Late Life Jazz: The Life and Career of Rosemary Clooney (35 page)

Sep

Everybody Has a Laughing Place (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor, Tommy Lynn, and chorus
) / How Do You Do (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor, Tommy Lynn, and chorus
) / Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
) / Uncle Remus Said (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor, Tommy Lynn, and chorus
) / Sooner or Later (
with Tony Pastor
)

(The Bear Family set gives the date of May 1946 for this session but Rosemary had not joined the band at that time.)

Jun 5

Tira Lira Li (The Song of the Gondolier) (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
) / I’m Sorry I Didn’t Say I’m Sorry (When I Made You Cry Last Night) (
with Tony Pastor
) / Bread and Butter Woman (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
) / My O’Darlin’ My O’Lovely My O’Brien (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
)

Sep 29

Grieving for You / Gonna Get a Girl (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
)

Oct 30

The Chowder Social (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
) / The Click Song (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
) / It’s Like Taking Candy from a Baby (
with Tony Pastor
) / At a Sidewalk Penny Arcade

Dec 22

I’m My Own Grandpaw (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
) / The Secretary Song (Bibidi Boo Bot) (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
) / A Boy from Texas, a Girl from Tennessee (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
) / Saturday Night Mood (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
)

Dec 23

Who Killed ’Er (Who Killed the Black Widder?) (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
) / There’s a Man at the Door (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
) / You Started Something

Mar 3

When You’re in Love / It’s a Cruel, Cruel World (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
) / Busy Line (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
) / “A” You’re Adorable (The Alphabet Song) (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
) / San (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
)

Mar ??

If I Had a Million Dollars (
The Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor
) / Cabaret / Bargain Day

(The Bear Family set gives a date of March 28 but the band was on tour in Pennsylvania at that time.)

1949

With orchestra conducted by Norman Leyden

Jun 16

Lover’s Gold / The Four Winds and the Seven Seas

With orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter

Sep 14

Don’t Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go) / There’s a Broken Heart for Every Light on Broadway / Oh, You Beautiful Doll / The Kid’s a Dreamer (The Kid from Fool’s Paradise) / Chicago

Dec 1

Why Don’t You Haul Off and Love Me

1950

With the Percy Faith Orchestra

Mar 9

The Canasta Song / I Only Saw Him Once / A Good Time Was Had by All / I Found My Mamma / Me and My Teddy Bear

Mar 29

On an Ordinary Morning (
with Johnny Thompson
) / Crying Myself to Sleep

With orchestra conducted by George Siravo

Apr 8

Peachtree Street (
with Frank Sinatra
)

With the Percy Faith Orchestra

Apr 18

Little Johnny Chickadee / Peterkin Pillowby / Who’ll Tie the Bell (on the Old Cat’s Tail) / Little Sally One Show

May 23

Crying Myself to Sleep (
overdub of recording from March 29, 1950
)

Jun 21

Why Fight the Feeling?

Aug 23

Where Do I Go from You

With orchestra conducted by Tony Mottola

Aug 24

Punky Punkin (The Happy Pumpkin) / The Wobblin’ Goblin Fuzzy Wuzzy (Wuz a Bear) (
with male chorus
) / My Choc’late Rabbit

With orchestra and male quartet conducted by Norman Leyden

Aug 28

C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S / (Remember Me) I’m the One Who Loves You / I Whisper Your Name / Bless This House

Oct 21

Marrying for Love / You’re Just in Love / The Place Where I Worship (Is the Wide Open Places) / The House of Singing Bamboo (
all with Guy Mitchell
)

With orchestra conducted by Axel Stordahl

Dec 11

Love Means Love / Cherry Pies Ought to Be You (
both with Frank Sinatra
)

With Tony Pastor and His Orchestra

Dec 30

Sentimental Music (
with Tony Pastor
)

1951

With the Percy Faith Orchestra

Jan 2

I Still Feel the Same about You / I Still Feel the Same about You (
with Betty Clooney
) / When Apples Grow on Cherry Trees

