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Aliases
Gordon Jenkins His Chorus and Orchestra
Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra
Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra, vocal chorus by Don Burke and 4 Hits and a Miss
Real name
Gordon Hill Jenkins
Born
May 12, 1910
Died
May 1, 1984
Country
United States
IPI
00015255411 16 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Arranger, composer and pianist. Jenkins became the musical director for Decca in 1949. In that capacity, he bucked resistance from Decca's management and signed The Weavers.
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1982.
Family
Beverly Jenkins Wife
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
listen on Internet Archive  REC September 1947 (3 artists)
Originally by Frankie Carle and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Gregg Lawrence REL
1952 (18 artists)
April 1950 (3 artists)
November 1949 (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1941 (61 artists)
listen on Internet Archive November 1949 (2 artists)
April 1963 Natalie Cole
If They Ask Me Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra 1952 Missing information
April 1963 (39 artists)
 REL 1952 Arthur Fiedler - The Boston Pops Orchestra
Originally by Danny Kaye BRD
1952 (71 artists)
January 1950 (2 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1953 (2 artists)
It Only Takes A Moment Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra 1952 Missing information
 REL November 1950 (45 artists)
Originally by Russell Nype and Galina Talva PRF
December 1950 (31 artists)
May 1949 (7 artists)
Married I Can Always Get Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra 1956 Unverified
November 1950 (8 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REC,REL December 1949 (700 artists)
Originally by Martha Mears BRD
April 1951 (32 artists)
September 1956 (5 artists)
January 1965 Julius La Rosa
October 6, 1952 (4 artists)
August 1954 The Jonah Jones Quartet
November 1950 (4 artists)
May 4, 1959 (3 artists)
 REL November 1950 (146 artists)
Originally by Ethel Merman PRF
January 1954 (303 artists)
December 1947 (2 artists)
December 1952 (12 artists)
November 1958 (120 artists)
January 1953 Ann Hampton Callaway
1952 (4 artists)
April 1954 (4 artists)
listen on Internet Archive May 1954 (3 artists)
July 1959 (2 artists)
listen on Internet Archive April 1950 (4 artists)
 REL 1952 (34 artists)
Originally by Danny Kaye, Joseph Walsh, Sailors and Chorus BRD

Covers by Gordon Jenkins

Title Performer Release date Originally by
July 1959 The Revelers [US1]
1949 Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive   April 1949 Vera Lynn REC,REL, Ida Lupino BRD
April 1963 Edith Piaf, Bob Sands with Orchestra conducted by Bill Loose
i 1960 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
listen on Internet Archive i February 1957 Edith Decker
1962 John Steel and Ruth Thomas
i June 1953 Lilo
1966 Jean Sablon with Orchestra directed by Paul Baron, (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i   1950 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i All the Things You Are Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus 1952 Unverified
i April 1958 William Gaxton & Bettina Hall
July 1949 Bill Lawrence [US1]
i 1962 Quartet of Hawaiian Girls from Kawaihao Seminary
i April 1958 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
January 1964 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
  April 1963 Ethel Waters BRD,REC,REL
  May 6, 1957 The Singing Serenaders REC, Jack Hylton and His Orchestra REL
1963 Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive   October 21, 1946 Dick Haymes & Betty Grable BRD, Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Betty Norton and Vaughn Monroe REC,REL
1950 Charles Hart [US]
1962 Charles Hart [US]
April 1952 Jo Stafford with P. Weston and His Orch. & The Norman Luboff Choir
  January 1965 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
listen on Internet Archive   August 1942 Ina Ray Hutton and Her Orch. – Vocal Chorus by Stuart Foster REL, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra REC,BRD
September 2, 1957 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL, Jo Stafford with Orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney
September 2, 1957 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
i 1966 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
May 1952 Eddy Howard and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive   August 1942 Bing Crosby BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra REL
  1963 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
listen on Internet Archive   April 1950 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Vivienne Segal PRF
i 1962 Napua Stevens
i 1960 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
May 1949 Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra under the direction of Joe Lipman
i 1960 Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra under the direction of Joe Lipman
listen on Internet Archive 1949 Marlene Dietrich
1964 Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra
November 1949 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan
October 1950 Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
1950 Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
i   1962 Jack Denny and His Orchestra - Vocal by Sonny Schuyler REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i April 1958 Sam Lanin and His Famous Players
