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Date: ca. 1954
Beverly Kenney (ldr), unknown (p, b, d), Beverly Kenney (v)
| a. | A Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird(Babe Wallace)
SSJ CD(J) XQAM-1003 — Snuggled On Your Shoulder (2006)
Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 720 — Complete Royal Roost Recordings (2012)
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| b. | Swing And Sway SSJ CD(J) XQAM-1035 — What Is There To Say? (2009)
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| c. | Charleston Fling SSJ CD(J) XQAM-1035 — What Is There To Say? (2009)
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| d. | I'm Ready For The Show SSJ CD(J) XQAM-1035 — What Is There To Say? (2009)
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| e. | Tappin' Out A Merry Beat SSJ CD(J) XQAM-1035 — What Is There To Say? (2009)
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Chicken... as "Gay Chicks"
recording made for tap dance instructional accompaniment book
Date: ca. 1954
self produced demo disk
Beverly Kenney (ldr), Tony Tamburello (p), Beverly Kenney (v)
| a. | Tea For Two(Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) | |
| b. | The Things We Did Last Summer(Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) | |
| c. | That's All(Bob Haymes, Alan Brandt) | |
| d. | A Foggy Day(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| e. | The Surrey With The Fringe On The Top(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) | |
| f. | Sweet Lorraine(Mitchell Parish, Cliff Burwell) | |
| g. | There Will Never Be Another You(Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) | |
| h. | Moe's Blues(Morgana King) | |
| i. | Snuggled On Your Shoulder(Joe Young, Carmen Lombardo) | |
| j. | fs | Can't Get Out Of This Mood(Jimmy McHugh, Frank Loesser) |
| k. | Can't Get Out Of This Mood(Jimmy McHugh, Frank Loesser) |
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SSJ CD(J) XQAM-1003 — Snuggled On Your Shoulder (2006)
Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 720 — Complete Royal Roost Recordings (2012)
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Date: late 1955
Label: Roost
Beverly Kenney (ldr), Johnny Smith (g), Bob Pancoast (p, celeste), Nabil Totah (b), Mousey Alexander (d), Beverly Kenney (v)
| a. | The Surrey With The Fringe On The Top(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
Royal Roost 45617
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| b. | 'Tis Autumn(Henry Nemo) | |
| c. | Looking For A Boy(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| d. | I'll Know My Love(Lee Jones, Buddy Kaye) | |
| e. | Destination Moon(Marvin Fisher, Roy Alfred) | |
| f. | Sweet Lorraine(Mitchell Parish, Cliff Burwell) | |
| g. | Almost Like Being In Love(Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) | |
| h. | Stairway To The Stars(Frank Signorelli, Matt Malneck, Mitchell Parish) | |
| i. | There Will Never Be Another You(Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) | |
| j. | This Little Town Is Paris(Milton Schwartz)
Royal Roost 45617
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| k. | Moe's Blues(Morgana King) | |
| l. | Snuggled On Your Shoulder(Joe Young, Carmen Lombardo) |
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Roost LP 12"2206 — Beverly Kenney Sings For Johnny Smith
Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 720 — Complete Royal Roost Recordings (2012)
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Date: ca. February 1956
Location: Birdland
Beverly Kenney (ldr), Gildo Mahones (p), Tommy Potter (b), Ron Jefferson (d), Beverly Kenney (v)
| a. | The Surrey With The Fringe On The Top(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) | |
| b. | Violets For Your Furs(Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) | |
| c. | Mountain Greenery(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| d. | Almost Like Being In Love(Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
