Late Life Jazz: The Life and Career of Rosemary Clooney (36 page)

Jan 20

Peter Cottontail / Easter Parade

With Buddy Cole Group

Jun 10

Ebb Tide / Learning the Blues

With orchestra led by Jimmy Carroll and Mitch Miller

Jun 13

Wake Me / A Little Girl at Heart / From This Moment On

Jun 14

Sailor Boys Have Talk to Me in English / Go on By / The Key to My Heart

With the SKYROCKETS Orchestra, with Buddy Cole on piano

Jul 19–Aug 1

From This Moment On / Tenderly / It’s De-Lovely / Love, You Didn’t Do Right by Me / This Ole House / You Make Me Feel So Young / Danny Boy / Medley: (Come On-a My House / Botch-a-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina) / Mambo Italiano) / Where Will the Dimple Be? / Close Your Eyes (Brahms’ Lullaby))

(
Issued on 10” LP “Live at the London Palladium” on the Philips label in the UK
)

With Ray Conniff and His Orchestra

Sep 19

Pet Me, Poppa

With Benny Goodman Sextet

Nov 14

It’s Bad for Me / Good Bye / Memories of You (
With Benny Goodman Trio
)

With unknown backing

Dec 8

Mommy, Can I Keep the Kitten? (
with Gail Stone
)

With Paul Weston and His Orchestra

Dec 29

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Parts 1 & 2) / Little Red Riding Hood / Goldilocks and the Three Bears

1956

With Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
(
vocal overdubs
)
for the album “Blue Rose”

Feb 8

I’m Checkin’ Out—Goombye / Sophisticated Lady / I Let a Song Go out of My Heart / It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) / Just a Sittin’ and a-Rockin’ * / I Got It Bad

Feb 11

Grievin’ / Me and You / Blue Rose / Mood Indigo / If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?) * / Hey Baby

(
*omitted from the original 12” LP
)

With The Tunesmiths

Feb 27

You Are My Sunshine (
with Gene Autry, Carl Smith, Don Cherry, and the Collins Kids)

With Paul Weston and His Orchestra

Mar 3

I’ve Grown Accustomed to Your Face / I Could Have Danced All Night

With orchestra led by Johnny Bond

Apr 23

No Letter Today / Nobody’s Darlin’ but Mine

With Paul Weston and His Orchestra

May 14

I Could Have Danced All Night

With Frank Comstock and His Orchestra

Jun 29

Come Rain or Come Shine / For You

Sep 24

Always Together / (Don’t That Take the) Rag Offen the Bush / That’s How It Is / It’s a Nuisance Having You Around

Nov 24

Love Is a Feeling / Mangos / Independent (On My Own) / He’ll Be Comin’ Down the Chimney (
with Gail Stone
)

1957

With Frank Comstock and His Orchestra

Feb 14

I’m Glad It’s You / Love Letters / Everything Happens to Me / I’m in the Mood for Love

Feb 16

Doncha Go ’Way Mad / Together / What Is There to Say / How About You (
all with The Hi-Los
)

(
The tracks recorded on February 14 and 16 were for the album “Ring Around Rosie”
)

With orchestra conducted by Jimmy Carroll

Apr 2

Sing, Little Birdie, Sing / Who Dot Mon, Mom?

With Frank De Vol Orchestra

Date

unknown

(You Can’t Lose the Blues with) Colors (2 versions)

With the Wally Stott Orchestra

Sep 13

Love and Learn / A Foggy Day / I’m Glad It’s You / I Can’t Stop Crying

With Frank De Vol Orchestra

Oct 18

Tonight / Love and Affection

1958

Jan 7

You Don’t Know Him / Surprise / You Ol’ Sun of a Gun

Feb 8

I Wonder / What Is a Baby

With orchestra under the direction of Phil Moore—Tracks recorded for the “Oh, Captain!” album on the MGM label

Mar 14

A Very Proper Town / Give It All You Got (
both with José Ferrer
)

Mar 15

Hey Madame / We’re Not Children (
both with José Ferrer
)

Mar 16

Morning Music of Montmartre / Keep It Simple (2 versions) / Life Does Man a Favor (
with José Ferrer
)

Mar 17

Captain Henry St. James / You’re So Right for Me (
both with José Ferrer
)

Apr

Morning Music of Montmartre / Give It All You Got / Hey Madame / You’re So Right for Me (
last three with José Ferrer
)

Jun 15

The Story of Celeste (
narration by Rosemary for 12” album issued by MGM
)

With the Billy May Orchestra—all tracks recorded for the “Fancy Meeting You Here” RCA album with Bing Crosby

Jul 28

Brazil / How About You / Love Won’t Let You Get Away / On a Slow Boat to China

Aug 7

It Happened in Monterey / Hindustan / Fancy Meeting You Here / Calcutta

Aug 11

Isle of Capri / Say “Si-Si” / You Came a Long Way from St. Louis / I Can’t Get Started / Love Won’t Let You Get Away (reprise)

With orchestra led by Buddy Cole

Aug 14

It’s a Boy / The Loudenboomer Bird (Early Ev’ry Morning) (
both for MGM label
)

Nov 21

Love, Look Away / Diga Me (Deega May—Tell Me) (
both for Coral label
)

With orchestra under the direction of Sy Oliver—tracks issued on the MGM label

Dec 1

I Love Him, That’s Why (
with José Ferrer
) / Flattery (
with José Ferrer
) / Love Eyes / Sorry for Myself / What I Mean to Say

With Buddy Cole Trio—date transcriptions purchased for the “Swing Around Rosie” album issued by Coral
.

