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Don Costa (10 Jun 1925 - 19 Jan 1983)

Male Person - United States US pop music arranger & producer

 Also known as (1)

Releases (1)

Official

Single

  1. The Misfits / Chi Chi Apr 1961

Relationships (2)

Member Of

  1. Don Costa & His Orchestra original

Children

  1. Nikka Costa

Recordings by (19)

  1. Never on Sunday 2:58 (1960)
  2. Theme From The Unforgiven 2:53 (1960)
  3. The Misfits ?:?? (Apr 1961)
  4. Chi Chi ?:?? (Apr 1961)
  5. Theme From “The Unforgiven” 2:55 (1983)
  6. Never on a Sunday 3:03 (1992)
  7. Baby Elephant Walk 2:55 (1994)
  8. I’ll Walk the Line 1:59 (1998)
  9. Don Costa - Never on Sunday 2:56 (2001)
  10. Adiós 3:22 (31 May 2002)
  11. Punky's Dilemma 3:14 (18 Aug 2003)
  12. Love So Fine 2:05 (2008)
  13. Charley 3:20 (19 Oct 2009)
  14. Charley (Onur Egin edit) 3:58 (Dec 2012)
  15. Theme From “The Unforgiven” (The Need for Love) 2:56 (2013)
  16. Raunchy 2:29 (2015)
  17. The Misfits (Remastered) 2:45 (21 Jul 2020)
  18. Theme from ‘The Unforgiven’ 2:59 ()
  19. Echo of Love ?:?? ()

On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Rum and Coca-Cola ?:?? Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (1944)
  2. When I Stop Loving You (That’ll Be the Day) 1:50 Paul Anka (Dec 1957)
  3. You Are My Destiny 2:43 Paul Anka (Dec 1957)
  4. I Love You, Baby ?:?? Paul Anka (1957)
  5. Verboten! (Forbidden) 2:37 Paul Anka (1958)
  6. Gotta Have Rain 2:40 Eydie Gormé (1958)
  7. To You, From Me 2:42 Eydie Gormé (1958)
  8. You Need Hands 2:28 Eydie Gormé (1958)
  9. (All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings 2:58 Paul Anka (1958)
  10. Midnight 1:55 Paul Anka (1958)
  11. The Teen Commandments 1:41 Paul Anka (1958)
  12. Late Last Night 2:02 Paul Anka (1958)
  13. Lonely Boy 2:31 Paul Anka (1958)

Conducted

  1. Don’t Gamble With Love 2:29 Paul Anka (Jun 1957)
  2. Diana 2:23 Paul Anka (Jun 1957)
  3. When I Stop Loving You (That’ll Be the Day) 1:50 Paul Anka (Dec 1957)
  4. You Are My Destiny 2:43 Paul Anka (Dec 1957)
  5. I Love You, Baby ?:?? Paul Anka (1957)
  6. The Teen Commandments 1:41 Paul Anka (1958)
  7. Late Last Night 2:02 Paul Anka (1958)
  8. Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) 2:05 Paul Anka (1958)
  9. (All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings 2:58 Paul Anka (1958)
  10. You Belong to Me 2:53 Paul Anka (1958)
  11. You Need Hands 2:28 Eydie Gormé (1958)
  12. Gotta Have Rain 2:40 Eydie Gormé (1958)
  13. Got a Match? 2:05 Frank Gallop (1958)
  14. Side by Side 2:32 Paul Anka (1958)
  15. Waiting for You 2:59 Paul Anka (1958)
  16. To You, From Me 2:42 Eydie Gormé (1958)
  17. Pity Pity 1:58 Paul Anka (1958)
  18. That’s Love 2:34 Paul Anka (1958)
  19. Walkin’ My Baby Back Home 1:57 Paul Anka (1958)
  20. Midnight 1:55 Paul Anka (1958)
  21. I Beg Your Pardon 1:47 Frank Gallop (1958)
  22. Your Cheatin’ Heart 2:11 Paul Anka (1958)
  23. Dormi‐Dormi‐Dormi (from the Paramount Pict. “Rockabye Baby”) 2:39 Eydie Gormé (1958)
  24. Jambalaya 2:45 Paul Anka (1958)
  25. Verboten! (Forbidden) 2:37 Paul Anka (1958)
  26. I’ve Heard That Song Before 2:39 Paul Anka (1958)
  27. Lonely Boy 2:31 Paul Anka (1958)
  28. Red Sails in the Sunset 2:38 Paul Anka (1958)

Produced

  1. Jambalaya 2:45 Paul Anka (1958)
  2. You Belong to Me 2:53 Paul Anka (1958)
  3. Side by Side 2:32 Paul Anka (1958)
  4. Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) 2:05 Paul Anka (1958)
  5. Walkin’ My Baby Back Home 1:57 Paul Anka (1958)
  6. Red Sails in the Sunset 2:38 Paul Anka (1958)
  7. Waiting for You 2:59 Paul Anka (1958)
  8. Your Cheatin’ Heart 2:11 Paul Anka (1958)
  9. I’ve Heard That Song Before 2:39 Paul Anka (1958)

Credited as (6)

  1. Don Costa
  2. Muvva "Guitar" Hubbard
  3. The Dreamers featuring Johnny Duggan with Don Costa and His Music
  4. Frank Sinatra & Don Costa
  5. Strawberry Children / Bill Faith / The Match / Ed Lincoln / Tamba 4 / Paul Winter Sextet / Wanda Stafford & Paul Howard, Joe Clack / Don Costa / HALFBY / Nick Kurosawa / Tee and Cara / J. F. Murphy / 小西康陽 / 小西康陽 / Yossy / Jacqueline Boyer / Bobbie Gentry / Jerry Jeff Walker / Betty Carter / Bobby Troup / Eddie Harris / Dan Yessian Quintet / Dean Martin
  6. Nikka Costa Featuring Don Costa

Works (11)

Wrote

  1. Poquito Cantando
  2. Instant Samba
  3. If You Learn to Pray
  4. I Can't Believe I'm Losing You
  5. I Beg Your Pardon
  6. Il est temps (Wedding Song)
  7. No puedo creer que te perdi

Composed

  1. Monday Morning Quarterback
  2. Christmas Memories
  3. Grown Up World

Lyrics

  1. Grown Up World

Links (9)

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/don_costa

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/270262

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000796192

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182134/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/61815399

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705356

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0RApVWsazsKH8QZsLtffn9

Biographies

  1. https://tims.blackcat.nl/messages/don_costa.htm
  2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45770579