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Sonny Rollins

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Aliases
Sonny Rollins All Stars
Sonny Rollins & Co.
Sonny Rollins & The Contemporary Leaders
Sonny Rollins Quartet
Real name
Theodore Walter Rollins
Born
September 7, 1930
Country
United States
IPI
00026552591 42 works
00035107318 3 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Major jazz tenor saxophonist of the post-bop era and composer
Member of
Milestone Jazzstars (1978-1979)
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
i 1955 (126 artists)
i 1966 (16 artists)
i 1977 Jerome Harris
i  REC March 1959 (20 artists)
Originally by Kenny Dorham Quartet REL
i 1982 Eric Wyatt
i 1966 (4 artists)
i April 1957 (16 artists)
i March 1959 (7 artists)
i 1957 (2 artists)
i 1957 (7 artists)
i 1955 (99 artists)
i 1966 (6 artists)
i December 1974 (3 artists)
i 1953 (45 artists)
i 1958 (6 artists)
i November 19, 1991 Keystone Trio
i April 1962 Kornstad Wiik
i 1972 Viacheslav "VP" Preobrazhenski, Red Mitchell, Horace Parlan
i 1956 (2 artists)
i 1953 (46 artists)
i 1956 (14 artists)
i 1955 (176 artists)
i 1987 Keystone Trio
i 1956 (3 artists)
i November 1956 (19 artists)
i 1956 (91 artists)
i 1972 (4 artists)
i 1982 Dave Valentin
i 1954 (9 artists)
i 1958 (62 artists)
i April 1957 (11 artists)
i 1984 (2 artists)
i April 1962 (3 artists)
i December 1974 Milestone Jazzstars
i January 1959 (54 artists)
i 1972 (7 artists)
i 1956 (3 artists)
i January 1994 Keystone Trio
i 1956 (43 artists)
i 1957 (7 artists)
i 1957 (9 artists)
i 1984 Keystone Trio