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Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 720 — Complete Royal Roost Recordings (2012)
SSJ CD(J) XQAM-1086 — Volume 4 (2017)
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recorded live at Birdland
aired on NBC Radio Program "The All Star Parade Of Bands" on June 18, 1956
Date: May 1956
Label: Roost
Beverly Kenney (ldr), Nick Travis (t), Urbie Green (tb), Julius Watkins (frh), Al Epstein (cl), Sam Marowitz (as), George Berg (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Billy Bauer, Barry Galbraith (g), Moe Wechsler (p), Milt Hinton (b), Don Lamond (d), Teddy Sommer (bgo), Janet Putnam (harp), Beverly Kenney (v), Ralph Burns (con)
| a. | Give Me The Simple Life(Rube Bloom, Harry Ruby) | |
| b. | Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry(Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) | |
| c. | The Trolley Song(Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) | |
| d. | Violets For Your Furs(Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) | |
| e. | This Can't Be Love(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| f. | Scarlet Ribbons(Evelyn Danzig, Jack Segal) | |
| g. | If I Were A Bell(Frank Loesser) | |
| h. | Why Try To Change Me Now(Cy Coleman, Joseph McCarthy) | |
| i. | Swinging On A Star(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) | |
| j. | You Go To My Head(J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) | |
| k. | It Ain't Necessarily So(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
Blue Note CD80506 — The Great Jazz Vocalists Sing The Gershwin Songbook (1992)
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| l. | You Make Me Feel So Young(Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
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Roost LP 12"2212 — Come Swing With Me
Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 720 — Complete Royal Roost Recordings (2012)
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It Ain't Necessarily So feature for Kenney and bongos only
Date: April 1957
Label: Roost
Beverly Kenney (ldr), Joe Newman (t), Frank Wess (f, ts), Freddie Green (g), Jimmy Jones (p), Eddie Jones (b), Jo Jones (d), Beverly Kenney (v)
| a. | Nobody Else But Me(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) / arr: Jimmy Jones | |
| b. | The More I See You(Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) / arr: Jimmy Jones | |
| c. | Old Buttermilk Sky(Hoagy Carmichael, Jack Brooks) / arr: Jimmy Jones | |
| d. | I Never Has Seen Snow(Truman Capote, Harold Arlen) / arr: Jimmy Jones | |
| e. | A Fine Romance(Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) / arr: Jimmy Jones | |
| f. | Who Cares What People Say(M. K. Jerome, Jack Scholl) / arr: Jimmy Jones | |
| g. | Can't Get Out Of This Mood(Jimmy McHugh, Frank Loesser) / arr: Jimmy Jones | |
| h. | Isn't This A Lovely Day(Irving Berlin) / arr: Jimmy Jones | |
| i. | The Charm Of You(Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) / arr: Jimmy Jones | |
| j. | My Kinda Love(Louis Alter, Jo Trent) / arr: Jimmy Jones | |
| k. | Mairzy Doats(Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston né Levinson, Milton Drake) / arr: Jimmy Jones | |
| l. | Makin' Whoopee(Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) / arr: Jimmy Jones
Blue Note CD89914 — Blue Eyes - Sinatra Songs The Blue Note Way (1993)
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Roost LP 12"2218 — Beverly Kenney Sings With Jimmy Jones And "The Basie-ites"
Fresh Sound CDFSR-CD 33 — Beverly Kenney Sings With Jimmy Jones And "The Basie-ites" (1989)
Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 720 — Complete Royal Roost Recordings (2012)
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Joe Newman (t) on a-j, l; Frank Wess (f) on b-c, g, i, (ts) on a-j, l.
