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Mitchell Ayres

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Aliases
Mitchell Ayres and His Fashions in Music
Mitchell Ayres and His Fashions-in-Music
Mitchell Ayres & His Orch.
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
Real name
Mitchell Agress
Born
December 24, 1910
Died
September 5, 1969
Country
United States
Comments
Orchestra leader, composer, arranger and violinist. Ayers is best known for his association with Perry Como on radio, television and records. He was struck and killed by a car while he was crossing a street in Las Vegas. Some sources give his year of birth as 1909.
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
  December 1949 Ilene Woods - Orchestra conducted by P. Smith REC, Sy Oliver and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jack Haskell and The Aristokats REL
i   1958 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
October 1955 William Johnson, Judy Tyler and Jerry LaZarre
listen on Internet Archive   September 23, 1946 Frank Crumit REC, All Star Trio and Their Orchestra REL
1961 Rex Harrison PRF,REL, Patricia Morison PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Denny Dennis REC,REL, Frank Crumit REC, All Star Trio and Their Orchestra REL
1961 Gene Raymond, Billy Eckstine REL, Louis Jourdan REC, Fred Astaire
1995 Jean Sablon with Orchestra directed by Paul Baron, (unknown)
i 1958 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive November 1947 (unknown)
April 4, 1941 Dan Quinn
September 1957 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
June 13, 1941 Napoleon's Emperors
  September 1955 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
listen on Internet Archive March 1949 The Buddy Kaye Quintet - Vocal by Artie Malvin
  April 1949 Juanita Hall PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC
  September 1959 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
December 1949 Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae
March 1952 Kitty Kelly
August 1950 John McCormack - Piano accomp. by Edwin Schneider
listen on Internet Archive May 31, 1940 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ginny Simms
1948 Roy Rogers and The Sons of The Pioneers
February 14, 1941 Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
March 5, 1945 Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i 1958 Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra, Isadore Rush, (unknown)
August 1962 Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
listen on Internet Archive July 1956 Harmony Dance Orch. (Ben Selvin)
May 1955 Narciso Parigi e Radio Boys PRF, Alberto Semprini e il suo Sestetto Azzurro - Canta Natalino Otto con il Trio Vocale Aurora REC, (unknown)
May 19, 1947 George Towne and His Orch.
1951 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
listen on Internet Archive 1939 Johnny Messner and His Music Box Band - Vocal Refrain by Jeanne D'Arcy
September 1959 Dinah Shore - Orchestra & Vocal Group under the direction of Harry Zimmerman
i 1958 Fred Astaire & Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
September 1957 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
September 1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, Allan Jones & Jeanette MacDonald
listen on Internet Archive May 31, 1940 Al Jolson
listen on Internet Archive   1947 Tom Coakley and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Carl Ravazza REC, The Princeton University Triangle Club PRF
i   1958 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
August 13, 1945 Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Mitchell
listen on Internet Archive February 1949 Geschwister Winkler, Gracie Fields with The Wardour Singers and Bob Farnon and His Orchestra
i 1966 M.J. O'Connell
September 1955 M.J. O'Connell
listen on Internet Archive   1947 John Boles BRD, Joe Green's Marimba Band REC
May 1956 Jack Lewis with Zippy Simms Orchestra
October 1959 Meister Glee Singers
listen on Internet Archive (Gotta Get Some) Shut-Eye Mitchell Ayres vocal by Mary Ann Mercer (Mitchell Ayres) 1939 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive Green-Up Time Buddy Clark - Orchestra under the direction of Mitchell Ayres 1948 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive Here's to My Lady Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres and His Orch. 1952 Unverified
October 1959 Perry Como with Mitch Ayres and His Orchestra
1947 The Ray McKinley Quartet
April 1950 Milton DeLugg
February 1956 Charles Lamoureux
Covered by (12 artists)
i 1958 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
  March 1952 Douglas McPhail BRD, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Howard REC,REL
1950 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive February 1949 Buddy Clark, Orchestra under the direction of Earl Hagen
listen on Internet Archive September 5, 1941 Harlan Leonard and His Rockets - Vocal Refrain by Myra Taylor
December 1950 Jack Payne and His Band
i   1966 Robert Goulet PRF,REC
March 1947 Larry Vincent with Feilden Foursome
listen on Internet Archive 1951 Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Clare Hanlon and The Three Waring Girls and Chorus
listen on Internet Archive   March 1952 Enric Madriguera & His Hotel Weylin Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tony Sacco REC,REL, Georges Metaxa PRF
i 1958 Perry Como and Chorus with Mitch Ayres and His Orch.
