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Pete Fountain

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Aliases
Pete Fountain & His Jazz Band
Pete Fountain & The New Orleans All Stars
Real name
Pierre Dewey LaFontaine, Jr.
Born
July 30, 1930
Died
August 6, 2016
Country
United States
Comments
New Orleans style jazz clarinet player born in New Orleans, who also recorded popular music
Member of
Basin Street Six (1950-1954)
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1956 Friars Society Orchestra
i 1956 Original Dixieland Jazz Band
i 1956 Lucille Hegamin accompanied by Harris' Blues and Jazz Seven
i 1956 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i   1958 Jack Barker [US1] PRF, Jacques Renard and His Orchestra REC
i 1958 Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra
i 1958 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
i 1958 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Billy Jones
i 1958 The Peerless Quartet
i 1958 Edith Piaf
i   1958 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i   1958 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Emil Coleman & His Montmartre Orchestra REC
i   1958 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1958 Virginia Verrill
i 1958 Original Dixieland Jass Band
i 1958 Ted Lewis Jazz Band
i February 1959 (unknown)
i February 1959 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
i February 1959 Louis Armstrong and His Dixieland Seven
i February 1959 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i   February 1959 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i   February 1959 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians REL, Abe Lyman's California Orchestra REC
i February 1959 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
i February 1959 Margaret Young
i February 1959 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
i February 1959 (unknown)
i April 1959 Jack Stillman's Orchestra
i 1959 Tim Brymn's Black Devil Four
i 1959 Prince's Band
i 1959 Darby and Tarlton
i Five Point Blues Pete Fountain 1959 Unverified
i 1959 Gene Austin
i 1959 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
i 1959 Prince's Band
i 1959 Victor Military Band
i 1959 Isham Jones Orchestra
i 1959 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra
i 1960 Campbell and Burr
i 1960 Campbell and Burr
i 1960 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
i   1960 Emma Carus PRF, Collins and Harlan REC
i 1960 Spanish Dance Orchestra
i 1960 Sousa's Band
i 1960 Emilio De Marchi
i   1960 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
i 1960 Benny Carter and His Orchestra
i 1960 Arnold Johnson and His Orchestra
i 1960 Six Brown Brothers
i 1960 Maud Powell accompanied by George Falkenstein
i 1960 Chick Webb and His Orchestra
i 1960 Lupita Palomera con la Orq. Hnos Dominguez
i 1960 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i 1960 Joe Sullivan [US1]
i   1960 María Cervantes PRF, Adolfo Utrera - Nilo Menéndez y E. Lecuona al piano REC
i 1960 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i 1960 Ethel Merman
i   1960 The Dixie Stompers [US1] (Fletcher Henderson) REC, Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Singing Chorus by Eva Taylor REL
i 1960 Arthur Fields
i 1960 Lucille Hegamin accompanied by Harris' Blues and Jazz Seven
i 1960 (unknown), Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i 1960 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i 1960 Joe Sullivan [US1]
i 1960 (unknown)
i   1960 Harald Paulsen mit Orchesterbegleitung REL, Kurt Gerron PRF
i 1960 Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone) with Piano
i   1960 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
i 1960 Tuskegee Institute Singers
i   1960 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
i 1960 Sidney Bechet - Claude Luter et son orchestre
i 1960 Elizabeth Spencer
i   1960 California Ramblers REC, Aida Overton Walker PRF
i 1960 Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
i 1960 The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
i 1960 Charley Straight and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
i   1960 Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns PRF, Frank Crumit REC,REL
i 1960 Prince's Band
i 1960 Original Dixieland Jass Band
i 1960 Ted Lewis Jazz Band
i 1960 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
i   1960 Maurice Chevalier BRD, Ed. Loyd and His Orchestra (Ed Kirkeby) REC
i May 1961 George Greeley - His Piano and Orchestra
December 1961 Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell with Bob Crosby's Bob Cats
i   1961 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
i   1961 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i 1961 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
i 1961 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
i 1961 Lilo and Peter Cookson
i   1961 Jacques Hélian & son orchestre - Chant Jean Marco REC, Suzy Delair PRF
i 1961 The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
i 1961 Pierre Dudan - Orch. dir. Jacques-Henry Rys
i 1961 (unknown)
i 1961 Johnny Mercer with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra
i   1961 Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra REC,REL, Lilo PRF
i 1961 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i   1961 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberle REL, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
i 1961 Lew Stone and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Nat Gonella
i 1961 Edith Piaf
i 1961 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Walter Hunt
i   1961 Sterling Holloway - June Cochran PRF, The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin] REC
i 1961 Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys
