Johnny Frigo

Aliases: John Frigo and His Quintet
The Johnny Frigo Quartet
Real name: John Virgil Frigo
Born: December 27, 1916
Died: July 4, 2007
Country: United States
IPI: 00010912627 1 work
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Jazz bassist, violinist and songwriter; he mostly recorded on violin in his relatively few sessions as a leader. Frigo co-wrote such standards as "Detour Ahead" and "I Told You I Love You, Now Get Out".
Member of: The Soft Winds

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Covers by Johnny Frigo

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	Alone - Ivy	Dick Marx and John Frigo	September 1955	Kitty Carlisle & Allan Jones BRD, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Maxine Grey REC,REL, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i	Bijou	Dick Marx and John Frigo	September 1955	Woody Herman and His Orchestra
i	Hooray for Love	Dick Marx and John Frigo	September 1955	Tony Martin & Yvonne DeCarlo
i	It's You or No One	Dick Marx and John Frigo	September 1955	Doris Day
i	Let's Take an Old Fashioned Walk	Dick Marx and John Frigo	September 1955	Frank Sinatra and Doris Day with The Ken Lane Singers - Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl
i	Nancy - Nursery Rhyme Medley	Dick Marx and John Frigo	September 1955	Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
i	Over the Rainbow	Dick Marx and John Frigo	September 1955	Judy Garland
i	Polka Dots and Moonbeams	Dick Marx and John Frigo	September 1955	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i	Spring Is Here - Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year	Dick Marx and John Frigo	September 1955	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF, Johnnie Johnston with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i	Blue Orchids	John Frigo and His Quintet	1957	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard REC, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REL
i	Change Partners	Dick Marx with John Frigo	1957	Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
i	Ding Dong-The Witch Is Dead	Dick Marx with John Frigo	1957	The Ken Darby Singers - The King's Men
i	Fugue for Tinhorns	Dick Marx and John Frigo	1957	Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver and Douglas Deane REC,REL,PRF
i	Gone with the Wind	John Frigo and His Quintet	1957	(unknown)
i	Here I Am in Love Again	Dick Marx with John Frigo	1957	The Mello Larks with Neal Hefti & His Orch.
i	How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me	Dick Marx with John Frigo	1957	Harry James
i	If Love Is Good to Me	John Frigo and His Quintet	1957	Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
i	I Hear Music	Dick Marx and John Frigo	1957	Peter Lind Hayes, Eddie Quillan, Frank Jenks & Robert Paige BRD, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Jimmy Lewis REC
i	I Love Paris	Dick Marx and John Frigo	1957	Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra REC,REL, Lilo PRF
i	Indian Summer	Dick Marx and John Frigo	1957	Victor Herbert
i	In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning	Dick Marx and John Frigo	1957	Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
i	Joey, Joey, Joey	Dick Marx with John Frigo	1957	Percy Faith REL, Art Lund PRF
i	(Love Is) The Tender Trap	Dick Marx with John Frigo	1957	Debbie Reynolds
i	Lullaby of Birdland	Dick Marx and John Frigo	1957	George Shearing Quintet
i	Midnight Sun	Dick Marx with John Frigo	1957	Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
i	Misty	Dick Marx and John Frigo	1957	Erroll Garner Trio
i	Moonlight in Vermont	John Frigo and His Quintet	1957	Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
i	My Time of Day	Dick Marx and John Frigo	1957	Robert Alda REC,REL,PRF
i	Polka Dots and Moonbeams	John Frigo and His Quintet	1957	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i	Satin Doll	Dick Marx and John Frigo	1957	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Shenandoah	Dick Marx with John Frigo	1957	John Goss and the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet
i	Sleigh Ride	Dick Marx and John Frigo	1957	Boston Pops Orchestra
i	Squeeze Me	John Frigo and His Quintet	1957	Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor REL, William Bailey REC
i	Take the "A" Train	Dick Marx and John Frigo	1957	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	The Breeze and I	Dick Marx with John Frigo	1957	(unknown)
i	What a Difference a Day Made	John Frigo and His Quintet	1957	Pedro Via y su orquesta
i	You Stepped out of a Dream	John Frigo and His Quintet	1957	Tony Martin [US1] BRD, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires REC,REL
	A House Is Not a Home	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Brook Benton
	Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Helen Morgan, Tess Gardella and Norma Terris PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
	Fit as a Fiddle	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	The Three Keys
	In the Still of the Night	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
	It All Depends on You	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Al Jolson
	Mad About the Boy	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Joyce Barbour, Steffi Duna, Norah Howard and Doris Hare PRF, Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra REC,REL
	My Foolish Heart	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
	My Mood Is You	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Jack Jones
	My Way	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Marvin Gaye
	Oh! by Jingo (Oh by Gee, You're the Only Girl for Me)	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	(unknown)
	Peel Me a Grape	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Anita O'Day - Cal Tjader
	'Round Midnight	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, Jackie Paris REC, Teddi King accompanied by Beryl Booker REL
	Sweethearts on Parade	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians REL, Abe Lyman's California Orchestra REC
	The Man I Love	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
	What Now My Love	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Gilbert Bécaud - Orch. dir. : Raymond Bernard, Jane Morgan
	When Your Lover Has Gone	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Gene Austin
	You Came a Long Way from St. Louis	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Ray McKinley and Some of The Boys
	You're Gonna Hear from Me	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Natalie Wood [dubbed by Jackie Ward] BRD, Andy Williams REL
i	I'll Remember April	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1987	Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
i	It Might as Well Be Spring	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1987	Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
i	Lester Leaps In	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1987	Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i	Lined with a Groove	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1987	Ray Brown / Milt Jackson
i	Polkadots and Moon Beams	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1987	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i	Seven Come Eleven	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1987	Benny Goodman Sextet
i	Smile	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1987	Orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman
i	Straighten Up and Fly Right	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1987	The King Cole Trio
