Sy Oliver
Melvin James "Sy" Oliver (December 17, 1910 – May 28, 1988) was an American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader. |
Birth and Death Data: Born December 17, 1910 (Battle Creek), Died May 28, 1988 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1966
Roles Represented in DAHR: leader, arranger, trumpet, vocalist, composer, songwriter, lyricist
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-82218 | 10-in. | 3/20/1934 | Swingin' uptown | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-82219 | 10-in. | 3/20/1934 | Breakfast ball | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra ; Sy Oliver | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-010571 | 10-in. | 6/14/1937 | Hot Club stomp | Mezz Mezzrow Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-010572 | 10-in. | 6/14/1937 | The swing session's called to order | Mezz Mezzrow Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BS-032944 | 10-in. | 3/9/1939 | 'Tain't what you do (It's the way that cha do it) | Fats Waller and his Rhythm | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-038109 | 10-in. | 7/20/1939 | Stomp it off | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer, arranger | |
| Victor | BS-044018 | 10-in. | 10/25/1939 | Easy does it | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-044256 | 10-in. | 11/24/1939 | Losers weepers | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-044546 | 10-in. | 1/2/1940 | Easy does it | Bob Chester Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-046063 | 10-in. | 1/3/1940 | Easy does it | Smoothies | Mixed vocal group, with jazz/dance band | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-051280 | 10-in. | 6/13/1940 | Quiet please! (It's the drummer in me) | Tommy Dorsey ; Buddy Rich ; Sentimentalists | Jazz/dance band, with drum solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-051878 | 10-in. | 7/17/1940 | So what! | Tommy Dorsey ; Don Lodice ; Sentimentalists | Jazz/dance band, with tenor saxophone solo | composer | |
| Victor | PBS-055109 | 10-in. | 10/16/1940 | Swing high | Ziggy Elman ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with trumpet soloist | composer | |
| Victor | PBS-055112 | 10-in. | 10/16/1940 | Swanee River | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | arranger | |
| Victor | BS-055566 | 10-in. | 8/29/1940 | Make me know it | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-055567 | 10-in. | 8/29/1940 | Another one of them things | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | CS-060905 | 12-in. | 2/17/1941 | Deep river | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | arranger | |
| Victor | BS-060907 | 10-in. | 2/17/1941 | Serenade to the spot | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-060908 | 10-in. | 2/17/1941 | Yes indeed! | Sy Oliver ; Jo Stafford ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | composer, vocalist, lyricist | |
| Victor | PBS-061532 | 10-in. | 8/14/1941 | Swingin' on nothin' | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Ford Leary | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-062763 | 10-in. | 3/20/1941 | I wanna hear swing songs | Fats Waller and his Rhythm | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance sextet | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-066432 | 10-in. | 6/27/1941 | Neiani | The Pied Pipers ; Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-066921 | 10-in. | 7/15/1941 | Loose lid special | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-066924 | 10-in. | 7/15/1941 | Swingin' on nothin' | Sy Oliver ; Jo Stafford ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | vocalist, songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-066964 | 10-in. | 7/18/1941 | Yes, indeed! (A jive spiritual) | Ruth Gaylor ; Teddy Powell Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | PBS-072111 | 10-in. | 2/19/1942 | Not so quiet please | Buddy Rich ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with drum solo | composer | |
| Victor | PBS-072172 | 10-in. | 3/9/1942 | Well, git it! | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-075406 | 10-in. | 7/2/1942 | Blue blazes | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | D4VB-1033 | 10-in. | 11/14/1944 | Opus No. 1 | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | D5VB-0086 | 10-in. | 2/7/1945 | Any old time (I'm feeling blue) | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Billy Usher | Mary vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | arranger | |
| Victor | D5VB-0597 | 10-in. | 9/7/1945 | Chicago | Sy Oliver ; Sentimentalists ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with vocal ensemble, and jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D5VB-0618 | 10-in. | 9/20/1945 | At the fat man's | Charlie Shavers ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | D5VB-0758 | 10-in. | 5/14/1945 | The minor goes muggin' | Duke Ellington ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Piano solo, with jazz/dance orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | D5VB-0920 | 10-in. | 11/9/1945 | I still suits me | Sy Oliver ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with vocal ensemble and jazz/dance band. | vocalist | |
