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Beverly Kenney

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Born
January 29, 1932
Died
April 13, 1960
Country
United States
Comments
Jazz vocalist. Although critically acclaimed, Kenney was not popular with the music buying public, at least in part to the growing success of rock 'n' roll, a type of music she despised. She committed suicide through a combination of alcohol and barbiturates.
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Covers by Beverly Kenney

Title Performer Release date Originally by
  1956 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REL, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo & Trio REC, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
  2006 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
  March 1959 Vera Lynn REC,REL, Ida Lupino BRD
  February 1956 David Brooks and Marion Bell PRF, David Brooks and Marion Bell with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
May 1960 Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
May 1960 Art Shaw and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Billy Holiday
May 1960 Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Fran Warren
1958 (unknown)
1958 The Buddy Kaye Quintet - Vocal by Artie Malvin
February 1956 The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
2006 The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
March 1959 Mel Tormé with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra
  2006 Johnny Long and His Orchestra REC, Ginny Simms with Freddy Martin and His Orchestra BRD
  1956 Johnny Long and His Orchestra REC, Ginny Simms with Freddy Martin and His Orchestra BRD
  1956 Frank Sinatra BRD,REL, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC
February 1956 Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra conducted by Neal Hefti
  1958 Irene Bordoni PRF, Ray Miller and His Orchestra REC
  March 1959 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
  1956 John Payne BRD, Bing Crosby and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Betty Barclay REL
  May 1960 Ethel Waters BRD, Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Frances Wayne REC,REL
  1956 Bing Crosby and Patty Andrews with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra REC,REL, Isabel Bigley PRF
1956 Jane Withers
  May 1960 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
1956 Diahann Carroll
March 1959 George Givot and Josephine Huston
  1956 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
  1956 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
March 1959 Fred Astaire
  March 1959 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC,REL, Tony Martin with Orchestra directed by Ray Sinatra BRD
1958 Jane Powell
  1958 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of George Siravo REL, Doris Day and Nestor Amaral REC
March 1959 Blossom Dearie
1958 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Morgan
2007 The Dixieaires
February 1956 Queenie Smith
1956 Al Trace and His Silly Symphonists
  1956 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
1958 Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke
  May 1960 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
1956 Walter Barnes and His Royal Creolians
  1956 Jan Clayton with The "Show Boat" Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Edwin McArthur REL, Jan Clayton PRF
  1956 Hoagy Carmichael and Orchestra REC, Hoagy Carmichael BRD
1956 Jo Stafford with Vocal Group and Paul Weston and His Orchestra
May 1960 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
Sing a Rainbow Beverly Kenney 2012 Unverified
2006 Charles Dornberger & His Orch. - Vocal by Dick Robertson
February 1956 Charles Dornberger & His Orch. - Vocal by Dick Robertson
May 1960 Russ Morgan and His Orchestra
  March 1959 Jerry Gray and His Orchestra - Vocal by Tommy Traynor REC, Nat "King" Cole REL
February 1956 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harry Babbitt
  February 1956 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde PRF
  1956 Bing Crosby with The Robert Mitchell Boys Choir BRD, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
  2006 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
2006 Nat "King" Cole
May 1960 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright
  1956 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
2006 John Payne & Joan Merrill
February 1956 John Payne & Joan Merrill
  2006 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde PRF
2006 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl
1956 Judy Garland
  1956 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
Time Was / It's So Peaceful Beverly Kenney 2012 Unverified
February 1956 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ralph Young
1958 Jack Payne & His Band
May 1960 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
1956 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
May 1960 Pedro Via y su orquesta, Jimmie Ague
1958 Jane Froman & Everett Marshall
March 1959 Peggy Lee and Victor Young and His Singing Strings
1956 Frank Sinatra with Percy Faith and His Orchestra
  2007 Irene Dunne BRD, Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Elmer Feldkamp REL
1956 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
  1956 Martha Tilton with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Carol Stewart and Del Porter BRD
  1958 Mark Dawson and Lois Lee REL,PRF

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