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Don Elliott

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Aliases
Don Elliot
The Don Elliott Quartet
Don Elliott Quartet
Don Elliott Quintet
Don Elliott Septet
Real name
Donald Elliott Helfman
Born
October 21, 1926
Died
July 5, 1984
Country
United States
Comments
Jazz trumpeter, vibraphonist, mellophone player and bandleader. He was also a vocalist, composer and producer who was a pioneer in multi-track recording. He recorded over 5000 advertising jingles.
Member of
The Nutty Squirrels
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i   May 1955 David Brooks and Marion Bell PRF, David Brooks and Marion Bell with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
i 1956 Mel Tormé and His Mel-Tones
i Azure 'Te Don Elliott 1956 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   May 1958 Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer - Paul Weston's Orchestra REL, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five REC, Ricardo Montalbán and Esther Williams BRD
listen on Internet Archive May 1958 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i   1957 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Vivienne Segal PRF
listen on Internet Archive May 1958 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan
  February 1957 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
listen on Internet Archive May 1958 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
i   1958 Adelaide Hall & Lena Horne PRF, Lena Horne with Neal Hefti's Orchestra and Chorus REL
i 1956 Julie London
listen on Internet Archive May 1958 Julie London
i   February 1953 Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
1957 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Ward
i May 1955 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
i   1957 Jack Durant, June Havoc PRF, Ken Remo with Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel REL
1959 Barney Bigard and Orchestra, (unknown)
i Easy to Remember Don Elliott And Rusty Dedrick (Don Elliott, Rusty Dedrick) 1955 Unverified
i 1957 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
  May 1955 Maureen Cannon PRF, Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by June Robbins and Bill Heathcock REC
i   May 1955 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire & Cliff Edwards PRF
1962 Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive May 1958 Crowel Glee Club, Andy Iona and His Islanders
1959 The Mello Larks with Neal Hefti & His Orch.
1959 Bobbe Arnst
i   1957 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra REC,REL, Gene Kelly & Leila Ernst PRF
listen on Internet Archive May 1958 The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
  1956 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
i   1957 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
i   1956 The Dixie Stompers [US1] (Fletcher Henderson) REC, Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Singing Chorus by Eva Taylor REL
  1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Ramona REC, William Gaxton & Ethel Merman PRF
  1957 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
May 1955 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin
1957 Harry James and His Orchestra
1959 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
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February 1957 Dick Powell
  February 1957 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
  February 1957 Nat Finston and his Paramount Studio Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sam Coslow REL, Maurice Chevalier, Rolfe Sedan, Bert Roach, Jeanette MacDonald BRD
  February 1957 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
1956 Dinah Shore with Orchestra
  February 1957 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
1957 Bing Crosby
i 1956 Doris Day
i 1956 Lucille Hegamin accompanied by Harris' Blues and Jazz Seven
i   February 1953 The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD, Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra REC
i   1957 Gene Kelly, June Havoc, Diane Sinclair, Sondra Barrett and Chorus PRF, Harold Lang with Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel REL
1962 Marilyn Moore
  May 1955 Harold Arlen with Orchestral Acc. Dir. by Ray Sinatra REC, Art Jarrett BRD
i 1957 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines, Frank Sintra & The Pied Pipers
i 1957 Gerry Mulligan Quartet
i 1957 Marilyn Miller and Leon Errol
May 1955 Queenie Smith
1959 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert
i February 1953 George Alexander [US1]
i 1956 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
1959 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
i 1956 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
listen on Internet Archive   May 1958 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i   1957 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
1959 Vic Damone and Music by Camarata, Frank Sinatra
i May 1955 Germaine Alexandre
i   1958 Lena Horne REL,PRF
i 1956 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines and The Pied Pipers
1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra under the direction of Norman Leyden
i Poinciana (Song of the Tree) Don Elliot 1958 Unverified
May 1955 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i   1958 Lena Horne PRF, Lena Horne with Neal Hefti's Orchestra and Chorus REL
listen on Internet Archive May 1958 Ray McKinley and His Orchestra
i 1956 Ella Fitzgerald with The Ray Charles Singers
i   1956 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
1957 Gene Austin
1957 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, The Boswell Sisters
  May 1955 Mary Martin and Kenny Baker REL, Kurt Weill REC
i May 1955 Bob Haring and His Orchestra
1956 Bob Haring and His Orchestra
i   May 1955 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF
i 1956 Harvey Hindermeyer
  1956 Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra REC,REL, Judy Garland BRD
i   1957 Teddy Lynch with Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REC, Mitzi Green PRF
i   May 1955 Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms REC, Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REL
1956 Fred Astaire – Orchestra under direction of Perry Botkin
1957 Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kay Weber
1959 Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kay Weber
1957 Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston
i   1957 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Maxine Grey REC, Doris Carson & Ray Bolger PRF
  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
i 1979 Count Basie and His Orchestra, Harry James and His Orchestra
i   1957 Vivienne Segal with Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel REC,REL, Vivienne Segal PRF
1962 Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
1958 Gene Austin
i When Your Lover Has Gone Don Elliott And Rusty Dedrick (Rusty Dedrick, Don Elliott) 1955 Unverified
  1956 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
i May 1955 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra
1957 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
1956 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i 1957 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
  May 1955 Jack Albin and His Hotel Pennsylvania Dance Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty REC, Adele Astaire & Eddie Foy Jr. PRF

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