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Al Hibbler

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Aliases
Al Hibbler and Orchestra
Al Hibbler with Orchestra
Albert Hibbler and Orchestra
Real name
Albert George Hibbler
Born
August 16, 1915
Died
April 24, 2001
Country
United States
Comments
Baritone jazz and pop vocalist, and also recording performances bridging the space between R&B and traditional pop. He was born in Tyro, Mississippi, and was blind from birth.
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Covers by Al Hibbler

Title Performer Release date Originally by
April 1958 Angela Terry with Johnny Richards and His Orchestra
1958 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
1958 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes
  January 1954 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
  1958 Dorothy Squires with Orchestra directed by Billy Reid REC, Sam Browne with Bert Thompson and His Orchestra REL
August 1961 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
1957 Tommy Tucker Time - Vocal Chorus by Don Brown
listen on Internet Archive November 1952 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
1964 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive August 29, 1955 Jack Kaufman and Arthur Fields
1949 Lloyd Keating and His Music [Fred Rich] - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty
1950 McKinney's Cotton Pickers
June 1956 Henri Salvador et son trio rythmique, Ray Anthony and His Orchestra - Vocal by Dick Noel
listen on Internet Archive June 1950 (unknown), Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Daybreak Rahsaan Roland Kirk & Al Hibbler 1972 Unverified
August 1961 Jay Wilbur and His Band
listen on Internet Archive 1948 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
i 1972 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
  August 1961 Peggy Lee with The Dave Barbour Sextette REL, Peggy Lee with Buddy Cole's Four of a Kind REC
  September 1948 Peggy Lee with The Dave Barbour Sextette REL, Peggy Lee with Buddy Cole's Four of a Kind REC
  1972 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ink Spots REL
  1958 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ink Spots REL
listen on Internet Archive November 1946 Mildred Bailey
August 1961 Mildred Bailey
  1954 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Patti Palmer REC, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler REL
1964 Leroy Carr
1954 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1954 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
1958 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
  1958 John Boles BRD, Joe Green's Marimba Band REC
1949 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy
February 1953 Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing
April 1958 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive May 1951 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
October 1946 Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
1958 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra featuring Jerry Cooper
June 1955 Woody Herman and Band - Vocals by: Frances Wayne
1964 Woody Herman and Band - Vocals by: Frances Wayne
  1972 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra REL
June 1956 Bing Crosby
  October 1946 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
  August 1961 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
  1958 Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
1957 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin
listen on Internet Archive 1954 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1958 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  1958 Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
1957 Ted Black and His Orchestra
  1958 Percy Faith PRF, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC,REL
1958 (unknown)
August 1961 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case
1958 Clarence Williams' Trio
1958 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
1964 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
1954 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler
1964 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler
1958 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Henry Wells
1954 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
August 1961 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
listen on Internet Archive December 1946 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
1958 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
March 1951 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1953 Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
1957 Bing Crosby with Les Paul and His Trio
1964 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal by Albert Hibbler
  August 1961 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Al Hibbler REC, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REL
1958 Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra
December 1956 Joe Loss and His Band
1958 Earl Hines and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Billy Eckstein
1957 Mills Brothers
  August 1961 Lou Bring & Orchestra - Vocal by Teddy Walters REL, Dinah Shore REC
  1972 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
listen on Internet Archive   1948 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
  1964 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
  1958 Maurice Chevalier REC,BRD
April 1947 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
  June 1956 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
1957 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Al Hendrickson
  June 1956 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
listen on Internet Archive   November 1952 Bing Crosby, Eddie Lang BRD, Bing Crosby with Anson Weeks and His Orchestra REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive 1949 Elizabeth Spencer
February 1953 Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing
  June 1956 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Bobby Goday REC, The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD
  June 1956 James Cagney, Ruby Keeler and Chorus BRD, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC
1954 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal by Albert Hibbler
November 1956 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
listen on Internet Archive 1947 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive June 1950 Douglas Richardson
November 1946 Bob Haring and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive May 1951 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals, Chester Leighton & His Sophomores - Vocal Chorus by Chester Leighton
June 1956 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD, Dick Haymes and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra
  1950 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
listen on Internet Archive   July 1947 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
1957 Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Trevor Bacon
  August 1961 Judy Holliday, Ensemble PRF, Carmen McRae with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis REC,REL
June 1956 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers
1958 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
listen on Internet Archive 1953 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
1964 Al Bowlly
1957 Al Bowlly
listen on Internet Archive March 1950 Edward Allen
  1951 George Paxton and His Orchestra - Vocal by Lee Taylor REL, Bobby Byrne and His Orchestra REC, (unknown performer) BRD
1972 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers
1958 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ralph Young
listen on Internet Archive 1948 Ernestine Schumann-Heink
1957 Ernestine Schumann-Heink
  March 1955 Liberace REL, Todd Duncan BRD
March 1951 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
August 1961 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen O'Connell
  June 1956 Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra REL, Sterling Young and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Donna Lee REC
  June 1956 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
  November 1956 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
1958 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
  1964 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
1958 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Prysock
June 1956 Alice Faye

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
After the Lights Go Down Low Al Hibbler July 1956 Decca
After the Lights Go Down Low Al Hibbler January 1955 Original [US]
Ain't Nothin' Wrong with That Baby Al Hibbler April 1958 Decca
As Time Goes By Al Hibbler with Leroy Lovett and His Orchestra January 1954 Clef Records
Danny Boy Al Hibbler with Orch. directed by Billy Kyle June 1950 Atlantic
Fat and Forty Albert Hibbler and Orchestra under Supervision of Billy Strayhorn April 1947 Sunrise [US2]
Ghost of Love Al Hibbler with Orchestra 1949 Sunrise [US2]
He Al Hibbler with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis August 29, 1955 Decca
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good Al Hibbler with Harry Carney's All-Stars October 1946 Aladdin [US]
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart Al Hibbler with Leroy Lovett and His Orchestra June 1954 Norgran Records
I Surrender Dear Al Hibbler with Harry Carney's All-Stars December 1946 Aladdin [US]
Now I Lay Me Down to Dream Al Hibbler with Orchestra directed by Jimmy Mundy 1951 Atlantic
Please Al Hibbler and Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra November 1952 Mercury
Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today Al Hibbler with Count Basie and His Orchestra February 1953 Mercury
Silent Night Al Hibbler November 1956 Decca
Solitude - Feather Roll Blues Albert Hibbler and Orchestra - Billy Strayhorn and Orchestra 1947 Sunrise [US2]
S'posin' Al Hibbler with Harry Carney's All-Stars November 1946 Aladdin [US]
Stardust The Ellingtonians with Al Hibbler May 1951 Mercer Records
Stormy Weather The Ellingtonians with Al Hibbler 1950 Mercer Records
Summertime Al Hibbler with Mercer Ellington & Orchestra July 1947 Sunrise [US2]
There Is No Greater Love Al Hibbler and Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra 1953 Mercury
The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise Al Hibbler with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra March 1950 Columbia [US]
They Say You're Laughing at Me (While I'm Crying for You) Al Hibbler June 1955 Decca
Tonight I Shall Sleep Albert Hibbler and Orchestra 1949 Sunrise [US2]
Trees Al Hibbler and Orchestra 1948 Miracle [US1]
Unchained Melody Al Hibbler March 1955 Decca
What Will I Tell My Heart? Al Hibbler and Orchestra March 1951 Chess

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