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Blossom Dearie

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Aliases
Blossom Dearie and Her Combo
Real name
Blossom Margrete Dearie
Born
April 28, 1924
Died
February 7, 2009
Country
United States
IPI
00007672292 10 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Jazz singer, pianist and songwriter. Contributed to the Schoolhouse Rock! series.
Member of
Les Blue Stars
Family
Bobby Jaspar Husband
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
1991 (19 artists)
1975 (15 artists)
April 1957 (2 artists)
Christmas Morning Blossom Dearie 1991 Unverified
April 1957 (3 artists)
1973 (6 artists)
April 1960 Courtney Fortune
December 1968 (14 artists)
I Did It All For You Blossom Dearie and Mike Renzi 1991 Unverified
1973 (27 artists)
1966 (33 artists)
1975 (18 artists)
1970 (39 artists)
1975 (2 artists)
1991 Ellynne Rey
1983 (8 artists)
1958 (38 artists)
1970 (11 artists)
1991 (3 artists)
1976 (3 artists)
Once A Year Miracle Blossom Dearie 1991 Unverified
1973 (3 artists)
1967 (32 artists)
1970 (2 artists)
1958 (42 artists)
April 1957 (8 artists)
1958 (10 artists)
June 18, 1996 (4 artists)
1966 (2 artists)
April 1957 (6 artists)