Jan

The Land of Hatchy Milatchy

With orchestra conducted by Mitch Miller

Jan 27

Beautiful Brown Eyes / Shot Gun Boogie

With the Percy Faith Orchestra

Feb 22

Mixed Emotions

With Art Ryerson Quartet

Mar 26

Kentucky Waltz / The Syncopated Clock

With the Percy Faith Orchestra

Apr 27

Songs from the film
Alice in Wonderland
(Alice in Wonderland / The Unbirthday Song / All in the Golden Afternoon / I’m Late)

With orchestra conducted by Tony Mottola

May 31

Suzy Snowflake / Little Red Riding Hood’s Christmas Tree / Dandy, Handy and Candy / Willie, the Whistling Giraffe

With trio led by Mitch Miller

Jun 5

The Lady Is a Tramp / I’ll Be Around

With Quartet comprising Mundell Lowe, Frank Carroll, Jimmy Crawford, and Stan Freeman

Jun 6

Come On-a My House / Rose of the Mountain / If Teardrops Were Pennies

With Quartet comprising Mundell Lowe, Frank Carroll, Terry Snyder, and Stan Freeman

Aug 8

Find Me / I’m Waiting Just for You / I’m from Texas / Stick with Me / I Wish I Wuz (Hi, Ho, Fiddle-dee-dee)

With the Percy Faith Orchestra

Aug 23

Half as Much

With the Percy Faith Orchestra

Nov 21

Be My Life’s Companion / Did Anyone Call? / Tenderly / Why Don’t You Love Me

1952

Jan 4

Eggbert, the Easter Egg / Bunny on the Rainbow / On the Good Ship Lollipop / Poor Whip-Poor-Will (Move over, Move over)

With small jazz group comprising Joe Loyacano, Monk Hazel, Armand Hug, Sid Davilla, Lester Boughton, Jack Delaney, and George Girard

Mar 14

I’m Going Home / Bourbon Street Parade / A Good Man Is Hard to Find / You Cooked Your Goose with Me (
unissued until included in Bear Family set “Memories of You”
)

With small group comprising Mundell Lowe, San Salvador, Frank Carroll, Terry Snyder, and Stan Freeman

Apr 18

Botch-a-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina) / On the First Warm Day / Too Old to Cut the Mustard (
with Marlene Dietrich)

With the Percy Faith Orchestra

Apr 25

Who Kissed Me Last Night / Blues in the Night

With orchestra conducted by Jimmy Carroll

May 19

Good for Nothin’ (
with Marlene Dietrich
)

With Harry James and His Orchestra—the tracks form Rosemary’s first 10” LP “Hollywood’s Best”

May 23

Sweet Leilani / You’ll Never Know / When You Wish upon a Star / Over the Rainbow

May 26

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe / The Continental / In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening / It Might as Well Be Spring

With orchestra conducted by Carl Cotner

Jun 20

The Night before Christmas Song / Look Out the Window (The Winter Song) (
both with Gene Autry
)

With the Percy Faith Orchestra

Sep 10

If I Had a Penny / I Laughed Until I Cried / You’re After My Own Heart / Lonely Am I

With orchestra conducted by Marvin H. Hughes

Sep 12

You’re the Only One for Me / Withered Roses / You Love Me Just Enough to Hurt Me / Grapevine Swing (
all with George Morgan
)

With Paul Weston and His Orchestra

Dec 9

Haven’t Got a Worry / I Do, I Do, I Do / What Would You Do (If You Were in My Place) / Lovely Weather for Ducks

1953

With orchestra conducted by Norman Luboff

Jan 13

Little Josey / Dennis the Menace (
both with Jimmy Boyd
)

With the Percy Faith Orchestra

Feb 3

All the Pretty Little Horses / Close Your Eyes (Brahms’ Lullaby) / It Just Happened to Happen to Me / When I See You

