Jimmy Kennedy

Jimmy Kennedy

James Kennedy (20 July 1902 – 6 April 1984) was a Northern Irish songwriter. He was predominantly a lyricist, putting words to existing music such as "Teddy Bears' Picnic" and "My Prayer" or co-writing with composers like Michael Carr, Wilhelm Grosz and Nat Simon. In a career spanning more than fifty years, he wrote some 2000 songs, of which over 200 became worldwide hits and about 50 are popular music classics.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 20, 1902 (Omagh), Died April 6, 1984 (Somerset)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1933 - 1953

Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter, lyricist, composer, arranger, translator, adapter

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Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BVE-78861	10-in.	12/18/1933	My song goes 'round the world	Richard Crooks	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BS-82338	10-in.	4/23/1934	Play to me, Gypsy! (The song I love)	Angelo Ferdinando ; Hotel Great Northern Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	translator
Victor	BS-84991	10-in.	11/14/1934	Isle of Capri	Luis Alvarez ; Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-86245	10-in.	11/23/1934	Isle of Capri	Al Mitchell Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-94368	10-in.	8/8/1935	The Isle of Capri	Riley Puckett	Male vocal solo, with guitar	lyricist
Victor	BS-95043	10-in.	9/18/1935	Red sails in the sunset	Al Bowlly ; Ray Noble	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-95339	10-in.	10/5/1935	Red sails in the sunset	Little Ramblers ; Ward Pinkett	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	lyricist
Victor	BS-96272	10-in.	11/4/1935	Red sails in the sunset	The Girls of the Golden West	Female vocal duet, with guitar	lyricist
Victor	BS-98867	10-in.	1/24/1936	Misty islands of the Highlands	Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-99022	10-in.	1/31/1936	Misty islands of the Highlands	George Hall ; Hotel Taft Orchestra ; Johnny McKeever	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-03855	10-in.	12/28/1936	Serenade in the night	Shep Fields ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	translator, arranger
Victor	PBS-09512	10-in.	6/10/1937	The miller's daughter Marianne	George Hamilton ; Music Box Music ; Lee Norton	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-010529	10-in.	6/8/1937	The miller's daughter, Marianne	Ken Drake Orchestra ; Jimmy Ray	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-011141	10-in.	7/2/1937	Harbor lights	Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-015563	10-in.	10/27/1937	Ten pretty girls	Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	songwriter
Victor	BS-018444	10-in.	2/1/1938	Two bouquets	Carmen Lombardo ; Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-018445	10-in.	2/1/1938	Home town	Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	songwriter
Victor	BS-019840	10-in.	2/18/1938	Two bouquets	Jerry Blaine ; Phyllis Kenny ; Stream Line Rhythm	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-035364	10-in.	3/28/1939	The chestnut tree	Saxie Dowell ; Hal Kemp Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-035399	10-in.	4/4/1939	The chestnut tree ('Neath the spreading chestnut tree)	Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble	songwriter
Victor	PBS-036242	10-in.	6/5/1939	Cinderella (Stay in my arms)	Kenny Baker ; Nathaniel Finston	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Victor	BS-037156	10-in.	5/25/1939	Cinderella (Stay in my arms)	Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-037403	10-in.	5/31/1939	Cinderella (Stay in my arms)	Gray Gordon ; Cliff Grass ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-038335	10-in.	7/11/1939	Bajo un castaño	Marimba Pan-Americana	Marimba band	songwriter
Victor	BS-038412	10-in.	7/17/1939	South of the border (Down Mexico way)	Clyde Burke ; Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus	songwriter
Victor	BS-041153	10-in.	8/1/1939	South of the border (Down Mexico way)	Hal Derwin ; Shep Fields ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-041477	10-in.	9/20/1939	My prayer	Clyde Burke ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-041587	10-in.	8/18/1939	My prayer	Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Victor	PBS-042119	10-in.	9/15/1939	South of the border (Down Mexico way)	Kenny Baker ; Nathaniel Finston	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Victor	MBS-045119	10-in.	before 2/27/1940	Rumbo a México	Magos del Ritmo ; Paco Treviño	Instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Victor	MBS-045292	10-in.	before 4/29/1940	En la frontera de México	Orquesta Juan S. Garrido ; Emilio Tuero	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-045703	10-in.	11/24/1939	Noche de luna	Marimba Pan-Americana	Marimba band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-045935	10-in.	1/15/1940	South with the boarder (Down Mexico way)	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus	songwriter
