Ralph Burns
Ralph Joseph P. Burns (June 29, 1922 – November 21, 2001) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. |
Birth and Death Data: Born June 29, 1922 (Newton), Died November 21, 2001 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1941 - 1966
Roles Represented in DAHR: leader, piano, arranger, organ, composer
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-068191 | 10-in. | 11/12/1941 | Flo-flo | Sam Donahue Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Decca | 71626 | 10-in. | 1/8/1944 | Noah-1 | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Decca | 71627 | 10-in. | 1/8/1944 | I've got you under my skin-1 | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Decca | 71628 | 10-in. | 1/8/1944 | I get a kick out of you-1 | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Decca | 71629 | 10-in. | 1/8/1944 | I'll get by | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 71901 | 10-in. | 3/23/1944 | Cherry-2 | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 71902 | 10-in. | 3/23/1944 | Milkman, keep those bottles quiet | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 71903 | 10-in. | 3/23/1944 | Irresistible you | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | 71904 | 10-in. | 3/23/1944 | It must be jelly | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Decca | 71906 | 10-in. | 3/24/1944 | Don't change horses | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Decca | 71909 | 3/29/1944 | Say so | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Decca | 71910 | 3/29/1944 | Goin' home | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Decca | 71911 | 3/29/1944 | Refuse it | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Decca | 71912 | 3/29/1944 | Ingie speaks-1 | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Decca | 71939 | 4/5/1944 | As long as I live | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |||
| Decca | 71940 | 10-in. | 4/5/1944 | Perdido (Lost)-1 | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Decca | 71941 | 10-in. | 4/5/1944 | I didn't know about you | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Decca | 71941[a] | 4/5/1944 | Blue lullaby | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |||
| Decca | 88467 | 8/8/1955 | My ship | Sylvia Syms | leader | |||
| Decca | 88468 | 8/8/1955 | Honey in the honeycomb | Sylvia Syms | leader | |||
| Decca | 88469 | 8/8/1955 | Then I'll be tired of you | Sylvia Syms | leader | |||
| Decca | 88470 | 8/8/1955 | A woman's intuition | Sylvia Syms | leader | |||
| Decca | 88489 | 8/11/1955 | I'm the girl | Sylvia Syms | leader | |||
| Decca | 88490 | 8/11/1955 | I'm so happy I could cry | Sylvia Syms | leader | |||
| Decca | 88491 | 8/11/1955 | Lilac wine | Sylvia Syms | leader | |||
| Decca | 88492 | 8/11/1955 | I don't want to cry anymore | Sylvia Syms | leader | |||
| Decca | 88518 | 8/18/1955 | Experiment | Sylvia Syms | leader | |||
| Decca | 88519 | 8/18/1955 | We just couldn't say goodbye | Sylvia Syms | leader | |||
| Decca | 88520 | 8/18/1955 | Down with love | Sylvia Syms | leader | |||
| Decca | 88521 | 8/18/1955 | Let me love you | Sylvia Syms | leader | |||
| Decca | 88710 | 9/29/1955 | Cool cat on a hot tin roof | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Decca | 88711 | 9/29/1955 | What am I here for | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Decca | 88712 | 9/29/1955 | Jazz Club U.S.A. | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Decca | 88740 | 10/6/1955 | I'll be around | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Decca | 88741 | 10/6/1955 | Royal garden blues | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Decca | 88742 | 10/6/1955 | Nocturne | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Decca | 88743 | 10/6/1955 | South Gonzales Street parade | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Decca | 100206 | 6/29/1956 | Give it back to the Indians | Mark Murphy | leader | |||
| Decca | 100207 | 6/29/1956 | You mustn't kick it around | Mark Murphy | leader | |||
| Decca | 100208 | 6/29/1956 | Fascinating rhythm | Mark Murphy | leader | |||
| Decca | 100209 | 6/29/1956 | Limehouse blues | Mark Murphy | leader | |||
| Decca | 100427 | 8/9/1956 | Guess I'll hang my tears out to dry | Mark Murphy | leader | |||
