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Mike Sammes

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Real name
Michael William Sammes
Born
February 19, 1928
Died
May 19, 2001
Country
United Kingdom
IPI
00040759092 1 work
Affiliation
PRS
Comments
Leader of the vocal group, prolific as session backing singers and recording seven albums of their own.
Member of
The Coronets
Related
John O'Neill [GB2] Member
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
1961 (unknown)
After Today Camarata and The Mike Sammes Singers 1968 Unverified
1969 Brook Benton
1985 Steve Lawrence - Conducted by Joe Guercio
Ain't Got a Dime to My Name (Ho Ho Ho Ho Hum) Michael Holliday with The Norrie Paramor Orchestra and the Mike Sammes Singers (Michael Holliday, Norrie Paramor, Mike Sammes) 1962 Unverified
1975 Johnny Marvin
  1975 Emma Carus PRF, Collins and Harlan REC
  1960 Emma Carus PRF, Collins and Harlan REC
1969 Cilla Black
1980 John Steel and Ruth Thomas
1985 The Everly Brothers - Orchestra conducted by Archie Bleyer
  1968 Original Cast [Half a Sixpence, London, 1963] PRF,REL, Tommy Steele, Beverley Cross, David Heneker & the Rita Williams Singers REC
November 1965 Jean Sablon with Orchestra directed by Paul Baron, (unknown)
  1980 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
October 1965 Mindy Carson with Percy Faith & his Orch., Guy Mitchell - Orch. & Chorus under the dir. of Mitch Miller, Eddy Howard and His Orchestra
  1965 David Brooks and Marion Bell PRF, David Brooks and Marion Bell with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
1961 Edouard Lebel
1978 Irving Kaufman
1959 (unknown)
1964 (unknown), Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, (unknown)
1974 Don McLean
1985 Don McLean
i   1978 Judy Campbell PRF, Vera Lynn REC
1960 Al Jolson
1967 John Davidson and Lesley Ann Warren
  1980 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
1967 Samantha Eggar [dubbed by Diana Lee]
1962 Dick van Dyke and Quartet
1959 Ruth Etting
1975 The Wombles
1967 Anthony Newley, Samantha Eggar [dubbed by Diana Lee]
March 1959 Dan W. Quinn
Before the Parade Passes By Eileen Gourlay, Mike Sammes Singers, London Variety Theatre Orchestra (Mike Sammes) 1965 Unverified
1962 Gene Autry
1974 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case
1959 George J. Gaskin, American Quartet, Arthur Collins, Fred Douglas, Campbell and Burr, Byron G. Harlan, George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Fran Frey, Al Jolson PRF, Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra REC, Knickerbocker Male Quartette, (unknown), Nora Bayes, Billy Jones [US1], Richard Bold and Rosalind Fuller, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Joe Rines, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), The Banda Rossa, Len Spencer, Grace Kerns and J. B. Wells
1959 Emilio De Marchi, Ruth Etting, Ladd's Black Aces (Original Memphis Five), Wolverine Orch. – Vocal Chorus Dave Harman, Lou Preager and His Orchestra - Vocalist: Paul Rich, Dan Quinn, Lottie Gilson PRF, Paul Johnson and His 4 Hawaiians (Jack Kaufman), Furman and Nash REC, Eddie Cantor PRF, Wendell Hall, Lambert Murphy, George Primrose, (unknown), Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC, Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra, Al Jolson, Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager), Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, Charley Straight and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano, (unknown), Charles Coborn
1961 George Formby and His Ukulele with Orchestra
1960 (unknown)
1964 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
1967 Matt Monro - Arranged and conducted by John Barry
Bright Eyes The Nick Ingman Orchestra with The Mike Sammes Singers (Mike Sammes, Nick Ingman) 1979 Unverified
1975 The Wombles
1960 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
1967 Joyce Bulifant and Lesley Ann Warren
1975 Billy Murray and Haydn Qartet with Orchestra
  1962 Al Jolson PRF, Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra REC
1973 Al Jolson PRF, Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra REC, Willie & Eugene Howard, Abe Lyman's California Orchestra, Collins and Harlan
