Ken Darby Singers
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939 - 1959
Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | 87008 | 11/3/1954 | Palm Sunday | Hollywood Symphony Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | 87009 | 11/3/1954 | The carriage of the cross ; The crucifixion | Hollywood Symphony Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | 87010 | 11/3/1954 | The song of the resurrection ; The big fisherman | Hollywood Symphony Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | 87011 | 11/3/1954 | The catacombs | Hollywood Symphony Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | 87012 | 11/3/1954 | The miracle | Hollywood Symphony Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | 87013 | 11/3/1954 | The better Kingdom | Hollywood Symphony Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | DLA 1844 | 10-in. | 7/29/1939 | If I only had a brain | Victor Young Orchestra | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 1845 | 10-in. | 7/29/1939 | If I only had a heart | Victor Young Orchestra | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 1846 | 10-in. | 7/29/1939 | Munchkinland, part 1 | Victor Young Orchestra | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 1847 | 10-in. | 7/29/1939 | Munchkinland, part 2 | Victor Young Orchestra | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 1848 | 10-in. | 7/29/1939 | The merry old land of Oz | Victor Young Orchestra | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 1849 | 10-in. | 7/29/1939 | We're off to see the wizard | Victor Young Orchestra | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 1896 | 10-in. | 12/13/1939 | Little wooden head | Cliff Edwards ; Victor Young Orchestra | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 1897 | 10-in. | 12/13/1939 | When you wish upon a star | Cliff Edwards ; Victor Young Orchestra | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 1898 | 10-in. | 12/13/1939 | Jiminy Cricket | Cliff Edwards ; Victor Young Orchestra | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 1899 | 10-in. | 12/13/1939 | Give a little whistle | Cliff Edwards ; Victor Young Orchestra | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 1900 | 10-in. | 12/13/1939 | Turn on the old music box | Cliff Edwards ; Victor Young Orchestra | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 1901 | 10-in. | 12/13/1939 | Hi-diddle-dee-dee | Cliff Edwards ; Victor Young Orchestra | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 1902 | 10-in. | 12/13/1939 | I've got no strings | Cliff Edwards ; Victor Young Orchestra | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 1903 | 10-in. | 12/13/1939 | Three cheers for anything | Cliff Edwards ; Victor Young Orchestra | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 2035 | 10-in. | 7/6/1940 | Ballad for Americans: Part 1 | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 2036 | 10-in. | 7/6/1940 | Ballad for Americans: Part 2 | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 2037 | 10-in. | 7/6/1940 | Ballad for Americans: Part 3 | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 2038 | 10-in. | 7/6/1940 | Ballad for Americans: Part 4 | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 3009 | 10-in. | 5/29/1942 | White Christmas | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 3010 | 10-in. | 5/29/1942 | Abraham | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | DLA 3011 | 10-in. | 5/29/1942 | Song of freedom | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3172 | 10-in. | 7/2/1943 | Sunday, Monday or always | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3173 | 10-in. | 7/2/1943 | If you please | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3471 | 10-in. | 7/24/1944 | Just a prayer away | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3472 | 10-in. | 7/24/1944 | My mother's waltz | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3473 | 10-in. | 7/24/1944 | Beautiful love | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3581 | 10-in. | 9/5/1944 | By the old corral | Dick Haymes | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3582 | 10-in. | 9/5/1944 | Santa Claus is ridin' the trail | Dick Haymes | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3583 | 10-in. | 9/5/1944 | (Back home again in) Indiana | Dick Haymes | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3584 | 10-in. | 9/5/1944 | I'll never smile again | Dick Haymes | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3760 | 10-in. | 3/28/1945 | The littlest angel: Part 1 | Loretta Young | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3761 | 10-in. | 3/28/1945 | The littlest angel: Part 2 | Loretta Young | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3762 | 10-in. | 3/28/1945 | The littlest angel: Part 3 | Loretta Young | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3763 | 10-in. | 3/28/1945 | The littlest angel: Part 4 | Loretta Young | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3764 | 10-in. | 3/28/1945 | The littlest angel: Part 5 | Loretta Young | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3765 | 10-in. | 3/28/1945 | The littlest angel: Part 6 | Loretta Young | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3768 | 10-in. | 3/30/1945 | Indiana in the evening | Kenny Baker | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 3769 | 10-in. | 3/30/1945 | When ships go sailing back to Avalon | Kenny Baker | Vocal group | ||
| Decca | L 4360 | 2/17/1947 | Bless this house | Kenny Baker | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4361 | 2/17/1947 | Help me to help my neighbor | Kenny Baker | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4374 | 3/19/1947 | White Christmas | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4375 | 3/19/1947 | Silent night, Holy night | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4376 | 3/19/1947 | The Christmas song | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4398 | 3/26/1947 | Happy birthday/Auld Lang Syne | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4399 | 3/27/1947 | Happy birthday ; Auld Lang Syne-1 | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4400 | 3/28/1947 | Anniversary song | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4401 | 3/28/1947 | o fir tree dark | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4454 | 6/14/1947 | What's the use of dreaming | Danny Kaye | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4455 | 6/14/1947 | I wonder who's kissing her now | Danny Kaye | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4939 | 3/22/1949 | Riders in the sky | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4940 | 3/22/1949 | Careless hands | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4992 | 5/6/1949 | Holy, Holy, Lord God almighty | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4993 | 5/6/1949 | Mother dear, O