October 1950 Casa Loma Orchestra, Chick Bullock and His Levee Loungers
i 1962 Casa Loma Orchestra
i 1960 Casa Loma Orchestra
May 6, 1957 Casa Loma Orchestra, Chick Bullock and His Levee Loungers
April 1954 Rosemary Clooney with Percy Faith and His Orchestra and Chorus
November 1958 Bing Crosby
February 1959 Frank and James McCravy
Bye And Bye Louis Armstrong with Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra 1954 Unverified
May 6, 1957 Jack Buchanan
i April 1958 Lloyd Keating and His Music [Fred Rich] - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty
listen on Internet Archive August 1950 Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
  1951 Dinah Shore, Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Jay Blackton REL, Ethel Merman PRF
i 1960 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
1964 (unknown), Billy Eckstine
listen on Internet Archive May 1954 Billy Murray
i July 1953 Lilo and Peter Cookson
1966 Jacques Hélian & son orchestre - Chant Jean Marco REC, Suzy Delair PRF, Johnny Desmond with The Quintones - Orchestra conducted by Tony Mottola
listen on Internet Archive October 21, 1946 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Betty Norton and Vaughn Monroe
listen on Internet Archive   November 1951 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Weston Vaughan REC,REL, Pit Musicians [What Price Glory] PRF
  1962 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Weston Vaughan REC,REL, Pit Musicians [What Price Glory] PRF
  November 1958 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra REL, Grace Moore REC
listen on Internet Archive i   February 1957 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra REL, Grace Moore REC
December 1952 Douglas Richardson
October 1943 (unknown)
i April 1958 Jessie Matthews
listen on Internet Archive i February 1957 Music in the Russ Morgan Manner - Vocal Chorus Mullen Sisters
  September 1949 Johnny Desmond - Orchestra conducted by Tony Mottola REC, Frank Sinatra with The Pastels - Orchestra under the direction of Hugo Winterhalter REL
listen on Internet Archive December 1949 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i February 1957 Ted Lewis and His Band
i   April 1958 Tom Coakley and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Carl Ravazza REC, The Princeton University Triangle Club PRF
  November 1958 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
May 1952 Irving Kaufman
listen on Internet Archive October 21, 1946 Margaret Whiting with Orchestra conducted by Jerry Gray
listen on Internet Archive 1953 Columbia Tokyo Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1953 (unknown)
1963 (unknown)
October 1950 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
1962 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i 1960 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i September 1957 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
  July 1950 Lead Belly REL, Leadbelly REC
Goodnight Irene Gordon Jenkins 1950 Unverified
May 6, 1957 Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra
May 30, 1949 Juanita Hall
i 1962 The Waikikians
July 1959 Dolores Gray
January 1964 Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra conducted by Les Baxter
listen on Internet Archive He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra - Vocal Connie Haines (Gordon Jenkins, Connie Haines) 1942 Unverified
1963 Dinah Shore with Frank De Vol's Orchestra and Chorus
1962 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl
October 1950 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl
May 30, 1949 Mary Martin and Girls
May 6, 1957 Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Clare Hanlon
  1947 Ella Logan PRF, Martha Tilton - With Vocal Group and Dean Elliott and His Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive i   February 1957 Ella Logan PRF, Martha Tilton - With Vocal Group and Dean Elliott and His Orchestra REC
i July 1953 Peter Cookson
i August 20, 1956 Peter Cookson
1949 Tamara
  July 1959 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i   April 1958 Douglas McPhail BRD, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Howard REC,REL
  January 1964 Douglas McPhail BRD, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Howard REC,REL
September 2, 1957 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Gracie Barrie
1949 Buddy Clark, Orchestra under the direction of Earl Hagen
i September 1957 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
January 1965 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
November 1958 Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Clare Hanlon and The Three Waring Girls and Chorus
June 1960 Sarita Montiel
Covered by (7 artists)
1966 Edith Piaf - Orchestre dir. Robert Chauvigny avec les chœurs R. Saint-Paul, Vera Lynn with Orchestra and Chorus directed by Roland Shaw - Charles Smart at the Organ
May 6, 1957 Carl Haworth
  May 6, 1957 Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive i February 1957 Kammersänger Richard Tauber - Begleitung: Dajos-Béla-Künstlerorchester
  January 1965 Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
June 1949 Vera Lynn and Sam Browne with The Bob Farnon Eight
  1966 Percy Faith PRF, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC,REL
  July 1959 Percy Faith PRF, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC,REL
i   April 1958 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
