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Hank Crawford

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Aliases
Hank Crawford & His Orchestra
Real name
Bennie Ross Crawford Jr.
Born
December 21, 1934
Died
January 29, 2009
Country
United States
IPI
00007046417 2 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Principally an alto saxophonist, Crawford also recorded on tenor and piano. Crawford played hard bop, soul-jazz, R&B and jazz-funk.
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Originals

Covers by Hank Crawford

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i April 1966 Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra
i July 1969 Aretha Franklin
i January 23, 1996 Miles Davis
i 1974 Stevie Wonder
i 1972 Gilbert O'Sullivan
i 1998 (unknown)
i 1961 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
i 1990 Chuck Jackson [US]
i 1963 Emmett Miller
i July 1969 Aretha Franklin
i July 1962 Ray Charles Trio
i 1975 Minnie Riperton
i May 1965 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
i May 1, 1994 The Incredible Jimmy Smith
i 1987 Eddy Howard and His Orchestra
i 1986 Tommy Tucker Time - Vocal Chorus by Don Brown
i 1987 Connie Stevens - Arr. and cond. by Thom Bell
i 1963 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan
i 1990 Todd Rhodes Orchestra
i 1996 Gabor Szabo and Bobby Womack
i September 1980 Gabor Szabo and Bobby Womack
i 1972 Michel Legrand
i May 1, 1994 Ray Charles and His Orchestra
i July 1962 Ray Charles and His Orchestra
i 1976 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
i 1997 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i September 1980 Harry "Sweets" Edison
i   2000 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i 1973 Carole King
i 1991 Henri Salvador et son trio rythmique
i May 1, 1994 The Heartbeats [US1], Shep and The Limelites
i 1967 Ray Charles and His Orchestra
i 1961 Bobby Timmons
1978 Kenny Rogers
i 1983 Maud Powell accompanied by George Falkenstein
i July 1962 Bessie Smith - James P. Johnson at the Piano
i January 23, 1996 Bessie Smith - James P. Johnson at the Piano
i 1999 Chuck Willis
i May 1965 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1991 Barry Mann
i 1974 Stevie Wonder
i 1984 Z.Z. Hill
i 1962 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
i 1986 Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
i 1978 Barbra Streisand
i   1996 George Olsen & His Music REC, Art Jarrett BRD
i October 1993 Muriel Angelus
i October 1993 Floyd Hunt Quartette - Vocal by Gladys Palmer
i 1989 The Isley Brothers
i September 1980 Maynard Ferguson
i 1986 The King Cole Trio
i 1983 Billy Walker
i 1990 McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman
i September 1980 McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman
i   1972 Steve Lawrence - Arr. & Cond. by Marion Evans REL, Bobby Vee with The Johnny Mann Singers REC
i July 1969 St. Louis Jimmy
i 2000 Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
i 1973 Billie Holiday
i 1964 John Greer and The Rhythm Rockers
i July 1969 The Young Rascals
i 1991 Sonny Stitt
i 1963 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith and His Orchestra
i   1972 Kris Kristofferson REC, Percy Sledge REL
i 1997 Dusty Springfield
i July 1969 Aretha Franklin
i 1976 Don Gibson
i 1972 Bill Withers
i   1971 Robert Goulet PRF,REC
i 1963 Ink Spots
i 1996 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
i 1996 Hubert Laws
i September 1980 Hubert Laws
1975 The Supremes [US1]
i   1963 Ceil Clayton REL, Claramae Turner PRF
i 1975 Love Unlimited
i 1972 Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
i 1972 John Lennon
i 1963 Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jean Bowes
i 1972 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler
i October 1993 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   May 1968 Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles BRD,REL
i 1997 Dick Powell
i   October 1993 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
i May 1965 Eddy Arnold and His Tennessee Plowboys
i 1977 The Beatles
i October 1993 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra - Vocal by Billy Eckstine
i May 1968 Martha & The Vandellas
i 1990 Lester Young and His Sextet
i April 1966 The Jazztet
i 1983 Lil Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra
i 1978 Billy Joel
i 1989 Charlie Parker [US1]
i 1996 Freddie Hubbard
i 1967 Ray Charles
i   2000 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i 1975 Major Harris
i   April 1966 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
i 1962 The Horace Silver Quintet
i January 23, 1996 "Cannonball" Adderley
i 1964 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
i 1983 Ray Charles
i 1961 Erroll Garner Trio
i 1996 Sergio De Karlo
i 1997 John Coltrane
i 1998 Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet, Little Walter and His Jukes
i July 1969 Johnny Ace - Johnny Board and His Orchestra
i 1983 Little Junior Parker and Bill Harvey's Band
i May 1, 1994 Little Junior Parker and Bill Harvey's Band
i October 1993 Emily Laurey
i 1967 Louis Jourdan
i 1986 The Clovers
i 1998 Ruby and The Romantics - Arr. & Cond. by Leroy Kirkland
i 1971 Charlie Parker All Stars
i 1962 Percy Mayfield
i 1985 (unknown), Wiseman Sextet, Heavenly Gospel Singers
i May 1, 1994 Gene Ammons and His Sextet
i 1987 Percy Mayfield and Orchestra
i 1967 The King Cole Trio
i 1999 Clifford Brown and Max Roach
i 1964 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra
i 1985 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
i 1991 Nat "King" Cole
i 1998 Bobby Bland
i 1991 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson
i   July 1969 Martha Reeves and The Vandellas REC, Aretha Franklin REL
i 1961 Horace Silver Quintet
i May 1968 Elton Britt
i 2000 Sonny Rollins
i July 1969 King Curtis
i April 1966 Shirley Scott with Stanley Turrentine
i October 1993 Count Basie & His Orch.
i January 23, 1996 Count Basie & His Orch.
i 1986 Ben E. King - Arr. & Cond. by Stan Applebaum
i 1963 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i   2000 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 1998 Prince's Band
i   1963 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
i 1983 Russ Columbo and His Orchestra
i   1997 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1963 Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Trevor Bacon
i 1998 Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five)
i July 1969 Aretha Franklin
i 1978 Johnny Paycheck
i 1991 Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
i 1977 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
i May 1, 1994 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
i 1967 Syl Johnson
i 1998 Nat "King" Cole
i   1972 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
i 1990 Willie Bryant and His Orchestra
i 1983 Phineas Newborn Jr.
i 1999 Horace Silver Quintet
i 1963 Isham Jones and His Orchestra
i May 1968 Bing Crosby with Pete King and His Orchestra
i 1975 David Rose and His Orchestra
i 1972 Nicoletta - Orchestre sous la direction de Jean Bouchéty
i 1983 Al Bowlly
i 1983 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i 1987 Nat "King" Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins
i 1984 Kenny Rogers
i 1963 Savannah Churchill and The Four Tunes
i 1987 Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra
i 1989 Thelma La Vizzo
i 2000 Wayne King and His Orchestra
i 1990 Ace Cannon
i 1964 Percy Mayfield and His Gang O'Swing
i 1972 Michael Jackson
i 1962 Pedro Via y su orquesta
1978 Amy Grant
i 1989 Louis Armstrong
i 1999 Marvin Gaye
i July 1962 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
i 1984 Percy Sledge
i April 1966 Tony Martin [US1]
i January 23, 1996 Victor Young
i 1963 The Rolling Styles of Reggie Childs and His Orchestra - Vocal by Marion Kaye
i   April 1966 Norman Wisdom PRF, Shirley Bassey with Accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence REL
i 1973 Skylark [CA]
Sampled by Kanye West feat. Paul Wall & GLC
i 1972 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
i 1999 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
i 1976 Lou Rawls
1986 Sam Cooke (Bumps Blackwell Orch.)
i July 1962 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes
i 1973 Stevie Wonder

