Don Rodney
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1942 - 1950
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, composer, guitar, songwriter
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | D7VB-1260 | 10-in. | 7/11/1947 | That's what every young girl should know | Sammy Kaye ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | D7VB-2270 | 10-in. | 12/2/1947 | Funny little money man | Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Your Sunday Serenade Sweetheart | Female vocal solo, with female vocal group and jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | D9AB-1744 | 10-in. | 6/25/1949 | The four winds and the seven seas | Jack Searle | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Decca | 70940 | 10-in. | 6/26/1942 | I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way ; I don't want to get well ; Goodbye Broadway, hello France! | Bob Grant Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70941 | 10-in. | 6/26/1942 | Over there ; Smiles ; Tiger rag | Bob Grant Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70942 | 10-in. | 6/26/1942 | I'm all bound 'round with the Mason-Dixon line ; There's Egypt in your dreamy eyes ; Indiana | Bob Grant Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70943 | 10-in. | 6/26/1942 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball ; They go wild, simply wild, over me ; Beale Street blues | Bob Grant Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70944 | 10-in. | 6/26/1942 | Sweet Emalina, my gal ; For me and my gal ; The bells of St. Mary's | Bob Grant Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70945 | 10-in. | 6/26/1942 | Where the black-eyed Susans grow ; Huckleberry Finn ; I'd love to be a monkey in the zoo | Bob Grant Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 70947 | 10-in. | 6/26/1942 | Will you remember? ; Dear little mother o' mine | Bob Grant Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71038 | 10-in. | 7/13/1942 | Music, maestro, please ; Whistle while you work ; Heigh-ho | Bob Grant Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71039 | 10-in. | 7/13/1942 | You go to my head ; Where or when ; Love walked in | Bob Grant Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71040 | 10-in. | 7/13/1942 | I double dare you ; Bei mir bist du schoen ; You're a sweetheart | Bob Grant Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71041 | 10-in. | 7/13/1942 | The flat foot floogee ; A-tisket a-tasket ; The dipsy doodle | Bob Grant Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71042 | 10-in. | 7/13/1942 | Cathedral in the pines ; There's a gold mine in the sky ; Alexander's ragtime band | Bob Grant Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71043 | 10-in. | 7/10/1942 | My reverie ; Thanks for the memory ; Josephine | Bob Grant Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71044 | 10-in. | 7/13/1942 | So help me ; Says my heart ; Ten pretty girls | Bob Grant Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71045 | 10-in. | 7/13/1942 | Ti-pi-tin ; Mexicali rose ; The moon of Manakoora | Bob Grant Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71114 | 10-in. | 7/21/1942 | Remember me? ; Serenade in the night ; Sweet Leilani | Roy Ross Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71115 | 10-in. | 7/21/1942 | It looks like rain in cherry ; blossom lane ; Little old lady ; Rosalie | Roy Ross Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71116 | 10-in. | 7/21/1942 | Harbor lights ; When my dream boat comes home ; Can I forget you | Roy Ross Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71117 | 10-in. | 7/21/1942 | Whispers in the dark ; Too marvellous for words ; September in the rain | Roy Ross Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71118 | 10-in. | 7/21/1942 | Boo hoo ; That old feeling ; Organ grinder's swing | Roy Ross Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71119 | 10-in. | 7/21/1942 | A sailboat in the moonlight ; I've got my love to keep me warm ; Vieni Vieni | Roy Ross Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71120 | 10-in. | 7/21/1942 | What will I tell my heart ; Moonlight and shadows ; Never in a million years | Roy Ross Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71121 | 10-in. | 7/21/1942 | The one rose ; Once in a while ; Blue Hawaii | Roy Ross Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71137 | 10-in. | 7/22/1942 | Hinkey dinkey parley voo ; Oh! How I hate to get up in the morning | Ray Benson Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71138 | 10-in. | 7/22/1942 | Oh! Frenchy ; Madelon ; Oui, oui, Marie | Ray Benson Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71139 | 10-in. | 7/22/1942 | They were all out of step but Jim ; Rock-a-bye your baby with a Dixie melody ; Good morning Mr. zip- zip-zip | Ray Benson Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71140 | 10-in. | 7/22/1942 | Ja-da ; After you've gone ; Hindustan | Ray Benson Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71141 | 10-in. | 7/22/1942 | Dear old pal of mine ; Dear little boy of mine ; I'm sorry I made you cry | Ray Benson Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71142 | 10-in. | 7/22/1942 | Just a baby's prayer at twilight ; The rose of no man's land ; Sunrise and you | Ray Benson Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71143 | 10-in. | 7/22/1942 | That wonderful mother of mine ; Till we meet again ; Beautiful Ohio | Ray Benson Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71144 | 10-in. | 7/22/1942 | My Belgian Rose ; Mickey ; K-K-K-Katy | Ray Benson Orchestra | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 72983 | 10-in. | 7/24/1945 | Jose Gonzalez | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 72986 | 10-in. | 7/24/1945 | No can do | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 73087 | 10-in. | 10/16/1945 | Take care | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 73404 | 2/28/1946 | A story book romance | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73405 | 2/28/1946 | I'd be lost without you | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73407 | 2/28/1946 | Where did you learn to love | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73446 | 3/15/1946 | Love on a Greyhound bus | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73447 | 3/15/1946 | All the time | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73696 | 9/30/1946 | What more can I ask for ? | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73744 | 11/15/1946 | Managua-Nicaragua | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73760 | 12/13/1946 | Uncle Remus said | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73772 | 1/3/1947 | Easter parade | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73817 | 3/19/1947 | I wonder, I wonder, I wonder | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73934 | 6/3/1947 | The echo said no | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73935 | 6/3/1947 | Kate | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73995 | 7/10/1947 | Don't tell me | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73996 | 7/10/1947 | The stars will remember | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74012 | 7/22/1947 | Hills of Colorado | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74081 | 3/12/1942 | So far | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74082 | 9/10/1947 | A fellow needs a girl | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74123 | 11/5/1947 | You are never away | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74125 | 11/5/1947 | Golden earrings | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74127 | 11/5/1947 | In a little book shop | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74175 | 11/26/1947 | You're too dangerous cherie | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74176 | 11/26/1947 | Oahu | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74197 | 12/3/1947 | The night has a thousand eyes | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74198 | 12/3/1947 | Aloha Nui Loa | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74219 | 12/11/1947 | When the moonlight fell on the waterfall | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74220 | 12/11/1947 | The flower seller | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74221 | 12/11/1947 | At a sidewalk penny arcade | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74280 | 12/17/1947 | Spring in December | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74281 | 12/17/1947 | The girl who came from Peru | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74406 | 12/24/1947 | Thoughtless | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74407 | 12/24/1947 | I'll dance at your wedding | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74409 | 12/24/1947 | The chocolate choo-choo | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74441 | 12/28/1947 | It only happens when I dance with you | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74502 | 12/31/1947 | My little grass shack in Kealohakekua, Hawaii | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74504 | 12/31/1947 | Saturday night in Central Park | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74505 | 12/31/1947 | The old accordion | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74507 | 12/31/1947 | I gave her my heart in Acapulco | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74658 | 12/22/1948 | Everywhere you go | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74659 | 12/22/1948 | Red roses for a blue lady | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74706 | 1/24/1949 | The little old church near Leicester Square | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74707 | 1/24/1949 | Here I'll stay | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74708 | 1/24/1949 | So in love | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74829 | 4/4/1949 | The four winds and the seven seas | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 75102 | 7/29/1949 | Homecoming | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 75103 | 7/29/1949 | Just a kiss apart | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 75249 | 9/12/1949 | My bolero | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 75251 | 9/12/1949 | An old fashioned tree | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 75466 | 11/1/1949 | Song of the islands | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 75467 | 11/1/1949 | Farewell Amanda | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 75565 | 12/2/1949 | The roller skating song | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 75568 | 12/2/1949 | Let's 'ave a tiddely at the milk bar | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 75581 | 12/9/1949 | The Third Man Theme-1 | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 75583 | 12/9/1949 | Cafe Mozart waltz-1 | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 75858 | 2/9/1950 | Moonlight saving time | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 75859 | 2/9/1950 | The cannon ball | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 75860 | 2/9/1950 | National emblem march | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 75875 | 2/21/1950 | Swingin' on a hammock | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 75902 | 2/28/1950 | Zing-a zing-a zing boom-1 | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians ; Ethel Smith | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Rodney, Don," accessed September 22, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/208645.
Rodney, Don. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 22, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/208645.
"Rodney, Don." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 22 September 2023.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Rodney, Don, 1920- - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002088813
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