| Decca | 100428 | 8/9/1956 | A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square | Mark Murphy | leader | |||
| Decca | 100429 | 8/9/1956 | Irresistible you | Mark Murphy | leader | |||
| Decca | 100430 | 8/9/1956 | If I could be with you | Mark Murphy | leader | |||
| Decca | 100431 | 8/13/1956 | I'm a circus | Mark Murphy | leader | |||
| Decca | 100432 | 8/13/1956 | I've got two eyes | Mark Murphy | leader | |||
| Decca | 100433 | 8/13/1956 | Exactly like you | Mark Murphy | leader | |||
| Decca | 100434 | 8/13/1956 | Two ladies in de shade of de banana tree | Mark Murphy | leader | |||
| Decca | 100628 | 9/18/1956 | Love is a simple thing | Pat Kirby | leader | |||
| Decca | 100629 | 9/18/1956 | Down with love-1 | Pat Kirby | leader | |||
| Decca | 100630 | 9/18/1956 | All or nothing at all | Pat Kirby | leader | |||
| Decca | 100631 | 9/18/1956 | Love | Pat Kirby | leader | |||
| Decca | 100698 | 10/3/1956 | Like someone in love | Pat Kirby | leader | |||
| Decca | 100699 | 10/3/1956 | I get along without you very well-1 | Pat Kirby | leader | |||
| Decca | 100700 | 10/3/1956 | The more I see you | Pat Kirby | leader | |||
| Decca | 100701 | 10/3/1956 | I fall in love too easily | Pat Kirby | leader | |||
| Decca | 100822 | 10/23/1956 | What is this thing called love | Pat Kirby | leader | |||
| Decca | 100823 | 10/23/1956 | The gentleman obviously doesn't believe | Pat Kirby | leader | |||
| Decca | 100824 | 10/23/1956 | Lover man (Oh, where can you be?) | Pat Kirby | leader | |||
| Decca | 100825 | 10/23/1956 | In love in vain | Pat Kirby | leader | |||
| Decca | 103200 | 9/3/1957 | Be fair | The Anita Kerr Quartet | leader | |||
| Decca | 103201 | 9/3/1957 | Comes love | The Anita Kerr Quartet | leader | |||
| Decca | 103202 | 9/3/1957 | You and the night and the music | The Anita Kerr Quartet | leader | |||
| Decca | 103216 | 9/5/1957 | People will say we're in love | The Anita Kerr Quartet | leader | |||
| Decca | 103217 | 9/5/1957 | Somebody stole my gal | The Anita Kerr Quartet | leader | |||
| Decca | 103218 | 9/5/1957 | With the wind and the rain in your hair | The Anita Kerr Quartet | leader | |||
| Decca | 103219 | 9/5/1957 | Mama's gone, goodbye Rockin' chair | The Anita Kerr Quartet | leader | |||
| Decca | 103341 | 9/20/1957 | Till | Kay Armen | leader | |||
| Decca | 103342 | 9/20/1957 | Scarlet ribbons (for her hair) | Kay Armen | leader | |||
| Decca | 103343 | 9/20/1957 | Ha! Ha! Ha! | Kay Armen | leader | |||
| Decca | 103344 | 9/20/1957 | [Unknown title(s)] | Kay Armen | leader | |||
| Decca | 104093 | 1/20/1958 | Summer love | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |||
| Decca | 104094 | 1/20/1958 | Sweet Sue | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |||
| Decca | 104095 | 1/20/1958 | Tonight | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |||
| Decca | 104096 | 1/20/1958 | Blues for Terrisita | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |||
| Decca | 104097 | 1/23/1958 | The gypsy | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |||
| Decca | 104098 | 1/23/1958 | Witchcraft | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |||
| Decca | 104099 | 1/23/1958 | Pastel blue | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |||
| Decca | 104100 | 1/23/1958 | Lazy afternoon | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |||
| Decca | 104101 | 1/28/1958 | My heart stood still | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |||
| Decca | 104102 | 1/28/1958 | On a Sunday by the sea | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |||
| Decca | 104103 | 1/28/1958 | I hear music | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |||
| Decca | 104104 | 1/28/1958 | Swing into Spring | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |||
