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The Pasadena Roof Orchestra

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Years active
since 1969
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United Kingdom
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Swing band specializing in songs from the 1920s and 1930s. The band continues with none of the original members.
Member
Duncan Galloway Artistic Director and singer (1989-)
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1984 Bennie Krueger's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Billy Jones, Lou Gold with The Melody Man – Vocal Chorus, Murray Amster, Sam Lanin and His Orchestra, Elisabeth Welch and Chorus PRF, The Ambassadors [US2] REC, Arthur Gibbs and His Gang REL
  1978 Ruby Keeler & Dick Powell BRD, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Skinny Ennis REC
April 17, 2020 Dolly Parton
  2011 Jack Shilkret and His Orchestra REC, Al Jolson BRD
2011 Hannah Williams and Company
1996 Campbell and Burr
1991 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
i 1998 Benny Goodman and His Sextet
Alexander's Ragtime Band The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Featuring The Swing Sisters (The Pasadena Roof Orchestra) 1993 Unverified
1978 (unknown)
  1987 Judy Campbell PRF, Vera Lynn REC
  1994 Judy Campbell PRF, Vera Lynn REC
1996 Ethel Merman
  1977 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
i 2011 Original Dixieland Jazz Band
April 17, 2020 Alberto Rabagliati, Rosemary Clooney
1978 Ruth Etting
1987 Aaron Lebedeff and Lucy Levin, Andrews Sisters
  2011 Willi Forst mit Odeon Musette-Orchester REC,REL, Lizzi Waldmüller BRD
i 2002 The Washingtonians (Duke Ellington)
Blue Skies The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Featuring The Swing Sisters (The Pasadena Roof Orchestra) 1993 Unverified
i 1996 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Featuring The Swing Sisters (The Pasadena Roof Orchestra) 1993 Unverified
1991 George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Fran Frey
1978 (unknown)
i 1982 Victor Military Band
  1982 Buddy Golden and His Michigan Wolverines - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman REC, Jack Haley and Zelma O'Neal PRF
1993 Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra
  1994 Helen Morgan, Tess Gardella and Norma Terris PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
  1974 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC,REL, Libby Holman PRF
i 1987 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
  2007 Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
  1974 Elisabeth Welch and Chorus PRF, The Ambassadors [US2] REC, Arthur Gibbs and His Gang REL
i   1979 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Weston Vaughan REC,REL, Pit Musicians [What Price Glory] PRF
  1976 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
i 2002 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
November 1, 2013 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
1994 Louis Prima and His Orchestra
i 1972 Broadway Broadcasters (Sam Lanin)
1974 Lou Gold and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jim Andrews
2002 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Connie Haines
i 1987 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1982 Bill Perry's Entertainers - Vocal Duet The Radio Imps
i 1976 King Oliver's Jazz Band, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
April 17, 2020 ABBA
2002 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
Deed I Do The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Featuring The Swing Sisters (The Pasadena Roof Orchestra) 1993 Unverified
i Diga Diga Doo The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 2016 Unverified
  1994 The Revelers [US1] REC,REL, Eddie Cantor PRF
1977 Chick Webb and His Orchestra, (unknown)
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Featuring The Swing Sisters (The Pasadena Roof Orchestra) 1993 Unverified
1976 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
Drummin' Man The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 2016 Unverified
2002 Vaughn De Leath (The Radio Girl)
i East St. Louis Toodle-O The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 2016 Unverified
i 1974 Friar's Society Orchestra
i 1998 Ted Weems and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Country Washburn
2002 Aileen Stanley
1994 Aileen Stanley
i   1975 Jack Hylton's Orchestra REC, Jack Buchanan BRD
Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Featuring The Swing Sisters (The Pasadena Roof Orchestra) 1993 Unverified
2011 Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra
1975 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
  1975 Zelma O'Neal PRF, George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice REC
November 1, 2013 New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble]
