gootjes, Paul Weston and His Orchestra - Violin Solo by Paul Nero, Percy Faith and His Orchestra and Chorus REC, Jan Garber and His Orchestra with Paul Nero, violin REL
November 1953 Bobby Wayne with Orchestra conducted by Richard Hayman
  1956 Frank Crumit and Julia Sanderson BRD, Ted Wallace and His Campus Boys (Ed Kirkeby) REC
July 1937 Music in the Russ Morgan Manner
August 1951 Tommy Edwards
listen on Internet Archive August 28, 1950 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
i 1958 Hall and Ryan
May 1957 Vernon Dalhart
August 1960 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
1954 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
  September 1955 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
  January 1956 Rudy Vallee & Everett Marshall PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
listen on Internet Archive i September 1954 Eddie Barclay et son grand orchestre
August 13, 1956 Nino Martini
June 1950 Charles Lewis Stine, Henry Whitter
  March 1956 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive   1956 Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
August 1960 Ray Charles and His Band
September 1954 Stuart Hamblen
1958 Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet
February 1952 Buddy Greco with The Heathertones and Orchestra directed by Richard Maltby
  July 1964 Frank Sinatra BRD, Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC
August 1958 Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour"
Too Long at the Fair Ami Rouselle with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver 1966 Unverified
October 1950 Ames Brothers with Orchestra conducted by Roy Ross
i 1973 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
November 1954 Terri Stevens - Arranged and Conducted by Joe Leahy
listen on Internet Archive May 1951 Hadda Brooks
i   July 1950 Everett Marshall PRF, George Olsen and His Music – Vocal Refrain by Joe Morrison and Quartet REC
listen on Internet Archive August 1950 (unknown)
January 1950 Larry Green and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Paul Santa and the Chorus
i 1956 (unknown)
February 1952 Al Costello with The Walter Scott Orchestra
May 1957 Tony Martin [US1]
When Jesus Was Born Sister Rosetta Tharpe with The Sy Oliver Singers 1954 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1949 Wolverine Orch. – Vocal Chorus Dave Harman
1951 Agustín Magaldi, Tony Martin with Henri René & His Orchestra
September 1955 Gene Austin
1957 Isham Jones Orchestra
  1957 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
November 1955 Henry Allen and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive   1966 Keith Hamshere & Chorus PRF, Oliver & Chorus (Keith Hamshere) REL
1952 Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars
Covered by (9 artists)
1958 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
listen on Internet Archive   1966 Julie Andrews REL, Julie Andrews and Cast PRF
1958 Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell with Bob Crosby's Bob Cats
1973 Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell with Bob Crosby's Bob Cats
July 1964 Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell with Bob Crosby's Bob Cats
May 23, 1941 Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell with Bob Crosby's Bob Cats
listen on Internet Archive August 1951 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
  1956 Maurice Chevalier BRD, Ed. Loyd and His Orchestra (Ed Kirkeby) REC
listen on Internet Archive October 1949 Johnnie Lee and The Ebonaires, Orchestra under the Direction of Phil Moore
listen on Internet Archive June 1950 Grace Hartman, Jack Albertson & Patricia Bright
September 1955 William Gaxton & Genevieve Tobin
May 1957 Don Bestor and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Joy Lynne
listen on Internet Archive   March 1950 Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC, Alice Faye BRD
  September 1955 Mark Dawson and Lois Lee REL,PRF
listen on Internet Archive March 1956 (unknown)
i 1973 Clarence Williams & His Jazz Kings

Songs written by Sy Oliver

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
But She's My Buddy's Chick Sy Oliver, Cholly Atkinson The King Cole Trio REC, Delta Rhythm Boys REL May 1, 1946 Covered by (3 artists)
Dream of You Sy Oliver, Jimmie Lunceford, Edward P. Moran Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Sy Oliver October 29, 1934 Covered by (36 artists)
Easy Does It Sy Oliver, Trummy Young Tommy Dorsey and His Orch. October 25, 1939 Covered by (25 artists)
For Dancers Only Don Raye, Sy Oliver, Vic Schoen Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra June 15, 1937 Covered by (14 artists)
I Ain't Got Nothin' to Lose Sy Oliver, Dick Jacobs Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal refrain by Big John Greer and Quartet REC, Andy Parker and His Plainsmen with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra REL January 3, 1949
Opus No. 1 Sy Oliver, Sid Garris Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra November 14, 1944 Covered by (80 artists)
Stomp It Off Sy Oliver, Jimmie Lunceford Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra February 1936 Unverified
Swing High! Sy Oliver Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Trumpet Chorus by Ziggy Elman December 20, 1940 Covered by Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers
Swingin' on Nothin' Sy Oliver, Billy Moore Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jo Stafford and Sy Oliver July 15, 1941 Covered by (4 artists)
'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That Cha Do It) Sy Oliver, Trummy Young Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Young January 3, 1939 Covered by (57 artists)
Well, git it! Sy Oliver Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 1947 Missing information
Well, Git It! Sy Oliver Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra March 9, 1942 Covered by (2 artists)
Yes Indeed Sy Oliver Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell with Bob Crosby's Bob Cats December 13, 1940 Covered by (57 artists)

