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Sonny Burke

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Aliases
Sonny Burke and His Orchestra
Real name
Joseph Francis Burke
Born
March 22, 1914
Died
May 31, 1980
Country
United States
IPI
00004607222 15 works
00004608121 1 work
00075647840 13 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Composer, arranger, musical director and producer
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
All Right, Louie, Drop The Gun Cass Daley with Orchestra directed by Sonny Burke 1949 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1950 (99 artists)
 REC May 1948 (30 artists)
Originally by Judy Garland BRD
listen on Internet Archive August 1946 (176 artists)
February 11, 1946 (5 artists)
 REL September 29, 1947 (192 artists)
Originally by Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra REC, Marlene Dietrich BRD
June 1946 (5 artists)
March 24, 1947 Beverly Kenney
September 1954 (2 artists)
i 1951 (18 artists)
 REC,REL May 1948 (63 artists)
Originally by Fred Astaire BRD
The Egg and I Dinah Shore with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra (Sonny Burke, Dinah Shore) March 1947 Unverified
 REC September 29, 1947 (62 artists)
Originally by Lisa Kirk PRF
 REL June 1954 (144 artists)
Originally by Judy Garland REC,BRD
November 1965 (2 artists)
March 1952 (3 artists)
 REC February 11, 1946 (3 artists)
Originally by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Foster and The Sentimentalists REL
 REL November 1954 (3 artists)
Originally by Hildegarde Neff PRF

Covers by Sonny Burke

Title Performer Release date Originally by
June 1948 The King Cole Trio
listen on Internet Archive April 1949 Ernest Hare
A Guy Is a Guy Peggy Lee with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra (Peggy Lee, Sonny Burke) 1986 Unverified
Ain'tcha ever comin' back Johnnie Johnston, Sonny Burke conducting (Sonny Burke, Johnnie Johnston [US]) June 1947 Unverified
June 1947 (unknown), Al Jolson
August 1949 Ray Anthony and His Orchestra - Vocal by Dick Noel
February 1949 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Don Cornell and The Three Kaydets
August 1949 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Buddy Baker
listen on Internet Archive i 1940 Tommy Dorsey and His Orch.
listen on Internet Archive 1946 (unknown)
  September 1948 George Olsen & His Music REC, Art Jarrett BRD
i   1951 Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver and Douglas Deane REC,REL,PRF
Glad to Be Unhappy Kitty Kallen with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra 1956 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1947 New Mayfair Dance Orchestra (Ray Noble)
September 1954 The Clovers
i June 1950 Mickey Katz and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive February 1948 Tony Martin & Yvonne DeCarlo
I Don't Care If It Rains All Night Johnnie Johnston - Orchestra conducted by Sonny Burke (Johnnie Johnston [US], Sonny Burke) July 1948 Unverified
  1940 Music of Yesterday and Today Styled the Blue Barron Way - Vocal Refrain by Alan Holmes REL, Bobby Byrne and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jimmie Di Palma REC
listen on Internet Archive January 1952 Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney
listen on Internet Archive December 1946 Dorothy Squires with Orchestra directed by Billy Reid
i   1940 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC, Trixie Friganza and Jimmie Savo PRF
listen on Internet Archive March 1947 Ruth Etting
listen on Internet Archive August 1946 John Boles and Jeanette Loff with Paul Whiteman and Orchestra
August 1947 Texas Jim Robertson and The Panhandle Punchers
January 1952 Ames Brothers
I Want to Be Happy Sonny Burke and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jo Ann Greer (Sonny Burke, Jo Ann Greer) 1981 Unverified
June 16, 1947 Betty Hutton with Joe Lilley and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1947 The Vagabonds [US3]
June 1954 Betty Madigan - Orchestra conducted by Joe Lipman
March 1949 Buddy Stewart and His Quartet
1960 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive   1948 Joyce Barbour, Steffi Duna, Norah Howard and Doris Hare PRF, Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra REC
1950 Ethel Merman - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus
May 1951 Tennessee Ernie
1953 (unknown), Richard Kiley & Chorus
  1953 Ross Bagdasarian with Nelson Riddle's Orchestra REL, Joan Diener, Henry Calvin & Chorus (Patrician Dunn, Bonnie Evans, Reiko Sato, Jack Dodds, Mark Wilder) PRF
1960 Judy Garland
October 1954 Peggy Moran
listen on Internet Archive February 4, 1946 Stan Kenton and His Orchestra - Vocal by June Christy
listen on Internet Archive   July 1946 Betty Garrett with Call Me Mister Orchestra under direction of Lehman Engel REC, Betty Garrett, Chandler Cowles, Fred Danieli, Howard Malone, Alan Manson PRF
listen on Internet Archive September 29, 1947 Prince's Band
listen on Internet Archive 1946 (unknown)
  March 1951 Roy Milton and His Solid Senders - Vocal by Roy Milton and Camille Howard REL, Joe Liggins and His "Honeydrippers" - Vocal by Joe Liggins and Candy Rivers REC
  1950 Ethel Merman - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Ethel Merman PRF
  December 1947 George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger REC, Mary Lawlor and John Price Jones PRF
listen on Internet Archive The Egg and I The Merry Macs - Orchestra conducted by Sonny Burke (Sonny Burke, The Merry Macs) 1947 Unverified
November 1954 Dickie Valentine with The Stargazers
The Man with the Horn Kitty Kallen with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra 1956 Unverified
  November 1949 Frank Sinatra and The Modernaires - Orchestra under the Direction of Axel Stordahl REL, Snooky Lanson with Beasley Smith and His Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive July 1946 Jack Payne & His Band
listen on Internet Archive November 1948 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive July 1949 Betty Hutton
  November 1949 Helen Morgan REC,REL,PRF
listen on Internet Archive   1948 Jack Albin and His Hotel Pennsylvania Dance Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty REC, Adele Astaire & Eddie Foy Jr. PRF
listen on Internet Archive   1949 Bebe Daniels BRD, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Tom Waring REC,REL
You're Not So Easy To Forget Johnnie Johnston, Sonny Burke conducting (Johnnie Johnston [US], Sonny Burke) June 1947 Unverified

