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Don Shirley (29 Jan 1927 - 06 Apr 2013)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (32)

Official

Album

  1. Piano Perspectives 1955
  2. Tonal Expressions 1955 (as Donald Shirley)
  3. Orpheus in the Underworld 1956
  4. Improvisations By The Don Shirley Duo 1957
  5. Don Shirley With 2 Basses 1958
  6. Solos 1958
  7. Piano 1959
  8. Don Shirley Plays Love Songs 1960
  9. Don Shirley Plays Standards 1960
  10. Don Shirley Plays Gershwin 1960
  11. Don Shirley Plays Birdland Lullabies 1960
  12. Don Shirley Plays Show Tunes 1960
  13. Piano Arrangements of Famous Spirituals 1960
  14. Pianist Extraordinary 1962
  15. Drown in My Own Tears 1962
  16. The Don Shirley Point of View 1972

Album - Compilation

  1. Golden Classics 1997
  2. Plays Love Songs / Don Shirley Trio 1999
  3. Pianist Extraordinary / Piano Arrangements of Famous Spirituals 1999
  4. Water Boy / The Gospel According to Don Shirley 2003
  5. The Best of Don Shirley 2019
  6. Don Shirley 22 Aug 2020

Single

  1. Drown in My Own Tears / The Lonesome Road 1961
  2. Stand By Me / Amen 1962
  3. Ol' Man River / If I Had a Hammer 1964
  4. I'll Drown in My Tears / Glory Burdens Down Lord 1968
  5. I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire / Do You Care

EP

  1. Tonal Expressions,Volume 2 1955 (as Donald Shirley)
  2. Piano Perspectives, Volume 2 1955
  3. Piano Perspectives, Volume 1
  4. Tonal Expressions, Volume 1

Promotion

Single

  1. From Eden to Canaan 1969

Relationships (1)

Member Of

  1. Don Shirley Trio

Recordings by (179)

