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Gordon Jenkins

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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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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 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 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 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'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 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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