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Bob Dorough

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Aliases
Bob Dorough and Friends
The Bob Dorough Quartet
Bob Dorough's Group
Bob Dorough Trio & Special Guests
Real name
Robert Lrod Dorough
Born
December 12, 1923
Died
April 23, 2018
Country
United States
IPI
00008540208 16 works
00008540306 25 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Bebop and jazz pianist, vocalese vocalist and composer born in Cherry Hill, Arkansas
Member of
The 44th Street Portable Flower Factory
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Originals

Covers by Bob Dorough

Title Performer Release date Originally by
January 1, 2007 Tony Bennett
1994 Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe
  1994 Hoagy Carmichael BRD, Hoagy Carmichael & Orchestra REL
1994 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bob Allen, Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
Come Easy, Go Easy, Love Barbara Lea, Bob Dorough, Dick Sudhalter 1994 Unverified
1983 Betty Hutton - With Paul Weston and His Orchestra
1983 Hoagy Carmichael with Perry Botkin and His Orchestra
  1983 Betty Jane Bonney with Orchestra REL, Lauren Bacall - Hoagy Carmichael BRD
  1994 (unknown), Dick Powell PRF, Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain REC
  1983 Dean Martin with Orchestra conducted by Dick Stabile REC, Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman BRD
1983 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians – Vocal by Mert Curtis
i 1994 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
1994 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
1994 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC,REL, Kenny Gardner [US1] BRD, Bob Hope & Shirley Ross BRD, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Charles Wilson REC
  1994 Hoagy Carmichael PRF, Betty Jane Bonney with Orchestra REL
  1983 Hoagy Carmichael and Orchestra REC, Hoagy Carmichael BRD
1994 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
1994 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
1994 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals, Chester Leighton & His Sophomores - Vocal Chorus by Chester Leighton
1983 Hitch's Happy Harmonists under direction & accompanied by Hoagy Carmichael
1994 Hoagy Carmichael with The Pacific Jazzmen
  1979 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
i 1984 Thelonious Monk Quintet featuring Sonny Rollins
A Gal in Calico Bob Dorough 1988 Unverified
i All the Things You Are Bob Dorough 2005 Unverified
i   1972 Billy Dee Williams PRF, Bobby Scott REC,REL
i 1970 Nino Rota
i 1987 Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
1966 Irene Kral with The Junior Mance Trio
i 1977 (unknown)
i 1970 Richard Chamberlain - Cond. by Burt Bacharach
i 1970 Liza Minnelli
October 24, 2000 Jack Sheldon & Terry Morel
1966 (unknown), Bob Dylan
1988 Ethel Merman
November 2, 2004 Zachary Sanders
i 1970 Fred Neil
1987 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Joya Sherrill
i   1977 Oliver & Boys (Keith Hamshere) REL, The Boys [Oliver!] PRF
i   1972 Connie Haines REC, Jean DuShon REL
i 1970 Little Anthony and The Imperials
i 1972 Dolores Gray
  1987 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
I Get The Neck Of The Chicken Bob Dorough 1997 Unverified
1988 Nat King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins
i   1970 Jerry Orbach and Jill O'Hara PRF,REL
1966 Tony Bennett
Ivy Bob Dorough 1994 Unverified
1966 Kaye Ballard
i 1970 Roger Miller [US-OK]
i 1972 Vicky
i 1970 Francis Lai & His Orchestra
i 1972 Erroll Garner Trio
  1997 Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
i 1972 Riz Ortolani e Nino Oliviero
i 1970 B.J. Thomas
  1997 Jackie & Roy REC, Jerri Winters - With Orchestra conducted by Don Costa REL
i 1972 Marian Montgomery
i 1972 Sonny & Chér
1966 Honeyboy and Sassafras
i 1972 Sacha Distel et son ensemble
i   1970 Dusty Springfield REL, Stan Getz REC
1966 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ralph Young
1997 Nancy Marano & Eddie Monteiro
i 1972 Marc Michel [dubbed by Georges Blaness]
1976 Katherine Perry
1976 Tommy Rettig
1976 Harry James and His Orchestra
1976 Blossom Dearie
1976 Tony Bennett
1976 The Beatles
  1976 Miles Davis feat. Bob Dorough REC, Irene Kral REL
1976 Tommy Boyce
  1984 Bing Crosby BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra REL
1984 Irene Kral with The Junior Mance Trio
1984 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
1984 Kermit [voiced by Jim Henson]
1984 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
1984 João Gilberto, Sarah Vaughan
1984 The King Cole Trio
i 1984 Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
1984 Charlie Parker Septet, Bob Dorough's Group
i   August 1991 Hoagy Carmichael BRD, Hoagy Carmichael & Orchestra REL
i August 1991 Alfred Newman, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Al Hendrickson, Red McKenzie & His Orchestra, Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
i August 1991 Harry James and His Orchestra
i   August 1991 Miles Davis feat. Bob Dorough REC, Irene Kral REL
i August 1991 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ralph Young
i August 1991 Al Haig Quartet with Wardell Gray
i 1986 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
i   1986 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
i   1986 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC, Trixie Friganza and Jimmie Savo PRF
i   1986 Ruth Etting REC,REL,PRF
