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Richard Rodney Bennett

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Born
March 29, 1936
Died
December 24, 2012
Country
United Kingdom
IPI
00002720340 6 works
Affiliation
PRS
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Composer probably best known for his film scores including three Academy Award nominations He was also a jazz pianist and singer and the composer of concert music including orchestral works, choral pieces, and operas. Although he was knighted in 1998 and holds the honorific title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Bennett lived in New York City from 1979 until his death.
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Rodney Bennett Father
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i   1975 Eddy Duchin and His Central Park Casino Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Lew Sherwood REC,REL, Fred Astaire PRF
i November 20, 2000 John Steel and Ruth Thomas
i   1979 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
  1990 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
February 13, 2007 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
  1990 Judy Campbell PRF, Vera Lynn REC
  1979 Lee Remick REC,REL,PRF
1983 Ruby Hill with "St. Louis Woman" Choral Group and Orchestra under the direction of Leon Leonardi
2005 Ruby Hill with "St. Louis Woman" Choral Group and Orchestra under the direction of Leon Leonardi
1978 Ruby Hill with "St. Louis Woman" Choral Group and Orchestra under the direction of Leon Leonardi
  1983 Diahann Carroll, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore and Enid Mosier REL,PRF
i   1975 Diahann Carroll, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore and Enid Mosier REL,PRF
  1983 Lena Horne and Avon Long PRF, Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC
  1990 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
  1988 J. Harold Murray PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC,REL
  1983 Pearl Bailey - Orchestra under the direction of Mitchell Ayres REL, Pearl Bailey PRF
2005 Jack Jones
2005 Elvis Costello
1978 Tani Seitz
  1979 Dean Jones, Susan Browning REC,REL,PRF
Bein' Green Richard Rodney Bennett 1977 Unverified
  2013 Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REC, Judy Garland BRD
1995 Eva Puck and Sam White
Blues in the Night Marian Montgomery And Richard Rodney Bennett 1977 Unverified
1999 Jane Froman - Orchestra under direction of Al Goodman
April 21, 1998 (unknown), Missouri Jazz Band [Sam Lanin] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman, "Mac" (Harry McClintock)
1983 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest
1990 Bing Crosby
i   November 20, 2000 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
1990 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
2003 Frances Langford with Harry Sosnik and His Orchestra
  2013 Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
1990 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of Frank Comstock, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF, Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, James Stewart and Eleanor Powell [dubbed by Marjorie Lane] BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF, Ethel Merman
  1983 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
  1990 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
  August 11, 1994 Vivian Blaine & Mitchell Gregg PRF, Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers REC,REL
Dayton, Ohio - 1903 Marian Montgomery and Richard Rodney Bennett 1977 Unverified
  1999 Irene Bordoni PRF, Ray Miller and His Orchestra REC
i   1979 Perley Stevens and His Orchestra (Ben Selvin) REC, Helen Morgan REL, Helen Morgan and Robert Chisholm PRF
1988 Petula Clark
1978 Dionne Warwick
1990 Dave Frishberg
1978 Dooley Wilson
Early To Bed Sandra King & Richard Rodney Bennett 1999 Unverified
Early To Bed Pinky Winters – Richard Rodney Bennett 2002 Unverified
March 21, 2011 Lenny Baker, James Naughton
Fire and Rain Marian Montgomery And Richard Rodney Bennett 1977 Unverified
2005 Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mary Ann McCall
1999 Fred & Adele Astaire
  1983 Leo Reisman & His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Harold Arlen REL, Frances Williams PRF
1990 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire & Cliff Edwards PRF, Bobbe Arnst, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC, Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns PRF, Frank Crumit REC,REL, Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
Get Rid of Monday Richard Rodney Bennett February 13, 2007 Unverified
2013 Ethel Merman & Chorus REL, Ethel Merman PRF, Harriet Hilliard BRD, Richard Himber & His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra REC
Give Me the Simple Life Marian Montgomery And Richard Rodney Bennett 1977 Unverified
i November 20, 2000 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright
i 1979 (unknown)
2003 Ted Wallace and His Swing Kings (Ed Kirkeby)
  1983 Carol Brice PRF,REL
2003 Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra
  2000 Ethel Waters REC,REL,PRF
1983 John Tyers
  2013 Alice Faye, The Ritz Brothers and chorus BRD, Tempo King and His Kings of Tempo with Queenie Ada Rubin at the Piano - Vocal Refrain by Tempo King REC
