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Willis Jackson

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Aliases
Willis "Gator Tail" Jackson
Willis Jackson and His Orchestra
The Willis Jackson Quintet
Born
April 25, 1928
Died
October 25, 1987
Country
United States
Comments
Jazz, soul jazz, and R&B tenor saxophonist
Family
Ruth Brown [US] Spouse (1950-1955)
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1969 Agostinho dos Santos
i 1963 Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra
i   1961 Vera Lynn REC,REL, Ida Lupino BRD
i January 1966 The Beatles
i 1974 Brook Benton
i 1972 Bill Withers
i   1963 Luciano Tajoli con la grande orchestra diretta da Enzo Ceragioli REL, Betty Curtis PRF
i 1968 Cilla Black
i 1965 Hubert Laws
i   1964 Dick Gautier, Susan Watson and Teenagers PRF,REL
i 1963 Chucho Martínez Gil - Con la orquesta de J. Sabre Marroquin
i January 1966 The Beatles
i 1963 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
i 1967 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
i 1962 Joe Loss and His Band
i 1963 Renato Rascel e coro
i 1963 Georgia Brown
i 1959 Benny Goodman and His Sextet
i   1962 Emilio Tuero PRF, Los Cadetes del Swing REC,REL
i 1978 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i   1974 Arthur Prysock with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver REL, Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orchestra REC
i 1962 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i January 1966 Count Basie and His Orchestra
1975 The Isley Brothers
i 1969 Johnny Rivers
i 1963 (unknown)
i 1962 Joe Jones [US1]
i 1959 Giovanni Ambrosini, Maria Cappiello
i 1967 Jessie Matthews
i   1963 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
i 1972 Wilson Pickett
i Don't Misunderstand Willis Jackson 1974 Unverified
i 1966 Robert Maxwell
1975 Ohio Players
1965 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
i   1963 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
i   1964 The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
i 1961 Blue Steele and His Orchestra with Vocal Chorus
i 1968 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra
i August 1951 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Jack Dumont, Alto Sax
i 1972 Bobby Bloom
i   1966 Louis Armstrong and The All Stars REC, Carol Channing and David Hartman PRF
i 1982 The Beatles
i   December 1961 Peter Van Steeden and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Dick Robertson REL, Harold Richards REC
i 1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i 1964 Ivory Joe Hunter
i 1966 Don Gibson
i 1968 Peter, Paul and Mary
1972 Susan Shirley - Arranged & Conducted by Lew Warburton, The New Seekers, The Hillside Singers
i   1963 Ceil Clayton REL, Claramae Turner PRF
i 1974 Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra, Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats
i 1966 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case
i 1969 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i December 1961 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1961 Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce
i   1965 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
i December 1961 Shirley Ross
i   1978 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
i   1972 Carole King REC,REL
i 1964 Roland Gerbeau – Orchestre, direction Guy Luypaerts
i 1967 (unknown), Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i 1964 Cannonball Adderley Sextet
i 1966 Lester Young and His Sextet
i   1962 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
1975 The Eleventh Hour
i 1964 Gene Austin
1975 The Isley Brothers
i 1975 Love Unlimited Orchestra
i 1972 Francis Lai & His Orchestra
i   1959 Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
i 1968 Riz Ortolani e Nino Oliviero
i 1974 Vic Damone and Music by Camarata
i December 1961 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
i 1963 (unknown)
i 1964 Mal Fitch
i December 1961 Tuskegee Institute Singers
i 1962 Tuskegee Institute Singers
i 1968 Bobbie Gentry
i 1964 The Cookies REC, The Crystals [US] REL, The Drifters [US1]
i 1966 The Clovers
i   1959 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i 1965 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1975 Average White Band
i 1965 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i 1966 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   1963 Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
i 1967 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL, Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday, Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
1975 Shirley (And Company)
i 1960 Gene Austin
1975 Blue Magic
i 1968 Casa Loma Orchestra
i   1964 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
i December 1961 (unknown)
i 1968 The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
i   1964 Jerry Gray and His Orchestra - Vocal by Tommy Traynor REC, Nat "King" Cole REL
i 1964 Prince's Band
i   1969 Shirley Scott with Stanley Turrentine REL, Stanley Turrentine REC
i 1963 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
i August 1951 Alfred Newman and His Orchestra
i   1980 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1968 Mieko Hirota - Billy Taylor Trio
  1966 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra REC, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i 1978 (unknown)
i   1968 Os Cariocas REL, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes PRF
i 1963 Sacha Distel et son ensemble
i   1982 Bud Shank with The Bob Alcivar Singers REL, The Beatles REC
i   1965 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
i   1980 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
i   1959 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
1975 Dionne Warwicke and Spinners [US]
i 1968 Nancy Sinatra
i 1980 Johnny Mandel
i 1974 Barbra Streisand
i December 1961 Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian
i   1978 George Paxton and His Orchestra - Vocal by Lee Taylor REL, Bobby Byrne and His Orchestra REC, (unknown performer) BRD
i 1960 Ezio Pinza
i   1965 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
i 1960 Jack Payne & His Band
i 1966 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i 1963 Domenico Modugno with Fonit Orchestra
i 1963 Cannon's Jug Stompers
i 1963 Anthony Newley
i 1972 Marvin Gaye
1963 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
i 1961 Victor Young
1963 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal refrain by Lebert Lombardo
i   1961 Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra REL, Sterling Young and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Donna Lee REC
i   January 1966 Norman Wisdom PRF, Shirley Bassey with Accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence REL
i 1967 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
i January 1966 The Beatles
i 1978 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes