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Harry James

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Aliases
Harry James and Band
Harry James & His Big Band Plus The Dixieland Five
Harry James and His Musicmakers
Harry James and His New Jazz Band
Harry James and His Orchestra
Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocals Helen Forrest
Harry James and His Septet
Harry James & The Rhythm Section
Harry James with Rhythm
Real name
Henry Haag James
Born
March 15, 1916
Died
July 5, 1983
Country
United States
IPI
00015070918 9 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Trumpeter and big-band leader
Family
Betty Grable Wife (1943-1965)
Louise Tobin Wife
Related
Marion Morgan Singer (1946-1949)
Frank Sinatra Singer
Dick Haymes Singer
Kitty Kallen Singer (1943-1945)
Buddy Rich Drummer
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i   1979 Joe Cook and Alice Boulden PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC
i 1979 Benny Goodman Sextet
  January 29, 1951 Dick Powell with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra REC, Wini Shaw BRD
  March 13, 1950 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ross Alexander [dubbed by James Newill] & Wini Shaw BRD
  March 13, 1950 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC, Trixie Friganza and Jimmie Savo PRF
March 13, 1950 Al Bowlly
March 13, 1950 John Hundley & Lillian Taiz
August 1951 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra, Sy Oliver and His Orchestra
All or Nothing at All Harry James Unverified
i December 1964 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
i August 1966 Delmore Brothers
i August 2, 1954 Fred Hamm and His Orchestra
i December 1964 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
i August 1966 Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders
i August 1966 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i   December 1964 Benny Goodman Sextet REL,REC
i December 1964 Lupita Palomera con la Orq. Hnos Dominguez
i December 1964 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Jack Dumont, Alto Sax
i August 1966 Billy Brown
i   January 10, 1955 Carol Haney, John Raitt and Company PRF, Johnnie Ray - Orch. under dir. of Joe Reisman REC
Hits Medley: I Had The Craziest Dream - You Made Me Love You - I Cried For You - It's Been A Long … Harry James 1981 Unverified
i August 1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i December 1964 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
i August 1966 Leon Payne
i November 1954 Joni James with The Jack Halloran Choir
i December 1964 Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs (Wingy Manone), Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra
i May 1967 The Kingston Trio
i 1960 Earl Hines and His Orchestra
i 1960 Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i January 10, 1955 Kitty Kallen - Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
i   August 1966 Timi Yuro REL, Ray Price REC
i   August 1966 International Novelty Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret) REC, Jack Tenney and the Majestic Orchestra PRF
i August 2, 1954 Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
i   August 2, 1954 Sophie Tucker with Ted Shapiro Orchestra REC, Libby Holman and Clifton Webb PRF
i August 2, 1954 American Quartet with Orchestra
i May 1967 Louis Jourdan
i November 1954 Shirley Gunter and The Queens
i August 2, 1954 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Clyde Burke
i 1960 The Harlem Footwarmers (Duke Ellington)
i August 1966 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i December 1964 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
i January 10, 1955 Boston Pops Orchestra
i November 1954 Orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman
i December 1964 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i August 1966 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
i August 2, 1954 King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
i   May 1967 Zero Mostel, Maria Karnilova and Chorus REL,PRF
i 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i January 10, 1955 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
May 1967 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i   August 1966 Sons of the Pioneers REC, The Ranch Boys REL
i 1960 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
i August 1966 Anita O'Day - Orchestra conducted by Larry Russell
i 1977 Marc Michel [dubbed by Georges Blaness]
i   March 1948 The Troubadours [Nathaniel Shilkret] – Vocal Refrain by Frank Munn REC,REL, Ramon Novarro BRD
i March 1948 Jay McShann
i Caravan Harry James and His Big Band (Harry James) 1979 Unverified
i Help Me Make It Through the Night Harry James and His Big Band (Harry James) 1979 Unverified
i   1984 Billy Eckstine REL, Louis Jourdan REC
  1984 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 2001 Julie London
listen on Internet Archive i   1940 Edith Day PRF, Helen Clark REC
i 1966 (unknown)
i   May 3, 1954 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i September 17, 1945 Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra
i December 14, 1939 Emilio De Marchi
i   1955 Juanita Hall PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC
i   May 3, 1954 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Lawrence Tibbett & Helen Jepson REL, Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan PRF
