Irv Cottler
Irving Cottler (February 13, 1918 – August 8, 1989), a Hollywood, Los Angeles-based musician, and was a first-call drummer/percussionist. Cottler's credits include "L-O-V-E", "Impossible", "Stardust", and "Unforgettable" recorded with Nat King Cole. Cottler also recorded and performed live with Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Walt Disney, Peggy Lee, Dinah Shore, Ella Fitzgerald, Neal Hefti, Nelson Riddle, Count Basie, and many others. In the early 1950s, Cottler was the drummer for the NBC live broadcasts from Hollywood, and for The Dinah Shore Show. Frank Sinatra made an appearance on the show and loved Cottler's distinctive sound. Sinatra offered Cottler double what NBC was paying him. Beginning in 1955, Cottler went on to perform as the drummer and percussionist on dozens of hit songs for multiple artists, including “(Love Is)The Tender Trap”, “South of the Border”, ”Love Is Here to Stay", "I've Got You Under My Skin", and "Nice 'n' Easy" with Sinatra. In the early 1960s, Cottler was the drummer and percussionist on many Disney films, including Herbie, The Jungle Book, and Mary Poppins. Cottler died of a heart attack in Templeton, California, at the age of 71. |
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 64 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-066133 | 10-in. | 6/24/1941 | Let me off uptown | Bluebird Orchestra ; Larry Clinton ; Butch Stone | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-066134 | 10-in. | 6/24/1941 | Tenement symphony | Bluebird Orchestra ; Larry Clinton ; Peggy Mann ; Butch Stone | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-066135 | 10-in. | 6/24/1941 | I can't change my heart | Bluebird Orchestra ; Larry Clinton ; Peggy Mann | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-066136 | 10-in. | 6/24/1941 | What's the good of moonlight (When you haven't got a girl to love) | Bluebird Orchestra ; Larry Clinton ; Peggy Mann ; Butch Stone | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-067940 | 10-in. | 9/30/1941 | You'll never know | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Peggy Mann | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-067941 | 10-in. | 9/30/1941 | Your words and my music | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Peggy Mann | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-067942 | 10-in. | 9/30/1941 | Worried mind | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Butch Stone | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-067943 | 10-in. | 9/30/1941 | That solid old man (is here again) | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Butch Stone | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
Decca | 119508 | 8/16/1967 | Green onions | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | L 5234 | 12/2/1949 | Sitting by the window | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | L 5235 | 12/2/1949 | Just for old times | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | L 5236 | 12/2/1949 | By the waters of Minnetonka | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | L 5237 | 12/2/1949 | Crew cut | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | L 5349 | 1/24/1950 | Bamboo | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | L 5350 | 1/24/1950 | One! Two! Three! | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | L 5351 | 1/24/1950 | Stormy weather march | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | L 5352 | 1/24/1950 | Carioca | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | L 5397 | 2/20/1950 | Smoke gets in your eyes | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | L 5398 | 2/20/1950 | Night and day | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | L 5399 | 2/20/1950 | All the things you are | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | L 5400 | 2/20/1950 | Stardust | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | L 5575 | 4/25/1950 | Cry, cry, cry | Mildred Bailey | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | L 5576 | 4/25/1950 | Blue prelude | Mildred Bailey | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | L 5939 | 12/6/1950 | Music by the angels | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | |||
Decca | L 5940 | 12/6/1950 | Would I love you | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cottler, Irv," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/309979.
Cottler, Irv. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/309979.
"Cottler, Irv." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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