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Billy May

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Aliases
Billy May and His Orchestra
Billy May and His Orchestra - Vocal by the Four Mayds
Billy May and His Orchestra - Vocal by The Maytimers
Billy May's Rico Mambo Orchestra
Real name
Edward William May Jr.
Born
November 10, 1916
Died
January 22, 2004
Country
United States
IPI
00020224841 6 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Arranger, composer and orchestra leader
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
listen on Internet Archive July 1947 (6 artists)
June 1950 Evelyn Knight - Dick Haymes
1958 Liz Gillies & Seth MacFarlane
1958 Bing Crosby with The Ralph Carmichael Chorus and Orchestra
January 5, 1959 (28 artists)
January 1958 (190 artists)
i September 1951 Lubo d'Orios Original-Boogie-Band
May 31, 1954 (6 artists)
listen on Internet Archive March 1958 (5 artists)
1951 Lisa Boray & The Harry Emmery Band
May 30, 1960 (2 artists)
January 1958 (5 artists)
 REL December 2, 1957 (7 artists)
Originally by The Buffalo Bills PRF
1951 (7 artists)
i September 1951 (18 artists)
i  BRD (26 artists)
Originally by Jack Costanzo and His Orchestra REL
i August 1955 (15 artists)
December 1945 (3 artists)
May 17, 1954 Annita
January 5, 1959 (30 artists)
June 1958 Tan Sleeve
November 1951 (24 artists)
December 1951 (5 artists)
1960 (5 artists)
November 18, 1963 (3 artists)

Covers by Billy May

Title Performer Release date Originally by
March 1960 Dickie Valentine with Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra
  October 1957 Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts BRD
  May 1961 Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts BRD
i 1955 Jan Garber and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lee Bennett
  1961 Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts BRD
February 1961 Chick Bullock & His Levee Loungers
November 1957 The Revelers [US1]
November 1959 Enrique Madriguera & His Rumba Orch., (unknown)
i March 1955 Enrique Madriguera & His Rumba Orch.
i 1962 Composed and conducted by Jerry Fielding
  May 1960 George J. Gaskin REL, Sam Doctor PRF
  April 1959 Eddy Duchin and His Central Park Casino Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Lew Sherwood REC,REL, Fred Astaire PRF
i March 1955 Lou Gold with The Melody Man – Vocal Chorus, Murray Amster
January 1958 Lou Gold with The Melody Man – Vocal Chorus, Murray Amster
December 1966 Bobby Bland
listen on Internet Archive December 1949 Arthur West
i 1972 Alfred Newman
i September 1951 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
  December 1959 Don Ameche PRF, Mel Tormé with Orchestra directed by George Cates REC,REL
  March 26, 1980 Don Ameche PRF, Mel Tormé with Orchestra directed by George Cates REC,REL
  April 1960 Don Ameche PRF, Mel Tormé with Orchestra directed by George Cates REC,REL
October 1958 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
i February 1955 Bing Crosby with Orchestra under the direction of John Scott Trotter
  April 1960 David Brooks and Marion Bell PRF, David Brooks and Marion Bell with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
Almost Like Being in Love Frank Sinatra, Billy May and His Orchestra 1961 Unverified
December 1966 Ella Johnson
1960 Irving Kaufman
  August 1954 Lisa Kirk PRF,REL, Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Harry Zimmerman REC
November 1958 Hoagy Carmichael with Orchestra directed by Billy May
June 1953 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
i January 1958 (unknown)
August 1955 Gloria DeHaven
i May 1962 Diahann Carroll
June 1954 Dolores Hawkins
  January 1958 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
May 1961 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
January 1958 Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
i February 1960 Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
  1961 Lena Horne and Avon Long PRF, Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC
May 1958 Joe Basile and His Velodrome Orchestra
1961 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, Connie Boswell with Orchestra under direction of Harry Sosnik
July 1960 Donald Novis
  October 1966 Billy Dee Williams PRF, Bobby Scott REC,REL
  1960 Ina Ray Hutton and Her Orch. – Vocal Chorus by Stuart Foster REL, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra REC,BRD
1961 Clifton Webb
November 1960 Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Eddie Condon and His Orchestra
October 1947 Eddy Howard and His Orchestra
  January 1958 J. Harold Murray PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC,REL
i   October 1958 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i   December 1960 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i September 1963 Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra
i December 1960 Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra
i February 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i January 1962 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
1993 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
October 1957 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
May 1958 Ruth Etting
November 1959 Carmen Miranda com orquestra Odeon, Charles Wolcott and His Orchestra - Vocal by Ray Gilbert and Mixed Chorus
Bali Ha'i The Invitations [US1] With Billy May And His Orchestra (The Invitations [US1], Billy May) 1960 Unverified
1961 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal by Bob Carroll
April 1957 Edric Connor and The Caribbeans, Harry Belafonte
Covered by Dick Dynamite and His Hot Lips
May 1958 Thomas and West (Billy Jones and Ernest Hare)
  January 5, 1959 (unknown), Doretta Morrow, Richard Oneto & Chorus PRF, Peggy Lee REC
i February 1957 Gene Autry
i   May 1962 Richard Kiley, Bernice Massi, Don Chastain, Alvin Epstein and Ann Hodges REL,PRF
  1961 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1960 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Vivienne Segal PRF
i   December 1960 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Vivienne Segal PRF
Beyond the Reef The Invitations [US1] With Billy May And His Orchestra (The Invitations [US1], Billy May) 1960 Unverified
i February 1960 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
1962 John Jacob Niles
August 1954 El Brendel and Manya Roberti
  January 1958 Jack Denny and His Orchestra - Vocal by Sonny Schuyler REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i   February 1955 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
  January 1958 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
  1961 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
i 1972 Leroy Anderson and His "Pops" Concert Orchestra
February 1961 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i October 1948 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
January 1958 Francisco Alves com Radamés Gnattali e sua Orquestra REC,REL, Araci Cortes PRF, Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Choruses by Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell
1958 Francisco Alves com Radamés Gnattali e sua Orquestra REC,REL, Araci Cortes PRF, Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Choruses by Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell
November 1960 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louis Armstrong
1958 Bing Crosby
  March 26, 1980 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
December 1945 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
i February 1957 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
November 1960 Fred Hamm and His Orchestra
1993 Lloyd Keating and His Music [Fred Rich] - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty
i 1972 Orchester Ricardo Santos
i December 1960 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
May 30, 1960 Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
1960 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eddie Howard