August 11, 1994 Dave Frishberg
2002 The Mello Larks with Neal Hefti & His Orch.
2002 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest
Home Thoughts from Abroad Richard Rodney Bennett 1990 Unverified
2013 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
February 13, 2007 Bobbe Arnst
1999 (unknown), Fred Astaire, Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
1988 Frank Sinatra
i   1975 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
  1995 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
1979 (unknown)
1999 (unknown)
I'd Really Love to See You Tonight Marian Montgomery And Richard Rodney Bennett 1977 Unverified
1990 George Robey and Violet Loraine
  2005 Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
i 1975 June Hawkins
2005 Nat King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins
  1999 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REC, Winnie Lightner With Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra PRF
  1988 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
1978 Cannonball Adderley with Ernie Andrews
March 21, 2011 Nat "King" Cole
1983 Peggy Lee - Orchestra conducted by Max Bennett
  April 21, 1998 Frances Langford BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC
i   November 20, 2000 Frances Langford BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC
i 1979 Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Nan Wynn]
  2003 Tony Bennett REC, Larry Blyden & Cathryn Damon PRF
  1999 Tony Bennett REC, Larry Blyden & Cathryn Damon PRF
1990 Cleo Laine & John Williams
August 11, 1994 Cleo Laine & John Williams
February 28, 2005 Cleo Laine & John Williams
1983 Margaret Whiting
April 21, 1998 Dick Powell
2002 John Pizzarelli
  1979 Charmian Carr REC,BRD, Victoria Mallory REL
  2003 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly REC, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell and Chorus with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i   November 20, 2000 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
August 11, 1994 Tony Bennett with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra
2000 The Ambassadors [US2]
1990 Dinah Shore with Orchestra
1988 Dinah Shore with Orchestra
  February 13, 2007 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1990 Dick Hyman REL, Richard Kollmar and Jeanne Madden PRF
1983 Claire Carleton
  2005 Nat "King" Cole BRD, Nat "King" Cole and His Trio REC
1988 (unknown)
1983 Ruby Hill
  1988 Adele Dixon, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD, Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC
1999 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF, Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL
2003 Alfred Newman, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
Lazy Afternoon Richard Rodney Bennett 1977 Unverified
  1990 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby BRD
  2002 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby BRD
  1988 Dinah Shore PRF, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
2002 The Stan Getz Quartet
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i   1975 The Honey Dreamers with the Elliot Lawrence Band REL, Cliff Edwards PRF
2013 Harry Stockwell
i   1979 Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC
i   November 20, 2000 Judy Garland with Victor Young and His Orchestra REL, Lena Horne BRD
  April 21, 1998 Pickens Sisters REC, Bing Crosby BRD
August 11, 1994 Sue Raney With The Bob Florence Group
  1999 Jan Garber and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Russ Brown REC, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
2013 (unknown)
1995 John Battles
  April 21, 1998 Dick Powell with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra REC, Wini Shaw BRD
  1988 King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
i   November 20, 2000 King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
1983 Johnny Williams, His Orchestra and Chorus
1983 Tony Bennett
August 11, 1994 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly, Tamara PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC
2000 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC,REL, Ben Bernie, Peggy Chamberlain, June O'Dea PRF, Joe Samuels' Jazz Band
August 11, 1994 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD, Dick Haymes & Eileen Wilson - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Russell Nype and Galina Talva PRF
2000 Lottie Gilson PRF, Dan Quinn REC,REL, Sterling Holloway - June Cochran PRF, The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin] REC
Midnight Blue Marian Montgomery And Richard Rodney Bennett 1977 Unverified
i   1975 Peggy Johnson and Her Orchestra REC, Douglas Byng PRF
i   November 20, 2000 Peggy Johnson and Her Orchestra REC, Douglas Byng PRF
Miss Otis Regrets Richard Rodney Bennett 1977 Unverified
  2000 Sophie Tucker with Ted Shapiro Orchestra REC, Libby Holman and Clifton Webb PRF
  1990 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
  1995 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   November 20, 2000 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
  2002 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
2005 Jack Jones
2005 Fred Astaire, Betty Compton and Gertrude McDonald
i 1975 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
  1983 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Joan Leslie with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra BRD
Nashville Nightingale Mary Cleere Haran and Richard Rodney Bennett (Richard Rodney Bennett, Mary Cleere Haran) 2000 Unverified
1978 Billy Joel
1978 The Flying Machine [US]
March 21, 2011 Michele Lee
i   1975 Jan Clayton with The "Show Boat" Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Edwin McArthur REL, Jan Clayton PRF
i 1975 Constance Moore
1995 Constance Moore
2005 Alice Faye
2002 Billie Holiday with Orchestra directed by Camarata
i   1975 Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL, Todd Duncan, Ruby Elzy & Georgette Harvey PRF
1978 The Cookies REC, The Crystals [US] REL, The Drifters [US1]
  2003 Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Horace Henderson REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