1962 (unknown)
March 1959 George Leybourne
i 1961 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive 1967 J. Pat O'Malley and Chorus
1961 (unknown)
  1974 The Jackson 5 REL, John Rubinstein PRF
1964 Bill Perry's Entertainers - Vocal Duet The Radio Imps, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys, Jim Miller–Charlie Farrell
January 8, 1965 Joanie Sommers with The Bobby Troup Sextet
1962 Dinah Shore - Orchestra & Vocal Group under the direction of Harry Zimmerman
1962 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
1967 John Davidson with Lesley Ann Warren
  1960 The Revelers [US1] REC,REL, Eddie Cantor PRF
Ding Dong! Merrily on High Mike Sammes Singers 1969 Unverified
Doctor Dolittle Camarata featuring The Mike Sammes Singers 1967 Unverified
Do I Love You Ronnie Hilton with The Michael Sammes Singers and Orchestra conducted by Frank Cordell 1958 Unverified
1974 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, Allan Jones & Jeanette MacDonald
Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man) Ronnie Hilton - Mike Sammes Singers 1964 Unverified
1964 Vernon Dalhart, (unknown), Robert Wilson with Will Starr and His Ensemble
1976 Harry Simeone Chorale
1969 Dionne Warwick
Draw Me a Circle The Mike Sammes Singers with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Scott 1968 Unverified
1962 Cuarteto Caney canto por Juanito y Machito, Al Bowlly with Orchestra
1978 Jeanette McDonald
March 1960 Herb & Betty Warner
1959 Ted Lewis and His Band
1985 The Cars
Elegance Eileen Gourlay, Mike Sammes Singers, London Variety Theatre Orchestra (Mike Sammes) 1965 Unverified
October 1965 Ambrose and His Orchestra, Al Mitchell and His Orchestra
1968 Samantha Eggar [dubbed by Diana Lee], Anthony Newley, Rex Harrison
October 1965 Guy Mitchell with Mitch Miller & His Orch. & Chorus, George Formby and His Ukulele
  1968 Original Cast [Half a Sixpence, London, 1963] PRF, Original Cast [Half a Sixpence, Broadway, 1965] REL
1968 Tommy Steele and Company
1960 M.J. O'Connell
  1967 Tommy Steele REL,BRD
1964 Blue Steele and His Orchestra with Vocal Chorus, Jack Hylton and His Orchestra, (unknown)
1974 Carl Clewing, (unknown)
1961 Samuel Ash, Margaret Simms & Paul Bass, Joe "Fingers" Carr and The Carr-Hops (Lou Busch)
  1961 Harry Macdonough REL, William Tuson REC
1961 Florrie Forde
1978 New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble]
1974 Pedro Vargas con orquesta, Bing Crosby with The Bando da Lua
1964 Stubby Kaye & Johnny Silver
listen on Internet Archive   1968 Tommy Steele and Marti Webb PRF,REL, Roy Sone & David Heneker REC
1974 (unknown)
October 1965 Jimmy Boyd and Frankie Laine, Louis Levy and The Gaumont British Symphony
  November 1965 Jerry and Zelda REL, Gene Autry REC, Lulu Belle and Scotty BRD
1985 Lionel Richie
1985 Neil Diamond
Hello, Dolly! Eileen Gourlay, Mike Sammes Singers, London Variety Theatre Orchestra (Mike Sammes) 1965 Unverified
1969 Dionne Warwick
1971 Dolores Gray
Here's to the Losers The Mike Sammes Singers Unverified
1980 John Williams - Stanley Myers & Orchestra, Cleo Laine & John Williams
  October 1961 Rosemary Clooney REL, Lucille Ball, Paula Stewart PRF
  1961 Michael Flanders and Donald Swann REC, Ian Wallace with Ron Goodwin and His Orchestra REL
Home Cookin' Michael Holliday with The Norrie Paramor Orchestra and The Mike Sammes Singers (Michael Holliday, Norrie Paramor, Mike Sammes) 1962 Unverified
1961 Billy Cotton and His Band
April 1965 Steve Lawrence - Conducted by Joe Guercio
1978 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
1964 Clara Smith – Piano Accomp. by Lem Fowler, Ben Litchfield, Lou Gold and His Orchestra REL, The Radio Imps REC
1970 Patti Page with Orchestra conducted by Jack Rael
1961 (unknown)
  1960 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell Michael Holliday with The Norrie Paramor Orchestra and The Mike Sammes Singers (Michael Holliday, Norrie Paramor, Mike Sammes) 1962 Unverified
  1968 Count Basie REL, David Heneker REC
1973 Sleepy Hall and His Collegians [Red Nichols], Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD, Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert
  1959 Lou Gold and His Orchestra REL, The Radio Imps REC
  1962 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REL, Kate Smith – Orchestra under direction of Jack Miller REC
1974 Bread
  1974 Robert Goulet PRF,REC
May 1965 Connee Boswell
  1974 Zero Mostel REL,PRF
  1968 Tommy Steele & the Rita Williams Singers REC, Tommy Steele and Company PRF,REL
1978 (unknown), Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
1980 George Robey and Violet Loraine
1978 George Robey and Violet Loraine
1960 George Robey and Violet Loraine
  1974 Doretta Morrow and Larry Douglas PRF, Doretta Morrow and Larry Douglas with Orchestra REL
1985 Stevie Wonder
  1969 Chuck Jackson [US] REC, Tommy Hunt - Arr. & Cond. by: Burt Bacharach REL
1968 Marti Webb
  1959 Morton Downey REC,REL, Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians BRD
1967 Tommy Steele with Fred MacMurray and Lesley Ann Warren
1961 Charles Harrison [US] REC, Campbell and Burr REL, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms & Harry Babbitt, Regent Club Orchestra [Bob Haring]
  1978 Ambrose and His Orchestra REC, Yvonne Printemps & Noel Coward PRF
1962 Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley
  1978 Peggy Wood & George Metaxa REC,REL,PRF
1985 Mr. Ernest Pike with Orchestral Accompaniment
  1980 (unknown), Harry Fox REC,REL,PRF
March 1958 Perry Como
  1996 Spinners [US] REC, Johnny Mathis REL
  1975 Nell Carrington PRF, Campbell and Burr REC
  1960 Nell Carrington PRF, Campbell and Burr REC
  1959 Nell Carrington PRF, Campbell and Burr REC
  1958 George Olsen and His Music REC,REL, Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell BRD
1975 Lottie Gee and Chorus
1960 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
1968 Jack Jones
1960 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
1975 Ted Lewis and His Band
1960 Ted Lewis and His Band
1975 George Lashwood
1958 The Four Fellows - Abie Baker Orchestra
1961 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberle REL, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC, Vaughn Monroe with Orchestra, Reilly-Farley and Their Onyx Club Boys
  1962 Ann-Margret and David Street REL, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blane REC
1980 The Ambassadors [US2]
1960 The Ambassadors [US2]
1968 Rex Harrison and Samantha Eggar [dubbed by Diana Lee]
  1962 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
It Only Takes a Moment Eileen Gourlay, Mike Sammes Singers, London Variety Theatre Orchestra (Mike Sammes) 1965 Unverified
1962 William Marshall, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine & Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan]
1962 Bing Crosby with Les Paul and His Trio
1971 Armando Manzanero, Perry Como - Arranged and conducted by Marty Manning
April 1965 Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff
1962 (unknown)
1970 Kenneth Williams [GB]
  1996 Harry James and His Orchestra REL, Martha O'Driscoll [dubbed by Margaret Whiting] BRD
1967 Richard Attenborough
1961 Percival Mackey's Band, Harmony Brothers (Hall and Ryan), Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
  1996 Jack Denny and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Paul Small REC, Walter Slezak PRF
listen on Internet Archive 1967 Louis Prima and Phil Harris
  1974 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
I Want to Be Happy Bruce Trent and The Mike Sammes Singers (Mike Sammes) 1958 Unverified
August 1963 Steve and Eydie - Arr. and cond. by Marion Evans
1975 Clarice Mayne
1967 Michel Legrand, Steve Lawrence
1975 Albert Whelan
December 1960 Frankie Laine
June 1962 Joanie Sommers
1975 Stanley Kirkby
December 1960 Danny Jordan with Orchestra directed by Joe Sherman
1985 Billy Joel
1961 Frederick Wheeler
1958 (unknown), Leadbelly, The Weavers
1961 Billy Murray
1960 (unknown)
  1974 Sue Raney REL, Jill O'Hara PRF
  January 1959 Winnie Lightner PRF, Criterion Male Quartet REC
  1960 Winnie Lightner PRF, Criterion Male Quartet REC
i 1996 Ronnie Hazlehurst
  1980 Neil Sedaka REC, Lea Roberts REL
1961 (unknown), The Buddy Kaye Quintet - Vocal by Artie Malvin, (unknown)
1967 George Fernandes REL, Silvio Caldas & Gidinho REC, Will Holt & Dolly Jonah
