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Les Elgart

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Aliases
Les Elgart & His Orch.
Les Elgart & His Orchestra
Les Elgart and His Orchestra
Real name
Lester Elliott Elgart
Born
August 3, 1917
Died
July 29, 1995
Country
United States
IPI
00009183396 1 work
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter
Family
Larry Elgart Brother
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Originals

Covers by Les Elgart

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1965 Enrique Madriguera & His Rumba Orch.
i September 19, 1955 Lou Gold with The Melody Man – Vocal Chorus, Murray Amster
i 1955 Arthur West
i 1955 Emma Carus
i 1955 Edith Day
i August 1959 Frank Crumit
i 1958 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i 1965 Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra
i 1960 Ethel Merman
1970 The Family Dogg
i 1966 Petula Clark
i 1965 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
i 1966 Billy Dee Williams
i October 1963 (unknown), The Carter Family
i 1966 Neal Hefti
November 15, 1954 The Cheers with Orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman
listen on Internet Archive i 1955 Mark Fisher's Orchestra
i 1960 June Knight
i 1969 Vivienne Segal
i 1957 The Foursome
i October 1963 Bob Dylan
i 1960 Shirley Ross
i May 1967 Toots Thielemans
i 1964 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page
i February 1962 "Pine Top" Smith
i 1965 Araci Cortes
i 1960 Missouri Jazz Band - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
i 1970 Simon and Garfunkel
i 1958 Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard
i 1966 Barry McGuire
i 1967 Richard Burton & Julie Andrews
i 1969 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
i 1959 Libby Holman
i 1965 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i 1960 Hannah Williams and Company
i August 1959 Ray Noble and His Orchestra
i 1969 André Claveau avec Jo Boyer et son orchestre
i 1955 The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
i 1960 Johnny Green and His Orchestra
1970 The Beatles
i 1965 Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas
i December 6, 1954 Miss Jones and Mr. Murray
i December 6, 1954 Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys
i August 1959 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
i 1956 Chick Webb and His Orchestra
i 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
November 1954 Kitty Kallen with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
i 1965 Petula Clark
i 1960 (unknown)
i December 6, 1954 The Pied Pipers - With Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i 1960 The Princeton University Triangle Club
i 1956 Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire & Cliff Edwards
i 1959 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra
Flat Foot Floogie Les Elgart and His Orchestra 1958 Unverified
March 14, 1955 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
listen on Internet Archive i 1955 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra
i December 6, 1954 M.J. O'Connell
i October 1963 Ian and Sylvia
i February 1962 Lupita Palomera con la Orq. Hnos Dominguez
i 1969 Don Ho
i 1955 Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone)
i 1955 Blue Steele and His Orchestra with Vocal Chorus
i 1967 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra
i 1957 Jackie Souders and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Walton McKinney
i 1966 (unknown)
i 1965 María Cervantes
i October 1963 The New Christy Minstrels - Under the direction of Randy Sparks
i October 1963 (unknown performer)
i October 1963 (unknown)
i 1961 Nanette Fabray
listen on Internet Archive i 1955 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Jack Dumont, Alto Sax
i 1965 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Jack Dumont, Alto Sax
i February 1962 Hawaiian Quintette
i May 1967 Dolores Gray
i 1957 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
1970 Dorsey Burnette
i September 19, 1955 Mead Lux Lewis
i 1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i 1957 Bobbe Arnst
i 1961 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Howard
i 1958 Gene Kelly & Leila Ernst
i December 6, 1954 Aristocrats [US1]
listen on Internet Archive i December 6, 1954 Harlan Leonard and His Rockets - Vocal Refrain by Myra Taylor
i August 1959 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
i October 1963 The Weavers
i 1960 Peerless Quartet
1970 Tim Hardin
i May 1967 Ivie Anderson
i 1965 Lillian Shade
i 1955 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin
i 1956 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
i 1957 Mary Healy
i December 6, 1954 Tamara
i 1960 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
i December 6, 1954 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
i May 1967 Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt
i 1966 Trini Lopez
i 1959 Victor Herbert
i November 2, 1953 Lou Gold and His Orchestra
i 1970 Lennon/Ono with the Plastic Ono Band
i February 1962 Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs (Wingy Manone), Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra
i 1961 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1955 The Ambassadors [US2]
i December 31, 1956 Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
i 1961 Ethel Merman & Bob Hope
i 1959 Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra
i 1958 Mary Hay and Clifton Webb
i 1969 Tousan
i 1964 Earl Hines and His Orchestra
i 1955 Wayne King and His Orchestra
i May 1967 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
i 1957 Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday
1970 Elvis Presley
i 1965 Roger Miller [US-OK]
i October 1963 (unknown), Leadbelly, The Weavers
i 1965 Esperanza Gustino et son orchestre
i 1967 Jack Jones
i 1969 Floyd Cramer
i 1958 Kaye Ballard
1970 John Denver
i 1967 Sam Lanin and His Famous Players
i 1969 Gilbert Bécaud
i 1960 Arthur C. Clough
i 1965 Steve Porter
i 1967 Francis Lai
i 1967 Marilyn Miller and Leon Errol
i 1961 Queenie Smith
i 1960 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend
i 1969 Vicky
