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The Modernaires

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Aliases
The Modernaires featuring Hal Dickinson
The Modernaires with Paula Kelly
Paul Whiteman's Four Modernaires
Country
United States
Comments
Harmonic vocal group that worked with a number of major dance bands before joining Glenn Miller & His Orchestra in 1941 and gaining notoriety there. The Modernaires continued on as an independent group after Miller's death in 1944.
Members
Hal Dickinson
Paula Kelly [US1] Lead vocals
Tommy Traynor 1992
Virginia Maxey
Alan Copeland
Johnny Drake
Related
Glenn Miller [US]
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Covers by The Modernaires

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1961 Enrique Madriguera & His Rumba Orch., (unknown)
  August 1957 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
1949 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
Ain't She Sweet The Modernaires 1956 Unverified
  1939 Emma Carus PRF, Collins and Harlan REC
listen on Internet Archive March 7, 1941 Kate Smith
April 1966 Bent Fabricius-Bjerre med rytme, David Thorne with Richard Wolfe & His Orchestra
April 1966 The Beatles
October 1955 Ella Johnson
  August 1957 Chucho Martínez Gil - Con la orquesta de J. Sabre Marroquin, Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Jayne Walton REC, Andy Russell with Al Sack and His Orchestra REL
April 1966 Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
  1956 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
  April 1966 Billy Dee Williams PRF, Bobby Scott REC,REL
1945 Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra
April 1966 Horst Jankowski - His Orchestra and Chorus, The Bitter End Singers
August 1957 Ethel Merman
  1959 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
1953 Friars Society Orchestra
  August 1957 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
Connecticut The Modernaires with Paula Kelly January 1947 Unverified
October 1955 The El Dorados
1953 (unknown)
December 1941 Harry James and His Orchestra
1958 Charles Harrison [US]
1953 J. W. Myers
listen on Internet Archive Dig-Dig-Dig Dig For Your Dinner The Modernaires with Les Brown and His Band of Renown (Les Brown, The Modernaires) 1950 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1960 Count Basie and His Orchestra, Bobby Darin
March 6, 1942 (unknown), (unknown)
Covered by (35 artists)
April 1950 Chuck Cabot and His Orchestra
  August 1957 Tom Coakley and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Carl Ravazza REC, The Princeton University Triangle Club PRF
listen on Internet Archive   1960 Ethel Merman REL,PRF
Four or Five Times The Modernaires And Neal Hefti's Orchestra (Neal Hefti, The Modernaires) 1952 Unverified
1953 Blue Steele and His Orchestra with Vocal Chorus
November 1948 Bob Hayward with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
1953 Ted Wallace and His Swing Kings (Ed Kirkeby)
Go on with the Wedding The Modernaires 1956 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1952 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
August 1957 The Mello Larks with Neal Hefti & His Orch.
listen on Internet Archive He Who Has Love Modernaires (The Modernaires) 1953 Unverified
July 15, 1946 David Rose and His Orchestra, (unknown)
1947 The Ray McKinley Quartet
  August 1957 Douglas McPhail BRD, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Howard REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive 1960 Chick Webb's Savoy Orch.
listen on Internet Archive 1941 Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers
1959 Mary Healy
February 1952 Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney
April 1966 Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jean Bowes
I'm Late The Modernaires 1951 Unverified
1961 Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs (Wingy Manone), Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra, The Four King Sisters with Orchestra conducted by Alvino Rey
1949 Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive April 1948 Danny Kaye - Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive   January 1939 Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
1953 The Peerless Quartet
listen on Internet Archive 1960 Arthur Fields
July 1950 The Four King Sisters with Orchestra conducted by Alvino Rey
  May 20, 1946 Glenn Miller - Vocal Refrain by Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke and The Modernaires. REL, Stars on Ice Cast PRF
August 1957 Alfred Newman, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
1939 The Brox Sisters
listen on Internet Archive February 13, 1942 J. Harold Murray and Katherine Carrington
1953 Campbell and Burr
listen on Internet Archive 1960 The Piano Magic of Andre Previn combined with The Lush Strings of David Rose
1961 Steve Porter
1968 Steve Porter
  August 1957 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
  1939 Van and Schenck PRF, Billy Murray REC
1949 Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager)
April 1966 Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Mine The Modernaires 1955 Unverified
September 1954 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
  December 1942 Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra - Vocal by Kitty Kallen REC, Bing Crosby BRD
listen on Internet Archive December 26, 1941 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra
Covered by (6 artists)
April 1966 Henry Burr
My Heart Goes Crazy The Modernaires with Paula Kelly January 1947 Unverified
Never Felt Better, Never Had Less Paul Whiteman and His Swing Wing featuring Four Modernaires 1939 Unverified
1939 Esther Walker
1953 California Melodie Syncopators
  1959 Art Kassel and His Kassels-in-the-Air REL, Les Hite and His Orchestra REC
1956 The Platters
listen on Internet Archive   May 1948 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
1961 Glenn Miller and His Orch.
March 28, 1941 Orquesta de Los Hermanos Domínguez, (unknown)
1940 Bob Roberts with Orchestra
September 1953 The Davis Sisters
1949 Chick Webb and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Fitzgerald
listen on Internet Archive i 1960 (unknown)
April 1950 Texas Jim Robertson and The Panhandle Punchers
listen on Internet Archive 1953 Joe Samuels' Jazz Band
May 20, 1946 (unknown), Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, (unknown), Dick Todd with Orchestra and "The Three Reasons", Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke and The Modernaires, 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
April 1953 The Three Dons and Ginny Greer
1956 Bobby Charles
listen on Internet Archive 1960 Count Basie and His Orchestra
April 1966 Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass
Covered by (4 artists)
  August 1957 Mary Martin and Kenny Baker REL, Kurt Weill REC
1949 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals, Chester Leighton & His Sophomores - Vocal Chorus by Chester Leighton
1961 Prince's Band
1953 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
1961 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, Connie Boswell with Orchestra under direction of Harry Sosnik
1961 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra
September 1954 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
1958 Billy Murray–Ed Smalle
  February 6, 1950 Danny Scholl PRF, Blue Barron and His Orchestra - Vocal by Bobby Beers and The Choir REL
February 1952 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright
1956 The Platters
  1953 Dick McIntire's Harmony Hawaiians featuring Lani McIntire REL, Jimmie Rodgers with Lani McIntire's Hawaiians REC
1945 Benny Carter and His Orchestra - Vocal by Roy Felton
The Turntable Song The Modernaires - Orchestra under the direction of Mitchell Ayres 1947 Unverified
April 1966 Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass, (unknown)
July 15, 1946 Eddy Howard and His Orchestra
October 21, 1946 Tony Pastor and His Orchestra
1961 Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
1959 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Janet Blair
1956 Sonny Dae and His Knights
listen on Internet Archive 1960 Pedro Via y su orquesta, Jimmie Ague
April 1966 Gilbert Bécaud - Orch. dir. : Raymond Bernard, Jane Morgan
listen on Internet Archive March 13, 1942 J. W. Myers
listen on Internet Archive 1952 Guy Robertson
  1945 Manuelita Arriola con la orquesta Juan S. Garrido, Dora Luz BRD, Bob Strong and His Orchestra - Vocal by Don Carmichael REL
1949 Russ Columbo
1958 Chas. Winters and Elond Autry
  October 21, 1946 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye REC,REL, James Baskett BRD