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Aliases
Frankfurt Radio Big Band
Years active
since 1946
Country
Germany
Comments
Band of the public broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk (HR), hence the name. Founded as „Tanzorchester von Radio Frankfurt“.
Member
Emil Mangelsdorff
Related
Sam Leigh Brown Frequent vocalist
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1977 Albatros [IT]
August 2002 Chas Jankel
January 15, 2013 Ornette Coleman
June 30, 2006 Ella Johnson
May 23, 2014 Ruby Hill with "St. Louis Woman" Choral Group and Orchestra under the direction of Leon Leonardi
  2001 Melville Cooper PRF, Charles Rydell REL
  May 23, 2014 Diahann Carroll, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore and Enid Mosier REL,PRF
i   2009 Edward Matthews under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Edward Matthews PRF
May 23, 2014 Tom Waits
i   2000 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
August 2002 Bill Withers
i   2009 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Lawrence Tibbett & Helen Jepson REL, Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan PRF
January 15, 2013 Queen
August 14, 2020 Joni Mitchell
January 2009 Albert King
May 23, 2014 Tom Waits
January 15, 2013 Imogen Heap
i 1977 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
May 23, 2014 Tom Waits
June 23, 2015 Richard Chamberlain - Cond. by Burt Bacharach
  May 23, 2014 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
March 12, 2010 Tânia Maria
Compared to What Chuck Leavell with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band (Chuck Leavell, hr Big Band) September 28, 2018 Unverified
January 2009 Cream
August 2002 Herb Alpert with Janet Jackson and Lisa Keith
August 14, 2020 Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush
1993 Ray Charles and His Orchestra
August 14, 2020 Price Family Sacred Singers
May 23, 2014 Tom Waits
June 30, 2006 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
Everything Goes to Hell Rebekka Bakken feat. hr Bigband 2014 Unverified
i 2006 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
June 30, 2006 Quincy Jones
i   2006 Marlene Dietrich - Begl.: Fr. Holländer und seine Jazz-Symphoniker BRD,REL, Weintraubs Syncopators REC
August 14, 2020 James Taylor
June 30, 2006 McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman
1993 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
Georgia on My Mind Chuck Leavell with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band (Chuck Leavell, hr Big Band) September 28, 2018 Unverified
  2001 Ensemble [Lady of the Dark 1941] PRF, Robert Hannon with Orchestra and Mixed Chorus directed by Harry Sosnik REL
i 2009 The Eva Jessye Choir
1993 The Beatles
2001 Nanette Fabray
i 2001 Dizzy Gillespie and Cozy Cole - Slam Stewart - Remo Palmieri - Clyde Hart - Charlie Parker
May 23, 2014 Tom Waits
i 2009 Gus Simons
i   2001 Jo Stafford REL, Nanette Fabray and Ray Middleton PRF
June 30, 2006 Shirley Horn with Strings
  1993 Ray Charles and His Orchestra REL, Percy Mayfield REC
Honky Tonk Women Chuck Leavell with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band (Chuck Leavell, hr Big Band) September 28, 2018 Unverified
June 23, 2015 (unknown), Pete Seeger
August 14, 2020 Bee Gees
December 5, 2014 Marvin Gaye
June 30, 2006 Marvin Gaye
1993 Don Gibson
May 23, 2014 Tom Waits
1993 Ray Charles and His Orchestra
May 23, 2014 Tom Waits
i   2009 Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF
i   2009 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan REC,REL,PRF
i 2006 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case
December 5, 2014 Marvin Gaye
  August 2002 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
i   2009 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
March 12, 2010 Tânia Maria
1993 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
  May 23, 2014 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
May 23, 2014 Tom Waits
i 2001 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
May 23, 2014 Tom Waits
