Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; Yiddish: דוד־דניאל קאַמינסקי; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs. Kaye starred in 17 films, notably Wonder Man (1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), The Inspector General (1949), Hans Christian Andersen (1952), White Christmas (1954), and The Court Jester (1955). His films were popular, especially for his performances of patter songs and favorites such as "Inchworm" and "The Ugly Duckling". He was the first ambassador-at-large of UNICEF in 1954 and received the French Legion of Honour in 1986 for his years of work with the organization.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 18, 1913 (Brooklyn), Died March 3, 1987 (Los Angeles)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1947 - 1956

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, narrator

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	74847	4/18/1949	Honey bun-1	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	74848	4/18/1949	There is nothin' like a dame	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	75604	12/14/1949	The handout song	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	75605	12/14/1949	The wreck of the old 97	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	76369	5/18/1950	Pigalle	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	76370	5/18/1950	Hula Lou	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	80657	3/8/1951	Rhythm of a new romance	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	80658	3/8/1951	Happy ending	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	80659	3/8/1951	On the Riviera	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	80664	3/9/1951	I'm late	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	80665	3/9/1951	The walrus and the carpenter	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	81903	11/26/1951	There's a hole in the bottom of the sea	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	81904	11/26/1951	Uncle pockets	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	84023	2/27/1953	I love you, that's one thing I know	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	84024	2/27/1953	I'll buy the ring	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	85888	3/9/1954	Stories of the ballets: The magic toyshop (La boutique fantasque) (Rossini-Respighi): Part 1	Danny Kaye	narrator
Decca	85889	3/9/1954	Stories of the ballets: The magic toyshop (La boutique fantasque) (Rossini-Respighi): Part 2	Danny Kaye	narrator
Decca	85908	2/26/1954	Knock on wood	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	85909	2/26/1954	All about you	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	85910	2/26/1954	Monahan, O Han	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	86772	9/9/1954	Blue skies ; Mandy	Bing Crosby ; Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	86945	10/19/1954	Mandy	Bing Crosby ; Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4419	5/5/1947	Bloop bleep	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4420	5/5/1947	I got a song	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4424	5/13/1947	Tubby the tuba, part 1	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4425	5/13/1947	Tubby the tuba, part 2	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4454	6/14/1947	What's the use of dreaming	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4455	6/14/1947	I wonder who's kissing her now	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4508	9/27/1947	Civilization	The Andrews Sisters ; Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4509	9/27/1947	Bread and butter woman	The Andrews Sisters ; Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4586	11/28/1947	The little fiddle (Symphony for unstrung tongue): Part 1	Danny Kaye	narrator
Decca	L 4587	11/28/1947	The little fiddle (Symphony for unstrung tongue): Part 2	Danny Kaye	narrator
Decca	L 4605	12/2/1947	When I first met my old old love I knew/ (The Gondoliers) In enterprise of Martial Kind	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4617	12/4/1947	(Pirates of Penzance) The policemen's song	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4618	12/4/1947	(Patience) If you're anxious for to shine	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4619	12/4/1947	(Iolantie) Nightmare song	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4642	12/10/1947	Oh, by Jingo!	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4643	12/10/1947	St. Louis blues	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4664	12/14/1947	Mad dogs and Englishmen-1	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4665	12/14/1947	Triplets	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4679	12/17/1947	A lullaby for Dena	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4680	12/17/1947	Molly Malone (Cockles and mussels)	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4693	12/18/1947	Ballin' the jack	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4703	12/19/1947	(The Mikado) The moon and I	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4704	12/19/1947	The moon is your pillow	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4705	12/20/1947	Big brass band from Brazil	The Andrews Sisters ; Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4706	12/20/1947	It's a quiet town	The Andrews Sisters ; Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4709	12/20/1947	Maniac depressive presents: Lobby number, part 1	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4710	12/20/1947	Maniac depressive presents: Lobby number, part 2	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4837	6/4/1948	Put 'em in a box.tie 'em with a ribbon	The Andrews Sisters ; Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4838	6/4/1948	The woody woodpecker song	The Andrews Sisters ; Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4841	9/13/1948	Anytime	The Andrews Sisters ; Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4878	1/24/1949	Coca roca	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4879	1/24/1949	Chu-chu-chi-wa-wa train	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4948	3/29/1949	Candy kisses	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 4949	3/29/1949	Thank you	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5136	9/14/1949	A merry Christmas at Grandmother's house-1	The Andrews Sisters ; Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5137	9/14/1949	(All I want for Christmas is) My two front teeth-2	The Andrews Sisters ; Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5142	9/27/1949	(The sorcerer) My name is John Wellington Wells	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5143	9/28/1949	(HMS Pinafore) When I was a lad	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5144	10/2/1949	I've got a lovely bunch of cocoanuts-1	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5145	10/2/1949	The peony bush	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5199	11/11/1949	Love me or leave me	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5200	11/11/1949	Happy times	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5386	2/10/1950	Wilhelmina	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5387	2/10/1950	C'est si bon (It's so good)	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5392	2/15/1950	Confidentially	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5393	2/15/1950	A paper full of fish and chips	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5668	6/14/1950	La vie en rose	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5710	6/27/1950	Popo the puppet	Danny Kaye	vocalist, narrator
