Tony Mottola
Anthony C. Mottola (April 18, 1918 – August 9, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist who released dozens of solo albums. Mottola was born in Kearny, New Jersey and died in Denville. |
Birth and Death Data: Born April 18, 1918 (Kearny), Died August 9, 2004 (Denville Township)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1944 - 1959
Roles Represented in DAHR: leader, guitar
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | D5AB-75 | 10-in. | 2/6/1945 | Soldier's last letter | Elton Britt | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5AB-76 | 10-in. | 2/6/1945 | Goodbye, may God take care of you | Elton Britt | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5AB-77 | 10-in. | 2/6/1945 | Dreamy Rio Grande | Boyd Heath | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5AB-78 | 10-in. | 2/6/1945 | Smoke on the water | Boyd Heath | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | E0VB-4632 | 10-in. | 5/18/1950 | Ashes of roses | Rosalie Allen ; Elton Britt ; Skytoppers | Female-male vocal duet, with recitation and string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | E0VB-4633 | 10-in. | 5/18/1950 | Cotton candy and a toy balloon | Rosalie Allen ; Elton Britt ; Skytoppers | Female-male vocal duet, with string band and sound effects | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | E0VB-4652 | 10-in. | 5/22/1950 | Three kisses | Eddie Marshall ; Trail Dusters | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | E0VB-4653 | 10-in. | 5/22/1950 | The tom cat blues | Eddie Marshall ; Trail Dusters | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | E0VB-4654 | 10-in. | 5/22/1950 | I could lose these blues (if you bring my baby back) | Eddie Marshall ; Trail Dusters | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | E0VB-4655 | 10-in. | 5/22/1950 | Buddy stay off of that wine | Eddie Marshall ; Trail Dusters | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D4AB-0437 | 10-in. | 11/22/1944 | Someday | Elton Britt ; Skytoppers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D4AB-0438 | 10-in. | 11/22/1944 | Weep no more, my darlin' | Elton Britt | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D4AB-0439 | 10-in. | 11/22/1944 | The best part of travel | Elton Britt ; Skytoppers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D4AB-0440 | 10-in. | 11/22/1944 | I'm a convict with Old Glory in my heart | Elton Britt ; Skytoppers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5VB-0294 | 10-in. | 6/8/1945 | When day is done | Dick Leibert | Instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D5VB-0295 | 10-in. | 6/8/1945 | In a little clock shop | Dick Leibert | Instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D6VB-3280 | 10-in. | 11/19/1946 | Empty saddles | Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra | Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance septet | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Victor | D6VB-3281 | 10-in. | 11/19/1946 | Time on my Hands | Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra | Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance septet | leader, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D6VB-3282 | 10-in. | 11/19/1946 | Basin Street blues | Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra | Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance septet | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Victor | D6VB-3283 | 10-in. | 11/20/1946 | Frenesi | Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra | Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance octet | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Victor | D6VB-3284 | 10-in. | 11/20/1946 | The Kerry dance | Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra | Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance octet | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Victor | D6VB-3285 | 10-in. | 11/20/1946 | The moon of Manakoora | Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra | Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance octet | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Victor | D6VB-3286 | 10-in. | 11/26/1946 | Standing in the need of prayer | Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra | Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance septet | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Victor | D7VB-0994 | 10-in. | 6/23/1947 | Mother, Mother, Mother (is it good or is it bad) | Toots Camarata ; Beryl Davis ; Toots Camarata Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D7VB-0995 | 10-in. | 6/23/1947 | You're breaking in a new heart (while you're breaking mine) | Toots Camarata ; Beryl Davis ; Toots Camarata Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Decca | 72674 | 10-in. | 1/4/1945 | Gee baby ain't I good to you | Gulf Coast Five | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 72675 | 10-in. | 1/4/1945 | Is there somebody else | Gulf Coast Five | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 75421 | 10/19/1949 | You're my thrill | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 75422 | 10/19/1949 | Crazy he calls me | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 75423 | 10/19/1949 | Please tell me now | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 75424 | 10/19/1949 | Somebody's on my mind | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 81977 | 12/16/1951 | Oh, my darlin' | Johnny Desmond | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 81978 | 12/16/1951 | Battle hymn of the Republic-1 | Johnny Desmond ; Ray Charles Singers | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 81979 | 12/16/1951 | Until (Anema e core) | Johnny Desmond ; Ray Charles Singers | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 84736 | 6/22/1953 | Memphis blues | Ray McKinley Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 84737 | 6/22/1953 | Ol' shanks mare | Ray McKinley Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 84738 | 6/22/1953 | Rhythm-a-tic | Ray McKinley Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 84739 | 6/22/1953 | Long gone | Ray McKinley Orchestra | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 84921 | 7/29/1953 | Cincinnati dancing pig | Big Jon Arthur | leader | |||
