The Jordanaires
The Jordanaires were an American vocal quartet that formed as a gospel group in 1948. Over the years, they recorded both sacred and secular music for recording companies such as Capitol Records, RCA Victor, Columbia Records, Decca Records, Vocalion Records, Stop Records, and many other smaller independent labels. In the mid-1950s, they also began lending their vocal talents to other artists as background singers in recording sessions. They are widely known for having provided background vocals for Elvis Presley, in live appearances, recordings, and feature films from 1956 to 1972. The group worked in the recording studio, on stage, and on television with many country, gospel, and rock and roll artists. They also provided background vocals using the name the Merry Melody Singers and the Almanac Singers, sometimes using different personnel. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1948, Died Ceased 2013
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1949 - 1968
Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group
= 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 | Audio |
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Decca | 76057 | 3/31/1950 | Dig a little deeper | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 76058 | 3/31/1950 | I'm free again | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 76059 | 3/31/1950 | Peace in the valley | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 76060 | 3/31/1950 | The church in the wildwood | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 102377 | 4/24/1957 | Today, tomorrow and forever | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 102378 | 4/24/1957 | Fingerprints | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 102379 | 4/24/1957 | A stranger in my arms | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 102380 | 4/24/1957 | Don't ever leave me again | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 13988 | 2/23/1966 | Night train to Memphis-2 | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 13997 | 2/22/1966 | Louisiana man | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 13998 | 2/22/1966 | Congratulations-1, 3 | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 13999 | 2/22/1966 | Truck drivin' man-2 | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 14000 | 2/22/1966 | No vacancy | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 14001 | 2/22/1966 | Hello walls-1, 3 | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 14002 | 2/23/1966 | I'm a fool to care-1, 3 | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 14003 | 2/24/1966 | You just can't quit-3 | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 14004 | 2/24/1966 | Here I am-1, 3 | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 14005 | 2/24/1966 | Bright lights and country music-3 | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 14006 | 2/24/1966 | Kentucky means paradise-2 | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 14007 | 2/24/1966 | Welcome to my world-1, 3 | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 14149 | 8/15/1966 | Alone | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 14150 | 8/15/1966 | Big Chief Buffalo Nickle-1 | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 14151 | 8/15/1966 | Peddler man | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 14154 | 8/16/1966 | You win again-1 | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 14155 | 8/16/1966 | (I heard that) Lonesome whistle-1 | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 14156 | 8/16/1966 | The bridge washed out-1, 2 | Rick Nelson | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2011 | 8/23/1949 | Go where I send Thee | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2012 | 8/23/1949 | [Unknown title(s)] | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2013 | 8/23/1949 | Just a little talk with Jesus | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2014 | 8/23/1949 | The old ship of Zion | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2035 | 11/8/1949 | He'll understand and say well done-1 | Red Foley | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2144 | 6/23/1950 | My Lord's gonna move this wicked race | Mervin Shiner | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2145 | 6/23/1950 | The great speckled bird | Mervin Shiner | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2146 | 6/23/1950 | Life's railway to heaven | Mervin Shiner | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2147 | 6/23/1950 | I'm going through Jesus | Mervin Shiner | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2152 | 6/27/1950 | Ace in the hole | Mervin Shiner | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2153 | 6/27/1950 | I think I'm gonna cry again | Mervin Shiner | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2182 | 7/4/1950 | Search me Lord | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2183 | 7/4/1950 | Lead me to that rock | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2184 | 7/4/1950 | Swing down sweet chariot | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2185 | 7/4/1950 | Joshua fit the battle of Jericho | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2190 | 8/23/1950 | Milky white way-1 | Red Foley | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2192 | 8/24/1950 | Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2193 | 8/24/1950 | Now didn't it rain | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2194 | 8/24/1950 | Noah | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2195 | 8/24/1950 | What a friend we have in Jesus | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2198 | 8/24/1950 | Roll on Jordan | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2199 | 8/24/1950 | What a savior | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2200 | 8/24/1950 | Loafin' on a lazy river | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2201 | 8/24/1950 | Sweet roses of morn | The Jordanaires | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2447 | 8/6/1951 | Pass me not-1 | Mervin Shiner | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2482 | 9/20/1951 | The keys to the Kingdom | Red Foley | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2483 | 9/20/1951 | I'm bound for the Kingdom | Red Foley | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2484 | 9/20/1951 | I'd rather have Jesus | Red Foley | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 9383 | 5/16/1956 | We'll find a way | Webb Pierce | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 