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes Sy Oliver and His Orchestra November 1949 Decca
Ain't That a Shame Sy Oliver & Orch. - Vocal Jim Brown 1955 Bell
Baby, Won't You Say You Love Me Ella Fitzgerald and Sy Oliver March 1950 Decca
Because of You Louis Armstrong - With Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver October 1951 Decca
Begin the Beguine Connee Boswell with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver February 1952 Decca
Can Anyone Explain? (No! No! No!) Ella Fitzgerald - Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra 1950 Decca
Caravan Sy Oliver and His Orchestra June 1949 Decca
Castle Rock Sy Oliver and His Orchestra July 1951 Decca
Cheatin' on Me Sy Oliver and His Orchestra 1950 Decca
Crying in the Chapel Ella Fitzgerald with The Ray Charles Singers with Instrumental Accompaniment directed by Sy Oliver July 1953 Decca
Deep River Sy Oliver and His Orchestra 1950 Decca
Disc Jockey Blues Peter Lind Hayes - orchestra directed by Sy Oliver December 1949 Brunswick
Don't Steal My Heart Beulah Swan - Music Under Dir. of Sy Oliver June 1954 Bethlehem Records
Dragnet Sy Oliver Orchestra 1953 Bell
Francie Ray Bolger with Vocal Chorus and Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver June 1950 Decca
Friendly Persuasion - When the White Lilacs Bloom Again Anne Lloyd and Michael Stewart - Sy Oliver & Orchestra 1956 Bell
Gran'ma Plays the Numbers Sy Oliver and His Orchestra March 1949 Decca
Grieving for You Ginnie Powell with Orchestra Directed by Sy Oliver March 1949 Decca
Gum Drop Mills Brothers with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver October 1955 Decca
Heavenly Father Evelyn Knight with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra April 1952 Decca
Hittin' the Bottle Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Sy Oliver 1936 Decca
I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby Sy Oliver and His Orchestra September 1950 Decca
I Didn't Know What Time It Was Eileen Wilson with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra and Chorus April 1950 Decca
I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell Bing Crosby with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra - Vocal with The Aristokats May 1950 Decca
(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra July 1953 Decca
I'll Be Seeing You Frank Sinatra - Orchestra conducted by Sy Oliver September 1961 Reprise Records
In the Middle of a Kiss Bette McLaurin with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver April 1953 Coral
I See a Million People (But All I Can See Is You) Gloria DeHaven, Vocal, with Orchestra Under the Direction of Sy Oliver and The Song Spinners 1951 Decca
I've Got the World on a String Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra 1950 Decca
Jilted Cab Calloway - Sy Oliver and Orchestra May 1954 Bell
Joe Sings Joey, Joey, Joey Peggy Lee with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver March 1956 Decca
Kissin' Bug Boogie Sy Oliver and His Orchestra October 1951 Decca
La vie en rose Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver & His Orchestra 1950 Decca
Lemme Go Tamara Hayes with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver 1951 Decca
Love Me 5 DeMarco Sisters with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver October 1954 Decca
Love Me or Leave Me Sammy Davis, Jr. - Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver April 1955 Decca
Lover Come Back to Me Helen Forrest with Sy Oliver and Orchestra 1953 Bell
Lullaby of Birdland Ella Fitzgerald - Chorus and Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver July 1954 Decca
Mabellene Sy Oliver & Orch. - Vocal Jim Brown 1955 Bell
Mambo Baby Jim Brown and The Four Bells - Sy Oliver and Orchestra 1954 Bell
My Life's Desire Don Cherry with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver June 1951 Decca
"O" (Oh!) Sy Oliver and Orchestra September 1, 1953 Bell
Skokiaan Louis Armstrong with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver September 1954 Decca
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Jeri Southern with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver May 1957 Brunswick
St. Louis Blues Mambo Ellie Russell - Sy Oliver and Orchestra December 1954 Bell
Take Me Frank Sinatra - Orchestra conducted by Sy Oliver 1961 Reprise Records
That Old Feeling Kay Thompson with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra August 1950 Decca
That's How Our Love Will Grow Evelyn Knight with The Ray Charles Singers - Directed by Sy Oliver March 1951 Decca
The Blacksmith Blues Sy Oliver and His Orchestra with Trudy Richards February 1952 Decca
The Come Back Peggy Lee with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver March 1956 Decca
The Cricket Song Ray Bolger with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver April 1957 Kapp Records
The Jones Boy Mills Brothers with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra November 1953 Decca
The Morningside of the Mountain Arthur Prysock with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver August 1951 Decca
Them There Eyes Billie Holiday with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver August 28, 1950 Decca
There'll Be No Tear Drops Tonight Betty Johnson - Sy Oliver and Orchestra 1954 Bell
The Touch Betty Johnson – Dave McRae - Sy Oliver and Orchestra September 1954 New-Disc
The Wreck of the Old 97 Danny Kaye with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver June 1950 Decca
To Think You've Chosen Me! Sy Oliver and His Orchestra and Ralph Young with 3 Beaus and a Peep October 1950 Decca
Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra April 1951 Decca
Wagon Wheels Sy Oliver and His Orchestra July 1950 Decca
We'll Build a Bungalow Sy Oliver and His Orchestra January 1950 Decca
Wheel of Fortune Arthur Prysock with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver February 1952 Decca
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street Sy Oliver and His Orchestra 1949 Decca
(When We Are Dancing) I Get Ideas Louis Armstrong with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver 1951 Decca
Whose Honey Are You Nellie Lutcher with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver November 1955 Decca
(Why Have a Falling Out) Just When We're Falling in Love Mills Brothers with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra 1952 Decca
You Blew Out the Flame in My Heart Tamara Hayes - With Sy Oliver and His Orchestra August 1951 Decca
You Can't Lose a Broken Heart Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver October 1949 Decca
You're a Sweetheart Jack Owens with 3 Beaus and a Peep with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver March 1950 Decca

