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Jesse Crawford

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Born
December 2, 1895
Died
May 28, 1962
Country
United States
Comments
Pianist and organist. Crawford was well known in the 1920s as a theatre organist for silent films.
Family
Helen Crawford Wife
Jessie Leeds Daughter
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Covers by Jesse Crawford

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1941 Harry Macdonough with Violin Obligato
1941 (unknown)
1941 (unknown)
1941 (unknown)
1941 Henry Burr
1941 (unknown), (unknown)
1941 Miss Morgan & Mr. Stanley
April 1927 Al Jolson
listen on Internet Archive i May 1926 (unknown)
i December 1927 Harold Lambert
i November 1927 Lane's Dance Orchestra [Lange]
i August 1930 Emma Trentini and Orville Harrold
listen on Internet Archive i 1924 Edith Day
i   1960 Edith Day PRF, Helen Clark REC
i July 1947 Edith Decker
i 1954 John Steel and Ruth Thomas
i 1957 Patti Page
i   1955 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i 1954 Irving Kaufman
i September 28, 1928 Spanish Dance Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i   January 1928 The Singing Serenaders REC, Jack Hylton and His Orchestra REL
listen on Internet Archive i 1941 Cecil Fanning
listen on Internet Archive i June 1929 George Olsen and His Music
i   1957 John Steel REC,PRF
i 1958 Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
i 1958 Renato Rascel e coro
i 1960 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i August 27, 1926 (unknown)
i July 16, 1926 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i   September 1927 Bert Kaplan and His Collegians REC, George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice REL
i   1957 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i 1949 (unknown)
i 1949 (unknown), W.D. McFarland
i 1958 (unknown)
i November 1927 Ford and Glenn
i December 1926 (unknown)
i 1955 (unknown)
i 1954 Adrian Schubert's Salon Orchestra ‑ Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
i 1960 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case
i   April 1927 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
i 1957 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i   July 1959 Helen Morgan, Tess Gardella and Norma Terris PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive i June 1929 Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Joe Rines
i 1955 George Primrose
i 1958 Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers
i July 1947 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i February 1930 Roy Ingraham and His Orchestra
i   1957 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
listen on Internet Archive i   January 1927 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra REL, Grace Moore REC
i 1958 (unknown)
i December 1930 Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson
listen on Internet Archive i April 1930 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo
i   1932 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton and The Romancers REC, Lawrence Tibett BRD
listen on Internet Archive i February 17, 1928 Sam Lanin & His Famous Players
i 1960 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i January 1928 James Melton
listen on Internet Archive i Don't Mind the Rain Jesse Crawford Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i February 1925 Ben Selvin and His Orchestra
i   1957 Samuel Ash, Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb PRF, Meyer Davis and His Orch. – Vocal Refrain by Lou Conrad REC
i 1960 Robert Maxwell
i July 1, 1927 Carmen García Cornejo con piano por Miguel Lerdo de Tejada
i April 1927 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt)
i 1958 (unknown)
i July 1928 Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour"
listen on Internet Archive i July 1938 Emma Trentini
i   1958 Billy Eckstine REL, Louis Jourdan REC
listen on Internet Archive i 1941 Anton Seidl
i July 1952 (unknown)
i August 1930 Alice Nielsen & Eugene Cowles
i   1958 Waltham Abbey Choir PRF, Columbia Male Quartet REL
i 1958 Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra
i 1957 Al Hibbler with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
i   December 1926 Mike Markels' Orchestra REC, The Aristocrats [US1] REL
i   November 15, 1929 Ben Selvin and His Orchestra REC, Russ Columbo BRD
i 1957 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
listen on Internet Archive i 1928 Paul Bolognese and His Orchestra
i 1958 Bing Crosby
listen on Internet Archive i   May 1956 Ambrose and His Orchestra REC, Yvonne Printemps & Noel Coward PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   May 1956 Peggy Wood & George Metaxa REC,REL,PRF
i 1955 Mr. Ernest Pike with Orchestral Accompaniment
i 1959 Orville Harrold
i 1955 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i 1949 Regal Orchestra
i   November 1929 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, Mary Ellis and Dennis King PRF
i   1957 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
i 1958 (unknown)
i 1957 The Dream Weavers
i 1958 Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
i July 1929 (unknown)
i 1957 Dick Powell & Alice Faye