  June 29, 1942 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
i   1963 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
January 1965 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
listen on Internet Archive 1949 Marlene Dietrich
January 1964 Luba Kadison, Bob Zurke and His Delta Rhythm Band - Vocal Refrain by Evelyn Poe
listen on Internet Archive March 1951 Luba Kadison, Bob Zurke and His Delta Rhythm Band - Vocal Refrain by Evelyn Poe
i August 20, 1956 Bing Crosby
listen on Internet Archive 1953 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
listen on Internet Archive   August 1950 Nell Carrington PRF, Campbell and Burr REC
  1963 Nell Carrington PRF, Campbell and Burr REC
July 28, 1952 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
May 30, 1949 Mary Martin and Girl's Chorus with Orchestra conducted by Salvatore Dell'Isola
listen on Internet Archive 1951 The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
listen on Internet Archive October 1954 Harry Belafonte with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
November 1958 Andy Williams
i July 1953 Isabel Bigley & Bill Hayes
1962 Barbara McNair
i   1960 [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD, Otto Kyndel REC,REL
i In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening Gordon Jenkins 1964 Unverified
i April 1958 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1950 The Clevelanders – V. C. Bill Cody
listen on Internet Archive   May 1949 Margaret Whiting with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra REL, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC
September 2, 1957 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
listen on Internet Archive 1951 Shirley Ross
December 1951 Fritz Kreisler - Piano Accompaniment Carl Lamson, Tommy Edwards
i   July 1953 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
  May 1948 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of George Siravo REL, Doris Day and Nestor Amaral REC
May 1948 Doris Day
1948 Tony Martin [US1]
May 1947 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
April 1950 Don Redman and His Orchestra
  May 1954 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday REC,REL, Bing Crosby BRD
November 1958 Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
1966 Roland Gerbeau – Orchestre, direction Guy Luypaerts, Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
1963 Joe Schenck
June 1947 (unknown)
May 6, 1957 Franklyn Baur
July 1959 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
January 1964 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra
  July 28, 1952 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
  1963 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
i July 1953 Mark Dawson, Bob Fortier and Chorus
i   1962 Helen Desha Beamer and Samuel Kapu REL, Charles E. King PRF
  April 1963 Lou Bring & Orchestra - Vocal by Teddy Walters REL, Dinah Shore REC
1949 Frank Sinatra and Doris Day with The Ken Lane Singers - Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl
1951 Paul Lukas, Orchestra and Chorus under the Direction of Jay Blackton
1964 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra
  April 1947 Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Mercer REL, Ray Noble and His Orchestra with Buddy Clark REC
December 1952 John Yorke Atlee
May 6, 1957 Gloria Grafton
December 1947 Irving Kaufman
September 2, 1957 John Battles
listen on Internet Archive i   1950 Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC
  January 1964 Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC
June 2, 1952 Jeanette MacDonald
November 1958 Frankie Laine
  January 1965 John Reardon & Nancy Dussault PRF, Perry Como REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive April 1947 Ray Dorey – Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
January 1964 Ray Dorey – Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
i July 1953 Arthur Maxwell and Helena Scott
listen on Internet Archive May 1949 Andy and Della Russell with Buddy Cole and His Orchestra
April 1947 Eddy Howard
September 2, 1957 Eddy Howard
May 6, 1957 Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone) with Piano
May 6, 1957 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert
1952 Rev. C.D. Montgomery, Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band
1964 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
i September 1957 Teddy Brown and His Café de Paris Band
listen on Internet Archive i February 1957 Roy Smeck and His Serenaders – Vocal Chorus by Clark Ross
February 1951 Ray Anthony and His Orchestra - Vocal by Ronnie Deauville and The Skyliners
  February 1943 Betty Hutton BRD, Gene Krupa and His Orchestra REC
November 1949 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of George Siravo
  1948 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
  November 1958 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Betty Grable BRD
i   1966 The Dolly Sisters PRF, Charles Harrison [US] REC
August 1952 Jimmy Young with Ron Goodwin and His Orchestra
June 1949 Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers
December 1954 The MGM Studio Orchestra, Johnny Desmond with Orchestra directed by Richard Shores
listen on Internet Archive i February 1957 Germaine Alexandre
i April 1958 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
January 1964 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
1949 Adrian Schubert & His Orch.
listen on Internet Archive i February 1957 Adrian Schubert & His Orch.
