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Roland Shaw

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Aliases
Roland Shaw and His Orchestra
The Roland Shaw Orchestra
The Roland Shaw Singers & Orchestra
Real name
Roland Edgar Shaw Tomkins
Born
May 26, 1920
Died
May 11, 2012
Country
United Kingdom
Comments
Composer, arranger and bandleader, mainly associated with the Decca label
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Originals

Covers by Roland Shaw

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1964 John Barry
listen on Internet Archive i 1960 John Goss and the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet
1955 Vera Lynn with The Johnston Brothers and The Roland Shaw Orchestra
1968 Cilla Black
March 1956 Jimmy Carr and His Orchestra
  1964 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
  1957 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   1956 Kitty Carlisle & Allan Jones BRD, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Maxine Grey REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive i 1960 Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Larry Stewart
November 1958 Betty Madigan with Chorus and Orchestra directed by Dick Jacobs
1968 Nicole Croisille – Pierre Barouh, Tamiko Jones with Herbie Mann
January 1952 Sven Lindberg - Sam Samsons orkester
1973 Debbie Reynolds and Bob Fosse
September 1961 Adam Wade
  1956 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
i January 1955 Boston "Pops" Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive May 1952 Erika Brüning u.d. Schöneberger Sängerknaben
Covered by (11 artists)
i 1970 Procol Harum
1957 (unknown)
i 1970 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
November 1953 Harold Jarvis
  1958 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
August 30, 1957 Johnny Madara
  1957 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Vivienne Segal PRF
1958 Ethel Merman
October 1951 Rose Murphy
i 1967 John Barry
August 1956 The Chordettes - Orchestra conducted by Archie Bleyer
1973 Harry Clark & Jack Diamond
listen on Internet Archive 1952 Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra
i 1969 Johnny Rivers
  1957 Johnny Long and His Orchestra REC, Ginny Simms with Freddy Martin and His Orchestra BRD
i 1967 John Barry
i 1967 Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass
i 1967 John Barry
1956 Narciso Parigi e Radio Boys PRF, Alberto Semprini e il suo Sestetto Azzurro - Canta Natalino Otto con il Trio Vocale Aurora REC, (unknown)
1955 Liberace REL, Todd Duncan BRD, Johnny Brandon with The Phantoms and The Norman Warren Music
1956 André Claveau avec Jo Boyer et son orchestre, Georgia Gibbs with Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser
i 1963 Trío González
1956 Freddie Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Elmer Feldkamp
listen on Internet Archive   January 1952 Little Donna Hightower - Orchestra directed by Horace Henderson REC, Ruth Casey with Graham Prince Ensemble REL
1953 Darrell Glenn
listen on Internet Archive (Dancin' With Someone) Longin' For You Jimmy Young - Accompaniment directed by Roland Shaw (Roland Shaw, Jimmy Young) 1953 Unverified
i 1964 John Barry
  1964 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REL
i 1965 John Barry
  1956 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
Don't Leave Me Now Vera Lynn with The Roland Shaw Orchestra 1953 Unverified
November 1956 The Benson Orchestra of Chicago - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sullivano
May 1955 Carmel Quinn
1956 The Pied Pipers - With Paul Weston and His Orchestra
1956 (unknown)
1955 André Claveau avec Jo Boyer et son orchestre, (unknown), Georgia Gibbs with Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser
i 1964 Monty Norman
June 1954 Lys Assia with Frank Weir and His Orchestra
  1958 Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, James Stewart and Eleanor Powell [dubbed by Marjorie Lane] BRD
1964 Robert Maxwell, Vic Damone - With Orchestra conducted by Richard Hayman
i 1963 (unknown)
July 1955 Denise Lor
  1958 Nan Wynn PRF, Benny Goodman Quintet - Vocal Chorus by Peggy Mann REC
  1956 Vic Damone - Glenn Osser's Orchestra REC, Margaret Whiting and The Crew Chiefs REL
Folge Dem Rat Deines Herzens Vera Lynn with The Roland Shaw Orchestra 1956 Unverified
1957 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
1973 Bert Lahr & Ethel Merman
i 1964 Matt Monro
September 1961 Spencer Williams med elitorkester
listen on Internet Archive i 1956 Gene Austin
i 1969 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra
i 1964 John Barry
i   1964 Shirley Bassey REL, Anthony Newley REC
  1956 Shirley Temple BRD, Mal Hallett and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jerry Perkins REC
October 1956 (unknown)
1963 Tito Guizar con guitarras
i 1965 John Barry
September 1955 Gene Arnold
listen on Internet Archive i   1960 Tex Ritter BRD,REC,REL
1957 Mills Brothers
i How High the Moon Shaw (Roland Shaw) 1976 Unverified
June 1956 Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
September 1955 Frankie Laine
  1964 Jane Froman with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sid Feller REC, Jane Froman BRD
March 1957 Jon Otnes, Eddie Ames with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
January 1957 Betty Johnson with Lew Douglas and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1956 Lambert Murphy
