Dick Jacobs

Dick Jacobs (29 March 1918 – 20 May 1988) was an American musician, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, music director and an artists-and-repertoire director for several record labels (Coral, Decca, Brunswick and Springboard). He helped Jackie Wilson, Buddy Holly, Bobby Darin and others early in their careers in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 29, 1918, Died May 20, 1988

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1951 - 1967

Roles Represented in DAHR: leader, arranger, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, celeste, saxophone, bells

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Recordings (Results 326-350 of 443 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 110965 9/29/1961 Tammy Electro-Sonic Orchestra, The leader  
Decca 110966 9/29/1961 Itsy bitsy teenie weenie polka dot bikini Electro-Sonic Orchestra, The leader  
Decca 110967 9/28/1961 Sincerely Electro-Sonic Orchestra, The leader  
Decca 110968 9/28/1961 Mack the knife Electro-Sonic Orchestra, The leader  
Decca 110969 9/28/1961 Fascination Electro-Sonic Orchestra, The leader  
Decca 110970 9/28/1961 I'm sorry Electro-Sonic Orchestra, The leader  
Decca 110971 9/29/1961 Little things mean a lot Electro-Sonic Orchestra, The leader  
Decca 110972 9/29/1961 Music! Music! Music! Electro-Sonic Orchestra, The leader  
Decca 110973 9/29/1961 That's my desire Electro-Sonic Orchestra, The leader  
Decca 111171 10/4/1961 Basin Street blues Cab Calloway Orchestra arranger  
Decca 111172 10/4/1961 The birth of the blues Cab Calloway Orchestra arranger  
Decca 111173 10/4/1961 Blues in the night Cab Calloway Orchestra arranger  
Decca 111174 10/4/1961 I get the blues when it rains Cab Calloway Orchestra arranger  
Decca 111175 10/6/1961 Blue prelude Cab Calloway Orchestra arranger  
Decca 111176 10/6/1961 Don't worry 'bout me Cab Calloway Orchestra arranger  
Decca 111177 10/6/1961 I gotta right to sing the blues Cab Calloway Orchestra arranger  
Decca 111178 10/6/1961 Cry me a river Cab Calloway Orchestra arranger  
Decca 111179 10/10/1961 St. Louis blues Cab Calloway Orchestra arranger  
Decca 111180 10/10/1961 One for my baby (and one more for the road) Cab Calloway Orchestra arranger  
Decca 111181 10/10/1961 Learnin' the blues Cab Calloway Orchestra arranger  
Decca 111182 10/10/1961 Blues my naughty sweetie gives to me Cab Calloway Orchestra arranger  
Decca 111459 12/11/1961 The beer that I left on the bar Rudy Vallée leader  
Decca 111460 12/11/1961 Drinking song Rudy Vallée leader  
Decca 111461 12/11/1961 When good fellows get together Rudy Vallée leader  
Decca 111462 12/11/1961 The whiffenfpoof song Rudy Vallée leader  
(Results 326-350 of 443 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Jacobs, Dick," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/204876.

Jacobs, Dick. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/204876.

"Jacobs, Dick." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/204876

External Sources

Wikipedia: Dick Jacobs

Discogs: Dick Jacobs

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Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Jacobs, Dick, 1918-1988 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86145208

Wikidata: Dick Jacobs - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5273052

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/70889608

MusicBrainz: Dick Jacobs - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/362d6a72-d42b-4436-8062-f95e4f180755

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