1962 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines, Frank Sintra & The Pied Pipers
1967 Tommy Steele with John Davidson and the men in Clancy's Bar
Like Animals Camarata and The Mike Sammes Singers 1968 Unverified
1961 (unknown), Lale Andersen mit kleinem Ensemble - Dirigent Bruno Seidler-Winkler, Anne Shelton accomp. by Stanley Black & His Orchestra
1964 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
February 1959 The Trapp Family Singers
1961 Tommy Steele
1985 Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra
  1968 Rita Williams REC, Marti Webb and Tommy Steele PRF,REL
  1969 Dusty Springfield REL, Stan Getz REC
1975 The Wombles
i March 3, 1967 The Tudor Minstrels
  1978 Muriel Barron accomp. by Harry Acres & His Orchestra REL, Muriel Barron PRF
1985 Geo. Campbell, Elvis Presley
1985 Neil Diamond
October 1965 (unknown), Jan Rosol with Frank Chacksfield and His Orchestra, Wynn Murray PRF, Buddy Clark - Orchestra under the direction of Mitchell Ayres REL, Gracie Fields
1961 Jack Charman
1960 Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager)
1961 Billy Cotton and His Band, Bud Flanagan and The Rita Williams Singers with Tony Osborne and His Orchestra, Leslie James [GB]
1959 Johnny Marvin, Paul Johnson and His 4 Hawaiians (Jack Kaufman), Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike)
1959 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall, Bert Kaplan and His Collegians REC, George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice REL
1959 (unknown), (unknown)
1962 Erroll Garner Trio, Dakota Staton
1961 The YO-YOs, The Southlanders - Accompaniment directed by Glen Somers
  1968 Tommy Steele & the Rita Williams Singers REC, Tommy Steele and Company PRF,REL
  1962 Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra - Vocal by Kitty Kallen REC, Bing Crosby BRD
1962 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires
September 1958 I Campioni - Canta Tony Dallara
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May 1960 Harold Dorman
1978 Sarah Vaughan with Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra
December 1960 (unknown), Mitch Miller and The Gang
November 1965 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Robert Mersey
1967 Anthony Newley
1962 (unknown)
1973 Isham Jones and His Orchestra, Eddie Leonard, Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
1975 The Wombles
1985 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
  1975 Doris Day and Donald O'Connor with Paul Weston & his Orch. REL, Danny Kaye, Zizi Jeanmaire and Chorus BRD
March 1960 Annette [US2] (Annette Funicello)
1961 Sgt. Irving Berlin
1960 Henry Lewis
1970 American Quartet
1964 Dickie Valentine - Accompaniment directed by Johnny Douglas, (unknown), (unknown)
1980 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet
1975 George J. Gaskin
  1960 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
1962 (unknown)
October 1965 (unknown), Jay Wilbur and His Band REC, Billy Milton accompanied by Debroy Somers and band BRD, Billy Milton REL
i 1968 Orchestra [Original Cast, Half a Sixpence, London, 1963]
1968 Evelyn Laye – Accompanied by Geraldo and His Orchestra with Chorus
  1961 Stanley Kirkby REC,REL, The Harlequinaders PRF
1973 Mills Brothers, Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra, Billy Murray and American Quartet with Orchestra, Nora Bayes
1974 Barry Dennen
1971 David Tomlinson
1970 Peter, Paul and Mary
  1962 Dick Van Dyke REC,PRF
  1970 Dick Van Dyke REC,PRF
Put On Your Sunday Clothes Eileen Gourlay, Mike Sammes Singers, London Variety Theatre Orchestra (Mike Sammes) 1965 Unverified
1961 Collins and Harlan, Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone) with Piano, Earl Burtnett and His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra REC, Charles King BRD
1961 (unknown)
1974 José Feliciano
1964 John Laurenz with Orchestral Accompaniment, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Brox Sisters, Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
  1980 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Franklyn Baur REC
1974 The Wombles
Ribbons down My Back Eileen Gourlay, Mike Sammes Singers, London Variety Theatre Orchestra (Mike Sammes) 1965 Unverified
