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Al Hirt

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Aliases
Al (He's the King) Hirt
Al Hirt and His Band
Al Hirt and His Orchestra
Al Hirt His Trumpet & Dixieland Orch.
Al Hirt's Band
Al Hirt's Jazz Band Ball!
Real name
Alois Maxwell Hirt
Born
November 7, 1922
Died
April 27, 1999
Country
United States
Comments
Dixieland, swing and popular music trumpeter
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Covers by Al Hirt

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i May 1964 W. Arlington
January 1969 Dion
i 1968 Bert Kaempfert
i 1961 Campbell and Burr
i   May 1969 Vera Lynn REC,REL, Ida Lupino BRD
i 1961 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
i   1963 Luciano Tajoli con la grande orchestra diretta da Enzo Ceragioli REL, Betty Curtis PRF
i 1968 Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
i 1965 Bent Fabricius-Bjerre med rytme
i 1962 Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor
i 1966 (unknown), The Toys [US]
i   1984 Gwen McCrae REL, Brenda Lee REC
January 1969 Petula Clark
i 1968 Vic Damone with Percy Faith
i 1966 The Beatles
i 1958 Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra
i 1966 (unknown), Toña la Negra
i   October 1962 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
i 1968 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
i 1964 Boston "Pops" Orchestra
i   February 1966 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
1968 Bobby Goldsboro
i 1965 (unknown), W.D. McFarland
  1964 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 January 1962 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
i 1964 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i 1966 Carmen Miranda com orquestra Odeon
i 1961 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
i November 1966 Neal Hefti
i 1959 (unknown)
i 1961 Prince's Band
i   1961 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
i 1966 Los Tres Ases
i 1961 Arthur Collins
1964 Arthur Collins
i 1958 Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra
i 1969 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan
i   1970 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys PRF, Elton Britt and The Skytoppers REL
i 1962 George Lewis and His New Orleans All Stars featuring Paul Barbarin
i   1970 Johnny Darrell REC, George Hamilton IV REL
Breeze (Blow My Baby Back to Me) Al Hirt 1970 Unverified
i   1962 Robert Morse, Ruth Kobart, Sammy Smith and Chorus REL, Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Charles Nelson Reilly, Paul Reed, Sammy Smith, Ruth Kobart PRF
i 1964 Leroy Anderson and His "Pops" Concert Orchestra
i 1965 Fred Hamm and His Orchestra
i 1958 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i 1964 (unknown)
i February 1966 André Claveau avec Jo Boyer et son orchestre
i 1959 The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
i 1961 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy
i 1963 Original Dixieland Jazz Band
i 1961 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i 1968 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
i 1965 (unknown)
i 1959 Six Brown Brothers
i 1963 (unknown)
1965 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
i February 1966 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
i 1961 Maud Powell accompanied by George Falkenstein
i 1966 João Gilberto
i 1961 Dan W. Quinn
i 1962 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain
i May 1964 Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France [1940s]
i January 1962 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1968 Petula Clark
i 1961 Fisk University Jubilee Singers
i May 1968 Dionne Warwick
i 1962 Louis Armstrong and His Dixieland Seven
i 1968 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
i 1974 Roy Orbison with Bob Moore's Orch. & Chorus
i   October 1962 Tom Coakley and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Carl Ravazza REC, The Princeton University Triangle Club PRF
i January 1962 Martha Tilton with Orchestra directed by Gordon Jenkins
i   October 1962 Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, James Stewart and Eleanor Powell [dubbed by Marjorie Lane] BRD
i Echoes of Harlem Al Hirt 1990 Unverified
i 1964 (unknown)
i 1968 The Beatles
i 1967 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra
1964 Aileen Stanley
i 1984 Ray Stevens
i 1970 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i 1965 Floyd Cramer
i 1961 Friars Society Orchestra
i 1959 Harry James and His Orchestra
i 1965 Zero Mostel and Chorus
i 1958 Original Dixieland Jazz Band
i 1958 American Quartet
  1963 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
i October 1962 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
  January 1969 Connie Haines REC, Jean DuShon REL
i 1984 Bill Nash
i   1962 The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
i 1966 Lupita Palomera con la Orq. Hnos Dominguez
  January 1969 Judy Collins REL, Joni Mitchell REC
i Games People Play Ace Cannon and Al Hirt 1987 Unverified
i 1961 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i November 1966 (unknown)
i 1965 Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing
i 1984 (unknown), The Weavers
i 1974 Pedro Vargas con orquesta
i Grazing in the Grass Al Hirt 1968 Unverified
i August 1966 Joe Sherman and The Arena Brass
i 1965 (unknown performer)
