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Sam Donahue (18 Mar 1918 - 22 Mar 1974)

Male Person - United States

Relationships (1)

Children

  1. Jerry Donahue

Recordings by (16)

  1. “C” Jam Blues ?:?? (Sep 1945) mx. VP 1428
  2. Dinah ?:?? (Oct 1945) mx. VP 1429
  3. My Melancholy Baby ?:?? (Nov 1945) mx. VP 1489
  4. Moten Swing ?:?? (Dec 1945) mx. VP 1499
  5. Just You, Just Me ?:?? (Dec 1945) mx. VP 1499
  6. LST Party ?:?? (Jan 1946) mx. VP 1500
  7. Deep Night ?:?? (Feb 1946) mx. VP 1501
  8. I Found a New Baby ?:?? (Feb 1946) mx. VP 1501
  9. Convoy ?:?? (Apr 1946) mx. JDB-VP 1688
  10. Bugle Call Rag ?:?? (Mar 1947) mx. JDB-VP 1734
  11. You Was Right, Baby ?:?? (May 1947) mx. JDB-VP 1633
  12. Cocktails for Two ?:?? (Mar 1948) mx. J 534
  13. Sax o Boogie ?:?? (Jan 1949) mx. J645-1075
  14. My Melancholy Baby 2:42 (1992)
  15. September in the Rain 2:58 (1992)
  16. Flo‐Flo 2:34 (1998)

On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Just You, Just Me ?:?? Sam Donahue (Dec 1945)
  2. Moten Swing ?:?? Sam Donahue (Dec 1945)

Performer

  1. “C” Jam Blues ?:?? Sam Donahue (Sep 1945)
  2. Dinah ?:?? Sam Donahue (Oct 1945)
  3. Just You, Just Me ?:?? Sam Donahue (Dec 1945)
  4. Moten Swing ?:?? Sam Donahue (Dec 1945)
  5. LST Party ?:?? Sam Donahue (Jan 1946)
  6. Deep Night ?:?? Sam Donahue (Feb 1946)
  7. I Found a New Baby ?:?? Sam Donahue (Feb 1946)
  8. Convoy ?:?? Sam Donahue (Apr 1946)
  9. You Was Right, Baby ?:?? Sam Donahue (May 1947)
  10. Cocktails for Two ?:?? Sam Donahue (Mar 1948)
  11. Sax o Boogie ?:?? Sam Donahue (Jan 1949)

Instruments

  1. The World Is in My Arms 2:51 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (Aug 1940) tenor saxophone
  2. Only Forever 2:53 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1940) tenor saxophone
  3. Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga 2:42 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1940) tenor saxophone
  4. I’ll Never Smile Again 3:03 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1940) tenor saxophone
  5. Washingon and Lee Swing 2:56 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1940) tenor saxophone
  6. No Name Jive 2:54 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1940) tenor saxophone
  7. Never Took a Lesson in My Life 3:00 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1940) tenor saxophone
  8. Orchids for Remembrance 2:47 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1940) tenor saxophone
  9. Love Lies 3:00 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1940) tenor saxophone
  10. (Shout Wherever You May Be) I Am an American 3:24 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1940) tenor saxophone
  11. Who? 2:41 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1940) tenor saxophone
  12. Looking for Yesterday 2:56 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1940) tenor saxophone
  13. Tonight (Perfidia) 3:02 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1940) tenor saxophone
  14. And So Do I 2:48 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1940) tenor saxophone
  15. The Sergeant Was Shy 2:58 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1941) tenor saxophone
  16. “C” Jam Blues ?:?? Sam Donahue (Sep 1945) tenor saxophone, trumpet
  17. Dinah ?:?? Sam Donahue (Oct 1945) tenor saxophone
  18. Moten Swing ?:?? Sam Donahue (Dec 1945) tenor saxophone
  19. Just You, Just Me ?:?? Sam Donahue (Dec 1945) tenor saxophone
  20. LST Party ?:?? Sam Donahue (Jan 1946) tenor saxophone
  21. I Found a New Baby ?:?? Sam Donahue (Feb 1946) tenor saxophone
  22. Deep Night ?:?? Sam Donahue (Feb 1946) tenor saxophone
  23. Bugle Call Rag ?:?? Sam Donahue (Mar 1947) saxophone
  24. You Was Right, Baby ?:?? Sam Donahue (May 1947) saxophone
  25. Jeepers Creepers 3:03 Leo Watson & Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1955) tenor saxophone
  26. Moonlight in Vermont 2:10 Stan Kenton (1961) tenor saxophone
  27. Sweet and Lovely 3:27 Stan Kenton (1961) tenor saxophone
  28. Maria 4:29 Stan Kenton (1961) tenor saxophone
  29. Something’s Coming 3:39 Stan Kenton (1961) tenor saxophone
  30. All the Things You Are 2:34 Stan Kenton (1961) tenor saxophone
  31. Tonight 3:46 Stan Kenton (1961) tenor saxophone
  32. When Your Lover Has Gone 2:22 Stan Kenton (1961) tenor saxophone
  33. Somewhere (Finale) 3:14 Stan Kenton (1961) tenor saxophone
  34. Prologue 4:05 Stan Kenton (1961) tenor saxophone
  35. Fools Rush In 2:23 Stan Kenton (1961) tenor saxophone
  36. Say It Isn't So 2:30 Stan Kenton (1961) tenor saxophone
  37. Cool 4:28 Stan Kenton (1961) tenor saxophone

Credited as (22)

  1. Sam Donahue
  2. Fotheringay feat. Sam Donahue
  3. Mus. 1/c Sam Donahue and the Navy Dance Band
  4. Capt. Glenn Miller and the 418th AAF Band / 1/c Mus. Sam Donahue and the Navy Dance Band
  5. 1/c Mus. Sam Donahue and the Navy Dance Band
  6. Major Glenn Miller and the AAFTC Band / Mus 1/c Sam Donahue and the Navy Dance Band
  7. Mus 1/c Sam Donahue and the Navy Dance Band
  8. Mus 1/c Sam Donahue and the Navy Dance Band / George Paxton and His Orchestra
  9. Mus 1/c Sam Donahue and the Navy Dance Band / Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
  10. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra / Mus. 1/c Sam Donahue and the Navy Dance Band
  11. Woody Herman and His Orchestra / Mus 1/c Sam Donahue and the Navy Dance Band
  12. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra / Mus 1/c Sam Donahue and the Navy Dance Band
  13. Elliot Lawrence and His Orchestra / Former Musician 1/c Sam Donahue
  14. Former Musician 1/c Sam Donahue
  15. Connie Boswell and Her V‐Disc Men / Sam Donahue and His (Navy) Band
  16. Sam Donahue and His (Navy) Band
  17. Sam Donahue and band
  18. Sam Donahue and Band
  19. Sam Donahue & the Band of the US Liberation Forces
  20. Sam Donahue and the Band of the U.S. Navy Liberation Forces
  21. Band of the US Navy Liberation Forces, directed by Sam Donahue
  22. Sam Donahue & the Band of the US Liberation Forces

Works (3)

Arranged

  1. “C” Jam Blues

Wrote

  1. LST Party

Composed

  1. Convoy

Links (11)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91087885
  2. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6nc8j6v
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n91087885
  4. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/312585
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138933518
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/119161842

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Donahue

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/335577

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000288575

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/54952016

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2216444