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
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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 105 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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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 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Knight, Evelyn," accessed September 19, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/325549.
Knight, Evelyn. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 19, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/325549.
"Knight, Evelyn." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 September 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Knight, Evelyn - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00068984
Wikidata: Evelyn Knight - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5416360
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/40606958
MusicBrainz: Evelyn Knight - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9d8e63e5-6d1b-47a6-83de-e9f09b922099
ISNI: 0000 0000 2302 6466 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000023026466
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