Songs written by Sonny Burke

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Bella notte Peggy Lee, Sonny Burke George Givot Covered by (53 artists)
Black Coffee Paul Francis Webster, Sonny Burke Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra under the direction of Joe Lipman January 10, 1949 Covered by (247 artists)
He's a Tramp Peggy Lee, Sonny Burke Peggy Lee with "The Pound Hounds" and Rhythm Accompaniment December 20, 1954 Covered by (49 artists)
How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies! Paul Francis Webster, Sonny Burke Connie Haines with Four Hits and a Miss February 18, 1949 Covered by (7 artists)
It's Christmas Time Again Sonny Burke, Jack Elliott [US1], James Harwood Peggy Lee September 16, 1953 Covered by (11 artists)
La La Lu Peggy Lee, Sonny Burke Peggy Lee with Orchestra directed by Victor Young 1955 Covered by (13 artists)
Midnight Sun Johnny Mercer, Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra November 10, 1947 Covered by (239 artists)
Peace on Earth Peggy Lee, Sonny Burke Donald Novis Covered by (4 artists)
Rock, Pretty Baby Sonny Burke Jimmy Daley and The Ding-A-Lings October 31, 1956 Covered by Don Lang and His "Frantic Five"
Sans Souci Peggy Lee, Sonny Burke Peggy Lee and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra October 6, 1952 Covered by (4 artists)
Somebody Bigger Than You and I Sonny Burke, Hy Heath, Johnny Lange Ink Spots February 15, 1951 Covered by (38 artists)
The Merry Christmas Polka Paul Francis Webster, Sonny Burke Dinah Shore with Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires - Orchestra under the direction of Harry Zimmerman March 1949 Covered by (10 artists)
The Siamese Cat Song Peggy Lee, Sonny Burke Peggy Lee with Oliver Wallace and The Disney Studio Orchestra December 20, 1954 Covered by (12 artists)
They Were Doing the Mambo Don Raye, Sonny Burke Vaughn Monroe with Orchestra June 1954 Covered by (5 artists)
You Was! Paul Francis Webster, Sonny Burke Covered by (7 artists)

Adapted songs

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A Boy from Texas - A Girl from Tennessee Johnnie Johnston - Orchestra conducted by Sonny Burke with The Crew Chiefs June 1948 MGM
All My Love Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke June 1947 Columbia [US]
A Marshmallow World Bing Crosby with Lee Gordon Singers and Sonny Burke and His Orchestra 1950 Decca
A New Shade of Blues Ella Fitzgerald with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra August 1949 Decca
Careless Hands Mel Tormé with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra February 1949 Capitol Records
Coax Me a Little Bit Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke February 11, 1946 Columbia [US]
Fugue for Tinhorns Sonny Burke and His Orchestra 1951 Decca
Golden Earrings Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke September 29, 1947 Columbia [US]
Happy Pay Day Sonny Burke and His Orchestra June 1950 Decca
If It Wasn't for the Moon Sonny Burke and His Orchestra 1940 Vocalion [US]
I'll Be Faithful Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Sonny Burke September 1948 MGM
I May Be Wrong (But, I Think You're Wonderful) Sonny Burke and His Orchestra 1940 Vocalion [US]
It Happened in Monterey Mel Tormé with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra August 1946 Musicraft [US1]
It Takes a Long Long Train with a Red Caboose (To Carry My Blues Away) Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke August 1947 Columbia [US]
I Wanna Love You Sonny Burke and His Orchestra January 1952 Decca
I Wish I Didn't Love You So Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke June 16, 1947 Columbia [US]
I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder Van Johnson – Orchestra conducted by Sonny Burke 1947 MGM
Just the Other Day Kitty Kallen with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra June 1946 Musicraft [US1]
Mama, Do I Gotta? Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke March 24, 1947 Columbia [US]
Mambo in the Moonlight Gary Crosby and The Cheer Leaders with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra September 1954 Decca
Marrying for Love Bing Crosby with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra 1950 Decca
Mister and Mississippi The Mills Brothers and Sonny Burke and His Orchestra May 1951 Decca
Night of My Nights Danny Kaye with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra 1953 Decca
Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke February 4, 1946 Columbia [US]
Steppin' Out with My Baby Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke May 1948 Columbia [US]
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi Phil Brito - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke 1946 Musicraft [US1]
That's the One for Me Sonny Burke and His Orchestra March 1951 Decca
The Best Things in Life Are Free Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke December 1947 Columbia [US]
The More I Go Out with Somebody Else Teddy Walters – Sonny Burke and His Orchestra December 1946 Musicraft [US1]
The Old Master Painter Dick Haymes with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra November 1949 Decca
The White World of Winter Bing Crosby - Arranged and conducted by Sonny Burke November 1965 Reprise Records
Try a Little Tenderness Mel Tormé and His Mel-Tones with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra July 1946 Musicraft [US1]
What Does It Take Ella Fitzgerald with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra March 1952 Decca
(Where Are You?) Now That I Need You Kay Thompson with Orchestra directed by Sonny Burke July 1949 Decca
Who Cares What People Say Mel Tormé with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra March 1947 Musicraft [US1]
Without Love Dolores Gray with The Mellomen and Orchestra directed by Sonny Burke November 1954 Decca
You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me Mel Tormé – Sonny Burke's Orchestra 1949 Capitol Records

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