Jerry Gray
Jerry Gray (July 3, 1915 – August 10, 1976) was an American violinist, arranger, composer, and leader of swing dance orchestras (big bands) bearing his name. He is widely known for his work with popular music during the Swing era. He worked with the bandleaders Artie Shaw and Glenn Miller. |
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | MS-06230 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Jan. 1937 | Love is good for anything that ails you | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Peg LaCentra | Jazz/dance band and female vocal soloist | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | MS-06231 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Jan. 1937 | Trust in me | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Peg LaCentra | Jazz/dance band and female vocal soloist | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | MS-06232 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Jan. 1937 | Sweet is the word for you | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Peg LaCentra | Jazz/dance band and female vocal soloist | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | MS-06233 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Jan. 1937 | Cream puff | Artie Shaw Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin, arranger | |
| Victor | MS-06234 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Jan. 1937 | When your lover has gone | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Peg LaCentra | Jazz/dance band and female vocal soloist | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | MS-07884 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Apr. 1937 | Born to swing | Artie Shaw Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | arranger | |
| Victor | MS-07886 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Apr. 1937 | I'll never tell anyone I love you | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Dorothy Howe ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band, with vocal soloists | arranger | |
| Victor | MS-07887 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Apr. 1937 | Johnny One Note | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Dorothy Howe | Jazz/dance band and female vocal soloist | arranger | |
| Victor | MS-07888 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Apr. 1937 | Someday sweetheart | Artie Shaw Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | arranger | |
| Victor | MS-019829 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately early Feb. 1938 | Blue fantasy | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Nita Bradley ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band and vocal soloists | arranger | |
| Victor | BS-048963 | 10-in. | 4/28/1940 | Pennsylvania six-five thousand | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-058172 | 10-in. | 12/13/1940 | Anvil chorus | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | arranger | |
| Victor | BS-058173 | 10-in. | 12/13/1940 | Anvil chorus | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | arranger | |
| Victor | BS-058888 | 10-in. | 1/17/1941 | I dreamt I dwelt in Harlem | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-058889 | 10-in. | 1/17/1941 | Sun Valley jump | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-060912 | 10-in. | 2/19/1941 | The spirit is willing | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-062778 | 10-in. | 3/26/1941 | I dreamt I dwelt in Harlem | Four King Sisters ; Alvino Rey ; Rhythm Reys | Female vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-067744 | 10-in. | 9/3/1941 | The man in the moon | Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-068068 | 10-in. | 11/3/1941 | A string of pearls | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-068459 | 10-in. | 12/8/1941 | Keep 'em flying | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | PBS-072230 | 10-in. | 4/2/1942 | American patrol | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | arranger | |
| Victor | D7VB-2713 | 10-in. | 12/19/1947 | Meadowlands (Russian patrol) | Tex Beneke ; Tex Beneke Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | arranger | |
| Decca | 81254 | 7/5/1951 | Push him away | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 81255 | 7/5/1951 | I love the sunshine of your smile | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 81295 | 7/5/1951 | Bess, you is my woman now | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 81383 | 8/13/1951 | Dreamy melody | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 81384 | 8/13/1951 | Darling, how could you? | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 81385 | 8/13/1951 | V hop | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 81435 | 8/20/1951 | Jeep jockey jump | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 81436 | 8/20/1951 | Georgia on my mind | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger | |||
| Decca | 81437 | 8/20/1951 | Who's sorry now? | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger | |||
| Decca | 81438 | 8/20/1951 | St. Louis blues | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger | |||
| Decca | 81451 | 8/24/1951 | Shine on harvest moon | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 81452 | 8/24/1951 | Introduction to a waltz | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 81453 | 8/25/1951 | The dipsy doodle | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 81454 | 8/25/1951 | Flagwaver | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 86469 | 6/28/1954 | The way you look tonight | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 86470 | 6/28/1954 | Champagne boogie | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 86471 | 6/28/1954 | Kettle drum hop-1 | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 86472 | 6/28/1954 | The ooh and aah mambo | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 86473 | 6/29/1954 | Don't talk to me about | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 86474 | 6/29/1954 | Thou swell | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 86475 | 6/29/1954 | $ 500 reward | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | 86476 | 6/29/1954 | Baby's lullaby | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5234 | 12/2/1949 | Sitting by the window | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5235 | 12/2/1949 | Just for old times | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5236 | 12/2/1949 | By the waters of Minnetonka | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5237 | 12/2/1949 | Crew cut | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5349 | 1/24/1950 | Bamboo | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5350 | 1/24/1950 | One! Two! Three! | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5351 | 1/24/1950 | Stormy weather march | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5352 | 1/24/1950 | Carioca | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5397 | 2/20/1950 | Smoke gets in your eyes | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5398 | 2/20/1950 | Night and day | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5399 | 2/20/1950 | All the things you are | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5400 | 2/20/1950 | Stardust | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5419 | 3/9/1950 | Blue skies | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5420 | 3/9/1950 | Dancing in the dark | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5423 | 3/10/1950 | This can't be love | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5424 | 3/10/1950 | What is this thing called love? | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5425 | 3/10/1950 | Desert serenade | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5499 | 4/5/1950 | Home cookin' | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5500 | 4/5/1950 | Crazy she calls me | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5501 | 4/5/1950 | In the mood | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5606 | 5/18/1950 | Sound off (Duckworth chant) | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5607 | 5/18/1950 | A string of pearls | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5608 | 5/18/1950 | The lonesomest whistle | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5707 | 6/27/1950 | You wonderful you | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5708 | 6/27/1950 | Dig-dig-dig dig for your dinner | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5709 | 6/27/1950 | Re-stringing the pearls (A ball of twine) | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5775 | 7/31/1950 | Honestly, I love you | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5776 | 7/31/1950 | I don't care if the sun don't shine | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5777 | 7/31/1950 | Vagabond shoes | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5778 | 7/31/1950 | No other love-1 | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5783 | 8/15/1950 | Farewell blues | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5794 | 8/23/1950 | And you'll be home | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5795 | 8/25/1950 | Where do I go from you? | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5796 | 8/25/1950 | Accidents will happen | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5799 | 8/25/1950 | The spirit is willing | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5800 | 8/25/1950 | Off limits (Passage interdit) | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5801 | 8/25/1950 | Minuet in G | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5939 | 12/6/1950 | Music by the angels | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5940 | 12/6/1950 | Would I love you | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5941 | 12/6/1950 | Dear! Dear! Dear! | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5942 | 12/6/1950 | Say it with your kisses | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5957 | 12/15/1950 | Circus | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5958 | 12/15/1950 | Holiday for strings | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 5959 | 12/15/1950 | Begin the beguine | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6036 | 2/2/1951 | Valse triste | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6037 | 2/2/1951 | Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6038 | 2/2/1951 | Johnson rag | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6039 | 2/2/1951 | Gospel train | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6257 | 4/28/1951 | Tell me (Tell me why) | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6258 | 4/28/1951 | Sound off (Duckworth chant) | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6259 | 4/28/1951 | A pair of trumpets | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6466 | 10/5/1951 | I never was loved by anyone | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6467 | 10/5/1951 | Turn back the hands of time | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6468 | 10/5/1951 | Miracles seem to happen | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6469 | 10/5/1951 | Bess, you is my woman now | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6695 | 3/28/1952 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6696 | 3/28/1952 | Somewhere along the way | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6697 | 3/28/1952 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6698 | 3/28/1952 | At last | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6863 | 8/13/1952 | Anchors aweigh | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6864 | 8/13/1952 | On brave old Army team | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6865 | 8/13/1952 | Jurame (Promise love) | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6940 | 11/24/1952 | Oh so good | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6948 | 11/28/1952 | No moon at all | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6949 | 11/28/1952 | My heart belongs to Daddy | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6955 | 11/30/1952 | I can't lie to myself | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6956 | 11/30/1952 | Don't wake me up | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 6965 | 12/5/1952 | Solid as a stonewall, Jackson | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 7104 | 3/24/1953 | And the bull walked around, olay | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 7105 | 3/24/1953 | Tompkins Cove | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 7106 | 3/24/1953 | One-stop boogie | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 7166 | 4/27/1953 | Pale moon (An Indian love song) | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 7167 | 4/27/1953 | Off the wall | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 7168 | 4/27/1953 | Later | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 7481 | 11/30/1953 | The creep | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 7482 | 11/30/1953 | Stop that dancing | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 7483 | 11/30/1953 | Oomp chuck | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor | |||
| Decca | L 7484 | 11/30/1953 | Coronado cruise | Jerry Gray Orchestra | arranger, conductor |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gray, Jerry," accessed May 10, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105234.
Gray, Jerry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105234.
"Gray, Jerry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 10 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Gray, Jerry, 1915-1976 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85381312
Wikidata: Jerry Gray - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1687824
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/45103601
MusicBrainz: Jerry Gray - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8546aee9-c65c-45eb-a5b0-638f207708e5
ISNI: 0000 0001 1025 9903 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000110259903
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