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Charlie Kunz

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Aliases
Casani Club Orchestra
Charlie Kunz and His Ballroom Orchestra
Charlie Kunz and His Orchestra
Mr. Charlie Kunz
Real name
Charles Leonard Kunz
Born
August 18, 1896
Died
March 16, 1958
Country
United Kingdom
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American-born British jazz bandleader and pianist, who reached the height of his career in England. He came to England in 1922 as a pianist in a small dance band and became the highest-paid pianist in the world. He was particularly popular during the British dance band era. He made hundreds of records and was top of the bill at music halls throughout the British Isles.
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Covers by Charlie Kunz

Title Performer Release date Originally by
  1934 Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Chorus BRD, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC
1934 R. A. Dvorský a jeho Melody Boys, (unknown)
  1934 James Cagney, Ruby Keeler and Chorus BRD, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC
  (Charlie Kunz) 1935 Frances Langford BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC
I'm Sitting High On A Hill Top Casani Club Orchestra (Charlie Kunz) 1935 Unverified
  (Charlie Kunz) December 1935 Jan Garber and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lee Bennett REC,REL, Johnny Downs and Arline Judge BRD
(Charlie Kunz) 1935 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Johnny Hauser
1935 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
1937 Roy Fox and His Orchestra (Vocal Refrain by Barry Gray)
1937 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
1935 (unknown)
1936 Ambrose and His Orchestra
September 1935 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
1937 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REL, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo & Trio REC, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD, Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra - Vocal by Fred Astaire REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
1937 Fred Astaire, Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD, Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra - Vocal and Tap Dancing Fred Astaire REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive September 1935 Lew Stone and His Band
1935 Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kay Weber
1937 Binnie Barnes
1937 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal refrain by Lebert Lombardo
1935 The Street Singer (Arthur Tracy)
1936 The California Ramblers - Vocal Refrain by Eddy Lloyd
1935 Lew Stone and His Band
i 1949 Five Bars, Monte Rey with Orchestra directed by Philip Green
i 1940 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF, Aileen Stanley
i September 1941 Spanish Dance Orchestra, Vaughn De Leath (The Radio Girl) – Stuart Ross at the Piano, Joe Loss and His Orchestra
i A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, Arm In Arm (Just You And Me), The Woodpecker Song Charlie Kunz 1940 Unverified
i 1958 Nora Bayes, Mr. Macdonough, Harry Champion, (unknown)
i April 1950 (unknown), Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberle REL, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
i Blue Skies Are Round the Corner - I Got Love - The Chestnut Tree Charlie Kunz 1939 Unverified
i October 1955 Les Baxter His Chorus and Orchestra, (unknown), Denise Lor
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley, No. D.59 - Intro - We'll Smile Again - Where The Waters Are Blue - Oh … Charlie Kunz 1943 Unverified
i October 1955 Ruby Murray with Ray Martin & His Orchestra, Joe Valino - Gene Kutch Orchestra, David Whitfield
i March 1955 Dickie Valentine with The Stargazers, Dickie Valentine with Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra, Vaughn Monroe with Orchestra
i 1953 Mary Ellis and Trefor Jones acc. by The Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra REL, Mary Ellis and Trefor Jones PRF, The Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra REL, (unknown performer) PRF, Muriel Barron & Olive Gilbert REL, Muriel Barron and Olive Gilbert PRF
