Jimmy Kennedy
James Kennedy (20 July 1902 – 6 April 1984) was a Northern Irish songwriter. He was predominantly a lyricist, putting words to existing music such as "Teddy Bears' Picnic" and "My Prayer" or co-writing with composers like Michael Carr, Wilhelm Grosz and Nat Simon. In a career spanning more than fifty years, he wrote some 2000 songs, of which over 200 became worldwide hits and about 50 are popular music classics. |
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-78861 | 10-in. | 12/18/1933 | My song goes 'round the world | Richard Crooks | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-82338 | 10-in. | 4/23/1934 | Play to me, Gypsy! (The song I love) | Angelo Ferdinando ; Hotel Great Northern Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | translator | |
| Victor | BS-84991 | 10-in. | 11/14/1934 | Isle of Capri | Luis Alvarez ; Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-86245 | 10-in. | 11/23/1934 | Isle of Capri | Al Mitchell Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-94368 | 10-in. | 8/8/1935 | The Isle of Capri | Riley Puckett | Male vocal solo, with guitar | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-95043 | 10-in. | 9/18/1935 | Red sails in the sunset | Al Bowlly ; Ray Noble | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-95339 | 10-in. | 10/5/1935 | Red sails in the sunset | Little Ramblers ; Ward Pinkett | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-96272 | 10-in. | 11/4/1935 | Red sails in the sunset | The Girls of the Golden West | Female vocal duet, with guitar | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-98867 | 10-in. | 1/24/1936 | Misty islands of the Highlands | Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-99022 | 10-in. | 1/31/1936 | Misty islands of the Highlands | George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Johnny McKeever | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-03855 | 10-in. | 12/28/1936 | Serenade in the night | Shep Fields ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | translator, arranger | |
| Victor | PBS-09512 | 10-in. | 6/10/1937 | The miller's daughter Marianne | George Hamilton ; Music Box Music ; Lee Norton | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-010529 | 10-in. | 6/8/1937 | The miller's daughter, Marianne | Ken Drake Orchestra ; Jimmy Ray | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-011141 | 10-in. | 7/2/1937 | Harbor lights | Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-015563 | 10-in. | 10/27/1937 | Ten pretty girls | Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-018444 | 10-in. | 2/1/1938 | Two bouquets | Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-018445 | 10-in. | 2/1/1938 | Home town | Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-019840 | 10-in. | 2/18/1938 | Two bouquets | Jerry Blaine ; Phyllis Kenny ; Stream Line Rhythm | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-035364 | 10-in. | 3/28/1939 | The chestnut tree | Saxie Dowell ; Hal Kemp Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-035399 | 10-in. | 4/4/1939 | The chestnut tree ('Neath the spreading chestnut tree) | Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | PBS-036242 | 10-in. | 6/5/1939 | Cinderella (Stay in my arms) | Kenny Baker ; Nathaniel Finston | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-037156 | 10-in. | 5/25/1939 | Cinderella (Stay in my arms) | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-037403 | 10-in. | 5/31/1939 | Cinderella (Stay in my arms) | Gray Gordon ; Cliff Grass ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-038335 | 10-in. | 7/11/1939 | Bajo un castaño | Marimba Pan-Americana | Marimba band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-038412 | 10-in. | 7/17/1939 | South of the border (Down Mexico way) | Clyde Burke ; Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-041153 | 10-in. | 8/1/1939 | South of the border (Down Mexico way) | Hal Derwin ; Shep Fields ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-041477 | 10-in. | 9/20/1939 | My prayer | Clyde Burke ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
| Victor | BS-041587 | 10-in. | 8/18/1939 | My prayer | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
