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George Mitchell [GB]

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Aliases
The George Mitchell Choir
The George Mitchell Minstrels
Born
February 27, 1917
Died
August 27, 2002
Country
United Kingdom
Comments
Scottish musician and choir leader best known for having devised the long-running "The Black and White Minstrel Show".
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Covers by George Mitchell [GB]

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1968 Emma Carus PRF, Collins and Harlan REC, Walter Van Brunt & Mary Carson REL, Sallie Fisher and Charles King PRF, Ruth Etting PRF, The Troubadours [US1] REC, Al Jolson, American Quartet with Orchestra, Mr. Harry Carlton (Harry Fay), Collins and Harlan with Orchestra
October 1953 Rudi Schuricke mit Kinderchor - Alfred Hause mit seinem Tanz-Streichorchester, Frankie Laine, (unknown)
1968 John Steel REC,PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton, Irving Kaufman, John Steel and Ruth Thomas, Ethel Merman & Dick Haymes - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Ethel Merman and Russell Nype PRF, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL, Alice Faye BRD, Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Bob Godet REC,REL, Dinah Shore REC,REL, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra BRD
1960 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall, Al Jolson REL,BRD, All Star Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret) REC, Willie & Eugene Howard, Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra REC, Jos. Samuels Dance Orchestra, William Frawley, Jockers Brothers
1968 Adrian Schubert's Salon Orchestra ‑ Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall, Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Bing Crosby with Orchestra directed by Jay Blackton REC,REL, Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton PRF, Sam Lanin and His Troubadours
1964 (unknown), (unknown), Miss Ada Jones, Jack Pleasants, Nora Bayes, Fields and Bernard, Mr. Wilkie Bard, Mr. Billy Merson, (unknown), Billy Merson, (unknown)
1960 (unknown), Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen, (unknown), (unknown), Collins and Harlan, Collins & Harlan, (unknown)
1951 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
1951 Stella Mayhew
1968 Samuel Ash, Ethel Waters PRF,REC,REL, Ethel Merman & Ensemble, Dick Haymes & Eileen Wilson - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Russell Nype and Galina Talva PRF, Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC, Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb PRF, Meyer Davis and His Orch. – Vocal Refrain by Lou Conrad REC, Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD, (unknown), Dick Powell & Alice Faye, 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 September 1948 Vernon Dalhart
1960 Dick Powell REC,REL, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Chorus BRD, Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone) with Piano, Billy Murray and Haydn Qartet with Orchestra, Sunny Gale, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The King's Men REC, Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye BRD
1970 Edison Male Quartette
1960 Leslie James [GB], (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
1970 Gracie Fields
1951 (unknown)
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1970 The De Paur Chorus
1960 Alfred Newman, Ted Fiorito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Muzzy Marcellino & The Fio-rettes, Arthur Briggs and His Savoy Syncop's Orchestra, Fay Templeton, Billy Murray, Harmony Dance Orch. (Ben Selvin), Dolores Del Rio BRD, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Billy Murray and American Quartet with Orchestra
1960 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Collins and Harlan, Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Franklyn Baur REC, George Robey and Violet Loraine
1960 The Banda Rossa, Lambert Murphy, (unknown), Knickerbocker Quartette
1964 (unknown), (unknown)
1950 (unknown)
1964 Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocals under the direction of Ken Darby REC, Judy Garland & Ray Bolger BRD, Brothers & Brides BRD, Laurie Johnson Orchestra REL, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye REC,REL, James Baskett BRD, John Boles and Jeanette Loff with Paul Whiteman and Orchestra, Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle, Archie Bleyer and His Orchestra, Gene Raymond, Sammy Davis, Jr. - Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver REC, Fred Astaire BRD, (unknown)
1964 Henry Thies and His Hotel Sinton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Dewey, Billy Jones [US1], W Raymond, The Peerless Quartet, Mark Sheridan, Perry Como with The Satisfyers - Orch. conducted by Russell Case, Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards), George M. Cohan
1964 Carl Clewing, (unknown), Mark Andrews [US1], Mario Lanza, Henry Halstead and His Orchestra, Bob Thompson [US1], (unknown), Richard Bold and Rosalind Fuller, Alice Faye, Jack Oakie & John Payne, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Buddy Gately REC,REL, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, John Steel and Ruth Thomas, (unknown performer) PRF, Don Cornell REC,REL
1964 Stanley Lupino, Stanley Kirkby, Clarice Mayne and "That", (unknown), Gus Elen, Harry Macdonough REL, William Tuson REC, (unknown), Jack Charman
1964 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires REC,REL, Mr. X [Arthur Fields], Bennie Krueger's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Billy Jones, Aileen Stanley, M.J. O'Connell, Miss Walton and Mr. Macdonough, Judy Garland with Orchestra under direction of David Rose REC,REL, Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney BRD, Billy Jones [US1], Hollywood Dance Orchestra [Adrian Schubert] - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman, Tony Martin [US1] BRD
1964 (unknown), (unknown), Lottie Gilson PRF, Dan Quinn REC,REL, (unknown), Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke and The Modernaires, Charles Harrison [US] REC, Campbell and Burr REL, Mr. Macdonough
1949 (unknown)
1968 Dick Powell, Elida Morris, Judy Garland and Fred Astaire BRD,REL, Ray Middleton PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC,REL, Collins & Harlan, Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Reed Kennedy and the Freshmen, William O'Neal, Marty May, Ray Middleton and Ethel Merman
listen on Internet Archive 1948 Sam Lanin and His Troubadours
1968 Selectees and Minstrel Men PRF, The Victor "First Nighter" Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Brad Reynolds, Hubert Hendrie, Harvey Harding and Men's Chorus REC,REL, Ethel Merman REL,PRF, Billy Murray, Ray Middleton, Kenny Baker with Orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik REC, Performer and Company PRF, (unknown)
  September 1949 Dorothy Patrick [dubbed by Eileen Wilon] & Hugh Marlowe [dubbed by Ken Darby] PRF, Dinah Shore REL
1968 Fred Astaire BRD, Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Ethel Merman & Chorus BRD, Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin REL, Dinah Shore with The Four Hits - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REC,REL, Fred Astaire with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra REL, Fred Astaire and Chorus BRD, Nat Brandwynne and The Stork Club Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD, Ginger Rogers BRD, Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC,REL, Alice Faye, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman BRD, Danny Kaye with The Skylarks REL, Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen [dubbed by Trudy Stevens] BRD
1970 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive   September 1948 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra REL, Ray Miller's Black and White Melody Boys REC
listen on Internet Archive 1948 Bob Thompson [US1]
1960 Bing Crosby with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra REL, Dick Powell BRD, (unknown), The Variety Singers, Katie Lawrence PRF, Dan Quinn REL, American Quartet with Orchestra, Vaughn De Leath - Guitar by Ed. Lang, Furman and Nash, Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Billy Jones, Gene Austin

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