1964 The Goofus Five, Jack Payne and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Ronnie Genarder, Jack Simpson's Sextette
1961 Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC,REL, Janet Gaynor BRD, (unknown), George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger REC, Mary Lawlor and John Price Jones PRF
March 1959 Benešova dechová hudba, Ultraphon-duo, Eddie DeLange and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Elisse Cooper and Chorus
1961 Benešova dechová hudba, Ultraphon-duo, Eddie DeLange and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Elisse Cooper and Chorus
1961 Yao Lee, The Malcolm Mitchell Trio REL, Frankie Laine REC, Evelyn Knight - With Orchestra directed by Mannie Klein, Rusty Draper
1960 Hubert Eisdell
April 1957 Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers
1960 Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
1961 Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
1970 Flanagan and Allen
1961 Flanagan and Allen
1968 Flanagan and Allen, (unknown), (unknown)
1985 Joe "Fingers" Carr and The Carr-Hops (Lou Busch)
1962 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
1971 (unknown), Gordon Heath and Lee Payant, Simon and Garfunkel
  1975 Ted Lewis and His Orchestra REC, Fanny Brice PRF
1968 Tommy Steele
1961 (unknown), Andrews Sisters - Russ Morgan and His Orchestra
1975 Miss Walton and Mr. Macdonough
1975 Ella Retford
1960 New Princes' Toronto Band
1961 Peggy Lee with Oliver Wallace and The Disney Studio Orchestra
1959 Sam Lanin's Orchestra
1961 (unknown)
February 1960 Johnny Horton
i   1974 Johnny Pearson and His Orchestra REL,BRD
1976 Boston Pops Orchestra, The Andrews Sisters
1959 Vincent Lopez and His Casa Lopez Orchestra
  1962 William O'Neal PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
  1965 Patricia Morison PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Denny Dennis REC,REL
1974 John Raitt with Carousel Orchestra under direction of Jospeh Littau
So Long, Dearie Eileen Gourlay, Mike Sammes Singers, London Variety Theatre Orchestra (Mike Sammes) 1965 Unverified
1960 Ted Weems and His Orchestra
1960 Sophie Tucker
1968 (unknown)
  1964 Sammy Davis, Jr. - Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver REC, Fred Astaire BRD
1966 Maurice Jarre, Ray Conniff and The Singers
1985 Russ Morgan and His Orchestra
1985 Billy Cotton and His Band
1985 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra, Freddy Quinn
1970 (unknown)
1971 Blood, Sweat & Tears
  1962 Brothers & Brides BRD, Laurie Johnson Orchestra REL
1973 Johnnie Johnston with Paul Weston and His Orchestra, (unknown), Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
Stairway of Love Alma Cogan & Mike Sammes Singers with Frank Cordell and His Orchestra (Mike Sammes, Alma Cogan, Frank Cordell) 1958 Unverified
1967 Bert Kaempfert, Frank Sinatra - Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle
1967 Fred MacMurray and the Biddle Bible Class
1980 Bud Flanagan and The Rita Williams Singers with Tony Osborne and His Orchestra
February 7, 1958 Charlie Phillips
June 1965 Robert Goulet - Arr. and cond. by Don Costa
  1968 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
  1962 Peter Piper and His Orchestra REL, Bing Crosby BRD
  1967 Zero Mostel, Maria Karnilova and Chorus REL,PRF
1960 Jos. Samuels Dance Orchestra
1960 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
1960 Charley Straight and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
1958 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Young
1961 Florrie Forde
1970 Rex Harrison
1967 Rex Harrison
1980 (unknown)
  1960 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
1961 Edison Symphony Orchestra, The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra directed by Henry Hall
October 1965 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC, Patti Page, Joe Loss and His Orchestra (Vocalist: Harry Kaye)
  1962 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] & Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REL
  1970 Maurice Chevalier BRD, Sterling Holloway REL
1971 David Tomlinson & Angela Lansbury
1960 (unknown), (unknown)
