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Sam Butera

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Aliases
Sam Butera and The Wildest
Sam Butera and The Witnesses
Born
August 17, 1927
Died
June 3, 2009
Country
United States
IPI
00004689873 1 work
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Saxophonist and bandleader, best known for his longtime association with Louis Prima and Keely Smith
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
June 4, 1962 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass, Margaret Young
i   1984 Emma Carus PRF, Collins and Harlan REC
June 4, 1962 Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats
i October 1958 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
December 1961 Ella Johnson
1973 Louis Prima and His Orchestra
November 1957 (unknown), Louis Prima and His Orchestra
Covered by (3 artists)
i   June 1961 The Shadows [GB] REL, Bert Weedon REC
  January 1965 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
As Time Goes By Louis Prima with Sam Butera & The Witnesses 1972 Unverified
i   1960 Bert Kaplan and His Collegians REC, George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice REL
May 1957 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL, Jo Stafford with Orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney
March 4, 1957 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
1973 Louis Prima and His Orchestra
i 1964 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan
i 1984 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
October 1956 Louis Prima and His Orchestra
1970 Jill Haworth
May 1960 Jacques Hélian & son orchestre - Chant Jean Marco REC, Suzy Delair PRF, Johnny Desmond with The Quintones - Orchestra conducted by Tony Mottola
March 1961 Big Bopper
1984 Grandpa Jones
May 1957 Grandpa Jones
i November 1957 Giovanni Ambrosini, Maria Cappiello
  November 1962 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
1984 Jill Haworth
January 1965 Julie London
November 1959 (unknown), Tony Pastor and His Orchestra
i   1970 P.J. Proby REC, Tom Jones REL
January 1965 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
  January 1965 Johnny Desmond - Orchestra conducted by Tony Mottola REC, Frank Sinatra with The Pastels - Orchestra under the direction of Hugo Winterhalter REL
February 2, 1959 Mildred Bailey
November 1957 Katherine Perry PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC,REL, Frances Langford BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC
May 1960 Ray Charles and His Orchestra
1973 Louis Prima and Orchestra
March 1959 Little Willie John
  1970 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
  November 1957 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
  1970 Connie Haines REC, Jean DuShon REL
i 1964 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
December 1961 Cäcilie Carola, Emma Malkowsky & Kathi Herold, Mills Brothers and Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra
1984 Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike)
i June 4, 1962 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Jack Dumont, Alto Sax
i 1970 A.Z. Idelsohn
i June 1961 The Jewels [US1]
March 1959 Oscar McLollie and Jeanette Baker
i   October 1958 Johnnie Ray - Orch. under dir. of Joe Reisman REC, John Raitt PRF
March 1961 The Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter
i 1960 Synco Jazz Band (Joseph Samuels)
i   November 1957 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
i February 1954 Harlan Leonard and His Rockets - Vocal Refrain by Myra Taylor
  October 22, 1962 The Dukays REL, The Drifters [US1] REC
i 1964 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
i If You Really Love Me Louis Prima with Sam Butera & The Witnesses 1972 Unverified
i November 1958 George Robey and Violet Loraine
  November 1957 Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive i I Kiss Your Hand, Madame Sam Butera 1957 Unverified
i   1964 Ceil Clayton REL, Claramae Turner PRF
I Left My Heart in San Francisco Louis Prima with Sam Butera & The Witnesses 1972 Unverified
i   October 1958 Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra REC,REL, Lilo PRF
i June 1961 Bing Crosby, Leonid Kinskey, Martha Raye, Bob Burns and Louis Prima with The Sons of the Pioneers
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Louis Prima with Sam Butera & The Witnesses 1972 Unverified
  January 1965 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
It's Impossible Louis Prima with Sam Butera & The Witnesses 1972 Unverified
June 1961 Brian Hyland
  May 1957 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
  February 2, 1959 Virginia Bruce BRD, Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC
November 1962 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
i 1960 Arthur Fields
May 1960 (unknown), Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
1973 (unknown)
i June 1961 Wayne King and His Orchestra
November 1958 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