July 1959 (unknown), Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya, John McCormack with piano accomp. by Edwin Schneider - Cello by Lauri Kennedy
i June 1953 Isabel Bigley & Bill Hayes
i 1962 (unknown)
1962 California Melodie Syncopators
January 1952 (unknown)
October 1950 (unknown)
i Over the Rainbow Gordon Jenkins 1964 Unverified
i   1960 The Troubadours [Nathaniel Shilkret] – Vocal Refrain by Frank Munn REC,REL, Ramon Novarro BRD
  1963 Pola Negri BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frances Maddux REC
  November 1958 Pola Negri BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frances Maddux REC
September 1949 (unknown), Ethel Smith And The Bando Carioca With Bob Eberly
October 1950 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees
1962 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees
  1962 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Franklyn Baur REC
  1951 Yao Lee, The Malcolm Mitchell Trio REL, Frankie Laine REC
listen on Internet Archive 1950 Sons of the Pioneers
i   September 1957 Richard Hayman and His Orchestra REL, Richard Hayman Orchestra PRF
1962 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1953 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
April 1963 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
  October 1953 Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
listen on Internet Archive February 1953 Bob MacGimsey
listen on Internet Archive April 1949 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i   1950 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
listen on Internet Archive i February 1957 Earl Burtnett and His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra
  1963 William O'Neal PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
1964 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
December 1950 Woody Guthrie
i 1966 Sophie Tucker
February 1943 Libby Holman
i 1966 Yekab Karklin
i September 1957 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  April 1963 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF
listen on Internet Archive April 1947 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
Covered by (117 artists)
1963 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD, Dick Haymes and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra
i September 1957 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Debutantes and Muzzy Marcellino
i 1962 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Debutantes and Muzzy Marcellino
i 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
November 1949 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
April 1963 Judy Garland with Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins
April 1963 Margaret Whiting
April 1952 Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orch. & The Norman Luboff Choir - Carl Fischer
1966 Os Cariocas REL, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes PRF, Stan Getz & João Gilberto featuring Antônio Carlos Jobim
  1962 Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra REC,REL, Judy Garland BRD
1966 Helen Desha Beamer and Samuel Kapu REL, Charles E. King PRF, Mary Kaye Trio
  1951 Dinah Shore, Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Jay Blackton REL, Ethel Merman PRF
i 1962 (unknown performer)
  November 1958 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Di Vito REC, Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REL
November 1950 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Merv Griffin and The Martin Men
i 1962 Judy Garland with John Ireland
December 1946 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Foster
  May 30, 1949 Men's Chorus with Orchestra conducted by Salvatore Dell'Isola REL, Company [South Pacific, Broadway, 1949] PRF
listen on Internet Archive August 1950 John Payne & Joan Merrill
1962 Sam Lanin and His Troubadours
listen on Internet Archive i February 1957 Sam Lanin and His Troubadours
1966 Simon and Garfunkel
1951 Edith Piaf & Les compagnons de la chanson, The Melody Maids
i   September 1957 Rudy Vallee & Everett Marshall PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
listen on Internet Archive   February 1953 Rudy Vallee & Everett Marshall PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
listen on Internet Archive i   1950 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton REC,REL, Tamara and William Hain PRF
i April 1958 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
January 1964 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
November 1958 Al Bowlly
listen on Internet Archive i 1950 Fred Astaire
1949 Anne Shelton with The Wardour Singers and Paul Fenoulhet and his Orchestra
June 1954 The Whiffenpoofs
1951 Yves Montand - Accompagnement d'orchestre direction Henri Betti REL, Tohama - Orchestre Raymond Legrand REC
listen on Internet Archive i 1950 Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian
1962 Nat "King" Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins
listen on Internet Archive i   1950 Anna Wheaton and James Harrod REC, Anna Wheaton and Tom Powers PRF
listen on Internet Archive i February 1957 Eddy Howard and His Orchestra
1962 Nick Lucas "The Crooning Troubadour"
i 1962 Dick McIntire's Harmony Hawaiians
July 1950 Sara Jaary, (unknown)
  1966 Jean Bretonnière BRD, Jacques Hélian et son orchestre REC,REL
i   September 1957 Edith Lorand Orchester REC, Hilanderas y pescadores PRF
December 1954 Dean Parker - Orchestra and Chorus directed by Joe Lipman
1964 Isham Jones Orchestra
