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The Bob Corwin Quartet featuring the Trumpet of Don Elliott is an album by American jazz pianist Bob Corwin featuring trumpeter Don Elliott which was recorded in 1956 for the Riverside label. [ 1 ] Track listing
The recording, with vocal by Martha Tilton and featuring Elman's trumpet, was a No. 1 hit. Mercer biographer Philip Furia suggests the challenge to Mercer "sounds like a prearranged plug for a completed song." [3] [4] After leaving Goodman in 1940, Elman joined Tommy Dorsey [2] and stayed until he was drafted in 1943. After he was discharged in ...
John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallichs.
This gave the trumpet player a keen awareness of harmony and unparalleled dexterity, especially in his solos." ... (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer/Billy Strayhorn ...
Bobby Troup Sings Johnny Mercer (Bethlehem, 1955) The Distinctive Style of Bobby Troup (Bethlehem, 1955) Bobby Swings Tenderly (Mode, 1957) Do Re Mi (Liberty, 1957) Here's to My Lady (Liberty, 1958) Cool Bobby Troup (Interlude, 1959) Bobby Troup and His Stars of Jazz (RCA Victor, 1959) Two Part Inventions for Trumpet with Benny Golson (Twig, 1970)
In the movie Midler and Caan play the USO entertainers Dixie Leonard and Eddie Sparks who travel and perform together through World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War and the soundtrack mainly consists of period music from the songbooks of Hoagy Carmichael, Ray Evans, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, and Frank Loesser, including jazz ...
Johnny Mercer " I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) " is a comic song written by Johnny Mercer for the Paramount Pictures release Rhythm on the Range and sung by its star, Bing Crosby . The Crosby commercial recording was made on July 17, 1936, with Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra for Decca Records . [ 1 ]
Two of a Kind is an album by American singer Bobby Darin and singer/composer Johnny Mercer, released in 1961.It was arranged and conducted by Billy May.The LP was recorded over four dates in August 1960, with several songs recorded on more than one occasion, and three songs not released on the album at all.