  September 1955 Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
  September 1957 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
listen on Internet Archive I Kiss Your Hand, Madame Buddy Clark - Orchestra under the direction of Mitchell Ayres 1947 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1947 Ted Wallace & His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by The Radio Imps
listen on Internet Archive 1947 Joe Venuti's Blue Four REL, Ed Lang REC, Ruth Etting
  August 1962 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
listen on Internet Archive 1947 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
i   1958 Wilbur Evans PRF, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
  September 1957 The High Hatters conducted by Leonard Joy - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC, Hollywood Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Blue (Adrian Schubert, Smith Ballew) REL
June 30, 1947 The Cats and the Fiddle
listen on Internet Archive 1947 Lewis James
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Lewis James
i 1958 Henry Burr and John Meyer
September 1955 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
1983 Ella Mae Morse
1953 Jimmy Boyd accompanied by Norman Luboff
listen on Internet Archive December 1949 Ray Anthony and His Orchestra - Vocal Billy Johnson
1983 The Clevelanders – V. C. Bill Cody
September 1955 John Boles and Jeanette Loff with Paul Whiteman and Orchestra
September 1955 Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra
  1950 Dick Haymes & Eileen Wilson - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Russell Nype and Galina Talva PRF
September 1957 Bing Crosby
March 1951 Claire Carleton
September 1955 Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra
  September 1955 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
  September 1959 Virginia Bruce BRD, Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive   July 1956 Jack Denny and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Paul Small REC, Walter Slezak PRF
listen on Internet Archive 1939 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
  May 20, 1946 Glenn Miller - Vocal Refrain by Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke and The Modernaires. REL, Stars on Ice Cast PRF
Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina Mitchell Ayres and His Fashions-in-Music - Vocal Refrain by Mary Ann Mercer April 4, 1941 Unverified
1949 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl
i 1958 Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) REC, Lawrence Gray BRD, Les Backer, Edouard Lebel
January 1959 Gloria Christian
January 1955 Gene and Eunice with Jonesy's Combo
September 1959 Sam Lanin and His Famous Players
listen on Internet Archive April 1950 Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely with Orchestra
1949 Frank Sinatra and Doris Day with The Ken Lane Singers - Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl
January 1961 The Piano Magic of Andre Previn combined with The Lush Strings of David Rose
  September 1959 Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Mercer REL, Ray Noble and His Orchestra with Buddy Clark REC
listen on Internet Archive March 8, 1940 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Paul Small
August 1962 Jack Jones
May 1952 Lambert Murphy
i 1958 Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
September 29, 1958 Tennessee Ernie Ford with Cliffie Stone's Music
i   1958 Jan Garber and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Russ Brown REC, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
i   1958 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra REL, Benny Goodman REC
May 3, 1940 (unknown)
1949 Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager)
  August 1962 Larry Kert PRF,REC,REL
1950 Ethel Merman - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus
Maybe Perry Como & Eddie Fisher with orchestra directed by Mitchell Ayres (Eddie Fisher, Mitchell Ayres, Perry Como) 1952 Unverified
March 1951 Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone) with Piano
Meet the Sun Half-Way Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra Vocal Refrain Tommy Taylor (Mitchell Ayres, Tommy Taylor) 1940 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive October 31, 1941 (unknown), Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes
listen on Internet Archive September 19, 1941 (unknown), Tetos Demetriades meta tis orhistras tou
Covered by (21 artists)
September 1959 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
August 1962 Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF, George Duning conducting The Columbia Pictures Orchestra
October 1956 (unknown)
Covered by (4 artists)
  August 1962 Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
  1983 Deanna Durbin BRD, George Paxton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Alan Dale REL
listen on Internet Archive   1947 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
  February 1951 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
  August 1962 Mary Martin, Patricia Neway PRF,REL, Percy Faith and His Orchestra REC
  September 1955 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
listen on Internet Archive   March 1952 Jessie Matthews PRF, Ambrose and His Mayfair Orchestra REC
August 1952 Jimmy Young with Ron Goodwin and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive May 8, 1942 California Melodie Syncopators
listen on Internet Archive On A Bicycle Built For Two Mitchell Ayres and His Fashions in Music 1939 Unverified
i   1966 Dean Martin with Orchestra REC, Ray Bolger PRF
  1949 Dean Martin with Orchestra REC, Ray Bolger PRF
  August 1962 Tony Bennett REC,REL, Ray Bolger & Eileen Herlie PRF
  September 1955 Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Horace Henderson REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
April 1950 (unknown)
December 29, 1947 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
March 1952 Judy Garland
September 1954 Johnnie Ray
listen on Internet Archive  REC November 1947 M. Jean Sablon accompagnement d'orchestre - Au piano Pleyel: Alek Siniavine, Tony Martin with Victor Young, His Orchestra and Chorus REL
Covered by (5 artists)
listen on Internet Archive   May 1948 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
  February 1946 Dinah Shore with Russ Case and His Orchestra REL, Dorothy Lamour BRD
