Charlie LaVere

Charles LaVere Johnson, better known as Charlie LaVere (July 18, 1910, Salina, Kansas - April 28, 1983, Ramona, California) was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, bandleader, and composer. He is best known for his extensive work with arranger Gordon Jenkins, including the 1948 million seller “Maybe You’ll Be There”, his own dixie jazz group LaVere's Chicago Loopers, and his later work for Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue, for which he composed the music and led the band performances from 1955 to 1959, and which would go on to become the longest running stage show in the history of show business, running for over 31 years and over 39,000 performances.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 18, 1910 (Salina), Died April 28, 1983

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1953

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, vocalist, songwriter

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Recordings (Results 26-45 of 45 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	DLA 2418	10-in.	5/27/1941	Swing tonic	Glen Gray Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	DLA 2419	10-in.	5/27/1941	Purple moonlight	Glen Gray Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	DLA 2420	10-in.	5/26/1941	Off and on	Glen Gray Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4366		2/27/1947	Maybe you'll be there	Gordon Jenkins Orchestra	vocalist
Decca	L 4367		2/27/1947	My funny Valentine	Gordon Jenkins Orchestra	vocalist
Decca	L 4911		2/22/1949	Have a little sympathy	Charlie LaVere	vocalist
Decca	L 4912		2/22/1949	A dreamer with a penny	Charlie LaVere	vocalist
Decca	L 5128		8/28/1949	I don't want to be president	Charlie LaVere	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5416		3/8/1950	God bless the child	Billie Holiday	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5417		3/8/1950	This is heaven to me	Billie Holiday	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 6046		2/6/1951	You're just in love	Lil Hardin Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 6047		2/6/1951	If	Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 6048		2/6/1951	(I want a) Big butter and egg man (from the West)	Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 6550		11/28/1951	It's all in the game	Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 6551		11/28/1951	When it's sleepy time South-1	Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 6552		11/28/1951	Jeannine, I dream of lilac time	Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 6553		11/28/1951	Indian love call	Louis Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 7038		2/5/1953	One wild oat-1	Gordon Jenkins Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 7040		2/5/1953	The masquerade is over	Bob Craig ; Gordon Jenkins Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 7049		2/12/1953	Gomen Nasai (Forgive me)-1	Gordon Jenkins Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano

(Results 26-45 of 45 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "LaVere, Charlie," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110022.

LaVere, Charlie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110022.

"LaVere, Charlie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.