9384 | 5/16/1956 | I'm really glad you hurt me | Webb Pierce | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 9385 | 5/16/1956 | Teenage boogie | Webb Pierce | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 9499 | 8/12/1956 | Teenage boogie-1 | Webb Pierce | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 9771 | 4/12/1957 | I care no more | Webb Pierce | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 9772 | 4/12/1957 | Don't be the one | Webb Pierce | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 9779 | 4/13/1957 | Bye bye love | Webb Pierce | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 9780 | 4/13/1957 | Missing you | Webb Pierce | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 9846 | 6/7/1957 | Let forgiveness in | Webb Pierce | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 9847 | 6/7/1957 | Who wouldn't love you | Webb Pierce | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 9859 | 6/27/1957 | New panhandle rag | Webb Pierce | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 9860 | 6/27/1957 | I know (it was you)-1 | Webb Pierce | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 9861 | 6/27/1957 | Don't do it darlin' | Webb Pierce | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 9873 | 7/11/1957 | Holiday for love | Webb Pierce | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 9874 | 7/11/1957 | How long | Webb Pierce | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10552 | 1/7/1959 | You're no longer mine | Bobby Helms | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10553 | 1/7/1959 | I want to be with you | Bobby Helms | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10554 | 1/8/1959 | I'm moving along | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10555 | 1/8/1959 | I'm blue again | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10556 | 1/8/1959 | Love, love, love me honey do | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10557 | 1/9/1959 | Yes, I understand-1 | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10558 | 1/9/1959 | Gotta lot of rhythm in my soul | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10627 | 2/24/1959 | Let's say goodbye like we said hello | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10628 | 2/24/1959 | Driftwood on the river | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10629 | 2/24/1959 | I wonder why you said goodbye | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10630 | 2/26/1959 | Tomorrow never comes | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10631 | 2/26/1959 | Filipino baby | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10632 | 2/26/1959 | I'd rather be | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10789 | 7/3/1959 | Life's railway to heaven | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10790 | 7/3/1959 | Just a closer walk with Thee | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10929 | 12/22/1959 | To my sorrow | Bobby Helms | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 10930 | 12/22/1959 | Someone was already there | Bobby Helms | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11303 | 11/11/1960 | I'll fly away | Red Foley | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11304 | 11/11/1960 | Life's railway to heaven | Red Foley | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11305 | 11/11/1960 | My soul walked through the darkness | Red Foley | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11306 | 11/11/1960 | No tears in heaven | Red Foley | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11307 | 11/11/1960 | The last mile of the way | Red Foley | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11314 | 11/16/1960 | I fall to pieces | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11315 | 11/16/1960 | Shoes | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11316 | 11/16/1960 | Lovin' in vain | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11485 | 3/23/1961 | Cool water | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11522 | 4/25/1961 | How can you divide a little child | Bobby Helms | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11523 | 4/25/1961 | I can't take it like you can | Bobby Helms | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11524 | 4/25/1961 | MY greatest weakness | Bobby Helms | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11525 | 4/25/1961 | Teach me | Bobby Helms | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11650 | 8/16/1961 | Your old love letters | Kitty Wells | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11651 | 8/16/1961 | Pick me up on your way down | Kitty Wells | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11652 | 8/16/1961 | One more time | Kitty Wells | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11653 | 8/16/1961 | Heart over mind | Kitty Wells | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11654 | 8/16/1961 | Hello walls | Kitty Wells | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11655 | 8/16/1961 | Wooden heart | Kitty Wells | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11656 | 8/16/1961 | Am I that easy to forget | Kitty Wells | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11657 | 8/16/1961 | Everybody's somebody's fool | Kitty Wells | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11658 | 8/16/1961 | Slowly | Kitty Wells | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11659 | 8/17/1961 | True love | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11660 | 8/17/1961 | San Antonio rose | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11661 | 8/17/1961 | The wayward wind | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11662 | 8/17/1961 | A poor man's roses | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11671 | 8/21/1961 | Crazy | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11672 | 8/24/1961 | Who can I count on | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11673 | 8/24/1961 | Seven lonely days | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11674 | 8/24/1961 | I love you so much it hurts | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11675 | 8/24/1961 | Foolin' 'round | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11676 | 8/24/1961 | Have you ever been lonely | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11677 | 8/25/1961 | Moody river | Kitty Wells | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11678 | 8/25/1961 | A fallen star | Kitty Wells | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11679 | 8/25/1961 | What