| Victor | D6VB-1312 | 10-in. | 3/1/1946 | (Ah-yes) there's a good blues tonight | Clam Bake Group (Tommy Dorsey) ; Tommy Dorsey ; Sy Oliver | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D6VB-1313 | 10-in. | 3/1/1946 | Don't be a baby, baby | Clam Bake Group (Tommy Dorsey) ; Tommy Dorsey ; Sy Oliver | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D6VB-1315 | 10-in. | 3/2/1946 | Sweet Eileen | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Sy Oliver | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D6VB-1606 | 10-in. | 1/31/1946 | Come rain or come shine | Sy Oliver ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D8VB-3963 | 10-in. | before 10/20/1948 | You know what the trouble is, baby | Lucy Ann Polk ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Gennett | 14718 | 10-in. | 1/22/1929 | Mandy | Zach Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Gennett | 14787 | 10-in. | 2/11/1929 | Shake it and break it | Zach Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Gennett | 14788 | 10-in. | 2/11/1929 | Hum all your troubles away | Zach Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels | Jazz/dance band, with vocal; without vocal | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Gennett | 14836 | 10-in. | 2/26/1929 | It's tight like that | Zach Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Gennett | 14837 | 10-in. | 2/26/1929 | West End blues | Zach Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Gennett | 16005 | 10-in. | 12/19/1929 | Good feelin' blues | Zach Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Gennett | 16006 | 10-in. | 12/19/1929 | Wailin' blues | Zach Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Gennett | 16007 | 10-in. | 12/19/1929 | When you're smiling | Zach Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Gennett | 16008 | 10-in. | 12/19/1929 | Sophomore prom | Zach Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Decca | 38531 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Sophisticated lady-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 38532 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Mood indigo | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 38533 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Rose room-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 38534 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Black and tan fantasy-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 38535 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Stratosphere-3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 38541 | 10-in. | 9/5/1934 | Nana-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 38542 | 10-in. | 9/5/1934 | Miss Otis regrets-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 38543 | 10-in. | 9/5/1934 | Unsophisticated Sue-3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 38544 | 10-in. | 9/5/1934 | Star dust-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 38915 | 10-in. | 10/29/1934 | Dream of you-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 38916 | 10-in. | 10/29/1934 | Shake your head (from side to side) | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 38917 | 10-in. | 10/29/1934 | Stomp it off-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 38918 | 10-in. | 10/29/1934 | Call it anything (It wasn't love)-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 38967 | 10-in. | 11/7/1934 | Because you're you-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 38968 | 10-in. | 11/7/1934 | Chillun, get up!-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 38969 | 10-in. | 11/7/1934 | Solitude | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39169 | 10-in. | 12/17/1934 | Rain-1, 3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39170 | 10-in. | 12/17/1934 | Since my best gal turned me down-1, 3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 39171 | 10-in. | 12/17/1934 | Jealous-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 39172 | 10-in. | 12/18/1934 | Rhythm is our business-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 39173 | 10-in. | 12/18/1934 | I'm walking through heaven with you-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 39551 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Sleepy time gal-4, 5 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 39552 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Bird of paradise-2, 4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 39553 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Rhapsody junior-2, 4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 39554 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Runnin' wild-3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 39555 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Four or five times | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 39556 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | Four or five times | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 39557 | 10-in. | 5/29/1935 | (If I had) Rhythm in my nursery rhymes-4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 39996 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Babs-1, 5 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 39997 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Swanee river-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 39998 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Thunder-4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 39999 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Oh boy-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 60000 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Charmaine-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 60001 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Hittin' the bottle-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 60013 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | I'll take the South-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 60014 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | Avalon-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 60015 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | Charmaine-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 