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Somethin' Smith

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Aliases
Somethin' Smith and the Redheads
Somethin' Smith & The Redheads
Somethin' Smith & The Skylarks
Real name
Robert H. Robertson
Country
United States
Comments
Red Robinson, better known as Somethin' Smith was a singer and musician (banjo, guitar) from Florida. He performed with fellow redheads Saul Striks [piano] and Major Short [bass] as Somethin' Smith and The Redheads.
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Katherine Perry
listen on Internet Archive 1961 Arthur West
July 1955 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
July 1955 Six Brown Brothers
July 1955 Ruth Etting
1957 Arthur Collins
listen on Internet Archive 1961 (unknown)
  July 1955 Al Jolson PRF, Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
1956 Harmony Dance Orch. (Ben Selvin)
May 9, 1955 Puritan Novelty Orchestra
Coal Dust On The Fiddle Somethin' Smith and The Redheads April 23, 1956 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Bennie Krueger & His Orch. – Vocal Chorus by Dick Robertson
1957 Lou Preager and His Orchestra - Vocalist: Paul Rich
listen on Internet Archive   1958 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive 1958 The Benson Orchestra of Chicago - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sullivano
listen on Internet Archive 1961 Louis Armstrong and His Dixieland Seven
1955 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra
  1956 Ruby Keeler & Dick Powell BRD, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Skinny Ennis REC
February 1, 1954 The Crows
1955 The Crows
  1956 John Payne BRD, Bing Crosby and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Betty Barclay REL
1956 (unknown)
1956 Jacques Renard & His Orchestra
1957 (unknown)
  July 1955 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
July 7, 1958 Harlan Leonard and His Rockets - Vocal Refrain by Myra Taylor
1955 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
listen on Internet Archive 1958 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Jay C. Flippen
listen on Internet Archive 1956 Ted Lewis and His Band
February 17, 1958 The Boswell Sisters - Accompanied by The Dorsey Brothers
listen on Internet Archive 1955 Freddy Ellis and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Seymour Richards
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Johnny Mercer and His Orchestra - Vocal by Johnny Mercer and Six Hits and a Miss
July 1955 International Novelty Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Elliott Shaw
February 1, 1954 4 Deep Tones
listen on Internet Archive 1961 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
1956 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Jimmie Davis
1957 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra
  1956 Dick Powell with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra REC, Wini Shaw BRD
  1957 Van and Schenck PRF, Billy Murray REC
  1956 Sterling Holloway - June Cochran PRF, The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin] REC
1956 Furman and Nash
listen on Internet Archive 1961 Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys
listen on Internet Archive   1955 Ted Weems and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Arthur Jarrett REC, Eddie Cantor BRD
listen on Internet Archive   1958 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive   1957 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
listen on Internet Archive 1958 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive July 1955 Emerson Military Band
1957 Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Anita Ellis]
1957 Cliff Carlisle
listen on Internet Archive 1961 Denver Darling and His Texas Cowhands
listen on Internet Archive 1961 Johnny Mercer
i July 1955 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
May 9, 1955 Chick Bullock & His Levee Loungers
1956 (unknown), Lottie Gilson PRF, Dan Quinn REC,REL
1957 Margaret Young
listen on Internet Archive 1961 Vera Lynn with Arthur Young
listen on Internet Archive 1958 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive   October 15, 1956 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The King's Men REC, Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye BRD
listen on Internet Archive 1955 Mills Brothers
1957 (unknown), Ken Griffin at the Organ - Vocal by Jerry Wayne
July 7, 1958 William J. Halley
listen on Internet Archive   1961 Bing Crosby with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra REL, Dick Powell BRD
  1957 Nat "King" Cole REC, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra REL

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