i 1961 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
i 1961 Mistinguett
i 1961 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Rushing
i 1961 Dan W. Quinn
i 1961 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i 1961 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
i 1961 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & His Orchestra and The Norman Luboff Choir
i   1961 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1961 Len Spencer
i 1961 Anna Meyers and Original Memphis Five
i 1961 (unknown)
i 1961 Miss Joséphine Baker et M. Adrien Lamy
i 1962 W. Arlington
i 1962 Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor
i 1962 Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra
i 1962 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
i 1962 Prince's Band
i 1962 Friars Society Orchestra
i 1962 Douglas Richardson
i 1962 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
i 1962 Six Brown Brothers
i 1962 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i   1962 Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (Ed Kirkeby) REC, Ruth Etting PRF
i 1962 Stella Mayhew
i 1962 Clarence Williams' Washboard Band
i 1962 "Standard Band"
i 1962 Irving Gillette (Henry Burr)
i 1962 Ray Charles
i   1962 Harry Fay REC, Ted Yorke REL
i 1962 Orlando's Orchestra
i 1962 Ladd's Black Aces (Original Memphis Five)
i 1962 Lucille Hegamin accompanied by Harris' Blues and Jazz Seven
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho Pete Fountain 1962 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i 1962 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
i Mighty Like the Blues Pete Fountain 1962 Unverified
i 1962 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
i 1962 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i 1962 Friar's Society Orchestra
i 1962 Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Sing You Sinners Pete Fountain 1962 Unverified
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Pete Fountain 1962 Unverified
i 1962 Douglas Richardson
i 1962 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
i 1962 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Pete Fountain 1962 Unverified
i 1962 Ray Charles with Orchestra & Chorus
i   1962 Chick Bullock and His Levee Loungers REL, Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Muzzy Marcellino REC, Mildred Bailey PRF
i 1962 (unknown)
i 1962 Henry Thies and His Hotel Sinton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Dewey
i 1962 Arthur Collins
i February 1963 Campbell and Burr
i   February 1963 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
i   February 1963 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
i February 1963 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals, Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberle REL, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC, (unknown)
i   February 1963 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i February 1963 Mr. Acker Bilk with The Leon Young String Chorale
i July 1963 (unknown)
i July 1963 (unknown)
i July 1963 Haydn Quartet
i July 1963 Paul Barbarin and His New Orleans Jazz Band
i July 1963 (unknown)
i 1963 (unknown)
i 1963 George Lewis and His New Orleans All Stars featuring Paul Barbarin
i   1963 Marie Louise Dustmann-Meyer and Clara Schumann PRF, Laura Hilgermann REL
i 1963 King Oliver's Jazz Band, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i   1963 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i   1963 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
i   1963 Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF
i 1963 Hoagy Carmichael
i 1964 Ted Daffan's Texans
i 1964 Carmen García Cornejo con piano por Miguel Lerdo de Tejada
i   1964 The Oscar Peterson Trio REC, Herb Ellis REL
i   1964 Louis Armstrong and The All Stars REC, Carol Channing and David Hartman PRF
i 1964 Floyd Tillman
i 1964 (unknown)
i 1964 Hermanos Castilla
i   1964 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
i 1964 Prince's Band
i 1964 Glenn Yarbrough
i 1964 Horace Silver Quintet
i 1964 Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
i 1964 Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra
i   1964 Edith Wilson PRF, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra REC,REL
i February 1965 The Stokes
i August 1965 The Whiffenpoofs
i 1965 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy
i   1965 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
i 1965 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i Gotta Travel On Pete Fountain 1965 Unverified
i   1965 Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
i 1965 (unknown), Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i   1965 Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
i 1965 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i   1965 John Michael King REL,PRF
i 1965 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i   1965 Percy Faith and His Orchestra REC, Mary Martin PRF
The Whiffenpoof Song (Baa Baa Baa) Pete Fountain 1965 Unverified
i 1965 Wolverine Orch. – Vocal Chorus Dave Harman
i 1965 The Pine Ridge Boys
i August 1966 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen)
i August 1966 Toots Thielemans
i August 1966 King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
i August 1966 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
i August 1966 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
i   August 1966 George Gershwin - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra REL, George Gershwin - Paul Whiteman and The Palais Royal Orchestra PRF
i August 1966 Hitch's Happy Harmonists under direction & accompanied by Hoagy Carmichael
i August 1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i   August 1966 Nat "King" Cole REC, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra REL
