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Gordon Franks

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Aliases
Chorus and Orchestra directed by James Wright
Gordon Franks and His Orchestra
The Gordon Franks Orchestra
James Wright [GB]
James Wright & His Orchestra
Born
November 4, 1923
Died
1976
Country
United Kingdom
Comments
Pianist, orchestra leader and composer
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Covers by Gordon Franks

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i September 1959 Duane Eddy, His 'Twangy' Guitar and The Rebels
i   1967 Tex Beneke with The Miller Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tex Beneke and The Crew Chiefs REL, Bing Crosby with The Calico Kids and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson and Martha Vickers [dubbed by Sally Sweetland] BRD
  1961 Emma Carus PRF, Collins and Harlan REC
1961 Irving Kaufman
  December 1959 The Singing Serenaders REC, Jack Hylton and His Orchestra REL
  1961 John Steel REC,PRF
December 1960 The Rivileers
i 1967 Horst Jankowski - His Orchestra and Chorus
i 1967 Duo Gardel - Razzano
July 1959 Arkansas Barefoot Boys, Jimmie Driftwood
April 1960 Leo Leandros - Orchester Bela Sanders und Chor, Lance Fortune
  1961 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
i   1967 Francisco Alves com Radamés Gnattali e sua Orquestra REC,REL, Araci Cortes PRF
April 1963 Chuck Berry and His Combo
i Carnival (From ''Black Orpheus'') Gordon Franks and His Orchestra 1967 Unverified
  1961 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
i (Gordon Franks) 1962 Geoff Love & His Orchestra
August 1962 Chubby Checker
April 1960 Anthony Newley - Accompaniment directed by Johnny Gregory
i (Gordon Franks) 1962 Johnnie Spence and His Orchestra
  1961 Samuel Ash, Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb PRF, Meyer Davis and His Orch. – Vocal Refrain by Lou Conrad REC
1961 Collins and Harlan with Orchestra
1963 Tommy Steele and Company
July 1963 Bobby Rydell - Accompaniment directed by Bob Leaper
January 1962 Eden Kane
January 1959 Billy Eckstine REL, Louis Jourdan REC, Leslie Caron [dubbed by Betty Wand], Hermione Gingold & Louis Jourdan
August 1960 Willie Bryant and His Orchestra
  March 1961 Felicia Sanders REL, Barbara Cook PRF
i November 1958 Fiorella Bini - Pippo Barzizza e la sua orchestra
  1963 Tommy Steele and Marti Webb PRF,REL, Roy Sone & David Heneker REC
February 1960 Ray Charles
December 1959 (unknown)
January 1959 Cliff Richard with The Drifters
July 1959 (unknown)
November 1958 Betty Johnson - Orchestra & Chorus directed by Charles Grean
i Hoots Mon Gordon Franks & His Orchestra November 1958 Unverified
1961 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
  April 1958 Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans REC,REL, Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans and Cast PRF
February 1959 LaVern Baker
  1963 Tommy Steele & the Rita Williams Singers REC, Tommy Steele and Company PRF,REL
November 1958 (unknown), Bing Crosby with The Ken Darby Singers and Orchestra directed by Buddy Cole
August 1960 Safaris with The Phantom's Band
i 1967 Hermínia Silva
i   1967 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly REC, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell and Chorus with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i 1967 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Billy May
i Jeux Interdits Gordon Franks and His Orchestra 1967 Unverified
December 1962 Little Eva
i La dolce vita Gordon Franks and His Orchestra 1967 Unverified
i 1967 (unknown)
i La strada Gordon Franks and His Orchestra 1967 Unverified
i Les parapluies de Cherbourg Gordon Franks and His Orchestra 1967 Unverified
July 1962 Helen Shapiro with Martin Slavin and His Orchestra
i (Gordon Franks) September 1962 Mr. Acker Bilk with The Leon Young String Chorale
January 1962 Jerry Wallace
  1963 Rita Williams REC, Marti Webb and Tommy Steele PRF,REL
i 1967 The Tudor Minstrels
November 1958 Tennessee Ernie Ford with Cliffie Stone's Music
1964 Richard Kiley and Diahann Carroll, Bernice Massi and Don Chastain
November 1959 Floyd Robinson
i Mondo Cane Gordon Franks and His Orchestra 1967 Unverified
December 1960 Barbara McNair - Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Milton Delugg
My Ain Folk Gordon Franks Singers and Players with Rikki Henderson (Gordon Franks, Rikki Henderson) June 1961 Unverified
  April 1961 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
June 1959 Gertie Gitana
i Never on Sunday Gordon Franks & His Orchestra 1967 Unverified
1964 Richard Kiley and Diahann Carroll
  1964 Diahann Carroll & Richard Kiley PRF,REL
June 1959 Red Foley
January 1959 Smiley Lewis
  April 1958 John Michael King REL,PRF
i August 1958 Perez Prado and His Orchestra
i   July 1959 Ray Anthony and His Orchestra REL, Henry Mancini REC
September 1962 Nat King Cole with Music conducted by Belford Hendricks
August 1961 Frank Forster, Shirley Bassey
i   November 1959 Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Blackwell Lunsford REL, Carl T. Sprague REC
i Rififi Gordon Franks and His Orchestra 1967 Unverified
July 1961 Odeon-Tanz-Musik (Dajos Béla), Petula Clark
February 1960 Johnny Valentine
1961 Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager)
  March 1961 Robert Preston & Ensemble REL, Robert Preston PRF
1963 Tommy Steele
February 1960 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
Covered by (28 artists)
i 1967 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i   November 1958 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
January 1959 Maurice Chevalier BRD, Hank Jones [US1] REC, Leslie Caron [dubbed by Betty Wand]
The Day After Tomorrow Jean Campbell - Accompaniment directed by James Wright May 1962 Unverified
November 1958 Georgia Gibbs with Hugo Peretti & His Orch.
i (Gordon Franks) 1962 Ron Grainer and His Music
i (Gordon Franks) 1962 (unknown)
  February 1960 Bing Crosby with Orchestra under the direction of John Scott Trotter BRD, Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REC
i   1967 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
1961 William O'Neal, Marty May, Ray Middleton and Ethel Merman
April 28, 1961 Gianni Meccia - Ennio Morricone e la sua orchestra
Covered by Mark Morriss
September 1959 The Everly Brothers
August 1961 Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour"
i Un homme et une femme Gordon Franks and His Orchestra 1967 Unverified
December 1962 The Drifters [US1]
July 1962 Connie Francis
1961 Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Reed Kennedy and the Freshmen
  1961 Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
April 1958 Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth and Rod McLennan
  April 1958 Julie Andrews REL, Julie Andrews and Cast PRF
July 1961 Helen Shapiro with Accompaniment directed by Martin Slavin
i Young Girls Of Rochefort Gordon Franks and His Orchestra 1967 Unverified
i 1967 Nancy Sinatra
July 1963 Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires