Monica Lewis
Monica Lewis (born May Lewis; May 5, 1922 – June 12, 2015) was an American jazz singer and film actress. Lewis was the longtime voice of Chiquita Banana in that company's animated ad campaign, beginning in 1947. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 5, 1922 (Chicago), Died June 12, 2015 (Woodland Hills)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1945 - 1949
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist
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= 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | 74101 | 10/9/1947 | I'll hold you in my heart | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74102 | 10/9/1947 | I'll never say I love you | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74103 | 10/9/1947 | The gentleman is a dope | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74104 | 10/9/1947 | It's the bluest kind of blues my baby sings | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74193 | 12/3/1947 | Let's be sweethearts again | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74194 | 12/3/1947 | Don't call it love | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74329 | 12/22/1947 | Just imagine-1 | Bob Eberly ; Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74330 | 12/22/1947 | Lucky in love-1 | Bob Eberly ; Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74331 | 12/22/1947 | True | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74332 | 12/22/1947 | Crying for joy | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74398 | 12/24/1947 | While we danced at the Mardi Gras-1 | Bob Eberly ; Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74399 | 12/24/1947 | When your hair has turned to silver-1 | Bob Eberly ; Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74400 | 12/24/1947 | In the market place of Old Monterey | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74401 | 12/24/1947 | An old magnolia tree (Instrumental) | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74451 | 12/29/1947 | A tree in the meadow | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74452 | 12/28/1947 | Arm in arm | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74541 | 5/25/1948 | Where the apple blossoms fall | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74542 | 5/25/1948 | If I live to be a hundred | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74664 | 1/7/1949 | Don't hang around | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74665 | 1/7/1949 | The tree with the red leaves | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 75237 | 9/7/1949 | My own, my own, my all | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Decca | 75238 | 9/7/1949 | The one who gets you | Monica Lewis | vocalist | |||
| Signature | SRC 165 | 10-in. | approximately 1945 | Day by day | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 166 | 10-in. | approximately 1945 | The gentleman wouldn't say goodnight | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 167 | 10-in. | approximately 1945 | Waitin' for the train to come in | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 168 | 10-in. | approximately 1945 | Stop! I love it | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 169 | 10-in. | approximately 1945 | The Whiffenpoof song | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 170 | 10-in. | approximately 1945 | The house I live in | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 182 | 10-in. | approximately 1945 | I have but one heart | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 183 | 10-in. | approximately 1945 | In love in vain | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 184 | 10-in. | approximately 1945 | Milkman's matinee | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 212 | 10-in. | 1946 | Should I tell you I love you | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 213 | 10-in. | 1946 | Blue and melancholy mood | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 216 | 10-in. | 1946 | I got the sun in the mornin' | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 217 | 10-in. | 1946 | Put the blame on Mame | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 250 | 10-in. | 1946 | Why do I love you | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 251 | 10-in. | 1946 | The cat and the canary | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 252 | 10-in. | 1946 | Walkin' with my shadow | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 253 | 10-in. | 1946 | Why does it get so late so early | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 254 | 10-in. | 1946 | Two sleepy people | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 275 | 10-in. | 1946 | Cradle song | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 276 | 10-in. | 1946 | Sweet and low | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 285 | 10-in. | 1946 | For you, for me, forever more | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 286 | 10-in. | 1946 | Au revoir | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 292 | 10-in. | 1946 | Without you | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 293 | 10-in. | 1946 | Makin' whoopee | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 303 | 10-in. | 1946 | South America take it away | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 304 | 10-in. | 1946 | Uncle Remus said | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 305 | 10-in. | 1946 | A rainy night in Rio | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 306 | 10-in. | 1946 | My sugar is so refined | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 308 | 10-in. | 1946 | I'm in the mood for love | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 309 | 10-in. | 1946 | Why do I love you | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 317 | 10-in. | approximately 1946 | [Unknown title(s)] | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 318 | 10-in. | approximately 1946 | By the light of the silv'ry moon | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 334 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Midnight masquerade | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 335 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | We could make such beautiful music together | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 336 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | A thousand and one nights | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 337 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | I'm gonna be a bad girl | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 392 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | What am I gonna do about you | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 393 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | It's so nice to be nice | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 394 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Guilty | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 395 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Exactly like you | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 396 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | It had to be you | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 397 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Embraceable you | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 398 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | How deep is the ocean | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 399 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Ain't misbehavin' | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 402 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Thrill me | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 403 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Made for each other | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 420 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | They didn't believe me | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 421 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | I'll see you in my dreams | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 422 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Someone to watch over me | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 423 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | But not for me | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 424 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Always | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 425 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Speak to me of love | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 426 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | I'll see you again | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 427 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | If I loved you | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 539 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | White Christmas | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 540 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | The Christmas song | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 551 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Little stories for little people, part 1 | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 552 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Little stories for little people, part 2 | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 553 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Little stories for little people, part 3 | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 554 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Little stories for little people, part 4 | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 555 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | The howlinest hootinest gal in town | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 556 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | The popsicle song | Monica Lewis | vocalist | ||
| Signature | SRC 558 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Lover come back to me | Monica Lewis | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lewis, Monica," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/327362.
Lewis, Monica. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/327362.
"Lewis, Monica." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Lewis, Monica - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80146362
Wikidata: Monica Lewis - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4961917
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/72702733
MusicBrainz: Monica Lewis - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/06780d05-0b54-44a4-9fde-1307d5f9ced6
ISNI: 0000 0000 2190 4464 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000021904464
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