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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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i   1958 Mike Doty and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ward Silloway REC,REL, Lya Lys BRD
  March 6, 1950 Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC, Alice Faye BRD
listen on Internet Archive i August 15, 1941 William J. Halley
listen on Internet Archive i February 24, 1947 Alice Faye
listen on Internet Archive October 10, 1952 Alice Faye
listen on Internet Archive August 1951 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1941 Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell with Bob Crosby's Bob Cats
listen on Internet Archive i 1938 Bing Crosby
  January 29, 1951 Jerry Gray and His Orchestra REC, Patti Page accompanied by Harry Geller & His Orchestra REL
i 1973 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra
March 13, 1950 John Hundley & Lillian Taiz
i 1939 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
  November 1939 John Payne BRD, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Clyde Burke REC
listen on Internet Archive April 29, 1946 Bob Thompson [US1]
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
October 10, 1952 Cliff Edwards with Victor Young and His Orchestra - And The Ken Darby Singers
i February 1945 Gene Austin
May 8, 1942 (unknown)
i When We're Alone Harry James and His Orchestra 1937 Unverified
  October 25, 1994 Ceelle Burke and Rhythmettes REC, Ink Spots REL
listen on Internet Archive i June 1951 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen O'Connell
1972 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
1991 Tony Martin with Earle Hagan and His Orchestra
i What Am I Here For? Harry James and His Orchestra 1957 Unverified
i August 1963 King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
i 1977 Marc Michel [dubbed by Georges Blaness]
i 1959 Miles Davis All Star Sextet
October 22, 1945 Peggy Lee with Orchestra - Guitar Solo by Dave Barbour
September 8, 1939 Slim and Slam
i March 1948 Jay McShann
i August 1966 Anita O'Day - Orchestra conducted by Larry Russell
i 1960 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
listen on Internet Archive i 1939 Count Basie and His Orchestra
Covered by (17 artists)
i 1979 Count Basie and His Orchestra, Harry James and His Orchestra
i August 1963 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
listen on Internet Archive i July 25, 1949 Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
i   August 1966 Sons of the Pioneers REC, The Ranch Boys REL
May 1967 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
  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
i 1959 Sammy Davis, Jr.
i January 10, 1955 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
  July 15, 1946 George Paxton and His Orchestra - Vocal by Lee Taylor REL, Bobby Byrne and His Orchestra REC, (unknown performer) BRD
i 1991 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
March 13, 1950 Al Bowlly
listen on Internet Archive i October 11, 1954 Eddie Barclay et son grand orchestre
listen on Internet Archive i 1940 Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
i   1950 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
1944 Kay Kyser's Orchestra with Harry Babbitt
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Ginny Simms
i May 3, 1954 (unknown performer)
i January 13, 1947 Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra
i   March 13, 1950 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
December 1944 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Vaughn Monroe
  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 1966 Dobie Gray
i The High and the Mighty Harry James and His Orchestra August 1954 Unverified
i The Great Lie Harry James and His Orchestra May 1955 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive October 10, 1952 Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Erik Rhodes and Lillian Miles
i 1952 Virginia Verrill
i 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1939 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Young
October 10, 1952 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Debutantes and Muzzy Marcellino
listen on Internet Archive i 1939 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i   May 1967 Zero Mostel, Maria Karnilova and Chorus REL,PRF
  1984 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i August 2, 1954 King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
i August 1966 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
i 1955 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
March 8, 1954 Danny Overbea with King Kolax and His Orchestra
i   1991 Dinah Shore with The Four Hits - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
i   April 21, 1947 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i 1944 Sylvester Weaver, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i 1955 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
i   August 1963 Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor REL, William Bailey REC
i 1950 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i December 1964 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Douglas Richardson
i November 1954 Orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman
listen on Internet Archive i May 18, 1944 Carlyle Stevenson's El Patio Orchestra
i March 27, 1942 Eric Coates and Symphony Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive March 6, 1942 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
September 4, 1950 Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra
i 1959 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i   1992 California Ramblers REC, Aida Overton Walker PRF
i 1979 Benny Goodman Sextet
i January 10, 1955 Boston Pops Orchestra
i December 1953 Boston Pops Orchestra
i 1952 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires
i December 1964 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
i 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i August 1966 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i   April 20, 1953 Richard Hayman and His Orchestra REL, Richard Hayman Orchestra PRF
1955 The King Cole Trio
i 1974 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan
i June 1952 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i 1960 The Harlem Footwarmers (Duke Ellington)
i August 2, 1954 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Clyde Burke
i   1991 Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts PRF
i   March 1948 The Troubadours [Nathaniel Shilkret] – Vocal Refrain by Frank Munn REC,REL, Ramon Novarro BRD
October 10, 1952 Judy Garland
listen on Internet Archive i 1938 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Eddy Howard - Orchestra under direction of Lou Adrian
i November 1954 Shirley Gunter and The Queens
  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
i   1977 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Emil Coleman & His Montmartre Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive i 1938 Count Basie and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Yvette with Orchestra
i   1955 Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Horace Henderson REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
  April 1942 Art Kassel and His Kassels-in-the-Air REL, Les Hite and His Orchestra REC
i May 1967 Louis Jourdan
i December 1953 Erna Lenser
listen on Internet Archive   November 11, 1946 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC, Dennis Morgan [US1] BRD
i October 24, 1941 Tuskegee Institute Singers
November 14, 1941 Adrian Schubert & His Orch.
