Johnny Long

Aliases: Johnny Long and His Chorus and Orchestra
Johnny Long and His Orchestra
Johnny Long and His Orchestra – Vocal by Ensemble
Johnny Long and His Orchestra – Vocal by the Long Choir and the Long Shots
Born: September 12, 1914
Died: October 31, 1972
Country: United States
Comments: Popular big band leader and violinist. He was known as "the man who's long on music".
Related: The Beachcombers [US]

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Can't Get Out of This Mood REC	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1942	(59 artists) Originally by Ginny Simms with Freddy Martin and His Orchestra BRD
Massachusetts REL	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	August 1942	(13 artists) Originally by Gene Krupa and His Orchestra REC
The Night We Called It a Day	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston	January 1942	(101 artists)
Time Waits for No One	Johnny Long and His Orchestra = Vocal Chorus by Patti Dugan	April 1944	(14 artists)
Toy Tiger	Johnny Long and His Chorus and Orchestra	July 1955	(5 artists)
Where You Are REL	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston	1941	Alice Faye Originally by Alice Faye & John Payne with The Ink Spots BRD

Covers by Johnny Long

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	Accent on Youth	Johnny Long and His Orchestra – Vocal by the Long Choir and the Long Shots	1953	Jan Garber and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lee Bennett
	And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine	Ella Fitzgerald and Johnny Long and His Orchestra with The Song Spinners	November 6, 1944	Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - Vocal by Anita O'Day
	Bali Ha'i	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	June 1949	Juanita Hall PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC
	Blue Shadows and White Gardenias	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston	1942	Ray Kinney and His Hawaiian Musical Ambassadors - Vocal refrain by Alfred Apaka
	Blue Skies	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	May 1960	Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
	Blue Skies	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston and Ensemble	1941	Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
	Chattanooga Choo Choo	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Paul Harmon and Ensemble	1941	Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tex Beneke and The Four Modernaires REL, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Benteke and the Modernaires and Dorothy Dandridge and the Nicholas Brothers BRD
i	Cheek to Cheek	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	May 1960	Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
	Confessin' (That I Love You)	Ella Fitzgerald with The Song Spinners and Johnny Long and His Orchestra	November 6, 1944	Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson, Chester Gaylord "The Whispering Serenader"
	Don't Take Your Love from Me	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston	1941	Mildred Bailey
	Down by the Old Mill Stream	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1952	Brunswick Quartette
	He's 1-A in the Army and He's A-1 in My Heart	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Young	1942	(unknown)
	How Are Things in Glocca Morra	Johnny Long and His Orchestra – Vocal by Francey Lane and the Long Beachcombers	January 1947	Ella Logan PRF, Martha Tilton - With Vocal Group and Dean Elliott and His Orchestra REC
	I Give You My Word	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Young	1940	Unverified
	I'll Take Romance	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jack Edmondson	1938	Grace Moore
	In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1946	Ted Lewis and His Band
	I Take to You	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1941	Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie and Mary Beth Hughes
	It's a Sin to Tell a Lie	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	August 1947	Freddy Ellis and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Seymour Richards
	It's the Same Old Dream	Johnny Long and His Orchestra – Vocal by Francey Lane and the Beachcombers	1947	Artie Shaw and His Orchestra featuring Mel Tormé
	I Wish I Had a Sweetheart (Like That Old Sweetheart of Mine)	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1941	Joe Reichman and His Orchestra
	Jingle Bells	Johnny Long and His Orchestra – Vocal by Francey Lane and the Ensemble	September 1947	Edison Male Quartette
	Just a Kid Named Joe	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jack Edmondson	1938	Mills Brothers
	Kiss the Boys Goodbye	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Young	1941	Mary Martin with Oscar Levant on piano BRD, Bea Wain REC,REL
	Last Night on the Back Porch	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	May 1960	Winnie Lightner PRF, Criterion Male Quartet REC
	Last Night on the Back Porch (I Loved Her Best of All)	Johnny Long and His Orchestra – Vocal by the Long Beachcombers and the Entire Ensemble	January 1947	Winnie Lightner PRF, Criterion Male Quartet REC
	Louise	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jack Edmondson and Ensemble	1940	Maurice Chevalier BRD, Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Charles Roberts REC
i	Love Is the Sweetest Thing	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	May 1960	Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra REC, Jack Payne & His Band BRD,REL
	Maybellene	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	July 1955	Chuck Berry and His Combo
	Miss Johnson Phoned Again Today	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Young	June 1941	Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Rose Anne Stevens
	Moonlight Becomes You	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston and the Four Teens	1942	Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra - Vocal by Kitty Kallen REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i	Moonlight on the Ganges	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1940	Teddy Brown and His Café de Paris Band
	My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time	Johnny Long and His Orchestra and Dick Robertson	March 1945	Unverified
	My Sin	Johnny Long and His Orchestra – Vocal by Jilla Webb and Chorus	1951	Charles W. Hamp
i	Night and Day	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1948	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
	No Love, No Nothin'	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Patti Dugan	January 1944	Alice Faye
	Oh Boy! What Joy We Had in Barefoot Days	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	March 1954	Billy Jones [US1]
	One Dozen Roses	Johnny Long and His Orchestra – Vocal by Francey Lane and the Ensemble	December 1947	Art Kassel and His Kassels-in-the-Air REL, Les Hite and His Orchestra REC
	Only Forever	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal by Barbara Hammond and Ensemble	1954	Mary Martin & Bing Crosby BRD, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
	Our Love Affair	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1951	Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney
	Paradise	Johnny Long and His Orchestra – Vocal by Francey Lane and the Ensemble	1947	Pola Negri BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frances Maddux REC
	Poor Butterfly	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1948	Elizabeth Spencer
	Put Your Shoes On, Lucy	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	June 1949	Robert Clary
	Rain on the Roof	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	May 1960	Charles Dornberger & His Orch. - Vocal by Dick Robertson
	Red Top	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	April 1953	Gene Ammons and His Sextet
	San Fernando Valley	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal chorus by Gene Williams	March 1944	Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
	Shepherd Serenade	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1941	Tony Pastor and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by John McAfee
	Shorty's Got to Go	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1950	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra
	Should I	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1952	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Burt Lorin REC
	Silver Dollar	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	February 1950	Denver Darling and His Texas Cowhands
	Sing Me a Song of the Islands	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston	1942	Ray Kinney and His Hawaiian Musical Ambassadors
	Sweet Sue, Just You	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1949	Charley Straight and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
	Ten Pretty Girls	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Paul Harmon	1938	Ambrose and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Sam Browne
	The Booglie Wooglie Piggy	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Young and Ensemble	1941	Glenn Miller and His Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Tex Beneke and The Four Modernaires
	The Girl That I Marry	Johnny Long and His Orchestra – Vocal by Ensemble	1953	Ray Middleton PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC,REL
	The Moon Won't Talk	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston	1941	Ginny Simms
i	The Night Was Made for Love	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1951	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain REC,REL, George Meader PRF
	The Same Old Story	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jack Edmondson	1940	Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Clyde Rogers
i	This Can't Be Love	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	May 1960	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
	Time After Time	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal by Natalie Sheppard	April 1947	Frank Sinatra BRD, Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC
	Unless It Can Happen with You	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	April 1947	The Three Suns - Vocal Refrain by Artie Dunn
	Waitin' for the Train to Come In	Johnny Long and His Orchestra and Dick Robertson	1945	Peggy Lee with Orchestra - Guitar Solo by Dave Barbour
	We're the Couple in the Castle	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston	February 1942	Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC,REL, Kenny Gardner [US1] BRD
	When I Grow Too Old to Dream	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	May 1960	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The King's Men REC, Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye BRD
	When I Grow Too Old to Dream	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston and Glee Club	1941	Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye BRD, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The King's Men REC
	When I Take My Sugar to Tea	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1940	Melotone Boys
	Whispers in the Dark	Johnny Long and His Orchestra – Vocal by Rod Kinder and the Long Shots	1953	Connee Boswell with Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra BRD, Music in the Russ Morgan Manner - Vocal Chorus Bernice Parks REC
	Winter Wonderland	Johnny Long and His Orchestra – Vocal by Francey Lane and the Ensemble	September 1947	Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash

