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Abbey Lincoln

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Aliases
Anna Marie
Real name
Anna Marie Wooldridge
Born
August 6, 1930
Died
August 14, 2010
Country
United States
IPI
00018135014 32 works
18135014 1 work
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Jazz singer, composer. After a tour of Africa in the mid-1970s, she adopted the name Aminata Moseka.
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Max Roach Spouse (1962-1970)
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
1992 (2 artists)
October 22, 1991 (4 artists)
1998 (2 artists)
1995 (6 artists)
October 22, 1991 (25 artists)
1959 (27 artists)
1980 Lara Downes feat. Regina Carter
1998 Marc Cary
1990 (4 artists)
October 22, 1991 (2 artists)
1959 Kristjana Stefáns
1973 (8 artists)
1962 (6 artists)
March 11, 1997 (2 artists)
1995 (2 artists)
1995 (6 artists)
1992 (2 artists)
1961 (3 artists)
1995 (7 artists)
1961 (4 artists)
1984 (4 artists)
1992 (14 artists)
1990 (7 artists)
1980 (95 artists)
October 22, 1991 (5 artists)
 REL 1991 (8 artists)
Originally by Abbey Lincoln REC
 REC 1998 (8 artists)
Originally by Frank Morgan - Abbey Lincoln REL
March 11, 1997 Marc Cary
October 22, 1991 (5 artists)

Covers by Abbey Lincoln

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1992 Richard Davis
1959 The Cal Tjader Sextet
Covered by (49 artists)
1958 Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five), Jimmy Witherspoon
1994 Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra
Covered by (6 artists)
1958 Gloria DeHaven
October 22, 1991 Janet Leigh [dubbed by Jackie Ward]
1995 Léo Ferré
1994 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1961 Thelonious Monk Trio
Covered by (20 artists)
  October 22, 1991 Rex Weber PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC
  1958 Helen Morgan, Tess Gardella and Norma Terris PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
1994 Deanna Durbin
  1959 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
February 1957 Billie Holiday
1993 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
January 1958 Billie Holiday
1995 Rodney Kendrick
  1958 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
1990 Charlie Haden Quartet West
Covered by (7 artists)
  1992 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
1992 Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Fran Warren
1992 Bessie Smith - Orchestra accompanied by Buck and His Band
1989 (unknown), Pál Kalmár, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Allen
1992 Billie Holiday
1980 Stevie Wonder
  January 1958 Ethel Waters BRD, Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Frances Wayne REC,REL
1990 Randy Weston, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - With The Ike Isaacs Trio
1990 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
1958 Peter Cookson
  February 1957 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra REL
  1956 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain REL, Bettina Hall PRF
  1998 Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocals under the direction of Ken Darby REC, Judy Garland & Ray Bolger BRD
  1989 Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
i 1989 Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt
August 1954 Ted Daffan's Texans
January 1958 Adelaide Hall
1981 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1989 Dick Powell
  1994 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
February 1957 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (Chorus by Carmen Lombardo)
October 25, 1973 Max Roach Quartet
Covered by Sheila Jordan
1959 Arthur Ball
1961 Mal Waldron
1958 Randy Weston Trio Plus Cecil Payne
Covered by (7 artists)
1990 Francis Lai, Jack Jones - Arranged and conducted by Marty Paich
  1959 Brian Sullivan REL,PRF
1959 Max Roach Plus Four
Covered by (21 artists)
  1959 Lotte Lenya REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF
1989 Billie Holiday
  February 1957 Jan Garber and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Russ Brown REC, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
2000 John Battles
1998 Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
  March 11, 1997 Bob Dylan REC, The Brothers Four REL
  January 1958 Mistinguett, Fanny Brice REC,PRF
1995 King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol
February 1957 Billie Holiday with Orchestra directed by Camarata
1958 Benny Golson Sextet
1992 Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
  January 1958 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan REC,REL,PRF
November 14, 2003 Joe Samuels' Jazz Band
November 14, 2003 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
  1959 William O'Neal PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
2000 Armando Manzanero
1980 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, The Boswell Sisters
i 1989 Idrees Sulieman, Webster Young, John Coltrane, Bobby Jaspar with Mal Waldron, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor
1992 Johnnie Johnston with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
1989 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
March 11, 1997 Russ Columbo and His Orchestra
February 1957 Emil Roósz und sein Orchester v. Hotel Adlon, Berlin - Gesang: Austin Egen, Owen Fallon and His Californians - Vocal Chorus by Harlan Lattimore
  1991 Ruth Etting PRF,REC
January 1958 Carol Stevens with Phil Moore's Music
  January 1958 Mary Martin PRF, Mary Martin with One Touch of Venus Orchestra under direction of Maurice Abravanel REL
1994 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm, Nell Carter, Andre de Shields, Armelia McQueen, Ken Page, Charlaine Woodard
February 1957 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
1994 Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
There Are Such Things Abbey Lincoln, Hank Jones 1994 Unverified
  1989 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
  February 1957 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
  1994 Frank Sinatra BRD, Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC
February 1957 Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour"
  February 1957 Johnny Green and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by George Beuler REC, Gloria Grafton PRF
October 22, 1991 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Covered by (25 artists)
1993 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, (unknown)
  1989 Violet Loraine REL,BRD, Harry Roy & His Orchestra from The May Fair Hotel REC
1980 Michael Dees
January 1958 Fanny Brice
1990 Thad Jones & Mel Lewis
Covered by (7 artists)
1961 Rev. J.A. Myers
Covered by (8 artists)
  1984 Julie Andrews with Henry Mancini and His Orchestra REL, Julie Andrews BRD
2000 Noel Harrison
  February 1957 Jerry Gray and His Orchestra REC, Patti Page accompanied by Harry Geller & His Orchestra REL
1984 Stevie Wonder
1994 Ray McKinley and Some of The Boys
1993 William Gaxton & Genevieve Tobin
1990 Jacques Revaux, Marlena Shaw
  1984 Mike Doty and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ward Silloway REC,REL, Lya Lys BRD
1994 Helen Merrill