1962 (unknown)
  1961 Etta Moten BRD, Enric Madriguera and His Orchestra REL
October 1966 Agostinho dos Santos, The Ames Brothers
March 1957 Sunny Gale
i   1962 Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
  1961 Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
  January 1964 Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
listen on Internet Archive i   January 1952 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Weston Vaughan REC,REL, Pit Musicians [What Price Glory] PRF
  August 1962 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Weston Vaughan REC,REL, Pit Musicians [What Price Glory] PRF
  January 1958 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Weston Vaughan REC,REL, Pit Musicians [What Price Glory] PRF
  January 1964 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tex Beneke and The Four Modernaires REL, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Benteke and the Modernaires and Dorothy Dandridge and the Nicholas Brothers BRD
January 1958 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i   February 1953 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
  January 5, 1959 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
  January 1964 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
August 1962 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
i February 1955 The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
i June 1963 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
1993 Freddie Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Elmer Feldkamp
listen on Internet Archive i   February 1953 Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC, Carl Brisson BRD
  October 1958 Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC, Carl Brisson BRD
May 1958 Waring's Pennsylvanians
  1961 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
September 1957 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Connie Haines
Cool Water Billy May and His Orchestra 1953 Unverified
January 1958 Broadway Bell-Hops
1962 Leadbelly
October 1966 Billie Holiday
  November 1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton and The Romancers REC, Lawrence Tibett BRD
  January 5, 1959 Jack Barker [US1] PRF, Jacques Renard and His Orchestra REC
1961 Jessie Matthews
November 1960 Selvin's Novelty Orchestra
  1959 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
i June 1963 Bobby Timmons
Day by Day Frank Sinatra, Billy May and His Orchestra 1961 Unverified
October 1957 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Ward
1959 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Ward
August 1962 Fred Astaire & Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
October 1960 (unknown), (unknown)
i February 1955 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i May 1952 James Melton
August 1962 James Melton
1984 The Ken Darby Singers - The King's Men
1961 Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Helen Ward
  1958 Tony Martin with Henri René and His Orchestra REL, Julie Andrews, Jon Cypher BRD
August 1954 Ethel Merman & Art Barnett
i January 1962 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1961 Chick Webb and His Orchestra, (unknown)
May 1958 Bennie Krueger's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Billy Jones
  1961 Johnny Desmond - Orchestra conducted by Tony Mottola REC, Frank Sinatra with The Pastels - Orchestra under the direction of Hugo Winterhalter REL
  November 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ink Spots REL
i Don't Get Around Much Anymore Billy May and His Orchestra 1966 Unverified
April 1959 (unknown)
July 1961 Mildred Bailey
i February 1956 Six Brown Brothers
Do You Ever Think of Me Billy May and His Orchestra - Vocal by The Encores (Billy May, The Encores) 1950 Unverified
October 1969 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bonnie King
October 1957 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
i May 1962 Bernice Massi and Don Chastain
  February 1961 Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra REL, Andrews Sisters BRD
  October 1958 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
listen on Internet Archive i Easy Street Billy May and His Orchestra 1952 Unverified
  December 1959 Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, James Stewart and Eleanor Powell [dubbed by Marjorie Lane] BRD
  August 1958 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
  March 1960 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
1962 Biddle University Quartet
1960 Muriel Angelus
1961 Muriel Angelus
i February 1956 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra
Five Minutes More Frank Sinatra, Billy May and His Orchestra 1961 Unverified
1960 Pedro Vargas con la orquesta de Maestro Esparza Oteo, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Arthur Wright
i   February 1960 Benny Goodman Sextet REL,REC
i January 1958 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra
1959 Tony Martin with Henri Rene and His Orchestra
January 1958 Western Wanderers (Bob Haring)
i March 1955 Lupita Palomera con la Orq. Hnos Dominguez
listen on Internet Archive i From The Land Of The Sky Blue Water Billy May and His Orchestra 1953 Unverified
1993 McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman
  1961 Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (Ed Kirkeby) REC, Ruth Etting PRF
  April 1959 Tamara PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC
  December 1959 Tamara PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC
Goin' Home Gogi Grant with Billy May and His Orchestra (Gogi Grant, Billy May) 1960 Unverified
i Goin' Out of My Head Billy May and His Orchestra 1966 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i August 1953 (unknown)
October 1966 (unknown)
i February 1960 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
1962 (unknown), The Weavers
1961 Pedro Vargas con orquesta, Bing Crosby with The Bando da Lua
October 1966 The Oscar Peterson Trio REC, Herb Ellis REL, Jennie Smith - Arranged & Conducted by Mort Garson
November 1958 (unknown), (unknown), Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
i 1972 (unknown)
i September 1960 Stubby Kaye & Johnny Silver
i   1962 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC,REL, Virginia Grey [dubbed by Elvida Rizzo] & Dan Dailey [dubbed by Morton Scott] BRD
  1961 Ethel Waters BRD, Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Frances Wayne REC,REL
May 1961 Juanita Hall
  1960 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
  1961 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
Hawaiian War Chant The Invitations [US1] With Billy May And His Orchestra (The Invitations [US1], Billy May) 1960 Unverified
i September 1960 Russ Brown, Jimmie Komack, Nathaniel Frey and Albert Linville
October 1957 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
October 1966 Dolores Gray
i   June 1954 Carol Haney, John Raitt and Company PRF, Johnnie Ray - Orch. under dir. of Joe Reisman REC
i   September 1963 Rosemary Clooney REL, Lucille Ball, Paula Stewart PRF
1958 Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra
  June 1950 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Merv Griffin and The Martin Men REL, Bob Hope & Lucille Ball [dubbed by Annette Warren] BRD
i December 1960 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i October 1948 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
September 1957 Tony Martin & Yvonne DeCarlo
1961 Tony Martin & Yvonne DeCarlo
  1958 Judy Garland with Orchestra under direction of David Rose REC,REL, Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney BRD
  January 1964 Judy Garland with Orchestra under direction of David Rose REC,REL, Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney BRD
February 1961 Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band
1960 Bing Crosby
i   1962 Robert Morse, Charles Nelson Reilly and Paul Reed REC,REL,PRF