am I living for | Kitty Wells | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11680 | 8/25/1961 | White Christmas | Kitty Wells | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11681 | 8/25/1961 | South of the border | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11682 | 8/25/1961 | Walking after midnight | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11683 | 8/25/1961 | Strange | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11684 | 8/25/1961 | You're stronger than me | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11832 | 12/17/1961 | She's got you | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11840 | 1/7/1962 | Yesterday's champagne (alt.) ; Yesterday's champagne | Bobby Helms | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11841 | 1/7/1962 | One deep love | Bobby Helms | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11842 | 1/7/1962 | Once in a lifetime | Bobby Helms | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11905 | 2/12/1962 | You made me love you | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11906 | 2/12/1962 | You belong to me | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11907 | 2/12/1962 | Heartaches | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11908 | 2/12/1962 | Your cheatin' heart | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11909 | 2/13/1962 | That's my desire | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11910 | 2/13/1962 | Half as much | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11911 | 2/15/1962 | Lonely street | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11912 | 2/15/1962 | Anytime | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11913 | 2/15/1962 | You were only fooling | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11914 | 2/15/1962 | I can't help it | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11928 | 2/28/1962 | You're stronger than me | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11929 | 2/28/1962 | When I get through with you | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11930 | 2/28/1962 | Imagine that | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11931 | 2/28/1962 | So wrong | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 11984 | 3/28/1962 | I overlooked an orchid-1,2 | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12192 | 9/5/1962 | Why can't he be you | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12193 | 9/5/1962 | Your kinda love | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12194 | 9/5/1962 | When you need a laugh | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12195 | 9/5/1962 | Leavin' on your mind | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12196 | 9/10/1962 | Back in my baby's arms | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12197 | 9/10/1962 | Tra le la le la triangle | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12198 | 9/10/1962 | That's how a heartache begins | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12359 | 2/4/1963 | Faded love | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12360 | 2/4/1963 | Someday you'll want me to want you | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12361 | 2/4/1963 | Love letters in the sand | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12362 | 2/5/1963 | Blue moon of Kentucky | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12363 | 2/5/1963 | Sweet dreams (of you) | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12364 | 2/5/1963 | Always | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12365 | 2/6/1963 | Does your heart beat for me | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12366 | 2/6/1963 | Bill Bailey won't you please come home | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12371 | 2/7/1963 | He called me baby | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12372 | 2/7/1963 | Crazy arms | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12373 | 2/7/1963 | You took him off my hands | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12374 | 2/7/1963 | I'll sail my ship alone | Patsy Cline | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12383 | 2/11/1963 | The wings of a dove | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12384 | 2/11/1963 | I saw the light | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12385 | 2/11/1963 | Stand by me | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12386 | 2/11/1963 | What a friend we have in Jesus | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12387 | 2/11/1963 | When it's prayer meetin' time | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12606 | 8/15/1963 | After sundown | Carl Perkins | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12607 | 8/15/1963 | For a little while | Carl Perkins | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12608 | 8/15/1963 | I wouldn't have told you | Carl Perkins | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12609 | 8/15/1963 | Help me find my baby | Carl Perkins | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12908 | 4/16/1964 | Young maiden's prayer | Pete Fountain | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12909 | 4/16/1964 | The honey wind blows | Pete Fountain | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12910 | 4/16/1964 | Licorice stick | Pete Fountain | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 12911 | 4/16/1964 | Estrellita | Pete Fountain | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 15388 | 12/20/1968 | Saturday Satan, Sunday Saint | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 15389 | 12/20/1968 | Tommy's doll | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 15390 | 12/20/1968 | One more memory | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | Vocal group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Jordanaires, The," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/324094.
Jordanaires, The. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/324094.
"Jordanaires, The." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Jordanaires (Musical group) - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88613897
Wikidata: The Jordanaires - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1197180
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/126812783
MusicBrainz: The Jordanaires - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/42b93918-afa2-4f77-b231-b1244606900d
ISNI: 0000 0001 2248 2571 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000122482571
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