i Following in Father's Footsteps Charlie Kunz 1956 Unverified
i March 1955 Harmony Brothers (Hall and Ryan), Pierre Dudan avec Michel Legrand & son orchestre, The Ames Brothers with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
i If I Should Fall in Love Again, Don't Ever Pass Me By, When Our Dreams Grow Old Charlie Kunz 1940 Unverified
i 1939 Henry King and His Orchestra, Deanna Durbin BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REL, Sidney Bechet and His Orchestra
i I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen Charlie Kunz 1961 Unverified
I'll Be Seeing You Charlie Kunz 1944 Unverified
i 1940 New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Philip Green], Jay Wilbur and His Band (Vocal Chorus by Sam Browne), Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle
i I'll Never Smile Again, Until I Smile Again - I'm Stepping Out with a Memory Tonight - The Breeze A… Charlie Kunz 1940 Unverified
i In Love in Vain - All Through The Day - One-zy, Two-zy Charlie Kunz 1946 Unverified
i 1958 (unknown), Florrie Forde, (unknown)
i November 1949 (unknown), Tally-Ho!, Waltham Abbey Choir PRF, Columbia Male Quartet REL
i November 1949 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, (unknown), (unknown)
i 1958 (unknown), (unknown), Sidney Torch and His Orchestra, Jack Pleasants, Fred Douglas
i 1958 Leslie James [GB], William J. Halley, (unknown), Lil Hawthorne
i 1944 Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
Music! Music! Music! Charlie Kunz April 1950 Unverified
i April 1950 Etienne Paree featuring Eddie "Piano" Miller, (unknown)
1958 Sam Stern
listen on Internet Archive i 1935 Frances Langford BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
i 1935 Dick Powell, (unknown), Eddie Cantor
listen on Internet Archive i 1935 Jan Garber and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lee Bennett REC,REL, Johnny Downs and Arline Judge BRD, Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i 1935 (unknown), (unknown)
i 1958 (unknown), Richard Bold and Rosalind Fuller, Kate Carney, Al Jolson
listen on Internet Archive i Piano Medley No. R. 18, Part 2: Lily Of Laguna / Loch Lomond / If You Were The Only Girl In The Wor… Charlie Kunz 1936 Unverified
i November 1949 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL, (unknown), Harry Reser and His Orchestra
i November 1949 Edison Male Quartette, (unknown), Ensemble [Babes in Toyland]
i November 1948 George Paxton and His Orchestra - Vocal by Dick Merrick, Smiley Wilson with The Crossroads Gang, Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Billy Jones
listen on Internet Archive i 1941 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC, Mizzi Günther
listen on Internet Archive i 1937 Sophie Tucker, John Hundley & Lillian Taiz, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
i 1937 Carl Ravell (The Singing Maestro) and His Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright, Virginia Verrill
i November 1948 Russ Morgan and His Orchestra, Prince's Band, (unknown)
i So Would I - To Each His Own - You Keep Coming Back Like A Song Charlie Kunz 1946 Unverified
i 1937 Helen Clark and Walter J. van Brunt REL, (unknown), Audrey Maple & Melville Stewart PRF
listen on Internet Archive i 1941 Edith Day & Harry Welchman - With Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra conducted by Herman Finck REL, Robert Halliday, Vivienne Segal PRF, Ambrose and His Orchestra REC, Yvonne Printemps & Noel Coward PRF
i 1953 Vanessa Lee with Harry Acres and His Orchestra REL, Vanessa Lee PRF, Edgar Elmes acc. by The Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra conducted by Charles Prentice REL, Edgar Elmes PRF, Denis Martin REL, Lizbeth Webb PRF
i 1944 Mary Martin REL, Sonny Dunham and His Orchestra REC, Frank Sinatra
i 1949 (unknown), Evelyn Knight - With Orchestra directed by Mannie Klein
i Turn Your Money In Your Pocket - A Lover's Lullaby - Meet The Sun Half-Way Charlie Kunz 1940 Unverified
i 1958 J. W. Myers, (unknown), Nora Bayes
i 1941 Frankie Masters and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Marion Francis