Covers by Blossom Dearie

Title Performer Release date Originally by
December 1968 Simon and Garfunkel
1967 Cilla Black
  1960 Lisa Kirk PRF,REL, Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Harry Zimmerman REC
1983 Rupert Holmes
December 1970 (unknown)
i   1955 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
1976 Leon Russell
  December 1970 Fred Rich's Dance Orchestra – Vocal Chorus The Joy Boys REC, Helen Ford & Lester Cole PRF
i   1956 J. Harold Murray PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC,REL
  1967 Margaret Whiting with Chorus and Frank DeVol's Orchestra REC, Mary Martin PRF, Fran Warren with Orchestra conducted by Henri René REL
  1979 Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer - Paul Weston's Orchestra REL, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five REC, Ricardo Montalbán and Esther Williams BRD
  1958 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1955 Shirley Ross
December 1970 Shirley Ross, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenneth Sargent
2000 Toots Thielemans, Sarah Vaughan
  1970 Judy Collins REL, Joni Mitchell REC
April 1960 Charles Trenet accompagné par Wal-Berg et son orchestre
1960 Tommy Dix, Stuart Langley and Chorus
1983 Susannah McCorkle
May 1964 Henry Mancini and His Orchestra with Chorus
April 1960 Lucienne Boyer - Orchestre : M. Iza Volpin
  October 1959 Vivian Blaine & Mitchell Gregg PRF, Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers REC,REL
  1963 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
April 1957 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
1963 João Gilberto, Pat Thomas, arranged and conducted by Lalo Schifrin
1967 Silvia Telles, Astrud Gilberto
May 1964 Tony Bennett
April 1959 Jackie Cooper – Chorus and Slide Trombones Dir. by Milton DeLugg
i Down in the Depths Blossom Dearie 1956 Unverified
  April 1959 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC,REL, Jack Whiting, June Clyde and Vivian Vance PRF
April 1957 Ray Bolger & Benay Venuta
i 1956 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
  1963 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
April 1960 Sarah Vaughan with Jimmy Jones Quartet
1958 Ethel Merman
1960 Stubby Kaye & Johnny Silver
  1963 Jack Jones REC, Daniel Massey PRF
October 1959 Dolores Gray
1975 Tony Bennett
1967 João Gilberto, Peggy Lee - Orchestra conducted by Max Bennett
1972 Gertrude Lawrence and Paul Frawley
  April 1959 Bing Crosby and Patty Andrews with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra REC,REL, Isabel Bigley PRF
1983 Carmen McRae
  April 1957 Peter Lind Hayes, Eddie Quillan, Frank Jenks & Robert Paige BRD, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Jimmy Lewis REC
  1963 Ceil Clayton REL, Claramae Turner PRF
October 1959 Gene Kelly
  December 1970 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Irene Daye REC, Eddie Bracken, Marcy Wescott, Mary Jane Walsh, Richard Kollmar, Hal Le Roy PRF
  1967 Frank Sinatra REC, Nancy Wilson – Arranged and conducted by Sid Feller REL
May 1964 Peggy Lee - Orchestra conducted by Max Bennett
2000 Ivan Lins part. César Camargo Mariano, Ivan Lins
May 1964 Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Nan Wynn]
April 1959 Tony Bennett with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra
  April 1957 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
  October 1959 Edith Adams, George Gaynes and The Villagers Chorus REL,PRF
  1963 Swen Swenson REL, Swen Swenson, Virginia Martin PRF
1963 Wynona Carr
May 1964 Roland Gerbeau – Orchestre, direction Guy Luypaerts, Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
  April 1957 Adele Dixon, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD, Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC
  October 1959 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orch. REL, Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday PRF
  1958 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
1983 Billy Joel
1976 Lori Lieberman
2000 Sting
April 1960 Jacqueline François avec Michel Legrand et son orchestre et Les Fontana
1958 Mabel Mercer
1967 Nancy Wilson [US1]
2000 Margaret Whiting
  1958 Dinah Shore PRF, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
  April 1960 The Honey Dreamers with the Elliot Lawrence Band REL, Cliff Edwards PRF
October 1959 John Battles
2000 Ivan Lins, George Benson [US1]
May 1964 Don Elliott and His Orchestra with Irma Curry
  April 1959 Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC
1960 Shirley Booth
April 1957 Billie Holiday
October 1959 John Battles
  1979 King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
  1966 Joyce Barbour, Steffi Duna, Norah Howard and Doris Hare PRF, Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra REC,REL
  April 1959 Sterling Holloway - June Cochran PRF, The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin] REC
May 1964 Vikki Carr - Arranged & Conducted by Bob Florence
1967 Isaura Garcia, Pat Boone
1955 Carlton Dance Orchestra
  April 1957 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
1988 Dave Frishberg
  1960 Lena Horne REL,PRF
April 1957 Dick Haymes with Orchestra conducted by Ian Bernard
i   1956 Russ Case and His Orchestra with Jimmy Carroll REL, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra REC
1967 Louis Jourdan
1966 The Cookies REC, The Crystals [US] REL, The Drifters [US1]
1967 Agostinho dos Santos, Astrud Gilberto
April 1959 (unknown)
Covered by (89 artists)
  January 1967 João Gilberto, Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan REC, Pat Thomas, arranged and conducted by Lalo Schifrin REL
1963 Ruby and The Romantics - Arr. & Cond. by Leroy Kirkland
1983 Mabel Mercer
1967 Anita O'Day - Cal Tjader
1958 National Male Quartet, (unknown)
  May 1964 Dick Van Dyke REC,PRF
May 1964 João Gilberto, Sarah Vaughan, Tony Bennett
1960 Estelle Loring and Jack Haley
1977 Ramses Shaffy met orkest o.l.v. Frans Mijts
1966 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, The Coasters
  1975 Glynis Johns REL,PRF
  1967 Diahann Carroll, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore and Enid Mosier REL,PRF
  April 1960 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
October 1959 Betty Comden, Nancy Walker, Adolph Green and Cris Alexander
May 1964 Nat "King" Cole
  1967 Kenneth Nelson & Rita Gardner REL, Kenneth Nelson and Rita Gardner PRF
1983 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, The Boswell Sisters
1967 Mieko Hirota - Billy Taylor Trio
1972 The Merrymakers [US] (The Revelers [US1])
  April 1959 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde PRF
1983 Dave Frishberg
April 1959 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
  April 1959 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
1967 Gloria Lynne and The Earl May Trio
May 1964 Jesse Belvin with Marty Paich and His Orchestra
i   1955 Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra REC,REL, Judy Garland BRD
i 1955 Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Erik Rhodes and Lillian Miles
1967 Irene Dunne
  1960 Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REC, Lisa Kirk PRF
  1963 Sacha Distel et son ensemble, Sergio Franchi, Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser REL, Betty Carter REC
  2000 Elaine Stritch REL,PRF
May 1968 Udo Jürgens - Orchester Robert Opratko, Matt Monro
  October 1959 Judy Holliday, Ensemble PRF, Carmen McRae with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis REC,REL
i 1956 John Payne & Joan Merrill
1958 Mabel Mercer
1966 Johnny Mandel
i   1955 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde PRF
  1963 Diahann Carroll & Richard Kiley REL,PRF
i   1955 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
  April 1957 Broadway Nitelites - Vocal Chorus by Franklyn Baur REC,REL, William Gaxton & Constance Carpenter PRF
  1960 Vivienne Segal PRF, Vivienne Segal with Connecticut Yankee Orchestra under direction of George Hirst REC,REL
1967 Burt Bacharach and His Orchestra & Chorus
April 1957 Ronald Graham
1967 Marc Michel [dubbed by Georges Blaness], The Royalettes featuring Sheila Ross
2000 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
1963 Anthony Newley
1966 Peggy Lee
May 1964 Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
1966 Edith Piaf, Bob Sands with Orchestra conducted by Bill Loose
1970 Charles Aznavour - Accompagné par Paul Mauriat et son orchestre, Charles Aznavour
April 1960 Cy Coleman
  1967 Natalie Wood [dubbed by Jackie Ward] BRD, Andy Williams REL
1967 Cy Coleman with Orchestra conducted by Billy May

