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Johnny Douglas [GB1]

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Aliases
Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra
Real name
John Henry Douglas
Born
June 19, 1920
Died
April 20, 2003
Country
United Kingdom
IPI
00008573974 1 work
00232836867 1 work
Affiliation
PRS
Comments
Composer, arranger and conductor, best known for his work in the easy listening genre. He recorded over 500 tracks for Decca and over 80 albums for RCA.
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Covers by Johnny Douglas [GB1]

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1957 The Revelers [US1]
April 1954 Guy Mitchell
i   1955 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REL, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo & Trio REC, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
i   1957 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC,REL, Virginia Grey [dubbed by Elvida Rizzo] & Dan Dailey [dubbed by Morton Scott] BRD
listen on Internet Archive   1968 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
1959 Tito Schipa con orch. dir. dal M.o Dino Olivieri
  1961 Percy Faith and His Orchestra REC, Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel PRF
1959 Renato Rascel e coro
listen on Internet Archive 1968 Mario Lanza, RCA Victor Orchestra and Jeff Alexander Choir
i   1957 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
May 2, 1955 Frankie Laine with The Mellomen
April 1955 Denise Lor with Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra
i   1955 Etta Moten BRD, Enric Madriguera and His Orchestra REL
i 1962 Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers
  February 1954 Patti Page with Orchestra conducted by Joe Reisman REC, Dinah Shore with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus REL
i   1955 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
i 1962 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
October 1955 The McGuire Sisters with Chorus & Orchestra directed by Dick Jacobs
October 1956 Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
March 1959 Domenico Modugno
Covered by (11 artists)
1959 Giovanni Ambrosini, Maria Cappiello, Charles Kullman
1959 I Campioni - Canta Tony Dallara
August 1954 The Crew-Cuts
  September 1955 Red Foley and Betty Foley REC, Patti Page with Jack Rael and His Orchestra REL
April 1955 The Royals, Etta James and "The Peaches"
i 1965 Carol Channing, Charles Nelson Reilly, Jerry Dodge, Sondra Lee, Eileen Brennan
February 1955 Jaye P. Morgan with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
i   1965 Barbara Cook REC,REL,PRF
December 1954 Kitty Kallen with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
April 1960 Herb & Betty Warner
September 1955 Ruby Murray with Ray Martin & His Orchestra
i   1965 Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra REC, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REL
i 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
March 1955 The Three Chuckles with Instrumental Accompaniment conducted by Marty Gold
April 1960 The Little Dippers (Anita Kerr)
  October 1952 Ken Marvin REC, Curley Williams and The Georgia Peach Pickers REL
May 1953 Joni James with The Jack Halloran Choir - Orchestra conducted by Lew Douglas
i 1965 The Waikiki's
  September 1955 Carol Haney, John Raitt and Company PRF, Johnnie Ray - Orch. under dir. of Joe Reisman REC
  September 1955 Johnnie Ray - Orch. under dir. of Joe Reisman REC, John Raitt PRF
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo Lita Roza - Accompaniment directed by Johnny Douglas 1953 Unverified
i   1957 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
March 1953 Patti Page with Orchestra conducted by Jack Rael
listen on Internet Archive 1953 Line Renaud - Orchestre dir. : Pierre Guillermin, Muriel Smith with Wally Stott and His Orchestra
November 1954 Al Jolson PRF, Moulin Rouge Orchestra (Ben Selvin) REL, The Melody Sheiks (Sam Lanin) REC, Lou Gold with The Melody Man – Vocal Chorus, Murray Amster
i   1957 Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
i   1955 Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
May 1953 Billy Cotton and His Band with Doreen Stephens and Chorus
i 1965 Ned Miller
i   1955 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
i 1957 John Boles and Jeanette Loff with Paul Whiteman and Orchestra
January 1956 The Dream Weavers
April 1955 (unknown)
i 1955 Adele Dixon
May 1954 Teresa Brewer - With Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
i 1962 Edith Piaf
January 1955 Wade Ray, Joan Weber
i   1957 Dinah Shore PRF, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
1956 Paul Misraki
Covered by Miyoshi Umeki
listen on Internet Archive   1968 Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC
i 1965 Bing Crosby with Irving Aaronson and His Commanders
June 1959 Alma Cogan - With Vocal Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Tony Osborne
listen on Internet Archive   1968 (unknown performer) PRF, Don Cornell REC,REL
i 1962 George Greeley - His Piano and Orchestra
i 1957 George Shearing Quintet
i 1965 René Cabel con Rafael Muñoz y su orquesta
January 1955 Sarah Vaughan with Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra
i 1965 Bing Crosby with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young, Patricia Morison, Alfred Drake REC,REL,PRF
listen on Internet Archive December 1954 Vaughn Monroe with Orchestra
January 2, 1956 The Four Lads - Orch., Chorus under dir. of Ray Ellis
i   1965 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Betty Grable BRD
listen on Internet Archive 1968 (unknown), (unknown), Robert Black
i   1955 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
May 2, 1955 The Cadillacs - Jesse Powell Orch.
1959 Flo Sandon's - Orchestra diretta da Federico Bergamini REL, Sylvana Mangano [dubbed by Flo Sandon's] BRD, Frankie Day
March 1959 Fred Buscaglione e i suoi Asternovas, (unknown)
December 1954 Connie Russell with Orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney
December 1954 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orchestra
i   1965 Bert Convy, Julia Migenes REC,REL,PRF
April 1954 The Four Knights with Orchestra
i   1955 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
i 1957 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
October 1952 Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye
1965 Chuck Berry
listen on Internet Archive December 1954 The Three Chuckles
  March 1954 Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
August 1954 The Chords [US1]
i   1955 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
listen on Internet Archive 1968 (unknown), Jack Hylton and His Orchestra (Vocal Refrain by Sam Browne)
i 1965 Mina [IT]
listen on Internet Archive   1968 William O'Neal PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
November 1954 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC, Ted Weems and His Orchestra, Earl Burtnett and His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra REC, Charles King BRD
i 1965 Frank Sinatra
January 1956 Jack Carroll - Joe Leahy Orchestra
i 1962 (unknown)
i 1957 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra
May 1953 Mindy Carson and Guy Mitchell with Mitch Miller & His Orchestra
i 1965 The Cardinals
i   1965 Ray Middleton PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC,REL
i 1962 (unknown performer)
1965 Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers REC,REL, Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra BRD, Roy Milton and His Solid Senders
listen on Internet Archive 1953 Ambrose and His Orchestra (Vocal Chorus by Vera Lynn)
1965 Little Eva
1955 Jaye P. Morgan with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
October 1954 Patti Page with Jack Rael & His Orchestra
i 1962 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
January 1961 Frankie Avalon with the Peter De Angelis Orchestra & Chorus
June 1954 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i 1962 Tullio Carminati
i 1955 Fred Astaire
i   1955 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive 1968 Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian
1955 Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers
March 1955 Johnny Brandon with The Phantoms and The Norman Warren Music
1959 Domenico Modugno with Fonit Orchestra, Dean Martin
August 1954 Burl Ives and Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra
June 1954 Perry Como
listen on Internet Archive   1968 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
1959 Renato Rascel con Orch. “Odeon” e Coro diretta dal M.o Mazzocchi
i   1955 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive 1968 Marek Weber und sein Orchester - Solo: Marcel Wittrisch REL, Richard Tauber REC,PRF
December 1955 Joni James
i 1957 Al Jolson
March 1954 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
1959 Enrico Caruso accompag. dall' Autore Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Vic Damone with Glenn Osser's Orchestra

