(1910-05-12)May 12, 1910 Webster Groves, Missouri, U.S.
Died
May 1, 1984(1984-05-01) (aged 73) Malibu, California, U.S.
Genres
Popular music
Occupation(s)
Composer, arranger, conductor, musician
Instrument(s)
Piano
Years active
1930s–1980s
Musical artist
Gordon Hill Jenkins (May 12, 1910 – May 1, 1984) was an American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s.[1] Jenkins worked with The Andrews Sisters, Johnny Cash, The Weavers, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, Harry Nilsson, Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald.[1]
^ abColin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 221. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
Gordon Hill Jenkins (May 12, 1910 – May 1, 1984) was an American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and...
It's My Heart 1942, 1960 Irving Berlin Before the Music Ends 1979 GordonJenkins Begin the Beguine 1946 Cole Porter Bein' Green 1970 Joe Raposo The Bells...
10, though arranged by GordonJenkins as part of the original concept, were conducted by Nelson Riddle (uncredited) in Jenkins' absence. On CD, the final...
2015. "Crime pays for writer Barbara Jenkins", Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, 18 September 2014. "Barbara Jenkins at Small Wonder Festival", British Council...
Xavier Cugat, Paul Whiteman, Ted Lewis, Nelson Riddle, and mood-master GordonJenkins, whose orchestra and chorus accompanied them on such successful soft...
many of the lyrics from GordonJenkins's 1953 Seven Dreams concept album, specifically the song "Crescent City Blues". Jenkins was not credited on the...
Carmichael, 1939) Blue Pearl (Bud Powell, 1957) Blue Prelude (Joe Bishop and GordonJenkins, 1933) Blue 'n' Boogie Blue Rondo à la Turk (Dave Brubeck, 1959) Blue...
singer Harry Nilsson. The album was arranged by Frank Sinatra's arranger GordonJenkins, and produced by Derek Taylor. This album is notable in being a standards...
(Danny Kaye and GordonJenkins and his Chorus and Orchestra, Decca) US No. 28, 1952 "Wonderful Copenhagen" (Danny Kaye and GordonJenkins and his Chorus...
August 2, 2005) was a coloratura soprano who worked with arranger GordonJenkins. Jenkins and Norman collaborated on a number of albums. Norman was also...
Nilsson sang in front of an orchestra arranged and conducted by veteran GordonJenkins in sessions produced by Derek Taylor. This musical endeavor did not...
location in the film. The musical score was by composer and arranger GordonJenkins, who first worked with Sinatra on the 1957 album Where Are You? The...
series. Jenkins was born and raised in DeKalb, Illinois. His mother, Mary Elizabeth (née Wheeler), was a housewife, and his father, Dale Stevens Jenkins, was...
"Crescent City Blues" is a song written by composer GordonJenkins and sung by Beverly Mahr, and released on his Seven Dreams album in 1953. It is a torch...
first of four collaborations between Cole and influential arranger GordonJenkins. Launching the charting single "Stardust", which peaked at #79, the...
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