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Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
1975 Blossom Dearie 1975 Daffodil Records
Blossom Dearie Blossom Dearie April 1957 Verve Records
Blossom Dearie Plays for Dancing Blossom Dearie 1955 Felsted
Blossom Dearie Sings Blossom Dearie 1973 Daffodil Records
Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green Blossom Dearie October 1959 Verve Records
Blossom Dearie Sings Rootin' Songs Blossom Dearie and Her Combo 1963 Hires
Blossom's Planet - Vol. XVIII Blossom Dearie 2000 Daffodil Records
Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott's Blossom Dearie 1966 Fontana
Christmas Spice So Very Nice - Volume XVI Blossom Dearie and Mike Renzi 1991 Daffodil Records
Give Him the Ooh-La-La Blossom Dearie 1958 Verve Records
May I Come In? Blossom Dearie May 1964 Capitol Records
My Gentleman Friend Blossom Dearie April 1960 Verve Records
My New Celebrity Is You - Vol. III Blossom Dearie 1976 Daffodil Records
Needlepoint Magic - Volume 5 Blossom Dearie 1979 Daffodil Records
Once upon a Summertime Blossom Dearie April 1959 Verve Records
Positively - Volume VII Blossom Dearie 1983 Daffodil Records
Simply - Volume VI Blossom Dearie 1983 Daffodil Records
Songs of Chelsea - Volume X Blossom Dearie 1988 Daffodil Records
Soon It's Gonna Rain Blossom Dearie 1967 Fontana
Soubrette - Blossom Dearie Sings Broadway Hit Songs Blossom Dearie 1960 Verve Records
Sweet Blossom Dearie Blossom Dearie 1967 Fontana
That's Just the Way I Want to Be Blossom Dearie 1970 Fontana
Tweedledum Tweedledee - Volume XV Blossom Dearie & Mike Renzi 1991 Daffodil Records
Winchester in Apple Blossom Time Blossom Dearie 1977 Daffodil Records

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#40130 Isa 2009-09-22 10:29:08 UTC processed 2009-09-23 05:29:16 UTC by Isa
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