Bobby Timmons

Aliases: Bobby Timmons Trio
Real name: Robert Henry Timmons
Born: December 19, 1935
Died: March 1, 1974
Country: United States
IPI: 00030660614 8 works
00030660810 3 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Jazz pianist who played, among others, mainstream, hard bop and soul jazz. Timmons was also a composer.
Member of: The Young Lions [US]

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
i	A Little Busy	Bobby Timmons Trio	1961	Unverified
i	Damned if I Know	Bobby Timmons	1966	(3 artists)
i	Dat Dere	Bobby Timmons	March 1960	(98 artists)
i	Easy Does It	Bobby Timmons Trio	1961	LTC
i	I Won't Be Back	Bobby Timmons	1968	(2 artists)
i	Little Waltz	Bobby Timmons	1966	(34 artists)
i	Soul Time	Bobby Timmons	1960	Johnny Lytle Quintet
i	Tom Thumb	Bobby Timmons	1966	(14 artists)

Covers by Bobby Timmons

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	Alone Together	Bobby Timmons	1962	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i	Angel Eyes	Bobby Timmons	1966	Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
i	Auld Lang Syne	Bobby Timmons	1965	Emile Berliner
i	Autumn Leaves	The Bobby Timmons Trio	1961	Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i	Bag's Groove	Bobby Timmons - Johnny Lytle	1965	The Milt Jackson Quintet
i	Book's Bossa	Bobby Timmons	1968	Donald Byrd
i	Born to Be Blue	Bobby Timmons Trio	September 1963	Mel Tormé with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra
i	Come Rain or Come Shine	Bobby Timmons	March 1960	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
i	Come Sunday	Bobby Timmons	1968	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i	Deck the Halls	Bobby Timmons	1965	(unknown)
i	Do You Know the Way to San Jose	Bobby Timmons	1968	Dionne Warwick
i	Ghost of a Chance	Bobby Timmons Trio	1961	Bing Crosby
i	God Bless the Child	Bobby Timmons	1962	Billie Holiday
i	Goodbye	The Bobby Timmons Trio	1961	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i	Groovin' High	Bobby Timmons Trio	1961	Dizzy Gillespie and Cozy Cole - Slam Stewart - Remo Palmieri - Clyde Hart - Charlie Parker
i	Here's That Rainy Day	Bobby Timmons	1968	Dolores Gray
i	I Could Have Danced All Night	Bobby Timmons	1965	Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans REC,REL, Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans and Cast PRF
i	I Didn't Know What Time It Was	The Bobby Timmons Trio	1961	Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
i	If I Should Lose You	Bobby Timmons Trio	1970	Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
i	If You Could See Me Now	Bobby Timmons Trio	1961	Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra under the direction of Tad Dameron
i	I Thought About You	Bobby Timmons Trio	1961	Dinah Shore with Orchestra
i	Last Night When We Were Young	Bobby Timmons	1968	Lawrence Tibbett with Orchestra – Nathaniel Shilkret, Director
i	Lela	Bobby Timmons - Johnny Lytle	1965	Johnny Lytle Trio
i	Lush Life	Bobby Timmons	March 1960	King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
i	Make Someone Happy	Bobby Timmons	1966	John Reardon & Nancy Dussault PRF, Perry Como REC,REL
i	Malice Towards None	Bobby Timmons Trio	September 1963	Howard McGhee [US1]
i	Medley: You're Blasé / Bewitched	Bobby Timmons Trio	1970	Savoy Hotel Orpheans (Carroll Gibbons), Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Vivienne Segal PRF
i	Moanin'	Bobby Timmons	March 1960	Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
i	Moanin'	Roger Guérin Benny Golson with Bobby Timmons	1959	Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
i	My Funny Valentine	Bobby Timmons	March 1960	Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i	Namely You	Bobby Timmons Trio	September 1963	Peter Palmer, Edith Adams
i	Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen	Bobby Timmons	1964	Tuskegee Institute Singers
i	Old Devil Moon	Bobby Timmons Trio	1961	Russ Case and His Orchestra with Jimmy Carroll REL, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra REC
i	People	Bobby Timmons - Johnny Lytle	1965	Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Peter Matz REC,REL, Barbra Streisand PRF
i	Prelude to a Kiss	Bobby Timmons	March 1960	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars	Bobby Timmons Trio	1970	João Gilberto
i	Samba triste	Bobby Timmons Trio	1970	Rosana Toledo
i	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	Bobby Timmons	1965	Harry Reser and His Orchestra
i	Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise	The Bobby Timmons Trio	1961	William O'Neal PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
i	Someone to Watch over Me	Bobby Timmons	1965	Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
i	Something to Live For	Bobby Timmons	1968	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Bobby Timmons Trio	September 1963	(unknown)
i	So Tired	Bobby Timmons	1960	Sam Jones
i	S'posin'	Bobby Timmons	1960	Bob Haring and His Orchestra
i	Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most	Bobby Timmons	1962	Jackie & Roy REC, Jerri Winters - With Orchestra conducted by Don Costa REL
i	Stablemates	Roger Guérin Benny Golson with Bobby Timmons	1959	The New Miles Davis Quintet
i	Stolen Sweets	Bobby Timmons	1966	Shirley Scott with Stanley Turrentine REL, Stanley Turrentine REC
i	Straight, No Chaser	Bobby Timmons	1968	The Thelonious Monk Quintet
i	Sunday Kind of Love	Bobby Timmons	1965	Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Fran Warren
i	The Christmas Song	Bobby Timmons	1965	Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
i	The Party's Over	Bobby Timmons	March 1960	Judy Holliday, Ensemble PRF, Carmen McRae with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis REC,REL
i	The Sweetest Sounds	Bobby Timmons	1962	Diahann Carroll & Richard Kiley REL,PRF
i	The Telephone Song	Bobby Timmons	1965	Wilson Simonal
i	The Touch of Your Lips	Bobby Timmons	1960	Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
i	This Guy's in Love with You	Bobby Timmons	1968	Danny Williams [ZA]
i	This Here	Bobby Timmons	March 1960	The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
i	This Is All I Ask	Bobby Timmons - Johnny Lytle	1965	Nat "King" Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins
i	Travelin' Light	Bobby Timmons	1968	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i	Up, Up and Away	Bobby Timmons	1968	The 5th Dimension REL, The Sunshine Company REC
i	We Three Kings	Bobby Timmons	1965	(unknown)
i	White Christmas	Bobby Timmons	1965	Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
i	Why Was I Born?	Bobby Timmons	1962	Helen Morgan REC,REL,PRF
i	Winter Wonderland	Bobby Timmons	1965	Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
i	You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To	Bobby Timmons	1962	Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
i	You Don't Know What Love Is	Bobby Timmons	1960	Carol Bruce REC, Ella Fitzgerald REL
i	You're All I Want for Christmas	Bobby Timmons	1965	Kid Thomas and His Algiers Stompers