i 1968 Tony Orlando - Orchestra conducted by Chuck Sagle
1965 (unknown), Waltham Abbey Choir PRF, Columbia Male Quartet REL, (unknown), (unknown)
i   May 1964 Louis Armstrong and The All Stars REC, Carol Channing and David Hartman PRF
i   1984 Kris Kristofferson REC, Percy Sledge REL
i May 1969 Al Martino - Orchestra under the direction of Monty Kelly
i 1984 Bruce Channel
i 1984 B.J. Thomas
i 1961 "Standard Band"
i 1958 Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra
November 1964 Milton DeLugg & The Little Eskimos
i October 1962 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i May 1969 Bing Crosby
i 1968 Tamara
i   1959 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i 1984 Don Gibson
i October 1962 The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
i If Al Hirt 1969 Unverified
i 1984 Patsy Cline with The Jordanaires
i May 1969 Ink Spots
i 1967 Jacques Brel avec François Rauber et son orchestre
i   February 1966 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
i   February 1966 Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
i February 1966 Ted Wallace & His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by The Radio Imps
i   October 1962 Percy Faith PRF, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC,REL
i 1968 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
i January 1962 Grace Moore
January 1969 The Paris Sisters
i   1961 Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra REC,REL, Lilo PRF
i Il silenzio Al Hirt 1965 Unverified
i 1968 Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
i 1958 The Basin Street Six
i 1963 Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
i 1970 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i May 1969 Don Cornell with Orchestra directed by Norman Leyden
i 1970 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
1965 Jimmy Boyd accompanied by Norman Luboff, Gene Autry
i 1967 (unknown)
i   1968 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
i   1962 Harry Fay REC, Ted Yorke REL
i It's a Sin to Tell a Lie Al Hirt 1970 Unverified
i February 1966 Bing Crosby with Les Paul and His Trio
i   May 1969 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of George Siravo REL, Doris Day and Nestor Amaral REC
i 1962 Orlando's Orchestra
i   February 1966 Harry James and His Orchestra REL, Martha O'Driscoll [dubbed by Margaret Whiting] BRD
i 1970 Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two
i 1958 Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five - Vocal Chorus by Louis Armstrong and May Alix
i 1963 Arthur Fields
i 1963 Tousan
i 1964 Tousan
i 1961 Lucille Hegamin accompanied by Harris' Blues and Jazz Seven
i 1958 Lucille Hegamin accompanied by Harris' Blues and Jazz Seven
i 1959 (unknown)
i 1967 (unknown)
1964 Nelstone's Hawaiians
i   1965 Lee Dixon & Betty Garde with Oklahoma Orchestra under Direction of Jay Blackton REL, Lee Dixon & Betty Garde PRF
i December 1967 Jay & The Techniques
i 1968 Jack Jones
i May 1964 Floyd Cramer
i 1961 Alfred Newman
i 1964 (unknown)
January 1969 Engelbert Humperdinck
i   1961 Irving Aaronson and His Commanders REC, Irene Bordoni and Arthur Margetson PRF
i 1967 Paul Barbarin and His New Orleans Jazz Band
1964 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Paul Small
i 1970 Carl Belew & His Rock Crushers
i 1961 Gene Austin
i 1970 Rusty & Doug
i   1965 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i 1970 Vicky
i   1968 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
i   1961 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
i 1961 George Shearing Quintet
i   1961 Harald Paulsen mit Orchesterbegleitung REL, Kurt Gerron PRF
1964 Furman and Nash
i   1984 Timi Yuro REL, Ray Price REC
i 1966 Agostinho dos Santos
i 1966 Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra
1963 Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra
i January 1962 Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager)
i 1967 Jorge Ben e Os Copa 5
i 1966 Isaura Garcia
i May 1964 Chet Atkins
i   January 1962 Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
i   1961 Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
i 1961 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
i 1958 Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys
i April 1965 Vaughn Monroe with Orchestra
i   1961 Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF
i 1984 Harold Dorman
i 1963 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
1964 Teresa Brewer with Chorus and Orchestra directed by Dick Jacobs
  1964 Ted Weems and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Arthur Jarrett REC, Eddie Cantor BRD
i 1968 John Simon [US1]
i May 1969 Vic Damone and Music by Camarata
i May 1969 Orchester Georges Boulanger
i 1967 King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol
i 1958 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Rushing
i 1963 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Rushing
i   1958 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
i 1964 Paul Buskirk and His Little Men featuring Hugh Nelson
i November 1966 The Mark V
i 1965 (unknown), Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya
1965 Edison Male Quartette
i 1963 (unknown)
i 1962 Henry Lewis
i 1970 Don Gibson
i 1984 Don Gibson
i 1965 Emily Laurey
i 1961 Len Spencer
