Jay Blackton
Jay Blackton (March 25, 1909 – January 8, 1994) was an American composer and conductor. In 1956 he won an Academy Award in the category Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for the film Oklahoma! and was also nominated for Guys and Dolls. He was the music director, orchestrator or arranger for more than 25 Broadway productions and national tours. Born Jay Schwartzdorf in New York City, he studied piano and conducting at the Juilliard School. He began his career in opera, as an assistant conductor at New York Opera Comique and then as the conductor at St. Louis Municipal Opera from 1937 to 1942. In 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein hired him to orchestrate and conduct Oklahoma! on Broadway, and he followed this engagement as music director and often orchestrator or arranger of such musicals as Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Madam, Guys and Dolls, Hello, Dolly! and George M!. In addition, he toured with Bob Hope and others. Blackton died in January 1994 of heart failure at the Granada Hills Community Hospital in Granada Hills, California, at the age of 84. |
Birth and Death Data: Born March 25, 1909 (New York City), Died January 8, 1994 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1943 - 1955
Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor, arranger
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | D5RC-1362 | 12-in. | 9/7/1945 | Vilia | Jay Blackton ; Eleanor Steber | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | D6RC-5028 | 12-in. | 1/15/1946 | Summertime | Jay Blackton ; Eleanor Steber | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Decca | 71454 | 10-in. | 10/20/1943 | Oklahoma overture | Orchestra (unidentified; Decca Records) | conductor | ||
Decca | 71455 | 10-in. | 10/20/1943 | Oh what a beautiful morning (Act 2-Scene 2) | Alfred Drake | conductor | ||
Decca | 71456 | 10-in. | 10/20/1943 | Pore Jud is daid (Act 1-Scene 1) | Howard Da Silva ; Alfred Drake | conductor | ||
Decca | 71457 | 10-in. | 10/20/1943 | I can't say no (Act 1-Scene 2) | Celeste Holm | conductor | ||
Decca | 71458 | 10-in. | 10/20/1943 | All or nothin' | Lee Dixon ; Celeste Holm | conductor | ||
Decca | 71459 | 10-in. | 10/20/1943 | The surrey with the fringe on top (Act 2-Scene 1) | Alfred Drake | conductor | ||
Decca | 71474 | 10-in. | 10/25/1943 | Oklahoma! (Act 1-Scene 1) | Oklahoma Boys, The | conductor | ||
Decca | 71475 | 10-in. | 10/25/1943 | Kansas City (Act 1-Scene 3) | Oklahoma Boys, The | conductor | ||
Decca | 71476 | 10-in. | 10/25/1943 | Finale (Oh what a beautiful mornin' ; People will say we're in love) | Oklahoma Boys, The | conductor | ||
Decca | 71477 | 10-in. | 10/25/1943 | People will say we're in love | Oklahoma Boys, The | conductor | ||
Decca | 71478 | 10-in. | 10/25/1943 | Many a new day (Act 1-Scene 1) | Oklahoma Boys, The | conductor | ||
Decca | 71479 | 10-in. | 10/25/1943 | Out of my dreams (Act 1-Scene 1) | Oklahoma Boys, The | conductor | ||
Decca | 72169 | 10-in. | 5/25/1944 | It's a scandal | Joseph Buloff | conductor | ||
Decca | 72170 | 10-in. | 5/25/1944 | The farmer and the cowman, part 1 | Betty Garde ; Ralph Riggs | conductor | ||
Decca | 72171 | 10-in. | 5/25/1944 | The farmer and the cowman, part 2 | Betty Garde ; Ralph Riggs | conductor | ||
Decca | 72172 | 10-in. | 5/25/1944 | Lonely room | Alfred Drake | conductor | ||
Decca | 73139 | 10-in. | 11/16/1945 | When you're pretty and the world is fair | Jay Blackton | conductor | ||
Decca | 73140 | 10-in. | 11/16/1945 | The streets of New York | Wilbur Evans | conductor | ||
Decca | 73141 | 10-in. | 11/16/1945 | Every day's ladies' day with me | Wilbur Evans | conductor | ||
Decca | 73153 | 10-in. | 11/23/1945 | Moonbeams | Eileen Farrell | conductor | ||
Decca | 73154 | 10-in. | 11/23/1945 | Because you're you | Eileen Farrell ; Felix Knight | conductor | ||
Decca | 73155 | 10-in. | 11/23/1945 | In the isle of our dreams | Eileen Farrell ; Felix Knight | conductor | ||
Decca | 73521 | 4/22/1946 | The Lord's prayer | Conrad Thibault | conductor | |||
Decca | 73522 | 4/22/1946 | Goin' home No.5 in E minor | Conrad Thibault | conductor | |||
Decca | 73523 | 4/22/1946 | I love you truly | Conrad Thibault | conductor | |||
Decca | 73524 | 4/22/1946 | Oh promise me | Conrad Thibault | conductor | |||
Decca | 73568 | 5/13/1946 | Without a song | John Raitt | conductor | |||
Decca | 73569 | 5/13/1946 | Song of the open road | John Raitt | conductor | |||
Decca | 73570 | 5/13/1946 | Great day | John Raitt | conductor | |||
Decca | 73916 | 5/19/1947 | All my love | Al Jolson | conductor | |||
Decca | 73917 | 5/19/1947 | Keep smiling at trouble | Al Jolson | conductor | |||
Decca | 74188 | 12/1/1947 | Eadie was a lady, part 1-1 | Ethel Merman | conductor | |||
Decca | 74189 | 12/1/1947 | Eadie was a lady, part 2-1 | Ethel Merman | conductor | |||
Decca | 74190 | 12/1/1947 | Blow, Gabriel, blow-2 | Ethel Merman | conductor | |||
Decca | 74208 | 12/8/1947 | I get a kick out of you-1 | Ethel Merman | conductor | |||
Decca | 74209 | 12/8/1947 | You're the top-1 | Ethel Merman | conductor | |||
Decca | 76123 | 4/11/1950 | Accidents will happen | Bing Crosby | conductor | |||
Decca | 76124 | 4/11/1950 | Milady-1 | Bing Crosby | conductor | |||
Decca | 80280 | 12/15/1950 | Limehouse blues | Gertrude Lawrence | conductor | |||
Decca | 80307 | 12/28/1950 | I've got a crush on you | Gertrude Lawrence | conductor | |||
Decca | 80308 | 12/28/1950 | Someday I'll find you | Gertrude Lawrence | conductor | |||
Decca | 80309 | 12/28/1950 | Someone to watch over me | Gertrude Lawrence | conductor | |||
Decca | 80383 | 1/15/1951 | Overture: Love me tonight ; Song of the vagabonds ; Only a rose | Cast of The vagabond king | conductor | |||
Decca | 80384 | 1/15/1951 | Huguette waltz | Gloria Lane | conductor | |||
Decca | 80385 | 1/15/1951 | Tomorrow | Mimi Benzell ; Alfred Drake | conductor | |||
Decca | 80386 | 1/16/1951 | Song of the vagabonds | Cast of The vagabond king | conductor | |||
Decca | 80387 | 1/16/1951 | Some day | Mimi Benzell | conductor | |||
Decca | L 8435 | 5/24/1955 | Take back your gold | Ethel Merman | arranger, conductor | |||
Decca | L 8436 | 5/24/1955 | That old gang of mine ; Sweet Adeline | Ethel Merman | arranger, conductor | |||
Decca | L 8437 | 5/24/1955 | A bird in a gilded cage ; Frankie and Johnny | Ethel Merman | arranger, conductor |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Blackton, Jay," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105863.
Blackton, Jay. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105863.
"Blackton, Jay." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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