Covers by Sonny Rollins

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i August 1964 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i January 1959 Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra
i August 1964 J.J. Johnson All Stars
i December 1974 Brook Benton
i   1975 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i   1963 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i   1956 David Brooks and Marion Bell PRF, David Brooks and Marion Bell with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
i June 1959 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i   2000 Judy Campbell PRF, Vera Lynn REC
i 1965 Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra
i August 1964 Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
i 1965 Eva Puck and Sam White
i 1958 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
Brown Skin Girl Sonny Rollins 1962 Unverified
i   1955 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
i April 1996 Ethel Waters and Dooley Wilson
i   1998 Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
1956 Bing Crosby
i   1987 Jack Barker [US1] PRF, Jacques Renard and His Orchestra REC
i   January 1994 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
i 1957 Fred Astaire & Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
February 1963 Lord Invader
Covered by (10 artists)
i 1977 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
i 1965 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
i   1957 Nan Wynn PRF, Benny Goodman Quintet - Vocal Chorus by Peggy Mann REC
i August 1964 Miles Davis Quartet
i   1975 Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (Ed Kirkeby) REC, Ruth Etting PRF
i April 1962 Billie Holiday
i Good Morning Heartache Sonny Rollins 1973 Unverified
i 1982 B.J. Thomas
i 1965 Sam Manning's Orchestra
i   1957 Ella Logan PRF, Martha Tilton - With Vocal Group and Dean Elliott and His Orchestra REC
i   June 1959 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
i   1958 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i   1963 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra REC,REL, Gene Kelly & Leila Ernst PRF
i   1956 Harry Barris and His Band BRD, Will Osborne and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Will Osborne REC
i   September 1962 Robert Goulet PRF,REC
i 1958 George Robey and Violet Loraine
i   January 1959 Beatrice Lillie PRF, Sam Lanin and His Orchestra REC
i   1965 Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
i   1958 Ambrose and His Orchestra REC, Yvonne Printemps & Noel Coward PRF
i   1975 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
i   1984 Peggy Wood & George Metaxa REC,REL,PRF
i   1987 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Muzzy Marcellino REC, Dick Powell BRD
i 1957 Bing Crosby, Leonid Kinskey, Martha Raye, Bob Burns and Louis Prima with The Sons of the Pioneers
i 1984 Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Nan Wynn]
i 1956 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i June 1959 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen
i August 1964 Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce
i   January 1994 Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REC, Evelyn Laye PRF
i   1989 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
i 1977 Stevie Wonder
i   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
i   1956 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
i   June 1959 The Dixie Stompers [US1] (Fletcher Henderson) REC, Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Singing Chorus by Eva Taylor REL
i   1975 Virginia Bruce BRD, Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC
i   1956 Rex Harrison REL,PRF
i   April 1996 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case REC,REL, Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley PRF
i   June 1959 Jack Denny and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Paul Small REC, Walter Slezak PRF
i   1955 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i November 19, 1991 Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
i 1963 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
i   1957 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orch. REL, Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday PRF
i 1987 Quincy Jones
i 1958 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i   1965 Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC
i 1958 Rosemary O'Reilly, Robert Clary & Eartha Kitt
i   1965 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
i 1976 Flora Purim
i 1963 Billie Holiday
i November 19, 1991 The Harmonians - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman
i 1957 Rosemary Clooney with Frank Comstock
i   1958 Sterling Holloway - June Cochran PRF, The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin] REC
i 1957 The Thelonious Monk Quartet
i April 1996 Sergio De Karlo
i   1955 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
i   April 1957 Harald Paulsen mit Orchesterbegleitung REL, Kurt Gerron PRF
  1958 Maurice Chevalier REC,BRD
i 1982 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i January 1994 Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1965 Vic Damone and Music by Camarata
i November 1956 Germaine Alexandre
i   1965 Hildegarde with Orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik REC, Bob Chester and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Betty Bradley REL, Gertrude Lawrence PRF
i March 1959 Peter Palmer, Edith Adams
i   1965 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
i 1975 Dizzy Gillespie
i August 1964 Charley Parker's Ree Boppers
i   1958 Russ Case and His Orchestra with Jimmy Carroll REL, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra REC
i 1953 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Al Hendrickson
i 1965 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
  January 1959 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i 1972 (unknown), David Rose and His Orchestra
1957 Elizabeth Spencer
i January 1994 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1956 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1957 Thelonious Monk Trio
i June 1959 Jockers Brothers
i August 1964 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i   1958 Dick Powell REC,REL, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Chorus BRD
Shadrack Sonny Rollins Quartet (Prestige 1952) (Sonny Rollins) 1952 Unverified
i 1972 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
i   1958 William O'Neal PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
i 1957 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1958 Roy Fox (The Whispering Cornetist) and His Band
i   November 19, 1991 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
i   1961 Al Jolson REC,BRD
i Sonnymoon for Two Sonny Rollins Quintet (Sonny Rollins) 1958 Unverified
i April 1957 (unknown), The Randy Weston Trio
i   1963 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 2000 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Debutantes and Muzzy Marcellino
i December 1974 Standard Quartette
i November 1956 Kenny Clarke and His 52nd Street Boys
i 1956 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, Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF, Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain, Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL, Red McKenzie & His Orchestra, Charlie Parker [US1], Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Choruses by Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen REL, Stephane Grappelly and His Quartet - With George Shearing at the Piano (Vocalist : Beryl Davis) REC, Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i 1961 Earl Robinson
i   1957 Kate Smith REC, Ann Sothern BRD
i 2000 (unknown performer)
i November 1956 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
i September 1962 Buddy Clark - Orchestra under the direction of Dick Jones
i 1956 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers
i 1956 William O'Neal, Marty May, Ray Middleton and Ethel Merman
i 1963 John Payne & Joan Merrill
i June 1959 Tullio Carminati
i   March 1959 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde PRF
i 1980 Al Bowlly
i 1955 Fred Astaire
i   April 1996 Bing Crosby with Orchestra directed by Jay Blackton REC,REL, Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton PRF
i 1953 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers
i   1965 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
i   1958 Meredith Willson and His Orchestra and Eileen Wilson, Barbara Cook and Robert Preston PRF, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra with Sue Raney REC,REL
i   1953 Paul Gregory & Marilyn Miller PRF, New Mayfair Dance Orchestra (Ray Noble) REC,REL
i   1957 Al Jolson PRF,REC
i 1965 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i March 1959 Miles Davis Quartet
1958 (unknown)
i   1957 Everett Marshall PRF, George Olsen and His Music – Vocal Refrain by Joe Morrison and Quartet REC
i 1966 Doretta Morrow and Larry Douglas
i April 1996 Pedro Via y su orquesta
i 1957 Jane Froman & Everett Marshall
i 1975 Elsie Carlisle
i November 1956 Gene Austin
i 1981 Cliff Edwards with Victor Young and His Orchestra - And The Ken Darby Singers
i   April 1962 Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra REL, Sterling Young and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Donna Lee REC
i   January 1994 Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF, Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC
i 1958 William Gaxton, Lois Moran and Reporters
i   November 19, 1991 Helen Morgan REC,REL,PRF
i 1958 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines
i 1953 John Hundley & Lillian Taiz
i April 1962 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
i March 1959 Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra and Chorus
i 1958 Coleman Hawkins and Orchestra
i   1963 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i June 1959 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Elmer Feldkamp
i 1963 Archie Bleyer and His Orchestra
i   April 1957 Carol Bruce REC, Ella Fitzgerald REL
i April 1962 William Gaxton & Genevieve Tobin
i   1957 Tony Martin [US1] BRD, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires REC,REL

