Kay Thompson

Aliases: Kay Thompson and The Boys
Kay Thompson and Her Orchestra with Her Rhythm SIngers
Real name: Catherine Louise Fink
Born: November 9, 1909
Died: July 2, 1998
Country: United States
IPI: 00030570713 3 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Author, composer, singer and actress. Thompson is probably best known for her "Eloise" children's books. She was the godmother of Liza Minnelli and was living in Minnelli's Manhattan penthouse at the time of her death.
Family: Jack Jenney Spouse (1937-1939)

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
On How to Be Lovely	Audrey Hepburn & Kay Thompson	1957	Elizabeth Larner & Mark Ryan
Take a Number from One to Ten REC	Tom Coakley and His Palace Hotel Orch. – Vocal Refrain by Kay Thompson	1934	(7 artists) Originally by Lyda Roberti with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra BRD
Think Pink!	Kay Thompson	1957	Emma Smith feat. Jamie Safir
Violins	Kay Thompson	1954	(3 artists)

Covers by Kay Thompson

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
Basin Street Blues	Kay Thompson	1954	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Blue Moon	Kay Thompson	1954	Shirley Ross, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenneth Sargent
Carelessly	Kay Thompson and Her Orchestra with Her Rhythm SIngers	April 28, 1937	(unknown)
Clap Yo' Hands	Kay Thompson & Fred Astaire	1957	Harland Dixon, Betty Compton, Paulette Winston, Constance Carpenter, Janette Gilmore & Ensemble PRF, George Gershwin REL, Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC
Don't Mention Love to Me	Kay Thompson and The Boys	December 7, 1935	Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Ginger Rogers BRD
Exactly Like You	Kay Thompson and Her Orchestra with Her Rhythm SIngers	May 19, 1937	Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
High on a Windy Hill	Kay Thompson, Jack Hastings and His Orchestra (Kay Thompson)	1941	Unverified
How Deep Is the Ocean?	Kay Thompson	1954	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
I Must Have That Man	Kay Thompson	1954	Adelaide Hall
It Had to Be You	Kay Thompson and Her Orchestra with Her Rhythm SIngers	May 19, 1937	The Ambassadors [US2]
It's All Right with Me	Kay Thompson	1954	Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
Lousiana Purchase	Andy Williams, The Williams Brothers, and Kay Thompson (Andy Williams [US1], Kay Thompson)	2003	Unverified
Moonglow	Kay Thompson	1954	Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF
Out of Sight, Out of Mind	Kay Thompson and The Boys	December 7, 1935	Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Ginger Rogers BRD
That Old Feeling	Kay Thompson with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra	August 1950	Virginia Verrill
There's a Lull in My Life	Kay Thompson and Her Orchestra with Her Rhythm SIngers	April 28, 1937	Alice Faye
The Steam Is on the Beam	Johnny Green and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kay Thompson and Her Singers	August 1945	Beat the Band Cast PRF, Emil Davis and His Society Orchestra REL
Was That the Human Thing to Do	Kay Thompson with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra	August 1950	(unknown)
(Where Are You?) Now That I Need You	Kay Thompson with Orchestra directed by Sonny Burke	July 1949	Betty Hutton

Songs written by Kay Thompson

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
It's the Holiday Season	Kay Thompson	Andy Williams	November 1963	Covered by (23 artists)
Love on a Greyhound Bus	Ralph Blane, Georgie Stoll, Kay Thompson	Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Vaughn Monroe and The Norton Sisters	May 1946	Covered by (3 artists)
Violins	Kay Thompson	Kay Thompson	1954	Covered by (3 artists)

Releases

Albums

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Kay Thompson Sings	Kay Thompson	1954	MGM

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Carelessly	Kay Thompson and Her Orchestra with Her Rhythm SIngers	April 28, 1937	Victor
It Had to Be You	Kay Thompson and Her Orchestra with Her Rhythm SIngers	May 19, 1937	Victor
Out of Sight, Out of Mind	Kay Thompson and The Boys	December 7, 1935	Brunswick
That Old Feeling	Kay Thompson with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra	August 1950	Decca
(Where Are You?) Now That I Need You	Kay Thompson with Orchestra directed by Sonny Burke	July 1949	Decca

Performances also appear on

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Funny Face - Original Sound Track Recording of the Paramount Motion Picture	various artists	1957	Verve Records
Take a Number from One to Ten	Tom Coakley and His Palace Hotel Orch.	1934	Victor
You Came Along from out of Nowhere	Johnny Green and His Orchestra	August 1945	Decca

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