Helen O'Connell
Helen O'Connell (May 23, 1920 – September 9, 1993) was an American singer, actress, and hostess, described as "the quintessential big band singer of the 1940s". |
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | 65005 | 10-in. | 2/10/1939 | Romance runs in the family | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65053 | 10-in. | 2/21/1939 | It's all yours | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65099 | 10-in. | 3/3/1939 | All of me | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65660 | 10-in. | 5/26/1939 | A home in the clouds | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65663 | 10-in. | 5/26/1939 | All I remember is you | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65741 | 10-in. | 6/6/1939 | Especially for you | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65836 | 10-in. | 6/16/1939 | Back to back | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65876 | 10-in. | 6/23/1939 | In the middle of a dream | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65877 | 10-in. | 6/23/1939 | Begone | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65879 | 10-in. | 6/23/1939 | Is it possible? | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65967 | 10-in. | 7/14/1939 | The jumpin' jive | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 65969 | 10-in. | 7/14/1939 | Go fly a kite | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66082 | 10-in. | 8/14/1939 | One sweet letter from you | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66085 | 10-in. | 8/14/1939 | Take a tip from the whippoorwill | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66266 | 10-in. | 9/5/1939 | Are you havin' any fun? | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66268 | 10-in. | 9/5/1939 | Melancholy lullaby | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66269 | 10-in. | 9/5/1939 | Comes love | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66785 | 10-in. | 10/20/1939 | Love never went to college | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66788 | 10-in. | 10/20/1939 | You're the greatest discovery (since 1492 | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66827 | 10-in. | 11/3/1939 | You're a lucky guy | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66911 | 10-in. | 11/27/1939 | Do it again | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66927 | 10-in. | 12/5/1939 | Keep a-knockin'-1 | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 67506 | 10-in. | 4/9/1940 | I bought a wooden whistle | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 67509 | 10-in. | 4/9/1940 | Boog it-1 | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 67583 | 10-in. | 4/18/1940 | Little curly hair in a high chair | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 67641 | 10-in. | 4/30/1940 | Devil may care | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 67643 | 10-in. | 4/30/1940 | Blue | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 67709 | 10-in. | 5/10/1940 | I love to watch the moonlight | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 67710 | 10-in. | 5/10/1940 | Tennessee fish-fry | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 67934 | 10-in. | 7/17/1940 | Hep-tee-hootie | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 67936 | 10-in. | 7/17/1940 | While the music plays on | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 68173 | 10-in. | 10/1/1940 | You've got me this way | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 68176 | 10-in. | 10/1/1940 | The bad humor man | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 68651 | 10-in. | 2/3/1941 | When the sun comes out | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 68652 | 10-in. | 2/3/1941 | Amapola (voBE, HOC) | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 68653 | 10-in. | 2/3/1941 | Yours (Quiereme mucho) | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 68762 | 10-in. | 3/3/1941 | Au reet (Au rote, au root) | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 68763 | 10-in. | 3/3/1941 | Man, that's groovy | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 68835 | 10-in. | 3/19/1941 | Minnie from Trinidad | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 68836 | 10-in. | 3/19/1941 | In the hush of the night | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 68840 | 10-in. | 3/19/1941 | Green eyes | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69092 | 10-in. | 4/29/1941 | Aurora | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69212 | 10-in. | 5/19/1941 | Time was | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69594 | 10-in. | 8/1/1941 | Jim | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69690 | 10-in. | 9/2/1941 | It happened in Hawaii | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69994 | 10-in. | 12/3/1941 | I got it bad | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69995 | 10-in. | 12/3/1941 | I said no | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 69996 | 10-in. | 12/3/1941 | Drop me a line | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70025 | 10-in. | 12/10/1941 | Not mine | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70026 | 10-in. | 12/10/1941 | Arthur Murray taught me dancing in a hurry | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70027 | 10-in. | 12/10/1941 | If you build a better mousetrap | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70028 | 10-in. | 12/10/1941 | Tangerine | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70389 | 10-in. | 2/24/1942 | Rain, rain, rain | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70391 | 10-in. | 2/24/1942 | 'Tain't no good, part 2 | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70437 | 10-in. | 3/4/1942 | My little cousin | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70526 | 10-in. | 3/17/1942 | Someday sweetheart | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70527 | 10-in. | 3/17/1942 | I threw a kiss in the ocean | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70705 | 10-in. | 5/1/1942 | Take me | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70706 | 10-in. | 5/1/1942 | This is worth fighting for | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70707 | 10-in. | 5/1/1942 | Wonder when my baby's coming home? | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71055 | 10-in. | 7/14/1942 | Brazil | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71057 | 10-in. | 7/14/1942 | Murder! He says | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71063 | 10-in. | 7/14/1942 | He didn't ask me | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 2791 | 10-in. | 10/9/1941 | Any bonds today? | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "O'Connell, Helen," accessed June 1, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108028.
O'Connell, Helen. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 1, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108028.
"O'Connell, Helen." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 June 2024.
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LCNAR: O'Connell, Helen - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85369919
Wikidata: Helen O’Connell - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q444651
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/12631903
MusicBrainz: Helen O’Connell - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6c9eb7d4-68a7-48b2-8c6d-a4ba4b26168a
ISNI: 0000 0001 1021 3323 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000110213323
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