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Johnny Costa

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Real name
John Costanza
Born
January 18, 1922
Died
October 11, 1996
Country
United States
Comments
Jazz pianist, musical director for television's "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood"
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i   1955 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
i 1955 Campbell and Burr
i 1994 Victor Symphony Orchestra with George Gershwin, William Gaxton, Lois Moran and Ensemble, Jos. Samuels Dance Orchestra
i March 1955 Six Brown Brothers
i   1955 J. Harold Murray PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC,REL
i   February 1997 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i   March 1955 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   1958 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Lawrence Tibbett & Helen Jepson REL, Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan PRF
i 1994 The Foursome PRF,REC,REL, Mary Hay and Clifton Webb PRF, Lee Wiley with Max Kaminsky's Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Johnny Morris REC
i 1992 Toots Thielemans
i   February 1997 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
i   1994 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
i 1955 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i 1957 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
i   1994 Harland Dixon, Betty Compton, Paulette Winston, Constance Carpenter, Janette Gilmore & Ensemble PRF, George Gershwin REL, Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive i   1958 Harland Dixon, Betty Compton, Paulette Winston, Constance Carpenter, Janette Gilmore & Ensemble PRF, George Gershwin REL, Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC
i 1994 Ethel Merman, George Gershwin - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra REL, George Gershwin - Paul Whiteman and The Palais Royal Orchestra PRF
i 1957 Broadway Bell-Hops
i   1955 Jack Barker [US1] PRF, Jacques Renard and His Orchestra REC
i February 1997 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Ward
i 1991 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i February 1997 The Pied Pipers - With Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i February 1997 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
i   1994 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
1984 Mister Rogers
i 1957 Ray Bolger & Benay Venuta
i   1991 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire & Cliff Edwards PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   1958 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire & Cliff Edwards PRF
i   1992 Joe Cook and Alice Boulden PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC
i 1955 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
i February 1997 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
i 1957 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of Frank Comstock, William Gaxton, Lois Moran and Reporters
i   1991 Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (Ed Kirkeby) REC, Ruth Etting PRF
i 1955 David Rose and His Orchestra
i 1955 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i   1991 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
i 1992 Angela Lansbury
1984 Mister Rogers
i   1957 Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
i February 1997 Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Nan Wynn]
i   February 1997 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
i February 1997 Dinah Shore with Orchestra
i 1991 Shirley Ross
i   1957 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
1984 Mister Rogers
1984 Misterogers
i   February 1997 The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD, Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra REC
i   March 1955 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
i 1955 Roland Gerbeau - Orchestre Pierre Guillermin
i February 1997 Alfred Newman
listen on Internet Archive i   1958 Sammy Fain REC, Nick Lucas and Ruby Keeler BRD
i 1994 Sammy Fain REC, Nick Lucas and Ruby Keeler BRD, Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF, William Gaxton, Lois Moran and Reporters
i   1955 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i   1994 Jan Garber and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Russ Brown REC, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
listen on Internet Archive i   1958 Jan Garber and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Russ Brown REC, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
i   1992 Harald Paulsen mit Orchesterbegleitung REL, Kurt Gerron PRF
i   1955 Sterling Holloway - June Cochran PRF, The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin] REC
1984 Mister Rogers
listen on Internet Archive i 1958 William Gaxton, Lois Moran and Ensemble
i 1955 Erroll Garner Trio
i   1991 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i   1957 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
i 1992 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i   1958 Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC
i 1992 Judy Garland
1984 Mister Rogers
i   1994 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
i February 1997 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
listen on Internet Archive i   1958 Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL
i 1994 Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns
i   1994 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   1958 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
1984 Mister Rogers, Fred Rogers
listen on Internet Archive i 1958 Margaret Schilling and Jerry Goff
i   1955 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i   1994 Max Hoffman PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra with Vocal Refrain REC,REL
i 1991 Nathan Glantz and His Orchestra
i 1994 Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns PRF, Frank Crumit REC,REL, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
i   February 1997 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra REC, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i   1955 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
i 1955 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
i February 1997 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
i   1957 Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra REC,REL, Judy Garland BRD
i   1991 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   1958 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
i 1957 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
1984 Fred Rogers & John Reardon
i   1955 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Maxine Grey REC, Doris Carson & Ray Bolger PRF
i   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
i   February 1997 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ross Alexander [dubbed by James Newill] & Wini Shaw BRD
1984 Mister Rogers
i March 1955 Elsie Carlisle
i   1957 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra REL, Ray Miller's Black and White Melody Boys REC
i 1957 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
1984 Fred Rogers
1984 Mister Rogers
i 1991 Ray McKinley and Some of The Boys