Victor	BS-045956	10-in.	1/18/1940	En la frontera de México	Tito Guizar	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Victor	BS-046127	10-in.	12/26/1939	My prayer	Golden Gate Quartet	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-046497	10-in.	1/23/1940	Opera presentation : South of the border	Alec Templeton	Comic monologue, with piano	composer
Victor	BS-047529	10-in.	2/5/1940	South of the border	Riley Puckett	Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin	songwriter
Victor	BS-047530	10-in.	2/5/1940	Red sails in the sunset	Riley Puckett	Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin	lyricist
Victor	BS-048916	10-in.	4/17/1940	Her name was Rosita	Californians ; Abe Lyman	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-050136	10-in.	4/24/1940	Her name was Rosita	Clyde Burke ; Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal trio, and vocal ensemble	composer, lyricist
Victor	S-052888	10-in.	11/24/1943	Chorei de dor	Carmen Costa	Female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-058736	10-in.	1/3/1941	The mem'ry of a rose	Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-058805	10-in.	12/27/1940	The mem'ry of a rose	Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-058861	10-in.	1/9/1941	The mem'ry of a rose	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Arthur Wright	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	E0VB-5278	10-in.	8/15/1950	The red we want is the red we've got (in the old red white and blue)	Elton Britt ; Skytoppers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Victor	E0VB-6282	10-in.	12/13/1950	I'm writing a letter to the Lord	Eddy Arnold	Male vocal solo, with string band	lyricist, composer
Victor	E1VB-0553	10-in.	1/29/1951	Yogy the dogie (with the ribbon on his tail)	Frank Worth Orchestra ; Roy Rogers ; Roy Rogers Riders ; Frank Worth	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	E1VB-0606	10-in.	4/6/1951	Last night my heart crossed the ocean	Dale Evans ; Frank Worth Orchestra ; Roy Rogers Riders ; Frank Worth	Female vocal solo, with male vocal ensemble and instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Victor	E1VB-0906	10-in.	1/26/1951	Down the trail of achin' hearts	Anita Carter ; Rainbow Ranch Boys ; Hank Snow	Female-male vocal duet, with string band	songwriter
Victor	D6VB-2053	10-in.	4/24/1946	Isle of Capri	Buddy Cole Orchestra ; Four King Sisters	Female vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	D7VB-0547	10-in.	5/18/1947	On the old Spanish trail	Spade Cooley ; Roy Rogers ; Spade Cooley Western Swing Band	Male vocal solo, with string band	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-0958	10-in.	6/10/1947	An apple blossom wedding	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	Male vocal solo, with vocal group and jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-1441	10-in.	7/24/1947	And Mimi	Charlie Spivak Orchestra ; Charlie Spivak	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-2727	10-in.	12/21/1947	Where flamingos fly	Beryl Davis ; Johnny Richards Orchestra ; Johnny Richards	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Victor	D7VB-2957	10-in.	12/23/1947	On the painted desert	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Audrey Young	Female vocal, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	D9VB-0143	10-in.	1/25/1949	(When we're alone) Penthouse serenade	Three Suns	Instrumental ensemble	arranger
Victor	D9VB-0145	10-in.	1/25/1949	Serenade in the night	Three Suns	Instrumental ensemble	arranger
Victor	D9VB-0953	10-in.	3/19/1949	A chapter in my life called Mary	Don Cornell ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	D9AB-1937	10-in.	9/30/1949	My bolero (Where the bolero began)	Eddie Fisher	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Victor	D9VB-2779	10-in.	12/16/1949	The French can-can polka	The Honeydreamers ; Three Suns	Instrumental ensemble, with vocal group	lyricist, arranger
