Charlie Spivak

Aliases: Charlie Spivak and His Orch.
Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra
Charlie Spivak, His Trumpet and His Orchestra
Real name: Charles Spivak
Born: February 17, 1907
Died: March 1, 1982
Country: United States
Comments: Kiev, Ukraine-born big band trumpeter and bandleader. As a sideman in the bands of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden, Ray Noble, Bob Crosby and Ben Pollack, he built a formidable reputation as a lead trumpeter. Spivak, helped both artistically and financially by his mentor Glenn Miller, formed his own band featuring top-notch players, like Nelson Riddle, in 1940 and was quite successful.
Family: Irene Daye Spouse (1950-1971)
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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Along with Me	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal refrain by Jimmy Saunders	April 15, 1946	(9 artists)
Can't You Read Between the Lines	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Irene Daye	May 1945	Geraldo and His Orchestra - Vocalist: Carole Carr
If This Isn't Love REC	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Stardreamers	1947	(26 artists) Originally by Russ Case and His Orchestra with Audrey Marsh, Jimmy Carroll and The Guild Choristers REL
Linda REL	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Mercer	December 1946	(21 artists) Originally by Ray Noble and His Orchestra with Buddy Clark REC
Loveless Love	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	March 1950	Missing information
So Would I	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders and The Stardreamers	October 1946	(13 artists)
The Old Devil Moon REC	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	1947	(402 artists) Originally by Russ Case and His Orchestra with Jimmy Carroll REL
This Is No Laughing Matter	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Garry Stevens and The Stardusters	November 1941	(22 artists)
You Can Cry on Someone Else's Shoulder	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	January 1946	Skip Farrell with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra

