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Barbara Cook

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Aliases
The McCook Trio
Real name
Barbara Nelle Cook
Born
October 25, 1927
Died
August 8, 2017
Country
United States
Comments
Tony Award-winning stage actress in musical and non-musical productions, probably best known as an actress for her role as Marian Paroo in The Music Man. Cook was also a concert and cabaret vocalist.
Member of
Company [Sondheim on Sondheim] (2010)
Entire Company [Candide, 1956] Cunegonde (1956-1957)
Company [The Music Man, 1957] Marian Paroo (1957-1959)
Related
Wally Harper Longtime accompanist
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
  September 21, 1999 Jack Shilkret and His Orchestra REC, Al Jolson BRD
  1994 Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts BRD
  January 2011 Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts BRD
  1988 Ilene Woods - Orchestra conducted by P. Smith REC, Sy Oliver and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jack Haskell and The Aristokats REL
  1962 George J. Gaskin REL, Sam Doctor PRF
March 19, 1996 Brook Benton
1977 Carol Hall [US1]
  March 23, 1999 Cliff Richard and Sarah Brightman REC,REL, Sarah Brightman & Steve Barton PRF
  May 8, 2001 Lee Remick REC,REL,PRF
September 1, 1993 George Byron – Arranger-Conductor-Pianist: André Previn
September 1, 1993 Eileen Farrell
1987 Eric Mattson and Jean Darling with Carousel Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau
  September 2011 Ella Logan PRF, Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm - Vocal Refrain by Hal Derwin REC,REL
1975 Leon Russell
October 7, 2003 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
  March 23, 1999 Margaret Whiting with Chorus and Frank DeVol's Orchestra REC, Mary Martin PRF, Fran Warren with Orchestra conducted by Henri René REL
1988 Betty Noyes
1994 Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson REL, Angela Lansbury BRD, Mary Martin
1965 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen)
  September 1, 1993 Fred Astaire BRD, Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra - Vocal and Tap Dancing Fred Astaire REC,REL
October 7, 2003 Chris Eaton
May 8, 2001 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest
1977 Janis Ian
1997 Helen Morgan, Tess Gardella and Norma Terris PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC, Mildred Fisher
1994 John Williams - The London Symphony Orchestra
1975 Willie & Eugene Howard
  January 2011 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
  September 1, 1993 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra REC, Wilbur Evans and Eileen Farrell PRF
January 1981 Melissa Manchester
  1994 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
November 11, 2008 Fanny Brice
October 7, 2003 Bing Crosby
  1975 Jack Barker [US1] PRF, Jacques Renard and His Orchestra REC
August 1959 Jessie Matthews
1975 Barbara Cook REC,REL,PRF, Jaye P. Morgan - Cond. by Dick Reynolds REC,REL
  September 1, 1993 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
1997 Perley Stevens and His Orchestra (Ben Selvin) REC, Helen Morgan REL, Helen Morgan and Robert Chisholm PRF, Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
  1997 Bikel, Martin, Children REC, Theodore Bikel, Mary Martin, Children PRF
  May 8, 2001 Harry Guardino REC,REL,PRF
  September 1, 1993 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
  November 11, 2008 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
Getting to Know You Barbara Cook 1960 Unverified
1988 Cliff Edwards with Victor Young and His Orchestra - And The Ken Darby Singers
  January 2011 John Payne BRD, Bing Crosby and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Betty Barclay REL
March 23, 1999 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra
  August 1959 Doris Carson PRF, Bea Wain with Orchestra under the direction of Walter Gross REC
  January 20, 1958 Felicia Sanders REL, Barbara Cook PRF
November 11, 2008 Ray Charles
  May 8, 2001 Marin Mazzie and Jere Shea REL,PRF
November 11, 2008 Peter Allen
May 8, 2001 Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike), Al Jolson, Jeanette MacDonald BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC,REL
October 7, 2003 Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra
Hello, Young Lovers Barbara Cook 1960 Unverified
November 11, 2008 Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns
  March 23, 1999 Jack Jones REC, Daniel Massey PRF
January 2011 Shirley Horn with Strings
  September 1951 Ray Anthony and His Orchestra REC, Barbara Cook, Jerome Courtland PRF
  September 21, 1999 Jerry Orbach PRF, The Paul Smith Ensemble REL
October 7, 2003 Rev. F. W. McGee
August 1959 Shannon Bolin with Milton Kaye and His Orchestra
1994 Shannon Bolin with Milton Kaye and His Orchestra, Dorothy Collins REC,PRF
1975 Shannon Bolin with Milton Kaye and His Orchestra, Bernadette Peters REL,PRF