The Day the Rains Came Ronnie Hilton with The Michael Sammes Singers and Orchestra and Orchestra Conducted by Frank Cordell (Frank Cordell, Mike Sammes, Ronnie Hilton) 1958 Unverified
  1978 Edith Day & Harry Welchman - With Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra conducted by Herman Finck REL, Robert Halliday, Vivienne Segal PRF
1968 (unknown)
1964 Os Cariocas REL, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes PRF, Stan Getz & João Gilberto featuring Antônio Carlos Jobim
1970 Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
  1965 David Brooks and Marion Bell PRF, David Brooks and Marion Bell with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
December 1959 (unknown)
1975 The Wombles
1968 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra, Billy Cotton and His Band, Arthur Lally and His Orchestra
1960 Lupino Lane, Teddie St. Denis and Company
October 1965 Lupino Lane, Teddie St. Denis and Company, George Formby and His Ukulele with Orchestra REC,REL, Val Rosing BRD, Diana Decker, (unknown)
1976 The Trapp Family Singers
1961 Victor Mixed Chorus, George Lashwood, Elizabeth Wheeler and Harry Anthony
1975 The Wombles
1970 (unknown), Elton Hayes and His Guitar
1961 (unknown), Elton Hayes and His Guitar
January 1961 Frankie Avalon with the Peter De Angelis Orchestra & Chorus
1967 Geraldine Page and Gladys Cooper with Tommy Steele
1961 Herbert Stuart and Billy Burton
1961 Billy Cotton and His Band, The Peerless Quartet, Harry Champion
1962 John Payne & Joan Merrill
1964 Bing Crosby with Pete King and His Orchestra
1967 Johnny Mandel
1960 Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
1958 Marty Robbins with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
  1964 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde PRF
1961 (unknown)
July 1960 Annette [US2] (Annette Funicello)
1974 (unknown), Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
1980 Al Bowlly
1971 Noel Harrison
1975 The Wombles
1974 The Wombles
1975 The Wombles
November 1958 London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Muir Mathieson, The Four Coins - Orch. under the dir. of Marion Evans
1971 Richard Chamberlain - Cond. by Burt Bacharach
1964 Peggy Lee
1964 Mark Murphy
1969 Danny Williams [ZA]
1968 (unknown)
1962 (unknown)
  1961 Selectees and Minstrel Men PRF, The Victor "First Nighter" Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Brad Reynolds, Hubert Hendrie, Harvey Harding and Men's Chorus REC,REL
1961 (unknown)
1961 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by "The Smoothies"
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree Big Ben Banjo Band with The Mike Sammes Singers 1975 Unverified
1975 Burr and Campbell
1973 Paul Gregory & Marilyn Miller PRF, New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble] REC,REL, Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
  1961 Harry Fay REC, Ted Yorke REL
March 1958 Jackie Wilson with Chorus and Orchestra directed by Milton Delugg
  1965 Madelyn Russell REC, Lorenzo Fuller PRF,REL
  1960 Al Jolson PRF,REC
1964 Jay & The Americans
1969 Burt Bacharach and His Orchestra & Chorus
  March 1964 Liberace REL, Todd Duncan BRD
1958 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
October 1965 Jean Bretonnière BRD, Jacques Hélian et son orchestre REC,REL, Georgia Gibbs with Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser, (unknown), (unknown)
  1968 The 5th Dimension REL, The Sunshine Company REC
1967 Lesley Ann Warren
1974 Don McLean
1975 Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
1975 Miss Ada Jones
August 1963 Darlene Love
1969 Dionne Warwick
1961 John Collinson
1967 Eddie Hodges and Paul Petersen
1960 Margaret Young
October 1965 (unknown), The Gang Show - Ken Jones, Billy Cotton
1980 Vera Lynn with Arthur Young
1961 Vera Lynn with Arthur Young
1960 Vera Lynn with Arthur Young
  1975 Violet Loraine REL,BRD, Harry Roy & His Orchestra from The May Fair Hotel REC
1971 Michael Dees
February 6, 1976 Louis Armstrong
December 15, 1961 Jack Charman, Stanley Kirkby, (unknown)
  1980 Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
October 1965 (unknown), Katherine Perry PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC,REL, Ames Brothers