With orchestra conducted by Jimmy Carroll

Feb 17

Cheegah Choonem (I Haven’t Got It) / Dot’s Nice, Donna Fight (
with Marlene Dietrich
) / It’s the Same (
with Marlene Dietrich
) / Besides (He’s a Man) (
with Marlene Dietrich
)

With the Tony Mottola Orchestra

Mar 13

The Teddy Bears’ Picnic / Little Red Monkey / Little Tink-a-Toy Man / Little Joe Worm (Son of Glow Worm)

With orchestra conducted by Jimmy Carroll

Mar 17

My Baby Rocks Me

With Paramount Studio Orchestra conducted by Joseph J. Lilley

May 1/2

Red Garters* / Man and Woman* (
with Guy Mitchell
)

Jun 1

Bad News*

(*
issued as part of the 10” album “Red Garters”
)

With Paul Weston and His Orchestra

Jun 23

The Kitty Kats’ Party / (Ting-a-Ling-Ling) Here Comes the Ice Cream Man / Betsy, My Paper Doll / Winter Wonderland

With orchestra conducted by Norman Luboff

Jun 28

Shoo, Turkey, Shoo / Peachy Peachy / C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S

With Paul Weston and His Orchestra

Sep 17

Happy Christmas (Little Friend) / We’ll Be Together Again

Nov 8

When You Love Someone

With orchestra conducted by Norman Leyden

Dec 10

You Make Me Feel So Young / Woman (Uh Huh) (
with José Ferrer
) / Man (Uh Huh) (
with José Ferrer
)

With the Percy Faith Orchestra

Dec 15

Good Intentions* / What Is There to Say / Brave Man* / Tomorrow I’ll Dream and Remember

(*
issued as part of the 10” album “Red Garters”
)

1954

With the Wally Stott Orchestra

Jan

While We’re Young / Love Is a Beautiful Stranger

With Paul Weston and His Orchestra

Apr 30

Marry the Man / Ay Ay (Who’s the Guy) / A Bunch of Bananas (The Heming Way) (
all with José Ferrer
)

Overdubs of tracks prepared by the Wally Stott Orchestra and by the Percy Faith Orchestra

May 3

Younger Than Springtime / Hello Young Lovers / While We’re Young / Love Is a Beautiful Stranger / Crying Myself to Sleep

With Paul Weston and His Orchestra

May 21

Too Young / Grieving for You / Love You Didn’t Do Right by Me / Young at Heart (
overdub of track prepared by the Wally Stott Orchestra
)

May 22

Hey There / This Ole House / Besides (He’s a Man) (
with Marlene Dietrich
)

May 27

Land, Sea and Air (
with Marlene Dietrich
)

With MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Adolph Deutsch

Jun 11

Mr. and Mrs. (
with José Ferrer
)

With Paul Weston and His Orchestra

Jun 23

Blame It on My Youth / Young Man, Young Man / Sisters (
with Betty Clooney
) / A Touch of the Blues

Jul 2

Mr. and Mrs. (
with José Ferrer
) / My Baby Sends Me

With orchestra conducted by Sid Feller—with the Quartones

Jul 9

Shaun, Shaun, the Leprechaun / The Little Shoemaker / (Let’s Give) A Christmas Present to Santa Claus

With the Percy Faith Orchestra

Sep 22

Snow / White Christmas / Gee, I Wish I Was Back in the Army / Mandy

(
The tracks recorded on September 22 were for a 10” LP called “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas”
)

With Paul Weston and His Orchestra

Sep 23

Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep* / The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing* (
*Also part of the album “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas”
) / Mambo Italiano (with The Mellomen)

With the Buddy Cole Quartet

Dec 23

Open up Your Heart (And Let the Sunshine In) / The Lord Is Counting on You (The Sunday School Song) (both with Gail Stone)

1955

With the Buddy Cole Orchestra and The Mellomen

Jan 13

Where Will the Dimple Be? (with Thurl Ravenscroft) / Love among the Young