listen on Internet Archive i   July 1959 Jack Denny and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Paul Small REC, Walter Slezak PRF
i 1957 Jack Fulton
i I Wonder What's Become of Sally Jesse Crawford March 1925 Unverified
i December 1930 The Troubadours - Vocal Refrain by Frank Munn
listen on Internet Archive i December 1927 Franklyn Baur
i 1959 Fritzi Scheff
i 1957 (unknown)
i July 1947 Fredric Fradkin – Piano by Dan Lieberfeld
i   July 1, 1927 Sebastián Yradier PRF, Cornet Duet REL
i 1960 Alfred Newman
i   1958 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Kenny Gardner and Vocal Group REL, The Buffalo Bills PRF
i 1959 Fritz Kreisler accompanied on piano by Carl Lamson
i   1959 Fritz Kreisler accompanied on piano by Carl Lamson REL, Comedian Harmonists REC
listen on Internet Archive i 1941 Mr. Peter Dawson with Orchestral Accompaniment
i December 1930 Irving Kaufman
i 1955 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i July 1959 Marilyn Miller and Leon Errol
listen on Internet Archive i July 1959 Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
i 1951 (unknown)
i 1958 Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers
listen on Internet Archive i   July 1959 Howard Marsh and Norma Terris PRF, Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert REC
i 1954 The Troubadours - Vocal Refrain by Lewis James
listen on Internet Archive i February 17, 1928 (unknown)
i   November 26, 1926 Wendell Hall - Whistling by Carson Robison REL, Isham Jones Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive i 1929 Golden Gate Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Billy Murray
i Méditation From "Thais" Jesse Crawford 1964 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i May 1956 (unknown)
i July 1952 Mizzi Günther & Louis Treumann
i November 15, 1929 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees - Vocal Refrain by Rudy Vallée
i 1959 (unknown)
i 1951 (unknown)
i   1957 Harald Paulsen mit Orchesterbegleitung REL, Kurt Gerron PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   January 1928 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive i May 1956 Henry Burr
i 1951 (unknown)
i 1957 Orchester Georges Boulanger
listen on Internet Archive i May 1956 Adrian Schubert & His Orch.
listen on Internet Archive i   June 1925 Chauncey Olcott PRF, Mr. A. C. Campbell REC,REL
i 1958 (unknown)
i 1958 Emily Laurey
i 1958 (unknown)
i   July 1947 Carolyn Thomson REC,REL, Carolyn Thomson & Dennis King PRF
i   1957 John Michael King REL,PRF
i 1960 Judy Garland
i   1960 The Troubadours [Nathaniel Shilkret] – Vocal Refrain by Frank Munn REC,REL, Ramon Novarro BRD
listen on Internet Archive 1933 Arthur Middleton
i 1954 Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (Ed Kirkeby)
i   1954 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Franklyn Baur REC
i   May 1930 George Gershwin - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra REL, George Gershwin - Paul Whiteman and The Palais Royal Orchestra PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   February 1925 Dennis King & Arthur Dragon PRF, California Ramblers REC
listen on Internet Archive i August 27, 1926 Hubert Eisdell
i Roses of Yesterday Jesse Crawford 1928 Unverified
i   1960 Richard Hayman and His Orchestra REL, Richard Hayman Orchestra PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   September 1927 Douglas Stanbury PRF, Adrian Schubert's Salon Orchestra ‑ Vocal Chorus by Harold Lambert REC
i 1958 Bing Crosby with Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
i 1958 David Whitfield with Stanley Black and His Orchestra
i 1932 (unknown)
i 1957 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
i 1957 Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager)
i January 1925 (unknown)
i November 1929 Howard Marsh, Raymond Marlowe, Frederic Wolff and Paul Kleeman
i July 1929 Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone)
i 1958 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber
i   1958 Bing Crosby and Carol Richards REL, Bob Hope & Marilyn Maxwell REC
i 1955 Eric Coates and Symphony Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i February 1926 Carlyle Stevenson's El Patio Orchestra
i 1951 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i   May 1956 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
i December 1930 Earl Burtnett and His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i June 1927 Vincent Lopez and His Casa Lopez Orchestra
i 1957 J. Harold Murray and Katherine Carrington
i January 1925 (unknown)
i 1955 Yekab Karklin
listen on Internet Archive i May 6, 1927 Douglas Richardson
listen on Internet Archive i   December 1928 Al Jolson REC,BRD
listen on Internet Archive i May 1956 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i November 26, 1926 Ruth Etting
i 1959 Grace Moore
i 1955 (unknown), (unknown)
i 1955 Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
i 1951 Lambert Murphy
i   July 1947 Audrey Maple & Melville Stewart PRF, Helen Clark and Walter J. van Brunt REL
listen on Internet Archive i November 1928 The Harmonians - Vocal Chorus by Tom Frawley (Ben Selvin, Irving Kaufman)
i 1949 Mr. Herbert Payne (Ernest Pike)
i   1958 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
listen on Internet Archive i 1928 Duke Yellman and His Orchestra
i 1958 Tally-Ho!
