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Gordon Jenkins (12 May 1910 - 01 May 1984)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (3)

Official

Album

  1. Blue Prelude 1967
  2. The Magic World of Gordon Jenkins / In a Tender Mood 2001
  3. The Complete Manhattan Tower 2007

Relationships (4)

Member Of

  1. Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra eponymous
  2. Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus
  3. Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra and Choir

Married

  1. Beverly Jenkins ( - 01 May 1984)

Recordings by (66)

  1. Pagan Love Song 2:47 (1967)
  2. When I Grow Too Old to Dream 3:21 (1967)
  3. Ain't Misbehavin' 3:18 (1967)
  4. Caravan 2:11 (1967)
  5. Birth of the Blues 3:19 (1967)
  6. Blues for Beverly 4:04 (1967)
  7. Battle Royal 2:41 (1967)
  8. Goodbye 3:31 (1967)
  9. Blue Prelude 3:37 (1967)
  10. Take the "A" Train 4:51 (1967)
  11. My Foolish Heart 3:20 (1988)
  12. Always 3:02 (1989)
  13. White Christmas 3:02 (1989)
  14. Tzena Tzena Tzena 2:45 (1991)
  15. Again ?:?? (1997)
  16. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles 3:03 (1998)
  17. Once Upon a Dream 2:34 (2001)
  18. Married I Can Always Get 2:32 (2001)
  19. This Is All I Ask 2:46 (2001)
  20. Blue Evening 2:46 (2001)
  21. San Fernando Valley 2:39 (2001)
  22. Homesick, That's All 2:20 (2001)
  23. The Girl on the Rock 4:08 (2001)
  24. Never Leave Me 2:13 (2001)
  25. You Have Taken My Heart 2:56 (2001)
  26. The Red Balloon 2:11 (2001)
  27. P.S. I Love You 1:58 (2001)
  28. When a Woman Loves a Man 2:49 (2001)
  29. Happy New Year 3:09 (2001)
  30. In the Summertime 3:45 (2001)
  31. Just One of Those Things 2:10 (2001)
  32. Gone With the Wind 2:09 (2001)
  33. When Your Lover Has Gone 2:32 (2001)
  34. And the Angels Sing 2:47 (2001)
  35. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo 2:17 (2001)
  36. Begin the Beguine 3:42 (2001)
  37. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise 2:05 (2001)
  38. I'll Remember April 2:27 (2001)
  39. Paradise 2:08 (2001)
  40. Stella by Starlight 2:09 (2001)
  41. Fire Down Below 2:19 (2002)
  42. Crescent City Blues 3:16 (2006)
  43. Magical City 5:20 (2007)
  44. Happiness Cocktail 4:12 (2007)
  45. I'm Learnin' My Latin 3:05 (2007)
  46. This Close to the Dawn 3:13 (2007)
  47. Repeat After Me 1:49 (2007)
  48. Repeat After Me (reprise) 3:39 (2007)
  49. The Magic Fire 2:35 (2007)
  50. The Statue of Liberty 2:22 (2007)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. There Is No Greater Love 3:03 Isham Jones Orchestra (1936)
  2. Green 4:05 Frank Sinatra (01 Jan 1956)
  3. Lonely Town 4:12 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  4. Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home 3:00 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  5. The Night We Called It a Day 3:28 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  6. Maybe You’ll Be There 3:07 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  7. Where Is the One? 3:13 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  8. I Cover the Waterfront 2:59 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  9. Autumn Leaves 2:52 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  10. I’m a Fool to Want You 4:51 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  11. I Think of You 3:04 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  12. The First Noel 2:44 Frank Sinatra (Sep 1957)
  13. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 2:22 Frank Sinatra (Sep 1957)
  14. I’ll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams) 3:12 Frank Sinatra (Sep 1957)
  15. The Christmas Waltz 3:03 Frank Sinatra (Sep 1957)
  16. Stardust 3:15 Nat King Cole (1957)
  17. When I Fall in Love 3:10 Nat King Cole (1957)

