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Della Reese

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Aliases
Della Reese with The Voices of Freedom
Real name
Delloreese Patricia Early
Born
July 6, 1931
Died
November 19, 2017
Country
United States
Comments
Singer and actress
Member of
The Meditation Singers (1947-1953)
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Covers by Della Reese

Title Performer Release date Originally by
July 1965 Eddy Arnold
September 1967 Brook Benton
July 1965 Katherine Perry
July 1956 John Steel and Ruth Thomas
  January 1965 Frank Crumit REC, All Star Trio and Their Orchestra REL
1958 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
  1958 David Brooks and Marion Bell PRF, David Brooks and Marion Bell with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
August 1963 Irving Kaufman
  1960 Lisa Kirk PRF,REL, Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Harry Zimmerman REC
listen on Internet Archive July 1957 Flo Sandon's
Covered by (17 artists)
January 1960 Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
1964 Ethel Merman
September 1962 Georgia Brown [GB]
1966 Dinah Washington
January 1960 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
1973 Kermit [voiced by Jim Henson]
March 1967 Marvin Jenkins
  August 1962 Rubin Williams - Arranged and conducted by Sammy Lowe REL, Gene McDaniels REC
July 1965 (unknown)
  January 1960 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
November 1970 Al Kooper
1966 Bing Crosby
1962 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
January 1965 Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
1964 The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
January 1970 The Impressions
1960 Rosemary Clooney with Stan Freeman, Mundell Lowe, Jimmy Crawford & Frank Carroll
1962 Carol Lawrence and Sydney Chaplin
November 1969 Les McCann
July 1956 The Revelers [US1]
January 1970 Frank Sinatra
1960 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by The Kaye Choir
May 1960 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
1966 Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Mary Ann McCall
  1960 Dorothy Shay and Her Kinfolk - Orchestra under the Direction of George Wyle REL, Carol Channing PRF
September 1967 Ink Spots
1964 Mildred Bailey
1964 Don Gibson
  January 1965 Katherine Perry PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC,REL
1966 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
1966 Gloria Lynne with The Earl May Trio
  May 1960 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
1959 Bessie Smith
May 1960 Paul Péri accompagné par Hubert Rostaing et son orchestre
Covered by Victor Wood
August 1963 Muriel Angelus
1973 James Taylor, The Everly Brothers
  August 1963 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
1966 Floyd Hunt Quartette - Vocal by Gladys Palmer
December 1963 (unknown), Miriam Makeba - Orchestra conducted by Hugh Masekela
  May 1968 Connie Haines REC, Jean DuShon REL
Funny Della Reese 1973 Unverified
March 1967 Bobby Darin
November 1969 Joe South
  1958 Gertrude Lawrence PRF,REC,REL
  January 1970 Dino Valenti REC, The Kingston Trio REL
1966 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra
February 1972 Tammy Wynette
1959 Leadbelly
1966 Leadbelly
Good Times Della Reese March 1967 Unverified
January 1960 Ted Wallace and His Swing Kings (Ed Kirkeby)
1966 (unknown), The Weavers
January 1965 Jane Withers
  1958 Ethel Waters BRD, Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Frances Wayne REC,REL
January 1965 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith and His Orchestra
1961 Gene Arnold
May 1956 Shirley Gunter and The Flairs
July 1965 Vikki Carr - Arranged & Conducted by Perry Botkin, Jr.
May 1960 Shannon Bolin with Milton Kaye and His Orchestra
1962 (unknown)
  July 1965 Peter Van Steeden and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Dick Robertson REL, Harold Richards REC
May 1960 Mills Brothers
July 1956 Frank Sinatra
listen on Internet Archive July 1957 The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
September 1967 Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra
  1962 Robert Goulet PRF,REC
January 1960 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
February 1972 Hog Heaven
1966 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
1973 Luther Ingram
January 1962 (unknown), Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
  July 1956 (unknown), Dick Powell PRF, Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain REC
1963 Carl Haworth
  November 1959 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
  1966 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
  March 1968 Steve Lawrence REL,PRF
May 1968 Marvin Jenkins
1963 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin
  May 1960 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
September 1967 Harry James and His Orchestra
  August 1963 Morton Downey REC,REL, Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians BRD
  August 1963 Charles Harrison [US] REC, Campbell and Burr REL
January 1960 Ted Wallace & His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by The Radio Imps
November 1959 Joe Venuti's Blue Four REL, Ed Lang REC, Ruth Etting
1964 The Astorites - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman
1966 Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt
August 1963 (unknown)
  1961 (unknown), Harry Fox REC,REL,PRF
January 1960 Harry James and His Orchestra
1961 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler
November 1959 Aileen Stanley
November 1959 Henry Busse and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Richard Barry
July 1965 Ivory Joe Hunter
November 1959 Henry Burr and John Meyer
May 1955 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
July 1965 Stewart Hamony Singers
  January 1965 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
November 1959 Jeri Southern with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver
September 1962 Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers - Vocal Chorus by Dickie McBride
  July 1965 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of George Siravo REL, Doris Day and Nestor Amaral REC
  July 1956 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Al Hibbler REC, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REL
1960 Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Harry Zimmerman
August 1966 The Kingston Trio
1961 Orlando's Orchestra
  April 1958 Archie Bleyer and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Durelle Alexander REC, June Knight, Robert Taylor and Chorus BRD
January 1956 Dick Powell & Alice Faye
1964 Wynona Carr
May 1960 Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
  1958 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
1973 Bob Dylan
November 1970 Melanie
1973 Bill Withers
  1960 Irving Aaronson and His Commanders REC, Irene Bordoni and Arthur Margetson PRF
January 1960 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines, Frank Sintra & The Pied Pipers
December 1967 Lucien Farrar with Ray Martin and His Orchestra
1973 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra
January 1965 Gloria Grafton
  1960 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
1959 Billie Holiday
November 1970 The Brothers [US2]
1966 Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra
September 1967 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert
1962 Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms REC, Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REL, Al Hibbler, Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
1995 Jeannie Cheatham and Jimmy Cheatham
1962 Erroll Garner Trio, Dakota Staton
July 1956 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
January 1962 (unknown), Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle
  May 1960 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
July 1965 (unknown)
1960 Mary Martin
  June 1956 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
January 1962 Germaine Alexandre, Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
January 1965 Adrian Schubert & His Orch.
May 1968 The Supremes [US1]
1973 The Jackson 5, Al Green
March 1968 The Association
1966 Margaret Johnson - Accomp. by Clarence Williams' Hamonizers
1964 Isham Jones and His Orchestra
November 1959 (unknown)
  1962 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
  June 1956 Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Horace Henderson REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
September 1967 Vic Damone
  1958 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
1961 Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
January 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival
  1964 Dick Van Dyke REC,PRF
July 1956 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
1959 Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing
January 1962 (unknown)
November 1958 Nat Adderley
Covered by (12 artists)
September 1970 Tim Hardin
November 1970 Henson Cargill
August 1959 Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen
August 1966 Neil Diamond
1961 Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
January 1960 Elton Britt
1962 Elton Britt
September 1967 Jimmy Witherspoon
  1958 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
November 1970 The Beatles
September 1967 June Christy with Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra
  November 1959 Ella Logan REC,REL,PRF
1958 The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
March 1967 Marcos Valle, Wanda de Sah featuring The Sergio Mendes Trio
  1959 Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor REL, William Bailey REC
1959 (unknown), (unknown), Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
  1959 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
January 1962 Karel Kuchera, Doretta Morrow & Richard Kiley
November 1966 Mieko Hirota - Billy Taylor Trio
  1964 Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns PRF, Frank Crumit REC,REL
1966 Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five), Anna Meyers and Original Memphis Five
January 1962 City Police Band of Birmingham
Covered by (12 artists)
  1960 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
August 1963 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
May 1960 Virginia Verrill
November 1959 Judy Garland with Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins
November 1966 Marian Montgomery
August 1963 Bing Crosby with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
  1964 Ethel Merman - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Ethel Merman PRF
1958 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
January 1965 Margaret Whiting
  January 1965 Sacha Distel et son ensemble, Sergio Franchi, Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser REL, Betty Carter REC
  January 1960 Teddy Lynch with Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REC, Mitzi Green PRF
  December 1956 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Di Vito REC, Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REL
1958 Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
  1958 Judy Holliday, Ensemble PRF, Carmen McRae with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis REC,REL
  1960 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Maxine Grey REC, Doris Carson & Ray Bolger PRF
1966 John Payne & Joan Merrill
1995 Virginia Liston
  May 1960 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
September 1967 Dakota Staton accompanied by The Norman Simmons Quartet
August 1963 (unknown), Percy Faith & His Orch., featuring Felicia Sanders
January 1962 (unknown), Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle
May 1960 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
  July 1956 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
1959 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
  January 1960 Broadway Nitelites - Vocal Chorus by Franklyn Baur REC,REL, William Gaxton & Constance Carpenter PRF
1961 Richard Bold and Rosalind Fuller
January 1962 (unknown), Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
  March 1959 Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC, Frank Sinatra BRD
1966 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
  May 1960 Bob Hope & Shirley Ross BRD, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Charles Wilson REC
1961 Ethel Waters, Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
September 1967 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Janet Blair
November 1970 Michael Dees
1960 Dinah Shore
1963 Jane Froman & Everett Marshall
  August 1963 Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
March 1967 Gilbert Bécaud - Orch. dir. : Raymond Bernard, Jane Morgan
  1961 Pinky Tomlin BRD, Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Betty Roth & Pinky Tomlin REC,REL
1963 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
November 1959 Victor Young, Jeri Southern with Victor Young and His Orchestra
  November 1958 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The King's Men REC, Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye BRD
July 1956 Gene Austin
August 1963 Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians
July 1956 Gene Krupa & His Orchestra
  1966 Norman Wisdom PRF, Shirley Bassey with Accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence REL
1973 Bill Withers
1960 Harlem Hamfats, Lil Green
  January 1970 Johnny Darrell REC, Bobby Goldsboro REL
1961 Arthur Collins
August 1963 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
February 1954 Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell with Bob Crosby's Bob Cats
November 1959 Katharyn Mayfield - Robert Bard
1964 Ray McKinley and Some of The Boys
1962 Ray McKinley and Some of The Boys
  November 1959 Carol Bruce REC, Ella Fitzgerald REL
1961 William J. Halley
  January 1960 Jack Albin and His Hotel Pennsylvania Dance Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty REC, Adele Astaire & Eddie Foy Jr. PRF
  November 1958 Ethel Merman & Dick Haymes - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Ethel Merman and Russell Nype PRF
  1961 Nat "King" Cole REC, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra REL
1959 Bessie Smith