| Decca | 105400 | 8/4/1958 | Mister Meadowlark | Carmen McRae | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 105401 | 8/4/1958 | Skylark | Carmen McRae | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 105402 | 8/4/1958 | Bye bye blackbird | Carmen McRae | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 105403 | 8/4/1958 | Flamingo | Carmen McRae | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 105404 | 8/4/1958 | A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square | Carmen McRae | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 105405 | 8/4/1958 | When the swallows come back to Capistrano | Carmen McRae | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 105406 | 8/6/1958 | His eye is on the sparrow | Carmen McRae | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 105407 | 8/6/1958 | The eagle and me | Carmen McRae | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 105408 | 8/6/1958 | When the red, red robbin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along | Carmen McRae | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 105409 | 8/6/1958 | Georgia Rose | Carmen McRae | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 105410 | 8/8/1958 | Bob White | Ralph Burns Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 105411 | 8/8/1958 | Baltimore oriole | Ralph Burns Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 105456 | 8/8/1958 | Chicken today, feathers tomorrow | Ralph Burns Orchestra | arranger, leader | |||
| Decca | 105704 | 9/23/1958 | I got plenty o' nuttin' | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger, organ | |||
| Decca | 105705 | 9/23/1958 | My man's gone now | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger, organ | |||
| Decca | 105706 | 9/23/1958 | It takes a long pull to get there | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger, organ | |||
| Decca | 105719 | 9/25/1958 | Alice blue gown | Kay Armen | leader | |||
| Decca | 105720 | 9/25/1958 | (What can I say) After I say I'm sorry | Kay Armen | leader | |||
| Decca | 105721 | 9/25/1958 | Lonesome and sorry | Kay Armen | leader | |||
| Decca | 105722 | 9/25/1958 | Rose of Washington Square | Kay Armen | leader | |||
| Decca | 105723 | 9/25/1958 | Somebody loves you | Kay Armen | leader | |||
| Decca | 105724 | 9/29/1958 | The love nest | Kay Armen | leader | |||
| Decca | 105725 | 9/29/1958 | When you were sweet sixteen | Kay Armen | leader | |||
| Decca | 105726 | 9/29/1958 | You know you belong to somebody else | Kay Armen | leader | |||
| Decca | 105727 | 9/29/1958 | Everything is peaches down in Georgia | Kay Armen | leader | |||
| Decca | 105732 | 9/30/1958 | Bess oh where is my Bess? | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger, organ | |||
| Decca | 105733 | 9/30/1958 | I loves you Porgy | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger, organ | |||
| Decca | 105734 | 9/30/1958 | Summertime | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger, organ | |||
| Decca | 105735 | 9/30/1958 | Bess you is my woman now | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger, organ | |||
| Decca | 105758 | 10/3/1958 | It ain't necessarily so | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger, organ | |||
| Decca | 105759 | 10/3/1958 | Oh Lord, I'm on my way | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger, organ | |||
| Decca | 105760 | 10/3/1958 | Red headed woman | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger, organ | |||
| Decca | 105761 | 10/3/1958 | There's a boat that's leaving soon for New York | Ralph Burns Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger, organ | |||
| Decca | 107792 | 7/22/1959 | A ship without a sail | Ellis Larkins | leader | |||
| Decca | 107793 | 7/22/1959 | In love in vain | Ellis Larkins | leader | |||
| Decca | 107794 | 7/22/1959 | Who can I turn to? | Ellis Larkins | leader | |||
| Decca | 107795 | 7/22/1959 | Moon and sand | Ellis Larkins | leader | |||
| Decca | 107796 | 7/22/1959 | Always you | Ellis Larkins | leader | |||
| Decca | 107797 | 7/22/1959 | Ecstasy | Ellis Larkins | leader | |||
| Decca | 107798 | 7/24/1959 | Just Arlene | Ellis Larkins | leader | |||
| Decca | 107799 | 7/24/1959 | Now | Ellis Larkins | leader | |||
| Decca | 107800 | 7/24/1959 | Down with love | Ellis Larkins | leader | |||
| Decca | 107801 | 7/24/1959 | Good for nothin' Joe | Ellis Larkins | leader | |||
| Decca | 107802 | 7/24/1959 | Wrap your troubles in dreams | Ellis Larkins | leader | |||
| Decca | 107803 | 7/24/1959 | I'm forever blowing bubbles | Ellis Larkins | leader | |||
| Decca | 110141 | 2/6/1961 | That's all | Roberta Sherwood | leader | |||
| Decca | 110142 | 2/6/1961 | How deep is the ocean | Roberta Sherwood | leader | |||
| Decca | 110143 | 2/6/1961 | You have taken my heart | Roberta Sherwood | leader | |||
| Decca | 110144 | 2/6/1961 | I see your face before me | Roberta Sherwood | leader | |||