i   1963 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i 1961 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i   1970 Russel Wise and Mr. White, Walter Hurdt and His Singing Cowboys REL, Roy Hall and His Blue Ridge Entertainers REC
i 1961 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i 1965 Judy Garland
i Over the Waves Al Hirt 1970 Unverified
i 1970 Gary Puckett and The Union Gap
i 1958 Friar's Society Orchestra
i 1962 Friar's Society Orchestra
i 1963 Friar's Society Orchestra
i February 1966 Mills Brothers
i 1984 Anita Bryant with Monty Kelly's Orchestra & Chorus
i 1964 Boston "Pops" Orchestra - Arthur Fiedler, Conductor
i 1962 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
  1964 Dinah Shore with Russ Case and His Orchestra REL, Dorothy Lamour BRD
i   1969 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
i October 1962 Elizabeth Spencer
i 1964 Eddie Vartan et son orchestre
i May 1969 Ralph Marterie and His Orchestra
  January 1969 Jerry Orbach PRF, Dionne Warwick REL
i May 1967 Sandie Shaw
i 1974 Tony Joe White
i 1968 John Laurenz with Orchestral Accompaniment
i 1984 Larry Weiss
i 1984 Osborne Brothers
i 1984 Billy Joe Royal
1964 Elizabeth Brice
i 1958 Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
i 1965 Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
i 1958 (unknown)
i 1965 Harry Reser and His Orchestra
January 1969 (unknown), Gordon Heath and Lee Payant, Simon and Garfunkel
i   1984 Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
i 1961 (unknown)
i   1964 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
i   1961 California Ramblers REC, Aida Overton Walker PRF
i 1962 New Princes' Toronto Band
i 1965 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber
  1965 Bing Crosby and Carol Richards REL, Bob Hope & Marilyn Maxwell REC
i 1970 1910 Fruitgum Co.
i July 1966 The African Dance Band of the Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia
i October 1962 Eric Coates and Symphony Orchestra
i 1965 Boston Pops Orchestra
i 1968 Orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman
i 1961 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 1958 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
i 1968 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
i 1959 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i 1965 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i   1961 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i 1958 Prince's Band
i 1961 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
i October 1962 Karel Kuchera, Doretta Morrow & Richard Kiley
i 1966 Bert Kaempfert
i 1959 Nathan Glantz and His Orchestra
i 1958 Ethel Waters
i 1984 Don Gibson
i 1961 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i 1959 The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
i 1968 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
i 1961 Charley Straight and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
i January 1962 Standard Quartette
i July 1966 Leroy Anderson and His "Pops" Concert Orchestra
i 1966 Cuarteto Machín
i 1958 Wingy Manone's Dixieland Band - Vocal Choruses by Manone & Mercer
1964 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Young
1963 Len Spencer
i November 1966 The MGM Studio Orchestra
i 1964 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
i   1965 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
i January 1962 Virginia Verrill
i 1962 Prince's Band
1964 The King Cole Trio
i 1963 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
i   1965 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
i   1964 Os Cariocas REL, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes PRF
i 1961 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i 1974 The Tijuana Brass featuring Herb Alpert
i   1968 Dusty Springfield REL, Stan Getz REC
i 1964 (unknown), (unknown)
i 1963 Chet Atkins - Orchestra conducted by Dennis Farnon
i   January 1962 Anna Maria Alberghetti PRF,REL
i November 1966 The Monkees
i May 1968 Neal Hefti
i 1958 Original Dixieland 'Jass' Band
i May 1969 Isham Jones and His Orchestra
i February 1966 Benny Carter and His Orchestra - Vocal by Roy Felton
i February 1966 (unknown)
January 1969 Sonny Curtis
i 1964 The Raymond Scott Quintette
i 1968 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
i 1968 Danny Williams [ZA]
i 1967 Stove Pipe No. 1 (Sam Jones)
i   1961 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
i 1958 Original Dixieland Jass Band
i 1970 Lucien Lupi
i 1968 (unknown), Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
i   January 1962 Meredith Willson and His Orchestra and Eileen Wilson, Barbara Cook and Robert Preston PRF, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra with Sue Raney REC,REL
i 1958 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
i 1968 Eddy Howard and His Orchestra
i May 1964 Les compagnons de la chanson
i Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye Al Hirt 1970 Unverified
i May 1969 Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louanne Hogan
i   October 1962 Kitty Kallen REL, Bing Crosby - Grace Kelly REC
i 1961 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
i 1968 Nat King Cole
i 1964 The Southern Sons [US]
i 1961 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i 1970 Anita O'Day - Orchestra conducted by Larry Russell
i 1959 Isham Jones Orchestra
i 1965 Cannon's Jug Stompers
i 1959 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra
i 1958 (unknown)
1965 (unknown), Tally-Ho!