60016 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | Hittin' the bottle-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 60274 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | My blue heaven-1, 3, 4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 60275 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | I'm nuts about screwy music-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 60276 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | The best things in life are free-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 60277 | 10-in. | 12/23/1935 | The melody man-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 61246 | 10-in. | 8/31/1936 | Organ grinder's swing | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61247 | 10-in. | 9/1/1936 | On the beach at Bali Bali-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 61248 | 10-in. | 9/1/1936 | Me and the moon-1, 2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61249 | 10-in. | 9/1/1936 | Living from day to day-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 61250 | 10-in. | 9/1/1936 | T'ain't good (like a nickel made of wood) | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 61323 | 10-in. | 10/14/1936 | Muddy water-1, 3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61324 | 10-in. | 10/14/1936 | I can't escape from you-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61325 | 10-in. | 10/14/1936 | Harlem shout-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 61345 | 10-in. | 10/26/1936 | (This is) My last affair-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61346 | 10-in. | 10/26/1936 | Running a temperature-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 61531 | 10-in. | 1/18/1937 | Honey, keep your mind on me | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 61532 | 10-in. | 1/18/1937 | Count me out | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 61533 | 10-in. | 1/20/1937 | I'll see you in my dreams | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 61550 | 10-in. | 1/26/1937 | He ain' 't got rhythm-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61551 | 10-in. | 1/26/1937 | Linger awhile-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 61552 | 10-in. | 1/26/1937 | Honest and truly-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 61553 | 10-in. | 1/26/1937 | Slumming on Park Avenue-3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62259 | 10-in. | 1/26/1937 | Coquette | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62260 | 10-in. | 1/26/1937 | The merry-go-round broke down | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62261 | 10-in. | 1/26/1937 | Ragging the scale | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62262 | 10-in. | 1/26/1937 | Hell's bells | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62263 | 10-in. | 1/26/1937 | For dancers only | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62344 | 10-in. | 7/8/1937 | Posin' | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 62345 | 10-in. | 7/8/1937 | The first time I saw you-4 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62346 | 10-in. | 7/8/1937 | Honey, keep your mind on me-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 62347 | 10-in. | 7/8/1937 | Put on your old grey bonnet-3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63133 | 10-in. | 1/6/1938 | Margie-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 63134 | 10-in. | 1/6/1938 | The love nest-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 63135 | 10-in. | 1/6/1938 | I'm laughing up my sleeve-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 63585 | 10-in. | 4/12/1938 | Down by the old mill stream-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 63586 | 10-in. | 4/12/1938 | My melancholy baby-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 63587 | 10-in. | 4/12/1938 | Sweet Sue, just you-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 63588 | 10-in. | 4/12/1938 | By the River Sainte Marie-1 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | 71700 | 10-in. | 1/25/1944 | Stardust-1 | Larry Adler | arranger | ||
| Decca | 74760 | 2/15/1949 | Make a miracle | Ray Bolger | leader | |||
| Decca | 74761 | 2/15/1949 | Once in love with Amy | Ray Bolger | leader | |||
| Decca | 74766 | 2/17/1949 | Just in case | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 74767 | 2/17/1949 | Gran'ma plays the numbers | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, vocalist, leader | |||
| Decca | 74826 | 4/4/1949 | Oh, my darling! | Hildegarde | leader | |||
| Decca | 74827 | 4/4/1949 | It's a big wide wonderful world | Hildegarde | leader | |||
| Decca | 74916 | 5/13/1949 | Caravan | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 74917 | 5/13/1949 | Nine o'clock gal | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 74918 | 5/13/1949 | That's the gal for me | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 74919 | 5/13/1949 | When my sugar walks down the street | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, vocalist, leader | |||
| Decca | 75203 | 8/29/1949 | Keeps on rainin' | Billie Holiday | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75204 | 8/29/1949 | Them there eyes | Billie Holiday | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75221 | 9/1/1949 | Maybe it's because | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75222 | 9/1/1949 | I'll keep the lovelight burning | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75241 | 9/8/1949 | Do your duty | Billie Holiday | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75242 | 9/8/1949 | Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer | Billie Holiday | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75279 | 9/20/1949 | In the evening (when the sun goes down) | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger | |||