1939 Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra
i 1940 (unknown)
i November 15, 1943 McKinney's Cotton Pickers
listen on Internet Archive i 1939 (unknown)
i 1959 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1966 Ray Bryant Trio
i 1950 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
i October 19, 1951 Chick Webb and His Orchestra
i March 1960 Horace Silver Quintet
i 1958 Louis Armstrong and His Dixieland Seven
i   1952 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
i   1940 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
i 1940 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
Four or Five Times Harry James and His Orchestra 1940 Unverified
i Girl of My Dreams Harry James and His Orchestra 1973 Unverified
i 1966 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra
i 1966 Little Anthony and The Imperials
October 1950 Stubby Kaye & Johnny Silver
i 1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
March 31, 1947 The Two Tones - Bennie and George with Quartet
i 1952 Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
October 1950 Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley
March 1960 The Astorites - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman
i February 1945 Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson
i   January 11, 1940 George Olsen and His Music REC,REL, Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell BRD
i 1977 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ivy Anderson
i 1950 Bix Beiderbecke
i Indiana Harry James and His Orchestra 1939 Unverified
i May 3, 1954 Henry Burr and John Meyer
i 1991 Doris Day
January 1948 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i 1958 McKinney's Cotton Pickers with Vocal Refrain by George Thomas
i I Want a Little Girl Harry James and His Orchestra 1958 Unverified
i January 13, 1947 Jacob Gade
i May 3, 1954 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i 1952 Tango-Orchester Dajos Béla mit Gesang: Kurt Mühlhardt
i   1991 Abe Lyman's California Orchestra REC,REL, Ruth Mayon & Mary Lawlor PRF
i 1939 Ferd (Jelly Roll) Morton
i 1992 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i   May 16, 1941 Sebastián Yradier PRF, Cornet Duet REL
listen on Internet Archive i 1938 Irving Kaufman
1939 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i   1938 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra REL, Benny Goodman REC
i   May 3, 1954 King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
i   1952 Sterling Holloway - June Cochran PRF, The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin] REC
listen on Internet Archive i May 18, 1944 Victor Military Band
listen on Internet Archive i   June 30, 1945 Hoagy Carmichael PRF, Betty Jane Bonney with Orchestra REL
listen on Internet Archive i September 26, 1941 (unknown)
i   September 4, 1950 Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF
  November 1942 Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra - Vocal by Kitty Kallen REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i May 19, 1947 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 1947 Bobby Byrne and His Orchestra
i   November 14, 1941 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
i October 24, 1941 Tuskegee Institute Singers
  April 1942 Art Kassel and His Kassels-in-the-Air REL, Les Hite and His Orchestra REC
i   1955 Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Horace Henderson REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
listen on Internet Archive i 1938 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i   1977 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Emil Coleman & His Montmartre Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive i 1938 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i   1991 Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts PRF
i 1974 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan
1955 The King Cole Trio
i   April 20, 1953 Richard Hayman and His Orchestra REL, Richard Hayman Orchestra PRF
i 1952 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires
i   1992 California Ramblers REC, Aida Overton Walker PRF
i 1959 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i March 27, 1942 Eric Coates and Symphony Orchestra
i 1950 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i 1955 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
i   April 21, 1947 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i   1991 Dinah Shore with The Four Hits - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
listen on Internet Archive i 1939 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
1939 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Young
i 1952 Virginia Verrill
i The Great Lie Harry James and His Orchestra May 1955 Unverified
i The High and the Mighty Harry James and His Orchestra August 1954 Unverified
i 1966 Dobie Gray
December 1944 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Vaughn Monroe
i January 13, 1947 Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra
i May 3, 1954 (unknown performer)
i   1950 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
listen on Internet Archive i 1940 Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
i 1991 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i 1959 Sammy Davis, Jr.