Releases

Albums

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Let's Dance with Johnny Long and His Orchestra	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	May 1960	Forum

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Accent on Youth	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1953	Coral
And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine	Ella Fitzgerald and Johnny Long and His Orchestra with The Song Spinners	November 6, 1944	Decca
Bali Ha'i	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	June 1949	Hi-Tone [US]
Blue Skies	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1941	Decca
Boogie Man	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1941	Decca
Dixie	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	February 1950	King [US]
Don't You Take Your Love from Me	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1941	Decca
Fishin' for the Moon	Johnny Long and His Orchestra and Dick Robertson	1945	Decca
Heartbreaking	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1947	Signature [US]
He's 1-A in the Army and He's A-1 in My Heart	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1942	Decca
I'll Take Romance	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1938	Vocalion [US]
In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1946	Decca
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	August 1947	Decca
Jingle Bells	Johnny Long and His Orchestra – Vocal by Francey Lane and the Ensemble	September 1947	Signature [US]
Just a Kid Named Joe	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1938	Vocalion [US]
Last Night on the Back Porch (I Loved Her Best of All)	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	January 1947	Signature [US]
Let's Go Down to the Tavern	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	April 1953	Coral
Looking at the World Thru Rose Colored Glasses	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1940	Decca
Louise	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1940	Decca
Massachusetts	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	August 1942	Decca
Moonlight Becomes You	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1942	Decca
My Sin	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1951	Mercury
(New Shanty Town) In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	March 1954	Coral
No Love, No Nothin'	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Patti Dugan	January 1944	Decca
One Dozen Roses	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	December 1947	Signature [US]
Our Love Affair	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1951	King [US]
Paradise	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1947	Signature [US]
Poor Butterfly	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1954	Coral
Poor Butterfly	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1948	Signature [US]
Shadows on the Sand	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston	1941	Decca
Shepherd Serenade	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1941	Decca
Shorty's Got to Go	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1950	King [US]
Should I	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1952	Mercury
Sing Me a Song of the Islands	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston	1942	Decca
Soft Hearted	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1942	Decca
Someday I'll Meet You Again	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	March 1944	Decca
Sweet Sue, Just You	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1949	Signature [US]
Take It Jackson	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	June 1941	Decca
The Booglie Wooglie Piggy	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1941	Decca
The Night Was Made for Love	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1951	King [US]
The Night We Called It a Day	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	January 1942	Decca
The Same Old Story	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1940	Decca
Time Waits for No One	Johnny Long and His Orchestra = Vocal Chorus by Patti Dugan	April 1944	Decca
Toy Tiger	Johnny Long	July 1955	Coral
Unless It Can Happen with You	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	April 1947	Signature [US]
We're the Couple in the Castle	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	February 1942	Decca
Where You Are	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1941	Decca
Whispers in the Dark	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	1953	Mercury

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