Covers by Charlie Spivak

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Irene Daye	1944	Unverified
i	At Dawning	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	1947	Unverified
	At Last	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Garry Stevens and The Stardusters	September 1942	Ina Ray Hutton and Her Orch. – Vocal Chorus by Stuart Foster REL, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra REC,BRD
i	Autumn Nocturne	Charlie Spivak and His Orch.	1941	Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra
i	Begin the Beguine	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	1979	Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
i	Bess You Is My Woman Now	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	July 1945	Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Lawrence Tibbett & Helen Jepson REL, Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan PRF
i	Blue Star (The "Medic" Theme)	Charlie Spivak, His Trumpet and His Orchestra	1963	Les Baxter His Chorus and Orchestra
	Brother Bill	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Stardusters	May 22, 1942	Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louis Armstrong
	Careless Love	Charlie Spivak and His Orch.	March 1950	Unverified
i	Clair de lune	Charlie Spivak, His Trumpet and His Orchestra	1963	(unknown)
i	Count Every Star	Charlie Spivak, His Trumpet and His Orchestra	1963	Henri Salvador et son trio rythmique
	Dear Mom	Charlie Spivak and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Garry Stevens	January 1942	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Allan Foster
	Deed I Do	Lena Horne – Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	July 1947	Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
	Don't Take Your Love from Me	Charlie Spivak and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Garry Stevens	1941	Mildred Bailey
i	Elegy	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	May 22, 1942	(unknown)
	Everything Happens to Me	Charlie Spivak and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Garry Stevens	1941	Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Irene Daye	January 1945	Nan Wynn PRF, Benny Goodman Quintet - Vocal Chorus by Peggy Mann REC
	Friendly Star	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	1950	Judy Garland
	Golden Earrings	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Irene Daye	December 1947	Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra REC, Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REL, Marlene Dietrich BRD
	He's My Guy	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal by June Hutton (Charlie Spivak, June Hutton)	1981	Unverified
	How Lucky You Are	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Mercer	1947	Unverified
	How Lucky You Are	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Mercer	1947	Unverified
	I Can't Give You Anything but Love	Lena Horne – Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	July 1947	Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
	I Didn't Mean a Word I Said	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	1985	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Billy Williams
	If It's True	Charlie Spivak and His Orch.	1941	Don Redman and His Orchestra
i	I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	July 1945	Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF
	I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	July 24, 1942	Kenny Baker with Orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik REC, Performer and Company PRF
i	I'll Get By	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	May 1944	Ted Wallace & His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by The Radio Imps
	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	October 1946	Deek Watson and His Brown Dots
	I Love You, I Love You, I Love You Sweetheart of All My Dreams	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Irene Daye	1945	Unverified
i	Intermezzo (A Love Story)	Charlie Spivak and His Orch.	1941	[Unknown Studio Artists] BRD, Otto Kyndel REC,REL
	I Surrender, Dear	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	January 1942	Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
i	It Ain't Necessarily So	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	July 1945	John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
	It's All Over Now	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	October 1946	The Three Suns - Vocal by Artie Dunn
	It's Been a Long, Long Time	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Irene Daye	September 1945	Bing Crosby with Les Paul and His Trio
	It's So Peaceful in the Country	Charlie Spivak and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Garry Stevens	1941	Jan Savitt and His Tophatters - Vocal Refrain by Allan De Witt
i	It's So Peaceful in the Country	Charlie Spivak, His Trumpet and His Orchestra	1963	Jan Savitt and His Tophatters - Vocal Refrain by Allan De Witt
	It's The Same Old Dream	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	1977	Unverified
	I Used to Love You but It's All over Now	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal by Irene Daye	1977	Unverified
	Just a Little Fond Affection	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	October 1945	Carroll Gibbons and The Savoy Hotel Orpheans
i	Laura	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	1977	Unverified
	Mean to Me	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal by Irene Daye	1944	Unverified
	Mona Lisa	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal by Tommy Lynn	March 1950	Sergio De Karlo Covered by (174 artists)
i	Moonglow	Charlie Spivak, His Trumpet and His Orchestra	1963	Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF
i	Moonlight Becomes You	Charlie Spivak, His Trumpet and His Orchestra	1963	Bobby Sherwood and His Orchestra - Vocal by Kitty Kallen REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i	Moonlight Cocktail	Charlie Spivak, His Trumpet and His Orchestra	1963	Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra
i	Moonlight on the Ganges	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	September 1950	Teddy Brown and His Café de Paris Band
i	Moon over Miami	Charlie Spivak, His Trumpet and His Orchestra	1963	Roy Smeck and His Serenaders – Vocal Chorus by Clark Ross
	My Angel	Charlie Spivak and His Orch.	1951	Unverified
	My Devotion	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	July 24, 1942	(unknown)
	My Heart Goes Crazy	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Stardusters	October 1946	Unverified
	Now Is the Hour	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Mercer	February 1948	(unknown), Ana Hato and Deane Waretini, Gracie Fields with Orchestral Accompaniment conducted by Phil Green
	Oh! What It Seemed to Be	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	February 1946	Frankie Carle and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marjorie Hughes
	One Raindrop Doesn't Make a Shower	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Mercer	January 1948	Jimmy Atkins - Don Baker
i	O sole mio	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	February 1953	(unknown)
	Our Very Own	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	June 1950	Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
i	Polka Dots and Moonbeams	Charlie Spivak, His Trumpet and His Orchestra	1963	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
	Remember Pearl Harbor	Charlie Spivak and His Orch. - Vocal Refrain by The Stardusters and Garry Stevens	January 1942	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Glee Club
	Right as the Rain	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	December 1944	Celeste Holm & David Brooks PRF,REL
	Santa Lucia (On the Bay of Napoli)	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	May 1945	(unknown)
	Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal by Irene Daye	1944	Unverified
i	Stardust	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	1977	Unverified
i	Stomping Room Only	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	1946	Henry Busse and His Orchestra
	Stranger in Town	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	December 1945	Mel Tormé and His Mel-Tones
	Suddenly It's Spring	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal by Irene Daye	May 1944	Ginger Rogers and Don Loper
i	Summertime	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	July 1945	Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
	Tenderly	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	December 1947	Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
	The Bells of St. Mary's	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	January 1946	Mr. Herbert Payne (Ernest Pike)
	The Gentleman Is a Dope	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Irene Daye	January 1948	Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REC, Lisa Kirk PRF
i	The Moon of Manakoora	Charlie Spivak, His Trumpet and His Orchestra	1963	(unknown performer)
	There Must Be a Way	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	May 1945	Johnnie Johnston with Paul Baron and His Orchestra
	Three Little Words	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	1950	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
i	When Day Is Done	Charlie Spivak, His Trumpet and His Orchestra	1963	Kammersänger C. Richard Tauber
	When I See an Elephant Fly	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Stardusters	November 1941	Cliff Edwards, Jim Carmichael and the Hall Johnson Choir
	When the Sun Comes Out	Charlie Spivak and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Garry Stevens	1941	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen O'Connell
	White Christmas	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Garry Stevens	September 1942	Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
	(Yip Yip De Hootie) My Baby Said Yes	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Irene Daye	1945	Unverified
	You Are Never Away	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Mercer	January 1948	Unverified
	You Are Too Beautiful	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	October 1945	Al Jolson
	You Belong to My Heart	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	May 1945	Manuelita Arriola con la orquesta Juan S. Garrido, Dora Luz BRD, Bob Strong and His Orchestra - Vocal by Don Carmichael REL