1967 Fred MacMurray with Lesley Ann Warren
1969 Jackie deShannon
When I Look in Your Eyes Camarata and The Mike Sammes Singers 1968 Unverified
1964 George Formby with His Ukulele and Orchestra, Arthur Fields and Bob Thomas, Harry Reser's Syncopators
1960 Chauncey Olcott
1964 (unknown), (unknown)
1960 Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone)
1960 (unknown)
1964 Miss Morgan & Mr. Stanley, (unknown), (unknown), Gene Arnold
1960 Henry Thies and His Hotel Sinton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Dewey
listen on Internet Archive 1971 Cliff Edwards with Victor Young and His Orchestra - And The Ken Darby Singers
Where Are The Words Camarata and The Mike Sammes Singers 1968 Unverified
1971 Francis Lai & His Orchestra, Andy Williams
May 1965 (unknown), Percy Faith & His Orch., featuring Felicia Sanders
October 1965 Rosemary Clooney with The Mellomen & Buddy Cole Quartet, Ray Noble and His Orchestra, (unknown), (unknown)
  1960 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
1961 (unknown)
1970 Pinto Colvig, Mary Moder & Dorothy Compton
1960 Bob Thompson [US1]
1961 (unknown), Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, M.J. O'Connell
  1980 Norma Terris, Howard Marsh, Charles Winninger & Edna May Oliver PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC,REL
Why Do You Treat Me This Way Kenny Lynch with The Michael Sammes Singers and Orchestra conducted by Frank Cordell May 1960 Unverified
1962 Pat Boone, Ann-Margret
1969 Jack Jones
1975 The Wombles
1975 The Wombles
  1975 Danny Kaye with Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra REL, Danny Kaye, Joseph Walsh, Sailors and Chorus BRD
1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
  1965 Patricia Morison, Alfred Drake REC,REL,PRF
1960 Gene Austin
  1968 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
1996 Marek Weber und sein Orchester - Solo: Marcel Wittrisch REL, Richard Tauber REC,PRF
1962 The Pine Ridge Boys
1961 The Pine Ridge Boys
1960 The Pine Ridge Boys
1974 Stevie Wonder
1969 Dionne Warwick
1985 Alice Faye
  1984 Christine Johnson with Carousel Chorus and Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau PRF,REL
1975 William J. Halley
1960 William J. Halley
1974 William Tabbert
1975 (unknown)
  1960 Earl Burtnett and His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra REC, Charles King BRD

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
And I Love You So The Mike Sammes Singers 1974 Sounds Superb
Barbara Cartland's Album of Love Songs Barbara Cartland with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and The Mike Sammes Singers 1978 State Records [GB1]
Barry Crocker Barry Crocker - Tony Hatch and The Mike Sammes Singers 1974 Astor
Big Ben's Minstrel Show Big Ben Banjo Band with The Minstrel Singers 1959 Columbia [EMI]
Camarata Conducts Walt Disney's the Happiest Millionaire Camarata with the Mike Sammes Singers 1967 Buena Vista Records
Doctor Dolittle Camarata and The Mike Sammes Singers 1968 Disneyland Records
Favourite Animal Songs The Mike Sammes Singers 1970 Music for Pleasure
For Your Party Mrs. Mills sings and plays accompanied by The Mike Sammes Singers and Geoff Love 1975 EMI
Get Happy Big Ben Banjo Band with The Michael Sammes Singers 1961 Columbia [EMI]
Get Hi! - Brighten Up Your Party Pat Dodd and His Boys - Michael Sammes Singers 1960 His Master's Voice
Half a Sixpence Marty Wilde, Barbara Windsor, Mike Sammes Singers, orchestra conducted by Gareth Davis 1968 World Record Club
Hans Andersen - Songs from the Score of the Lavish Palladium Musical Bernard Cribbins - The Mike Sammes Singers - The Harry Robinson Orchestra 1975 Music for Pleasure
Hits of The Wombles The Mike Sammes Singers 1975 Music for Pleasure
It Had to Be You The Mike Sammes Singers 1996 AVID Entertainment
Jim! Jim Dale with Ken Jones & His Orchestra & the Mike Sammes Singers 1958 Parlophone
Let's Get Away from It All The Mike Sammes Singers 1962 Fontana
Lonely Wine Don Estelle, orchestra directed by Mike Sammes 1985 Lofty Records
Love Is a Happy Thing The Mike Sammes Singers with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Scott 1968 Studio 2 Stereo
