Babe Russin
Irving "Babe" Russin (June 18, 1911 – August 4, 1984) was an American tenor saxophone player. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Russin played with some of the best known jazz bands of the 1930s and 1940s, including Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller. He led his own band briefly in the early 1940s. He solos in the recording the Glenn Miller band made of Jerry Gray's composition, "A String of Pearls" for Bluebird Records in 1941. In 1950, Russin was credited as a musician with the backup band on two Frank Sinatra songs for Columbia Records, "Should I?" and "You Do Something To Me". He co-wrote the instrumental "All the Things You Ain't" with Jimmy Dorsey which was released as a V-Disc 78 single, No. 391B, in March, 1945. He appeared briefly in the Universal-International movie The Glenn Miller Story (1954). Russin plays on the soundtrack to the Warner Bros. movie A Star Is Born (1954), playing "Cheating on Me" with a small group. He also appeared in the Universal-International movie The Benny Goodman Story (1956). |
Birth and Death Data: Born June 18, 1911 (Pittsburgh), Died August 4, 1984 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936 - 1960
Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor saxophone, saxophone, clarinet, composer
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Recordings (Results 126-150 of 185 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 89020 | August 1955 | Roll 'em-5 | Benny Goodman and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 89021 | August 1955 | Bugle call rag | Benny Goodman and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 89022 | August 1955 | Don't be that way-4 | Benny Goodman and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 89023 | August 1955 | You turned the tables on me | Benny Goodman and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 89024 | August 1955 | Goody goody | Benny Goodman and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 89026 | August 1955 | Stompin' at the Savoy-4 | Benny Goodman and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 89027 | August 1955 | One o'clock jump-2 | Benny Goodman and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 89032 | August 1955 | Alicia's blues | Benny Goodman and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 89033 | August 1955 | And the angels sing -9 | Benny Goodman and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 89034 | August 1955 | Jersey bounce | Benny Goodman and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 89035 | August 1955 | Sometimes I'm happy-2 | Benny Goodman and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 89036 | August 1955 | Shine-10 | Benny Goodman and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 89037 | August 1955 | Sing sing sing-10 | Benny Goodman and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 3212 | 10-in. | 10/7/1943 | My first love | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Decca | L 3213 | 10-in. | 10/7/1943 | That wonderful worrisome feeling | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Decca | L 3214 | 10-in. | 10/7/1943 | Besame mucho (Kiss me much) | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Decca | L 3215 | 10-in. | 10/7/1943 | King Porter stomp | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Decca | L 3216 | 10-in. | 10/7/1943 | Star eyes | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Decca | L 3217 | 10-in. | 10/7/1943 | They're either too young or too old | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Decca | L 3246 | 10-in. | 10/27/1943 | Do you know? | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Decca | L 3247 | 10-in. | 10/27/1943 | My ideal | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Decca | L 3248 | 10-in. | 10/27/1943 | Sack house stomp | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Decca | L 3249 | 10-in. | 10/27/1943 | When they ask about you | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
Decca | L 6262 | 4/27/1951 | Gone fishin' | Louis Armstrong ; Bing Crosby | instrumentalist, saxophone | |||
Decca | L 7665 | 5/7/1954 | I know why | Modernaires | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Russin, Babe," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110107.
Russin, Babe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110107.
"Russin, Babe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Russin, Babe, 1911-1984 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95050341
Wikidata: Irving "Babe" Russin - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q797611
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/22330897
MusicBrainz: Irving "Babe" Russin - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/81503f0d-3435-4281-9068-c97930e1626a
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