Jimmy Durante

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Jimmy Durante

James Francis Durante ( də-RAN-tee, Italian: [duˈrante]; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. He often referred to his nose as the schnozzola (Italianization of the American Yiddish slang word schnoz, meaning "big nose"), and the word became his nickname.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 10, 1893 (Manhattan), Died January 28, 1980 (Santa Monica)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921 - 1959

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, piano, composer, songwriter, lyricist, speaker

Notes: Full name: James Francis Durante.

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 26-50 of 62 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	101935		3/8/1957	There's a place in the theatre for you ; Who will be with you when I'm far away-3	Jimmy Durante	vocalist
Decca	101936		3/8/1957	Clud Durante medley-4: Start off each day with a song ; Bill Bailey ; I can do without Broadway ; Jimmy the well-dressed man ; So I ups to Him ; Because they all love you	Jimmy Durante	vocalist
Decca	101937		3/8/1957	Sing soft, sing sweet, sing gentle-5	Jimmy Durante	vocalist
Decca	101938		3/8/1957	Our voices were meant for each other ; Put on your old grey bonnet ; Waiting for the Robert E. Lee -6	Jimmy Durante	vocalist
Decca	101939		3/8/1957	The boys with the Proboskis-7	Jimmy Durante	vocalist
Decca	101940		3/8/1957	The world needs new faces ; Start off each day with a song ; If you knew Susie-8	Jimmy Durante	vocalist
Decca	101941		3/8/1957	Wingin' with rhythm and blues-9	Jimmy Durante	vocalist
Decca	106420		1/30/1959	Good night	Jimmy Durante	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	106421		1/30/1959	Inka dinka doo	Jimmy Durante	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	106422		1/30/1959	Mad bird dog	Jimmy Durante	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	106423		2/2/1959	Start off each day with a song	Jimmy Durante	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	106424		2/2/1959	You made me love you	Jimmy Durante	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	106425		2/2/1959	By the light of the silvery moon	Jimmy Durante	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	106426		2/3/1959	I want a girl	Jimmy Durante	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	106427		2/3/1959	Shine on harvest moon	Jimmy Durante	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	106428		2/3/1959	Carolina in the morning	Jimmy Durante	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	106429		2/3/1959	Take an L	Jimmy Durante	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	106430		2/3/1959	The best things in life are free	Jimmy Durante	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	106431		2/3/1959	Ida, sweet as apple cider	Jimmy Durante	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	L 3480	10-in.	7/26/1944	Inka dinka doo	Jimmy Durante	vocalist
Decca	L 3481	10-in.	7/26/1944	Umbriago	Jimmy Durante	vocalist
Decca	L 3612	10-in.	9/26/1944	I am Durante the patron of the arts	Jimmy Durante	vocalist
Decca	L 3613	10-in.	9/26/1944	Start off each day with a song	Jimmy Durante	vocalist
Decca	L 3624	10-in.	10/3/1944	Who will be with you when I'm far away?	Jimmy Durante	vocalist
Decca	L 3625	10-in.	10/3/1944	Broadway my street	Jimmy Durante	vocalist

(Results 26-50 of 62 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Durante, Jimmy," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103062.

Durante, Jimmy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103062.

"Durante, Jimmy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.