1957 Jan Clayton and John Raitt with Carousel Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau
December 1951 Edith Piaf
Covered by (17 artists)
November 1953 Edith Piaf - Orchestre dir. Robert Chauvigny avec les chœurs R. Saint-Paul
Covered by (82 artists)
  1958 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Ramona REC, William Gaxton & Ethel Merman PRF
  1957 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
1960 Kammersänger Richard Tauber - Begleitung: Dajos-Béla-Künstlerorchester, Jack Smith [US1]
January 1958 Johnnie Johnston and Company
October 1956 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
  1958 Wilbur Evans PRF, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive i   1956 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC, Trixie Friganza and Jimmie Savo PRF
  July 1959 Frances Langford BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC
listen on Internet Archive i 1956 Henry Burr and John Meyer
1958 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
June 1955 Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
i 1966 Earle Hagen
1957 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
  1957 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
  1964 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1956 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby BRD
December 1954 Four Aces featuring Al Alberts
June 1955 Eddy Arnold and His Guitar
listen on Internet Archive i   1956 Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Donald O'Connor BRD, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye – Vocal Chorus The Three Barons REC
  1958 Virginia Bruce BRD, Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC
i I Walk Alone Shaw (Roland Shaw) 1976 Unverified
  1968 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i 1969 Michel Legrand
  1973 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Wynn Murray REC, Wynn Murray PRF
i 1967 Lord Creator with the Byron Lee Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1956 Lucy Isabelle Marsh
listen on Internet Archive April 1956 Lucy Isabelle Marsh
1957 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra
i 1965 (unknown), Monty Norman, Byron Lee and The Dragonaires
1963 El Jarocho
i 1963 (unknown)
  1963 Sebastián Yradier PRF, Cornet Duet REL
i 1964 John Barry
i 1970 Count Basie and His Orchestra
April 1954 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Bob Allen
i 1969 Vicky
  1964 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
listen on Internet Archive i   1956 Dick Powell with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra REC, Wini Shaw BRD
January 1957 Patti Page with Orchestra conducted by Vic Schoen
i 1969 Charles Braswell and All
i July 1964 (unknown)
November 1958 Arthur Maxwell and Helena Scott
i 1969 Jorge Ben e Os Copa 5
February 1956 Mindy Carson with Ray Conniff's Orchestra & The Columbians
i 1965 John Barry
1968 Barry Mason
i More Shaw (Roland Shaw) 1976 Unverified
i 1966 John Barry
1964 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Robert Mersey
1956 Jon and Sondra Steele
1960 Richard Tauber
July 1955 Caterina Valente - Monaco Ball-Orchester
Covered by Caterina Valente - Monaco Ball Orchestra
  1958 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
listen on Internet Archive i 1960 Travis B. Hale
  1957 Alfred Drake with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake PRF
listen on Internet Archive i 1960 The Hill Billies [GB]
  1957 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
  1957 John Michael King REL,PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   1956 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i Our Day Will Come Shaw (Roland Shaw) 1976 Unverified
i 1966 The Big Sound of Billy Strange and His Guitar
listen on Internet Archive i 1956 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1952 Edith Piaf, Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra
i   1963 Shirley Jones PRF, Jack Pleis and His Orchestra REL
  1973 Walter Van Brunt & Mary Carson REL, Sallie Fisher and Charles King PRF
i 1965 John Barry
listen on Internet Archive i 1956 Lew Stone and His Band
listen on Internet Archive April 1956 Hubert Eisdell
  1957 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
1960 Howard Marsh, Raymond Marlowe, Frederic Wolff and Paul Kleeman
1968 The Beatles
January 1955 Pierre Dudan avec Michel Legrand & son orchestre, Ruby Murray with Ray Martin and His Orchestra
  1958 Patricia Morison PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Denny Dennis REC,REL
1963 Manuelita Arriola con la orquesta Juan S. Garrido
1957 John Raitt with Carousel Orchestra under direction of Jospeh Littau
1968 Carson and Gaile
  1964 Reri Grist & Ensemble REC,REL, Larry Kert, Reri Grist & Carol Lawrence PRF
i 1969 Michel Polnareff
i Soul Sauce Kenny Baker with The Roland Shaw Orchestra 1969 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i 1960 Billy Cotton and His Band
i 1965 John Barry
April 1955 Karel Kuchera, Doretta Morrow & Richard Kiley
i Surrey with the Fringe on Top Shaw (Roland Shaw) 1976 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i 1960 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Cliff Weston
July 1959 Freddy Cannon
i 1965 John Barry
December 1954 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