i 1955 Pickens Sisters
listen on Internet Archive i May 31, 1955 Ruth Etting
i August 1959 Adrian Schubert & His Orch. – Vocal Chorus Harold Van Emburgh
i Main Title - Golden Arm Les Elgart and His Orchestra 1956 Unverified
i 1955 Eddie Cantor
i 1965 Isaura Garcia
i December 6, 1954 Elizabeth Wheeler and Harry Anthony
i 1955 Jackie Gleason and His Concert Orchestra
i 1966 The Beatles
i 1967 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees - Vocal Refrain by Rudy Vallée
November 1954 Vaughn Monroe with Orchestra
i 1969 Erroll Garner Trio
i 1964 The Jungle Band [Ellington]
i 1960 Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye
listen on Internet Archive i 1955 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
i 1967 [Unknown Studio Artists]
i 1965 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i 1964 Mary Martin
i 1955 Mary Martin
i 1956 William Frawley
i 1969 Francis Craig and His Orchestra - Vocal by Bob Lamm
i December 6, 1954 Fred Astaire
i 1955 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Jimmy Forrest and All Star Combo
i 1957 The King Cole Trio
i 1966 The Beatles
i 1967 Bobbie Gentry
i 1969 (unknown)
i February 1962 The Clovers
i 1964 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1965 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1955 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i 1967 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i August 1959 Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour"
i 1957 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frances Maddux
i 1969 Perez Prado and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1955 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i August 1959 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra
i August 1959 (unknown), David Rose and His Orchestra
i 1961 Elizabeth Spencer
i 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1970 The Band
1970 B.J. Thomas
i February 1962 Kirov Ballet
i October 1963 (unknown)
i 1955 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Don Rodney and The Lombardo Trio
i 1964 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
listen on Internet Archive i 1955 Walter Huston
i 1959 Aida Overton Walker
i 1967 Miss Walton and Mr. Macdonough
i 1959 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Skinny Ennis
i 1964 Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra
i 1960 Ray Bolger, Tamara Geva and George Church
i 1966 Cleveland Simmons Group
i 1966 Henry Mancini
i 1960 Russ Morgan and His Orchestra
i 1964 Yekab Karklin
i November 2, 1953 Margaret Schilling and Jerry Goff
i May 1967 Margaret Schilling and Jerry Goff
i November 2, 1953 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i November 2, 1953 Hudson-DeLange Orchestra
i 1964 Carl Ravell (The Singing Maestro) and His Orchestra
i 1969 Barbara Acklin
i 1959 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 1967 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
i 1966 Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass
i December 6, 1954 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i 1960 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano
i February 1962 Prince's Band
i 1956 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
i 1956 Russ Columbo and His Orchestra
i 1959 Max Hoffman
i 1969 Leona Williams and Her Dixie Band
i 1969 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra
i 1956 Sam Lanin's Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1955 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1967 The MGM Studio Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1955 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
i 1969 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
i 1970 The Champs
i 1959 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
i 1967 Marian Montgomery
i 1957 Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra
i 1958 Julie Wilson [US]
i 1961 Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Erik Rhodes and Lillian Miles
i November 2, 1953 National Male Quartet
i 1960 Adele Astaire
i 1961 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
i 1960 Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
i August 1959 Dorothy Dickson
i 1967 Riz Ortolani
listen on Internet Archive i 1955 (unknown)
i 1960 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
The Trouble with Harry Les Elgart and His Orchestra 1956 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i 1954 The OKeh Melodians
i 1960 Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian
i 1969 Danny Williams [ZA]
i February 1962 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
i 1960 Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour"
i 1967 Lulu
i 1961 Eddie Harkness and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Van Fleming
i 1956 Sons of the Pioneers
i February 1962 Billy Golden
i 1964 Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
i October 1963 Cannon's Jug Stompers
i October 1963 The Village Stompers
i February 1962 The Boswell Sisters - Accompanied by The Dorsey Brothers
i 1967 Louis Armstrong
i 1957 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring trumpet by Billy Butterfield
i December 6, 1954 Kammersänger C. Richard Tauber
i 1967 Rex Harrison
i August 1959 Melotone Boys
i 1960 (unknown)
i 1958 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i 1960 (unknown)
i 1954 Walter O'Keefe
i October 1963 Pete Seeger
i 1956 Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green
i 1959 Ray Miller's Black and White Melody Boys
i 1957 William Gaxton, Lois Moran and Reporters
i 1957 Norma Terris, Howard Marsh, Charles Winninger & Edna May Oliver
i 1965 Harlem Hamfats
i 1965 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i 1969 Ruthann Friedman
i 1964 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
i 1960 Fay Templeton
i 1960 The Pine Ridge Boys
i February 1962 Ray McKinley and Some of The Boys
i 1957 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i 1964 William J. Halley
i 1957 Adele Astaire & Eddie Foy Jr.
i Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart Les Elgart and His Orchestra 1954 Unverified