January 1964 Jo Sullivan
1951 Dinah Shore, Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Jay Blackton
1964 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive   1947 Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
  1962 Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
1948 Tony Martin with Earle Hagan and His Orchestra
October 1950 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
January 1965 Kammersänger C. Richard Tauber, Harry Pollock & His Club Maurice Diamonds – Vocal Chorus, Arthur Hall
listen on Internet Archive   November 1951 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The King's Men REC, Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye BRD
i   1960 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The King's Men REC, Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye BRD
  October 1944 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The King's Men REC, Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye BRD
January 1965 Manuel Romain
1962 Manuel Romain
September 1947 Russ Case and His Orchestra with Jimmy Blair
listen on Internet Archive December 1951 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
i 1966 Henry Thies and His Hotel Sinton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Dewey
i September 1957 Gene Austin
1963 Gene Austin
  September 2, 1957 Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra REL, Sterling Young and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Donna Lee REC
July 1959 Shannon Bolin
1949 (unknown)
  October 1944 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
listen on Internet Archive i   1951 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra REL, Ray Miller's Black and White Melody Boys REC
  November 1952 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
January 1952 Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds
November 1952 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
listen on Internet Archive   March 1951 Jerry Gray and His Orchestra REC, Patti Page accompanied by Harry Geller & His Orchestra REL
listen on Internet Archive November 1946 (unknown), Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
listen on Internet Archive i   1950 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive   January 1943 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
June 2, 1952 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i 1966 William J. Halley
November 1950 Ethel Merman and Russell Nype PRF, Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters REL
Covered by (64 artists)
August 1950 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (Chorus by Carmen Lombardo)
i 1966 Chas. Winters and Elond Autry

Songs written by Gordon Jenkins

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Blue Evening Gordon Jenkins, Joe Bishop Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman December 22, 1938 Covered by (11 artists)
Crescent City Blues Gordon Jenkins Demetriss Tapp 1971 Covered by The Ray Martin Orchestra
Good-Bye Gordon Jenkins Benny Goodman and His Orchestra September 27, 1935 Covered by (269 artists)
Happy New Year Gordon Jenkins Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra August 22, 1949 Covered by (2 artists)
Homesick - That's All Gordon Jenkins Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl March 6, 1945 Covered by (8 artists)
I Loved Her Gordon Jenkins Frank Sinatra November 1981 Unverified
I Thought About Marie Gordon Jenkins Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus & Orchestra December 7, 1950 Covered by (2 artists)
Married I Can Always Get Gordon Jenkins Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra 1956 Unverified
New York's My Home Gordon Jenkins Dick Haymes - With Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Gordon Jenkins September 1956 Covered by (5 artists)
Once to Every Heart Gordon Jenkins Jimmy Durante with the Gordon Jenkins Orchestra and Chorus January 1965 Covered by Julius La Rosa
P.S. I Love You Johnny Mercer, Gordon Jenkins Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees September 9, 1934 Covered by (112 artists)
San Fernando Valley Gordon Jenkins Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra December 29, 1943 Covered by (14 artists)
That's All There Is Gordon Jenkins Judy Garland with Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins January 1959 Covered by (3 artists)
The Conductor Gordon Jenkins Gordon Jenkins May 1953 Covered by (302 artists)
The Red Balloon Gordon Jenkins Judy Garland with John Ireland May 4, 1959 Covered by (2 artists)
This Is All I Ask Gordon Jenkins Nat "King" Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins May 2, 1958 Covered by (120 artists)
Weep No More Tom Adair, Gordon Jenkins Billie Holiday with The Stardusters December 10, 1948 Covered by (2 artists)
When a Woman Loves a Man Johnny Mercer, Gordon Jenkins, Bernie Hanighen Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash March 19, 1934 Covered by (73 artists)

Adapted songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
12 Songs from Call Me Madam Ethel Merman - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus 1951 Decca
All Alone Frank Sinatra – Arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins 1962 Reprise Records
Alone Judy Garland - Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins May 6, 1957 Capitol Records
Gordon Jenkins Playing His Own Compositions Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra October 1950 Decca