i August 1963 Earl Hines
i   November 14, 1941 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
i August 1963 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Larry Clinton's Bluebird Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Terry Allen
1939 Henry Burr
March 6, 1950 Ray Anthony and His Orchestra - Vocal by Dick Noel
listen on Internet Archive i October 11, 1954 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i 1947 Bobby Byrne and His Orchestra
i May 19, 1947 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
  November 1942 Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra - Vocal by Kitty Kallen REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i August 2, 1954 American Quartet with Orchestra
i   September 4, 1950 Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF
April 1950 Sergio De Karlo, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal by Tommy Lynn
i   August 2, 1954 Sophie Tucker with Ted Shapiro Orchestra REC, Libby Holman and Clifton Webb PRF
October 1942 Freddie Slack and His Orchestra - Vocal by Ella Mae Morse
listen on Internet Archive i September 26, 1941 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive September 26, 1941 (unknown)
Covered by (2 artists)
i August 2, 1954 Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
i   August 1966 International Novelty Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret) REC, Jack Tenney and the Majestic Orchestra PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   June 30, 1945 Hoagy Carmichael PRF, Betty Jane Bonney with Orchestra REL
listen on Internet Archive i May 18, 1944 Victor Military Band
August 1939 Kenny Baker – Orchestra conducted by Nat W. Finston
listen on Internet Archive 1940 The Kidoodlers
September 18, 1942 Victor Salon Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret), (unknown)
i   1952 Sterling Holloway - June Cochran PRF, The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin] REC
i   August 1966 Timi Yuro REL, Ray Price REC
  December 1941 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REL, Anita Boyer REC
i   May 3, 1954 King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
  January 29, 1951 Dick Powell with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra REC, Wini Shaw BRD
listen on Internet Archive i   1938 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra REL, Benny Goodman REC
January 1949 Gloria Swanson
1939 (unknown)
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
December 1947 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1938 Irving Kaufman
i January 10, 1955 Kitty Kallen - Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
i March 13, 1950 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
June 1952 Bagelman Sisters (The Barry Sisters) REC,REL, Menasha Skulnik and Gertie Bulman PRF, (unknown)
i 1960 Count Basie Kansas City Seven
April 1950 Edith Piaf
Covered by (87 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i   May 16, 1941 Sebastián Yradier PRF, Cornet Duet REL
1941 (unknown)
i 1992 (unknown)
i 1939 Ferd (Jelly Roll) Morton
i   1991 Abe Lyman's California Orchestra REC,REL, Ruth Mayon & Mary Lawlor PRF
i 1952 Tango-Orchester Dajos Béla mit Gesang: Kurt Mühlhardt
i May 3, 1954 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
January 1938 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i 1960 Earl Hines and His Orchestra
i January 13, 1947 Jacob Gade
April 9, 1945 Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
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
July 15, 1946 Sammy Kaye
January 1948 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i May 1967 The Kingston Trio
i 1991 Doris Day
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberle
listen on Internet Archive 1941 Jan Savitt and His Tophatters - Vocal Refrain by Allan De Witt
September 8, 1939 Ink Spots
September 17, 1945 Bing Crosby with Les Paul and His Trio
  October 10, 1952 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive   September 1947 Nanette Fabray and Jack McCauley PRF, The Three Suns REL
  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
i December 1964 Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs (Wingy Manone), Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra
  October 10, 1952 Dean Martin with Orchestra conducted by Dick Stabile REC, Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman BRD
i May 3, 1954 Henry Burr and John Meyer
i November 1954 Joni James with The Jack Halloran Choir
i Indiana Harry James and His Orchestra 1939 Unverified
i Indiana Harry James & His Orch. 1943 Unverified
i 1950 Bix Beiderbecke
i 1977 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ivy Anderson
i   January 11, 1940 George Olsen and His Music REC,REL, Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell BRD
listen on Internet Archive March 1946 Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra
i February 1945 Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson
i August 1963 Ethel Waters and Her Singing Orch. arranged and directed by Will Marion Cook
  March 13, 1950 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC, Trixie Friganza and Jimmie Savo PRF
  December 31, 1945 (unknown), Harry Fox REC,REL,PRF
i August 1966 Leon Payne
March 1960 The Astorites - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman
October 1950 Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley
March 1944 Ted Wallace & His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by The Radio Imps
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
  October 10, 1942 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
listen on Internet Archive 1941 Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers
i 1952 Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