November 1966 Doye O'Dell
November 1966 (unknown), Bing Crosby
November 1966 Bing Crosby
November 1966 Bobby Helms
November 1966 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Vaughn Monroe and The Norton Sisters
i November 1966 Harry Reser and His Orchestra, Edison Male Quartette
  November 1966 Bing Crosby and Carol Richards REL, Bob Hope & Marilyn Maxwell REC
  November 1966 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
November 1966 The Trapp Family Singers
  November 1966 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
November 1966 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
i   1966 Billy Dee Williams PRF, Bobby Scott REC,REL
i 1966 Matt Monro - Arranged and conducted by John Barry
i 1966 Petula Clark
i 1966 Vince Guaraldi Trio
i   1966 The Raindrops [US] REC, The Summits REL
i 1966 Petula Clark
i 1966 Harry Champion
i 1966 Bing Crosby with Les Paul and His Trio
i   1966 Virginia Bruce BRD, Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC
i 1966 Roger Miller [US-OK]
i 1966 Richard Berry and The Pharaohs
i 1966 Charles Braswell and All
i 1966 Isaura Garcia
i   1966 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i 1966 Ben E. King - Arr. & Cond. by Stan Applebaum
i 1966 Bert Kaempfert
i 1966 Dobie Gray
i   1966 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Di Vito REC, Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REL
i 1966 Johnny Mandel
i 1966 The Beatles
i 1967 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
i   1967 Skitch Henderson, His Piano and His Orchestra REL, Gil Bernal BRD
i 1967 Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass
i 1967 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
i 1967 Jack Jones
i 1967 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
i Love for Love Pete Fountain 1967 Unverified
i   1967 Al (He's the King) Hirt REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
i 1967 Carson and Gaile
i 1967 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
i Talk Pete Fountain 1967 Unverified
i 1967 Eric James Orchestra
i 1967 Julie Andrews
i 1967 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
March 18, 1968 Ethel Merman
March 18, 1968 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
March 18, 1968 Jill Haworth
March 18, 1968 Frankie Valli
  March 18, 1968 Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
March 18, 1968 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
  March 18, 1968 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
March 18, 1968 Simon and Garfunkel
March 18, 1968 The New Vaudeville Band
  March 18, 1968 The Association REL, Ruthann Friedman REC
i October 1968 Original Dixieland Jazz Band
i October 1968 Count Basie & His Orchestra
i October 1968 Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs (Wingy Manone), Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra
i October 1968 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i December 1968 Engelbert Humperdinck
i 1968 Katherine Perry
i 1968 Cilla Black
i 1968 The Pied Pipers - With Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i   1968 Ethel Merman & Dick Haymes - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Ethel Merman and Russell Nype PRF
i   1968 Leonard Nimoy REL, Lalo Schifrin BRD
i 1968 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Rushing
i 1968 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i 1968 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1968 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring Trumpet by Billy Butterfield
i 1968 The Beatles
i 1969 Petula Clark
i 1969 The Marketts
i 1969 Frankie Valli
i 1969 Frank Sinatra
i 1969 Countess and All (Angela Lansbury)
i 1969 Vanity Fare
i 1969 Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two
i 1969 "Standard Band"
i 1969 Neil Diamond
i 1969 The Suntones
i 1969 The Turtles
i 1969 John Denver
i 1969 Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
i 1969 Will-O-Bees
i 1969 Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager)
i 1969 John Barry
i 1969 Sonny Land Trio
i 1969 Vic Damone
i 1969 B.J. Thomas
i 1969 Matty Malneck and His Orchestra
i 1969 Edward Allen
i 1969 Alexander Vertinsky
i 1969 Glen Campbell - Conducted by Al De Lory
i 1970 Judy Collins
i 1970 Johnny Darrell
i 1970 The Beatles
i 1970 Zager & Evans
i 1970 Gilbert Bécaud
i 1970 Erroll Garner Trio
i 1970 Otis Redding
i 1970 The Beatles
i 1970 Mieko Hirota - Billy Taylor Trio
i 1970 Richard Kiley
i 1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears
i 1970 Richard Chamberlain - Cond. by Burt Bacharach
i 1970 Classics IV
i   1970 Roger Nichols and Paul Williams REC, Paul Williams [US1] BRD, Freddie Allen REL
i 1970 Melanie
i 1971 Patsy Cline with The Jordanaires
i   1971 Kris Kristofferson REC, Percy Sledge REL
i 1971 Don Gibson
i 1971 Nelstone's Hawaiians
i 1971 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
i 1971 Billy Joe Royal
i 1971 Ernest Tubb
i 1981 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
i 1981 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
i   1981 Jan Garber and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Russ Brown REC, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
i 1981 Riz Ortolani e Nino Oliviero
i 1981 Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Walter Fuller
i 1981 Frankie Masters and His Orchestra
i 1981 Isham Jones Orchestra
i   1981 Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i   1981 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1981 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
November 1990 Jimmy Boyd accompanied by Norman Luboff
i 1993 Jeanette MacDonald
i 1993 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1993 (unknown), (unknown)
i 1993 New Orleans Rhythm Kings