i   1954 Ray Middleton PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive i October 1930 George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger
i The Pal That I Loved Stole The Gal That I Loved Jesse Crawford March 1925 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i 1941 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
listen on Internet Archive i May 1926 Vernon Dalhart
listen on Internet Archive i   May 1956 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
listen on Internet Archive i January 1928 Sam Lanin and His Troubadours
listen on Internet Archive i July 1959 Tullio Carminati
i 1960 Wayne King and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ernie Birchill
listen on Internet Archive i July 1959 Fred Astaire
listen on Internet Archive i July 1959 Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian
i   1957 Bing Crosby with Orchestra directed by Jay Blackton REC,REL, Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   July 1959 Anna Wheaton and James Harrod REC, Anna Wheaton and Tom Powers PRF
listen on Internet Archive i January 1927 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i February 1930 Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour"
i 1954 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i May 1956 Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour"
listen on Internet Archive i 1941 Victor Sorlin
i July 1952 Gretl Theimer and Walter Janssen
i   1957 Liberace REL, Todd Duncan BRD
i   July 16, 1926 Edith Lorand Orchester REC, Hilanderas y pescadores PRF
i July 1952 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i May 6, 1927 (unknown)
i   1957 Doris Day with Frank DeVol & His Orch. REC, Eddy Howard REL, Doris Day BRD
listen on Internet Archive i April 1930 Elsie Carlisle
i   1954 Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
listen on Internet Archive i October 1927 Kammersänger C. Richard Tauber
i When The Organ Played At Twilight Jesse Crawford October 1930 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i June 1925 Miss Morgan & Mr. Stanley
i 1959 Grace Kerns
i 1954 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i 1929 Colonial Club Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Jack Parker
i   1958 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1958 Bob Thompson [US1]
listen on Internet Archive i   July 1959 Norma Terris, Howard Marsh, Charles Winninger & Edna May Oliver PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC,REL
i 1958 Frank Sinatra
i 1960 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1929 Ona Munson and Jack Whiting
listen on Internet Archive i   May 1956 Peggy Wood REL,PRF
listen on Internet Archive August 18, 1937 Ray Kinney with Dick McIntire and His Harmony Hawaiians
listen on Internet Archive August 18, 1937 Bob Howard and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive It's the Natural Thing to Do Jesse Crawford featuring Helen Crawford - vocal refrain by Bob Murray (Jesse Crawford) 1937 Unverified
i April 1927 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
November 1929 Carl Haworth
  November 1929 Morton Downey REC,REL, Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians BRD
listen on Internet Archive October 1929 Charles W. Hamp
listen on Internet Archive   October 1929 Cliff Edwards, Brox Sisters, Rounders and MGM Chorus BRD, The Rounders [US1] REC
i April 1927 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i November 19, 1926 Ford and Glenn
i November 1958 Frank Sinatra
i   August 1953 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton and The Romancers REC, Lawrence Tibett BRD
i November 1958 Art Jarrett and His Orchestra
i   August 1953 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
i   August 1953 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
i August 1953 Dolores Valesco
i   August 1953 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
listen on Internet Archive i I'm Yours Jesse Crawford with Jessie Leeds 1952 Unverified
i November 1958 Gloria Grafton
