Phil Harris [US]

Aliases: Phil Harris and His Dixieland Syncopators
Phil Harris and His Orchestra
Real name: Wonga Philip Harris
Born: June 24, 1904
Died: August 11, 1995
Country: United States
Comments: Actor, comedian, songwriter and singer
Family: Alice Faye Wife (1941-1995)
Related: Carol Lofner

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Bare Necessities	Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman	August 1967	(96 artists)
Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat	Phil Harris, Scatman Crothers, Liz English, Thurl Ravenscroft, Lord Tim Hudson, Paul Winchell, Vito…	1970	(46 artists)
I Wan'na Be Like You	Louis Prima and Phil Harris	August 1967	(117 artists)
Loaded Pistols, Loaded Dice	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	November 1947	(3 artists)
The Groove Song (That's What I Like About the South)	Phil Harris and Orchestra	1937	(8 artists)
The 'Possum Song	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	March 1947	(2 artists)
Thomas O'Malley Cat BRD	Phil Harris		(6 artists) Originally by Phil Harris REL
Thomas O'Malley Cat REL	Phil Harris	1970	(6 artists) Originally by Phil Harris BRD

Covers by Phil Harris [US]

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	February 1948	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
	Chattanoogie Shoe-Shine Boy	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	February 1950	"T" Texas Tyler - The Man with a Million Friends REC, Red Foley REL
	Crawdad Song	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	August 1947	Honeyboy & Sassafras
	Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas	Phil Harris and Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Phil Harris	November 1947	Jay C. Flippen
	Faithful Forever	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	1939	Unverified
	God's Country	Phil Harris with Walter Scharf and His Orchestra and Chorus (Phil Harris [US], Walter Scharf)	1950	Unverified
	Good, Good, Good (That's You - That's You)	Phil Harris, Leslie Brooks and orchestra		Miguelito Valdes REC, Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Del Campo REL
	Goofus	Phil Harris with Orchestra conducted by Walter Scharf	November 1950	Wayne King and His Orchestra
	Hambone	Phil Harris and The Bell Sisters with Henri René & His Orchestra (Phil Harris [US], The Bell Sisters, Henri René)	1952	Unverified
	He's His Own Grandpa	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	1948	The Jesters [US1] REL, Lonzo and Oscar with The Winston County Pea Pickers REC
	I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None o' This Jelly Roll	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	1949	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band
	I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan	Phil Harris with Skip Martin and His Orchestra	1954	(unknown), Clifton Webb PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
	Is It True What They Say About Dixie	Phil Harris	1959	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberle REL, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
	It Ain't Necessarily So	Phil Harris	1959	Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL, John W. Bubbles PRF
	It's a Good Day	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	March 1947	Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra
	I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River	Phil Harris and His Dixieland Syncopators	1950	Billy Murray
	Jelly Bean	Phil Harris & Orchestra	1945	Pinky Tomlin
	Lazy River	Phil Harris	1959	Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
	Minnie the Mermaid (A Love Song in Fish Time)	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	February 1948	Johnny Marvin
	Muskrat Ramble	Phil Harris and His Dixieland Syncopators	March 1950	Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five Covered by (33 artists)
	New Orleans	Phil Harris	1959	Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Rushing
	Nobody	Phil Harris	1959	Arthur Collins
	Old Time Religion	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	1948	Haydn Quartet with Orchestra
	Old Time Religion	Andy Williams with Phil Harris	June 2005	Haydn Quartet with Orchestra
	One More Time	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	1948	Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
	On the Mississippi	Phil Harris with Walter Scharf and His Orchestra	May 1950	American Quartet
	Piece A-Puddin'	Phil Harris and The Bell Sisters	October 1952	Red Saunders and His Orch. REC, Frankie Laine - Jo Stafford with P. Weston & His Orch. & The Norman Luboff Choir - Carl Fischer: Piano REL
	Play a Simple Melody	Phil Harris with Walter Scharf and His Orchestra	May 1950	Walter Van Brunt & Mary Carson REL, Sallie Fisher and Charles King PRF
	Pray for the Lights to Go Out	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	April 1947	Gene Rogers
	River, Stay 'Way from My Door	Lofner-Harris St. Francis Hotel Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Phil Harris	November 9, 1931	Jimmie Noone and His Orchestra
	Row Row Row	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	1949	Elizabeth Brice
	Shadrach	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	1949	Bob MacGimsey
	Smoke, Smoke, Smoke	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	August 1947	Tex Williams and His Western Caravan
	Stars Fell on Alabama	Phil Harris with Skip Martin and His Orchestra	1954	Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
	St. James Infirmary	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	November 1949	(unknown), (unknown), Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
	Swing High, Swing Low	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	February 1937	Tempo King and His Kings of Tempo with Queenie Ada Rubin at the Piano - Vocal Refrain by Tempo King
	Take Your Girlie to the Movies (If You Can't Make Love at Home)	Phil Harris with Skip Martin and His Orchestra	1954	Irving Kaufman
	That's a Plenty	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	February 1950	Prince's Band, Hoagy Carmichael with Matty Matlock's Allstars
	The Darktown Poker Club	Phil Harris & Orchestra	1945	Bert Williams
	The Old Master Painter	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	November 1949	Frank Sinatra and The Modernaires - Orchestra under the Direction of Axel Stordahl REL, Snooky Lanson with Beasley Smith and His Orchestra REC
	The Preacher and the Bear	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	1947	Arthur Collins
	The Thing	Phil Harris with Orchestra conducted by Walter Scharf	November 1950	(unknown) Covered by (11 artists)
i	The Vamp	Phil Harris & His Orchestra	1995	(unknown)
	Washboard Blues	Phil Harris with Skip Martin and His Orchestra	1954	Hitch's Happy Harmonists under direction & accompanied by Hoagy Carmichael
	(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue	Phil Harris with Skip Martin and His Orchestra	1954	Edith Wilson PRF, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra REC,REL
	When It's Sleepy Time Down South	Phil Harris with Skip Martin and His Orchestra	1954	Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
	You're Blasé	Phil Harris with Skip Martin and His Orchestra	1954	Savoy Hotel Orpheans