October 25, 1994 Ink Spots
i December 1964 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
  January 2, 1942 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REL, Kate Smith – Orchestra under direction of Jack Miller REC
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
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Billy Williams
listen on Internet Archive April 29, 1946 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Billy Williams
listen on Internet Archive August 1942 The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal by Helen Forrest (Harry James, Helen Forrest) 1977 Unverified
i August 1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
March 31, 1947 The Two Tones - Bennie and George with Quartet
listen on Internet Archive October 22, 1945 Bing Crosby with Carmen Cavallaro at the Piano
January 1938 Tamara
i 1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
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
1941 (unknown)
i   January 10, 1955 Carol Haney, John Raitt and Company PRF, Johnnie Ray - Orch. under dir. of Joe Reisman REC
i Help Me Make It Through the Night Harry James and His Big Band (Harry James) 1979 Unverified
i August 1966 Billy Brown
listen on Internet Archive March 10, 1947 Jacques Renard & His Orchestra
i December 1964 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Jack Dumont, Alto Sax
listen on Internet Archive June 1948 Tex Beneke and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Tex Beneke and The Moonlight Serenader
October 1950 Stubby Kaye & Johnny Silver
April 1939 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright
i 1966 Little Anthony and The Imperials
i 1966 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra
i Girl of My Dreams Harry James and His Orchestra 1973 Unverified
i   1984 Billy Eckstine REL, Louis Jourdan REC
i   March 13, 1950 Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (Ed Kirkeby) REC, Ruth Etting PRF
May 1967 Billy Walker
i December 1964 Lupita Palomera con la Orq. Hnos Dominguez
Four or Five Times Harry James and His Orchestra 1940 Unverified
1941 Orquesta Nilo Menéndez
Covered by (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive Forever Amber Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal by Marion Morgan (Marion Morgan, Harry James) December 1947 Unverified
1940 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
i   December 1964 Benny Goodman Sextet REL,REC
i 1940 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
i   1979 Joe Cook and Alice Boulden PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC
i August 1966 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i   1940 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
i   1952 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
listen on Internet Archive August 1951 Owen Bradley and His Sextet
March 18, 1946 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal by Dick Haymes
i 1958 Louis Armstrong and His Dixieland Seven
i March 1960 Horace Silver Quintet
listen on Internet Archive August 29, 1941 Mildred Bailey
March 21, 1949 The King Cole Trio
i October 19, 1951 Chick Webb and His Orchestra
January 3, 1950 Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra
Covered by (36 artists)
Dolores Harry James and His Orchestra and Dick Haymes 1941 Unverified
i 1950 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
August 1951 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees
Daddy Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal by Helen Ward (Helen Ward, Harry James) June 1941 Unverified
i 1966 Ray Bryant Trio
i 2001 Julie London
i 1959 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i August 1963 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
August 9, 1954 Rosemary Clooney with Stan Freeman, Mundell Lowe, Jimmy Crawford & Frank Carroll
listen on Internet Archive December 14, 1939 (unknown), (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i 1939 (unknown)
i August 1966 Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders
i November 15, 1943 McKinney's Cotton Pickers
i December 1964 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
August 1951 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra, Sy Oliver and His Orchestra
i 1940 (unknown)
i Caravan Harry James and His Big Band (Harry James) 1979 Unverified
i August 2, 1954 Fred Hamm and His Orchestra
  May 22, 1942 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Irene Daye
i August 1966 Delmore Brothers
1939 Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra
February 22, 1952 Mickey Katz and His Orchestra, Ella Mae Morse with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
March 8, 1948 Roland Gerbeau - Orchestre Pierre Guillermin, (unknown)
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
i   1955 Juanita Hall PRF, Frank Sinatra REC
i December 14, 1939 Emilio De Marchi
i September 17, 1945 Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra
i   May 3, 1954 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
June 1941 (unknown), Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
i December 1964 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
April 21, 1947 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
April 1939 Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i 1966 (unknown)
  1940 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REL
August 2, 1940 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
All or Nothing at All Harry James Unverified
March 26, 1945 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i   1940 Edith Day PRF, Helen Clark REC
August 2, 1954 Lou Gold with The Melody Man – Vocal Chorus, Murray Amster

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