Ed Shaughnessy

Edwin Thomas Shaughnessy (January 29, 1929 – May 24, 2013) was a swing music and jazz drummer long associated with Doc Severinsen and a member of The Tonight Show Band on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Birth and Death Data: Born Jersey City (city in New Jersey, United States), Died May 24, 2013 (Calabasas (city in the northwestern Santa Monica Mountains region of Los Angeles County, California, United States) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1949 - 1959

Roles Represented in DAHR: drums

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 43 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	D9VB-0284	10-in.	3/14/1949	Boptura	Charlie Ventura Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with scat singing	instrumentalist, drums
Victor	D9VB-0285	10-in.	3/14/1949	Barney Google	Charlie Ventura Bop for the People	Male vocal solo, with vocal group and jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, drums
Victor	D9VB-0286	10-in.	3/14/1949	Smoke gets in your eyes	Charlie Ventura Bop for the People	Instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, drums
Victor	D9VB-0469	10-in.	4/7/1949	Flamingo	Charlie Ventura Orchestra	Jazz septet, with scat singing	instrumentalist, drums
Victor	D9VB-2144	10-in.	8/11/1949	Feather's den	Betty Bennett ; Beverly Brooks ; Charlie Ventura Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with scat singing	instrumentalist, drums
Victor	D9VB-2145	10-in.	8/11/1949	Yankee clipper	Betty Bennett ; Charlie Ventura Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with vocal group and jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, drums
Victor	D9VB-2310	10-in.	9/30/1949	High on an open mike	Charlie Ventura Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with scat singing	instrumentalist, drums
Victor	D9VB-2313	10-in.	9/30/1949	Ha	Charlie Ventura Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with scat singing	instrumentalist, drums
Decca	81140		6/7/1951	The dinky dink	Hot Lips Johnson Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	81141		6/7/1951	Lonely little robin	Hot Lips Johnson Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	81142		6/7/1951	Bring me another jug of wine	Hot Lips Johnson Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	81143		6/7/1951	Catch 'em young, treat 'em rough, tell 'em nothing	Hot Lips Johnson Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	83562		April 1949	Introduction and theme music-2: Yesterdays ; The peanut vendor	Charlie Ventura Septet		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	83563		April 1949	Euphoria, part 1	Charlie Ventura Septet		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	83564		April 1949	Euphoria, part 2	Charlie Ventura Septet		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	83565		April 1949	Euphoria, part 3	Charlie Ventura Septet		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	83566		April 1949	Fine and dandy	Charlie Ventura Septet		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	83567		April 1949	East of Suez	Charlie Ventura Septet		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	83568		April 1949	If I had you-1	Charlie Ventura Septet		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	83569		April 1949	I'm forever blowing bubbles	Charlie Ventura Septet		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	83570		April 1949	Pennies from heaven	Charlie Ventura Septet		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	83571		April 1949	How high the moon, part 1	Charlie Ventura Septet		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	83572		April 1949	How high the moon, part 2	Charlie Ventura Septet		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	83573		April 1949	How high the moon, part 3	Charlie Ventura Septet		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	84409		4/30/1953	I've got you under my skin	Peggy Lee		instrumentalist, drums

(Results 1-25 of 43 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Shaughnessy, Ed," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/343350.

Shaughnessy, Ed. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/343350.

"Shaughnessy, Ed." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.