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Leon Redbone

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Real name
Dickran Gobalian
Born
August 26, 1949
Died
May 30, 2019
Country
Canada
Comments
Cyprus-born guitar player and singer known for his repertoire of interpretations of early American popular songs and standards. Because he first emerged as a performer in Toronto during the 1970s, he was believed to be Canadian.
Related
John Gill [US]
Scott Black
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Originals

Covers by Leon Redbone

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1981 (unknown)
May 22, 2001 Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band
1975 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
1978 Collins and Harlan
May 22, 2001 Gene Raymond
1988 Ernest Tubb
May 22, 2001 Emmett Miller
1988 Charles Hart [US]
  November 4, 2003 Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer - Paul Weston's Orchestra REL, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five REC, Ricardo Montalbán and Esther Williams BRD
2014 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
1978 Margaret Young
1975 Wilton Crawley and His Orchestra
May 22, 2001 Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Lebert Lombardo
1988 Doye O'Dell
1994 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
1990 Jack Kaufman and Arthur Fields
  2014 Harriet Hilliard BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harriet Hillard REC
1978 George Leybourne
1988 Bessie Smith
1988 Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
1988 Kenny Brown and Marilyn Kaye and The Arkansas Ramblers
1977 Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds
1975 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
2016 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
1988 Gene Autry and The Cass County Boys
2016 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
2014 (unknown)
1985 Whistler acc. by His Jug Band, Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
1994 Marion Harris
1994 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
2016 Hambone Willie Newbern, Robert Johnson
i 1978 Jelly-Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers
1977 Brown's Ferry Four
May 22, 2001 The Morton Sextet
1978 Lizzie Miles - With piano by Jelly-Roll Morton
1988 Bing Crosby
2014 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
1994 King Oliver and His Orchestra
May 22, 2001 Irving Gillette (Henry Burr)
2016 Robert Johnson
1975 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Walter Hunt
February 25, 1992 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
1988 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Vaughn Monroe and The Norton Sisters
1985 Bob Dylan
1988 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
May 22, 2001 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
1994 Majestic Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Rowland
1985 Elsie Clark
1975 Ted Fiorito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Muzzy Marcellino & The Fio-rettes
1981 The Morton Seven
1975 The Troubadours - Vocal Refrain by Lewis James
2016 Robert Johnson
1990 Jimmie Blythe and His Ragmuffins – Vocal Chorus: Trixie Smith
1977 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
1977 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
May 22, 2001 American Quartet with Orchestra
2016 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be Leon Redbone 1988 Unverified
2014 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
  1981 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
1988 Jimmie Rodgers singing with Louisville Jug Band
1994 Noelani Hawaiian Orchestra
  1977 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
  1975 Ethel Merman & Chorus BRD, Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin REL
  1985 Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC, Marion Harris REL
2016 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
1977 Isham Jones and His Orchestra
2016 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
1978 Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
2014 Blind Blake [US]
1975 Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen
1981 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
1990 Emerson Military Band
1985 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
1990 Markel's Orchestra
1990 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
  1994 Douglas Stanbury PRF, Adrian Schubert's Salon Orchestra ‑ Vocal Chorus by Harold Lambert REC
2014 Ben Litchfield
1977 Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
1977 Miss Walton and Mr. Macdonough
May 22, 2001 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
1985 Ted Weems and His Orchestra
1985 Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
1975 Sophie Tucker
1988 Marion Harris
1988 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
May 22, 2001 Freddie Rose
1981 Papa Charlie Jackson, Picaninny Jug Band, Blind Boy Fuller
1990 Ethel Waters
May 22, 2001 The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
1975 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
1981 Marion Harris
May 22, 2001 Jelly Roll Morton Seven
1978 Charley Straight and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
1978 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
  1978 Dick McIntire's Harmony Hawaiians featuring Lani McIntire REL, Jimmie Rodgers with Lani McIntire's Hawaiians REC
1988 Perry Como with Mitch Ayres and His Orchestra
1985 Johnny Marvin
1988 Tom-Tom & Male Chorus
1990 Melotone Boys
1981 Cliff Edwards with Victor Young and His Orchestra - And The Ken Darby Singers
2014 (unknown)
  1988 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
1985 Henry Allen and His Orchestra
1981 The Morton Sextet
1977 Jelly-Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen
1988 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
1978 (unknown)
2016 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
1988 Ernest Tubb
1981 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
February 25, 1992 Elvis Presley, Scotty and Bill
1994 Harry Reser and His Orchestra
May 22, 2001 The Ink Spots

Releases

Performances also appear on

Title Performer Release date Label
Boardwalk Empire - Volume 1 - Music from the HBO Original Series various artists September 13, 2011 Elektra
Daddies Sing GoodNight various artists 1994 Sugar Hill
Elf various artists November 4, 2003 New Line Records