August 2002 Billy Joel
August 14, 2020 The Beach Boys
  May 23, 2014 Harold Arlen with Orchestral Acc. Dir. by Ray Sinatra REC, Art Jarrett BRD
May 23, 2014 Tom Waits
  2001 Brian Sullivan REL,PRF
Losing Hand Chuck Leavell with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band (Chuck Leavell, hr Big Band) September 28, 2018 Unverified
  2001 Lotte Lenya REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF
  June 30, 2006 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
i 2001 Billie Holiday
January 15, 2013 Emry Arthur
i 2006 Isaura Garcia
2002 Bill Withers, Gim & Jazzkantine
August 2002 "Cannonball" Adderley, Eddie Jefferson
2001 Danny Daniels & Sheila Bond
2001 Nanette Fabray and Sylvia Stahlman
i   2009 Helen Jepson REL, Ruby Elzy PRF, Ruby Elzy under the direction of George Gershwin REC
  May 23, 2014 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Joan Leslie with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra BRD
January 2009 Jack Bruce
i   2009 Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL, Todd Duncan, Ruby Elzy & Georgette Harvey PRF
  1993 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i 2006 Agostinho dos Santos
i 2006 Anthony Newley
  May 23, 2014 Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Horace Henderson REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
May 23, 2014 Judy Garland
May 23, 2014 Tom Waits
1993 Charles Brown
i July 14, 2006 Steely Dan
August 14, 2020 Gene Wilder
i 2000 Denny Zeitlin
January 2009 Jack Bruce
Route 66 Chuck Leavell with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band (Chuck Leavell, hr Big Band) September 28, 2018 Unverified
1993 Richard Hayman and His Orchestra REL, Richard Hayman Orchestra PRF, Lew Douglas and His Orchestra - Vocal by Jack Halloran Choir
May 23, 2014 Tom Waits
May 23, 2014 Tom Waits
i 2001 Charlie Parker Quintet
i   2001 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
i 2006 Matty Malneck and His Orchestra
August 2002 The Commodores, (unknown)
  2001 Louise Carlyle REL, Lotte Lenya PRF
i 2000 Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang
June 30, 2006 Charlie Calhoun and His Orchestra and Chorus
i 1977 Pedrinho Rodrigues
1993 Judy Garland
i 2006 Sonny Rollins
i   1977 Mary Martin and Kenny Baker REL, Kurt Weill REC
January 2009 Howlin' Wolf
i 2000 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
Statesboro Blues Chuck Leavell with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band (Chuck Leavell, hr Big Band) September 28, 2018 Unverified
i 2000 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
  May 23, 2014 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
i   2009 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
January 2009 Cream
August 2002 Curtis Mayfield
i   2006 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
1993 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
May 23, 2014 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
June 30, 2006 Memphis Slim and His House Rockers
January 2009 Jack Bruce
January 15, 2013 Joe Cocker
i 2009 John W. Bubbles
2001 Richard Kollmar & Clarence Nordstrom
2001 (unknown)
i 1977 Noel Harrison
  2001 Hildegarde with Orchestra and Mixed Chorus directed by Harry Sosnik REL, Gertrude Lawrence and Victor Mature PRF
i 2000 The Jones Brothers [US1]
May 23, 2014 Tom Waits
June 23, 2015 Cyndi Lauper
Tumbling Dice Chuck Leavell with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band (Chuck Leavell, hr Big Band) September 28, 2018 Unverified
  May 23, 2014 Ada Moore & Enid Mosier PRF, The Four Lads REL
1993 Otis Williams
  June 23, 2015 The 5th Dimension REL, The Sunshine Company REC
January 2009 Cream
1993 Ray Charles
May 23, 2014 Tom Waits
June 30, 2006 Joe Williams [US1] with Red Holloway & His Blues All-Stars
i   2001 Helen Morgan REC,REL,PRF
January 15, 2013 Glen Campbell - Conducted by Al De Lory
June 30, 2006 Jerry Butler
i 1977 Randy Randolph
May 23, 2014 Tom Waits
i   1977 Furman and Nash REC, Eddie Cantor PRF

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