Songs written by Sonny Rollins

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Airegin Sonny Rollins Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke June 29, 1954 Covered by (126 artists)
Alfie's Theme Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1966 Covered by (16 artists)
Arroz con pollo Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1977 Covered by Jerome Harris
Audobon Sonny Rollins J.J. Johnson's Boppers (J.J. Johnson) 1949 Unverified
Bellarosa Sonny Rollins, Elmo Hope Lou Donaldson - Clifford Brown 1953 Covered by (4 artists)
Best Wishes Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1982 Covered by Eric Wyatt
Blessing in Disguise Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins May 9, 1966 Covered by (4 artists)
Blue Seven Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins June 22, 1956 Covered by (16 artists)
Blues for Philly Joe Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins September 22, 1957 Covered by (7 artists)
Carving the Rock Sonny Rollins, Elmo Hope Elmo Hope Trio June 1953 Covered by (3 artists)
Cutie Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1957 Covered by (2 artists)
Decision Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins December 16, 1956 Covered by (7 artists)
Doxy Sonny Rollins Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke June 29, 1954 Covered by (99 artists)
East Broadway Run Down Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1966 Covered by (6 artists)
First Moves Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins July 6, 1974 Covered by (3 artists)
Grand Street Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1958 Covered by (6 artists)
Here's to the People Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins November 19, 1991 Covered by Keystone Trio
John S. Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins April 1962 Covered by Kornstad Wiik
Keep Hold of Yourself Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1972 Covered by Viacheslav "VP" Preobrazhenski, Red Mitchell, Horace Parlan
Kids Know Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1956 Covered by (2 artists)
No Moe Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1956 Covered by (14 artists)
Oleo Sonny Rollins Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke June 29, 1954 Covered by (176 artists)
O.T.Y.O.G. Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1987 Covered by Keystone Trio
Paradox Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins Quartet 1956 Covered by (3 artists)
Paul's Pal Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins Quartet May 24, 1956 Covered by (19 artists)
Pent-Up House Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins March 22, 1956 Covered by (91 artists)
Playin' in the Yard Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1972 Covered by (4 artists)
Reel Life Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins August 1982 Covered by Dave Valentin
Solid Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins All Stars 1954 Covered by (9 artists)
Sonnymoon for Two Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins November 3, 1957 Covered by (62 artists)
Strode Rode Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins June 22, 1956 Covered by (11 artists)
Tell Me You Love Me Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1984 Covered by (2 artists)
Tenor Madness Sonny Rollins Kenny Clarke and His 52nd Street Boys September 5, 1946 Covered by (38 artists)
The Bridge Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins April 1962 Covered by (3 artists)
The Cutting Edge Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins July 6, 1974 Covered by Milestone Jazzstars
The Everywhere Calypso Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1972 Covered by (7 artists)
The Stopper Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1956 Covered by (3 artists)
Times Slimes Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins January 1994 Covered by Keystone Trio
Valse Hot Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins March 22, 1956 Covered by (43 artists)
Way Out West Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins March 7, 1957 Covered by (7 artists)
Why Don't I Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1957 Covered by (9 artists)
Wynton Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1984 Covered by Keystone Trio