  2007 Debroy Somers Band (With Vocal Chorus by Dan Donovan) REC, Bobby Howes PRF
March 6, 2020 Deee-Lite
2002 Ruth Etting
  1993 Charles King and Bessie Love BRD, Johnny Marvin REL, Charles King REC
1987 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys
1972 Smith Ballew & His Orch.
1994 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
1975 The New B.B.C. Dance Orchestra under the direction of Henry Hall
1996 Prince's Band
i High Society The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 2016 Unverified
Hold Tight The Pasadena Roof Orchestra featuring The Swing Sisters (The Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Swing Sisters) 1993 Unverified
  1972 Peter Van Steeden and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Dick Robertson REL, Harold Richards REC
1977 The Beatles
1998 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
1996 Hoagy Carmichael with Perry Botkin and His Orchestra
1989 Clara Smith – Piano Accomp. by Lem Fowler
Hullabaloo The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1979 Unverified
I Can Dream, Can't I The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Featuring The Swing Sisters (The Pasadena Roof Orchestra) 1993 Unverified
1984 Clarence Williams and His Orchestra
  1989 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
  1998 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
2002 The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
1978 Ed Lowry
2002 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
1987 Ethel Merman
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 2016 Unverified
October 1979 Don Redman and His Orchestra
I Like a Little Girl Like That The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1978 Unverified
i 2011 Bing Crosby
  1976 Peggy Wood & George Metaxa REC,REL,PRF
1987 King Oliver and His Orchestra
I'm Sorry for Myself Swing Sisters & The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1994 Unverified
1982 Charlie Davis and His Orchestra - Vocal chorus by Frank Parrish
I Never Had a Chance The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1982 Unverified
In the Mood The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Featuring The Swing Sisters (The Pasadena Roof Orchestra) 1993 Unverified
1989 Dick Powell
  1976 Nat Finston and his Paramount Studio Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sam Coslow REL, Maurice Chevalier, Rolfe Sedan, Bert Roach, Jeanette MacDonald BRD
  1979 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
1994 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
2002 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
  1976 Jack Denny and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Paul Small REC, Walter Slezak PRF
1978 Mike Batt with The London Symphony Orchestra
  1979 The Dixie Stompers [US1] (Fletcher Henderson) REC, Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Singing Chorus by Eva Taylor REL
February 7, 2020 Whitney Houston
  1993 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
1976 Adele Dixon
  November 1, 2013 Adele Dixon, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD, Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC
April 17, 2020 Jacob Gade, Kathryn Grayson
  1991 The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD, Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra REC
i 2011 Edison Male Quartette
i 2011 Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
1998 Tango-Orchester Dajos Béla mit Gesang: Kurt Mühlhardt, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
1991 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra
1987 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Nance
1993 Coon-Sanders Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by J. L. Sanders
1979 Eddie Cantor
i November 1, 2013 Ferd (Jelly Roll) Morton
  November 1, 2013 Irving Aaronson and His Commanders REC, Irene Bordoni and Arthur Margetson PRF
  1996 Ginger Rogers BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Maxine Tappan REC
i 2007 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
1979 Coon-Sanders Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by J. L. Sanders
Looney Tunes: Love That Pup-Theme from “Tom & Jerry” / Muppet Show Theme / I'm Popeye the Sailor Ma… The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1978 Unverified
Looney Tunes - Merrily We Roll Along / Muppet Show Theme / I'm Popeye the Sailor Man / Dance of the… The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1983 Unverified
1989 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
  2002 John Harron, Ned Sparks, Jack Oakie & Guy Buccola BRD, Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra REC
1974 Bing Crosby with Irving Aaronson and His Commanders
1991 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood
  1998 Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra REC, Jack Payne & His Band BRD,REL
  1998 Ruth Etting REC,REL,PRF
  1993 Dick Powell with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra REC, Wini Shaw BRD
Lullaby of Broadway The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Featuring The Swing Sisters (The Pasadena Roof Orchestra) 1993 Unverified
