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JAMES Harry
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Personal Data:

Born: 15.03.1916 (Albany, California, USA)
Died: 05.07.1983 (cancer)
JAMES Harry (photo)

Appearances:

? Ben Pollack's Big Band
? Benny Goodman's Orchestra
? The Harry James Orchestra

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Young Man With A Horn
& Doris Day		1954
2.The Second Big Band Sound Of Harry James
& His Orchestra		12/1975 Verve
3.The Third Big Band Sound
& His Orchestra		6/1976 Verve
4.Harry James And His Orchestra
& His Orchestra		1/1984 CBS
5.Harry James And His Orchestra With Buddy Rich
credited to: Harry James And His Orchestra With Buddy Rich		3/1984 CBS
6.Harry James & His Orchestra Play 22 Original Big Band Recordings
& His Orchestra		1987 Hindsight
7.Feet Draggin' Blues22.06.1999
8.Trumpet Blues: Best Of Harry James20.09.1999
9.One Night Stand / Trumpet after Midnight23.01.2001Collector's Choice
10.The Very Best Of Harry James09.10.2001Collectables
11.I've Heard This Song Before / The Hits of Harry James09.10.2001Jasmine
12.Juke Box Jamboree / Jazz Session
(reissue)		09.10.2001Collectables
13.1942-1943 Broadcasts with Helen Forrest11.12.2001Soundcraft
14.Best Of The War Years15.01.2002Cleopatra
15.Harry James at the Hollywood Palladium / Trumpet19.02.2002Collectables
16.Dance Parade / Your Dance Date16.04.2002Collectables
17.1942-194402.07.2002Melodie Jazz Classics
18.Vol. 109.07.2002Mr. Music
19.Vol. 209.07.2002Mr. Music
20.Music Makers22.10.2002Memoir
21.Harry's Delight22.10.2002Sounds Of Yesteryear
22.Swingtown22.10.2002Collectables
23.1944-194519.11.2002Melodie Jazz Classics
24.Original Studio Radio Transcriptions01.04.2003Swing Factory
25.1945-194623.09.2003Classics
26.Crazy Rhythm21.10.2003Collectables
27.Don't Be That Way
& His Orchestra		18.11.2003Magic
28.All Star Parade 1943-194906.01.2004Storyville
29.First Fifteen Years 1939-54
& His Orchestra		20.07.2004Sounds of Yesteryear
30.Golden Trumpet09.11.2004Dutton Laboratories
31.Spotlight on Harry James25.01.2005Collectables
32.Complete Marion Morgan With Harry James & His Orchestra
& His Orchestra Featuring Marion Morgan		25.01.2005Collectables
33.Jazz Sides: 1937-194714.06.2005Jazz Legends
34.Remember21.06.2005Sounds of Yesteryear
35.Live 1940-1941
& His Orchestra & Dick Haymes
(live)		23.08.2005Ballad
36.It's the Talk of the Town
& His Musicmakers		21.02.2006Sounds of Yesteryear
37.Trumpet Time14.03.2006Dutton Vocalion
38.Eight Bar Riff: 1943-195012.06.2007Hep
39.In Person / The Hi-Fi Sounds of Harry James20.11.2007
40.Best of the Big Bands26.02.2008Sbme Special MKTS.
41.There They Go25.03.2008Fresh Sounds
42.Complete Recordings Nineteen Thirty-Nine
& Frank Sinatra		01.04.2008Sbme Special MKTS.
43.1946-1947
& His Orchestra		22.04.2008Classics
44.From Hollywood20.05.2008Sounds of Yesteryear
45.On the Radio 1944-1945
& His Orchestra		06.01.2009Acrobat
46.Only the Best of Harry James31.03.2009Collectables
47.Live on the Coast
(live)		21.04.2009Mr. Music
48.New York World's Fair 1940: The Blue Room, Hotel Lincoln 194110.11.2009Hep
49.Performance16.11.2010Fuel 2000
50.Best of Harry James15.02.2011TGG Direct
51.Ultimate Big Band Collection: Harry James01.03.2011Masterworks
52.Twenty Golden Greats Live
& His Musicmakers
(live)		20.01.2015Sounds of Yesteryear
53.Seems Like Old Times
& His Orchestra		18.09.2015Halcyon (
54.Harry James and His Orchestra: Big Bands29.07.2016Bella Musica

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Music Makers
& His Music Makers		3/1941 9
2.Lament To Love
& His Music Makers & Dick Haymes		8/1941 10
3.You Made Me Love You
& His Music Makers		10/1941 5
4.Trumpet Rhapsody10/1941
5.I Don't Want To Walk Without You
& His Music Makers & Helen Forrest		2/1942 2
6.Sleepy Lagoon
& His Music Makers		4/1942 1
7.One Dozen Roses
& His Music Makers & Jimmy Saunders		5/1942 4
8.Strictly Instrumental
& His Music Makers		7/1942 5
9.He's My Guy
& His Music Makers & Helen Forrest		9/1942 9
10.Manhattan Serenade
& His Music Makers & Helen Forrest		11/1942 9
11.Mister Five By Five
& His Music Makers & Helen Forrest		11/1942 2
12.I Had The Craziest Dream
& His Music Makers & Helen Forrest		11/1942 1
13.I've Heard That Song Before
& His Music Makers & Helen Forrest		1/1943 1
14.Velvet Moon
& His Music Makers		3/1943 2
15.All Or Nothing At All
& His Music Makers & Frank Sinatra		6/1943 2
16.I Heard You Cried Last Night
& His Music Makers & Helen Forrest		7/1943 4
17.Cherry
& His Music Makers		1/1944 10
18.Flight Of The Bumble Bee
credited to: Harry James Orchestra		2/1944
19.I'll Get By
& His Music Makers & Dick Haymes		4/1944 1
20.Little Star12/1944
21.I'm Beginning To See The Light
& His Music Makers & Kitty Kallen		1/1945 4
22.Easter Parade5/1945
23.11:60 PM
& Kitty Kallen		9/1945 8
24.I'll Buy That Dream
& His Music Makers & Kitty Kallen		9/1945 6
25.It's Been A Long, Long Time
& His Music Makers & Kitty Kallen		9/1945 1
26.I'm Confessin'11/1945
27.I Can't Begin To Tell You
& His Music Makers & Ruth Haag		12/1945 9
28.I'm Beginning To See The Light12/1945
29.This Is Always11/1946
30.Heartaches
& Marion Morgan		4/1947 8
31.Would I Love You
& Doris Day		4/1951 19
32.The Continental
& Rosemary Clooney		5/1953

Press References:

Melodie
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19814 116profile
Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19732126.05.197350Jazz Recordsalbum review
1976103.01.19765Caught In The Actgig review
1976210.01.197632Jazz Recordsalbum review
19762917.07.197626Jazz Albumsalbum review
1981607.02.198130Jazz Albumsalbum review