Ernie Andrews

Real name: Ernest Mitchell Andrews, Jr.
Born: December 25, 1927
Died: February 21, 2022
Country: United States
Comments: Jazz, blues, and pop vocalist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He moved to Los Angeles in 1944 where he attended Jefferson High School. In 1945 he won an amateur contest which brought him to the attention of Joe Greene who recorded him for his G&G label. Over the next decade he recorded for a variety of labels including Columbia, Aladdin Imperial and GNP Crescendo. In 1958 he joined the Harry James Orchestra.

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'	Ernie Andrews accompanied by Wilbert Baranco Trio	1945	(59 artists)
I'm Always Drunk in San Francisco	Cannonball Adderley with Ernie Andrews	February 1965	(13 artists)
Make Me a Present of You	Ernie Andrews with Benny Carter Orchestra	December 1953	(17 artists)
Soothe Me	Ernie Andrews	1945	(11 artists)
Sunset Eyes REL	Ernie Andrews	October 1957	(11 artists) Originally by Teddy Edwards [US1] REC

Covers by Ernie Andrews

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	A Cottage for Sale	Ernie Andrews	June 2001	The Revelers [US1]
	Almost in Your Arms	Ernie Andrews - Houston Person, Aaron Graves, John Webber, Alvin Atkinson	May 2003	(unknown)
	Around Midnight	Ernie Andrews	October 1957	Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, Jackie Paris REC, Teddi King accompanied by Beryl Booker REL
	Baby I'm Gone	Ernie Andrews with Calvin Jackson and His Orchestra	October 1948	Jack LaRue and His Quartet
	Bernie's Tune	Ernie Andrews	1959	Gerry Mulligan Quartet, The Cheers with Orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman
	Big City	Cannonball Adderley with Ernie Andrews	February 1965	Marvin Jenkins
	Bill Bailey	Cannonball Adderley with Ernie Andrews	February 1965	Arthur Collins
	Boulevard of Memories	Ernie Andrews	2006	Billy Eckstine
	Bridge over Troubled Water	Ernie Andrews and The Fuzzy Kane Trio	March 8, 1971	Simon and Garfunkel
	Close Your Eyes	Ernie Andrews - Houston Person, Aaron Graves, John Webber, Alvin Atkinson	May 2003	Freddie Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Elmer Feldkamp
	Danger Zone	Ernie Andrews - Houston Person, Aaron Graves, John Webber, Alvin Atkinson	May 2003	Ray Charles and His Orchestra
	Don't Be Afraid of Love	Cannonball Adderley with Ernie Andrews	February 1965	Harvey
	Don't Touch Me	Ernie Andrews	June 2001	Al Harrison
	Don't Touch Me	Saskia Laroo Meets Teddy Edwards featuring Ernie Andrews	July 10, 1999	Al Harrison
	Don't You Know I Care	Ernie Andrews	1993	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Patti Palmer REC, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler REL
	Ellington Medley: Satin Doll - I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good - Take the "A" Train	Ernie Andrews	October 20, 1998	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
	Everybody's Somebody's Fool	Ernie Andrews	June 2001	Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
	Fire and Rain	Ernie Andrews	1995	James Taylor
	Fire and Rain	Ernie Andrews and The Fuzzy Kane Trio	March 8, 1971	James Taylor
	Free the People	Ernie Andrews and The Fuzzy Kane Trio	March 8, 1971	Delaney & Bonnie and Friends
	From This Moment On	Ernie Andrews	October 20, 1998	Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of Frank Comstock
	Funny How Time Slips Away	Harry James vocals by Ernie Andrews	May 1967	Billy Walker
	Girl Talk	Ernie Andrews	June 2001	Neal Hefti and His Orchestra
	Hickory Dickory Dock	Ernie Andrews with The Eddie Beal Fourtette	November 1947	(unknown)
	How About Me	Ernie Andrews	2006	Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Clare Hanlon
	Human	Ernie Andrews	1967	Unverified
	Hurry Home	Ernie Andrews with Maxwell Davis and His Trio	September 1947	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Charles Wilson
	I Don't Need No Doctor	Ernie Andrews	2000	Unverified
	I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance	Ernie Andrews accompanied by Wilbert Baranco Trio	May 1946	Bing Crosby
	If I Had You	Ernie Andrews	October 20, 1998	The Piccadilly Players [GB]
	If I Loved You	Ernie Andrews	1995	Jan Clayton and John Raitt with Carousel Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau
	If You Never Fall in Love with Me	Cannonball Adderley with Ernie Andrews	February 1965	Cannonball Adderley Quintet Covered by (7 artists)