i   1941 Mary Martin with Oscar Levant on piano BRD, Bea Wain REC,REL
i 1942 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees - Vocal Refrain by Rudy Vallée
i   1942 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Narration by Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan REL, Kate Smith – Orchestra under direction of Jack Miller REC
i 1941 Tito Schipa
i Twelve O'Clock Waltz Charlie Kunz And His Chez Henri Club Band (Charlie Kunz) December 1928 Unverified
i Two Lips (To Kiss My Cares Away) Charlie Kunz And His Chez Henri Club Band (Charlie Kunz) December 1928 Unverified
  1937 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Male Trio REL, Music in the Russ Morgan Manner REC
  1937 Shirley Temple BRD, Mal Hallett and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jerry Perkins REC
i 1956 Beatrice Morris, Ella Retford, George Lashwood, Florrie Forde

Web Covers by Charlie Kunz

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
By a Waterfall Casani Club Band directed by Charlie Kunz 1934 Sterno
Charlie Kunz Christmas Medley, No. 2 Charlie Kunz November 1949 Decca
Charlie Kunz Christmas Medley, Part 1 Charlie Kunz November 1949 Decca
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. 113 (Ivor Novello Melodies) Charlie Kunz 1953 Decca
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. 116 Charlie Kunz March 1955 Decca
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. 118 Charlie Kunz October 1955 Decca
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley, No. D. 27 Charlie Kunz 1939 Decca
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. D. 42 Charlie Kunz 1940 Decca
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. D. 47 Charlie Kunz September 1941 Decca
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley, No. D. 75 Charlie Kunz 1944 Decca
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. D. 87 Charlie Kunz November 1948 Decca
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley, No. D. 88 Charlie Kunz 1949 Decca
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. D. 9 Charlie Kunz 1937 Decca
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. D. 96 Charlie Kunz April 1950 Decca
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. R. 10 Charlie Kunz 1935 Rex [GB]
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. R. 3 Charlie Kunz 1935 Rex [GB]
Dream Valley Charlie Kunz and His Ballroom Orchestra 1941 Decca
Everything's Been Done Before Casani Club Orchestra (Directed by Charlie Kunz) 1935 Rex [GB]
Goodnight, My Love Charlie Kunz and His Orchestra 1937 Rex [GB]
Here's Love in Your Eye Casani Club Orchestra (Directed by Charlie Kunz) 1937 Rex [GB]
I Believe in Miracles Casani Club Orchestra (Directed by Charlie Kunz) 1935 Rex [GB]
I Breathe on Windows - The Memory of a Tiny Shoe Casani Club Orchestra - Billy Cotton and His Band 1937 Regal Zonophone
I'm in a Dancing Mood Casani Club Orchestra (Directed by Charlie Kunz) 1936 Rex [GB]
I'm in the Mood for Love Casani Club Orchestra (Charlie Kunz) 1935 Rex [GB]
In the Middle of a Kiss Casani Club Orchestra (Charlie Kunz) December 1935 Rex [GB]
It's My Mother's Birthday Today Casani Club Orchestra - Directed by Charlie Kunz 1935 Rex [GB]
It Was a Tango Casani Club Band directed by Charlie Kunz 1934 Sterno
Kiss the Boys Goodbye Charlie Kunz and His Ballroom Orchestra 1941 Decca
Life Begins When You're in Love Casani Club Orchestra (Charlie Kunz) 1936 Imperial [DE]
Life Begins When You're in Love Casani Club Orchestra (Charlie Kunz) 1936 Rex [GB]
Miss You Charlie Kunz and His Ballroom Orchestra 1942 Decca
Red Sails in the Sunset Casani Club Orchestra (Directed by Charlie Kunz) September 1935 Rex [GB]
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Vilia – Who Made Little Boy Blue? Charlie Kunz 1941 Liberty Music Shop
Some of These Days Charlie Kunz 1937 Decca
Someone to Care for Me Casani Club Orchestra (Directed by Charlie Kunz) 1937 Rex [GB]
"Swing Time" - Film Selection Part 1 Casani Club Orchestra (Directed by Charlie Kunz) 1937 Rex [GB]
Thanks a Million Casani Club Orchestra (Charlie Kunz) 1935 Cristal
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