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Howard Roberts

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Aliases
The Howard Roberts Quartet
Real name
Howard Mancel Roberts
Born
October 2, 1929
Died
June 28, 1992
Country
United States
Comments
Jazz guitarist, educator, session musician and producer
Not to be confused with
Howard A. Roberts
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Covers by Howard Roberts

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i April 1965 The Beatles
i May 1967 Frankie Randall
i   1959 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i 1998 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i May 1967 Nicole Croisille – Pierre Barouh
i 1998 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
i   May 1966 Billy Dee Williams PRF, Bobby Scott REC,REL
i   November 1966 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i 1957 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i   1959 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC,REL
i April 1965 Toots Thielemans
i   April 1965 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
i 1954 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i May 1966 Fred Hamm and His Orchestra
i December 1969 Herbie Hancock
i November 1967 Frankie Valli
i December 1969 Antonio Carlos Jobim
i April 1965 Henry Mancini and His Orchestra with Chorus
i October 1965 Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews, Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber
i November 1966 The Dave Bailey Quintet
i December 1969 Edu Lobo e Marília Medalha
i April 1965 Count Basie & His Orchestra
i November 1966 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
i   1978 Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
i Darn That Dream Herb Geller, Milt Bernhart, John Graas, Don Fagerquist, Marty Paich, Howard Roberts, Curtis Counce, Larry Bunker (Herb Geller, Milt Bernhart, Don Fagerquist, John Graas, Marty Paich, Howard Roberts, Curtis Counce, Larry Bunker) 1954 Unverified
i   April 1963 [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD, Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL
i November 1966 João Gilberto
i Do It Again Herb Geller, Milt Bernhart, John Graas, Don Fagerquist, Marty Paich, Howard Roberts, Curtis Counce, Larry Bunker (Larry Bunker, Curtis Counce, Howard Roberts, Marty Paich, John Graas, Don Fagerquist, Milt Bernhart, Herb Geller) 1954 Unverified
i 1978 Herbie Hancock
i April 1963 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
i 1959 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
i   October 1965 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
i September 1968 Boots Randolph
i 1998 John Coltrane
i October 1965 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra
i   1959 Miles Davis and His Orchestra PRF,REC
i 1978 (unknown)
i   1957 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
i April 1963 Oliver Nelson [US]
i 1957 Bing Crosby
i 1974 Bread
i   September 1963 Robert Goulet PRF,REC
i May 1967 Angela Lansbury
i 1957 Mary Healy
i October 1965 Petula Clark
i   May 1966 Frank Sinatra REC, Nancy Wilson – Arranged and conducted by Sid Feller REL
i April 1965 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i September 1968 Dionne Warwick
i November 1966 The Kingston Trio
i   1957 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
i May 1967 Michel Legrand
i 1978 Michael Franks
i 1974 Gato Barbieri
i September 1963 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1957 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Paul Small
i October 1965 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
i September 1968 Vicky
i 1959 Billie Holiday
i 1954 Ted Fiorito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Muzzy Marcellino & The Fio-rettes
i September 1968 Johnny Williams, His Orchestra and Chorus
i May 1966 Agostinho dos Santos
i October 1965 The Troubadours - Vocal Refrain by Lewis James
i May 1967 "Cannonball" Adderley
i May 1966 The Beatles
i November 1966 Erroll Garner Trio
i 1974 Van Morrison
i October 1965 Riz Ortolani e Nino Oliviero
i December 1969 The Spiral Starecase
i   November 1966 Henry Mancini REC,REL,BRD
i   May 1967 Al (He's the King) Hirt REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
1965 Fadhili William and The Black Shadows
i 1954 Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i   1957 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Joan Leslie with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra BRD
i November 1967 Maysa [BR]
i November 1967 Bobbie Gentry
i May 1966 Louis Jourdan
i September 1963 João Gilberto
i September 1963 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1978 Plas Johnson
i   April 1965 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Peter Matz REC,REL, Barbra Streisand PRF
i 1957 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i September 1968 Mário Albanese
i April 1965 Maysa [BR]
i 1959 Charlie Parker All Stars
i September 1963 Ella Fitzgerald with The Ray Charles Singers
i April 1963 Nat Adderley
i September 1963 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1978 Boston Pops Orchestra
1997 The Beatles
i April 1963 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1954 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines and The Pied Pipers
i November 1966 Benny Goodman Sextet
i May 1967 Marcos Valle
i December 1969 Blood, Sweat & Tears
i September 1968 Mike Sharpe
i 1997 Charlie Parker's All Stars
i 1957 Art Pepper Quintet
i October 1965 Grethe Ingmann
i 1957 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i May 1967 Marcos Valle
1997 Os Cariocas REL, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes PRF, Stan Getz & João Gilberto featuring Antônio Carlos Jobim
i November 1966 Dobie Gray
i   November 1967 Dusty Springfield REL, Stan Getz REC
i November 1966 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
i May 1967 Andy Williams
i   1959 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Di Vito REC, Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REL
i April 1963 Hank Crawford
i May 1966 Johnny Mandel
i   May 1966 Jody Miller - Lincoln Mayorga REC,REL, Billy Daniels, Sammy Davis Jr., with Lola Falana and Company PRF
i 1974 Leon Russell
i Three O'Clock in the Morning The Howard Roberts Quartet October 1965 Unverified
i 1974 Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
i November 1967 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
i   November 1967 The 5th Dimension REL, The Sunshine Company REC
i November 1967 Cannonball Adderley Quintet
i November 1967 Marc Michel [dubbed by Georges Blaness]
i September 1963 Herbie Hancock
i September 1968 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
i   1974 Roger Nichols and Paul Williams REC, Paul Williams [US1] BRD, Freddie Allen REL
i April 1963 Anthony Newley
i October 1964 Susan Watson
i April 1963 Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet featuring Elisabeth Welch
i 1974 Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
i 1959 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen O'Connell
listen on Internet Archive i September 12, 1955 Henry Thies and His Hotel Sinton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Dewey
i   October 1965 Norman Wisdom PRF, Shirley Bassey with Accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence REL
  1997 Norman Wisdom PRF, Shirley Bassey with Accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence REL
i 1959 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines
i May 1967 (unknown)
i November 1966 Nat Adderley
i 1957 Charlie Parker Septet
i November 1967 (unknown)
i November 1967 Carlos Lyra
i 1974 Stevie Wonder
1997 Cy Coleman
i   1957 Jack Albin and His Hotel Pennsylvania Dance Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty REC, Adele Astaire & Eddie Foy Jr. PRF

