Jimmy Kennedy

Jimmy Kennedy

James Kennedy (20 July 1902 – 6 April 1984) was a Northern Irish songwriter. He was predominantly a lyricist, putting words to existing music such as "Teddy Bears' Picnic" and "My Prayer" or co-writing with composers like Michael Carr, Wilhelm Grosz and Nat Simon. In a career spanning more than fifty years, he wrote some 2000 songs, of which over 200 became worldwide hits and about 50 are popular music classics.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 20, 1902 (Omagh), Died April 6, 1984 (Somerset)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1933 - 1953

Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter, lyricist, composer, arranger, translator, adapter

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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 91 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	D7VB-0547	10-in.	5/18/1947	On the old Spanish trail	Spade Cooley ; Roy Rogers ; Spade Cooley Western Swing Band	Male vocal solo, with string band	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-0958	10-in.	6/10/1947	An apple blossom wedding	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	Male vocal solo, with vocal group and jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-1441	10-in.	7/24/1947	And Mimi	Charlie Spivak Orchestra ; Charlie Spivak	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-2727	10-in.	12/21/1947	Where flamingos fly	Beryl Davis ; Johnny Richards Orchestra ; Johnny Richards	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Victor	D7VB-2957	10-in.	12/23/1947	On the painted desert	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Audrey Young	Female vocal, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	D9VB-0143	10-in.	1/25/1949	(When we're alone) Penthouse serenade	Three Suns	Instrumental ensemble	arranger
Victor	D9VB-0145	10-in.	1/25/1949	Serenade in the night	Three Suns	Instrumental ensemble	arranger
Victor	D9VB-0953	10-in.	3/19/1949	A chapter in my life called Mary	Don Cornell ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	D9AB-1937	10-in.	9/30/1949	My bolero (Where the bolero began)	Eddie Fisher	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Victor	D9VB-2779	10-in.	12/16/1949	The French can-can polka	The Honeydreamers ; Three Suns	Instrumental ensemble, with vocal group	lyricist, arranger
Victor	CU-408[a]	10-in.	before 5/15/1940	En la frontera de México	Orquesta Riverside ; Anselmo Sacasas ; Miguelito Valdés	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Columbia	CO43808	10-in.	5/4/1950	Ten pretty girls	Adolph Hofner and his San Antonians	String band	songwriter
Columbia	HCO1862	10-in.	6/4/1946	South of the border (down Mexico way)	Gene Autry	Male vocal solo, with string band	songwriter
Columbia	WC2696	10-in.	9/11/1939	South of the border (down Mexico way)	Gene Autry	Male vocal solo, with string band	songwriter
Columbia	WC2757	10-in.	9/25/1939	South of the border (down Mexico way)	Louise Massey ; Westerners (Massey Family)	String band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Columbia	CO17701	10-in.	6/6/1935	L'isola di Capri	Clara Stella	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Columbia	CO27970	10-in.	approximately 1940	Sérénade près de Mexico	Marcel Carivan ; Tino Rossi	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Columbia	CO40711	10-in.	1949	Merry-go-round waltz	Carroll Lucas Orchestra ; The Marlin Sisters	Female vocal duet, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Brunswick	LA391	10-in.	7/12/1935	La Isla de Capri : Tango canción	Los Madrugadores	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Brunswick	MLA2064	10-in.	12/5/1939	Sur de Río Grande	Hermanas Padilla ; Manuel S. Acuña Orchestra	Female vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Gramophone	0HC182	10-in.	10/21/1936	Je daleko Šanghaj	Dol Dauber se Svými Solisty	Instrumental ensemble, with vocal	composer
Gramophone	0EA735	10-in.	1/15/1935	Roll along, covered wagon	New Mayfair Orchestra ; Ray Noble	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	composer
Gramophone	0EA1953	10-in.	8/14/1935	Red sails in the sunset	Jack Jackson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Gramophone	0RA2061	10-in.	5/26/1937	Rhythmus der Freude	Goldene Sieben	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal ensemble (vocalese)	composer
Gramophone	0RA3629	10-in.	1939	Unter dem Kastanienbaum	Glahé Musette Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble, with vocal	songwriter

(Results 51-75 of 91 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kennedy, Jimmy," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103369.

Kennedy, Jimmy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103369.

"Kennedy, Jimmy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.