Artist: Alec Wilder

Alec Wilder
Aliases
Alec Wilder Octet
Real name
Alexander Lafayette Chew Wilder
Born
February 6, 1907
Died
December 24, 1980
Country
United States
Comments
Best known as a composer of popular music, he also composed classical music and was a musician. Wilder was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983. He wrote the still standard reference, "American Popular Song: The Great Innovators 1900-1950" (1973).
See also
Look to the Rainbow

Performances

Covers

Title down Performer Release date Originally by
1 Blue Room Alec Wilder Octet 1951 Eva Puck and Sam White
2 Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Mildred Bailey with Alec Wilder 1940 The Tuskegee Institute Singers
3 Sweet Sue, Just You Alec Wilder Octet 1951 Charlie Straight and His Orchestra

Songs written by

Original songs

Title down Written by Covered by
1 A Child Is Born Alec Wilder, Thad Jones (64 artists)
2 A Long Night Alec Wilder, Loonis McGlohon (3 artists)
3 All the Cats Join In Ray Gilbert, Alec Wilder, Eddie Sauter (9 artists)
4 Be a Child Alec Wilder, Loonis McGlohon (7 artists)
5 Blackberry Winter Alec Wilder, Loonis McGlohon (24 artists)
6 Crazy in the Heart Alec Wilder, William Engvick (5 artists)
7 Did You Ever Cross Over to Sneden's? Alec Wilder (6 artists)
8 Give Me Time Alec Wilder (7 artists)
9 Goodbye John Alec Wilder, Edward Eager (8 artists)
10 I Like It Here Alec Wilder, William Engvick (7 artists)
11 I'll Be Around Alec Wilder (108 artists)
12 Is It Always Like This? Alec Wilder (4 artists)
13 It's So Peaceful in the Country Alec Wilder (21 artists)
14 Love Among the Young Norman Gimbel, Alec Wilder (5 artists)
15 Lovers and Losers Alec Wilder, William Engvick (6 artists)
16 Mimosa and Me Alec Wilder, William Engvick (5 artists)
17 Moon and Sand Alec Wilder, William Engvick, Morty Palitz (47 artists)
18 Soft as Spring Alec Wilder (3 artists)
19 South to a Warmer Place Alec Wilder, Loonis McGlohon (7 artists)
20 The Lady Sings the Blues Alec Wilder, William Engvick (14 artists)
21 The Sounds Around the House Johnny Mercer, Alec Wilder (5 artists)
22 Trouble Is a Man Alec Wilder (29 artists)
23 Where Do You Go? Alec Wilder, Arnold Sundgaard (11 artists)
24 Where Is the One? Alec Wilder, Eddie Finckel
25 While We're Young Alec Wilder, William Engvick, Morty Palitz (53 artists)
26 Who Can I Turn To? Alec Wilder, William Engvick (17 artists)
27 Winter of My Discontent Alec Wilder, Ben Ross Berenberg (14 artists)

Adapted songs

Title down Written by Originals Covered by
1 Senza fine Alec Wilder Senza fine (6 artists)

Releases

Audio album

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Alec Wilder Octet Alec Wilder Octet 1951 Columbia

Audio single

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Mildred Bailey with Alec Wilder 1940 Columbia

Tributes

Title Performer Release date down Label
1 Songs for Patricia and Other Music of Alec Wilder Shannon Bolin 1957 Riverside
2 7 x Wilder The Bob Brookmeyer 4 1961 Verve
3 The Winter of My Discontent Morgana King 1964 Ascot Records
4 Elaine Sings Wilder Elaine Delmar 1966 Columbia
5 Marian McPartland Plays the Music of Alec Wilder Marian McPartland 1973 Halcyon
6 Roland Hanna Plays the Music of Alec Wilder Roland Hanna 1978 Urban Voices
7 Marlene VerPlanck Sings Alec Wilder Marlene VerPlanck 1986 Audiophile
8 Eileen Farrell Sings Alec Wilder Eileen Farrell 1990 Reference Recordings
9 An Alec Wilder Collection Jackie Cain & Roy Kral 1993 Audiophile
10 Blackberry Winter - Songs By Alec Wilder Bob Levy, featuring John Harmon 1994 Mark
11 Too Marvelous for Words - A Tribute to Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting, Arthur Schwartz & Alec Wilder Margaret Whiting 1995 Audiophile
12 Music of Alec Wilder Vic Juris 1996 Double-Time
13 Songs of Alec Wilder Valerie Errante, Robert Wason, Ken Meyer, Aleck Brinkman September 2000 Albany Records
14 Walk Pretty - The Songs of Alec Wilder Ben Sidran/Bob Rockwell Quartet 2002 Go Jazz
15 Bob's Wilder - Bob Rockwell 5 Plays the Music of Alec Wilder Bob Rockwell 5 July 2003 Stunt Records
16 September Songs - The Music of Wilder, Weill and Warren Wesla Whitfield 2003 HighNote
17 Lieb Plays Wilder Dave Liebman 2005 Daybreak [1]
18 Diana Robinson Plays the Music of Alec Wilder Diana Robinson 2006 Multimedia Library
19 Seasons Ago - The Songs of Alec Wilder Joe LoCascio, Woody Witt 2009 Heart Music [1]

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1 Alec Wilder (anto47) Report Errors Bastien 1 2004-10-06 08:26:54 GMT by anto47
2 Where Is The One? Add songs rioub 4 2012-09-11 17:46:51 GMT by tsk

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