  1. Someone to Watch Over Me 4:28 (1955)
  2. Love for Sale 8:10 (1955)
  3. Blue Moon 4:56 (1955)
  4. How High the Mooon 6:10 (1955)
  5. I Can't Get Started With You 4:09 (1955)
  6. I Can't Give You Anything but Love 4:15 (1955)
  7. Let a Song Go Out of My Heart 5:41 (1955)
  8. Makin' Whoopee 3:25 (1955)
  9. Lullaby of Birdland 6:32 (1955)
  10. How High the Moon 6:10 (1955)
  11. I Can Give You Anything but Love ?:?? (1955)
  12. I Let a Song Go out of My Heart ?:?? (1955)
  13. I Cover the Waterfront 4:35 (1955)
  14. No Two People 2:00 (1955)
  15. Secret Love 4:05 (1955)
  16. Dancing on the Ceiling 5:07 (1955)
  17. They Can't Take That Away From Me 4:15 (1955)
  18. Answer Me My Love 3:35 (1955)
  19. My Funny Valentine 3:17 (1955)
  20. Medley From "New Faces": Love Is a Simple Thing / I'm in Love With Miss Logan / Monotonous / Bal Petit Bal / Boston Beguine 7:00 (1955)
  21. The Man I Love 9:15 (1955)
  22. The Man I Love (Concluded) ?:?? (1955)
  23. Love Is Here to Stay 4:05 (1955)
  24. Band 1 ?:?? (1956)
  25. Band 2 ?:?? (1956)
  26. Band 3 ?:?? (1956)
  27. Band 4 ?:?? (1956)
  28. Band 5 ?:?? (1956)
  29. Band 6 ?:?? (1956)
  30. Band 7 ?:?? (1956)
  31. Band 8 ?:?? (1956)
  32. Band 9 ?:?? (1956)
  33. Band 10-11 ?:?? (1956)
  34. Sometimes I'm Happy 7:39 (1957)
  35. But Not For Me 3:47 (1957)
  36. Tenderly 3:05 (1957)
  37. What Is There to Say 4:08 (1957)
  38. Autumn Leaves 3:24 (1957)
  39. Atonal Ostinato Blues In B Flat 4:45 (1957)
  40. When I Fall In Love 3:28 (1957)
  41. Over the Rainbow 5:34 (1957)
  42. Let's Fall In Love 4:07 (1957)
  43. Walkin' By The River 5:05 (1957)
  44. Porgy & Bess Suite 11:24 (1958)
  45. Polka Dots and Moonbeams 4:56 (1958)
  46. Walkin' My Baby Back Home 3:26 (1958)
  47. These Foolish Things 2:22 (1958)
  48. Honeysuckle Rose 4:04 (1958)
  49. September Song 4:27 (1958)
  50. Body and Soul 5:00 (1958)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. My Funny Valentine 3:17 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  2. Secret Love 4:05 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  3. Dancing on the Ceiling 5:07 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  4. Love Is Here to Stay ?:?? Don Shirley (1955)
  5. Medley From "New Faces": Love Is a Simple Thing / I'm in Love With Miss Logan / Monotonous / Bal Petit Bal / Boston Beguine 7:00 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  6. I Can't Give You Anything but Love 4:15 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  7. They Can't Take That Away From Me 4:15 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  8. I Can't Get Started With You 4:09 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  9. Blue Moon 4:56 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  10. How High the Mooon 6:10 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  11. Let a Song Go Out of My Heart 5:41 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  12. No Two People 2:00 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  13. I Cover the Waterfront 4:35 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  14. Someone to Watch Over Me 4:28 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  15. Lullaby of Birdland 6:32 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  16. Answer Me My Love 3:35 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  17. The Man I Love ?:?? Don Shirley (1955)
  18. The Man I Love (Concluded) ?:?? Don Shirley (1955)
  19. Makin' Whoopee 3:25 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  20. Love for Sale 8:10 Don Shirley (1955) piano
  21. Band 10-11 ?:?? Don Shirley (1956) piano
  22. Band 7 ?:?? Don Shirley (1956) piano
  23. Band 6 ?:?? Don Shirley (1956) piano
  24. Band 1 ?:?? Don Shirley (1956) piano
  25. Band 9 ?:?? Don Shirley (1956) piano
  26. Band 8 ?:?? Don Shirley (1956) piano
  27. Band 5 ?:?? Don Shirley (1956) piano
  28. Band 4 ?:?? Don Shirley (1956) piano
  29. Band 3 ?:?? Don Shirley (1956) piano
  30. Band 2 ?:?? Don Shirley (1956) piano
  31. But Not For Me 3:47 Don Shirley (1957) piano
  32. When I Fall In Love 3:28 Don Shirley (1957) piano
  33. Sometimes I'm Happy 7:39 Don Shirley (1957) piano
  34. What Is There To Say 4:08 Don Shirley (1957) piano
  35. Autumn Leaves 3:24 Don Shirley (1957) piano
  36. Atonal Ostinato Blues In B Flat 4:45 Don Shirley (1957) piano
  37. Over The Rainbow 5:34 Don Shirley (1957) piano
  38. Let's Fall In Love 4:07 Don Shirley (1957) piano
  39. Tenderly 3:05 Don Shirley (1957) piano
  40. Walkin' By The River 5:05 Don Shirley (1957) piano
  41. April in Paris 3:45 Don Shirley (1958) piano
  42. Honeysuckle Rose 4:04 Don Shirley (1958) piano
  43. Laura 2:26 Don Shirley (1958) piano
  44. It Never Entered My Mind 2:25 Don Shirley (1958) piano
  45. Porgy & Bess Suite 11:24 Don Shirley (1958) piano
  46. These Foolish Things 2:22 Don Shirley (1958) piano
  47. Ill Wind 3:28 Don Shirley (1958) piano
  48. Little Girl Blue 3:27 Don Shirley (1958) piano
  49. September Song 4:27 Don Shirley (1958) piano
  50. It Could Happen to You 4:32 Don Shirley (1958) piano

Credited as (9)

  1. Don Shirley
  2. Donald Shirley
  3. Don Shirley, Martha Flowers
  4. Ken Fricker, Don Shirley, Ted Sommer, Juri Taht
  5. Donald Anderson, Ken Fricker, Don Shirley
  6. Donald Anderson, Ken Fricker, Don Shirley, Ted Sommer
  7. Ken Fricker, Don Shirley, Juri Taht
  8. Donald Anderson, Donald Anderson, Ken Fricker, Don Shirley
  9. Ken Fricker, Don Shirley

Links (11)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91023113
  2. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6p30btz
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no91023113

Wikipedia

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

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/606895

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000160561

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4156396/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/36481310

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5293521

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/28gtOMHE3YD9uDR3ht6E0x
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/64479