  August 1954 Celeste Holm with Oklahoma Orchestra under Direction of Jay Blackton REL, Celeste Holm PRF
  October 1958 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
  October 1957 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
  1958 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
  May 1961 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
  April 1959 Douglas McPhail BRD, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Howard REC,REL
  January 5, 1959 Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans REC,REL, Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans and Cast PRF
  1960 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra REC,REL, Gene Kelly & Leila Ernst PRF
  September 1957 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra REC,REL, Gene Kelly & Leila Ernst PRF
  1993 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
  October 1966 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
i   November 1957 Lily Pons BRD, Jimmy Carr and His Orchestra REC
February 1961 Peter Palmer, Mark Breaux, Ralph Linn, Jack Matthew, Robert McClure, Geroge Reeder
April 1960 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
i   September 1960 Bing Crosby and Patty Andrews with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra REC,REL, Isabel Bigley PRF
  December 1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Ramona REC, William Gaxton & Ethel Merman PRF
March 1960 Carl Haworth
  1993 Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
i October 1948 Ethel Merman
  1961 Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive i 1951 (unknown)
  March 26, 1980 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
i   1972 Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
October 1958 Ted Wallace & His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by The Radio Imps
i February 1957 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
  October 1958 Percy Faith PRF, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC,REL
  January 1964 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
i January 1962 Grace Moore
1961 Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt
November 2, 1953 (unknown)
  December 1959 Wilbur Evans PRF, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
October 1958 (unknown)
i   October 1948 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC, Trixie Friganza and Jimmie Savo PRF
i September 1963 Nat "King" Cole
May 1954 Roy Hamilton
October 1957 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
July 1960 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Henry Wells
i February 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i November 1957 (unknown), Milt Herth and His Trio
i February 1955 City Police Band of Birmingham
i November 1957 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
February 1961 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
1961 Lou Gold and His Orchestra
October 1958 Henry Burr and John Meyer
  July 1960 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
  April 1960 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
i 1972 Andy Williams
December 1966 Lil Green
i February 1960 Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs (Wingy Manone), Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra
i October 1958 The MGM Studio Orchestra
1961 The MGM Studio Orchestra
  July 1960 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
  November 1957 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
January 1958 Lew Stone and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Nat Gonella
1958 Lew Stone and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Nat Gonella
  October 1966 Nat Finston and his Paramount Studio Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sam Coslow REL, Maurice Chevalier, Rolfe Sedan, Bert Roach, Jeanette MacDonald BRD
i October 1948 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
listen on Internet Archive i February 1954 Lucy Isabelle Marsh with Victor Light Opera Company
i September 1963 Tony Bennett with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra
January 1951 Benny Lee with the Stargazers and Nat Temple and his Orchestra
  July 1960 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 26, 1980 The Ambassadors [US2]
October 1966 The Ambassadors [US2]
i February 1957 John Boles and Jeanette Loff with Paul Whiteman and Orchestra
1958 John Boles and Jeanette Loff with Paul Whiteman and Orchestra
1958 Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus & Orchestra
i September 1963 Dinah Shore with Orchestra
1960 Shirley Ross
  April 1959 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
1961 Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
  April 1959 Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC,REL, Gertrude Lawrence PRF
December 1959 Ethel Merman & Bob Hope
1961 Claire Carleton
i It's the Natural Thing to Do Billy May and His Orchestra 1985 Unverified
May 1960 Doris Day
1961 Tony Martin [US1]
November 1949 Primo Scala and His Banjo and Accordion Band with The Keynotes
1960 Ann Sothern & Jack Whiting
  1961 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
  December 1959 Virginia Bruce BRD, Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC
  January 1964 Virginia Bruce BRD, Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC
  July 1961 Harry James and His Orchestra REL, Martha O'Driscoll [dubbed by Margaret Whiting] BRD
i   September 1960 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case REC,REL, Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley PRF
July 1960 Don Redman and His Orchestra
  August 1954 Louis Prima and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrains by Lilyann Carol REC, Gertrude Niesen PRF
August 1962 McKinney's Cotton Pickers with Vocal Refrain by George Thomas
  May 1961 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
April 1960 Savannah Churchill and The Sentimentalists
December 1966 Betty Hutton with Joe Lilley and His Orchestra
May 1948 Jacob Gade, Kathryn Grayson
  May 1958 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra REL, Olive Kline REC
i 1972 Tousan
October 1957 Earl Hines and His Orchestra
1958 Edison Male Quartette
  1960 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Wynn Murray REC, Wynn Murray PRF
December 1966 Lil Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra
  January 5, 1959 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orch. REL, Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday PRF
i   February 1955 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
  December 1959 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
  November 1957 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
i   October 1948 Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) REC, Lawrence Gray BRD
June 1953 Billy Murray
i May 1962 Noelle Adam and Alvin Epstein
  May 1958 Winnie Lightner PRF, Criterion Male Quartet REC
i 1972 Alfred Newman
August 1962 Alfred Newman, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
i February 1960 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
May 1960 Mabel Mercer
  1961 Harold Arlen with Orchestral Acc. Dir. by Ray Sinatra REC, Art Jarrett BRD
April 1959 Barrie Oliver and Hope Williams
January 1958 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines, Frank Sintra & The Pied Pipers
listen on Internet Archive i February 1953 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees
  1961 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC, Dixie Dunbar and Earl Oxford PRF
September 1957 Henry King and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Tony Russell
1947 Bailey's Lucky Seven
i 1972 The Pete Jolly Trio and Friends
listen on Internet Archive i February 1953 Steve Porter
August 1962 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Paul Small
1960 Gloria Grafton
i May 1962 Diahann Carroll