pray for me | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4994 | 5/6/1949 | O Lord, I am not worthy | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4995 | 5/6/1949 | Rock of ages | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4996 | 5/6/1949 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4997 | 5/6/1949 | He leadeth me | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4998 | 5/6/1949 | All hail the power of Jesus' name | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 4999 | 5/6/1949 | O God, our help in ages past | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 5291 | 12/23/1949 | My own bit of land | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 5292 | 12/23/1949 | When the sun goes down | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 5926 | 11/12/1950 | The little white duck | Danny Kaye | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 5927 | 11/12/1950 | The thing | Danny Kaye | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 5953 | 12/13/1950 | A perfect day | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 5954 | 12/13/1950 | May the good Lord bless and keep you all | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 9474 | 8/9/1956 | Lovely hula hands | Alfred Newman Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 9475 | 8/9/1956 | Aloha to the magic islands medley: Song of the islands ; King's serenade ; Aloha Oe | Alfred Newman Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 9476 | 8/13/1956 | Ke kali nei au (Hawaiian wedding song) | Alfred Newman Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 9477 | 8/13/1956 | Love song of Kalua | Alfred Newman Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 9478 | 8/14/1956 | Hawaiian war chant | Alfred Newman Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 9479 | 8/14/1956 | Legend of the rain | Alfred Newman Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 9480 | 8/14/1956 | Sweet Leilani | Alfred Newman Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 9481 | 8/14/1956 | Hana Maui | Alfred Newman Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 9482 | 8/21/1956 | Trade winds | Alfred Newman Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 9483 | 8/21/1956 | The magic islands, part 1 | Alfred Newman Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 9484 | 8/21/1956 | The magic islands, part 2 | Alfred Newman Orchestra | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 9584 | 10/3/1956 | Around the world | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 9585 | 10/3/1956 | I heard the bells on Christmas day | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 9586 | 10/3/1956 | Love in a home | Bing Crosby | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 10318 | 6/26/1957 | Put on your old grey bonnet | Burl Ives | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 10319 | 6/26/1957 | M-O-T-H-E-R | Burl Ives | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 10320 | 6/26/1957 | Kentucky babe | Burl Ives | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 10321 | 6/26/1957 | Daddy you've been a mother to me | Burl Ives | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 10322 | 6/27/1957 | I was seeing Nellie home | Burl Ives | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 10323 | 6/27/1957 | In the evening by the moonlight | Burl Ives | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 10324 | 6/27/1957 | Grandfather's clock | Burl Ives | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 10325 | 6/27/1957 | The man on the flying trapeze | Burl Ives | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 10326 | 6/28/1957 | That little boy of mine | Burl Ives | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 10327 | 6/28/1957 | Listen to the mocking bird | Burl Ives | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 10328 | 6/28/1957 | The man that broke the bank at Monte Carlo | Burl Ives | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 10329 | 6/28/1957 | There's a little white house | Burl Ives | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 10330 | 6/28/1957 | A hot time in the old town tonight | Burl Ives | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11663 | 7/29/1959 | The spirit of Christmas past | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11664 | 7/29/1959 | Mary threads on snow | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11665 | 7/29/1959 | Stille genacht | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11666 | 7/29/1959 | The bell ringer's carol | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11667 | 7/29/1959 | Coventry carol | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11686 | 8/5/1959 | The friendly beast | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11687 | 8/5/1959 | Come Beth' lem | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11688 | 8/5/1959 | Spirit of Christmas present ; T'was the night before Christmas | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11689 | 8/5/1959 | White Christmas | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11690 | 8/5/1959 | The spirit of Christmas past | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11691 | 8/5/1959 | We'll dress the house | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11692 | 8/5/1959 | Caroling, caroling | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11693 | 8/5/1959 | Some children see him | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11694 | 8/5/1959 | Come dear children | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11695 | 8/8/1959 | The spirit of Christmas future | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11696 | 8/8/1959 | To you who are as yet unborn | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11697 | 8/8/1959 | The story of Christmas | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11698 | 8/8/1959 | Another Christmas | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11699 | 8/8/1959 | Finale saviour saviour | Ken Darby Singers | Vocal group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ken Darby Singers," accessed May 11, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116582.
Ken Darby Singers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116582.
"Ken Darby Singers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 11 May 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Ken Darby Singers - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr94012149
Wikidata: Ken Darby Singers - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28478024
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/121289578
MusicBrainz: Ken Darby Singers - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ca5f651d-9f6b-4342-abd4-2b40bb050d3b
ISNI: 0000 0000 8416 5232 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000084165232
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