| Decca | 110145 | 2/8/1961 | These foolish things | Roberta Sherwood | leader | |||
| Decca | 110146 | 2/8/1961 | Stormy weather | Roberta Sherwood | leader | |||
| Decca | 110147 | 2/8/1961 | Oh, but I do | Roberta Sherwood | leader | |||
| Decca | 110148 | 2/8/1961 | With my eyes wide open, I'm dreaming | Roberta Sherwood | leader | |||
| Decca | 110149 | 2/9/1961 | You'd be so nice to come home to | Roberta Sherwood | leader | |||
| Decca | 110150 | 2/9/1961 | Make someone happy | Roberta Sherwood | leader | |||
| Decca | 110151 | 2/9/1961 | My baby just cares for me | Roberta Sherwood | leader | |||
| Decca | 110152 | 2/9/1961 | When my dreamboat comes home | Roberta Sherwood | leader | |||
| Decca | 113674 | 6/18/1963 | Once upon a time | Mabel Mercer | leader | |||
| Decca | 113675 | 6/18/1963 | Mira | Mabel Mercer | leader | |||
| Decca | 113676 | 6/18/1963 | This is all I ask | Mabel Mercer | leader | |||
| Decca | 113677 | 6/18/1963 | The ballad of the sad young men | Mabel Mercer | leader | |||
| Decca | 113678 | 6/27/1963 | More I cannot wish you | Mabel Mercer | leader | |||
| Decca | 113679 | 6/27/1963 | Try to remember | Mabel Mercer | leader | |||
| Decca | 113680 | 6/27/1963 | Hello my lover, goodbye | Mabel Mercer | leader | |||
| Decca | 113681 | 6/27/1963 | I've got your number | Mabel Mercer | leader | |||
| Decca | 113682 | 7/2/1963 | Year after year | Mabel Mercer | leader | |||
| Decca | 113683 | 7/2/1963 | My resistance is low | Mabel Mercer | leader | |||
| Decca | 113684 | 7/2/1963 | Run to love | Mabel Mercer | leader | |||
| Decca | 113685 | 7/2/1963 | Trouble comes | Mabel Mercer | leader | |||
| Decca | 117712 | 7/14/1966 | Georgia Rose | Carmen McRae | arranger | |||
| Signature | SRC 655 | 10-in. | 1947 | Malaguena | Anita O'Day | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 656 | 10-in. | 1947 | I told ya I love ya, now get out | Anita O'Day | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 657 | 10-in. | 1947 | How high the moon | Anita O'Day | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 658 | 10-in. | 1947 | I ain't gettin' any younger | Anita O'Day | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 659 | 10-in. | 1947 | Travel in' man | Anita O'Day | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Signature | SRC 660 | 10-in. | 1947 | Key largo | Anita O'Day | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Decca | L 3690 | 10-in. | 12/11/1944 | As long as I love | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Decca | L 3691 | 10-in. | 12/11/1944 | Saturday night | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Decca | L 3695 | 10-in. | 12/12/1944 | Please don't say no | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Decca | L 3696 | 10-in. | 12/12/1944 | I ain't got nothin' but the blues | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | ||
| Signature | BTS-1 | 10/2/1944 | Skyscraper | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Signature | BTS-2 | 10/2/1944 | Poppilona | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Signature | BTS-3 | 10/2/1944 | A melody for the sky | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, piano | |||
| Signature | RHT-5 | 10-in. | 1944 | Bob's belief | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Signature | RHT-6 | 10-in. | 1944 | Sweet and lovely | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Signature | RHT-7 | 10-in. | 1944 | Stompin' at the Savoy | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Signature | RHT-8 | 10-in. | 1944 | Lover come back to me | Flip Phillips Fliptet | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Decca | N 1403 | 10-in. | 1/8/1944 | Crying sands | Woody Herman Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Burns, Ralph," accessed April 23, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/201316.
Burns, Ralph. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/201316.
"Burns, Ralph." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Burns, Ralph - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82101496
Wikidata: Ralph Burns - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1966681
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/29717395
MusicBrainz: Ralph Burns - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dc76d878-a09e-404a-9721-0846d7bbda2c
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