Web Covers by Della Reese

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
3 Great Girls Ann-Margret - Kitty Kallen - Della Reese 1963 RCA Victor
A Date with Della Reese at Mr. Kelly's in Chicago Della Reese 1958 Jubilee
And That Reminds Me Della Reese March 1959 Jubilee
Black Is Beautiful Della Reese January 1970 Avco Embassy
C'mon and Hear Della Reese! Della Reese July 1965 ABC-Paramount
Della Della Reese - Orchestra conducted by Neal Hefti January 1960 RCA Victor
Della by Starlight Della Reese – Arranged and conducted by Glenn Osser May 1960 RCA Victor
Della Della Cha Cha Cha Della Reese 1960 RCA Victor
Della on Stage Della Reese 1962 RCA Victor
Della - On Strings of Blue Della Reese September 1967 ABC Records [US]
Della Reese at Basin Street East Della Reese – Orchestra conducted by John Cotter 1964 RCA Victor
Della Reese Live Della Reese with Bill Doggett, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Bobby Bryant 1966 ABC-Paramount
I Gotta Be Me...This Trip Out Della Reese May 1968 ABC Records [US]
I Like It Like Dat! Della Reese – Orch. arr. & cond. by Bobby Bryant 1966 ABC-Paramount
Let Me in Your Life Della Reese 1973 LMI
Melancholy Baby Della Reese July 1956 Jubilee
Moody Della Reese January 1965 RCA Victor
One More Time Della Reese March 1967 ABC Records [US]
Right Now Della Reese November 1970 Avco Embassy
Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues Della Reese 1995 (self-released)
Special Delivery Della Reese – Arr. and Cond. by Mercer Ellington 1961 RCA Victor
The Classic Della Della Reese – Arranged and conducted by Glenn Osser January 1962 RCA Victor
The Story of the Blues Della Reese 1959 Jubilee
Waltz with Me, Della Della Reese – Arranged and conducted by Glenn Osser August 1963 RCA Victor
What Do You Know About Love? Della Reese November 1959 Jubilee

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
And That Reminds Me Della Reese with Honey Dreamers and Orch. Accomp. July 1957 Jubilee
Angel d'amore Della Reese - Orchestra conducted by Sammy Lowe December 1963 RCA Victor
As Long as He Needs Me Della Reese - Orchestra conducted by Sammy Lowe September 1962 RCA Victor
Blow Out the Sun Della Reese - Orchestra conducted by Sammy Lowe August 1962 RCA Victor
C'mon C'mon Della Reese April 1958 Jubilee
Compared to What Della Reese November 1969 Avco Embassy
Don't You Know Della Reese – Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser August 1959 RCA Victor
Everyday Della Reese May 1960 RCA Victor
Headin' Home Della Reese - Arranged and conducted by Sid Bass May 1956 Jubilee
If It Feels Good, Do It Della Reese February 1972 Avco
I Gotta Be Me Della Reese March 1968 ABC Records [US]
In the Meantime Della Reese December 1956 Jubilee
It Was a Very Good Year Della Reese with The Bobby Bryant Quintet August 1966 ABC Records [US]
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm Della Reese January 1956 Jubilee
Kiss My Love Goodbye Della Reese - Sid Bass Orchestra May 1955 Jubilee
Not One Minute More Della Reese – Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser November 1959 RCA Victor
One for My Baby Della Reese with Sid Bass Orch. June 1956 Jubilee
Sermonette Della Reese November 1958 Jubilee
Simple Song of Freedom Della Reese with The Voices of Freedom September 1970 Avco Embassy
Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) Della Reese February 1960 RCA Victor
Sorry Baby Della Reese December 1967 ABC Records [US]
Sunny Della Reese with The Bobby Bryant Quintet November 1966 ABC Records [US]
When I Grow Too Old to Dream Della Reese and Kirk Stuart November 1958 Jubilee
Won'cha Come Home, Bill Bailey Della Reese - Orchestra conducted by Mercer Ellington March 1961 RCA Victor
Yes Indeed Della Reese with Jimmie Hamilton & Orch. February 1954 Great Lakes
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