some sources give date as 1956
Date: December 2, 1957
Label: Decca
Beverly Kenney (ldr), Ellis Larkins (p, celeste), Joe Benjamin (b), Beverly Kenney (v)
| a. | It's Magic(Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
Decca LP 12"DL 8743 — Beverly Kenney Sings For Playboys
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| b. | "A" - You're Adorable(Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise, Sidney Lippman)
Decca LP 12"DL 8743 — Beverly Kenney Sings For Playboys
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| c. | Time Was [aka Duerme](Miguel Prado, Gabriel Luna, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell) | |
| d. | It's So Peaceful In The Country(Alec Wilder) | |
| e. | A Summer Romance(Raymond Taylor, Lester Judson)
Decca LP 12"DL 8743 — Beverly Kenney Sings For Playboys
Decca 459-38051
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| f. | Try A Little Tenderness(Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry M. Woods)
Decca LP 12"DL 8743 — Beverly Kenney Sings For Playboys
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| g. | What Is There To Say(Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg)
Decca LP 12"DL 8743 — Beverly Kenney Sings For Playboys
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| h. | A Lover Like You(Otis Clements, Lester Judson)
Decca LP 12"DL 8743 — Beverly Kenney Sings For Playboys
Decca 459-38051
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| i. | It's A Most Unusual Day(Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson)
Decca LP 12"DL 8743 — Beverly Kenney Sings For Playboys
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| j. | You're My Girl(Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
Decca LP 12"DL 8743 — Beverly Kenney Sings For Playboys
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| k. | What's It Like In Paris(Otis Clements, Lester Judson) | |
| l. | Sing A Rainbow(Arthur Hamilton) | |
| m. | Brooklyn Love Song(George F. Tibbles, Ramez Idriss) |
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Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 721 — Complete Decca Recordings (2012)
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You're My Girl as "You're My Boy"
Date: ca. 1958
Location: Rockaway, NJ
Label: Sesac
Eddie Safranski (ldr), Bernie Glow, Dale 'Mickey' McMickle, Jimmy Nottingham (t), Bob Alexander, Will Bradley, Lou McGarity (tb), Artie Baker (cl), Hymie Schertzer (as), Al Klink (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Mundell Lowe (g), Dick Hyman (p), Eddie Safranski (b), Don Lamond (d), Beverly Kenney (v)
| a. | Lonely And Blue(Johnson) / arr: Eddie Safranski
Sesac LP 12"N 905/06 — Safranski Rocks
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| b. | Yours Sincerely(Sivers) / arr: Eddie Safranski
Sesac LP 12"N 905/06 — Safranski Rocks
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| c. | Long, Lean And Lanky(Rudolph Toombs) / arr: Eddie Safranski
Sesac LP 12"N 907/08 — Safranski Rocks Again
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| d. | Too Bad(Riff Washington, Teddy McRae) / arr: Eddie Safranski
Sesac LP 12"N 907/08 — Safranski Rocks Again
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| e. | Too Late To Be Sorry(Riff Washington, Teddy McRae) / arr: Eddie Safranski | |
| f. | It's A Mean Old World(Harry Bagby) / arr: Eddie Safranski | |
| g. | Tall, Dark and Handsome(Langworthy) / arr: Eddie Safranski | |
| h. | Let's Try Again(Composer Unknown) / arr: Eddie Safranski | |
| i. | The Stars, The Night, The Moon(Composer Unknown) / arr: Eddie Safranski | |
| j. | That Pyramid Jazz(Ben Fields, Louis Zuber, Frank Panella) / arr: Eddie Safranski |
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SSJ LP 12"(J) XQAM-4003 — Lonely And Blue (2007)
SSJ CD(J) XQAM 1022 — Lonely And Blue (2008)
Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 721 — Complete Decca Recordings (2012)
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various dates
collective, and approximate, personnel
Date: ca. 1958
Beverly Kenney (ldr), unknown (orc), Beverly Kenney (v)
| a. | What Is There To Say(Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) |
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Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 721 — Complete Decca Recordings (2012)
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Date: January 28, 1958
Label: Decca
Beverly Kenney (ldr), Ellis Larkins (p, celeste), Joe Benjamin (b), Beverly Kenney (v)
| a. | Do It Again(George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva) | |
| b. | A Woman's Intuition(Victor Young, Ned Washington)
Verve CD440 065 328-2 — When Love Goes Wrong: Songs For The Broken-Hearted (2003)
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| c. | Life Can Be Beautiful(Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson) | |
| d. | Mama, Do I Gotta?(Vic Mizzy, Mann Curtis) |
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Decca LP 12"DL 8743 — Beverly Kenney Sings For Playboys
Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 721 — Complete Decca Recordings (2012)
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some sources give date as March 17
Date: February 19, 1958
Label: Decca
Beverly Kenney (ldr), unknown (orc), Beverly Kenney (v), Ralph Burns (con)
| a. | Your Love Is My Love(Norman Mapp) | |