| Decca | 75280 | 9/20/1949 | Talk fast, my heart, talk fast | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger | |||
| Decca | 75281 | 9/20/1949 | I'm waitin' for the junkman | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger | |||
| Decca | 75282 | 9/20/1949 | Basin Street blues | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger | |||
| Decca | 75342 | 9/30/1949 | You can't lose a broken heart | Louis Armstrong ; Billie Holiday | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75343 | 9/30/1949 | My sweet hunk o'trash | Louis Armstrong ; Billie Holiday | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75344 | 9/30/1949 | Now or never | Billie Holiday | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75584 | 12/12/1949 | Nashville blues | Sy Oliver Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75585 | 12/12/1949 | We'll build a bungalow | Sy Oliver Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75738 | 1/24/1950 | Deep river | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75739 | 1/24/1950 | Siesta at the fiesta | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75801 | 2/2/1950 | Baby, won't you say you love me? | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75802 | 2/2/1950 | Don'cha go 'way mad | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75936 | 3/6/1950 | Solid as a rock | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75937 | 3/6/1950 | I've got the world on a string | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75938 | 3/6/1950 | Sugarfoot rag | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 75939 | 3/6/1950 | Peas and rice | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76290 | 5/8/1950 | Organ grinder's swing | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76291 | 5/8/1950 | Four or five times | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, vocalist, leader | |||
| Decca | 76292 | 5/8/1950 | T'ain't what you do | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, vocalist, leader | |||
| Decca | 76326 | 5/15/1950 | By the river Ste Marie | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76327 | 5/15/1950 | Ain't she sweet | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, vocalist, leader | |||
| Decca | 76328 | 5/15/1950 | For dancers only | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76395 | 5/22/1950 | By the river Ste Marie | Sy Oliver Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76396 | 5/22/1950 | Cheatin' on me | Sy Oliver Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist, leader | |||
| Decca | 76397 | 5/22/1950 | For dancers only | Sy Oliver Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76398 | 5/22/1950 | But she's my buddy's chick | Sy Oliver Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76442 | 6/3/1950 | Wagon wheels | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76443 | 6/3/1950 | I can't give you anything but love | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, vocalist, leader | |||
| Decca | 76444 | 6/3/1950 | I ain't got nobody | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, vocalist, leader | |||
| Decca | 76528 | 6/26/1950 | La vie en rose | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76529 | 6/26/1950 | C' est si bon | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76662 | 7/19/1950 | Three little words | Bill Darnell | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76663 | 7/19/1950 | Pink champagne | Bill Darnell | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76664 | 7/19/1950 | Well, oh well | Bill Darnell | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76750 | 8/25/1950 | Dream a little dream on me | Louis Armstrong ; Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76751 | 8/25/1950 | Can anyone explain | Louis Armstrong ; Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76789 | 8/31/1950 | Sit down you're rocking the boat | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76790 | 8/31/1950 | That's what the man said | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 76851 | 9/18/1950 | Aggravatin' situation | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
| Decca | 76852 | 9/18/1950 | Everybody wants to go to heaven | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 76857 | 9/18/1950 | It may be on Sunday-1 | Don Cherry ; Eileen Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 76858 | 9/18/1950 | I'll always love you-1 | Don Cherry ; Eileen Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 76859 | 9/18/1950 | Can't seem to laugh anymore | Don Cherry | leader | |||
| Decca | 76860 | 9/18/1950 | I need you so | Don Cherry | leader | |||
| Decca | 80054 | 10/19/1950 | Aggravatin' situation-1 | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
| Decca | 80096 | 10/26/1950 | I see a million people-1 | Gloria De Haven | leader | |||
| Decca | 80097 | 10/26/1950 | If I were a blackbird | Gloria De Haven | leader | |||
| Decca | 80098 | 10/26/1950 | I like to do things for you | Gloria De Haven | leader | |||
| Decca | 80188 | 11/17/1950 | Let's put out the lights | Peter Lind Hayes ; Mary Healy | leader | |||
| Decca | 80189 | 11/17/1950 | I've got a wife | Peter Lind Hayes ; Mary Healy | leader | |||
| Decca | 80305 | 12/27/1950 | When you return | Don Cherry | leader | |||
| Decca | 80306 | 12/27/1950 | The seven wonders of the world | Don Cherry | leader | |||
| Decca | 80394 | 1/17/1951 | More of the same sweet you | Ink Spots | leader | |||