Songs written by Abbey Lincoln

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
A Circle of Love Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln February 1992 Covered by (2 artists)
And How I Hoped for Your Love Abbey Lincoln, R.B. Lynch Abbey Lincoln featuring Stan Getz February 1991 Covered by (4 artists)
Another World Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln June 1998 Covered by (2 artists)
Being Me Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln 1994 Covered by (6 artists)
Bird Alone Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln featuring Stan Getz February 1991 Covered by (25 artists)
Blues for Mama Nina Simone, Abbey Lincoln Nina Simone April 1967 Covered by Heather Bishop
Caged Bird Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln 1980 Covered by Lara Downes feat. Regina Carter
Conversation with a Baby Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln June 1998 Covered by Marc Cary
Down Here Below Abbey Lincoln Rodney Kendrick January 1993 Covered by (7 artists)
I Got Thunder (And It Rings) Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln February 1990 Covered by (4 artists)
Let Up Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln November 1959 Covered by Kristjana Stefáns
Living Room Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln 1973 Covered by (8 artists)
Lonesome Lover Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln February 27, 1962 Covered by (6 artists)
Love Has Gone Away Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln 1996 Covered by (2 artists)
My Love Is You Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln 1994 Covered by (2 artists)
Not to Worry Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln 1994 Covered by (6 artists)
Rainbow Abbey Lincoln, Melba Liston Abbey Lincoln February 1992 Covered by (2 artists)
Retribution Abbey Lincoln, Julian Priester Abbey Lincoln 1961 Covered by (3 artists)
Should've Been Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln 1994 Covered by (7 artists)
Straight Ahead Mal Waldron, Abbey Lincoln, Leon Baker Abbey Lincoln 1961 Covered by (4 artists)
Talking to the Sun Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln 1984 Covered by (4 artists)
The Music Is the Magic Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln February 1992 Covered by (14 artists)
The World is Falling Down Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln February 1990 Covered by (7 artists)
Throw It Away Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln 1980 Covered by (95 artists)
When I'm Called Home Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln featuring Stan Getz February 1991 Covered by (5 artists)
Wholly Earth Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln REC, Frank Morgan - Abbey Lincoln REL June 1998 Covered by (8 artists)
Who Used to Dance Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln 1996 Covered by Marc Cary
You Gotta Pay the Band Abbey Lincoln Abbey Lincoln featuring Stan Getz February 1991 Covered by (5 artists)

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