Gordon Jenkins Plays the Music of Jerome Kern Gordon Jenkins 1950 Decca
Gordon Jenkins with His Orchestra Presents Marshall Royal Gordon Jenkins with His Orchestra presents Marshall Royal 1960 Everest
Hawaiian Wedding Song and Other Sounds of Paradise Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra with The Ralph Brewster Singers 1962 Columbia [US]
I Live Alone Gordon Jenkins His Orchestra and Chorus 1964 Kapp Records
In a Tender Mood Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus 1963 Columbia [US]
In the Still of the Night - Mellow Music with a Latin Touch Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra April 1958 Decca
Jackie Barnett Presents Jimmy Durante's Way of Life... Jimmy Durante with the Gordon Jenkins Orchestra and Chorus January 1965 Warner Bros. Records
Musical Highlights from "Me and Juliet" and "Can-Can" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra July 1953 Decca
My Heart Sings Gordon Jenkins His Chorus and Orchestra 1966 Decca
Night Dreams Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and the Ralph Brewster Singers February 1957 Capitol Records
No One Cares Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins July 1959 Capitol Records
Satchmo in Style Louis Armstrong with Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra February 1959 Decca
Seven Dreams Gordon Jenkins January 1954 Decca
Soft Soul Gordon Jenkins 1966 Dot Records
Songs from Call Me Madam Ethel Merman - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus November 1950 Decca
Stolen Hours Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra September 1957 Capitol Records
The Magic World of Gordon Jenkins Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra with The Ralph Brewster Singers 1962 Columbia [US]
The Touch of Your Lips Pat Boone with Gordon Jenkins January 1964 Dot Records
The Very Thought of You Nat "King" Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins November 1958 Capitol Records
Where Are You? Frank Sinatra - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins September 2, 1957 Capitol Records
Where Did Everyone Go? Nat King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins April 1963 Capitol Records

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A Dreamer's Holiday Eileen Wilson and Gordon Jenkins 1949 Decca
Again Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra April 1949 Decca
—And Mimi Dick Haymes and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra September 1947 Decca
Around the Corner (Beneath the Berry Tree) The Weavers and Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra April 1952 Decca
At Last Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra - Vocal by Connie Haines August 1942 Capitol Records
Be Anything (But Be Mine) Peggy Lee and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra May 1952 Decca
Be True Dorothy Carless with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra July 1949 Decca
Bewitched Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus April 1950 Decca
Black Market Marlene Dietrich - With Orchestra directed by Gordon Jenkins 1949 Decca
Blueberry Hill Louis Armstrong and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus November 1949 Decca
Blue Evening Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus - Vocal Chorus by Bonnie Lou Williams 1950 Decca
Can't We Talk It Over Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus August 1950 Decca
Casey Jones Burl Ives and Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra May 1954 Decca
Charmaine Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus November 1951 Decca
Chlo-e (Song of the Swamp) Louis Armstrong and Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra December 1952 Decca
Dear Joe Roberta Lee and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra 1953 Decca
December Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra November 1949 Decca
Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go) Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra September 1949 Decca
Don't Do Something to Someone Else (That You Wouldn't Want Done to You) Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra December 1949 Decca
For You, For Me, For Evermore Dick Haymes and Judy Garland with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra October 21, 1946 Decca
G'Bye Now Martha Tilton with Orchestra directed by Gordon Jenkins 1941 Decca
Gomen-Nasai Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra and Charlie Lavere 1953 Decca
Goodnight Irene Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers July 1950 Decca
How Are Things in Glocca Morra Dick Haymes and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra 1947 Decca
I Can Dream, Can't I? Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra 1949 Decca
I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore The Stardusters with Orchestra directed by Gordon Jenkins 1949 Decca
If She Should Come to You Gordon Jenkins His Orchestra and Chorus June 1960 Kapp Records
I Hear the Music Now Peggy Lee and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra January 1953 Decca
I'll Remember April Martha Tilton with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra June 29, 1942 Capitol Records
I Love You Samantha Ray Anthony with Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins August 20, 1956 Capitol Records
(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over Bob Craig and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra 1953 Decca