| Decca | 80395 | 1/17/1951 | A fool grows wise | Ink Spots | leader | |||
| Decca | 80461 | 1/25/1951 | Beautiful madness | Don Cherry ; Artie Shaw | arranger | |||
| Decca | 80462 | 1/25/1951 | Chapel of the roses | Don Cherry ; Artie Shaw | arranger | |||
| Decca | 80463 | 1/25/1951 | I've got to pass your house | Don Cherry ; Artie Shaw | arranger | |||
| Decca | 80464 | 1/25/1951 | The thrill is gone-1 | Don Cherry ; Artie Shaw | arranger | |||
| Decca | 80519 | 2/12/1951 | Lovely is the evening | Evelyn Knight | leader | |||
| Decca | 80520 | 2/12/1951 | That's how our love will grow | Evelyn Knight | leader | |||
| Decca | 80521 | 2/12/1951 | Beautiful brown eyes | Evelyn Knight | leader | |||
| Decca | 80522 | 2/12/1951 | Nobody's tears are falling but mine | Evelyn Knight | leader | |||
| Decca | 80551 | 2/15/1951 | Sorry you said goodbye | Ink Spots | leader | |||
| Decca | 80552 | 2/15/1951 | And then I prayed | Ink Spots | leader | |||
| Decca | 80553 | 2/15/1951 | somebody bigger than you and I | Ink Spots | leader | |||
| Decca | 80554 | 2/15/1951 | Do something for me | Ink Spots | leader | |||
| Decca | 80603 | 2/23/1951 | Once upon a nickel | Ray Bolger ; Ethel Merman | leader | |||
| Decca | 80604 | 2/23/1951 | Oldies | Ray Bolger ; Ethel Merman | leader | |||
| Decca | 80617 | 2/27/1951 | Let me kiss your tears away | Eileen Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 80618 | 2/27/1951 | I won't cry anymore | Eileen Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 80619 | 2/27/1951 | At the close of a long, long day | Eileen Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 80620 | 2/27/1951 | I thought about you | Eileen Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 80745 | 3/27/1951 | Cheasapeake and Ohio | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 80746 | 3/27/1951 | Little man in a flying saucer | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 80747 | 3/27/1951 | Because of rain | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 80748 | 3/27/1951 | The hot canary | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 80956 | 5/2/1951 | Powder blue | Don Cherry | leader | |||
| Decca | 80957 | 5/2/1951 | Vanity | Don Cherry | leader | |||
| Decca | 80958 | 5/2/1951 | I can see you | Don Cherry | leader | |||
| Decca | 80959 | 5/2/1951 | My life's desire | Don Cherry | leader | |||
| Decca | 81068 | 5/22/1951 | Far, far away | Don Cherry ; Eileen Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 81069 | 5/22/1951 | Star of hope | Don Cherry ; Eileen Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 81146 | 6/12/1951 | My friend told me | Sy Oliver Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist, leader | |||
| Decca | 81147 | 6/12/1951 | Ain't no chicken gonna fool me | Sy Oliver Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81147[a] | 6/12/1951 | Count the days | Sy Oliver Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81281 | 7/13/1951 | Castle rock | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, vocalist, leader | |||
| Decca | 81282 | 7/13/1951 | Aboard the sentimental train | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81287 | 7/18/1951 | I don't want to make a change | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81288 | 7/18/1951 | There never was a baby like my baby | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81289 | 7/18/1951 | Give a little, get a little | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81300 | 7/23/1951 | The morning side of the mountain | Arthur Prysock | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81301 | 7/23/1951 | Blue velvet | Arthur Prysock | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81302 | 7/23/1951 | The love of a gypsy | Arthur Prysock | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81303 | 7/23/1951 | A man ain't supposed to cry | Arthur Prysock | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81307 | 7/24/1951 | A kiss to build a dream on | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81308 | 7/24/1951 | I get ideas | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81357 | 8/6/1951 | Lemme go | Tamara Hayes | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81358 | 8/6/1951 | Dreamy melody | Tamara Hayes | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81359 | 8/6/1951 | I got it bad | Tamara Hayes | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81360 | 8/6/1951 | The day isn't long enough | Tamara Hayes | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81394 | 8/14/1951 | untitled original | Sy Oliver Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist, leader | |||
| Decca | 81395 | 8/14/1951 | Kissing bug boogie | Sy Oliver Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist, leader | |||
| Decca | 81396 | 8/14/1951 | Slick chick on the sly | Sy Oliver Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist, leader | |||
