Jerry Fielding

Jerry Fielding (born Joshua Itzhak Feldman; June 17, 1922 – February 17, 1980) was an American jazz musician, arranger, band leader, and film composer who emerged in the 1960s after a decade on the blacklist, to create boldly diverse and evocative Oscar-nominated scores, primarily for gritty, often brutally savage, films in western and crime action genres, including the Sam Peckinpah movies The Wild Bunch (1969) and Straw Dogs (1971).

Birth and Death Data: Born June 17, 1922 (Pittsburgh), Died February 17, 1980 (Toronto)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1949 - 1959

Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor, drums, arranger, leader, director

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

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	D9AB-2617	10-in.	12/21/1949	Don't do something to someone else	Jerry Fielding Orchestra ; Lucy Ann Polk	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	director
Victor	D9AB-2618	10-in.	12/21/1949	Crazy he calls me	Jerry Fielding ; Lucy Ann Polk	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	conductor
Decca	108422		December 1959	Ridin' high	Teresa Brewer		leader
Decca	108423		December 1959	Lover come back to me	Teresa Brewer		leader
Decca	108424		December 1959	Lullaby of Birdland	Teresa Brewer		leader
Decca	108425		December 1959	(When we're alone) Penthouse serenade	Teresa Brewer		leader
Decca	108426		December 1959	You turned the tables on me	Teresa Brewer		leader
Decca	108427		December 1959	Just in time	Teresa Brewer		leader
Decca	108428		December 1959	And the angels sing	Teresa Brewer		leader
Decca	108429		December 1959	By myself	Teresa Brewer		leader
Decca	108430		December 1959	That's all	Teresa Brewer		leader
Decca	108431		December 1959	Day by day	Teresa Brewer		leader
Decca	108432		December 1959	They can't take that away from me	Teresa Brewer		leader
Decca	108433		December 1959	Bidin' my time	Teresa Brewer		leader
Decca	L 8001		11/12/1954	June night	Conrad Gozzo ; Jerry Fielding Orchestra		conductor, arranger
Decca	L 8002		11/12/1954	Contented	Conrad Gozzo ; Jerry Fielding Orchestra		conductor, arranger
Decca	L 8003		11/12/1954	Taking a chance on love	Conrad Gozzo ; Jerry Fielding Orchestra		conductor, arranger
Decca	L 8004		11/12/1954	All I do is dream of you	Conrad Gozzo ; Jerry Fielding Orchestra		conductor, arranger
Decca	L 8017		11/29/1954	The gypsy in my soul	Jerry Fielding Orchestra		conductor, arranger
Decca	L 8018		11/29/1954	You couldn't be cuter	Jerry Fielding Orchestra		conductor, arranger
Decca	L 8019		11/29/1954	Lady of the evening	Jerry Fielding Orchestra		conductor, arranger
Decca	L 8020		11/29/1954	The glory of love	Jerry Fielding Orchestra		conductor, arranger
Decca	L 8025		11/30/1954	There's danger in your eyes	Conrad Gozzo ; Jerry Fielding Orchestra		conductor, arranger
Decca	L 8026		11/30/1954	Me and my shadow	Conrad Gozzo ; Jerry Fielding Orchestra		conductor, arranger
Decca	L 8027		11/30/1954	These foolish things	Conrad Gozzo ; Jerry Fielding Orchestra		conductor, arranger
Decca	L 8028		11/30/1954	When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along	Conrad Gozzo ; Jerry Fielding Orchestra		conductor, arranger
Decca	L 8968		2/2/1956	Smack dab in the middle	Jerry Fielding Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	L 8969		2/2/1956	Turkish torture	Jerry Fielding Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	L 8970		2/2/1956	Razzle-dazzle	Jerry Fielding Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	L 8971		2/2/1956	If I may	Jerry Fielding Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	L 8978		2/15/1956	Southwind	Jerry Fielding Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	L 8979		2/15/1956	Fish roll	Jerry Fielding Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	L 8980		2/15/1956	Burn that candle	Jerry Fielding Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	L 8981		2/15/1956	The boss is home	Jerry Fielding Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	L 8987		2/20/1956	Heavy Henry's first flirtation	Jerry Fielding Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	L 8988		2/20/1956	Look-out	Jerry Fielding Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	L 8989		2/20/1956	Doll face	Jerry Fielding Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	L 8990		2/20/1956	Ooo wee	Jerry Fielding Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	L 9928		3/13/1957	Hooray for love	Hollywood Wind Jazztet		conductor
Decca	L 9929		3/13/1957	Skylark	Hollywood Wind Jazztet		conductor
Decca	L 9930		3/13/1957	Sweet Peter	Hollywood Wind Jazztet		conductor
Decca	L 9931		3/13/1957	Memphis in June	Hollywood Wind Jazztet		conductor

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Fielding, Jerry," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109391.

Fielding, Jerry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109391.

"Fielding, Jerry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.