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A House with Love in It Vera Lynn - Accompaniment directed by Johnny Douglas 1956 Decca
Bubbles The Marilyn Sisters with Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra May 2, 1955 Decca
Christmas Alphabet Dickie Valentine with Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra October 1955 Decca
Christmas Island Dickie Valentine with Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra October 1956 Decca
Dance with Me Henry Suzi Miller and The Johnston Brothers with Johnny Douglas & His Orchestra April 1955 Decca
Don't Be Afraid of Love Joan Regan with Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra February 1955 London Records
Hernando's Hideaway The Johnston Brothers with Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra September 1955 Decca
(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window Lita Roza - Accompaniment directed by Johnny Douglas March 1953 Decca
I'd Love to Fall Asleep (And Wake Up in Your Arms) Shirley Abicair with Accompaniment directed by Johnny Douglas 1953 Decca
In a Golden Coach (There's a Heart of Gold) Dickie Valentine - Accompaniment directed by Johnny Douglas May 1953 Decca
It's Almost Tomorrow Dennis Hale with Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra January 1956 Decca
Join in and Sing The Johnston Brothers and The Johnny Douglas Band November 1954 Decca
Let Me Go, Lover! Lita Roza with Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra January 1955 Decca
Mister Sandman Dickie Valentine with Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra December 1954 Decca
Not as a Stranger Al Martino with Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra December 1954 Capitol Records
(Poor Little Robin) Walkin' to Missouri Lita Roza - Accompaniment directed by Johnny Douglas October 1952 Decca
Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream) The Johnston Brothers - Accompaniment directed by Johnny Douglas August 1954 Decca
The Bridge of Sighs David Whitfield - Accompaniment directed by Johnny Douglas June 1953 Decca
The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot Lita Roza - Accompaniment directed by Johnny Douglas 1953 London Records
The Longest Walk Dennis Hale with Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra 1955 Decca
The "Mama-Doll" Song Lita Roza - Accompaniment directed by Johnny Douglas October 1954 Decca
The Old Pi-Anna Rag Dickie Valentine - Accompaniment directed by Johnny Douglas November 21, 1955 Decca
The Puppet Song David MacBeth - The Johnny Douglas Orchestra with The Mike Sammes Singers January 1961 Pye Records
Tomorrow Lita Roza with Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra March 1955 Decca
Wait for Me, Darling Joan Regan with The Johnston Brothers - Accompaniment directed by Johnny Douglas August 1954 Decca
Wanted Al Martino - Accompaniment directed by Johnny Douglas June 1954 Capitol Records

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