| Decca | 81449 | 8/25/1951 | (It's no) Sin | Arthur Prysock | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81450 | 8/25/1951 | I didn't sleep a wink last night | Arthur Prysock | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81634 | 9/27/1951 | Because of you | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81635 | 9/27/1951 | Cold cold heart | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81684 | 10/15/1951 | Rumania-Rumania | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81685 | 10/15/1951 | House party | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 81686 | 10/15/1951 | On the trail | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 82005 | 12/19/1951 | Somebody stole my darling | Connie Boswell | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 82006 | 12/19/1951 | I know what it means to be lonesome | Connie Boswell | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 82007 | 12/19/1951 | Begin the beguine | Connie Boswell | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 82008 | 12/19/1951 | Believe it beloved | Connie Boswell | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 82132 | 1/16/1952 | Am I to blame | Arthur Prysock | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 82133 | 1/16/1952 | I hear a rhapsody | Arthur Prysock | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 82134 | 1/16/1952 | Wheels of fortune | Arthur Prysock | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 82135 | 1/16/1952 | Till the stars fall in the ocean | Arthur Prysock | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 82166 | 1/21/1952 | on my way (Got my travelin' shoes) | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 82167 | 1/21/1952 | The blacksmith blues | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 82168 | 1/21/1952 | Any time | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 82734 | 4/23/1952 | Trav'lin' (All alone)-1 | Artie Shaw Orchestra | arranger | |||
| Decca | 83008 | 6/26/1952 | Angel eyes | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 83009 | 6/26/1952 | Ding dong boogie-1 | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 83010 | 6/26/1952 | You'll have to swing it, part 1 | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 83011 | 6/26/1952 | You'll have to swing it, part 2 | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 83012 | 6/26/1952 | Early Autumn | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 83013 | 6/26/1952 | The girls are marching | Sy Oliver Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 83047 | 7/3/1952 | Crazy he calls me | Dolores Gray | arranger | |||
| Decca | 83048 | 7/3/1952 | Say you'll wait for me | Dolores Gray | arranger | |||
| Decca | 83049 | 7/3/1952 | How little we know | Dolores Gray | arranger | |||
| Decca | 83050 | 7/3/1952 | It's all in a lifetime | Dolores Gray | arranger | |||
| Decca | 83301 | 8/25/1952 | I laughed at love | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 83302 | 8/25/1952 | Takes two to tango | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 83951 | 2/13/1953 | Careless | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 83952 | 2/13/1953 | Blue Lou | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 83953 | 2/13/1953 | I wonder what kind of guy you'd be | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 83986 | 2/23/1953 | Your cheating heart | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 83987 | 2/23/1953 | Congratulation to someone | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 84146 | 3/11/1953 | My last goodbye | Arthur Prysock | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 84147 | 3/11/1953 | Baby don't you cry | Arthur Prysock | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 84148 | 3/11/1953 | This is the time | Arthur Prysock | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 84149 | 3/11/1953 | I would give anything | Arthur Prysock | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 85590 | 12/23/1953 | Empty ballroom | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 85591 | 12/23/1953 | If you don't, I know who will | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 85592 | 12/23/1953 | Melancholy me | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 85593 | 12/23/1953 | Somebody bad stole de wedding bell | Ella Fitzgerald | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 86773 | 9/10/1954 | Love me | The Billy Williams Quartet | leader | |||
| Decca | 86774 | 9/10/1954 | He follows she | The Billy Williams Quartet | leader | |||
| Decca | 86775 | 9/10/1954 | The honeydripper | The Billy Williams Quartet | leader | |||
| Decca | 86776 | 9/10/1954 | Fools rush in | The Billy Williams Quartet | leader | |||
| Decca | 87041 | 11/9/1954 | It must be so | Peggy Lee ; Mills Brothers | leader | |||
| Decca | 87042 | 11/9/1954 | Straight ahead | Peggy Lee ; Mills Brothers | leader | |||
| Decca | 89718 | 4/5/1956 | Lullaby in rhythm | Connie Boswell | leader | |||
| Decca | 89719 | 4/5/1956 | Honey | Connie Boswell | leader | |||
| Decca | 89720 | 4/5/1956 | If I had you | Connie Boswell | leader | |||
| Decca | 89721 | 4/5/1956 | Stardust | Connie Boswell | leader | |||
| Decca | 89722 | 4/5/1956 | My melancholy baby | Connie Boswell | leader | |||
| Decca | 89723 | 4/5/1956 | This can't be love | Connie Boswell | leader | |||
| Decca | 89724 | 4/6/1956 | Exactly like you | Connie Boswell | leader | |||
| Decca | 89725 | 4/6/1956 | Ain't misbehavin' | Connie Boswell | leader | |||
| Decca | 89726 | 4/6/1956 | You brought a new kind of love to me | Connie Boswell | leader | |||
| Decca | 89727 | 4/6/1956 | I'd climb the highest mountain | Connie Boswell | leader | |||
| Decca | 89728 | 4/6/1956 | The little things in life | Connie Boswell | leader | |||
| Decca | 89729 | 4/6/1956 | I ain't got nobody | Connie Boswell | leader | |||