i	Corcovado (Quiet Nights)	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1989	João Gilberto
i	Detour Ahead	Johnny Frigo with Bucky & John Pizzarelli	1989	Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Mary Ann McCall
i	Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me	Johnny Frigo with Bucky & John Pizzarelli	1989	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Early Autumn	Johnny Frigo with Bucky & John Pizzarelli	1989	Woody Herman and His Orchestra
i	High Heel Sneakers	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1989	Tommy Tucker [US2]
i	I Love You	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1989	Wilbur Evans PRF, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
i	I'm Through with Love	Johnny Frigo with Bucky & John Pizzarelli	1989	Henry Busse and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Richard Barry
i	In a Sentimental Mood	Johnny Frigo with Bucky & John Pizzarelli	1989	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1989	Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
i	Just Friends	Johnny Frigo with Bucky & John Pizzarelli	1989	Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
i	My One and Only Love	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1989	Vic Damone and Music by Camarata
i	Pick Yourself Up and Start All Over Again	Johnny Frigo with Bucky & John Pizzarelli	1989	Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
i	Secret Love	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1989	Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
i	Stompin' at the Savoy	Johnny Frigo with Bucky & John Pizzarelli	1989	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
i	Summer Me, Winter Me	Johnny Frigo with Bucky & John Pizzarelli	1989	Peter Nero
i	Tangerine	Johnny Frigo with Bucky & John Pizzarelli	1989	Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra REC, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i	There Will Never Be Another You	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1989	John Payne & Joan Merrill
i	The Song Is You	Johnny Frigo with Bucky & John Pizzarelli	1989	Tullio Carminati
i	You Stepped out of a Dream	Johnny Frigo with Bucky & John Pizzarelli	1989	Tony Martin [US1] BRD, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires REC,REL
i	Isn't It Romantic	The Johnny Frigo Quartet	1999	Nat Finston and his Paramount Studio Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sam Coslow REL, Maurice Chevalier, Rolfe Sedan, Bert Roach, Jeanette MacDonald BRD
i	It Might as Well Be Spring	The Johnny Frigo Quartet	1999	Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
i	Lester Leaps In	The Johnny Frigo Quartet	1999	Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i	My Favorite Things	The Johnny Frigo Quartet	1999	Mary Martin, Patricia Neway PRF,REL, Percy Faith and His Orchestra REC
i	My Foolish Heart	The Johnny Frigo Quartet	1999	Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
i	My Romance	The Johnny Frigo Quartet	1999	Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
i	The Man I Love / I've Got a Crush on You / Liza / Strike Up the Band	The Johnny Frigo Quartet	1999	Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF, Mary Hay and Clifton Webb PRF, Lee Wiley with Max Kaminsky's Orchestra REC,REL, Sammy Fain REC, Nick Lucas and Ruby Keeler BRD, Max Hoffman PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra with Vocal Refrain REC,REL
i	There Will Never Be Another You	The Johnny Frigo Quartet	1999	John Payne & Joan Merrill
i	This Can't Be Love	The Johnny Frigo Quartet	1999	Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
i	Cheek to Cheek	Johnny Frigo	2001	Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
i	Crystal Silence	Johnny Frigo	2001	Chick Corea
i	I Concentrate on You	Johnny Frigo	2001	Douglas McPhail BRD, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Howard REC,REL
i	I Love You	Johnny Frigo	2001	Wilbur Evans PRF, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
i	Nobody Else but Me	Johnny Frigo	2001	Jan Clayton with The "Show Boat" Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Edwin McArthur REL, Jan Clayton PRF
i	Poor Butterfly	Johnny Frigo	2001	Elizabeth Spencer
i	She Loves Me	Johnny Frigo	2001	Jack Jones REC, Daniel Massey PRF
i	Tanga	Johnny Frigo	2001	Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4
i	Too Late Now / Street of Dreams	Johnny Frigo	2001	Jane Powell accompanied by Johnny Green and the M-G-M Studio Orchestra REL, Jane Powell BRD, Russ Columbo and His Orchestra
i	Try a Little Tenderness / Sweet and Lovely	Johnny Frigo	2001	Jack Payne & His Band, Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i	What Is There to Say?	Johnny Frigo	2001	Jane Froman & Everett Marshall
i	What'll I Do?	Johnny Frigo	2001	Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i	Avalon	Bucky Pizzarelli • Johnny Frigo • Howard Alden • Michael Moore	2004	Emilio De Marchi
i	I've Got Rhythm	Bucky Pizzarelli • Johnny Frigo • Howard Alden • Michael Moore	2004	Ethel Merman
i	Melancholy Baby	Bucky Pizzarelli • Johnny Frigo • Howard Alden • Michael Moore	2004	Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
i	Nuages	Bucky Pizzarelli • Johnny Frigo • Howard Alden • Michael Moore	2004	Quintette du Hot Club de France avec Alix Combelle REL, Quintette du Hot Club de France REC
i	On the Sunny Side of the Street	Bucky Pizzarelli • Johnny Frigo • Howard Alden • Michael Moore	2004	Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i	Rosetta	Bucky Pizzarelli • Johnny Frigo • Howard Alden • Michael Moore	2004	Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Walter Fuller
i	Strike Up the Band	Bucky Pizzarelli • Johnny Frigo • Howard Alden • Michael Moore	2004	Max Hoffman PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra with Vocal Refrain REC,REL
i	Tangerine	Bucky Pizzarelli • Johnny Frigo • Howard Alden • Michael Moore	2004	Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra REC, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i	Falling in Love with Love	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	Muriel Angelus
i	If I Love Again	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bob Lawrence REL, Rex Weber PRF
i	In a Little Spanish Town	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i	I See Your Face Before Me	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REC, Evelyn Laye PRF
i	It's Only a Paper Moon	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	Claire Carleton
i	(La) Rosita	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	International Novelty Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret)
i	More Than You Know	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
i	Pure Imagination / Never Never Land	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	Gene Wilder, Mary Martin
i	Secret Love	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
i	Stars in My Eyes	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	Grace Moore
i	Sympathy	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	(unknown)
i	The Swan	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	(unknown)
i	Use Your Imagination	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	Gordon MacRae with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra REL, Priscilla Gillette & William Redfield PRF
i	Vilia (From The Merry Widow)	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	Mizzi Günther
i	You're Blasé	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	Savoy Hotel Orpheans (Carroll Gibbons)
i	You're Mine, You	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (Chorus by Carmen Lombardo)