February 2, 1940 Sousa's Band, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by "The Smoothies"
January 1952 Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads - Orchestra under the direction of Jimmy Carroll
i   1966 Dick Van Dyke REC,PRF
listen on Internet Archive 1948 (unknown)
September 1959 The King Cole Trio
listen on Internet Archive March 10, 1947 Elizabeth Brice
October 1959 Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
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
October 1959 Harry Reser and His Orchestra
1961 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra, Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC, Dolores Gray
December 1954 Don Ameche
  September 1957 Four Tones BRD, Fred Astaire with The Delta Rhythm Boys with Orchestra under the direction of Harry Sosnik REC,REL
  1983 Dinah Shore BRD, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Albert Sack REL, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
1961 Orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman, Petula Clark with Accompaniment directed by Joe Henderson, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton, Ezio Pinza
i 1958 Charles Dornberger & His Orch. - Vocal by Dick Robertson, George Alexander [US1], Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright
October 1950 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Johnny Amoroso
  September 1957 Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL
  April 1949 Ezio Pinza PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC
listen on Internet Archive 1947 Libby Holman
September 1957 Billy Cotton and His Band
September 1957 Bob Haring and His Orchestra
1983 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals, Chester Leighton & His Sophomores - Vocal Chorus by Chester Leighton
listen on Internet Archive August 25, 1947 Prince's Band
September 1959 Prince's Band
  1983 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
  1995 (unknown), Nelson Eddy with Orchestra conducted by Robert Armbruster REL, Lawrence Brooks and Helena Bliss PRF
i 1958 Russ Columbo and His Orchestra
  March 1952 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1958 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
listen on Internet Archive March 1945 Kitty Carlisle with Orchestra directed by Victor Young
September 1957 Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
i   1966 Bing Crosby with The Robert Mitchell Boys Choir BRD, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive i   1940 Audrey Maple & Melville Stewart PRF, Helen Clark and Walter J. van Brunt REL
i 1958 Ethel Waters
1947 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1961 Maurice Chevalier BRD, Hank Jones [US1] REC, Earl Burtnett and His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra REC, Charles King BRD, William Ching and Annamary Dickey
listen on Internet Archive 1951 Billy Murray–Ed Smalle
listen on Internet Archive March 10, 1947 Gertrude Niesen with Orchestra directed by Bob Haggart
  October 1959 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
listen on Internet Archive 1947 (unknown), Bing Crosby with Victor Young and His Orchestra
September 1949 Bing Crosby with Ken Lane Singers and Victor Young and His Orchestra
i 1958 Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
i   1958 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Maxine Grey REC, Doris Carson & Ray Bolger PRF
August 1950 W.H. Thompson
  August 1962 Diahann Carroll & Richard Kiley REL,PRF
The Turntable Song The Modernaires - Orchestra under the direction of Mitchell Ayres 1947 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive The Waiter And The Porter And The Upstairs Maid Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Johnny Bond (Mitchell Ayres) August 25, 1941 Unverified
  September 1957 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
i 1958 Michael Bartlett
listen on Internet Archive 1946 Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders
January 1961 Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louanne Hogan
January 1961 Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
January 1952 (unknown), Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians
May 1955 Gwen Verdon and Stephen Douglass
December 6, 1940 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Janet Blair
We've Come a Long Way Together Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Mary Ann Mercer 1939 Unverified
i 1958 Jane Froman & Everett Marshall
August 1962 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring Trumpet by Billy Butterfield, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1947 Kammersänger C. Richard Tauber, Harry Pollock & His Club Maurice Diamonds – Vocal Chorus, Arthur Hall
  January 1961 Arthur Lang's Orchestra REC,REL, Wilda Bennett PRF
listen on Internet Archive   April 19, 1948 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The King's Men REC, Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye BRD
January 1961 Miss Morgan & Mr. Stanley
listen on Internet Archive March 29, 1940 Orrin Tucker and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Orrin Tucker
March 1952 Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians
  October 1959 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive August 7, 1946 Raquel Meller, Gypsy and Marta
October 1959 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
February 1951 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
1961 Perry Como with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus, "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm, Matt Monro
1983 Mills Brothers
September 1959 Ray McKinley and Some of The Boys
listen on Internet Archive   1948 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
September 1955 William Gaxton & Genevieve Tobin
  March 1952 Christine Johnson with Carousel Chorus and Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau PRF,REL
  January 1961 Martha Tilton with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Carol Stewart and Del Porter BRD
January 1961 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
January 1961 Ric Cartey with The Jiva-Tones
1950 Ethel Merman and Russell Nype PRF, Ethel Merman & Dick Haymes - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL
Covered by (5 artists)
i   1958 Jeanne Aubert & Lawrence Gray PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC,REL
i   1958 Tony Martin [US1] BRD, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires REC,REL
January 1949 (unknown)