listen on Internet Archive i 1939 Count Basie and His Orchestra
Covered by (17 artists)
September 8, 1939 Slim and Slam
i 1959 Miles Davis All Star Sextet
i What Am I Here For? Harry James and His Orchestra 1957 Unverified
1991 Tony Martin with Earle Hagan and His Orchestra
1972 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
i When We're Alone Harry James and His Orchestra 1937 Unverified
i February 1945 Gene Austin
i 1939 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i 1973 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1938 Bing Crosby
listen on Internet Archive i February 24, 1947 Alice Faye
listen on Internet Archive i August 15, 1941 William J. Halley
i   1958 Mike Doty and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ward Silloway REC,REL, Lya Lys BRD
Dolores Harry James and His Orchestra and Dick Haymes 1941 Unverified
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Billy Williams
i 1944 Sylvester Weaver, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
  1940 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REL
1940 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
listen on Internet Archive 1940 The Kidoodlers
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Larry Clinton's Bluebird Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Terry Allen
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Yvette with Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Eddy Howard - Orchestra under direction of Lou Adrian
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Ginny Simms
  October 25, 1994 Ceelle Burke and Rhythmettes REC, Ink Spots REL
October 25, 1994 Ink Spots
  October 25, 1994 Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms REC, Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REL
I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal by Helen Forrest (Harry James, Helen Forrest) 1977 Unverified
Daddy Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal by Helen Ward (Helen Ward, Harry James) June 1941 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Irene Daye
listen on Internet Archive Forever Amber Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal by Marion Morgan (Marion Morgan, Harry James) December 1947 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive I Don't Care If It Rains All Night Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal by Marion Morgan (Harry James, Marion Morgan) June 1948 Unverified
April 1939 Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
April 1939 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright
March 26, 1945 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive April 29, 1946 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Billy Williams
  December 31, 1945 (unknown), Harry Fox REC,REL,PRF
listen on Internet Archive March 1946 Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive   September 1947 Nanette Fabray and Jack McCauley PRF, The Three Suns REL
listen on Internet Archive   November 11, 1946 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC, Dennis Morgan [US1] BRD
  July 15, 1946 George Paxton and His Orchestra - Vocal by Lee Taylor REL, Bobby Byrne and His Orchestra REC, (unknown performer) BRD
June 1941 (unknown), Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
1941 Orquesta Nilo Menéndez
Covered by (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1941 Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers
March 1944 Ted Wallace & His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by The Radio Imps
listen on Internet Archive 1941 Jan Savitt and His Tophatters - Vocal Refrain by Allan De Witt
1941 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive September 26, 1941 (unknown)
Covered by (2 artists)
November 14, 1941 Adrian Schubert & His Orch.
