Johnny Richards

Aliases: Johnny Richards and His Orchestra
Real name: Juan Manuel Cascales
Born: November 2, 1911
Died: October 7, 1968
Country: United States
IPI: 00025969552 3 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Jazz composer and arranger. He was born in Mexico and immigrated to the United States in 1919. His father was Spanish and his mother was born in Mexico of parents who were immigrants from Spain.

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		Ain't Nothin' Wrong with That, Baby	Angela Terry with Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	January 1953	(4 artists)

Covers by Johnny Richards

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	Alone Together	Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards	1950	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i	Always	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	1971	Irving Kaufman
	American Beauty Rose	Johnny Richards	1950	Unverified
	Any Old Time	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra – Vocal by Billy Shuart	June 1945	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Billy Usher
	Comes Love	Sylvia Syms with Johnny Richards' Orch.	June 1954	Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Connie Haines
i	For All We Know	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	November 1956	Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
	I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore	Wendy Waye with Orchestra directed by Johnny Richards	April 1954	Buddy Clark, Orchestra under the direction of Earl Hagen
i	It Had to Be You	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	1971	The Ambassadors [US2]
	It Never Entered My Mind	David Allen - Orchestra conducted by Johnny Richards	October 1949	Shirley Ross
i	Jealousy	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	June 1945	Jacob Gade
i	Long Ago and Far Away	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	November 1956	Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC
i	Lullaby of the Leaves	Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards	1950	Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i	Million Dollar Baby	Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards	1950	Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Clare Hanlon and The Three Waring Girls and Chorus
i	Nina Never Knew	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	1957	Unverified
i	On the Alamo	Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards	1950	Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Emil Coleman & His Montmartre Orchestra REC
	Paradise	Sylvia Syms with Johnny Richards' Orch.	June 1954	Pola Negri BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frances Maddux REC
i	Sleepy Time Gal	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	1945	Carlyle Stevenson's El Patio Orchestra
i	So Beats My Heart for You	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	1957	Unverified
i	Stockholm Sweetnin'	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	1957	Unverified
i	Swing Low Sweet Chariot	Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards	1950	Standard Quartette
	The Love I Long For	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	1971	Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Vaughn Monroe
i	The Nearness of You	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	1957	Unverified
i	Too Close for Comfort	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	1971	Sammy Davis, Jr.
	Wait Till You See Her	David Allen - Orchestra conducted by Johnny Richards	October 1949	Ronald Graham
i	Walkin'	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	1957	Unverified
i	What Is There to Say	Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards	1950	Jane Froman & Everett Marshall
i	Young at Heart	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	1957	Unverified

Songs written by Johnny Richards

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
In This Whole Wide World	Johnny Richards, Gene Roland	The Four Freshmen with Orchestra conducted by Dick Reynolds	November 1955	Covered by The Four Preps
Loose Walk	Johnny Richards, Sonny Stitt	Sonny Stitt	1953	Covered by (8 artists)
Young-at-Heart	Johnny Richards, Carolyn Leigh	Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle	December 19, 1953	Covered by (167 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Dizzy Gillespie Plays, Johnny Richards Conducts	Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards	1950	Discovery Records [US1]
No Squares Allowed	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	1971	Golden Era Records
Something Else by Johnny Richards	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	November 1956	Bethlehem Records

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Ain't Nothing Wrong with That, Baby	Angela Terry with Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	January 1953	Trojan Records [US]
Any Old Time	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	June 1945	Musicraft [US1]
Lullaby of the Leaves - Dizzy Gillespie Plays, Johnny Richards Conducts	Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards	1950	Discovery Records [US1]
Paradise	Sylvia Syms with Johnny Richards' Orch.	June 1954	Atlantic
Press Me	Wendy Waye with Orchestra directed by Johnny Richards	April 1954	Coral
Sleepy Time Gal	Johnny Richards and His Orchestra	1945	Musicraft [US1]
Wait Till You See Her	David Allen - Orchestra conducted by Johnny Richards	October 1949	Discovery Records [US1]