i   1986 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i   1986 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
i 1986 The King Cole Trio
i 1986 Prince's Band, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1986 The King Cole Trio
1994 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Walter Hunt
i 1983 Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly
i 1983 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Rushing
i 1983 Wolverine Orchestra
  1983 Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Donald O'Connor BRD, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Judy Starr REC
i 1994 Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
i I'd Do Anything Bob Dorough Quartet (Bob Dorough) 1963 Unverified
  March 1957 Hoagy Carmichael BRD, Hoagy Carmichael & Orchestra REL
March 1957 Les Elgart & His Orch.
March 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson
  March 1957 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
  March 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
  March 1957 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Wynn Murray REC, Wynn Murray PRF
March 1957 Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
  March 1957 Russ Case and His Orchestra with Jimmy Carroll REL, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra REC
i March 1957 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
March 1957 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
March 1957 Charlie Parker Septet
Covered by (5 artists)
1988 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Terry Shand
1988 Bing Crosby
  1988 Frank Sinatra REL, Jackie Gleason BRD
  1988 Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
1988 Margaret Whiting
1988 Frank Sinatra
  1988 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly REC, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell and Chorus with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
1988 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
  February 2015 Hoagy Carmichael BRD, Hoagy Carmichael & Orchestra REL
February 2015 Irene Kral with The Junior Mance Trio
February 2015 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
February 2015 Bob Dorough
February 2015 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i February 2015 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Jack Dumont, Alto Sax
February 2015 Victor Herbert, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
February 2015 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
February 2015 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
February 2015 The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Carmen McRae with The Dave Brubeck Quartet
February 2015 Os Cariocas REL, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes PRF, Stan Getz & João Gilberto featuring Antônio Carlos Jobim
i February 2015 Johnny Mandel
2017 Cilla Black
2017 Les Elgart & His Orch.
2017 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
2017 Joe Valino - Gene Kutch Orchestra
  2017 Diahann Carroll & Richard Kiley REL,PRF
2017 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
2012 The Dave Bailey Quintet, Mel Tormé
  1996 Miles Davis feat. Bob Dorough REC, Irene Kral REL
2012 Bob Dorough & Bill Takas
1989 Bill Evans [US1]
Covered by (4 artists)
1980 The Dave Bailey Quintet, Mel Tormé
  1980 Judy Garland with Orchestra under direction of David Rose REC,REL, Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney BRD
2012 Irene Kral
2012 Nancy Marano & Eddie Monteiro
2012 Tony Bennett
2009 The Ken Darby Singers - The King's Men
2009 Bob Dorough & Bill Takas
2012 Blossom Dearie
2012 Les Elgart & His Orch.
1985 (unknown), Lotte Lenya & Irene Eden
2001 (unknown)
2001 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
2001 Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Bowlly
2001 Hoagy Carmichael and Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra
2001 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals, Chester Leighton & His Sophomores - Vocal Chorus by Chester Leighton
The Rumba Jumps Richard Sudhalter – Barbara Lea – Bob Dorough – Jim Ferguson 2001 Unverified
2001 Eddie Lang's Orchestra
i 2001 Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra
2001 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Rushing
i 2001 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
  2001 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires REL, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra conducted by Axel Stordahl REC
2001 Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
i 1967 Gene Raymond
i   1967 Archie Bleyer and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Durelle Alexander REC, June Knight, Robert Taylor and Chorus BRD
i 1967 Kathryn Grayson
i   1967 The Troubadours [Nathaniel Shilkret] – Vocal Refrain by Frank Munn REC,REL, Ramon Novarro BRD
i   1967 Pola Negri BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frances Maddux REC
i   1967 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Burt Lorin REC
i   1967 Cliff Edwards, Brox Sisters, Rounders and MGM Chorus BRD, The Rounders [US1] REC
i 1967 Bing Crosby with Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra
i 1967 Archie Bleyer and His Orchestra
i   1967 Tony Martin [US1] BRD, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires REC,REL
i   1967 Earl Burtnett and His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra REC, Charles King BRD
November 5, 2007 Nancy Marano & Eddie Monteiro