	I'll Be Home for Christmas	Plas Johnson featuring Ernie Andrews	2000	Bing Crosby
	I'll Never Be Free	Ernie Andrews	1993	Savannah Churchill and The Red Norvo Quintet
	I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen	Ernie Andrews	1967	Unverified
i	I'm Getting Sentimental over You	Bob Cooper Snooky Young Sextet Featuring Ernie Andrews	1986	Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jean Bowes
	I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town	Ernie Andrews	1959	Casey Bill
	In the Dark	Ernie Andrews with Orchestra directed by Gerald Wiggins	1956	Lil Green
	In the Still of the Night	Ernie Andrews	1955	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
	I Only Have Eyes for You	Ernie Andrews	June 2001	Dick Powell
	It Might as Well Be Spring	Ernie Andrews	June 2001	Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
	It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream	Ernie Andrews	2006	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal by Albert Hibbler
	It's Monday Everyday	Ernie Andrews	2006	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Al Hibbler REC, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REL
	I've Got to Pass Your House to Get to My House	Ernie Andrews	2006	Bing Crosby with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra
	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Ernie Andrews	1967	Rex Harrison REL,PRF
	I Want to Be Loved	Ernie Andrews	June 2001	Don Redman and His Orchestra
	Jump for Joy	Ernie Andrews - Houston Person, Aaron Graves, John Webber, Alvin Atkinson	May 2003	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
i	Jumpin' at the Woodside	Bob Cooper Snooky Young Sextet Featuring Ernie Andrews	1986	Count Basie and His Orchestra
	Just You, Just Me	Ernie Andrews	1959	Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) REC, Lawrence Gray BRD
	Lover Come Back to Me	Ernie Andrews	October 1957	Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
	Medley: Articulated Blues - Parker's Mood	Ernie Andrews	October 20, 1998	Charlie Parker All Stars, King Pleasure
	Merry Christmas, Baby	Plas Johnson featuring Ernie Andrews	2000	Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
	Never Like This Before	Ernie Andrews	July 1969	William Bell
	Next Time I See You	Cannonball Adderley with Ernie Andrews	February 1965	Little Junior Parker and Bill Harvey's Band
	No Easy Way Down	Ernie Andrews	1979	The Germz
	Old Folks	Ernie Andrews	October 20, 1998	Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
	Old Man River	Ernie Andrews	June 2001	Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
	On a Clear Day You Can See Forever	Ernie Andrews	1967	Louis Jourdan
	Once in a Lifetime	Ernie Andrews	June 2001	Anthony Newley
	Over the Rainbow	Ernie Andrews	October 20, 1998	Judy Garland
	Parker's Mood	Ernie Andrews	1967	Charlie Parker All Stars, King Pleasure
	Satin Doll	Bob Cooper Snooky Young Sextet Featuring Ernie Andrews	1986	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, The Coasters
	She's Got the Blues for Sale	Ernie Andrews	2006	Jacques Butler with Mercer Ellington Octet
	Since I Fell for You	Cannonball Adderley with Ernie Andrews	February 1965	Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson
	Skylark	Ernie Andrews	1995	Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
	Slide Mr. Trombone	Ernie Andrews	1959	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Trevor Bacon
	Soft Winds	Ernie Andrews	1955	Benny Goodman Sextet Covered by (10 artists)
	So Hard to Laugh, So Easy to Cry	Bob Cooper Snooky Young Sextet Featuring Ernie Andrews	1986	The Titans [US1]
	Solitude	Ernie Andrews - Houston Person, Aaron Graves, John Webber, Alvin Atkinson	May 2003	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
	Some Enchanted Evening	Ernie Andrews	October 20, 1998	Ezio Pinza PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC
	Something	Ernie Andrews and The Fuzzy Kane Trio	March 8, 1971	The Beatles
	Something I Dreamed Last Night	Ernie Andrews	October 20, 1998	Ella Logan REC,REL,PRF
	Song of the Wanderer	Ernie Andrews	October 1957	Douglas Richardson
	Soothe Me	Ernie Andrews with The Eddie Beal Fourtette	November 1947	Ernie Andrews
	Squeeze Me	Ernie Andrews	October 1957	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Nance
	Summertime	Ernie Andrews with Maxwell Davis and His Trio	September 1947	Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