January 1958 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra directed by Axel Stordahl
  February 1961 Matt Mattox [dubbed by Bill Lee] BRD, The McGuire Sisters with Orchestra directed by Neal Hefti REC,REL
  1993 Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC
  January 1964 Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC
December 1954 (unknown)
Covered by (2 artists)
April 1959 Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and Ensemble
i May 1962 Richard Kiley and Diahann Carroll
October 1954 The Robins
  December 1959 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
  1952 Pickens Sisters REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i   1972 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
  1960 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
  January 1964 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
Love Letters in the Sand The Invitations [US1] With Billy May And His Orchestra (The Invitations [US1], Billy May) 1960 Unverified
i May 1962 Polly Rowles and Bernice Massi
1960 Jeanette MacDonald
i Lover's Concerto Billy May and His Orchestra 1966 Unverified
  1961 Jan Garber and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Russ Brown REC, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
October 1958 Adrian Schubert & His Orch. ‑ Vocal Chorus Harold Van Emburgh
i November 1957 Adrian Schubert & His Orch. ‑ Vocal Chorus Harold Van Emburgh
i 1951 Ted Fiorito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Muzzy Marcellino & The Fio-rettes
i   April 1957 Joyce Barbour, Steffi Duna, Norah Howard and Doris Hare PRF, Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra REC,REL
i May 1962 Richard Kiley and Diahann Carroll
listen on Internet Archive i   February 1953 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
i March 1955 Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and The Brazilians
May 1961 Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and The Brazilians
1960 Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and The Brazilians
i January 1962 Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager)
January 1958 Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager)
August 1962 The Troubadours - Vocal Refrain by Lewis James
November 1962 Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone) with Piano
1961 Vera Lynn REC,REL, Ida Lupino BRD, Lilo
1961 Lilo and Peter Cookson, Ethel Waters
Medley: Down Argentina Way/What A Diff'rence A Day Made Bing Crosby - Orchestra conducted by Billy May 1961 Unverified
1961 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF, Russ Case and His Orchestra with Jimmy Carroll REL, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra REC
1961 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans REC,REL, Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans and Cast PRF
1961 (unknown), (unknown), Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
1958 (unknown), (unknown), Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Meister Glee Singers, (unknown), (unknown), Tally-Ho!, (unknown), Haydn Quartet
1961 The Troubadours [Nathaniel Shilkret] – Vocal Refrain by Frank Munn REC,REL, Ramon Novarro BRD, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton and The Romancers REC, Lawrence Tibett BRD
1961 Spanish Dance Orchestra, Dolores Del Rio BRD, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Connie Boswell with Orchestra directed by Victor Young REC, Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Choruses by Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell REL
i   January 1962 Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
1962 Pete Seeger with Audience Participation
i Michelle Billy May and His Orchestra 1966 Unverified
i November 1957 Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
i November 1957 William Gaxton, Lois Moran and Ensemble
i   1972 Leonard Nimoy REL, Lalo Schifrin BRD
February 1961 Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys
i September 1963 Erroll Garner Trio
i December 1960 Erroll Garner Trio
i June 1963 Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
July 1960 Florence George
i   October 1958 Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra - Vocal by Kitty Kallen REC, Bing Crosby BRD
January 1958 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
1961 Teddy Brown and His Café de Paris Band
  March 26, 1980 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
i   1972 Henry Mancini REC,REL,BRD
October 1957 Gene Austin
1960 Etienne Paree featuring Eddie "Piano" Miller
October 1960 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, Phil Harris and His Dixieland Syncopators
December 1966 Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet, Little Walter and His Jukes
  January 1958 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
February 1961 Billy Jones and Ernest Hare
  January 1964 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
  October 1957 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   May 1952 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dan Grisson REC,REL, Billie Haywood PRF
i June 1963 Charlie Parker [US1]
June 1951 Wayne King and His Orchestra
  May 1960 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
  March 1960 Orchester Georges Boulanger, Joe Loss and His Band (Vocalist: Chick Henderson) REL, Ambrose and His Orchestra REC
September 1957 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
  March 26, 1980 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Joan Leslie with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra BRD
  1961 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Joan Leslie with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra BRD
i September 1951 Adrian Schubert & His Orch.
1958 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
September 1957 Jack Denny & His Orchestra
  December 1959 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
April 1960 Milt Buckner
August 1962 Vic Damone with Orch. Dir. by Joe Reisman
  August 1954 Charlotte Greenwood PRF, Dinah Shore with Henri René's Orchestra REL
i May 1962 Richard Kiley and Diahann Carroll
i   May 1962 Diahann Carroll & Richard Kiley PRF,REL
November 1955 Art Mooney and His Orchestra - Vocal by Barry Gordon
September 1957 William Gaxton, Lois Moran and Company
i February 1956 (unknown)
May 1960 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines and The Pied Pipers
i   August 1955 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts, Betty Garde, Barry Kelley & Edwin Clay with Oklahoma Orchestra under Direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts, Betty Garde, Barry Kelley & Edwin Clay PRF
  May 1961 Hoagy Carmichael and Orchestra REC, Hoagy Carmichael BRD
November 1951 Jess Willard
1958 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Al Hendrickson
November 1957 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet
listen on Internet Archive i   February 1954 Evelyn Herbert PRF, The Troubadours [Nathaniel Shilkret] – Vocal Refrain by Frank Munn REC,REL
i December 1960 Count Basie and His Orchestra
  May 1961 Bing Crosby with Six Hits and a Miss and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC, Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REL
January 1958 (unknown), (unknown)
  April 1960 John Michael King REL,PRF
  October 1958 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
  May 1961 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
  July 1961 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
1962 George Reneau
listen on Internet Archive i   1952 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REL, Raúl Roulien BRD
i 1972 David Rose and His Orchestra
Out in the Cold Again The Invitations [US1] With Billy May And His Orchestra (The Invitations [US1], Billy May) 1960 Unverified
  1961 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
1961 Judy Garland
February 1961 Cliff Edwards PRF,REC,REL, Elizabeth Brice