i   August 1953 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Buddy Gately REC,REL, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
i   November 1958 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i   August 1953 Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra REL, Sterling Young and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Donna Lee REC
i   August 1953 Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC, Alice Faye BRD
i 1952 (unknown)
i 1952 (unknown), (unknown)
i 1952 Macdonough and Stanley
i 1952 Steve Porter
i 1952 Miss Hinkle and Mr. MacDonough
i 1952 Mrs. William Asher - Homer Rodeheaver
i 1952 J.J. Fisher

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
After I've Called You Sweetheart (How Can I Call You Friend) Jesse Crawford December 1927 Victor
Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life Jesse Crawford August 1930 Victor
A Kiss in the Dark Jesse Crawford 1933 Victor
A Kiss in the Dark Jesse Crawford 1924 Paramount
Amapola (Poppy) Jesse Crawford September 28, 1928 Victor
A Precious Little Thing Called Love Jesse Crawford June 1929 Victor
At Dawning Jesse Crawford August 27, 1926 Victor
At Peace with the World Jesse Crawford July 16, 1926 Victor
Baby Feet Go Pitter Patter ('Cross My Floor) Jesse Crawford November 1927 Victor
Barcelona Jesse Crawford December 1926 Victor
Blue Skies Jesse Crawford April 1927 Victor
Chérie, I Love You Jesse Crawford January 1927 Victor
Cryin' for the Carolines Jesse Crawford April 1930 Victor
Diane (I'm in Heaven When I See You Smile) Jesse Crawford January 1928 Victor
Estrellita Jesse Crawford July 1, 1927 Victor
Giannina mia Jesse Crawford July 1938 Victor
How Am I to Know? Jesse Crawford November 15, 1929 Victor
I'd Love to Call You My Sweetheart Jesse Crawford with Goldkette's Book-Cadillac Orchestra November 19, 1926 Victor
I'll Always Be in Love with You Jesse Crawford November 1929 Victor
In a Little Spanish Town ('Twas on a Night Like This) Jesse Crawford April 1927 Victor
Indian Love Call Jesse Crawford November 1929 Victor
It All Depends on You - I'm Looking for a Girl Named Mary Franklyn Baur and Jesse Crawford - Lewis James April 1927 Victor
I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling Jesse Crawford July 1929 Victor
Just a Little While Jesse Crawford December 1930 Victor
Just Like a Melody out of the Sky Jesse Crawford July 20, 1928 Victor
Little White Lies Jesse Crawford December 1930 Victor
Mary (What Are You Waiting For?) Jesse Crawford February 17, 1928 Victor
Maybe - Someone to Watch over Me Jesse Crawford with Nat Shilhkret and The Victor Orchestra - George Olsen and His Music February 1927 Victor
Meadow Lark Jesse Crawford November 26, 1926 Victor
Me, Myself and I (Are All in Love with You) Jesse Crawford and His Orchestra featuring Helen Crawford - Vocal Refrain by Bob Murray August 18, 1937 Bluebird
My Blue Heaven Jesse Crawford January 1928 Victor
My Sin Jesse Crawford - Vocal Refrain by Paul Small October 1929 Victor
My Wild Irish Rose Jesse Crawford June 1925 Victor
Nesting Time Jesse Crawford June 1927 Victor
Rhapsody in Blue (Parts 1 & 2) Jesse Crawford May 1930 Victor
Rose-Marie Jesse Crawford February 1925 Victor
Rosette Jesse Crawford July 1928 Victor
Russian Lullaby Jesse Crawford September 1927 Victor
Save the Last Dance for Me Jesse Crawford 1932 Victor
Sleepy Time Gal Jesse Crawford February 1926 Victor
Somewhere a Voice Is Calling Jesse Crawford January 1925 Victor
Sonny Boy Jesse Crawford December 1928 Victor
Ten Little Miles from Town Jesse Crawford November 1928 Victor
The Dance of the Blue Danube Jesse Crawford 1928 Victor
The Kiss Waltz Jesse Crawford October 1930 Victor
The Prisoner's Song Jesse Crawford May 1926 Victor
Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips with Me Jesse Crawford February 1930 Victor
What Does It Matter Jesse Crawford May 6, 1927 Victor
When Day Is Done Jesse Crawford October 1927 Victor
Where the Shy Little Violets Grow Jesse Crawford 1929 Victor
You're the Cream in My Coffee Jesse Crawford 1929 Victor

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