Sampled songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
All-Time Great Instrumental Hits The Howard Roberts Quartet November 1966 Capitol Records
An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba Belafonte / Makeba - Orchestra arranged and conducted by Jonas Gwangwa and Howard Roberts 1965 RCA Victor
Antelope Freeway Howard Roberts 1971 Impulse!
Bob Enevoldsen Quintet Bob Enevoldsen Quintet featuring Howard Roberts 1954 Nocturne Records
Collections Red Norvo, Art Pepper, Joe Morello, Howard Roberts, Gerry Wiggins, Ben Tucker 1957 Intro
Color Him Funky The Howard Roberts Quartet April 1963 Capitol Records
Goodies The Howard Roberts Quartet October 1965 Capitol Records
Good Pickin's Howard Roberts 1959 Verve Records
Guilty!! Howard Roberts November 1967 Capitol Records
H.R. Is a Dirty Guitar Player The Howard Roberts Quartet September 1963 Capitol Records
Jaunty-Jolly! The Howard Roberts Quartet May 1967 Capitol Records
Live at Don Mupo's Golden Nugget Jack Sheldon featuring Howard Roberts, Joe Mondragon, Stan Levey 1997 V.S.O.P. Records
Mr. Roberts Plays Guitar Howard Roberts 1957 Verve Records
Out of Sight (But "In" Sound) The Howard Roberts Quartet September 1968 Capitol Records
Something's Cookin' The Howard Roberts Quartet April 1965 Capitol Records
Sounds Howard Roberts 1974 Capitol Records
Spinning Wheel Howard Roberts December 1969 Capitol Records
The Magic Band II Howard Roberts 1998 V.S.O.P. Records
The Real Howard Roberts Howard Roberts 1978 Concord Jazz
Whatever's Fair The Howard Roberts Quartet May 1966 Capitol Records

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