  September 6, 2005 Barbara Harris PRF,REC,REL
  September 1, 1993 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
  1963 Barbara Cook REC,REL,PRF
  August 1959 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
November 11, 2008 John Bucchino
1987 Jan Clayton and John Raitt with Carousel Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau
  January 1981 Ivy St. Helier REL,PRF
September 21, 1999 Ethel Merman & Chorus REL, Ethel Merman PRF, Bernadette Peters REL,PRF
September 2011 Ethel Merman
September 21, 1999 Ethel Merman & Ensemble
1994 June Hawkins
September 6, 2005 Johnnie Johnston and Company
  January 1981 Billy Murray REC, Harry Fox and Ensemble PRF
September 2011 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case
September 2011 John Lennon
  September 21, 1999 (unknown), Harry Fox REC,REL,PRF
1994 Harry James and His Orchestra
November 11, 2008 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm, Donna Murphy REL,PRF
  September 1, 1993 Frances Langford BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC
1988 Bill Thompson [US1]
November 11, 2008 Orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman, Henry Busse and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Richard Barry, Petula Clark with Accompaniment directed by Joe Henderson
September 1, 1993 Adelaide Hall
  1985 Dorothy Collins REC,REL,PRF
January 1981 Laura Nyro
1965 Hollace Shaw
1994 Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REC, Evelyn Laye PRF, Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
  1997 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
August 1959 Shirley Ross
1997 William Marshall, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine & Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan]
  September 6, 2005 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
  January 2011 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
  September 2011 Virginia Bruce BRD, Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC
  September 2011 Rex Harrison REL,PRF
I Whistle a Happy Tune Barbara Cook 1960 Unverified
October 7, 2003 (unknown)
March 23, 1999 Ruby Hill
  1997 Adele Dixon, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD, Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC
September 6, 2005 Lawrence Tibbett with Orchestra – Nathaniel Shilkret, Director
  1988 (unknown), Burl Ives BRD, Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Harry Zimmerman REC,REL
October 7, 2003 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Vaughn Monroe and The Norton Sisters
May 8, 2001 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REL, Nat Brandwynne and The Stork Club Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD, Tullio Carminati
January 20, 1958 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Kenny Gardner and Vocal Group REL, The Buffalo Bills PRF, Barbara Cook
August 1959 Gloria Grafton
September 2011 Mel Tormé
2007 Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday REL, Judy Holliday and Sydney Chaplin PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC,REL, Frank Sinatra BRD
1991 Russ Case and His Orchestra with Audrey Marsh and The Guild Choristers
September 21, 1999 Bernadette Peters
  1985 Dorothy Collins REC,PRF
August 31, 2010 Dorothy Collins REC,PRF, Carly Simon REL, Frank [Jim Walton] REC, Geoffrey Horne PRF
November 11, 2008 Lotte Lenya REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF, Chip Zien and George Coe PRF, Chip Zien and Tom Aldredge REC,REL
1994 Michael Callen
November 11, 2008 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood
  1997 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
  May 8, 2001 Donna Murphy REL,PRF
November 11, 2008 John Battles
September 1, 1993 Marcia Van Dyke & Johnny Johnston
October 7, 2003 The McGuire Sisters - Chorus and Orchestra directed by Dick Jacobs
March 23, 1999 Barbara Cook REC,REL,PRF, Jaye P. Morgan - Cond. by Dick Reynolds REC,REL, Daniel Massey REL,PRF
September 21, 1999 Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Chorus PRF,REL, Carol Channing, David Burns, and Company, Charles Nelson Reilly, Eileen Brennan, Company
1987 Jean Darling with Carousel Girls and Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau
  May 8, 2001 Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters REL,PRF
1975 Judy Collins
  August 1959 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
2007 Mary Martin
March 23, 1999 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire, Louis Jourdan
  1997 Jan Clayton with The "Show Boat" Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Edwin McArthur REL, Jan Clayton PRF
August 1959 Constance Moore
  2007 Cleo Laine - Orchestrated and conducted by Jonathan Tunick REC, Kim Crosby, Ben Wright, Chip Zien and LuAnne Ponce PRF
  May 8, 2001 Ken Jennings, Angela Lansbury REC,REL,PRF
October 7, 2003 Emily Laurey, (unknown)