One Man's Music - The Songs of Noel Gay Des O'Connor, Beryl Reid, Norman Wisdom, The Mike Sammes Singers, The Brian Fahey Orchestra 1968 Columbia [EMI]
Our Love Story The Mike Sammes Singers 1971 Studio 2 Stereo
Reg's Party Reg Varney, Mike Sammes Singers, orchestra conducted by Walter Ridley 1973 One-Up
Selections from Kiss Me Kate and Brigadoon Elizabeth Larner, Barry Kent & The Michael Sammes Singers - Orchestra conducted by John Gregory 1965 Wing
Sheila Southern Sings the Bacharach & David Songbook Sheila Southern with the Mike Sammes Singers 1969 Marble Arch Records [GB]
Sing Along with Big Ben (Medley) Big Ben Banjo Band with The Mike Sammes Singers October 1965 Columbia [EMI]
Sing Along with Us Big Ben Banjo Band with The Michael Sammes Singers 1964 Columbia [EMI]
Somewhere My Love and Other Hits The Mike Sammes Singers 1967 His Master's Voice
Songs from Doctor Dolittle Camarata featuring The Mike Sammes Singers 1967 Disneyland Records
Songs from the Walt Disney Films The Aristocats and Pinocchio Ronnie Hilton - Mike Sammes Singers 1971 Music for Pleasure
Songs of Two World Wars Jack Warner with The Mike Sammes Singers and Orchestra 1961 World Record Club
The Jungle Book Mike Sammes Singers - Geoff Love and His Orchestra 1967 Music for Pleasure
The Mike Sammes Singers The Mike Sammes Singers 1964 His Master's Voice
To Bing - From Mike Michael Holliday with The Norrie Paramor Orchestra and featuring the Michael Sammes Singers 1962 Columbia [EMI]
Vera Lynn Sings Songs of the Twenties Vera Lynn with Eric Rogers and His Orchestra and The Michael Sammes Singers 1959 Decca
You Must Remember This The Mike Sammes Singers 1980 Chevron

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A Windmill in Old Amsterdam Ronnie Hilton with The Michael Sammes Singers and Orchestra January 8, 1965 His Master's Voice
Happy Birthday to You Mike Sammes Singers 1974 Surprise! Surprise!
Hey, Look Me Over Ronnie Hilton with The Michael Sammes Singers and Orchestra conducted by Frank Cordell October 1961 His Master's Voice
Hurry on Back to Love Johnny Kidd with The Michael Sammes Singers and Orchestra January 19, 1962 His Master's Voice
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire Windsor Davies & Don Estelle with The Mike Sammes Singers - Orchestra conducted by Richard Leonard February 6, 1976 EMI
It's All Going Up-Up-Up Ronnie Corbett with Mike Sammes Singers & Geoff Love & his Orchestra 1970 Philips
I Want to Stay Here Carol Deene with Michael Sammes Orchestra and Singers August 1963 His Master's Voice
Jezebel Dean Shannon with The Michael Sammes Singers December 1960 His Master's Voice
Johnny Get Angry Carol Deene with The Michael Sammes Singers and Orchestra conducted by Harry Robinson June 1962 His Master's Voice
More Than Ever Malcolm Vaughan with The Michael Sammes Singers September 1958 His Master's Voice
Must Be Santa Alma Cogan with The Michael Sammes Singers December 1960 His Master's Voice
Somewhere My Love The Mike Sammes Singers 1966 His Master's Voice
Sugartime Alma Cogan with The Michael Sammes Singers - Accompaniment directed by Brian Fahey February 7, 1958 His Master's Voice
The Beautiful Briny Mike Sammes 1971 Disneyland Records
The Impossible Dream Ronnie Hilton with The Mike Sammes Singers December 9, 1966 His Master's Voice
The Little Drummer Boy - The Youth of the Heart Michael Flanders with The Michael Samms Singers - Donald Swann February 1959 Parlophone
The Night Is Over Pat Wayne with The Mike Sammes Singers June 1966 Columbia [EMI]
The Puppet Song David MacBeth - The Johnny Douglas Orchestra with The Mike Sammes Singers January 1961 Pye Records
The Wombling Song The Mike Sammes Singers 1974 Surprise! Surprise!
To Be Loved Malcolm Vaughan with The Michael Sammes Singers March 1958 His Master's Voice
Unchained Melody Jimmy Young with The Mike Sammes Singers March 1964 Columbia [EMI]
Walkin' Down to Washington Ron Goodwin and His Concert Orchestra with The Michael Sammes Singers September 1960 Parlophone
You'll Never Walk Alone Dorothy Squires featuring Nicky Welsh Orchestra, Mike Sammes Singers & Kenny Brown 1984 Esban Records

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