| Decca | 100867 | 10/30/1956 | Don't nobody move | Annisteen Allen | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 100868 | 10/30/1956 | The money tree | Annisteen Allen | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 100869 | 10/30/1956 | Don't pull the wool | Annisteen Allen | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 100870 | 10/30/1956 | That's the music for me | Annisteen Allen | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101113 | 11/30/1956 | Begin the beguine | Sammy Davis, Jr. | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101114 | 11/30/1956 | All about love | Sammy Davis, Jr. | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101115 | 11/30/1956 | Perdido | Sammy Davis, Jr. | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101116 | 11/30/1956 | Temptation | Sammy Davis, Jr. | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101132 | 12/7/1956 | Don't get around much anymore | Sammy Davis, Jr. | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101133 | 12/7/1956 | Oo shoo be doo be | Sammy Davis, Jr. | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101134 | 12/7/1956 | By myself | Sammy Davis, Jr. | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101135 | 12/7/1956 | Signed, sealed and delivered | Sammy Davis, Jr. | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101148 | 12/11/1956 | If I could be with you | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101149 | 12/11/1956 | Lazy river | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101150 | 12/11/1956 | I can't give you anything but love | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101151 | 12/11/1956 | On the sunny side of the street (see master 102618 below) | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101152 | 12/11/1956 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101153 | 12/11/1956 | Body and soul | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101420 | 1/22/1957 | The knocked out nightingale | Mills Brothers | leader | |||
| Decca | 101421 | 1/22/1957 | In de banana tree | Mills Brothers | leader | |||
| Decca | 101499 | 1/29/1957 | When did you leave heaven | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101500 | 1/29/1957 | Fools rush in | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101501 | 1/29/1957 | A sinner kissed an angel | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101502 | 1/29/1957 | I married an angel | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101503 | 1/29/1957 | You're a heavenly thing | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101504 | 1/29/1957 | Angel child | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 101505 | 1/30/1957 | Angel | Louis Armstrong | leader | |||
| Decca | 101506 | 1/30/1957 | Angela mia | Louis Armstrong | leader | |||
| Decca | 101507 | 1/30/1957 | The prisoner's song | Louis Armstrong | leader | |||
| Decca | 101508 | 1/30/1957 | Goodnight angel | Louis Armstrong | leader | |||
| Decca | 101509 | 1/30/1957 | I'll string along with you | Louis Armstrong | leader | |||
| Decca | 101510 | 1/30/1957 | And the angels sing | Louis Armstrong | leader | |||
| Decca | 102618 | 12/11/1956 | On the sunny side of the street | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 102630 | 7/7/1957 | Rough lover | Annisteen Allen | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 102631 | 7/7/1957 | Bells in my heart | Annisteen Allen | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 102632 | 7/7/1957 | Pardon me | Annisteen Allen | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 102633 | 7/7/1957 | Catch a falling star | Annisteen Allen | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 104258 | 2/4/1958 | Nobody knows the trouble I've seen | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 104259 | 2/4/1958 | Down by the riverside | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 104260 | 2/4/1958 | Jonah and the whale | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 104261 | 2/4/1958 | This train | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 104262 | 2/6/1958 | Shadrack | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 104263 | 2/6/1958 | Didn't it rain | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 104264 | 2/6/1958 | On my way | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 104265 | 2/6/1958 | Rock my soul | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 104266 | 2/7/1958 | Swing low sweet chariot | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 104267 | 2/7/1958 | Go down Moses | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 104268 | 2/7/1958 | Ezekiel saw 'de wheel | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 104269 | 2/7/1958 | Sometimes I feel like a motherless child | Louis Armstrong | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 107860 | 8/29/1949 | Them there eyes | Billie Holiday | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 108554 | 1/7/1960 | There is no greater love | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | 108555 | 1/7/1960 | This little girl of mine | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | 108556 | 1/7/1960 | Gee baby, ain't I good to you? | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | 108557 | 1/7/1960 | Mess around | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | 112229 | 4/30/1962 | Tonight | Jackie Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 112230 | 4/30/1962 | Medley: Body and soul/I apologize | Jackie Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 112231 | 4/30/1962 | Love for sale | Jackie Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 112232 | 4/30/1962 | And this is my beloved | Jackie Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 112233 | 4/30/1962 | The way I am | Jackie Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 112234 | 4/30/1962 | I love them all, part 1 | Jackie Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 112235 | 4/30/1962 | I love them all, part 2 ; Medley: What'd I say/Night/ ; That's why/Danny boy/ ; Doggin' around/ ; To be loved/Lonely teardrops | Jackie Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 112236 | 4/30/1962 | St. James infirmary | Jackie Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 112237 | 4/30/1962 | A perfect day | Jackie Wilson | leader | |||
| Decca | 115829 | 3/18/1965 | Next time | Ami Rouselle | leader | |||