i 1966 Pedro Via y su orquesta
i 1965 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
i 1961 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring Trumpet by Billy Butterfield
i July 1966 Jackie deShannon
i 1963 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
i 1970 Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan
i 1961 Wolverine Orch. – Vocal Chorus Dave Harman
i 1963 (unknown)
i 1962 (unknown)
i While We Danced at the Mardi Gras Al Hirt 1970 Unverified
i 1974 Kris Kristofferson
January 1969 Glen Campbell - Conducted by Al De Lory
i 1967 Joel Grey and Company
i 1961 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i   1968 Johnny Darrell REC, Bobby Goldsboro REL
i 1958 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
i 1963 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
i 1983 Randy Randolph
i 1962 Prince's Band
i 1966 The Beatles
i February 1966 Alice Faye
i 1965 Busby Berkeley and Joyce Barber
  January 1969 The Sounds of Our Times REL, Lorraine Serabian and the Company PRF

Sampled songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Al Hirt Al Hirt 1970 RCA Victor
Al Hirt at the Mardi Gras Al Hirt and His Orchestra 1962 RCA Victor
Al Hirt Live at Carnegie Hall Al Hirt 1965 RCA Victor
Al Hirt Live at The Al Hirt Club Al Hirt 1966 RCA Victor
Al Hirt Now! Al Hirt January 1969 RCA Victor
Al Hirt Plays Bert Kaempfert Al Hirt 1968 RCA Victor
Al Hirt...The Greatest Horn in the World Al Hirt with Henri René and His Orchestra 1961 RCA Victor
All-Time Country Greats Ace Cannon and Al Hirt 1984 Heartland Music
Al's Place Al Hirt 1969 RCA Camden
Beauty and the Beard Ann-Margret and Al Hirt 1964 RCA Victor
Cotton Candy Al (He's the King) Hirt May 1964 RCA Victor
Country Al Hirt 1970 GWP Records
Here in My Heart Al Hirt – Arranged and conducted by Joe René May 1969 RCA Victor
He's the King Al Hirt and His Band 1961 RCA Victor
Honey in the Horn Al (He's the King) Hirt 1963 RCA Victor
Horn A-Plenty Al Hirt with Orchestra arranged and conducted By Billy May January 1962 RCA Victor
In Love with You Al Hirt 1968 RCA Victor
Latin in the Horn Al (He's the King) Hirt 1966 RCA Victor
Music to Watch Girls By Al (He's the King) Hirt 1967 RCA Victor
Our Man in New Orleans Al Hirt and His Orchestra conducted by Marty Paich 1963 RCA Victor
"Pops" Goes the Trumpet (Holiday for Brass) Al Hirt - Boston Pops - Arthur Fiedler 1964 RCA Victor Red Seal
Raw Sugar / Sweet Sauce / Banana Pudd'n' Al Hirt 1974 Monument
Soul in the Horn Al Hirt December 1967 RCA Victor
Struttin' Down Royal Street Al Hirt 1967 RCA Camden
Sugar Lips Al Hirt 1964 RCA Victor
Swingin' Dixie! (At Dan's Pier 600 in New Orleans) Al Hirt 1958 Audio Fidelity
Swingin' Dixie at Dan's Pier 600 - Vol. 2 Al Hirt His Trumpet & Dixieland Orch. 1959 Audio Fidelity
Swingin' Dixie Vol. 4 Al Hirt His Trumpet & Dixieland Orch. 1961 Audio Fidelity
Swingin' Dixie Volume 3 Al Hirt 1961 Audio Fidelity
Swinging Dixie from Dan's Pier 600 - New Orleans Al Hirt's Jazz Band Ball! 1958 Verve Records
That Honey Horn Sound Al (He's the King) Hirt 1965 RCA Victor
The Happy Trumpet Al (He's the King) Hirt July 1966 RCA Victor
The Horn Meets "The Hornet" Al (He's the King) Hirt November 1966 RCA Victor
The Living Legend of Al Hirt Al Hirt 1983 Candlelite Music
The New Orleans Scene Pete Fountain and Al Hirt 1962 Coral
The Sound of Christmas Al Hirt 1965 RCA Victor
They're Playing Our Song Al (He's the King) Hirt February 1966 RCA Victor
Trumpet and Strings Al (He's the King) Hirt with Orchestra arranged and conducted by Marty Paich October 1962 RCA Victor
Unforgettable Al Hirt 1968 RCA Victor