April 17, 2020 Kurt Gerron PRF, Harald Paulsen mit Orchesterbegleitung REL, Gerald Price
i 1998 Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
i 1993 Scott Joplin
Me and Jane in a Plane The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1983 Unverified
1979 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert
1982 Fisk University Jubilee Singers, (unknown)
1989 Ernest Rogers, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
1998 Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys
1994 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
1974 Harold Leonard and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
  1996 Ted Weems and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Arthur Jarrett REC, Eddie Cantor BRD
1996 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC, Cliff Edwards, Brox Sisters, Rounders and MGM Chorus BRD, The Rounders [US1] REC
i 1972 Jack Barker [US1]
  1989 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
2002 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
1974 Ipana Troubadours (Sam Lanin)
2002 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees - Vocal Refrain by Rudy Vallée and Do Re Mi Trio
  2002 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Johnny Morris REC
  1998 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
October 1979 Isham Jones and His Orchestra
  2011 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REL, Fred Astaire BRD
1987 (unknown), (unknown)
1996 Standard Quartette, Ted Weems and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Country Washburn
i 1993 Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
  1993 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
1994 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
On Her Doorstep The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1978 Unverified
  1974 Cliff Edwards PRF,REC,REL
i 1978 Friar's Society Orchestra
October 1979 Bennie Krueger's Orchestra
  1978 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
  1978 Bing Crosby, Eddie Lang BRD, Bing Crosby with Anson Weeks and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1979 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman BRD
  April 17, 2020 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman BRD
1996 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Willie Smith
1991 Hoagy Carmichael
i   1972 Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and Adrienne Brune PRF, Al Starita and The Piccadilly Band REC,REL
i 2011 Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
Rum and Coca Cola The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Featuring The Swing Sisters (The Pasadena Roof Orchestra) 1993 Unverified
i 1979 Odeon-Tanz-Musik (Dajos Béla)
1982 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan with Orchestra
1994 Baron Lee and His Blue Rhythm Band – Vocal Chorus by Billy Banks
Sentimental Journey The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Featuring The Swing Sisters (The Pasadena Roof Orchestra) 1993 Unverified
April 17, 2020 Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
  1977 Al Jolson BRD, Enric Madriguera and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tony Sacco REC
  1994 Jan Garber and His Orchestra - Vocal by Liz Tilton REL, Donald Kirk, Roland Dupree, Jimmy Vey, Cynthia Will, Joyce Horne, Valmere Barman, Marilyn Hare, Judy Clark and Jean Rush PRF
2007 Sam Lanin's Orchestra
2011 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
  1976 Cliff Edwards, Brox Sisters, Rounders and MGM Chorus BRD, The Rounders [US1] REC
April 17, 2020 Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang
1977 Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang
1977 The African Dance Band of the Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia, The Four Lads - Orch. under the dir. of Neal Hefti
  1998 Fred Astaire BRD, Joe Haymes and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Cliff Webster REC
i 2011 Boston Pops Orchestra
i 1984 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1993 Sophie Tucker
Someone to Watch over Me The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Featuring The Swing Sisters (The Pasadena Roof Orchestra) 1993 Unverified
i Sophisticated Lady The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 2016 Unverified
1982 Russ Morgan and His Orchestra
i 2002 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
1982 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals, Chester Leighton & His Sophomores - Vocal Chorus by Chester Leighton
i 2002 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
  1989 Dinah Shore with The Four Hits - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
1993 Prince's Band
i 1991 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
  1975 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
i 1975 King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
  1996 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
1976 Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
1991 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
  2007 Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns PRF, Frank Crumit REC,REL
