Mitchell Ayres

Mitchell Ayres

Mitchell Ayres (December 24, 1909 – September 5, 1969) was an orchestra leader, music arranger, composer and performer. He is best known for his many years of work with Perry Como on radio, records, and television and as the musical conductor for The Hollywood Palace.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 24, 1909 (Milwaukee), Died September 5, 1969 (Winchester)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: director, violin, songwriter, arranger

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-046007	10-in.	12/18/1939	Dingbat the acrobat	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-046008	10-in.	12/18/1939	Angel	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-046009	10-in.	12/18/1939	Row row row	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-046010	10-in.	12/18/1939	Ma (He's making eyes at me)	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-046456	10-in.	1/18/1940	Between you and me	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-046457	10-in.	1/18/1940	A little boy and a little girl	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-046458	10-in.	1/18/1940	Playmates	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-046459	10-in.	1/18/1940	Last night's gardenias	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band. with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-047025	10-in.	2/8/1940	How high the moon	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-047026	10-in.	2/8/1940	Little girl	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-047027	10-in.	2/8/1940	You oughta hang your heart in shame	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-047028	10-in.	2/8/1940	A house with a little red barn	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-047029	10-in.	2/8/1940	Long live love	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-047030	10-in.	2/8/1940	I'll be seeing you	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-047717	10-in.	2/28/1940	The man on the ferry (The Hoboken Ferry)	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-047718	10-in.	2/28/1940	This is the beginning of the end	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-047719	10-in.	2/28/1940	I need a friend	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-047720	10-in.	2/28/1940	Your kiss	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-047721	10-in.	2/28/1940	Do it again	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-047722	10-in.	2/28/1940	Little Curly Hair in a high chair	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-048197	10-in.	3/20/1940	I can't love you any more	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-048198	10-in.	3/20/1940	Where do I go from you	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-048716	10-in.	4/4/1940	Make-believe Island	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-048717	10-in.	4/4/1940	Meet the sun half-way	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-048718	10-in.	4/4/1940	Poor ballerina	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-048719	10-in.	4/4/1940	The pessimistic character (with the crab-apple face)	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-050522	10-in.	5/7/1940	I'm on the verge of a merge (with an angel)	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-050523	10-in.	5/7/1940	Please take a letter, Miss Brown	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-050524	10-in.	5/7/1940	Blue lovebird	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-050525	10-in.	5/7/1940	Down by the O-hi-o (o, my, o!)	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-051551	10-in.	6/24/1940	You go to my head (Theme song of Mitchell Ayres)	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-051552	10-in.	6/24/1940	A lazy lack-a-daisy melody	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-051553	10-in.	6/24/1940	Once in a love time	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-051554	10-in.	6/24/1940	Deep in my heart, dear	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-051891	10-in.	7/19/1940	My piggy bank is jing-a-ling again	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Gee-Gee ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with vocal duet	director
Victor	BS-051892	10-in.	7/19/1940	Sympathy	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-051893	10-in.	7/19/1940	Ain't it a shame about Mame	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-051894	10-in.	7/19/1940	I'm waiting for ships that never come in	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-056136	10-in.	9/18/1940	Goodnight Mother	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-056137	10-in.	9/18/1940	And Tommy goes too	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-056138	10-in.	9/18/1940	Two dreams met	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-056139	10-in.	9/18/1940	There was a little girl	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-056140	10-in.	9/18/1940	I give you my word	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-056141	10-in.	9/18/1940	I just wanna play with you	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Gee-Gee ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal trio	director
Victor	BS-057057	10-in.	10/30/1940	MacNamara's band	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-057058	10-in.	10/30/1940	We'll meet again	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-057059	10-in.	10/30/1940	Walkin' by the river	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-057060	10-in.	10/30/1940	Make it another old-fashioned, please	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-057061	10-in.	10/30/1940	I look at you	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-057062	10-in.	10/30/1940	Scratchin' the surface	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band	songwriter, director
Victor	BS-058181	10-in.	12/18/1940	Hello Ma! I done it again	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-058182	10-in.	12/18/1940	I'm nuts about the good old U.S.A.	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-058183	10-in.	12/18/1940	The sidewalk serenade	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet	director