Sampled songs

Songs written by Hank Crawford

Original songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
After Dark Hank Crawford 1998 Milestone
After Hours Hank Crawford April 1966 Atlantic
Blues Groove The Jimmy McGriff and Hank Crawford Quartet January 23, 1996 Telarc
Cajun Sunrise Hank Crawford 1978 Kudu
Centerpiece Hank Crawford and Calvin Newborne September 1980 Buddah Records
Crunch Time Hank Crawford - Jimmy McGriff 1999 Milestone
Dig These Blues Hank Crawford May 1965 Atlantic
Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing Hank Crawford 1974 Kudu
Double Cross Hank Crawford May 1968 Atlantic
Down on the Deuce Hank Crawford 1984 Milestone
From the Heart Hank Crawford July 1962 Atlantic
Groove Master Hank Crawford 1990 Milestone
Hank Crawford's Back Hank Crawford 1976 Kudu
Help Me Make It Through the Night Hank Crawford 1972 Kudu
I Hear a Symphony Hank Crawford 1975 Kudu
Indigo Blue Hank Crawford 1983 Milestone
It's a Funky Thing to Do Hank Crawford 1971 Cotillion
Midnight Ramble Hank Crawford 1983 Milestone
More Soul Hank Crawford 1961 Atlantic
Mr. Blues Hank Crawford 1967 Atlantic
Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul Hank Crawford July 1969 Atlantic
Mr. Chips Hank Crawford 1986 Milestone
Night Beat Hank Crawford 1989 Milestone
On the Blue Side Hank Crawford - Jimmy McGriff 1990 Milestone
Portrait Hank Crawford 1991 Milestone
Right Turn on Blue The Jimmy McGriff and Hank Crawford Quartet May 1, 1994 Telarc
Roadhouse Symphony Hank Crawford 1985 Milestone
Road Tested Hank Crawford - Jimmy McGriff 1997 Milestone
Soul of the Ballad Hank Crawford & The Marty Paich Orchestra 1963 Atlantic
Soul Survivors Hank Crawford - Jimmy McGriff 1986 Milestone
South Central Hank Crawford October 1993 Milestone
Steppin' Up Hank Crawford - Jimmy McGriff 1987 Milestone
The Soul Clinic Hank Crawford 1962 Atlantic
The World of Hank Crawford Hank Crawford 2000 Milestone
Tico Rico Hank Crawford 1977 Kudu
Tight Hank Crawford 1996 Milestone
True Blue Hank Crawford 1964 Atlantic
We Got a Good Thing Going Hank Crawford 1972 Kudu
We Got a Good Thing Going [CD] Hank Crawford 1987 Epic
Wildflower Hank Crawford 1973 Kudu

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