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Rex Stewart

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Aliases
Rex Stewart and His Band
Rex Stewart and His Footwarmers
Rex Stewart and His Orchestra
Rex Stewart & His Sydney Six
Rex Stewart leads The Fletcher Henderson Alumni
Rex Stewart Orchestra
Rex Stewart and Orchestra
Rex Stewart's Big Eight
Rex Stewart's Big Four
Rex Stewart's Big Seven
Real name
Rex William Stewart, Jr.
Born
February 22, 1907
Died
September 7, 1967
Country
United States
IPI
00029638166 3 works
29638166 1 work
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Principally a cornet player, Stewart also occasionally sang. After an 11-year stint with Duke Ellington from the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s, Stewart left the Ellington organization to lead his own groups.
Member of
The Big 18 Trumpet
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Covers by Rex Stewart

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i A Hundred Years from Today Fletcher Henderson All Stars under The Direction of Rex Stewart (Rex Stewart) 1958 Unverified
i September 1959 Arthur West
i 1954 Jimmy Noone's Apex Club Orchestra
i   1959 Edward Matthews under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Edward Matthews PRF
i 1954 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
i   1959 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Lawrence Tibbett & Helen Jepson REL, Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan PRF
i Boy Meets Horn Rex Stewart and His Orchestra February 8, 1946 Unverified
i 1940 Friars Society Orchestra
i 1940 McKinney's Cotton Pickers
i 1948 Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson
i 1940 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain
i 1954 Original Dixieland 'Jass' Band
i 1959 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
i 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1951 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1960 Western Wanderers (Bob Haring)
i   September 1959 The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
i September 1959 Ed Smalle
i 1966 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1956 "Standard Band"
i Honeysuckle Rose Fletcher Henderson All Stars under The Direction of Rex Stewart (Rex Stewart) 1958 Unverified
i 1951 Duke Ellington and His Washingtonians
listen on Internet Archive i 1947 The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
i 1960 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
i   1957 Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
i   1959 Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   1939 Beatrice Lillie PRF, Sam Lanin and His Orchestra REC
i   September 1959 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC, Trixie Friganza and Jimmie Savo PRF
i 1957 Harry James and His Orchestra
i 1949 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i 1957 The Clevelanders – V. C. Bill Cody
i   1959 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
i   September 1959 The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD, Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra REC
i King Porter Stomp Fletcher Henderson All Stars under The Direction of Rex Stewart (Rex Stewart) 1958 Unverified
i   September 1959 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
i   September 1959 Irving Aaronson and His Commanders REC, Irene Bordoni and Arthur Margetson PRF
i February 21, 1941 Bailey's Lucky Seven
i September 1959 (unknown), Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights
i 1959 Turner Layton REC, Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra, Judy Garland, Dorothy Dickson PRF
i   1959 Helen Jepson REL, Ruby Elzy PRF, Ruby Elzy under the direction of George Gershwin REC
1960 Ipana Troubadours (Sam Lanin)
i   1948 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
i   1959 Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL, Todd Duncan, Ruby Elzy & Georgette Harvey PRF
i 1959 Todd Duncan
i   1956 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Emil Coleman & His Montmartre Orchestra REC
i 1960 Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
i 'Round About Midnight Fletcher Henderson All Stars under The Direction of Rex Stewart (Rex Stewart) 1958 Unverified
i 1960 The Benson Orchestra of Chicago under the direction of Roy Bargy
i September 1959 New Princes' Toronto Band
i September 1959 Sam Lanin's Orchestra
i 1954 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
i 1966 Prince's Band
i 1949 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i   1966 Max Hoffman PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra with Vocal Refrain REC,REL
i 1941 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i Sugar Foot Stomp Fletcher Henderson All Stars under The Direction of Rex Stewart (Rex Stewart) 1958 Unverified
i   1959 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i Summertime Rex Stewart with Graeme Bell (Rex Stewart) 1954 Unverified
i 1948 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i July 1955 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1954 Prince's Band
i   1948 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
i 1959 John W. Bubbles
i   September 1959 Broadway Nitelites - Vocal Chorus by Franklyn Baur REC,REL, William Gaxton & Constance Carpenter PRF
i 1956 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
i September 1959 Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour"
i 1957 Broadway Syncopators
i 1956 Louisiana Five
i 1954 (unknown)
i 1957 Gene Austin
i November 29, 1940 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
i 1956 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
i 1960 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra

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