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Big Band Hootenanny Les and Larry Elgart October 1963 Columbia [US]
Bridge Over Troubled Water Les & Larry Elgart Nashville Country Sound 1970 Swampfire
Command Performance! Les and Larry Elgart Play the Great Dance Hits Les and Larry Elgart 1964 Columbia [US]
Designs for Dancing Les Elgart and His Orchestra 1960 Columbia [US]
Elgart Au Go-Go Les & Larry Elgart 1965 Columbia [US]
For Dancers Also Les Elgart and His Orchestra 1957 Columbia [US]
For Dancers Only Les Elgart and His Orchestra 1955 Columbia [US]
Girl Watchers Les & Larry Elgart 1967 Columbia [US]
Half Satin - Half Latin Les Elgart and His Orchestra 1960 Columbia [US]
It's De-lovely for Dancing and Listening Les Elgart and His Orchestra 1961 Columbia [US]
Just One More Dance Les Elgart and His Orchestra December 6, 1954 Columbia [US]
Les and Larry Elgart and Their Orchestra Les & Larry Elgart 1957 Columbia [US]
Les Elgart on Tour Les Elgart and His Orchestra 1959 Columbia [US]
More of Les Les Elgart and His Orchestra 1956 Columbia [US]
Nashville Country Brass Les & Larry Elgart 1969 Swampfire
Nashville Country Piano Les & Larry Elgart 1969 Swampfire
Prom Date Les Elgart and His Orchestra 1955 Columbia [US]
Sophisticated Swing Les Elgart and His Orchestra November 2, 1953 Columbia [US]
Sound Ideas Les And Larry Elgart And Their Orchestra 1958 Columbia [US]
Sound of the Times Les & Larry Elgart 1966 Columbia [US]
The Band with That Sound Les Elgart and His Orchestra 1960 Columbia [US]
The Dancing Sound Les Elgart and His Orchestra 1955 Columbia [US]
The Elgart Touch Les Elgart and His Orchestra 1956 Columbia [US]
The Great Sound of Les Elgart Les Elgart August 1959 Columbia [US]
The New Elgart Touch Les and Larry Elgart 1965 Columbia [US]
The Twist Goes to College Les Elgart and His Orchestra February 1962 Columbia [US]
The Wonderful World of Today's Hits Les and Larry Elgart 1967 Columbia [US]
Warm and Sensuous Les & Larry Elgart May 1967 Columbia [US]

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