Web Covers by Bob Dorough

Sampled songs

Songs written by Bob Dorough

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern) Miles Davis, Bob Dorough Miles Davis October 1962 Covered by (2 artists)
But for Now Bob Dorough Bob Dorough March 1966 Covered by (12 artists)
Conjunction Junction Bob Dorough Jack Sheldon & Terry Morel Covered by (6 artists)
Devil May Care Bob Dorough, Terrell Kirk Les Elgart & His Orch. November 28, 1955 Covered by (114 artists)
Electricity, Electricity Bob Dorough Zachary Sanders Covered by (3 artists)
Figure Eight Bob Dorough Blossom Dearie 1973 Covered by (6 artists)
Give a Damn Bob Dorough, Stuart Scharf Spanky & Our Gang July 1968 Covered by (4 artists)
I'm Hip Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg Blossom Dearie 1966 Covered by (33 artists)
I've Got Just About Everything Bob Dorough Tony Bennett March 27, 1964 Covered by (39 artists)
Little Twelvetoes Bob Dorough Bob Dorough March 31, 1973 Covered by (2 artists)
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here Bob Dorough Bob Dorough Covered by (2 artists)
Love Came on Stealthy Fingers Bob Dorough Irene Kral December 1974 Covered by (29 artists)
Love (Webster's Definition) Bob Dorough, Dan Greenburg, Monty Ghertler, Bob Dorough Chad Mitchell 1967 Missing information
My Hero, Zero Bob Dorough Bob Dorough 1973 Covered by (2 artists)
Naughty Number Nine Bob Dorough Grady Tate March 3, 1973 Covered by (3 artists)
Nothing Like You Bob Dorough, Fran Landesman Miles Davis feat. Bob Dorough REC, Irene Kral REL August 21, 1962 Covered by (20 artists)
Ready or Not Here I Come Bob Dorough Bob Dorough February 3, 1973 Covered by Kyle Richards
Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla Bob Dorough, Kathy Mandary Jack Sheldon Covered by Amazin' Blue
Schoolhouse Rocky Bob Dorough, Tom Yohe Bob Dorough and Friends June 1, 1973 Covered by Frank Padellaro, Brandi Ediss, David Trenholm, Christine Geisler Andrews
Small Day Tomorrow Bob Dorough, Fran Landesman Bob Dorough & Bill Takas April 1976 Covered by (67 artists)
Sufferin' Till Suffrage Bob Dorough, Tom Yohe Essra Mohawk Covered by (2 artists)
The Shot Heard 'Round the World Bob Dorough Bob Dorough REC, Ween REL October 18, 1975
Three Is a Magic Number Bob Dorough Bob Dorough 1973 Covered by (6 artists)
TNT Grady Tate, Bob Dorough, Ben Tucker Jimmy Smith [US] - Arr. & Cond. by Oliver Nelson August 1966 Covered by (2 artists)
Up Jumped a Bird Bob Dorough Nancy Marano & Eddie Monteiro 1994 Covered by (3 artists)
Verb: That's What's Happening Bob Dorough Zachary Sanders REC,BRD, Moby REL September 22, 1973 Covered by Ted Kissell (feat. Sara Depp)
Winds of Heaven Bob Dorough, Fran Landesman Jackie & Roy July 1968 Covered by (5 artists)
You're the Dangerous Type Bob Dorough Bob Dorough's Group October 1956 Covered by (4 artists)

Adapted songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
An Excursion Through Oliver! - Songs from the Hit Show Bob Dorough 1977 Classic Jazz Records [US]
A Taste of Honey Bob Dorough 1972 Music Minus One
Beginning to See the Light Bob Dorough & Bill Takas 1976 (self-released)
But for Now Bob Dorough Trio featuring Michael Hornstein February 2015 Enja Records
Clankin' on Tin Pan Alley Bob Dorough / Bill Takas & Friends 1986 Bloomdido
Devil May Care Bob Dorough's Group March 1957 Bethlehem Records
Duets Bob Dorough 2012 COTAjazz
Hoagy's Children Barbara Lea, Bob Dorough, Dick Sudhalter 1983 Audiophile
Hoagy's Children, Volume One Barbara Lea, Bob Dorough, Dick Sudhalter 1994 Audiophile
Hoagy's Children, Volume Two Barbara Lea, Bob Dorough, Dick Sudhalter 1994 Audiophile
I'll Never Fall in Love Again Bob Dorough 1970 Music Minus One
In the Key of Comedy Joan Crowe with Tedd Firth, Jay Leonhart, Matt Wilson - Special Guest Bob Dorough 2009 Evensong Music
Just About Everything Bob Dorough 1966 Focus
Live at the Deer Head Inn Bob Dorough Trio & Special Guests 2017 Deer Head Records
Memorial Charlie Parker Bob Dorough / Bill Takas August 1991 Philology
Right on My Way Home Bob Dorough 1997 Blue Note
Sing and Swing Bob Dorough - Bill Takas 1984 Red Records [IT]
Skabadaba Bob Dorough 1987 Pinnacle
Songs of Love Bob Dorough - Special Guest Artist Art Farmer 1988 Orange Blue
Stardust Melody Richard Sudhalter – Barbara Lea – Bob Dorough – Jim Ferguson 2001 A-Records
Sunday at Iridium Bob Dorough November 2, 2004 Arbors Records
The Music of Nacio Herb Brown The Bob Dorough Quartet 1967 Music Minus One
Who's On First? Bob Dorough & Dave Frishberg October 24, 2000 Blue Note

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