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George Melachrino

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George Melachrino and His Orchestra
The Melachrino Orchestra
The Melachrino Orchestra conducted by George Melachrino
Melachrino's Magic Strings
The Melachrino Strings
The Melachrino Strings conducted by George Melachrino
The Melachrino Strings and Orchestra
Real name
George Miltiades
Born
May 1, 1909
Died
June 18, 1965
Country
United Kingdom
Comments
English of Greek and Italian descent, Melachrino was a musician, musical director and composer for films. He played violin, viola, oboe, clarinet and saxophone. He recorded standards in an easy listening style with an orchestra.
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1959 (unknown)
i   1958 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC,REL, Virginia Grey [dubbed by Elvida Rizzo] & Dan Dailey [dubbed by Morton Scott] BRD
i 1960 Emma Trentini and Orville Harrold
i 1960 Edith Day
listen on Internet Archive i 1962 John Steel and Ruth Thomas
i   1961 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i   1961 Kitty Carlisle & Allan Jones BRD, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Maxine Grey REC,REL
i July 1965 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1962 Irving Kaufman
i June 1956 Tonina Torrielli - Orchestra Arcobaleno dir. da Gian Stellari
i 1961 The Singing Serenaders REC, Jack Hylton and His Orchestra REL, (unknown)
i   1963 Judy Campbell PRF, Vera Lynn REC
i   April 1964 John Steel REC,PRF
i June 1956 Franca Raimondi con l'orchestra Eros Sciorilli
i   July 1965 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Larry Adler, Buddy Ebsen, Vilma Ebsen, Monette Moore PRF
i 1956 Flo Sandon's
i   1956 Frankie Laine with Percy Faith & His Orch REC,REL, Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons - With Orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton BRD
1953 Marguerite Ugalde, Adèle Isaac
i 1953 (unknown)
i 1963 (unknown), Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive i 1962 Adrian Schubert's Salon Orchestra ‑ Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
i   1951 Cicely Courtneidge REL, Cicely Courtneidge and Company PRF
i   1946 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
i 1964 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case
i   1968 Shorty Long, Susan Johnson and Ensemble PRF,REC,REL
i 1954 Eva Puck and Sam White
i   April 1964 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
i 1963 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i July 1965 Jack Buchanan
  1944 Phil Hanna with Harry Sosnik and His Orchestra REL, Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman REC
i   April 1964 Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
i   1952 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Weston Vaughan REC,REL, Pit Musicians [What Price Glory] PRF
i   April 1964 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
i 1952 Pierre Dudan - Orch. dir. Jacques-Henry Rys
i September 15, 1958 Bob and Randall Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes
1957 Josef Locke with Orchestra conducted by Eric Robinson
i   1964 Jack Barker [US1] PRF, Jacques Renard and His Orchestra REC
i Danza lucumí The Melachrino Orchestra conducted by George Melachrino 1951 Unverified
i 1970 Tom Jones
i 1960 Howard Marsh and Ilse Marvenga
i   1970 P.J. Proby REC, Tom Jones REL
i December 1948 (unknown)
i 1952 James Melton
i 1952 André Claveau avec André Grassi et son orchestre
i October 1948 Charles Williams with his Concert Orchestra - Solo Pianist: Arthur Dulay
1953 Charles Williams with his Concert Orchestra - Solo Pianist: Arthur Dulay
i 1961 Ted Lewis and His Band
i June 1956 Ugo Molinari - Orchestra Arcobaleno dir. da Gian Stellari
i June 1956 Luciana Gonzales - Orchestra Arcobaleno dir. da Gian Stellari
i Ecstasy The Melachrino Strings 1952 Unverified
i 1958 (unknown)
i   1954 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
i Empty Saddles George Melachrino and His Orchestra 1958 Unverified
i Faithfully Yours The Melachrino Strings 1952 Unverified
i 1961 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i Flirtation Waltz The Melachrino Strings 1952 Unverified
i   1951 Cicely Courtneidge REL, Cicely Courtneidge and Company PRF
i 1959 Meister Glee Singers
i Goin' Home The Melachrino Strings 1954 Unverified
i 1959 (unknown)
i   1964 Shirley Temple BRD, Mal Hallett and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jerry Perkins REC
i 1953 New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble]
i 1970 Johnny Darrell
i 1963 (unknown), Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
i 1960 Alice Nielsen & Eugene Cowles
i   1959 Waltham Abbey Choir PRF, Columbia Male Quartet REL
i   1956 Gertrude Lawrence PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC
i 1970 Wilma Goich
i   1956 Johnnie Ray - Orch. under dir. of Joe Reisman REC, John Raitt PRF
i June 1956 Gianni Marzocchi - Orchestra Arcobaleno dir. da Gian Stellari
i Home on the Range George Melachrino 1958 Unverified
i April 1964 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i 1958 Mischa Elman
i 1970 Don Gibson
i   1956 Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans REC,REL, Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans and Cast PRF
i   1958 Lily Pons BRD, Jimmy Carr and His Orchestra REC
i   1964 Robert Goulet PRF,REC
i 1956 Jan Clayton and John Raitt with Carousel Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau
i   1951 Denis Martin REL, Cicely Courtneidge PRF
i   July 1965 Enric Madriguera & His Hotel Weylin Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tony Sacco REC,REL, Georges Metaxa PRF
i July 1965 (unknown)
i   1964 Morton Downey REC,REL, Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians BRD
i 1964 Grace Moore
i   1956 Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra REC,REL, Lilo PRF
i 1954 (unknown), Otta Brønnum
i 1960 Orville Harrold
i 1961 Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jean Bowes
1944 (unknown)
i 1946 Victor Herbert
i 1960 Billy Murray
i 1964 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i 1950 Mary Ellis acc. by The Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra REL, Mary Ellis PRF, Mary Ellis & Olive Gilbert with Ivor Novello (at the Piano) REL, Mary Ellis and Olive Gilbert PRF, Dunston Hart & Mary Ellis with Ivor Novello (at the Piano) REL, Dunston Hart, Mary Ellis and Chorus PRF
i 1950 Mary Ellis with Ivor Novello (at the Piano) acc. by The Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra REL, Mary Ellis and Chorus PRF, The Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra REL, (unknown performer) PRF
i 1959 Jimmy Boyd accompanied by Norman Luboff
i   July 1965 Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REC, Evelyn Laye PRF
i   1964 Nat Finston and his Paramount Studio Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sam Coslow REL, Maurice Chevalier, Rolfe Sedan, Bert Roach, Jeanette MacDonald BRD
i 1960 Lucy Isabelle Marsh with Victor Light Opera Company
i   1953 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
i 1970 Tom Jones
i   1956 Rex Harrison REL,PRF
i   1961 Jack Denny and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Paul Small REC, Walter Slezak PRF
i 1959 Edison Male Quartette
i 1959 (unknown), (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i 1962 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl
i 1952 Fritzi Scheff
i June 1956 Ugo Molinari e Coretto - Orchestra Arcobaleno dir. da Gian Stellari
i December 1948 (unknown)
i   April 3, 1948 Sebastián Yradier PRF, Cornet Duet REL
i 1958 (unknown), (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i 1949 Edith Piaf
i June 1956 Luciana Gonzales - Orchestra Arcobaleno dir. da Gian Stellari
i 1970 Gilbert Bécaud
i   April 1964 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REL, Nat Brandwynne and The Stork Club Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
listen on Internet Archive i 1962 Frank Sinatra and Doris Day with The Ken Lane Singers - Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl
i 1954 (unknown)
i Little Red Monkey The Melachrino Strings April 1953 Unverified
i   1961 Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC
i   1958 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Buddy Gately REC,REL, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
i 1961 Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
i 1970 Junior Magli
i 1954 Jeanette MacDonald
i   1960 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
i 1953 (unknown)
i   1953 Jan Garber and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Russ Brown REC, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
i June 1956 Franca Raimondi e Gianni Marzocchi
i 1961 Ray Dorey – Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
i 1960 Ensemble [Babes in Toyland]
listen on Internet Archive i June 1947 (unknown)
i April 1964 Samuel Ash, Don Ameche, Bing Crosby BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra REL, Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb PRF, Meyer Davis and His Orch. – Vocal Refrain by Lou Conrad REC
i April 1964 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra, Dick Powell & Alice Faye, Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
i 1961 Erroll Garner Trio
i   July 1965 Sophie Tucker with Ted Shapiro Orchestra REC, Libby Holman and Clifton Webb PRF
i   1964 Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra - Vocal by Kitty Kallen REC, Bing Crosby BRD
1948 Richard Tauber
i 1964 Vic Damone and Music by Camarata
i 1964 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
i July 1965 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire
i June 1956 Ugo Molinari
i   1960 Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC,REL, Robert Halliday PRF
i   1960 Evelyn Herbert PRF, The Troubadours [Nathaniel Shilkret] – Vocal Refrain by Frank Munn REC,REL
i 1964 Grace Moore
i   1956 John Michael King REL,PRF
i   1952 Joan Roberts with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Joan Roberts PRF
i 1952 Edith Piaf
i   1961 Pola Negri BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frances Maddux REC
i June 1956 Luciana Gonzales - Orchestra Arcobaleno dir. da Gian Stellari
i   1953 Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts PRF
listen on Internet Archive i June 1947 (unknown)
i 1961 Elizabeth Spencer
listen on Internet Archive i 1962 Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (Ed Kirkeby)
Red River Valley George Melachrino 1958 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i   1962 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Franklyn Baur REC
i September 15, 1958 Bob Geddins Cavaliers
i 1964 John Boles
i 1960 Alice Nielsen, Eugene Cowles, Marcia Van Dresser, Joseph Cawthorn & Jennie Hawley
i 1963 Hubert Eisdell
i 1959 Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
listen on Internet Archive i   1962 Douglas Stanbury PRF, Adrian Schubert's Salon Orchestra ‑ Vocal Chorus by Harold Lambert REC