listen on Internet Archive 1941 Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell with Bob Crosby's Bob Cats
April 1950 Edith Piaf
Covered by (88 artists)
April 1950 Sergio De Karlo, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal by Tommy Lynn
March 6, 1950 Ray Anthony and His Orchestra - Vocal by Dick Noel
September 4, 1950 Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra
August 2, 1940 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
listen on Internet Archive December 14, 1939 (unknown), (unknown)
September 8, 1939 Ink Spots
  November 1939 John Payne BRD, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Clyde Burke REC
March 18, 1946 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal by Dick Haymes
July 15, 1946 Sammy Kaye
  May 22, 1942 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
1941 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive August 1942 The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
  January 2, 1942 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REL, Kate Smith – Orchestra under direction of Jack Miller REC
  October 10, 1942 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
  February 20, 1942 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
  December 1941 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REL, Anita Boyer REC
September 18, 1942 Victor Salon Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret), (unknown)
October 1942 Freddie Slack and His Orchestra - Vocal by Ella Mae Morse
listen on Internet Archive March 6, 1942 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
May 8, 1942 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive   June 30, 1945 Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra - Vocal refrain by Frank Lester and Quintet REL, Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Anne Jeffreys with Chorus BRD
September 17, 1945 Bing Crosby with Les Paul and His Trio
April 9, 1945 Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
1944 Kay Kyser's Orchestra with Harry Babbitt
October 22, 1945 Peggy Lee with Orchestra - Guitar Solo by Dave Barbour
listen on Internet Archive August 29, 1941 Mildred Bailey
April 21, 1947 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
March 8, 1948 Roland Gerbeau - Orchestre Pierre Guillermin, (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive June 1948 Tex Beneke and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Tex Beneke and The Moonlight Serenader
listen on Internet Archive March 10, 1947 Jacques Renard & His Orchestra
January 1949 Gloria Swanson
listen on Internet Archive   November 3, 1947 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive October 22, 1945 Bing Crosby with Carmen Cavallaro at the Piano
January 3, 1950 Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra
Covered by (36 artists)
March 21, 1949 The King Cole Trio
  March 6, 1950 Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC, Alice Faye BRD
December 1947 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive April 29, 1946 Bob Thompson [US1]
August 1939 Kenny Baker – Orchestra conducted by Nat W. Finston
1939 Henry Burr
January 1938 Tamara
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberle
January 1938 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Douglas Richardson
listen on Internet Archive   April 1948 Judy Garland BRD, Judy Garland with The M-G-M Studio Orchestra conducted by Lennie Hayton REC, Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra REL
listen on Internet Archive i July 25, 1949 Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
August 1951 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees
i August 1963 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i August 1963 Ethel Waters and Her Singing Orch. arranged and directed by Will Marion Cook
i August 1963 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
i August 1963 Earl Hines
i   August 1963 Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor REL, William Bailey REC
i August 1963 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i August 1963 King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
i   March 13, 1950 Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (Ed Kirkeby) REC, Ruth Etting PRF
i Indiana Harry James & His Orch. 1943 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i October 11, 1954 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i June 1952 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
March 8, 1954 Danny Overbea with King Kolax and His Orchestra
i 1955 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i October 11, 1954 Eddie Barclay et son grand orchestre
listen on Internet Archive i June 1951 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen O'Connell
listen on Internet Archive August 1951 Owen Bradley and His Sextet
listen on Internet Archive August 1951 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
  January 29, 1951 Jerry Gray and His Orchestra REC, Patti Page accompanied by Harry Geller & His Orchestra REL
June 1952 Bagelman Sisters (The Barry Sisters) REC,REL, Menasha Skulnik and Gertie Bulman PRF, (unknown)
i December 1953 Erna Lenser
i December 1953 Boston Pops Orchestra
  October 10, 1952 Dean Martin with Orchestra conducted by Dick Stabile REC, Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman BRD
  October 10, 1952 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
  October 10, 1952 Bing Crosby with Six Hits and a Miss and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC, Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REL
October 10, 1952 Judy Garland
October 10, 1952 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Debutantes and Muzzy Marcellino
listen on Internet Archive October 10, 1952 Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Erik Rhodes and Lillian Miles
October 10, 1952 Cliff Edwards with Victor Young and His Orchestra - And The Ken Darby Singers
listen on Internet Archive October 10, 1952 Alice Faye
i March 13, 1950 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i   March 13, 1950 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
August 2, 1954 Lou Gold with The Melody Man – Vocal Chorus, Murray Amster
May 1967 Billy Walker
listen on Internet Archive i May 18, 1944 Carlyle Stevenson's El Patio Orchestra
i 1979 Count Basie and His Orchestra, Harry James and His Orchestra
August 9, 1954 Rosemary Clooney with Stan Freeman, Mundell Lowe, Jimmy Crawford & Frank Carroll
February 22, 1952 Mickey Katz and His Orchestra, Ella Mae Morse with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle

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