i 1967 John Barry
1953 Carlo Buti, The Gaylords
July 1959 (unknown)
i 1965 John Barry
i   1966 Laurie Johnson PRF, Johnny Gregory and His Orchestra REL
listen on Internet Archive i 1960 Tex Owens
i The Entertainer Shaw (Roland Shaw) 1976 Unverified
i 1964 John Barry
1973 Danny Kaye with Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra
i 1966 John Barry
i 1964 The John Barry Seven and Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1960 George Olsen and His Music
i   1967 Dusty Springfield REL, Stan Getz REC
i   1966 The Gallants - Arranged and conducted by H.B. Barnum REL, Jerry Goldsmith BRD
i 1966 Sol Kaplan
i 1969 Dionne Warwick
listen on Internet Archive i 1960 (unknown)
  1957 David Brooks PRF, David Brooks with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
1964 (unknown)
i 1966 The Les Reed Brass
i July 1964 (unknown)
1957 (unknown), Percy Faith & His Orch., featuring Felicia Sanders
January 1958 Marty Robbins with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
  1957 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde PRF
i 1967 John Barry
1960 Lawrence Tibbett
1957 Rufus Smith and Ensemble
  1957 Bing Crosby with Orchestra directed by Jay Blackton REC,REL, Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton PRF
1964 Nat "King" Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins
1957 Ezio Pinza
listen on Internet Archive i   1956 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
i 1965 John Barry & Tom Jones
i 1963 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i   1956 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ross Alexander [dubbed by James Newill] & Wini Shaw BRD
July 1959 Wayne King and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1956 Jack Payne & His Band
i 1964 Monty Norman
  1956 Liberace REL, Todd Duncan BRD
i 1965 Monty Norman
  1956 Gordon MacRae with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra REL, Priscilla Gillette & William Redfield PRF
i   1969 The Monkees REC, The Pineapple Heard REL
May 1956 Denny Vaughan with Chorus and Orchestra
April 1954 Perry Como
1964 Gilbert Bécaud - Orch. dir. : Raymond Bernard, Jane Morgan
1973 (unknown)
  July 1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The King's Men REC, Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye BRD
July 1959 Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner
  1956 Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra REL, Sterling Young and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Donna Lee REC
listen on Internet Archive i 1960 Wilfred Glenn and Shannon Quartet
March 1956 Mitch Miller and His Orchestra and Chorus
January 1959 Jacqueline François, (unknown)
  1956 Jeanette MacDonald BRD, Bing Crosby with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC
  1958 Patricia Morison, Alfred Drake REC,REL,PRF
1968 The Beatles
i   1970 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
1960 Richard Tauber REC,PRF, Marek Weber und sein Orchester - Solo: Marcel Wittrisch REL
  1958 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
i 1967 Nancy Sinatra
i July 1956 Luciana Gonzales - Orchestra Arcobaleno dir. da Gian Stellari
1973 Carly Simon
1960 Trude Lieske und Otto Wallburg, (unknown)
1957 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Addio Amore Vera Lynn with The Johnston Brothers and The Roland Shaw Orchestra February 1955 Decca
A Lovely Night Tommy Steele with The Roland Shaw Orchestra November 1958 Decca
And Love Was Born Vera Lynn - Accompaniment directed by Roland Shaw January 1952 Decca
Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart Vera Lynn with Soldiers and Airmen of Her Majesty's Forces - Accompaniment directed by Roland Shaw May 1952 Decca
Blow Out the Candle The Delta Rhythm Boys with Instrumental Accompaniment directed by Roland Shaw October 1951 London Records
Christmas and You Dave King with The Roland Shaw Orchestra October 1956 Decca
Give Us a Kiss for Christmas Lionel Bart, accompaniment directed by Roland Shaw November 17, 1961 Decca
How Little We Know The Johnston Brothers with The Roland Shaw Orchestra June 1956 Decca
I'll Find You David Whitfield with the Roland Shaw Orchestra March 1957 Decca
Just A-Wearyin' for You The Johnston Brothers with The Roland Shaw Orchestra April 1956 London Records
Leg' dein Glück in meine Hände Vera Lynn und das Roland Shaw-Orchester m.d. Johnston Brothers 1955 Decca
Marnie The Roland Shaw Orchestra July 1964 Decca
Show Me the Way Vera Lynn with The Roland Shaw Orchestra and Chorus May 1955 Decca
Softly, Softly Kim Bennett with The Roland Shaw Orchestra January 1955 Decca
Stranger in Paradise Don Cornell with The Roland Shaw Orchestra April 1955 Vogue Coral
Teach Me Tonight Kathy Lloyd with The Roland Shaw Orchestra December 1954 Decca
Tell Me You're Mine Lee Lawrence - Accompaniment directed by Roland Shaw 1953 Decca
The Greatest Love of All Vera Lynn - Accompaniment directed by Roland Shaw June 1954 London Records
The Story of My Life Dave King with The Roland Shaw Orchestra January 1958 Decca
Trails End The Roland Shaw Orchestra July 1956 Decca
Vera Lynn - Popular Medley, No. 4 Vera Lynn and The Clubmen with The Roland Shaw Orchestra 1955 Decca
You Can't Be True to Two Dave King with The Roland Shaw Orchestra and The Keynotes March 1956 Decca

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