| Decca | 115830 | 3/18/1965 | I almost lost my mind | Ami Rouselle | leader | |||
| Decca | 115831 | 3/18/1965 | Wouldn't it be loverly | Ami Rouselle | leader | |||
| Decca | 116756 | 11/15/1965 | Old folks | Ami Rouselle | leader | |||
| Decca | 116757 | 11/15/1965 | Soft Autumn haze | Ami Rouselle | leader | |||
| Decca | 116758 | 11/15/1965 | He wasn't you | Ami Rouselle | leader | |||
| Decca | 116759 | 11/15/1965 | Song of the wanderer (Where shall I go) | Ami Rouselle | leader | |||
| Decca | 117015 | 2/15/1966 | Who will buy? | Ami Rouselle | leader | |||
| Decca | 117016 | 2/15/1966 | (Have I stayed too long) Too long at the fair | Ami Rouselle | leader | |||
| Decca | 117017 | 2/15/1966 | By myself | Ami Rouselle | leader | |||
| Decca | 117018 | 2/15/1966 | (I'm afraid) The masquerade is over | Ami Rouselle | leader | |||
| Decca | 117019 | 2/17/1966 | Night of my nights | Ami Rouselle | leader | |||
| Decca | 117020 | 2/17/1966 | I don't want to play | Ami Rouselle | leader | |||
| Decca | 117021 | 2/17/1966 | Wouldn't it be loverly | Ami Rouselle | leader | |||
| Decca | 117061 | 2/28/1966 | Hands off, he's mine | Marian Montgomery | leader | |||
| Decca | 117062 | 2/28/1966 | Ain't nobody's business if I do | Marian Montgomery | leader | |||
| Decca | 117063 | 3/1/1966 | Then I'll be tired of you | Marian Montgomery | arranger | |||
| Decca | 117064 | 3/1/1966 | I'm the lonesomest gal in town | Marian Montgomery | arranger | |||
| Decca | 117065 | 1/1/1966 | Me and my shadow | Marian Montgomery | arranger | |||
| Decca | 117066 | 3/1/1966 | Something I dreamed last night | Marian Montgomery | arranger | |||
| Decca | 117067 | 3/2/1966 | Give me the simple life | Marian Montgomery | arranger | |||
| Decca | 117068 | 3/2/1966 | Love is only love | Marian Montgomery | arranger | |||
| Decca | 117069 | 3/2/1966 | There's a time and a place for everything | Marian Montgomery | arranger | |||
| Decca | 117070 | 3/2/1966 | What's new? | Marian Montgomery | arranger | |||
| Decca | 117071 | 3/4/1966 | I'll sing you one song | Marian Montgomery | arranger | |||
| Decca | 117072 | 3/4/1966 | It makes no difference | Marian Montgomery | arranger | |||
| Decca | 117090 | 3/4/1966 | I finally got a break | Marian Montgomery | arranger | |||
| Signature | SRC 564 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | What is this thing called love? | Anita O'Day | arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 565 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Hi ho trailus boot whip | Anita O'Day | arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 566 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | I told ya I love ya | Anita O'Day | arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 567 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | It's different when it happens to you | Anita O'Day | arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 624 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | The darktown strutter's ball-1 | Alan Dale ; Connie Haines | vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1010 | 10-in. | 7/24/1936 | Pigeon walk-2 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1011 | 10-in. | 11/5/1937 | Like a ship at sea | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | DLA 1012 | 10-in. | 11/5/1937 | Teasin' Tessie Brown | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger, vocalist | ||
| Decca | DLA 1013 | 10-in. | 11/5/1937 | Annie Laurie | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | DLA 1014 | 10-in. | 11/5/1937 | Frisco fog-3 | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, arranger | ||
| Decca | L 7304 | 8/15/1953 | You're the cause of it all | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
| Decca | L 7305 | 8/15/1953 | Lovely weather for ducks | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
| Decca | L 7306 | 8/15/1953 | Island queen | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
| Decca | L 7356 | 9/14/1953 | The tavern | Peggy Lee | leader | |||
| Decca | L 8179 | 2/11/1955 | Oh! No! (Please don't go) | Peggy Lee | leader | |||
| Decca | L 8555 | 7/13/1955 | When your lover has gone | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | L 8556 | 7/13/1955 | It's the talk of the town | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | L 8557 | 7/13/1955 | The nearness of you | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | L 8558 | 7/13/1955 | These foolish things | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | L 8559 | 7/14/1955 | You do something to me | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | L 8560 | 7/14/1955 | You're my girl | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | L 8561 | 7/14/1955 | Tenderly | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | L 8562 | 7/14/1955 | It's bigger than you and me | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | L 8563 | 7/14/1955 | A foggy day | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | L 8564 | 7/18/1955 | Back track! | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | L 8565 | 7/18/1955 | The clown | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | L 8566 | 7/18/1955 | Circus | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | L 8567 | 7/18/1955 | Body and soul | Sammy Davis, Jr. | leader | |||
| Decca | L 9121 | 4/3/1956 | Do I love you | Peggy Lee | leader |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Oliver, Sy," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106500.
Oliver, Sy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106500.
"Oliver, Sy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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