Songs written by Bobby Timmons

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
A Little Busy	Bobby Timmons	Bobby Timmons Trio	1961	Unverified
Damned if I Know	Bobby Timmons	Bobby Timmons	1966	Covered by (3 artists)
Dat Dere	Bobby Timmons	Bobby Timmons	January 1960	Covered by (98 artists)
Easy Does It	Bobby Timmons	Bobby Timmons Trio	1961	Covered by LTC
Fat Lady	Bobby Timmons	The Young Lions [US]	April 25, 1960	Covered by Gary Burton and The Berklee Allstars
Moanin'	Bobby Timmons	Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers	October 30, 1958	Covered by (190 artists)
So Tired	Bobby Timmons	Sam Jones	March 10, 1960	Covered by (11 artists)
Soul Time	Bobby Timmons	Bobby Timmons	1960	Covered by Johnny Lytle Quintet
This Here	Bobby Timmons	The Cannonball Adderley Quintet	October 20, 1959	Covered by (30 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Born to Be Blue!	Bobby Timmons Trio	September 1963	Riverside [US]
Chicken & Dumplin's	Bobby Timmons	1965	Prestige [US]
Chun-King	Bobby Timmons	1965	Prestige [US]
Do You Know the Way?	Bobby Timmons	1968	Milestone
Easy Does It	Bobby Timmons Trio	1961	Riverside [US]
From the Bottom	Bobby Timmons Trio	1970	Riverside [US]
Got to Get It!	Bobby Timmons	1968	Milestone
Holiday Soul	Bobby Timmons	1965	Prestige [US]
In Person	The Bobby Timmons Trio	1961	Riverside [US]
Little Barefoot Soul	Bobby Timmons	1964	Prestige [US]
Roger Guérin Benny Golson with Bobby Timmons	Roger Guérin Benny Golson with Bobby Timmons	1959	Columbia [EMI]
Soul Food	Bobby Timmons	1966	Prestige [US]
Soul Time	Bobby Timmons	1960	Riverside [US]
Sweet and Soulful Sounds	Bobby Timmons	1962	Riverside [US]
The Soul Man!	Bobby Timmons	1966	Prestige [US]
This Here Is Bobby Timmons	Bobby Timmons	March 1960	Riverside [US]
Workin' Out	Bobby Timmons - Johnny Lytle	1965	Prestige [US]