Victor	CU-408[a]	10-in.	before 5/15/1940	En la frontera de México	Orquesta Riverside ; Anselmo Sacasas ; Miguelito Valdés	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Columbia	CO43808	10-in.	5/4/1950	Ten pretty girls	Adolph Hofner and his San Antonians	String band	songwriter
Columbia	HCO1862	10-in.	6/4/1946	South of the border (down Mexico way)	Gene Autry	Male vocal solo, with string band	songwriter
Columbia	WC2696	10-in.	9/11/1939	South of the border (down Mexico way)	Gene Autry	Male vocal solo, with string band	songwriter
Columbia	WC2757	10-in.	9/25/1939	South of the border (down Mexico way)	Louise Massey ; Westerners (Massey Family)	String band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Columbia	CO17701	10-in.	6/6/1935	L'isola di Capri	Clara Stella	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Columbia	CO27970	10-in.	approximately 1940	Sérénade près de Mexico	Marcel Carivan ; Tino Rossi	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Columbia	CO40711	10-in.	1949	Merry-go-round waltz	Carroll Lucas Orchestra ; The Marlin Sisters	Female vocal duet, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Brunswick	LA391	10-in.	7/12/1935	La Isla de Capri : Tango canción	Los Madrugadores	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Brunswick	MLA2064	10-in.	12/5/1939	Sur de Río Grande	Hermanas Padilla ; Manuel S. Acuña Orchestra	Female vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Gramophone	0HC182	10-in.	10/21/1936	Je daleko Šanghaj	Dol Dauber se Svými Solisty	Instrumental ensemble, with vocal	composer
Gramophone	0EA735	10-in.	1/15/1935	Roll along, covered wagon	New Mayfair Orchestra ; Ray Noble	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	composer
Gramophone	0EA1953	10-in.	8/14/1935	Red sails in the sunset	Jack Jackson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Gramophone	0RA2061	10-in.	5/26/1937	Rhythmus der Freude	Goldene Sieben	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal ensemble (vocalese)	composer
Gramophone	0RA3629	10-in.	1939	Unter dem Kastanienbaum	Glahé Musette Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble, with vocal	songwriter
Gramophone	0EA3807	10-in.	6/12/1936	Poor little Angeline	Sid Buckman ; Roy Fox Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Gramophone	0EA3815	10-in.	5/9/1936 or 6/26/1936	At the Cafe Continental	Denny Dennis ; Roy Fox Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Gramophone	0EA3881	10-in.	10/16/1936	Serenade in the night	Denny Dennis ; Roy Fox Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	translator, arranger
Gramophone	0EA4111	10-in.	10/29/1936	Did your mother come from Ireland?	Denny Dennis ; Roy Fox Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Gramophone	0EA4112	10-in.	10/29/1936	The miller's daughter, Marianne	Sid Buckman ; Roy Fox Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Gramophone	0EA4638	10-in.	Before 5/19/1937	Harbor lights	Barry Gray ; Roy Fox Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Gramophone	0EA4775	10-in.	4/29/1937	My way	Paul Robeson	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Gramophone	0EA5063	10-in.	7/17/1937	Hometown	Al Bowlly ; Ronnie Munro Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Gramophone	0EA5296	10-in.	7/2/1937	Deep desert	Paul Robeson	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Gramophone	0EA5429	10-in.	8/16/1937	Ten pretty girls	Ronnie Munro Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	songwriter
Gramophone	0B5821	10-in.	12/7/1933	My song goes round the world	Ray Noble Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Gramophone	0EA5935	10-in.	12/13/1937	You've gotta take your pick and swing	Ronnie Munro Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Columbia (U.K.)	CL6068	10-in.	2/5/1937	Serenade in the night	Tino Rossi	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	adapter, lyricist
Columbia (U.K.)	CL6611	10-in.	3/7/1938	Take your pick and swing	Lionel Lampel ; Orchestre Ady Rosner	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia (U.K.)	CL7155	10-in.	11/30/1939	Sérénade près de Mexico	Marcel Carivan ; Tino Rossi	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CP1083	10-in.	between February and December 1953	Coimbra	Santos Moreira ; Amália Rodrigues ; Jaime Santos	Female vocal solo, with Portuguese guitar and guitar accompaniment	lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kennedy, Jimmy," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103369.

Kennedy, Jimmy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103369.

"Kennedy, Jimmy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.