| Victor | PBS-042119 | 10-in. | 9/15/1939 | South of the border (Down Mexico way) | Kenny Baker ; Nathaniel Finston | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Victor | MBS-045119 | 10-in. | before 2/27/1940 | Rumbo a México | Magos del Ritmo ; Paco Treviño | Instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | MBS-045292 | 10-in. | before 4/29/1940 | En la frontera de México | Orquesta Juan S. Garrido ; Emilio Tuero | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-045703 | 10-in. | 11/24/1939 | Noche de luna | Marimba Pan-Americana | Marimba band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-045935 | 10-in. | 1/15/1940 | South with the boarder (Down Mexico way) | Wingy Manone Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-045956 | 10-in. | 1/18/1940 | En la frontera de México | Tito Guizar | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-046127 | 10-in. | 12/26/1939 | My prayer | Golden Gate Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | lyricist, composer | |
| Victor | BS-046497 | 10-in. | 1/23/1940 | Opera presentation : South of the border | Alec Templeton | Comic monologue, with piano and male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-047529 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | South of the border | Riley Puckett | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-047530 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Red sails in the sunset | Riley Puckett | Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-048916 | 10-in. | 4/17/1940 | Her name was Rosita | Californians ; Abe Lyman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-050136 | 10-in. | 4/24/1940 | Her name was Rosita | Clyde Burke ; Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal trio, and vocal ensemble | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-058736 | 10-in. | 1/3/1941 | The mem'ry of a rose | Dick Todd | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-058805 | 10-in. | 12/27/1940 | The mem'ry of a rose | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-058861 | 10-in. | 1/9/1941 | The mem'ry of a rose | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Arthur Wright | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Victor | E0VB-5278 | 10-in. | 8/15/1950 | The red we want is the red we've got (in the old red white and blue) | Elton Britt ; Skytoppers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | E0VB-6282 | 10-in. | 12/13/1950 | I'm writing a letter to the Lord | Eddy Arnold | Male vocal solo, with string band | lyricist, composer | |
| Victor | E1VB-0553 | 10-in. | 1/29/1951 | Yogy the dogie (with the ribbon on his tail) | Frank Worth Orchestra ; Roy Rogers ; Roy Rogers Riders ; Frank Worth | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | E1VB-0606 | 10-in. | 4/6/1951 | Last night my heart crossed the ocean | Dale Evans ; Frank Worth Orchestra ; Roy Rogers Riders ; Frank Worth | Female vocal solo, with male vocal ensemble and instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | E1VB-0906 | 10-in. | 1/26/1951 | Down the trail of achin' hearts | Anita Carter ; Rainbow Ranch Boys ; Hank Snow | Female-male vocal duet, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D6VB-2053 | 10-in. | 4/24/1946 | Isle of Capri | Buddy Cole Orchestra ; Four King Sisters | Female vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Victor | D7VB-0547 | 10-in. | 5/18/1947 | On the old Spanish trail | Spade Cooley ; Roy Rogers ; Spade Cooley Western Swing Band | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-0958 | 10-in. | 6/10/1947 | An apple blossom wedding | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-1441 | 10-in. | 7/24/1947 | And Mimi | Charlie Spivak Orchestra ; Charlie Spivak | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D7VB-2727 | 10-in. | 12/21/1947 | Where flamingos fly | Beryl Davis ; Johnny Richards Orchestra ; Johnny Richards | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Victor | D7VB-2957 | 10-in. | 12/23/1947 | On the painted desert | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Audrey Young | Female vocal, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
| Victor | D9VB-0143 | 10-in. | 1/25/1949 | (When we're alone) Penthouse serenade | Three Suns | Instrumental ensemble | arranger | |
| Victor | D9VB-0145 | 10-in. | 1/25/1949 | Serenade in the night | Three Suns | Instrumental ensemble | arranger | |
| Victor | D9AB-1937 | 10-in. | 9/30/1949 | My bolero (Where the bolero began) | Eddie Fisher | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Victor | CU-408[a] | 10-in. | before 5/15/1940 | En la frontera de México | Orquesta Riverside ; Anselmo Sacasas ; Miguelito Valdés | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | CO43808 | 10-in. | 5/4/1950 | Ten pretty girls | Adolph Hofner and his San Antonians | String band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | HCO1862 | 10-in. | 6/4/1946 | South of the border (down Mexico way) | Gene Autry | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | WC2696 | 10-in. | 9/11/1939 | South of the border (down Mexico way) | Gene Autry | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | WC2757 | 10-in. | 9/25/1939 | South of the border (down Mexico way) | Louise Massey ; Westerners (Massey Family) | String band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | CO17701 | 10-in. | 6/6/1935 | L'isola di Capri | Clara Stella | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Columbia | CO27970 | 10-in. | approximately 1940 | Sérénade près de Mexico | Marcel Carivan ; Tino Rossi | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Columbia | CO40711 | 10-in. | 1949 | Merry-go-round waltz | Carroll Lucas Orchestra ; The Marlin Sisters | Female vocal duet, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | LA391 | 10-in. | 7/12/1935 | La Isla de Capri : Tango canción | Los Madrugadores | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | MLA2064 | 10-in. | 12/5/1939 | Sur de Río Grande | Hermanas Padilla ; Manuel S. Acuña Orchestra | Female vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
| Gramophone | 0HC182 | 10-in. | 10/21/1936 | Je daleko Šanghaj | Dol Dauber se Svými Solisty | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal | composer | |
| Gramophone | 0EA735 | 10-in. | 1/15/1935 | Roll along, covered wagon | New Mayfair Orchestra ; Ray Noble | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | composer | |
| Gramophone | 0EA1953 | 10-in. | 8/14/1935 | Red sails in the sunset | Jack Jackson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Gramophone | 0RA2061 | 10-in. | 5/26/1937 | Rhythmus der Freude | Goldene Sieben | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal ensemble (vocalese) | composer | |
| Gramophone | 0RA3629 | 10-in. | 1939 | Unter dem Kastanienbaum | Glahé Musette Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal | songwriter | |
| Gramophone | 0EA3807 | 10-in. | 6/12/1936 | Poor little Angeline | Sid Buckman ; Roy Fox Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Gramophone | 0EA3815 | 10-in. | 5/9/1936 or 6/26/1936 | At the Cafe Continental | Denny Dennis ; Roy Fox Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Gramophone | 0EA3881 | 10-in. | 10/16/1936 | Serenade in the night | Denny Dennis ; Roy Fox Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | translator, arranger | |
| Gramophone | 0EA4111 | 10-in. | 10/29/1936 | Did your mother come from Ireland? | Denny Dennis ; Roy Fox Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Gramophone | 0EA4112 | 10-in. | 10/29/1936 | The miller's daughter, Marianne | Sid Buckman ; Roy Fox Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Gramophone | 0EA4638 | 10-in. | Before 5/19/1937 | Harbor lights | Barry Gray ; Roy Fox Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Gramophone | 0EA4775 | 10-in. | 4/29/1937 | My way | Paul Robeson | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Gramophone | 0EA5063 | 10-in. | 7/17/1937 | Hometown | Al Bowlly ; Ronnie Munro Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Gramophone | 0EA5296 | 10-in. | 7/2/1937 | Deep desert | Paul Robeson | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Gramophone | 0EA5429 | 10-in. | 8/16/1937 | Ten pretty girls | Ronnie Munro Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | songwriter | |
| Gramophone | 0B5821 | 10-in. | 12/7/1933 | My song goes round the world | Ray Noble Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Gramophone | 0EA5935 | 10-in. | 12/13/1937 | You've gotta take your pick and swing | Ronnie Munro Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CL6068 | 10-in. | 2/5/1937 | Serenade in the night | Tino Rossi | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | adapter, lyricist | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CL6611 | 10-in. | 3/7/1938 | Take your pick and swing | Lionel Lampel ; Orchestre Ady Rosner | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CL7155 | 10-in. | 11/30/1939 | Sérénade près de Mexico | Marcel Carivan ; Tino Rossi | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Columbia (U.K.) | CP1083 | 10-in. | between February and December 1953 | Coimbra | Santos Moreira ; Amália Rodrigues ; Jaime Santos | Female vocal solo, with Portuguese guitar and guitar accompaniment | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kennedy, Jimmy," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103369.
Kennedy, Jimmy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103369.
"Kennedy, Jimmy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Kennedy, Jimmy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81138356
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MusicBrainz: Jimmy Kennedy - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3415ddfe-f38c-40e0-a4d5-78dee7b3aa27
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