Decca	L 5711	6/27/1950	The Tubby the tuba song	Danny Kaye	vocalist, narrator
Decca	L 5712	6/27/1950	Ladies ladies	Danny Kaye	vocalist, narrator
Decca	L 5784	8/18/1950	Tubby the tuba at the circus, part 1	Danny Kaye	vocalist, narrator
Decca	L 5785	8/18/1950	Tubby the tuba at the circus, part 2	Danny Kaye	vocalist, narrator
Decca	L 5858	9/28/1950	Ching-ara-sa-sa	The Andrews Sisters ; Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5859	9/28/1950	Orange colored sky	The Andrews Sisters ; Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5926	11/12/1950	The little white duck	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5927	11/12/1950	The thing	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5998	1/16/1951	How could you believe me	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 5999	1/16/1951	I left my hat in Haiti	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6000	1/16/1951	I taut I taw a puddy-tat	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6388	8/12/1951	How d'ye do and shake hands	Danny Kaye ; Jane Wyman	vocalist
Decca	L 6389	8/12/1951	Black strap molasses	Danny Kaye ; Jane Wyman	vocalist
Decca	L 6450	9/26/1951	Riley's daughter-1	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6451	9/26/1951	Eat, eat, eat!	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6452	9/26/1951	Santa Claus looks like my Daddy	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6457	9/27/1951	You're for me, Mimi	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6458	9/27/1951	Mademoiselle de Paree	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6459	9/27/1951	Tongue twisters	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6500	10/24/1951	Uncle pockets	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6501	10/24/1951	There's a hole in the bottom of the sea	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6855	8/11/1952	Thumbelina	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6856	8/11/1952	Wonderful Copenhagen	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6857	8/11/1952	Anywhere I wander	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6858	8/11/1952	The king's new clothes	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6859	8/12/1952	Inchworm	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6860	8/12/1952	The ugly duckling	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6861	8/13/1952	No two people-1	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6862	8/13/1952	I'm Hans Christian Andersen	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6919	10/29/1952	In my neck o' the woods-1	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6920	10/29/1952	What more do you want?	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6966	12/20/1952	I belong to Glasgow ; Good old 49 ; Tchaikovsky	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 6967	12/20/1952	Anatole of Paris	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 7443	10/27/1953	Night of my nights	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 7444	10/27/1953	Not since Nineveh	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 7622	4/10/1954	White Christrnas (finale)-1	Bing Crosby ; Danny Kaye ; Peggy Lee ; Trudy Stevens	vocalist
Decca	L 7623	4/10/1954	Snow-1	Bing Crosby ; Danny Kaye ; Peggy Lee ; Trudy Stevens	vocalist
Decca	L 7624	4/10/1954	The old man; Gee, I wish I was back in the Army	Bing Crosby ; Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 7850	9/2/1954	The best things happen while you're dancing	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 7851	9/2/1954	Choreography	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 7852	9/2/1954	Manhattan mambo	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8648	8/30/1955	Yon-u-ary-1	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8649	8/30/1955	(I love you) Fair dinkurn (dinky di I do)	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8654	9/7/1955	Life could not better be	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8655	9/7/1955	The maladjusted jester	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8671	9/12/1955	Where walks my true love	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8672	9/12/1955	My heart knows a lovely song	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8677	9/15/1955	I live to love	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8678	9/15/1955	Willow, willow waley	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8679	9/15/1955	Pass the basket	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8680	9/17/1955	Outfox the fox	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8681	9/17/1955	Madam, I love your crepe Suzette	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8682	9/17/1955	My darling Jenny Macoo	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8683	9/21/1955	The court jester, part 1	Danny Kaye	vocalist, narrator
Decca	L 8684	9/22/1955	The court jester, part 2	Danny Kaye	vocalist, narrator
Decca	L 8701	9/27/1955	Outfox the fox	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8702	9/27/1955	Life could not better be	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8703	9/27/1955	I'll take you dreaming	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8869	12/20/1955	Little child (Daddy dear)	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 8870	12/20/1955	Laugh it off upsy Daisey	Danny Kaye	vocalist
Decca	L 9063	3/22/1956	Delilah Jones	Danny Kaye	vocalist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kaye, Danny," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108026.

Kaye, Danny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108026.

"Kaye, Danny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.