i 1963 Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lynne Richards
i   1958 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan REC, Don Ameche & Mary Martin BRD
i 1959 Harry Reser and His Orchestra
i April 1964 Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager)
i   1952 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
i 1960 Howard Marsh, Raymond Marlowe, Frederic Wolff and Paul Kleeman
i 1961 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires, (unknown)
i   1956 Julie Andrews, John Michael King REC, Julie Andrews and John Michael King PRF
i 1959 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber
i 1959 Boston Pops Orchestra
i   1963 Ethel Merman, Jack Klugman REL, Ethel Merman and Jack Klugman PRF
i   1961 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
i 1953 J. Harold Murray and Katherine Carrington
i   1960 William O'Neal PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
i   1953 Ezio Pinza PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC
i July 1965 Libby Holman
i May 1949 Coro Della Societa Alpinisti Trentini
i   1952 Jean Bretonnière BRD, Jacques Hélian et son orchestre REC,REL
i 1964 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1949 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i Stars in My Eyes The Melachrino Strings 1962 Unverified
i   1960 William O'Neal REC,REL, Robert Halliday, William O'Neal and Male Chorus PRF
Summertime The Melachrino Orchestra Unverified
i 1960 Christie Macdonald
i 1952 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
i   1963 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
i   April 1964 Ethel Merman - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Ethel Merman PRF
i 1961 (unknown)
i   1960 Edith Day & Harry Welchman - With Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra conducted by Herman Finck REL, Robert Halliday, Vivienne Segal PRF
listen on Internet Archive i November 1947 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i 1959 Tally-Ho!
listen on Internet Archive i   1962 Ray Middleton PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC,REL
The Last Round Up George Melachrino 1958 Unverified
i   1961 Kate Smith REC, Ann Sothern BRD
i May 1949 (unknown)
i 1964 (unknown)
i 1964 Tommy Tucker Time - Vocal Chorus by Amy Arnell
i 1964 Everett Marshall
i   1961 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain REC,REL, George Meader PRF
i 1952 (unknown)
i   1956 Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Robert Coote REC,REL, Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews and Robert Coote PRF
i 1956 Men's Chorus with Orchestra conducted by Salvatore Dell'Isola REL, Company [South Pacific, Broadway, 1949] PRF, Ezio Pinza PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC
i 1960 Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1962 Sam Lanin and His Troubadours
i 1961 Tullio Carminati
i   1963 Diahann Carroll & Richard Kiley REL,PRF
i   1961 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton REC,REL, Tamara and William Hain PRF
i 1953 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
i 1961 Fred Astaire
listen on Internet Archive i November 1947 Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian
i   April 1964 Bing Crosby with Orchestra directed by Jay Blackton REC,REL, Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton PRF
i 1960 (unknown)
i   1953 Fred Astaire BRD, Louis Prima and His Orchestra - Vocal by Lilyann Carol REC,REL
i 1952 Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louanne Hogan
i 1958 Victor Sorlin
i   September 15, 1958 Sons of the Pioneers REC, The Ranch Boys REL
i   1954 Johnny Green and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by George Beuler REC, Gloria Grafton PRF
i 1958 (unknown)
i   1954 Bob Hope & Shirley Ross BRD, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Charles Wilson REC
Wagon Wheels George Melachrino 1958 Unverified
i 1960 Evelyn Herbert and Robert Halliday
i 1956 Dinah Shore
listen on Internet Archive i   1962 Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i   1960 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The King's Men REC, Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye BRD
listen on Internet Archive i 1962 Manuel Romain
i   1959 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1954 Norma Terris, Howard Marsh, Charles Winninger & Edna May Oliver PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC,REL
i 1960 Peggy Wood, Charles Purcell
i 1959 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
listen on Internet Archive 1939 Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
i 1956 Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth and Rod McLennan
i   1964 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i   1956 Julie Andrews REL, Julie Andrews and Cast PRF
i   1961 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1964 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
i   1964 Enric Madriguera & His Hotel Weylin Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tony Sacco REC,REL, Georges Metaxa & Libby Holman PRF
i   April 1964 Ethel Merman & Dick Haymes - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Ethel Merman and Russell Nype PRF
i 1954 Tito Schipa
i 1970 The Righteous Brothers
i   1954 Earl Burtnett and His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra REC, Charles King BRD

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