Victor	BS-058184	10-in.	12/18/1940	Lily—hot from Chile	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-058185	10-in.	12/18/1940	Rose of the Rockies	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-058186	10-in.	12/18/1940	Wishful thinking	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-058892	10-in.	1/20/1941	Boogie woogie bugle boy	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-058893	10-in.	1/20/1941	I came, I saw, I conga'd	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-058894	10-in.	1/20/1941	You're a lucky fellow, Mr.Smith	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-058895	10-in.	1/20/1941	This is new	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-058896	10-in.	1/20/1941	The two little squirrels (Nuts to you)	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Gee-Gee ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with vocal duet	director
Victor	BS-058897	10-in.	1/20/1941	Jenny	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-060988	10-in.	3/20/1941	Minnie from Trinidad	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-060989	10-in.	3/20/1941	And the band played on	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet	arranger, director
Victor	BS-060990	10-in.	3/20/1941	Just a little bit south of North Carolina	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-060991	10-in.	3/20/1941	What do you hear from your heart?	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-060992	10-in.	3/20/1941	We go well together	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-060993	10-in.	3/20/1941	Schottische at sunrise	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band	director
Victor	BS-064413	10-in.	5/24/1941	Mexicali-oomph!	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-064414	10-in.	5/24/1941	Time was	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-064415	10-in.	5/24/1941	The daughter of Jeanie (with the light brown hair)	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-064416	10-in.	5/24/1941	My lost horizon	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-064417	10-in.	5/24/1941	Anything	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-064418	10-in.	5/24/1941	Pinball player's blues	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Tommy Taylor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, violin, director
Victor	BS-066917	10-in.	7/14/1941	Goodbye, dear, I'll be back in a year	Mitchell Ayres ; Johnny Bond ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-066918	10-in.	7/14/1941	At the old town hall	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-066919	10-in.	7/14/1941	Call it anything, it's love	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-066920	10-in.	7/14/1941	Cowboys and Indians	Mitchell Ayres ; Johnny Bond ; Fashions-in-Music ; Mary Ann Mercer	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-067669	10-in.	8/25/1941	When are we going to land abroad?	Mitchell Ayres ; Johnny Bond ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-067670	10-in.	8/25/1941	I don't want to set the world on fire	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music ; Four Trumpet-Ayres	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal quartet	director
Victor	BS-067671	10-in.	8/25/1941	The waiter and the porter and the upstairs maid	Mitchell Ayres ; Johnny Bond ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-067672	10-in.	8/25/1941	Misirlou	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-068442	10-in.	11/28/1941	The boy with the wistful eyes	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-068443	10-in.	11/28/1941	Oh Auntie!	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-068444	10-in.	11/28/1941	I opened up a trunk	Mitchell Ayres ; Johnny Bond ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-068445	10-in.	11/28/1941	Cancel the flowers	Mitchell Ayres ; Warren Covington ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-071435	10-in.	10/1/1941	The nadocky	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-071436	10-in.	10/1/1941	Ev'ry time	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-071437	10-in.	10/1/1941	I wanna go back to Texas	Mitchell Ayres ; Johnny Bond ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-071438	10-in.	10/1/1941	Minka	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music ; Warren Lewis	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet and vocal quartet	director
Victor	BS-073428	10-in.	3/12/1942	The Angelus rings again	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-073429	10-in.	3/12/1942	On Echo Hill	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-073430	10-in.	3/12/1942	Barrelhouse Bessie from Basin Street	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Johnny Bond ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet	director
Victor	BS-073431	10-in.	3/12/1942	Oh, how I miss you tonight	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-075094	10-in.	6/18/1942	Was it worth it?	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-075095	10-in.	6/18/1942	The mamas with the moo-lah	Mitchell Ayres ; Johnny Bond ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-075096	10-in.	6/18/1942	Don't forget to say "no", baby	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-075097	10-in.	6/18/1942	The wolf song	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Johnny Bond ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-075700	10-in.	7/31/1942	Under a strawberry moon	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-075701	10-in.	7/31/1942	Kille kille (Indian love talk)	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal ensemble	director
Victor	BS-075702	10-in.	7/31/1942	Can't get out of this mood	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	director
Victor	BS-075703	10-in.	7/31/1942	Rock-a-bye Bay	Mitchell Ayres ; Meredith Blake ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble	director
Victor	D9VB-0102	10-in.	1/13/1949	I don't see me in your eyes any more	Mitchell Ayres ; Perry Como	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	director
Victor	D9VB-0103	10-in.	1/13/1949	Forever and ever	Mitchell Ayres ; Perry Como	Male vocal solo, with vocal chorus and instrumental ensemble	director
Victor	D9VB-0218	10-in.	3/1/1949	'A' - you're adorable	Perry Como ; Fontane Sisters ; Mitchell Ayres Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with female vocal group and instrumental ensemble	director
Victor	D9VB-0233	10-in.	3/1/1949	Some enchanted evening	Perry Como ; Mitchell Ayres Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	director
Victor	D9VB-0234	10-in.	3/1/1949	Bali Ha'i	Perry Como ; Mitchell Ayres Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	director

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ayres, Mitchell," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109767.

Ayres, Mitchell. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109767.

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