Songs written by Johnny Frigo

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Detour Ahead	Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, Lou Carter	Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Mary Ann McCall	July 14, 1949	Covered by (220 artists)
I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out	Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, Lou Carter			Covered by (16 artists)

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
Music to Think By	Johnny Frigo	Music to Think By	The American Breed

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Delicate Savagery	Dick Marx with John Frigo	1957	Coral
Hot Club of 52nd Street	Bucky Pizzarelli • Johnny Frigo • Howard Alden • Michael Moore	2004	Chesky Records
I Love John Frigo—He Swings	John Frigo and His Quintet	1957	Mercury
Johnny Frigo's DNA Exposed!	Johnny Frigo	2001	Arbors Records
Jump Presents Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	Johnny Frigo with Larry Eanet, Nicki Parrott	2009	Jump
Live from Studio A in New York City	Johnny Frigo with Bucky & John Pizzarelli	1989	Chesky Records
My Mood Is You...	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Decca
My Way	Mara Lynn Brown with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Frigo	1966	Decca
Piano Solos with Bass Accompaniment	Dick Marx and John Frigo	1957	Coral
The Johnny Frigo Quartet Live at the 1997 Floating Jazz Festival	The Johnny Frigo Quartet	1999	Chiaroscuro
Too Much Piano	Dick Marx and John Frigo	September 1955	Brunswick
Triple Treat II	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1987	Concord Jazz
Triple Treat I I I	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis with Special Guest John Frigo	1989	Concord Jazz

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