| b. | The Magic Touch(Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) |
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Decca 459-30614
Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 721 — Complete Decca Recordings (2012)
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Date: May 18, 1958
Location: Steve Allen TV Show
Beverly Kenney (ldr), unknown (orc), Beverly Kenney (v), Skitch Henderson (con)
| a. | What Is There To Say(Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) | |
| b. | I Hate Rock and Roll(Beverly Kenney, Ray Passman)
Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 721 — Complete Decca Recordings (2012)
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SSJ CD(J) XQAM-1035 — What Is There To Say? (2009)
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Date: October 9, 1958
Label: Decca
Beverly Kenney (ldr), unknown (orc), Ellis Larkins (p, celeste), Beverly Kenney (v), Harold 'Hal' Mooney (con)
| a. | Again(Lionel Newman, Dorcas Cochran) | |
| b. | Isn't It A Pity?(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| c. | Where Can I Go Without You?(Victor Young, Peggy Lee) | |
| d. | Beyond The Next Hill(Bob Haymes, Bobby Worth) |
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Decca LP 12"DL 8850 — Born To Be Blue
Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 721 — Complete Decca Recordings (2012)
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Date: October 14, 1958
Label: Decca
Beverly Kenney (ldr), unknown (orc), Ellis Larkins (p, celeste), Beverly Kenney (v), Charlie Albertine (con)
| a. | You Couldn't Be Cuter(Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) | |
| b. | Born To Be Blue(Mel Torme, Robert Wells)
Decca LP 12"DL 8850 — Born To Be Blue
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| c. | I Walk A Little Faster(Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)
Decca LP 12"DL 8850 — Born To Be Blue
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| d. | It's A Blue World(George 'Chet' Forrest, Robert Craig Wright)
Decca LP 12"DL 8850 — Born To Be Blue
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| e. | Somewhere Along The Way(Kurt Adams, Sammy Gallop)
Decca LP 12"DL 8850 — Born To Be Blue
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Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 721 — Complete Decca Recordings (2012)
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Date: October 22, 1958
Label: Decca
Beverly Kenney (ldr), Charlie Shavers (t), unknown (orc), Ellis Larkins (p), Beverly Kenney (v), Harold 'Hal' Mooney (con)
| a. | For All We Know(Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots) | |
| b. | It Only Happens When I Dance With You(Irving Berlin) | |
| c. | Vanity(Bernard Bierman, Jack Manus, Guy Wood) | |
| d. | Go Away, My Love(Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) |
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Decca LP 12"DL 8850 — Born To Be Blue
Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 721 — Complete Decca Recordings (2012)
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Charlie Shavers (t) on a-c.
Date: December 11, 1958
Location: WNTA-TV
Art Ford's Jazz Party
Billy Butterfield, Wild Bill Davison (t), unknown (tb, ts), Rolf Kuhn, Tony Parenti (cl), Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley (as), Roland Hanna (p), Vinnie Burke (b), Specs Powell (d), Beverly Kenney (v)
| a. | Indiana [see Back Home Again In Indiana](James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) | |
| b. | 'S Wonderful(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| c. | The Surrey With The Fringe On The Top(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
SSJ CD(J) XQAM-1035 — What Is There To Say? (2009)
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| d. | Makin' Whoopee(Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn)
SSJ CD(J) XQAM-1035 — What Is There To Say? (2009)
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| e. | There Will Never Be Another You(Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) | |
| f. | Will You Still Be Mine(Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) | |
| g. | After You've Gone(Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) | |
| h. | Cotton Tail(Duke Ellington) | |
| i. | The Way You Look Tonight(Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) | |
| j. | The More I See You(Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
SSJ CD(J) XQAM-1035 — What Is There To Say? (2009)
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| k. | Taking A Chance On Love(Vernon Duke, John Latouche, Ted Fetter)
SSJ CD(J) XQAM-1035 — What Is There To Say? (2009)
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| l. | I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me(Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields, Clarence Gaskill) | |
| m. | Sugar(Maceo Pinkard, Sidney D. Mitchell, Edna Alexander) | |
| n. | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter(Joe Young, Fred E. Ahlert) | |
| o. | Sweet Georgia Brown(Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey, Ben Bernie) |
Billy Butterfield (t) on a, c, g-h, o; Wild Bill Davison (t) on a-b, g, l-m, o; unknown (tb) on b, l, o, (ts) on b, l, o; Rolf Kuhn (cl) on a-b, e, g, l, n-o; Tony Parenti (cl) on a-b, g, l, o; Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley (as) on i; Beverly Kenney (v) on c-d, j-k.