  1997 Alfred Drake with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake PRF
  November 11, 2008 Russ Case and His Orchestra with Jimmy Carroll REL, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra REC
October 7, 2003 (unknown)
  September 1, 1993 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
  September 6, 2005 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
1988 The Sportsmen Quartet
January 1981 Harry Nilsson
  August 31, 2010 Glynis Johns REL,PRF
Shall I Tell You What I Think of You? Barbara Cook 1960 Unverified
January 2011 Miss Walton and Mr. Macdonough
  August 1959 Jack Whiting PRF, Libby Holman REC,REL
October 7, 2003 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
1977 Al Jolson
September 6, 2005 Orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman, Petula Clark with Accompaniment directed by Joe Henderson
  1988 Adriana Caselotti REL,BRD
1988 Shelby Flint
2007 Betty Comden, Nancy Walker, Adolph Green and Cris Alexander
  2007 Larry Kert REC,REL,PRF
  March 23, 1999 Reri Grist & Ensemble REC,REL, Larry Kert, Reri Grist & Carol Lawrence PRF
  1988 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Betty Barclay REC,REL, Hattie McDaniel BRD
1977 Janis Ian
1994 Amanda McBroom
January 1981 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
  October 7, 2003 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
May 8, 2001 Dooley Wilson
September 2011 The King Cole Trio
  1997 Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REC, Lisa Kirk PRF
September 21, 1999 Robert Goulet and Cast, Robert Goulet
January 1981 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
October 7, 2003 Perry Como with Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Mitchell Ayres
  November 11, 2008 Al Jolson REL,BRD, All Star Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret) REC
  August 1959 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Maxine Grey REC, Doris Carson & Ray Bolger PRF
1988 The Jud Conlon Chorus and The MelloMen
  1997 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde PRF
May 8, 2001 Judy Garland
  March 23, 1999 Patricia Wilson REL,PRF
January 2011 Al Bowlly, Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
September 1, 1993 Fred Astaire
September 1951 (unknown)
September 21, 1999 Debbie Reynolds
  September 21, 1999 Bing Crosby with Orchestra directed by Jay Blackton REC,REL, Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton PRF
  September 21, 1999 Kenneth Nelson and Rita Gardner PRF, Kenneth Nelson & Rita Gardner REL
  September 2011 Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
1997 Ezio Pinza
 PRF Meredith Willson and His Orchestra and Eileen Wilson, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra with Sue Raney REC,REL
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  January 20, 1958 Meredith Willson and His Orchestra and Eileen Wilson, Barbara Cook and Robert Preston PRF, Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra with Sue Raney REC,REL
  1985 John McMartin, Dorothy Collins REC,REL,PRF
1975 Ronald Graham
March 23, 1999 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
September 2011 Barbara Harris
  1977 Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
1987 Jan Clayton with Carousel Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau
  September 2011 Rex Harrison BRD, Jack Jones REL
1988 Cliff Edwards, Jim Carmichael and the Hall Johnson Choir
1988 Cliff Edwards with Victor Young and His Orchestra - And The Ken Darby Singers
January 2011 Michael Feinstein
  August 1959 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
  1962 Howard Marsh and Norma Terris PRF, Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert REC
  October 7, 2003 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1975 Vic Damone REL, Barbra Streisand PRF
1994 Barbra Streisand - Arranged and conducted by Peter Matz
  1997 Norma Terris, Howard Marsh, Charles Winninger & Edna May Oliver PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC,REL
  1962 Norma Terris, Howard Marsh, Charles Winninger & Edna May Oliver PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC,REL
  1963 Barbara Cook PRF, Jaye P. Morgan - Cond. by Dick Reynolds REC,REL
October 7, 2003 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
  1988 Adriana Caselotti REL,BRD
1977 Petula Clark
1962 Howard Marsh and Norma Terris
  May 8, 2001 Donna McKechnie, Susan Browning, Pamela Myers REC,REL,PRF
August 1959 Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott
  1987 Christine Johnson with Carousel Chorus and Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau PRF,REL
  1987 Christine Johnson with Carousel Chorus and Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau PRF,REL
  September 2011 Martha Tilton with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Carol Stewart and Del Porter BRD
  1988 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye REC,REL, James Baskett BRD