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles Gordon Jenkins and Artie Shaw with the Jenkins Orch. and Chorus August 1950 Decca
I'm in Love Again Andrews Sisters and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus 1951 Decca
I'm Just a Country Boy Don Cherry and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus October 1954 Decca
In an Inn in Indiana Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus August 1954 Decca
I Remember the Cornfields Evelyn Knight with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus January 1950 Decca
I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of You) Dick Haymes with 4 Hits and a Miss with Orchestra directed by Gordon Jenkins 1950 Decca
I Thought About Marie Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus & Orchestra 1953 Decca
It's Magic Dick Haymes with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra May 1948 Decca
I Wanna Be Loved Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra April 1950 Decca
Just One of Those Things Peggy Lee and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra July 28, 1952 Decca
Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk Dick Haymes with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra 1949 Decca
Linda Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra April 1947 Decca
Lonesome Traveler Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers December 1950 Decca
Lover Peggy Lee and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra June 2, 1952 Decca
Lover's Gold Ella Fitzgerald with Orchestra under direction of Gordon Jenkins May 1949 Decca
Mam'selle Dick Haymes and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra April 1947 Decca
Maybe It's Because Dick Haymes - With Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra May 1949 Decca
Midnight Special Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers 1952 Decca
"Murder," He Says Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins February 1943 RCA Victor
My Dream Is Yours - Because You Love Me Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra - The Stardusters with Orchestra directed by Gordon Jenkins November 1949 Brunswick
My Funny Valentine Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra 1948 Decca
My Love and Devotion Gordon Jenkins August 1952 Decca
My One and Only Highland Fling Dick Haymes with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra June 1949 Decca
My Resistance Is Low Hoagy Carmichael and Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra April 1951 Decca
My Silent Love Dick Haymes with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra 1949 Decca
No Other Love Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra June 1953 Decca
River River Peggy Lee and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra October 6, 1952 Decca
Sally Doesn't Care Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra February 1951 Decca
Shadrack Bob Craig and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra February 1953 Decca
Stranger in the City Bill Kenny of The Ink Spots and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus October 1950 Decca
Stranger Things Have Happened Dick Haymes and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra June 1947 Decca
Theme from "Seven Dreams" Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra October 1953 Decca
There Is No Breeze (to Cool the Flame of Love) Judy Garland with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra December 1946 Decca
The Three Bells Andrews Sisters - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus 1951 Decca
The Treasure of Sierra Madre Dick Haymes and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra December 1947 Decca
The Whiffenpoof Song (Baa Baa Baa) (The Boppenpoof Song) Louis Armstrong and Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra June 1954 Decca
They Can't Convince Me Dick Haymes and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra May 1947 Decca
True Love Goes On and On Burl Ives with Chorus and Orchestra directed by Gordon Jenkins 1963 Decca
True Love Goes On and On Burl Ives and Gordon Jenkins April 1954 Decca
Unless Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra 1951 Decca
Vera Cruz Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra December 1954 Decca
What's Good About Goodbye? Dick Haymes and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra 1948 Decca
When It's Sleepy Time Down South Louis Armstrong and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra December 1951 Decca
When Our Hearts Were Young and Gay — When I Grow Too Old to Dream Jo Stafford - Orchestra conducted by Paul Weston — Dick Haymes - Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins October 1944 V Disc
Whispering Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus 1951 Decca
White Christmas Louis Armstrong and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra November 1952 Decca
Who's Afraid? (Not I, Not I, Not I) Ella Fitzgerald and Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus & Orchestra May 1954 Decca
Wimoweh The Weavers and Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra January 1952 Decca
Wonderful Copenhagen Danny Kaye with Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra December 1952 Decca
Would I Love You (Love You, Love You) Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus March 1951 Decca
Your Home Is in My Arms Dick Haymes and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra 1953 Decca

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