Date: July 8, 1959
Label: Decca
Beverly Kenney (ldr), Charlie Shavers (t), Eddie Bert (tb), Al Klink (ts), Chuck Wayne (g), Stan Freeman (p, con), Bill Pemberton (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Beverly Kenney (v)
| a. | Undecided(Charlie Shavers, Sydney Robin) / arr: Stan Freeman
Verve CD2600814 — Jazz Ladies -- Undecided (2006)
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| b. | A Sunday Kind Of Love(Stanley Rhodes, Louis Prima, Anita Leonard [Nye], Barbara Belle) / arr: Stan Freeman | |
| c. | Somebody Else Is Taking My Place(Russ Morgan, Bob Ellsworth, Richard Howard) / arr: Stan Freeman | |
| d. | I Had The Craziest Dream(Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) / arr: Stan Freeman |
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Decca LP 12"DL 8948 — Like Yesterday
Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 721 — Complete Decca Recordings (2012)
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Date: July 16, 1959
Label: Decca
Beverly Kenney (ldr), Herbie Mann (f), John Rae (vib, perc), Chuck Wayne (g), Stan Freeman (p), Bill Pemberton (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Beverly Kenney (v)
| a. | What A Difference A Day Makes(Maria Grever, Stanley Adams) | |
| b. | Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe(E. Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen) | |
| c. | Tampico(Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher) | |
| d. | Sentimental Journey(Les Brown, Ben Homer, Bud Green) |
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Decca LP 12"DL 8948 — Like Yesterday
Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 721 — Complete Decca Recordings (2012)
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Date: July 17, 1959
Label: Decca
Beverly Kenney (ldr), Stan Freeman (t, p), Jerome Richardson (ww, cl, bar), Chuck Wayne (g), Bill Pemberton (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Beverly Kenney (v)
| a. | Any Old Time(Artie Shaw) | |
| b. | And The Angels Sing(Johnny Mercer, Ziggy Elman) | |
| c. | More Than You Know(Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose) | |
| d. | The Dipsey Doodle(Larry Clinton) |
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Decca LP 12"DL 8948 — Like Yesterday
Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 721 — Complete Decca Recordings (2012)
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Stan Freeman (t) on b; Jerome Richardson (ww) on c, (cl) on a, (bar) on d.
Date: February 7, 1960
Location: WBKB-TV, Chicago
Playboy's Penthouse
Beverly Kenney (ldr), unknown (p, celeste, b, d), Hugh Hefner (v, mc), Beverly Kenney (v)
| a. | Everything Happens To Me(Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) | |
| b. | Mountain Greenery(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| c. | Makin' Whoopee(Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) | |
| d. | In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning(Dave Mann, Bob Hilliard) |
| All titles on: |
Fresh Sound multi CD setFSR-CD 721 — Complete Decca Recordings (2012)
SSJ CD(J) XQAM-1086 — Volume 4 (2017)
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unknown (p) on a-c, (celeste) on d; Hugh Hefner (v) on c.
video available on Youtube