Evelyn Knight

Evelyn Knight (born Evelyn Davis, December 31, 1917, Reedville, Virginia – September 28, 2007, San Jose, California) was an American singer of the 1940s and 1950s. Damon Runyon, in one of his newspaper columns, described Knight as "a lissome blonde lassie with a gentle little voice and a face mother would not mind having brought home to her."

Birth and Death Data: Born December 31, 1917 (Reedville, Virginia), Died September 28, 2007 (San Jose)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1944 - 1953

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	71919	10-in.	3/30/1944	With a smile and a song	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	71961	10-in.	4/9/1944	With a smile and a song	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	71962	10-in.	4/9/1944	Blubble-uddle-um-dum	Andy Love Four ; Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	72264	10-in.	6/16/1944	Dance with a dolly	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	72265	10-in.	6/16/1944	Without a sweetheart	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	72730	10-in.	2/7/1945	The lass with the delicate air	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	72731	10-in.	2/7/1945	When he comes home	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	72732	10-in.	2/7/1945	When you were waiting for me	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	72829	10-in.	4/17/1945	Grandfather's clock	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	73079	10-in.	10/15/1945	Chickery chick	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	73080	10-in.	10/15/1945	Let him go-let him tarry	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	73577		5/17/1946	My fickle eye	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	73578		5/17/1946	It's my lazy day	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	73579		5/17/1946	The tookie on his bonnet	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	73660		8/5/1946	Land of dreams	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	73661		8/2/1946	Passe	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	73783		1/14/1947	The toorie on his bonnet	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	73784		1/14/1947	Saloon	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	73785		1/14/1947	The lass with the delicate air	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	74606		10/12/1948	A little bird told me	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	74607		10/12/1948	Brush those tears from your eyes	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	74623		11/16/1948	Powder your face with sunshine	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	74624		11/16/1948	One Sunday afternoon-1	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	76186		4/26/1950	Choc'late ice cream cone	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	76187		4/26/1950	Buffalo Billy	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	76404		5/23/1950	Cherry stones	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	76405		5/23/1950	Lucky, lucky, lucky me	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	76410		5/24/1950	All dressed up to smile	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	76411		5/24/1950	I'd rather be me	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	76424		5/26/1950	Blind date	Dick Haymes ; Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	76425		5/26/1950	Say when	Dick Haymes ; Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	76692		7/31/1950	He can come back any time he wants to	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	76693		7/31/1950	Aw c'mon	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	76971		10/9/1950	I'm in the middle of a riddle	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	76972		10/9/1950	Rosy apples	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	76988		10/9/1950	Nobody's chasing me	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	76989		10/9/1950	I am loved	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	76990		10/9/1950	I remember the cornfields	Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians	vocalist
Decca	80519		2/12/1951	Lovely is the evening	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	80520		2/12/1951	That's how our love will grow	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	80521		2/12/1951	Beautiful brown eyes	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	80522		2/12/1951	Nobody's tears are falling but mine	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	80529		2/13/1951	Katy (The Hoppinest kangaroo)	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	80530		2/13/1951	The lollipop tree	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	81003		5/14/1951	Good luck, good health, God bless you	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	81004		5/14/1951	Oh, how I love you	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	81005		5/14/1951	This is the kiss	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	81006		5/14/1951	I'm gonna be a long time forgetting you	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	81901		11/23/1951	Snowflakes	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	81902		11/23/1951	Greensleeves	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	82237		1/27/1952	The purtiest little tree	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	82238		1/27/1952	I get along without you very well	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	82239		1/27/1952	Secret of my success	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	82240		1/27/1952	Many loves are penny loves	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	82674		4/9/1952	Lonesome and blue	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	82675		4/9/1952	Heavenly father	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	82712		4/21/1952	Pretty bride	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	82713		4/21/1952	It's best we say goodbye	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	82714		4/21/1952	Mama ain't cookin' today	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	82715		4/21/1952	People's town	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 4426		5/19/1947	Passing by	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 4427		5/19/1947	As years go by	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 4590		11/29/1947	My O'darlin'-My O'lovely-My O'Brien	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 4591		11/29/1947	I know where I'm going	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 4592		11/29/1947	Buttons and bows	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 4593		11/29/1947	Betsy	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 4932		3/18/1949	How it lies, how it lies, how it lies	Bing Crosby ; Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 4933		3/18/1949	Everywhere you go	Bing Crosby ; Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 4950		3/30/1949	It's too late now	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 4951		3/30/1949	Be goody good good to me	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 4976		4/15/1949	You're so understanding	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 4977		4/15/1949	Don't ever marry for money	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 4980		4/18/1949	It's too late now	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 4981		4/18/1949	Be goody good good to me	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 4984		4/25/1949	A wonderful guy-1	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 4985		4/25/1949	A cockeyed optimist-1	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5077		6/30/1949	Counterfeit love	Foster Carling ; Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5078		6/30/1949	Play that barber-shop chord	Foster Carling ; Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5134		9/13/1949	Love's a precious thing	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5135		9/13/1949	If I ever love again	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5153		10/17/1949	I'm in love	Dick Haymes ; Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5155		10/17/1949	I come here to be bent with, but I ain't been yet	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5197		11/9/1949	Crocodile tears	Hoagy Carmichael ; Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5198		11/9/1949	Crime and punishment	Hoagy Carmichael ; Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5241		12/6/1949	To hear you laugh	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5242		12/6/1949	I remember the cornfields	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5243		12/6/1949	You're always there	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5244		12/6/1949	A woman likes to be told	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5382		2/14/1950	Candy and cake	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5383		2/14/1950	Rickety rackety	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5441		3/20/1950	On an ordinary morning	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5442		3/20/1950	Hiawatha's mittens	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5467		3/30/1950	An arm with a bow in its hand	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 5468		3/30/1950	I don't wanna be kissed	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 6474		10/8/1951	A house is not a home	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 6475		10/8/1951	Life is a beautiful thing	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 6476		10/8/1951	Little boy	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 6492		10/18/1951	Life is a beautiful thing	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 6493		10/18/1951	With a no that sounds like yes	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 7475		11/24/1953	If the sun isn't shining in your window	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	L 7476		11/24/1953	48 letters from 48 states	Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	NA 2272		11/28/1950	Idle rumors	Red Foley ; Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	NA 2273		11/28/1950	My heart cries for you	Red Foley ; Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	NA 2274		11/28/1950	Tater pie	Red Foley ; Evelyn Knight	vocalist
Decca	NA 2275		11/28/1950	Crawdad song	Red Foley ; Evelyn Knight	vocalist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Knight, Evelyn," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/325549.

Knight, Evelyn. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/325549.

"Knight, Evelyn." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.