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Jay Blackton (25 Mar 1909 - 08 Jan 1994)

Male Person - United States

Recordings by (4)

  1. Overture 4:52 (1955) mono
  2. Out of My Dreams Ballet 14:11 (13 Mar 2001) Oklahoma! 1955 film cast, original magnetic film soundtrack version
  3. Overture to Oklahoma (edit) 0:59 (03 May 2004) Oklahoma! 1943 original Broadway cast
  4. Annie, Get Your Gun: There's No Business Like Show Business 3:11 (19 Oct 2004)

On Recordings (50)

Conducted

  1. Out of My Dreams 2:47 Joan Roberts (1943)
  2. Many a New Day 3:06 Joan Roberts (1943)
  3. Kansas City 2:48 Lee Dixon (1943)
  4. Overture 3:18 The Oklahoma! Orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton (1943)
  5. I Cain’t Say No 3:03 Celeste Holm (1943)
  6. Finale 3:13 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts and Chorus (1943)
  7. Oklahoma 2:31 Alfred Drake (1943)
  8. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ 2:32 Alfred Drake (1943)
  9. People Will Say We’re in Love 3:11 Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts (1943)
  10. The Surrey With the Fringe on Top 3:07 Alfred Drake (1943)
  11. Pore Jud Is Daid 2:51 Alfred Drake and Howard da Silva (1943)
  12. All er Nuthin’ 3:09 Celeste Holm and Lee Dixon (1943)
  13. I Got the Sun in the Morning ?:?? Ethel Merman with chorus, Jay Blackton (Jul 1946)
  14. I’m an Indian Too ?:?? Ethel Merman with Chorus, Jay Blackton (Jul 1946)
  15. My Defenses Are Down ?:?? Ray Middleton with Male Chorus, Jay Blackton (Jul 1946)
  16. There’s No Business Like Show Business ?:?? Marty May, Ethel Merman, Ray Middleton, William O'Neal, Jay Blackton (Jul 1946)
  17. Who Do You Love, I Hope ?:?? Kathleen Carnes, Robert Lenn, Jay Blackton (Jul 1946)
  18. Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly 3:22 Ethel Merman (Jul 1946)
  19. They Say It’s Wonderful ?:?? Ethel Merman, Ray Middleton, Jay Blackton (Jul 1946)
  20. I Got Lost in His Arms ?:?? Ethel Merman with chorus, Jay Blackton (Jul 1946)
  21. The Girl That I Marry ?:?? Ray Middleton, Jay Blackton (Jul 1946)
  22. Anything You Can Do ?:?? Ethel Merman, Ray Middleton, Jay Blackton (Jul 1946)
  23. Moonshine Lullaby ?:?? Leon Bibb, John Garth III, Ethel Merman, Clyde S. Turner, Jay Blackton (Jul 1946)
  24. You Can’t Get a Man With a Gun ?:?? Ethel Merman with Chorus, Jay Blackton (Jul 1946)
  25. The Surrey With the Fringe on Top 4:53 Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Charlotte Greenwood (1955)
  26. I Cain’t Say No 3:10 Gloria Grahame (1955)
  27. People Will Say We’re in Love 4:21 Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae (1955)
  28. Many a New Day 3:09 Shirley Jones (1955)
  29. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ 2:36 Gordon MacRae (1955)
  30. All er Nothin’ 2:59 Gene Nelson, Gloria Grahame (1955)
  31. Out of My Dreams 2:25 Shirley Jones (1955)
  32. Overture 4:52 Jay Blackton (1955)
  33. The Farmer and the Cowman 2:58 Jay C. Flippen, James Whitmore, Gene Nelson, Gordon MacRae, Charlotte Greenwood, Gloria Grahame, Mixed Chorus (1955)
  34. Kansas City 2:36 Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood, Men's Chorus (1955)
  35. Pore Jud Is Daid 4:16 Gordon MacRae, Rod Steiger (1955)
  36. Oklahoma 3:18 Charlotte Greenwood, Jay C. Flippen, Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae, James Whitmore, Company (1955)
  37. They Say It’s Wonderful 2:57 Bing Crosby with Jay Blackton and His Orchestra (1978)
  38. Oklahoma: People Will Say We’re in Love 4:21 Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae (1987)
  39. Oh, What a Beautiful Morning 2:36 Gordon MacRae (1987)
  40. All er Nothin' 2:59 Gene Nelson, Gloria Grahame (1987)
  41. Oklahoma: Oklahoma 3:18 Charlotte Greenwood, Jay C. Flippen, Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae, James Whitmore, Company (1987)
  42. Many a New Day 3:09 Shirley Jones (1987)
  43. Anything You Can Do 3:11 Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton (1988)
  44. The Girl That I Marry 3:05 Ray Middleton (1988)
  45. My Defenses Are Down 3:23 Ray Middleton (1988)
  46. There’s No Business Like Show Business 3:08 Ethel Merman with chorus, Jay Blackton (1988)
  47. Who Do You Love I Hope 2:56 Robert Lenn, Jay Blackton, Kathleen Carnes (1988)
  48. Lonely Room 2:36 Alfred Drake (1990)
  49. The Farmer and the Cowman 5:22 Betty Garde, Ralph Riggs and Chorus (1990)
  50. It’s a Scandal! It’s a Outrage! 3:16 Joseph Buloff (1990)

Credited as (26)

  1. Jay Blackton & Orchestra
  2. Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Charlotte Greenwood and Company with Jay Blackton and His Orchestra
  3. Gordon MacRae & Shirley Jones with Jay Blackton and His Orchestra
  4. Jay Blackton, Orchestra
  5. Jay Blackton, Decca Orchestra
  6. Mimi Benzell with Chorus, Jay Blackton, Decca Orchestra
  7. Mimi Benzell, Alfred Drake, Jay Blackton, Decca Orchestra
  8. Frances Bible, Jay Blackton, Decca Orchestra
  9. Ethel Merman, Jay Blackton
  10. Leon Bibb, John Garth III, Ethel Merman, Clyde S. Turner, Jay Blackton
  11. Ethel Merman, Ray Middleton, Jay Blackton
  12. Ray Middleton, Jay Blackton
  13. Robert Lenn, Jay Blackton, Kathleen Carnes
  14. Marty May, Ethel Merman, Ray Middleton, William O'Neal, Jay Blackton
  15. Ray Middleton & Male Chorus, Jay Blackton
  16. Kathleen Carnes, Robert Lenn, Jay Blackton
  17. Ethel Merman with Chorus, Jay Blackton
  18. Ray Middleton with Male Chorus, Jay Blackton
  19. Ethel Merman with chorus, Jay Blackton
  20. Ethel Merman with Chorus, Jay Blackton
  21. The Oklahoma! Orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton
  22. Mimi Benzell with Chorus, Alfred Drake, Jay Blackton, Decca Orchestra
  23. Mimi Benzell, Frances Bible with Chorus, Alfred Drake, Jay Blackton, Decca Orchestra
  24. Alfred Drake with Male Chorus, Jay Blackton, Decca Orchestra
  25. Dinah Shore, Russell Nype & Jay Blackton
  26. Ethel Merman with orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton

Works (1)

Arranged

  1. The Merry Widow: Gypsy Music / Can‐Can

Links (9)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88100606
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88100606
  3. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105863
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134822447
  5. https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=11396

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1115494

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085866/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/11394758

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3807499