Performances also appear on

Title Performer Release date Label
(Ah-Yes) There's Good Blues Tonight Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven April 1946 RCA Victor
April in Portugal Louis Armstrong May 1953 Decca
Be My Life's Companion Mills Brothers January 19, 1952 Decca
Earthbound Sammy Davis Jr. July 1956 Decca
Four or Five Times Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra July 1935 Decca
Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer Billie Holiday March 1950 Decca
Give Me Time Jeri Southern February 1952 Decca
Goody Goody Ella Fitzgerald April 1952 Decca
Here's Lookin' at You Sammy Davis, Jr. August 13, 1956 Decca
Hula Lou Danny Kaye September 1953 Decca
If You See Sally Don Cherry [US1] July 1953 Decca
I Got a Woman Sammy Davis, Jr. July 1960 Decca
I Gotta Right to Swing Sammy Davis, Jr. August 1960 Decca
I'm Getting Sentimental over You Frank Sinatra 1961 Reprise Records
I Thought About You Eileen Wilson 1951 Decca
I Thought of You Last Night Jeri Southern March 1952 Decca
I Won't Cry Anymore Eileen Wilson April 1951 Decca
I Won't Cry Anymore Eileen Wilson April 1951 Decca
Just for Lovers Sammy Davis, Jr. September 1955 Decca
Lovey Dovey Bunny Paul May 1954 Essex [US]
Me and the Moon Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra September 1936 Decca
Melancholy Me Ella Fitzgerald 1954 Decca
Mixed Emotions Ella Fitzgerald July 1951 Decca
Nowhere Guy Ella Fitzgerald 1953 Decca
Opus One Mills Brothers April 1955 Decca
Pledging My Love Edna McGriff 1955 Bell
Powder Blue Don Cherry [US1] May 1951 Decca
Sh-Boom Barry Frank - The Four Bells 1954 Bell
Song of India Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra February 1944 RCA Victor
Sweet and Hot Ella Fitzgerald November 7, 1955 Decca
Swingin' on Nothin' Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra October 31, 1941 Victor
The Darktown Strutters' Ball Connie Haines with Ray Bloch's Swing Eight June 1948 Signature [US]
The First Lady of Song Ella Fitzgerald 1958 Decca
The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra July 1937 Decca
This Old House Sister Rosetta Tharpe September 1954 Decca
Unsuspecting Heart Georgie Shaw November 1954 Decca
Wanted Someone to Love Me Don Cherry [US1] January 1956 Decca
Where Did You Learn to Love Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra February 1946 RCA Victor
Will You Still Be Mine? Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra May 23, 1941 Victor
You Oughtta Be Mine Peggy Lee September 1956 Decca
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