| Decca | 84922 | 7/29/1953 | Little red caboose | Big Jon Arthur | leader | |||
| Decca | 86515 | 7/2/1954 | It's not the whistle (that pulls the train) | Kitty Kallen | leader | |||
| Decca | 86516 | 7/2/1954 | I'm a little teapot | Kitty Kallen | leader | |||
| Decca | 86517 | 7/2/1954 | Polly pigtails | Kitty Kallen | leader | |||
| Decca | 86518 | 7/2/1954 | I'm a lonely little petunia (in an onion patch) | Kitty Kallen | leader | |||
| Decca | 87506 | 3/7/1955 | The water tumbler tune | Fran Allison | leader | |||
| Decca | 87507 | 3/7/1955 | If I had a dollar bill tree | Fran Allison | leader | |||
| Decca | 87508 | 3/7/1955 | Come see the cow that goes meow | Fran Allison | leader | |||
| Decca | 87509 | 3/7/1955 | Rhyming song | Fran Allison | leader | |||
| Decca | 87818 | 4/25/1955 | The little doggie with the big woof-woof | Pinky Lee | leader | |||
| Decca | 87819 | 4/25/1955 | Lost a Scottie named Skippie | Pinky Lee | leader | |||
| Decca | 87820 | 4/25/1955 | Ticky ticky tembo | Pinky Lee | leader | |||
| Decca | 88522 | 9/19/1955 | When Winky winks at you | Jack Barry | leader | |||
| Decca | 88523 | 9/19/1955 | Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the sea | Jack Barry | leader | |||
| Decca | 88524 | 9/19/1955 | The Make-Lika song | Jack Barry | leader | |||
| Decca | 88525 | 9/19/1955 | Mister Bungle | Jack Barry | leader | |||
| Decca | 88866 | 11/4/1955 | The tenor doodle-doo | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 88867 | 11/4/1955 | Angus McFergus Mac Tavish | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 88868 | 11/4/1955 | Pete planet | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 89218 | 1/18/1956 | The little rascals | Jack Barry | leader | |||
| Decca | 89219 | 1/18/1956 | March of the little rascals | Jack Barry | leader | |||
| Decca | 89633 | 3/29/1956 | Just say I love her | Johnny Desmond | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 89634 | 3/29/1956 | When | Johnny Desmond | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 89635 | 3/29/1956 | There's no tomorrow | Johnny Desmond | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 89636 | 3/29/1956 | You alone | Johnny Desmond | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 89681 | 3/29/1956 | Come back to Sorrento | Johnny Desmond | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 89869 | 5/2/1956 | I have but one heart | Johnny Desmond | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 89870 | 5/2/1956 | Anema e core | Johnny Desmond | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 89871 | 5/2/1956 | Tara talara tala | Johnny Desmond | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 89872 | 5/2/1956 | You're breaking my heart | Johnny Desmond | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 89873 | 5/2/1956 | I only know I love you | Johnny Desmond | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 89874 | 5/2/1956 | I don't know, I don't care | Johnny Desmond | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 89875 | 5/2/1956 | You're the only one for me | Johnny Desmond | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 100389 | 8/7/1956 | That's my heart strings (That's my boy) | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 100390 | 8/7/1956 | The bus stop song-1 | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 100391 | 8/7/1956 | It came upon the midnight clear | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 100392 | 8/7/1956 | Oh, little town of Bethlehem | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 100393 | 8/7/1956 | Silent night | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 100394 | 8/7/1956 | Twelve days of Christmas | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 100682 | 10/2/1956 | Winky and twinky | Jack Barry | leader | |||
| Decca | 100683 | 10/2/1956 | Huckleberry Finn | Jack Barry ; Mae Questel | leader | |||
| Decca | 100684 | 10/2/1956 | Bolla Walla winkle | Jack Barry ; Mae Questel | leader | |||
| Decca | 106459 | 2/2/1959 | Lydia, the tattooed lady | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 106460 | 2/2/1959 | Viva la compagnie | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 106461 | 2/2/1959 | Aura Lee | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 106462 | 2/2/1959 | There is a tavern in the town | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 106463 | 2/3/1959 | My little bimbo down on a bam | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 106464 | 2/3/1959 | Tit willow | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 106465 | 2/3/1959 | I never see Maggie alone | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 106466 | 2/3/1959 | Oh, by Jingo | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 106467 | 2/6/1959 | The kling kling bird | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 106468 | 2/9/1959 | Rebecca came back from Mecca | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 106469 | 2/9/1959 | There's a hole in my bucket | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 106470 | 2/9/1959 | Polly wally doodle | Burl Ives | leader | |||
| Decca | 106538 | 2/9/1959 | We love ye, Jimmy | Burl Ives | leader |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mottola, Tony," accessed June 11, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/207075.
Mottola, Tony. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 11, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/207075.
"Mottola, Tony." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 11 June 2024.
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LCNAR: Mottola, Tony - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86102079
Wikidata: Tony Mottola - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3531835
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/42030945
MusicBrainz: Tony Mottola - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f007f0e4-b41e-45c4-8f23-ba20194483e7
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