i February 1956 Friar's Society Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive December 1954 Johnnie Ray
July 1961 Mills Brothers
April 1960 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)
Covered by (6 artists)
i   1962 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
  April 1960 Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts PRF
i 1962 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
November 1959 Orquesta de Los Hermanos Domínguez, (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i May 1952 Orquesta de Los Hermanos Domínguez
i   1955 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
i Playboy's Theme Billy May June 1963 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   1951 Bing Crosby, Eddie Lang BRD, Bing Crosby with Anson Weeks and His Orchestra REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive i May 1952 (unknown)
1961 Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
October 1966 Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
March 1955 Linda Hayes and The Platters
November 1960 Horace Silver Quintet
July 1960 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra
October 1947 Frankie Laine and Carl Fischer's Orchestra
March 1960 Les Backer
March 1960 Charles Dornberger & His Orch. - Vocal by Dick Robertson
i Rain Sometimes Billy May and His Orchestra 1966 Unverified
i 1972 John Laurenz with Orchestral Accompaniment
i 1972 Stan Getz
August 1967 Eddie Miller and His Oklahomans
July 1960 Peggy Moran
January 1958 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Willie Smith
i February 1956 Wolverine Orchestra
May 31, 1954 Marilyn Monroe with Orchestra under the direction of Lionel Newman
Rock Around Stephen Foster Stan Freberg with Billy May's Orchestra September 1955 Unverified
November 1960 Bonnie Guitar
listen on Internet Archive i August 1953 John Boles
listen on Internet Archive i   February 1954 Dennis King & Arthur Dragon PRF, California Ramblers REC
i   1972 Richard Hayman and His Orchestra REL, Richard Hayman Orchestra PRF
August 1962 Richard Hayman and His Orchestra REL, Richard Hayman Orchestra PRF, Lew Douglas and His Orchestra - Vocal by Jack Halloran Choir
i October 1954 Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
i 1972 Bing Crosby with Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians
November 1962 Joe "Fingers" Carr and The Carr-Hops (Lou Busch)
October 1960 Harry Reser and His Orchestra
  May 1961 Johnny Mercer and The King Cole Trio REL, Cootie Williams and His Orchestra - Vocal by Bob Merrell REC
i February 1957 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
1958 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orch. – Vocal Refrain by Pedro Berrios & Chorus, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
Says My Heart The Invitations [US1] With Billy May And His Orchestra (The Invitations [US1], Billy May) 1960 Unverified
July 1961 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
  March 1960 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Bobby Goday REC, The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD
listen on Internet Archive i February 1954 Howard Marsh, Raymond Marlowe, Frederic Wolff and Paul Kleeman
  1961 Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner REL,PRF
1954 The Chords [US1]
i June 1963 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1955 New Princes' Toronto Band
May 1958 New Princes' Toronto Band
February 1952 Pee Wee King and His Band featuring Redd Stewart
December 1966 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson
  1984 Will Osborne and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Lynn Davis REC,REL, Irene Dunne BRD
November 1959 (unknown)
1962 Merle Travis
December 1966 Charlie Calhoun and His Orchestra and Chorus
i February 1960 Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i   February 1954 William O'Neal PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
  January 5, 1959 Sammy Davis, Jr. - Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver REC, Fred Astaire BRD
April 1960 The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
i February 1957 Douglas Richardson
i So Nice (Samba de Verão) Billy May Unverified
i February 1955 Margaret Schilling and Jerry Goff
i February 1957 Carl Ravell (The Singing Maestro) and His Orchestra
November 1959 Billy Cotton and His Band
November 2, 1953 Billy Cotton and His Band
i February 1956 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
i Spanish Flea Billy May and His Orchestra 1966 Unverified
October 1958 Bob Haring and His Orchestra
  1960 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF
i   February 1957 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Choruses by Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen REL, Stephane Grappelly and His Quartet - With George Shearing at the Piano (Vocalist : Beryl Davis) REC, Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
listen on Internet Archive July 1946 Wilmoth Houdini and His Royal Calypso Orchestra
  1961 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
1958 Mel Tormé and His Mel-Tones
i Strangers in the Night Billy May and His Orchestra 1966 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive December 1955 Russ Columbo and His Orchestra
March 26, 1980 Russ Columbo and His Orchestra
November 1960 Ethel Waters
i February 1956 The Charleston Chasers (under the direction of "Red" Nichols)
i December 1960 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra
October 1958 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i October 1948 The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
  May 1961 Bing Crosby with The Robert Mitchell Boys Choir BRD, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
i January 1962 Standard Quartette
i March 1955 Cuarteto Machín
January 1958 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Young
August 1954 Vivian Blaine
1961 Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman
listen on Internet Archive December 1954 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
  September 1957 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
  1960 Ruth Etting PRF,REC
listen on Internet Archive i May 1952 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
May 1958 OKeh Dance Orchestra with Singing Chorus
1961 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
i January 1962 Virginia Verrill
January 1964 Virginia Verrill
i September 1963 Jesse Belvin with Marty Paich and His Orchestra
  October 1966 George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger REC, Mary Lawlor and John Price Jones PRF
1951 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
  October 1960 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
October 1960 Frank Sinatra
listen on Internet Archive   July 1946 Julie Wilson [US] PRF, Louis Prima and His Orchestra - Vocal by Louis Prima REC,REL
i October 1958 Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Erik Rhodes and Lillian Miles
1961 Will Oakland
listen on Internet Archive i   February 1954 Edith Day & Harry Welchman - With Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra conducted by Herman Finck REL, Robert Halliday, Vivienne Segal PRF
The Dixieland Band Billy May and His Orchestra - Vocal by Alvin Stoller (Alvin Stoller, Billy May) 1953 Unverified
i   1972 Os Cariocas REL, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes PRF
March 1956 The Platters
i 1966 Joe Sherman and The Arena Brass
1961 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Billy May
i June 1963 Milt Buckner
i   1972 Dusty Springfield REL, Stan Getz REC
  1961 Judy Garland REC,BRD, Jeri Southern with Orchestra conducted by Sonny Burke REL
i May 1962 Mitchell Gregg
i The Man With The Golden Arm (Delilah Jones) Billy May 1989 Unverified
i The Man With The Horn (Randy Brooks Version) Billy May & His Orchestra 2001 Unverified
November 1958 (unknown), Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Haydn Quartet, Tally-Ho!