Dec 26

’Deed I Do / You Took Advantage of Me / Blue Moon / Sing, You Sinners / A Touch of the Blues / Goody Goody / Too Close for Comfort / Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me / Moonlight Mississippi / I Wish I Were in Love Again / Sunday in Savannah / This Can’t Be Love / I’m Beginning to See the Light / I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (
the last two tracks were not included in the album
)

1959

With Gus Levene Orchestra. Single issued on the RCA label
.

Mar 25

Ain’t A-Hankerin’ / Protection (
both with Bob Hope
)

With the Buddy Cole Group and the Ralph Carmichael Singers for the MGM album “Hymns from the Heart”

Jun 4

The Little Brown Church in the Vale / The Old Rugged Cross / What a Friend We Have in Jesus / Onward Christian Soldiers / Living for Jesus;

Jun 5

In the Garden / It Is No Secret / Jesus Loves Me / Softly and Tenderly / Sweet Hour of Prayer

Jun 6

Abide with Me / Rock of Ages / Nearer, My God, to Thee / The Ninety and Nine

With orchestra led by Bob Thompson for the RCA album “How the West Was Won”

Jul 23

Crossing the Plains / Buffalo Gals / Green Grow the Lilacs / Skip to My Lou / Jennie Jenkins (
all with Bing Crosby
)

Jul 24

Bound for the Promised Land (
with Bing Crosby
) / Sweet Betsy from Pike / California Ball / A Railroader’s Bride I’ll Be / Careless Love

With Perez Prado Orchestra for an album called “A Touch of Tabasco”

Jul 31

In a Little Spanish Town / I Only Have Eyes for You / I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ / Bali Ha’i

Aug 15

Magic Is the Moonlight / Adios / Sway / You Do Something to Me

Aug 29

Cu-Cu-Rru-Cu-Cu Paloma / Corazon de Melon (Watermelon Heart) / Like a Woman / Mack the Knife

1960

Feb 15

Summertime Love / Amor (
the last two tracks were not included on “A Touch of Tabasco”)

With orchestra and chorus led by Bob Thompson for the “Clap Hands, Here Comes Rosie” album

Feb 18

Hooray for Love / Aren’t You Glad You’re You / Oh! What a Beautiful Mornin’ / Everything’s Coming up Roses

Feb 23

Mean to Me / Something’s Gotta Give / Makin’ Whoopee / You Got

Feb 27

Clap Hands, Here Comes Rosie / Give Me the Simple Life / Too Marvelous for Words / Bye, Bye Blackbird / It Could Happen to You

With orchestra led by Ian Bernard—tracks issued by MGM on a compilation album called “Rosemary Clooney Swings Softly”

Apr 29

Always Be in Love / With the Night / Looking for a Boy / With You and Me

With orchestra led by Dick Reynolds

May 10

Swing Me / Danke Schon / Many a Wonderful Moment / Vaya, Vaya (Go My Darling, Go)

Overdub session

May 16

Danke Schon / Vaya, Vaya (Go My Darling, Go)

With orchestra led by Nelson Riddle for the album “Rosie Solves the Swingin’ Riddle”

May 25

I Ain’t Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me) / Shine on Harvest Moon / Some of These Days / You Took Advantage of Me

May 27

Angry / How Am I to Know? / April in Paris / Limehouse Blues

Jun 2

Get Me to the Church on Time / By Myself / Cabin in the Sky / I Get Along Without You Very Well

Overdub session

Aug 30

Swing Me

With orchestra led by Jimmy Haskell

Nov 7

What Takes My Fancy? / Hey, Look Me Over

1961

With orchestra led by Nelson Riddle for the album “Love”

Mar 6

How Will I Remember You / I Wish It So / It Never Entered My Mind

Mar 21

Yours Sincerely / Someone to Watch over Me / More Than You Know / If I Forget You / Invitation

Mar 24

You Started Something / Why Shouldn’t I? / Imagination / Find the Way

With orchestra led by Nelson Riddle

Apr 18

The Wonderful Season of Love / Without Love

With group led by Floyd Cramer for the album “Rosemary Clooney Sings Country Hits from The Heart”

May 8

I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry / Beautiful Brown Eyes / Give Myself a Party

May 9

If I Can Stay Away Long Enough / Love Has Come My Way / Kiss Him for Me

1962

Jul 19

Half As Much (
unissued)
/ Any Time / I Really Don’t Want to Know / This Ole House

Jul 20

How’s The World Treating You / Please Help Me I’m Falling / Just Because