  June 4, 1962 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
i March 1961 Enzo Fusco
March 1961 Little Willie Littlefield
May 1960 Gene and Eunice with Jonesy's Combo
i November 1962 New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble]
January 1965 Fredric Fradkin – Piano by Dan Lieberfeld
i October 1958 Edith Piaf
March 1959 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
Lazy River Louis Prima with Sam Butera & The Witnesses 1972 Unverified
December 1961 Chubby Checker
May 1960 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Linda Sam Butera 1954 Unverified
1970 Roger Miller [US-OK]
i   1964 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
1984 James Phelps
i   October 1958 (unknown performer) PRF, Don Cornell REC,REL
i 1960 Jeanette MacDonald
i   June 4, 1962 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
i 1960 George Shearing Quintet
i 1970 Richard Harris [IE]
i May 1960 (unknown)
1973 Beniamino Gigli, Phil Brito with Walter Gross and the Orchestra
i   1960 Sterling Holloway - June Cochran PRF, The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin] REC
1984 Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager)
December 1961 The Troubadours - Vocal Refrain by Lewis James
1984 Louis Prima and His Orchestra
1973 Louis Prima and His Orchestra
1970 Charlie Rich
  November 1958 Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF
i 1964 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
1970 Simon and Garfunkel
i   June 1961 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1964 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i 1964 Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
i March 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Jimmy Forrest and All Star Combo
1970 The Beatles
i 1972 Edwin Hawkins' Singers
1973 Antonio Scotti, Louis Prima and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lily Ann Carol
October 1960 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
  March 1961 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
June 1961 The Clovers
i   October 1958 John Michael King REL,PRF
November 1957 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC, Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC
i 1960 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
  May 1957 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i March 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1973 Louis Prima and His Orchestra
November 1957 Louis Prima and His Orchestra, Louis Prima and Keely Smith
i October 1958 Jockers Brothers
1984 Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Walter Fuller
December 1961 The King Cole Trio
March 4, 1957 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
November 1962 Bob MacGimsey
May 1960 Harlem Hamfats, Chris Kenner
December 1961 Sam Lanin's Orchestra
March 1961 Bill Haley and His Comets
May 1960 Dorothy Pay
i June 1961 Ben E. King - Orch. arr. & Cond. by Stan Applebaum
1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears
March 1961 Alfred Newman and His Orchestra
i June 1961 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra
i Sympathy for the Devil Louis Prima with Sam Butera & The Witnesses 1972 Unverified
i 1964 Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra
i   October 1958 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
September 29, 1958 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
i 1960 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
1970 Marian Montgomery
May 1957 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
December 1961 Joe Liggins
i   June 1961 Geo J. Gaskin REC,REL, Bryant's Minstrels PRF
i Theme from Love Story Louis Prima with Sam Butera & The Witnesses 1972 Unverified
January 1965 John Payne & Joan Merrill
i February 1954 (unknown), Jan Savitt and His Top Hatters - Vocal Refrain by Allan DeWitt
  January 1965 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
i October 1958 (unknown)
December 1961 Hank Ballard and The Midnighters
  January 1965 George Paxton and His Orchestra - Vocal by Lee Taylor REL, Bobby Byrne and His Orchestra REC, (unknown performer) BRD
i October 1958 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
  June 4, 1962 Benny Strong and His Orchestra REL, Tex Ritter REC
i October 1958 Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louanne Hogan
i   1960 Bob Hope & Shirley Ross BRD, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Charles Wilson REC
November 1962 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
i 1960 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra
January 1965 The Bobby Doyle Three
May 1957 (unknown)
May 1957 Henry Thies and His Hotel Sinton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Dewey, Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
i 1964 Joni James - Lew Douglas Orchestra
  June 4, 1962 Ethel Merman and Russell Nype PRF, Ethel Merman & Dick Haymes - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL
May 1960 Sam Cooke (Bumps Blackwell Orch.)
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