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Ken Darby

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Aliases
Ken Darby Male Chorus
The Ken Darby Singers
Vera Matson
Real name
Kenneth Lorin Darby
Born
May 13, 1909
Died
January 24, 1992
Country
United States
IPI
00007482494 11 works
00088543440 2 works
00772619514 3 works
01040477880 1 work
Affiliation
ASCAP, BMI
Comments
Composer, lyricist, vocal arranger, singer and conductor. Darby provided the vocals for the Mayor of Munchkinland in 1939's "The Wizard of Oz".
Ken Darby used the name of his wife, Vera Matson, for various compositions such as "Love Me Tender" and "We're Gonna Move".
Member of
The Kings Men
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
i Come Share My Life Ken Darby (Ken Darby) 1962 Unverified
(76 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1940 (36 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1940 (7 artists)
i 1962 (14 artists)
 REC September 1939 (140 artists)
Originally by Judy Garland & Ray Bolger BRD
listen on Internet Archive  REC,REL 1940 (14 artists)
Originally by Dickie Jones BRD
listen on Internet Archive April 1945 (13 artists)
 REL September 1939 Boston Gay Men's Chorus
Originally by The Ken Darby Singers - The King's Men BRD
 BRD Boston Gay Men's Chorus
Originally by Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocals under the direction of Ken Darby REL
 REC September 1939 (9 artists)
Originally by Frank Morgan, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr and Chorus BRD
 PRF (23 artists)
Originally by Dinah Shore REL
 REC September 1939 (19 artists)
Originally by Judy Garland & Ray Bolger BRD
listen on Internet Archive 1940 (644 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REC,REL July 30, 1942 (2212 artists)
Originally by Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD
Sampled by (5 artists)

Covers by Ken Darby

Title Performer Release date Originally by
August 1942 (unknown)
  December 1947 (unknown), Al Jolson with Orchestra directed by Morris Stoloff REC, Anita Ellis and Harry Geller's Concert Orchestra REL
January 1951 Cecil Fanning
December 1947 Emile Berliner
  March 19, 1958 Juanita Hall PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC
  March 19, 1958 Men's Chorus with Orchestra conducted by Salvatore Dell'Isola REL, Company [South Pacific, Broadway, 1949] PRF
May 1948 Roy Rogers and The Sons of The Pioneers
October 1960 Frances Langford with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
April 1949 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Don Cornell and The Three Kaydets
1957 (unknown)
  December 1948 Vic Damone - Glenn Osser's Orchestra REC, Margaret Whiting and The Crew Chiefs REL
1957 Edison Male Quartette
December 1947 (unknown)
  November 1963 Waltham Abbey Choir PRF, Columbia Male Quartet REL
listen on Internet Archive 1951 (unknown)
1951 (unknown)
Home Cookin' Bing Crosby With Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires* And Perry Botkin's String Band / Bing Crosby With Ken Darby Singers (Bing Crosby, Jud Conlon, Perry Botkin, Ken Darby) May 1950 Unverified
 REC September 1939 Judy Garland & Ray Bolger BRD, Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocals under the direction of Ken Darby REC, Jack Haley BRD
Covered by (16 artists)
 REL September 1939 Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocals under the direction of Ken Darby REC, Judy Garland & Ray Bolger BRD, Bert Lahr BRD
Covered by (5 artists)
listen on Internet Archive If You Please Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers August 1943 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive November 1956 (unknown)
Covered by (93 artists)
March 19, 1958 Mary Martin and Girl's Chorus with Orchestra conducted by Salvatore Dell'Isola
  March 19, 1958 Margaret Whiting with Chorus and Frank DeVol's Orchestra REC, Mary Martin PRF, Fran Warren with Orchestra conducted by Henri René REL
1957 (unknown)
1957 Shannon Quartet (The Revelers [US1])
  August 1947 Joseph E. Howard PRF, Henry Burr REC,REL
1957 Isadore Rush
1957 John Yorke Atlee
  1957 [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD, Alfred Apaka with Danny Stewart's Hawaiians REL
  January 1951 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar REC,REL, Tallulah Bankhead PRF
April 1949 Harry McClaskey (Henry Burr)
1957 Henry Burr
October 1960 Noelani Hawaiian Orchestra
October 1960 (unknown), Ana Hato and Deane Waretini, Gracie Fields with Orchestral Accompaniment conducted by Phil Green
listen on Internet Archive December 1947 (unknown), Ana Hato and Deane Waretini, Gracie Fields with Orchestral Accompaniment conducted by Phil Green
September 1947 (unknown)
1957 Haydn Quartet
1962 Norfolk Jazz Quartette
April 1949 Bob Geddins Cavaliers
listen on Internet Archive 1951 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive December 1947 Henry Burr
1957 Rex Allen and His Arizona Wranglers
  September 1947 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
Sampled by (2 artists)
October 1960 The Islanders [US], The Browns featuring Jim Edward Brown
listen on Internet Archive 1949 Tally-Ho!
1957 Victor Mixed Chorus
1957 Charles Coborn
  March 19, 1958 Men's Chorus with Orchestra conducted by Salvatore Dell'Isola REL, Company [South Pacific, Broadway, 1949] PRF
1957 Greta Woodson – Leroy Shield at the Piano
October 1960 Dick McIntire's Harmony Hawaiians
listen on Internet Archive 1951 J.J. Fisher

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