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - 1946	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	1985	Circle
Dance to the Sweet Trumpet in Soft Moonlight	Charlie Spivak, His Trumpet and His Orchestra	1963	Decca
One Way Passage	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	1979	First Heard
Porgy and Bess	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	July 1945	RCA Victor

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Along with me	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal refrain by Jimmy Saunders	April 15, 1946	RCA Victor
Autumn Nocturne	Charlie Spivak and His Orch.	1941	OKeh
Brother Bill	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	May 22, 1942	Columbia [US]
Dear Mom	Charlie Spivak and His Orch.	January 1942	OKeh
Don't Cry	Charlie Spivak and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Garry Stevens	1941	OKeh
Don't Take Your Love from Me	Charlie Spivak and His Orch.	1941	OKeh
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	January 1945	RCA Victor
Friendly Star	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	1950	London Records
Golden Earrings	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	December 1947	RCA Victor
I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	July 24, 1942	Columbia [US]
In the Dark of the Moon	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra	March 1945	V Disc
I Surrender, Dear	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	January 1942	OKeh
It's All Over Now	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	October 1946	RCA Victor
It's Been a Long, Long Time	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	September 1945	RCA Victor
It's So Peaceful in the Country	Charlie Spivak and His Orch.	1941	OKeh
Let's Go Home	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	1946	RCA Victor
Mona Lisa	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	March 1950	London Records
Moonlight on the Ganges	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	September 1950	London Records
Now Is the Hour	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	February 1948	RCA Victor
Oh! What It Seemed to Be	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	February 1946	RCA Victor
O sole mio	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	February 1953	King [US]
Our Very Own	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	June 1950	London Records
People Like You and Me	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	September 1942	Columbia [US]
Right as the Rain	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	December 1944	RCA Victor
Santa Lucia (On the Bay of Napoli)	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	May 1945	RCA Victor
Simpatica	Charlie Spivak and His Orch.	1941	OKeh
So They Tell Me	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	December 1946	RCA Victor
So Would I	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	October 1946	RCA Victor
Springtime in Charleston	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	January 1948	RCA Victor
Stranger in Town	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	December 1945	RCA Victor
Suddenly It's Spring	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	May 1944	V Disc
The Bells of St. Mary's	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	January 1946	RCA Victor
The Gentleman Is a Dope	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	January 1948	RCA Victor
The Old Devil Moon	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	1947	RCA Victor
This Is No Laughing Matter	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra	November 1941	OKeh
When the Sun Comes Out	Charlie Spivak and His Orch.	1941	OKeh
Yesterday's Gardenias	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Garry Stevens	September 1942	Columbia [US]
You Are Too Beautiful	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	October 1945	RCA Victor
You Belong to My Heart	Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	May 1945	RCA Victor