i   January 1962 Anna Maria Alberghetti PRF,REL
i 1972 André Previn
i 1972 Jack Costanzo and His Orchestra
i 1972 Charles Williams with his Concert Orchestra - Solo Pianist: Arthur Dulay
  April 1960 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Di Vito REC, Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REL
August 1962 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
i 1972 Neal Hefti
  November 1957 Judy Holliday, Ensemble PRF, Carmen McRae with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis REC,REL
i March 1955 Rita Montaner
i February 1960 Edith Piaf
i June 1963 Horace Silver Quintet
  1959 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Maxine Grey REC, Doris Carson & Ray Bolger PRF
March 1955 (unknown)
  November 1957 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
i The Shadow of Your Smile Billy May and His Orchestra 1966 Unverified
i February 1956 Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
i 1972 (unknown)
November 1957 Sam Lanin and His Troubadours
October 1958 Tullio Carminati
January 5, 1959 Tullio Carminati
September 1957 Tullio Carminati
October 1960 "Tennessee" Ernie Ford
i   May 1962 Diahann Carroll & Richard Kiley REL,PRF
1960 Judy Garland
1958 Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
  March 26, 1980 Ginger Rogers BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC
  January 1964 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
i February 1955 Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian
October 1966 Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian
September 1955 Ben Jarrell - Acc. by Da Costa Woltz‘s Southern Broadcasters
1961 Priscilla Lane
i   February 1955 Broadway Nitelites - Vocal Chorus by Franklyn Baur REC,REL, William Gaxton & Constance Carpenter PRF
i 1972 John Barry & Tom Jones
1960 Original Dixieland Jass Band, Mills Brothers
i   September 1960 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   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
  1960 Vivienne Segal PRF, Vivienne Segal with Connecticut Yankee Orchestra under direction of George Hirst REC,REL
i 1972 (unknown)
i 1972 (unknown), Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Clyde Rogers
June 1951 Irving Kaufman
July 1960 Sammy Davis, Jr.
January 5, 1959 Sammy Davis, Jr.
Too Marvelous for Words The Invitations [US1] With Billy May And His Orchestra (The Invitations [US1], Billy May) 1960 Unverified
  November 1949 Al Jolson PRF,REC
listen on Internet Archive i   February 1953 Fred Astaire BRD, Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL
1958 Jack Payne & His Band
1962 Billy Golden
i February 1960 Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
i February 1960 W. Arlington
  May 1960 Bob Hope & Shirley Ross BRD, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Charles Wilson REC
i March 1955 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
i February 1952 Nat King Cole
i January 1958 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra
November 1959 Anita O'Day - Orchestra conducted by Larry Russell
July 1962 M. Tino Rossi - Orchestre : M. Pierre Chagnon, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees
listen on Internet Archive i February 1954 Mizzi Günther
June 1952 Broadway Syncopators
May 1960 Jo Sullivan
December 1966 Marc Michel [dubbed by Georges Blaness], The Royalettes featuring Sheila Ross
November 1960 Margaret Young
May 1960 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
April 1959 Fanny Brice
1958 (unknown)
1960 Pedro Via y su orquesta, Jimmie Ague
April 1952 Ella Fitzgerald with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive April 1955 Dinah Shore
December 1959 Elsie Carlisle
i 1972 Gilbert Bécaud - Orch. dir. : Raymond Bernard
June 1951 Agustín Magaldi, Tony Martin with Henri René & His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive January 1952 Melotone Boys
October 1957 Wolverine Orch. – Vocal Chorus Dave Harman
listen on Internet Archive i 1951 Wolverine Orch. – Vocal Chorus Dave Harman
1958 Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
1961 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen O'Connell
i   April 1952 Ceelle Burke and Rhythmettes REC, Ink Spots REL
listen on Internet Archive i May 1952 Gene Austin
November 1957 Gene Austin
April 1959 Jessie Matthews
i June 1963 Lee Morgan Sextet
  October 1960 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
November 1957 Bob Thompson [US1]
February 1961 (unknown)
May 1960 Isham Jones and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Hazzard
  April 1959 Margaret Adams PRF, Johnny Green and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marjory Logan REC
December 1966 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
May 1960 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines
i September 1963 Frank Sinatra
  September 1957 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC, Bing Crosby BRD
March 1960 Bing Crosby
November 4, 1957 The Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk, Maurice Chevalier BRD, Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Charles Roberts REC, Bing Crosby, Eddie Lang BRD, Bing Crosby with Anson Weeks and His Orchestra REC,REL
November 4, 1957 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Dorothy Lamour BRD, The Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk
i 1972 (unknown), Katherine Dunham and Ensemble
1962 Ben Jarrell - Acc. by Da Costa Woltz‘s Southern Broadcasters
July 1961 Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell with Bob Crosby's Bob Cats
  1960 Furman and Nash REC, Eddie Cantor PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   February 1953 Enric Madriguera & His Hotel Weylin Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tony Sacco REC,REL, Georges Metaxa & Libby Holman PRF
You Are Never Away Clark Dennis with Billy May and His Orchestra 1948 Unverified
1958 Al Jolson
1958 Ray McKinley and Some of The Boys
1960 Ray McKinley and Some of The Boys
  August 1954 Ethel Merman REL,PRF
  May 1960 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
  December 1959 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
  January 1964 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
September 1957 William Gaxton & Genevieve Tobin
July 1960 Cy Coleman
i September 1963 Cy Coleman
October 1957 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
  April 1960 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra REC, Fred MacMurray BRD
1982 Alice Faye
  May 1961 Martha Tilton with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Carol Stewart and Del Porter BRD
i April 1954 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