Songs written by Phil Harris [US]

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
My Galveston Gal	Phil Harris [US], Basil Adlam	Harry Reser and His Orchestra	October 11, 1933	Covered by Milton Brown and His Brownies

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Echoes from the Cocoanut Grove - From Transcribed Radio Shows, 1932-33	Phil Harris & His Orchestra	1995	Take Two Records
On the Record	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	February 1948	RCA Victor
The South Shall Rise Again	Phil Harris	1959	RCA Victor
You're Blasé	Phil Harris with Skip Martin and His Orchestra	1954	RCA Victor

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	1949	RCA Victor
Chattanoogie Shoe-Shine Boy	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	February 1950	RCA Victor
Dig-Dig-Dig Dig for Your Dinner	Phil Harris	1950	RCA Victor
Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	November 1947	RCA Victor
Goofus	Phil Harris with Orchestra conducted by Walter Scharf	November 1950	RCA Victor
He's His Own Grandpa	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	1948	RCA Victor
It's a Good Day	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	March 1947	RCA Victor
Loaded Pistols, Loaded Dice	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	November 1947	RCA Victor
Muskrat Ramble	Phil Harris and His Dixieland Syncopators	March 1950	RCA Victor
One More Time	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	1948	RCA Victor
Piece A-Puddin'	Phil Harris and The Bell Sisters	October 1952	RCA Victor
Play a Simple Melody	Phil Harris with Walter Scharf and His Orchestra	May 1950	RCA Victor
Pray for the Lights to Go Out	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	April 1947	RCA Victor
Row Row Row	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	1949	RCA Victor
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	August 1947	RCA Victor
Swing High, Swing Low	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	February 1937	Vocalion [US]
The Dark Town Poker Club	Phil Harris & Orchestra	1945	ARA [US1]
The General's Horse	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	1949	RCA Victor
The Groove Song (That's What I Like About the South)	Phil Harris	1937	Vocalion [US]
The Old Master Painter	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	November 1949	RCA Victor
The Preacher and the Bear	Phil Harris and His Orchestra	1947	RCA Victor
Was It Wrong?	Lofner-Harris St. Francis Hotel Orchestra	November 9, 1931	Victor

Performances also appear on

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Moon River and Me	Andy Williams	June 2005	Demon Vision
The Aristocats and Other Cat Songs	various artists	1970	Disneyland Records
The Story of the Aristocats	various artists	1970	Disneyland Records
Walt Disney Presents The Jungle Book	various artists	August 1967	Disneyland Records

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