i   1991 Arthur Pryor's Band REL, Prince's Military Band REC
  1998 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra REL, Duke Ellington and His Memphis Men REC
i 1991 Prince's Band
1975 Paul Johnson and His 4 Hawaiians (Jack Kaufman)
1991 Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Erik Rhodes and Lillian Miles
1975 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
1984 Lupino Lane, Teddie St. Denis and Company
i 2011 Ambrose and His Orchestra (Vocal Chorus by Vera Lynn)
  1977 Dick Powell with Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra REC, Wini Shaw BRD
1991 Joe Venuti's Blue Four
i 1972 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  1979 Al Jolson REL,BRD, All Star Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret) REC
1998 Isham Jones' Orchestra
1977 Leo Sayer
1984 Al Bowlly
  1972 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
i 2007 Original Dixieland Jass Band
  2007 Paul Gregory & Marilyn Miller PRF, New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble] REC,REL
i   1972 Fred Astaire BRD, Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL
November 1, 2013 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
1974 The OKeh Melodians (Sam Lanin)
1982 Broadway Syncopators
  1982 Ginger Rogers BRD, Art Kahn's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Chick Bullock REC
1977 Elsie Carlisle
1994 Melotone Boys
i 1987 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
1994 Collins & Harlan
  2002 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
2011 D'Orsay Dance Orch. – Vocal Chorus by Le Dandy
  1976 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra REL, Ray Miller's Black and White Melody Boys REC
i   2011 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1998 Casa Loma Orchestra
1989 (unknown)
Why Can't You Behave? The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Featuring The Swing Sisters (The Pasadena Roof Orchestra) 1993 Unverified
i 2011 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
2011 Elsie Carlisle
1974 Irving Aaronson & His Commanders
1979 Gene Austin
2011 Eddie Cantor PRF, Furman and Nash REC, Carl Woitschach
2007 Archie Bleyer and His Orchestra
You Couldn't Be Cuter The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 2016 Unverified
  1979 Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Tom Waring REC,REL, Dick Powell BRD
  1993 Jay Wilbur and His Band REC, Billy Milton accompanied by Debroy Somers and band BRD, Billy Milton REL
  1978 Jack Albin and His Hotel Pennsylvania Dance Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty REC, Adele Astaire & Eddie Foy Jr. PRF
  1993 Jeanne Aubert & Lawrence Gray PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC,REL
  1979 Donald Craig, Laurie Beechman, Edie Cowan, Penny Worth, Orphans REL, Donald Craig, Laurie Beechman, Edie Cowan, Penny Worth PRF
October 1979 Ona Munson and Jack Whiting
  2011 William Gaxton & Ethel Merman PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Peggy Healy & John Hauser REC
1984 Busby Berkeley and Joyce Barber
i 1974 Bing Crosby
  1991 Hal LeRoy & Eunice Healy PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Talking Picture The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1978 CBS
Breakaway The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1991 Pasadena Records
Crazy Words, Crazy Tunes The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1982 Aves
Dance, Dance, Dance The Puppini Sisters - The Pasadena Roof Orchestra April 17, 2020 Millionaire Records
Fifteen Years On The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1984 (self-released)
Good News The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1975 Transatlantic
Happy Feet The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1987 Pasadena Records
Here & Now The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 2002 Pasadena Records
Isn't It Romantic The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1976 Transatlantic
Ladies and Gentlemen The Pasadena Roof Orchestra November 1, 2013 Herzog Records
Licensed to Swing Pasadena Roof Orchestra 2011 Pasadena Records
Live in Hamburg The Pasadena Roof Orchestra October 1979 Logo
Night Out The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1979 CBS
Pasadena The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1993 Pasadena Records
Pasadena Roof Orchestra - Volume One Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1972 Stomp Records [GB]
Rhythm Is Our Business! The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1996 Pasadena Records
Roots of Swing Pasadena Roof Orchestra 2007 Pasadena Records
Steppin' Out… Live The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1989 Pasadena Records
Swing That Music! The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1998 Pasadena Records
Take Me Back Swing Sisters & The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1994 Kavan
The Christmas Album The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 2011 Pasadena Records
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1974 Transatlantic
The Show Must Go On The Pasadena Roof Orchestra 1977 Transatlantic

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