  1990 Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Horace Henderson REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
February 13, 2007 Margaret Whiting with Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Ralph Carmichael
March 21, 2011 Margaret Whiting with Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Ralph Carmichael
  March 21, 2011 Virginia Martin REL,PRF
i   November 20, 2000 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
1983 Meredith D'Ambrosio
2000 Margaret and Dorothy McCarthy and Ensemble
1978 Kenny Rankin
  1983 Jose Collins PRF, Charles Harrison [US] REC,REL
  April 21, 1998 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
2000 Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
  2000 New Princes' Toronto Band REC,REL, Alice Delysia PRF
2002 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Axel Stordahl
2002 Nancy Wilson [US1]
August 11, 1994 Peggy Moran
1978 Dennis Yost and The Classics IV
2013 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
2013 Ruth Etting PRF, The Troubadours [US1] REC, Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
2003 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
1978 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
i   1979 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
1983 Tony Bennett
i   1975 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
  February 13, 2007 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
  1999 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
Something Cool Marian Montgomery And Richard Rodney Bennett 1977 Unverified
  February 13, 2007 Jackie & Roy REC, Jerri Winters - With Orchestra conducted by Don Costa REL
  1990 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF
  2013 Dinah Shore with The Four Hits - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
1983 Russ Columbo and His Orchestra
1983 Johnny Mandel - Vocal: Sam Fletcher
i   1979 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD
1999 Andrew Tombes, Lovey Lee, Gertrude McDonald, Amy Revere and Chorus PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Harland Dixon, Marion Fairbanks and Ensemble, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire & Cliff Edwards PRF
April 21, 1998 Will Osborne and His Orchestra
  1999 Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns PRF, Frank Crumit REC,REL
1979 Charmian Carr and Anthony Perkins
  August 11, 1994 Dorothy Lamour - Orchestra under direction of Cy Feuer REC, Bob Hope & Shirley Ross BRD
  1995 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] & Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REL
March 21, 2011 Peggy Lee - Orchestra conducted by Max Bennett
March 21, 2011 Jesse Belvin with Marty Paich and His Orchestra
i 1975 Irene Dunne
1990 Irene Dunne
1978 Irene Dunne
The Friendliest Thing Marian Montgomery And Richard Rodney Bennett 1977 Unverified
The Ladies Who Lunch Marian Montgomery And Richard Rodney Bennett 1977 Unverified
1983 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
  August 24, 2005 Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ginny Simms REC, Mildred Bailey and Her Orchestra REL
  1999 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
  1990 Judy Garland REC,BRD, Jeri Southern with Orchestra conducted by Sonny Burke REL
i November 20, 2000 Freddie Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Elmer Feldkamp
1999 Nora Bayes
2000 Ethel Waters and The Jazz Masters
2002 Anthony Newley
  March 21, 2011 Tony Bennett REC, Lena Horne - Orchestra conducted by Marty Gold REL
1988 Bing Crosby with Pete King and His Orchestra
  1990 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
August 11, 1994 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl
2005 Al Bowlly
i 1979 Fred Astaire
  1999 Ginger Rogers BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC
  August 11, 1994 Alice Faye BRD, Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Bob Godet REC,REL
i 1979 Anna Wheaton and James Harrod REC, Anna Wheaton and Tom Powers PRF, Marilyn Miller and Leon Errol
  2000 Fred Rich's Dance Orchestra – Vocal Chorus The Joy Boys REC, Helen Ford & Lester Cole PRF
  1990 Daniel Haynes and the Dixie Jubilee Singers REC,BRD, All Star Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by The Melody Three REL
  2013 Daniel Haynes and the Dixie Jubilee Singers REC,BRD, All Star Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by The Melody Three REL
i 1975 Ronald Graham
February 13, 2007 Ipana Troubadours - S. C. Lanin Director – Vocal Refrain by Willard Robison
i November 20, 2000 Marc Michel [dubbed by Georges Blaness]
2005 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i 1975 Elsie Carlisle
  2013 Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
  2000 Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
August 11, 1994 Tony Bennett
March 21, 2011 Peggy Lee
2005 Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet featuring Elisabeth Welch
  April 21, 1998 Eddie Cantor BRD, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
2000 Collins & Harlan
1983 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen O'Connell
1990 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen O'Connell
2002 Charles King and Hope Williams
  2003 Julie Andrews with Henry Mancini and His Orchestra REL, Julie Andrews BRD
i   November 20, 2000 Julie Andrews with Henry Mancini and His Orchestra REL, Julie Andrews BRD
1999 William Gaxton, Lois Moran and Reporters
2002 Lillian Taiz and Inez Courtney
i   1979 Norma Terris, Howard Marsh, Charles Winninger & Edna May Oliver PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC,REL
March 21, 2011 Frank Sinatra
  March 21, 2011 Kay McClelland REL,PRF
  1979 Harry Guardino and Lee Remick PRF, Lee Remick, Harry Guardino REC,REL
2005 Beatrice Lillie
March 21, 2011 Carmen McRae
i   1979 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1990 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
1988 Ray McKinley and Some of The Boys
  1990 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
i November 20, 2000 William J. Halley
You Make Me Feel So Young Marian Montgomery And Richard Rodney Bennett 1977 Unverified
i November 20, 2000 Jacques Revaux
  1979 Len Cariou, Glynis Johns REC,REL,PRF
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