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Ernie Wilkins

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Aliases
Ernie Wilkins & the All Stars Band
Ernie Wilkins and the Almost Big Band
Ernie Wilkins and His Orchestra
The Swingin' Ernie Wilkins Orchestra
Real name
Ernest Brooks Wilkins Jr.
Born
February 7, 1922
Died
June 5, 1999
Country
United States
IPI
00032941693 1 work
00032941791 3 works
00074247082 4 works
00269545034 1 work
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Jazz arranger and writer probably best known for his work with Count Basie. Wilkins also played the tenor saxophone.
Member of
B. P. Convention Big Band
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
  1959 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
April 1957 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
i 1960 Don Ameche
January 1960 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
1959 Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
  1960 (unknown), Jerry Vale with Percy Faith & His Orch. REL, Alfred Drake, Doretta Morrow, Richard Kiley & Henry Calvin PRF
August 28, 2007 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
  January 1960 Diahann Carroll, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore and Enid Mosier REL,PRF
  1959 Bert Kaplan and His Collegians REC, George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice REL
i   1960 (unknown), Doretta Morrow, Richard Oneto & Chorus PRF, Peggy Lee REC
i 1982 Freddie Hubbard
i 1960 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1960 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
  1960 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
August 28, 2007 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
January 1960 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Connie Haines
i 1982 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
1960 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Ward
1956 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
1956 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, Dick Todd with Orchestra
i 1970 Otis Redding
i 1994 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1972 Stevie Wonder
1956 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
August 28, 2007 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
i   1960 Ethel Merman REL,PRF
i 1970 Willie Bobo
i 1960 Muriel Angelus
January 1960 Muriel Angelus
i   1960 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire & Cliff Edwards PRF
i 1970 Dyke and The Blazers
i 1960 (unknown)
i 1994 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)
1972 Donny Hathaway
i 1981 Randy Weston
  August 28, 2007 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
  1959 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
January 1960 Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
1960 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mary Dugan
  1959 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
1972 Jim Webb
i 1960 Ted Wallace & His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by The Radio Imps
  1960 (unknown), Harry Fox REC,REL,PRF
i 1989 Coleman Hawkins and Orch.
1960 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler
1956 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  January 1960 Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REC, Evelyn Laye PRF
i 1994 Duke Ellington
i 1981 The Duke Pearson Nonet
i 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1956 Dinah Shore with Orchestra
May 1958 Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
1956 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Terry Shand
  January 1960 Edith Adams, George Gaynes and The Villagers Chorus REL,PRF
1956 Doris Day
August 1957 Dinah Shore with Orchestra under the direction of Paul Wetstein
i 1994 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
  1959 Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) REC, Lawrence Gray BRD
i Kinda Dukish Candido & Orchestra conducted by Ernie Wilkins 1957 Unverified
i Kinda Dukish Ernie Wilkins & the All Stars Band 1994 Unverified
i Lady in Red Candido & Orchestra conducted by Ernie Wilkins 1957 Unverified
August 28, 2007 Count Basie and His Orchestra, Count Basie & His Orchestra - With the Voices of Annie Ross, Dave Lambert, Jon Hendrix and Joe Williams
i 1981 Jack Jones
January 1960 Rosemary O'Reilly, Robert Clary & Eartha Kitt
i 1987 Billie Holiday
i 1960 Billie Holiday
1959 George Shearing Quintet, Ella Fitzgerald - Chorus and Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver
i   1960 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
1972 Liza Minnelli
1956 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert
i 1970 Wilson Pickett
August 28, 2007 Miles Davis, Mark Murphy
i 1957 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1994 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
August 28, 2007 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
  August 28, 2007 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
i Peanut Vendor Candido & Orchestra conducted by Ernie Wilkins 1957 Unverified
1959 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra under the direction of Norman Leyden
i 1970 Otis Redding
August 28, 2007 Joe Turner and Pete Johnson
i 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1981 BP Convention Big Band
1956 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
i 1955 Count Basie and His Orchestra
October 1957 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
i   1960 Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL
  May 1958 Ella Logan REC,REL,PRF
August 28, 2007 The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
August 28, 2007 Margaret Schilling and Jerry Goff
i 1982 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i   1960 Mary Martin and Kenny Baker REL, Kurt Weill REC
i 1970 Howlin' Wolf
i 1960 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
August 28, 2007 Jackie & Roy
i 1981 Stanley Turrentine
i   1960 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde PRF
i 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1959 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
August 28, 2007 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
i 1970 Sly & The Family Stone
i 1960 Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Erik Rhodes and Lillian Miles
i 1994 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1960 Tullio Carminati
  1960 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
  1960 Bing Crosby with Orchestra directed by Jay Blackton REC,REL, Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton PRF
i 1994 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
  January 1960 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
i 1957 James Moody and His Bop Men featuring Chano Pozo
i 1960 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
  October 1957 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
1956 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
  January 1960 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra REC, Fred MacMurray BRD
i   1960 Jack Albin and His Hotel Pennsylvania Dance Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty REC, Adele Astaire & Eddie Foy Jr. PRF