Adapted songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
+3 Sonny Rollins April 1996 Milestone
3 in Jazz Gary Burton - Sonny Rollins - Clark Terry 1963 RCA Victor
Alfie Sonny Rollins 1966 Impulse!
A Night at the "Village Vanguard" Sonny Rollins 1958 Blue Note
Dancing in the Dark Sonny Rollins 1987 Milestone
East Broadway Run Down Sonny Rollins 1966 Impulse!
Easy Living Sonny Rollins 1977 Milestone
Falling in Love with Jazz Sonny Rollins 1989 Milestone
Freedom Suite Sonny Rollins 1958 Riverside [US]
Global Warming Sonny Rollins 1998 Milestone
Here's to the People Sonny Rollins November 19, 1991 Milestone
Love at First Sight Sonny Rollins 1980 Milestone
Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke 1955 Prestige [US]
More from the Vanguard Sonny Rollins 1975 Blue Note
Newk's Time Sonny Rollins March 1959 Blue Note
Next Album Sonny Rollins 1972 Milestone
No Problem Sonny Rollins 1982 Milestone
Now's the Time! Sonny Rollins August 1964 RCA Victor
Old Flames Sonny Rollins January 1994 Milestone
Reel Life Sonny Rollins 1982 Milestone
Rollins Plays for Bird Sonny Rollins 1956 Prestige [US]
Saxophone Colossus Sonny Rollins April 1957 Prestige [US]
Sonny Boy Sonny Rollins 1961 Prestige [US]
Sonny Meets Hawk! Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins 1963 RCA Victor
Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins 1957 Blue Note
Sonny Rollins All Stars Sonny Rollins All Stars 1954 Prestige [US]
Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass Sonny Rollins 1958 Metro Jazz [US1]
Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk Quartet Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk Quartet 1955 Prestige [US]
Sonny Rollins at Music Inn - Teddy Edwards at Falcon's Lair with Joe Castro Sonny Rollins - Teddy Edwards with Joe Castro 1958 Metro Jazz [US1]
Sonny Rollins on Impulse! Sonny Rollins 1965 Impulse!
Sonny Rollins Plus 4 Sonny Rollins 1956 Prestige [US]
Sonny Rollins Quartet Sonny Rollins Quartet 1953 Prestige [US]
Sonny Rollins & The Contemporary Leaders Sonny Rollins June 1959 Contemporary
Sonny Rollins with The Modern Jazz Quartet Sonny Rollins 1956 Prestige [US]
Sonny Side Up Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins January 1959 Verve Records
Sunny Days Starry Nights Sonny Rollins 1984 Milestone
Tenor Madness Sonny Rollins Quartet November 1956 Prestige [US]
The Alternative Rollins Sonny Rollins 1981 RCA
The Bridge Sonny Rollins April 1962 RCA Victor
The Cutting Edge Sonny Rollins December 1974 Milestone
Thelonious Monk Quintet Blows for LP Thelonious Monk Quintet featuring Sonny Rollins 1953 Prestige [US]
The Sound of Sonny Sonny Rollins 1957 Riverside [US]
The Standard Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins & Co. 1965 RCA Victor
The Way I Feel Sonny Rollins 1976 Milestone
This Is What I Do Sonny Rollins 2000 Milestone
Tour de Force Sonny Rollins Quartet 1958 Prestige [US]
Vol. 2 Sonny Rollins 1957 Blue Note
Way Out West Sonny Rollins 1957 Contemporary
What's New? Sonny Rollins & Co. September 1962 RCA Victor
What's New? [UK Version] Sonny Rollins February 1963 RCA Victor
Worktime Sonny Rollins Quartet 1956 Prestige [US]

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