	Sunset Eyes	Saskia Laroo Meets Teddy Edwards featuring Ernie Andrews	July 10, 1999	Ernie Andrews REL, Teddy Edwards [US1] REC
	Sweet Lorraine	Ernie Andrews	1993	The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
	Sweet Lorraine	Ernie Andrews - Houston Person, Aaron Graves, John Webber, Alvin Atkinson	May 2003	The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
	Sweet Slumber	Ernie Andrews	1993	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Trevor Bacon
	S'Wonderful	Ernie Andrews with Maxwell Davis and His Trio	September 1947	Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns PRF, Frank Crumit REC,REL
	That's What I Thought You Said	Ernie Andrews	June 2001	The Cats and the Fiddle
	The Great City	Ernie Andrews	1993	Nancy Wilson [US1]
	The Hunt Is On	Ernie Andrews	1993	Percy Mayfield
	The Jug and I Got up This Morning	Ernie Andrews	1995	Percy Mayfield
	The Masquerade Is Over	Ernie Andrews	1959	Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
	The More I See You	Ernie Andrews	2006	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
	The River's Invitation	Ernie Andrews	2006	Percy Mayfield and Orchestra
	This Is Always	Ernie Andrews	2006	(unknown performer) BRD, George Paxton and His Orchestra - Vocal by Lee Taylor REL, Bobby Byrne and His Orchestra REC
	Time After Time	Ernie Andrews	1995	Frank Sinatra BRD, Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC
	Travelin' Light	Ernie Andrews	1959	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
	Try It Baby	Ernie Andrews	1967	Unverified
	Until the Real Thing Comes Along	Ernie Andrews	1959	Ethel Waters, Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
	What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?	Plas Johnson featuring Ernie Andrews	2000	Margaret Whiting with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra REL, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt and The Campus Kids REC
	When Did You Leave Heaven	Ernie Andrews	1993	Tony Martin [US1]
	You Are So Beautiful	Frank Capp/Nat Pierce Orchestra - vocal Ernie Andrews (Frank Capp, Nat Pierce, Ernie Andrews)	1982	Unverified
	You Are Too Beautiful	Ernie Andrews - Houston Person, Aaron Graves, John Webber, Alvin Atkinson	May 2003	Al Jolson
	You Call It Madness	Ernie Andrews	1993	Russ Columbo
	You Came a Long Way from Saint Louis	Ernie Andrews	1967	Ray McKinley and Some of The Boys
	You Go to My Head	Ernie Andrews accompanied by Wilbert Baranco Trio	1945	Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Ernie Andrews Sings with The Fuzzy Kane Trio	Ernie Andrews and The Fuzzy Kane Trio	March 8, 1971	Phil-L.A. of Soul
Girl Talk	Ernie Andrews	June 2001	HighNote
Hear Me Now!	Ernie Andrews	1979	LMI
How About Me	Ernie Andrews	2006	HighNote
Importance of Being Ernest	Ernie Andrews	1959	GNP Crescendo [US]
In a Mellotone	Bob Cooper Snooky Young Sextet Featuring Ernie Andrews	1986	Contemporary
In the Dark	Ernie Andrews	October 1957	GNP Crescendo [US]
Jump for Joy	Ernie Andrews - Houston Person, Aaron Graves, John Webber, Alvin Atkinson	May 2003	HighNote
Live Session! Cannonball Adderley with the New Exciting Voice of Ernie Andrews	Cannonball Adderley with Ernie Andrews	February 1965	Capitol Records
No Regrets	Ernie Andrews	1993	Muse Records
Sunset Eyes 2000	Saskia Laroo Meets Teddy Edwards featuring Ernie Andrews	July 10, 1999	(self-released)
The Great City	Ernie Andrews	1995	Muse Records
The Many Faces of Ernie Andrews	Ernie Andrews	October 20, 1998	HighNote
This Is Ernie Andrews	Ernie Andrews	1967	Dot Records

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Baby I'm Gone	Ernie Andrews	October 1948	Exclusive [US]
Hickory Dickory Dock	Ernie Andrews with The Eddie Beal Fourtette	November 1947	Columbia [US]
Hurry Home	Ernie Andrews with Maxwell Davis and His Trio	September 1947	Aladdin [US]
It Ain't No Use	Ernie Andrews	July 1969	Dot Records
Make Me a Present of You	Ernie Andrews with Benny Carter Orchestra	December 1953	Trend Records
Paradise Lost	Ernie Andrews accompanied by Wilbert Baranco Trio	May 1946	G&G [US]
Slide Mr. Trombone	Ernie Andrews	1959	GNP Crescendo [US]
Soft Winds	Ernie Andrews	1955	Spark Record Co.
Song of the Wanderer	Ernie Andrews	1956	GNP Crescendo [US]
Summertime	Ernie Andrews with Maxwell Davis and His Trio	September 1947	Aladdin [US]
Wrap It Up, Put It Away (Till Daddy Comes Home From the Army)	Ernie Andrews	1945	G&G [US]
You Go to My Head	Ernie Andrews accompanied by Wilbert Baranco Trio	1945	G&G [US]