Gordon Jenkins
Gordon Hill Jenkins (May 12, 1910 – May 1, 1984) was an American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s. Jenkins worked with The Andrews Sisters, Johnny Cash, The Weavers, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, Harry Nilsson, Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 12, 1910 (Webster Groves), Died May 1, 1984 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1933 - 1953
Roles Represented in DAHR: arranger, choral director, leader, composer, conductor, piano, lyricist, vocalist, songwriter
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-76574 | 10-in. | 7/6/1933 | Blue prelude | George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Loretta Lee | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-76740 | 10-in. | 7/24/1933 | Song of the Bayou | Isham Jones Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | arranger | |
Victor | BS-76741 | 10-in. | 7/24/1933 | Prelude in C sharp minor | Isham Jones Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | arranger | |
Victor | BS-81076 | 10-in. | 1/18/1934 | You have taken my heart | Jerry Baker ; Hotel Governor Clinton Orchestra ; Enoch Light | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-81957 | 10-in. | 3/19/1934 | When a woman loves a man | Richard Himber ; Joey Nash ; Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-82313 | 10-in. | 4/13/1934 | When a woman loves a man | De Marco Sisters ; Eddy Duchin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal ensemble | composer | |
Victor | BS-84243 | 10-in. | 9/9/1934 | P.S. I love you | Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-84455 | 10-in. | 10/8/1934 | P.S. I love you | Eddie Stone Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | PBS-97016 | 10-in. | 9/27/1935 | Good-bye | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-035768 | 10-in. | 4/19/1939 | Blue evening | Bob Allen ; Hal Kemp Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-035784 | 10-in. | 4/24/1939 | Blue evening | Three Reasons ; Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with female vocal trio and jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-037152 | 10-in. | 5/25/1939 | Blue evening | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | PBS-072423 | 10-in. | 6/12/1942 | Mad about him, sad about him, how can I be glad without him blues | Gordon Jenkins ; Dinah Shore | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | PBS-072424 | 10-in. | 6/12/1942 | Be careful, it's my heart | Gordon Jenkins ; Dinah Shore | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | PBS-072425 | 10-in. | 6/12/1942 | He wears a pair of silver wings | Gordon Jenkins ; Dinah Shore | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | conductor, arranger | |
Victor | PBS-072426 | 10-in. | 6/12/1942 | Conchita, Marquita, Lolilta, Pepita, Rosita, Juanita Lopez | Gordon Jenkins ; Dinah Shore | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | conductor, arranger | |
Victor | PBS-072483 | 10-in. | 7/21/1942 | A boy in khaki—a girl in lace | Dinah Shore ; Paul Wetstein | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | conductor, arranger | |
Victor | PBS-072484 | 10-in. | 7/21/1942 | Murder, he says | Gordon Jenkins ; Dinah Shore | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | conductor, arranger | |
Victor | PBS-072485 | 10-in. | 7/21/1942 | Manhattan serenade | Dinah Shore ; Paul Wetstein | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | conductor, arranger | |
Victor | D4AB-0070 | 10-in. | 3/22/1944 | San Fernando Valley | Four King Sisters | Female vocal quartet, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | D5VB-0620 | 10-in. | 9/20/1945 | Homesick-that's all | Russ Case ; Murphy Sisters | Female vocal group, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | D5VB-1013 | 10-in. | 1/19/1945 | Ev'ry time (I fall in love) | Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Glenn Hughes | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | D6VB-2644 | 10-in. | 8/12/1946 | When a woman loves a man | Dardanelle Trio | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | D7VB-0233 | 10-in. | 4/3/1947 | Tomorrow | Charlie Spivak Orchestra ; Charlie Spivak | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | D7VB-1094 | 10-in. | 10/23/1947 | San Fernando Valley | Roy Rogers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | W152656 | 10-in. | 12/20/1933 | You have taken my heart | Freddie Rich and his Orchestra ; Phil Regan | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Vocalion | 22284 | 10-in. | 1/12/1938 | When a woman loves a man | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer | |
Decca | 38496 | 10-in. | 8/31/1934 | Blue room | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38497 | 10-in. | 8/31/1934 | I've found a new baby | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38498 | 10-in. | 8/31/1934 | Sweet Sue, just you | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38499 | 10-in. | 8/31/1934 | Tiger rag | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38500 | 10-in. | 8/31/1934 | You're O.K. | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38502 | 10-in. | 8/31/1934 | Dallas blues | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38503 | 10-in. | 8/31/1934 | China boy | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38504 | 10-in. | 8/31/1934 | Four or five times | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38505 | 10-in. | 8/31/1934 | Where the arrow points to home | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38506 | 10-in. | 8/31/1934 | Here come the British | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38507 | 10-in. | 8/31/1934 | Pardon my Southern accent | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38508 | 10-in. | 8/31/1934 | Jimtown blues | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38509 | 10-in. | 8/31/1934 | Black magic | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38515 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Panama | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38516 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Out of space | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38517 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Blue lament | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38518 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | For all we know | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38519 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | I only have eyes for you | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38520 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Then I'll be tired of you | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38521 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Don't let it happen again | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38522 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | I never had a chance | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38523 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | When you climb those golden stairs | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38524 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | If we should never meet again | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38525 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Rock your blues away | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38526 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | My melancholy baby | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38834 | 10-in. | 10/11/1934 | Why am I blue? | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 38835 | 10-in. | 10/11/1934 | Be still, my heart! | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 39152 | 10-in. | 12/6/1934 | Square dance | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 39153 | 10-in. | 12/6/1934 | Believe it, beloved | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 39154 | 10-in. | 12/6/1934 | The waltz of love | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 39155 | 10-in. | 12/6/1934 | There's no harm in wishin' | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 60124 | 10-in. | 10/30/1935 | Don't mention love to me | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 60125 | 10-in. | 10/30/1935 | If I should lose you | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 60126 | 10-in. | 10/30/1935 | Darling | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 60127 | 10-in. | 10/30/1935 | Thunder over paradise | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 60429 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | Life begins when ycu're in love | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 60430 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | (There is) No greater love | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 60431 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | Ev'ry time I look at you | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 60432 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | Stompin' at the Savoy | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 60433 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | The day I let you get away | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 60434 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | That never-to-be-forgotten night | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 60435 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | Let me sing my love song to you | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 60436 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | Saddle your blues to a wild mustang | Isham Jones Orchestra | arranger | ||
Decca | 74700 | 1/21/1949 | Illusions | Marlene Dietrich | leader | |||
Decca | 74701 | 1/21/1949 | Black market | Marlene Dietrich | leader | |||
Decca | 74847 | 4/18/1949 | Honey bun-1 | Danny Kaye | leader | |||
Decca | 74848 | 4/18/1949 | There is nothin' like a dame | Danny Kaye | leader | |||
Decca | 74904 | 5/11/1949 | Maybe it's because-1 | Dick Haymes | leader | |||