September 1957 William Tabbert
listen on Internet Archive i   May 1952 Jack Albin and His Hotel Pennsylvania Dance Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty REC, Adele Astaire & Eddie Foy Jr. PRF
  1958 Mark Dawson and Lois Lee REL,PRF
  1961 Nat "King" Cole REC, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra REL
  April 1959 William Gaxton & Ethel Merman PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Peggy Healy & John Hauser REC
i   February 1955 William Gaxton & Ethel Merman PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Peggy Healy & John Hauser REC
i   February 1957 Alice Faye BRD, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Helen Ward REL, Johnny Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Barbara Blake REC
1958 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes
i You've Got Your Troubles Billy May and His Orchestra 1966 Unverified

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Academy Award Losers Steve Lawrence with the Billy May Orchestra January 1964 Columbia [US]
After the Ball Frank D'Rone with Billy May and His Orchestra May 1960 Mercury
Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart Anita O'Day and Billy May 1960 Verve Records
Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May Anita O'Day with Billy May December 1959 Verve Records
Arthur Murray - Cha Cha Mambos Billy May's Rico Mambo Orchestra March 1955 Capitol Records
As You Remember Them - Great Instrumentals Volume 2 Billy May and His Orchestra 1972 Time Life Records
Big Band Bash! Billy May and His Orchestra May 1952 Capitol Records
Bill's Bag Billy May June 1963 Capitol Records
Billy May — 70 Billy May and His Orchestra 1962 Time Records
Billy May Plays for Fancy Dancin' Billy May February 1957 Capitol Records
Billy May's Bacchanalia! Billy May and His Orchestra February 1953 Capitol Records
Billy May's Bacchanalia! [12"] Billy May and His Orchestra 1955 Capitol Records
Billy May's Big Fat Brass Billy May October 1958 Capitol Records
Billy May's Naughty Operetta! Billy May and His Orchestra February 1954 Capitol Records
Bing & Satchmo Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong – Arr. and Cond. by Billy May November 1960 MGM
Cha Cha! Billy May Billy May and His Orchestra February 1960 Capitol Records
Close Your Eyes Frank Stallone with The Billy May Orchestra 1993 D#Sharp Records
Come Dance with Me Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Billy May January 5, 1959 Capitol Records
Come Fly with Me Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Billy May January 1958 Capitol Records
Come Swing with Me! Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Billy May July 1961 Capitol Records
De Castro's Sing De Castro Sisters – Orchestra conducted by Billy May 1960 Capitol Records
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book Ella Fitzgerald - Orchestra conducted by Billy May 1961 Verve Records
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book [1984] Ella Fitzgerald - Arranged and conducted by Billy May 1984 Verve Records
El señor Bing Bing Crosby - Orchestra conducted by Billy May 1961 MGM
Fancy Meeting You Here Bing Crosby; Rosemary Clooney with Billy May and His Orchestra 1958 RCA Victor
Fresh and Fancy Free Patty - Maxene - La Verne with Orchestra conducted by Billy May September 1957 Capitol Records
Going the Frankie Randall Way! Frankie Randall - Arr. and cond. by Billy May October 1966 RCA Victor
Horn A-Plenty Al Hirt with Orchestra arranged and conducted By Billy May January 1962 RCA Victor
Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter Jeri Southern – Orchestra arranged and conducted by Billy May April 1959 Capitol Records
Jimmie Lunceford in Hi-Fi Billy May and His Orchestra January 1958 Capitol Records
Join the Band Billy May and His Orchestra October 1948 Capitol Records
Just One of Those Things Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra conducted by Billy May November 1957 Capitol Records
Like in Love Nancy Wilson with Orchestra conducted by Billy May April 1960 Capitol Records
Nancy - Naturally Nancy Wilson - Orchestra arranged and conducted by Billy May December 1966 Capitol Records
¡Olé Tormé! - Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May Mel Tormé with Billy May November 1959 Verve Records
Petula Clark in Hollywood Petula Clark with the Orchestrations of Billy May, Don Ralke, Pete King 1959 Pye Records
Politely! Keely Smith with Billy May and His Orchestra October 1958 Capitol Records
Pretty Eyes Peggy Lee with Orchestra conducted by Billy May July 1960 Capitol Records
Shall We Dance? Jack Jones with Billy May & His Orchestra 1961 Kapp Records
Songs for a Raney Day Sue Raney - With Orchestra conducted by Billy May March 1960 Capitol Records
Sorta-Dixie! Billy May and His Orchestra February 1956 Capitol Records
Sorta-May Billy May and His Orchestra February 1955 Capitol Records
Swing Along with Me Frank Sinatra – Orchestra conducted by Billy May 1961 Reprise Records
The Andrews Sisters Sing the Dancing 20's The Andrews Sisters with Orchestra conducted by Billy May May 1958 Capitol Records
The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows Stan Freberg featuring Daws Butler, June Foray, and Peter Leeds with the Music of Billy May and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires August 1958 Capitol Records
The Girls and Boys on Broadway Billy May September 1960 Capitol Records
The Green Hornet - Original Television Score Billy May 1966 20th Century Fox Records
The Hi-Lo's Happen to Folk Songs The Hi-Lo's - Billy May and His Orchestra 1962 Reprise Records
The Morse Code Ella Mae Morse with Orchestra conducted by Billy May October 1957 Capitol Records
The Shearing Touch George Shearing with String Choir conducted by Billy May December 1960 Capitol Records
The Spectacular and Definitive Piano Wichcraft of Cy Coleman Cy Coleman, Orchestra arranged and conducted by Billy May September 1963 Capitol Records
The Sweetest Swingin' Sounds of Richard Rodgers' Hit Broadway Musical “No Strings” Billy May and His Orchestra May 1962 Capitol Records
Two of a Kind Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer with Billy May & His Orchestra February 1961 Atco Records
Verlye Mills Harp with a Billy May Beat Verlye Mills with Billy May November 1957 HiFi Records
Voices in Fun The Four Freshmen – Orchestra under the direction of Billy May May 1961 Capitol Records
You're My Girl Jack Webb - Arranged and conducted by Billy May 1958 Warner Bros. Records

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
All of Me Billy May and His Orchestra September 1951 Capitol Records