Conducted

  1. When I Grow Too Old to Dream ?:?? Dick Haymes (Oct 1944)
  2. Where or When ?:?? Dick Haymes (Oct 1944)
  3. Some Sunday Morning ?:?? Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest (Jan 1946)
  4. I Can Dream, Can’t I? 2:40 The Andrews Sisters (22 Aug 1949)
  5. Black Coffee 3:05 Ella Fitzgerald & Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra (1949)
  6. I Hadn’t Anyone Till You 3:02 Ella Fitzgerald & Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra (Apr 1950)
  7. I Wanna Be Loved 3:17 The Andrews Sisters (Apr 1950)
  8. Dream a Little Longer 3:00 Ella Fitzgerald & Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra (Apr 1950)
  9. I Could Have Told You 3:18 Frank Sinatra (1954)
  10. I Think of You 3:04 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  11. I Cover the Waterfront 2:59 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  12. Maybe You’ll Be There 3:07 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  13. I’m a Fool to Want You 4:51 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  14. The Night We Called It a Day 3:28 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  15. Autumn Leaves 2:52 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  16. Where Is the One? 3:13 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  17. Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home 3:00 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  18. Lonely Town 4:12 Frank Sinatra (02 Sep 1957)
  19. The Christmas Waltz 3:03 Frank Sinatra (Sep 1957)
  20. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 2:22 Frank Sinatra (Sep 1957)
  21. I’ll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams) 3:12 Frank Sinatra (Sep 1957)
  22. The Christmas Song 3:29 Frank Sinatra (Sep 1957)
  23. Mistletoe and Holly 2:18 Frank Sinatra (Sep 1957)
  24. The First Noel 2:44 Frank Sinatra (Sep 1957)
  25. Stardust 3:15 Nat King Cole (1957)
  26. When I Fall in Love 3:10 Nat King Cole (1957)
  27. You Forgot All the Words 3:20 Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (1958)
  28. Please Tell Me Now 3:15 Billie Holiday (1958)
  29. Why Try to Change Me Now? 3:41 Frank Sinatra (20 Jul 1959)
  30. Here's That Rainy Day 3:34 Frank Sinatra (20 Jul 1959)
  31. When No One Cares 2:42 Frank Sinatra (20 Jul 1959)
  32. Where Do You Go? 2:34 Frank Sinatra (20 Jul 1959)
  33. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You 3:17 Frank Sinatra (20 Jul 1959)

Credited as (18)

  1. Gordon Jenkins
  2. The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins
  3. Gordon Jenkins & Joe Graydon
  4. Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers
  5. Gordon Jenkins and The Weavers
  6. The Stardusters & Gordon Jenkins
  7. Frank Sinatra, orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins
  8. Dinah Shore & Gordon Jenkins
  9. Frank Sinatra with the orchestra and chorus of Gordon Jenkins
  10. The Weavers & Gordon Jenkins
  11. Gordon Jenkins, Charles Lavere & Chorus
  12. Frank Sinatra & Gordon Jenkins
  13. Judy Garland & Gordon Jenkins
  14. Artie Shaw / Gordon Jenkins
  15. Louis Armstrong with Gordon Jenkins
  16. Peggy Lee And Gordon Jenkins And His Chorus And Orchestra
  17. Gordon Jenkins arr. Martin Fröst, Sebastien Dubé & Roland Pöntinen
  18. Frank Sinatra, chorus and orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins

Works (61)

Arranged

  1. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
  2. The First Noel
  3. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
  4. O Little Town of Bethlehem
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Wrote

  1. The Caretaker
  2. Blue Evening
  3. Love Is Here to Stay
  4. Magical City
  5. Homesick, That's All
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Composed

  1. When a Woman Loves a Man (1938)
  2. What Time Does the Next Miracle Leave?
  3. World War None!
  4. The Future (Continued): "I've Been There"
  5. The Future
  6. I Loved Her
  7. Goodbye
  8. Goodbye: In Memory of Benny
  9. Crescent City Blues
  10. Happy New Year
  11. P.S. I Love You
  12. The Future (Conclusion): "Song Without Words"
  13. Happiness Cocktail
  14. I'm Learnin' My Latin
  15. Once Upon a Dream
  16. Never Leave Me
  17. This Close to the Dawn
  18. Repeat After Me
  19. Repeat After Me (reprise)
  20. The Magic Fire
  21. Married I Can Always Get
  22. The Statue of Liberty
  23. The Party
  24. New York’s My Home
  25. Closing
  26. Weep No More
  27. How Am I to Know?
  28. This Is All I Ask
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Lyrics

  1. Finale: Before the Music Ends
  2. The Future (Continued): "I've Been There"
  3. What Time Does the Next Miracle Leave?
  4. I Loved Her
  5. Crescent City Blues
  6. San Fernando Valley
  7. New York’s My Home
  8. I Thought About Marie
  9. How Old Am I?
  10. Goodbye
  11. This Is All I Ask
  12. Happy New Year
  13. Blue Prelude
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Links (14)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/132359650
  2. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106390
  3. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/gordon_jenkins
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91089020
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n91089020/
  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13895626c
  7. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w64n1809
  8. https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=11932

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/326469

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000950293

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420851/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/51875578

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1388198

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/6842