Decca | 74905 | 5/11/1949 | I'll keep the lovelight burning-1 | Dick Haymes | leader | |||
Decca | 74906 | 5/11/1949 | It happens every Spring | Dick Haymes | leader | |||
Decca | 75227 | 9/6/1949 | That lucky old sun | Louis Armstrong ; Gordon Jenkins and his Chorus and Orchestra | arranger, choral director | |||
Decca | 75228 | 9/6/1949 | Blueberry hill-1 | Louis Armstrong ; Gordon Jenkins and his Chorus and Orchestra | arranger, choral director | |||
Decca | 75421 | 10/19/1949 | You're my thrill | Billie Holiday | arranger, choral director | |||
Decca | 75422 | 10/19/1949 | Crazy he calls me | Billie Holiday | arranger, choral director | |||
Decca | 75423 | 10/19/1949 | Please tell me now | Billie Holiday | arranger, choral director | |||
Decca | 75424 | 10/19/1949 | Somebody's on my mind | Billie Holiday | arranger, choral director | |||
Decca | 75805 | 2/3/1950 | Part 1: The sing song man ; The crazy song (Everything is wrong) ; My cowboy song | Frank Luther | leader | |||
Decca | 75806 | 2/3/1950 | Part 2: Nothing ; Ringo Pingo Zingo | Frank Luther | leader | |||
Decca | 75807 | 2/3/1950 | Part 3: Anything ; The toothbrush song | Frank Luther | leader | |||
Decca | 75808 | 2/3/1950 | Part 4: Ockle dockle ; The goodnight song | Frank Luther | leader | |||
Decca | 76426 | 5/29/1950 | I'm forever blowing bubbles | Gordon Jenkins ; Artie Shaw | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 76427 | 5/29/1950 | You're mine, you! | Gordon Jenkins ; Artie Shaw | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 82613 | 4/3/1952 | Forgive me | Peggy Lee | arranger, choral director | |||
Decca | 82614 | 4/3/1952 | Be anything (but be mine) | Peggy Lee | arranger, choral director | |||
Decca | 82615 | 4/3/1952 | I'm glad there is you | Peggy Lee | arranger, choral director | |||
Decca | 82616 | 4/3/1952 | You go to my head | Peggy Lee | arranger, choral director | |||
Decca | 83439 | 9/22/1952 | White Christmas | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
Decca | 83440 | 9/22/1952 | Winter wonderland | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
Decca | 83441 | 9/22/1952 | Chlo-e | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
Decca | 83442 | 9/22/1952 | Listen to the mocking bird | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
Decca | L 5416 | 3/8/1950 | God bless the child | Billie Holiday | arranger, leader | |||
Decca | L 5417 | 3/8/1950 | This is heaven to me | Billie Holiday | arranger, leader | |||
Decca | L 5431 | 3/14/1950 | Where in the world | Gordon Jenkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | L 5741 | 7/17/1950 | Old folks at home (Swanee River) | Al Jolson | arranger, vocalist, choral director | |||
Decca | L 5742 | 7/17/1950 | I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair | Al Jolson | arranger, vocalist, choral director | |||
Decca | L 5743 | 7/17/1950 | Oh! Susanna | Al Jolson | arranger, vocalist, choral director | |||
Decca | L 5744 | 7/17/1950 | De camptown races | Al Jolson | arranger, vocalist, choral director | |||
Decca | L 6046 | 2/6/1951 | You're just in love | Lil Hardin Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong | arranger, choral director | |||
Decca | L 6047 | 2/6/1951 | If | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | arranger, instrumentalist, piano, choral director | |||
Decca | L 6048 | 2/6/1951 | (I want a) Big butter and egg man (from the West) | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | arranger, instrumentalist, piano, choral director | |||
Decca | L 6550 | 11/28/1951 | It's all in the game | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong | arranger, choral director | |||
Decca | L 6551 | 11/28/1951 | When it's sleepy time South-1 | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong | arranger, choral director | |||
Decca | L 6552 | 11/28/1951 | Jeannine, I dream of lilac time | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong | arranger, choral director | |||
Decca | L 6553 | 11/28/1951 | Indian love call | Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong | arranger, choral director | |||
Decca | L 7187 | 5/16/1953 | The pink houseboat | Cast of Seven dreams | arranger | |||
Decca | L 7188 | 5/16/1953 | The professor | Cast of Seven dreams | arranger | |||
Decca | L 7197 | 5/20/1953 | The nightmare | Cast of Seven dreams | arranger | |||
Decca | L 7198 | 5/20/1953 | The conductor, part 1 ; The conductor, part 2 | Cast of Seven dreams | arranger | |||
Decca | L 7199 | 5/20/1953 | The caretaker | Cast of Seven dreams | arranger | |||
Decca | L 7200 | 5/20/1953 | The cocktail party, part 1 | Cast of Seven dreams | arranger | |||
Decca | L 7209 | 5/21/1953 | The girl on the rock | Cast of Seven dreams | arranger |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Jenkins, Gordon," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106390.
Jenkins, Gordon. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106390.
"Jenkins, Gordon." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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