A Man Could Be a Wonderful Thing Marion Colby with Orchestra conducted by Billy May November 1958 Capitol Records
Birmingham Ella Mae Morse and Billy May and His Orchestra August 1955 Capitol Records
Buzz Me Ella Mae Morse - With Billy May's Orchestra December 1945 Capitol Records
Candy Jo Stafford with Orchestra conducted by Billy May May 30, 1960 Columbia [US]
Casanova Cricket Hoagy Carmichael with Orchestra directed by Billy May July 1947 Decca
Charmaine Billy May and His Orchestra January 1952 Capitol Records
Fat Man Boogie Billy May and His Orchestra September 1951 Capitol Records
Forever Is Now Micki Marlo and Billy May and His Orchestra May 1954 Capitol Records
Gin and Tonic Billy May & His Orchestra 1952 Capitol Records
Green Chri$tma$ Stan Freberg with The Jud Conlon Chorale and Billy May's Music November 1958 Capitol Records
Hernando's Hideaway Billy May & His Orchestra June 1954 Capitol Records
Honest and Truly Billy May and His Orchestra April 1952 Capitol Records
I Apologize Billy Eckstine arr. & cond. by Billy May 1960 Roulette
I Love You Frank Sinatra and Billy May with His Orchestra November 2, 1953 Capitol Records
I Taut I Taw a Puddy Tat Mel Blanc, music by Billy May January 1951 Capitol Records
I Want to Be Near You Nellie Lutcher with Orchestra conducted by Billy May 1951 Capitol Records
Jalousie Clark Dennis with Orchestra conducted by Billy May May 1948 Capitol Records
Love Makes the World Go 'Round (La ronde de l'amour) Gisele MacKenzie with Orchestra conducted by Billy May 1951 Capitol Records
Lover, Come Back to Me! Nat "King" Cole and Billy May and His Orchestra October 1953 Capitol Records
Lucky Us Margaret Whiting and Bob Hope with Billy May and His Orchestra December 1949 Capitol Records
Me and My Shadow Sammy Davis Jr. - Orchestra conducted by Billy May November 1962 Reprise Records
My Magic Heart Peggy Lee with Orchestra conducted by Billy May June 1951 Capitol Records
Never Doubt Me Danny Grissom with Billy May and His Orchestra October 1958 Capitol Records
Nothing in Common Frank Sinatra and Keely Smith with Orchestra conducted by Billy May March 1958 Capitol Records
Nuttin' for Christmas Stan Freberg with Billy May's Music November 1955 Capitol Records
Oklahoma Billy May and His Orchestra August 1955 Capitol Records
On a Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor Kay Starr with Orchestra conducted by Billy May November 1951 Capitol Records
Orchids in the Moonlight Billy May and His Orchestra 1952 Capitol Records
Papa Loves Mambo Nat "King" Cole with Billy May and His Orchestra December 1954 Capitol Records
Please Have Mercy Bunny Paul with Orchestra directed by Billy May March 1955 Capitol Records
Put Yourself in My Place, Baby Hoagy Carmichael with The Rhythmaires and Orchestra directed by Billy May October 1947 Decca
Romance Billy May and His Orchestra August 1953 Capitol Records
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Mambo Billy May & His Orchestra October 1954 Capitol Records
Sh-Boom Stan Freberg with The Toads and Orchestra conducted by Billy May 1954 Capitol Records
Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming) The Four King Sisters with Billy May and His Orchestra July 1946 RCA Victor
Street of Dreams Billy May and His Orchestra December 1955 Capitol Records
The Great Pretender Stan Freberg with The Toads and Billy May's Music March 1956 Capitol Records
The Honeymoon's Over Betty Hutton and "Tennessee" Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Billy May May 17, 1954 Capitol Records
The Same Old Song and Dance Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Billy May June 1958 Capitol Records
The Shiny One Clark Dennis with Billy May and His Orchestra 1947 Capitol Records
Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Good-Bye) Mel Blanc - With Billy May and His Orchestra November 1949 Capitol Records
Unforgettable Billy May and His Orchestra February 1952 Capitol Records
Vieni, Vieni Vic Damone - Billy May and His Orchestra July 1962 Capitol Records
Walkin' Nat "King" Cole with Billy May's Orchestra December 1951 Capitol Records
Wandering Swallow Peggy Lee with Orchestra conducted by Billy May 1951 Capitol Records
Whatever Lola Wants Billy May and His Orchestra April 1955 Capitol Records
Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets) Billy May and His Orchestra April 1957 Capitol Records
When I Dance with You I Get Ideas Peggy Lee with Orchestra conducted by Billy May June 1951 Capitol Records
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street Billy May and His Orchestra 1951 Capitol Records
Wun'erful, Wun'erful! Stan Freberg with Billy May's Music November 4, 1957 Capitol Records
Young-at-Heart Billy May and His Orchestra April 1954 Capitol Records
You Turn Me On, Baby Cy Coleman with Orchestra conducted by Billy May November 18, 1963 Capitol Records

Performances also appear on

Title Performer Release date Label
20 Greatest Love Songs Nat King Cole 1982 Capitol Records
26 Miles (Santa Catalina) The Four Preps December 2, 1957 Capitol Records
A Christmas to Remember The Jimmy Joyce Singers 1958 Warner Bros. Records
Banana Boat (Day-O) Stan Freberg April 1957 Capitol Records
Bing Crosby - Louis Armstrong Bing Crosby - Louis Armstrong 1977 Capitol Records
Broadway Ditties Dorothy Shay August 1954 Capitol Records
C'est la vie Dick Haymes March 1957 Capitol Records
Christmas Carousel Peggy Lee October 1960 Capitol Records
Dance Set various artists 1951 Capitol Records
Dardanella Bing & Satchmo October 1960 MGM
Fairyland Gisele MacKenzie 1951 Capitol Records
Granada Frank Sinatra June 1961 Reprise Records
Home Cookin' Margaret Whiting & Bob Hope June 1950 Capitol Records
Hurt So Bad Nancy Wilson [US1] October 1969 Capitol Records
Nat "King" Cole Sings Nat "King" Cole December 1954 Capitol Records
Once More with Feeling Billy Eckstine February 1960 Roulette
Open Up the Doghouse (Two Cats Are Comin' in) Dean Martin and Nat "King" Cole December 1954 Capitol Records
Party Panic! Mel Blanc June 1953 Capitol Records
Release Me Matt Monro October 13, 1967 Capitol Records
Return to Paradise Nat "King" Cole June 1953 Capitol Records
River of No Return Tennessee Ernie Ford May 31, 1954 Capitol Records
Somewhere Along the Way Nat "King" Cole April 1952 Capitol Records
The Lively Ones Vic Damone August 1962 Capitol Records
These Years Matt Monro August 1967 Capitol Records
The Yellow Rose of Texas Stan Freberg September 1955 Capitol Records
Trilogy Frank Sinatra March 26, 1980 Reprise Records
Ultra-Lounge - Christmas Cocktails various artists September 3, 1996 Capitol Records
Walkin' My Baby Back Home Nat "King" Cole June 1952 Capitol Records
What a Feeling Jo Stafford 1960 Columbia [US]