Tony Mottola

Anthony C. Mottola (April 18, 1918 – August 9, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist who released dozens of solo albums. Mottola was born in Kearny, New Jersey and died in Denville.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 18, 1918 (Kearny), Died August 9, 2004 (Denville Township)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1944 - 1959

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, leader

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Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	E0VB-4632	10-in.	5/18/1950	Ashes of roses	Rosalie Allen ; Elton Britt ; Skytoppers	Female-male vocal duet, with recitation and string band	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	E0VB-4633	10-in.	5/18/1950	Cotton candy and a toy balloon	Rosalie Allen ; Elton Britt ; Skytoppers	Female-male vocal duet, with string band and sound effects	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	E0VB-4652	10-in.	5/22/1950	Three kisses	Eddie Marshall ; Trail Dusters	Male vocal solo, with string band	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	E0VB-4653	10-in.	5/22/1950	The tom cat blues	Eddie Marshall ; Trail Dusters	Male vocal solo, with string band	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	E0VB-4654	10-in.	5/22/1950	I could lose these blues (if you bring my baby back)	Eddie Marshall ; Trail Dusters	Male vocal solo, with string band	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	E0VB-4655	10-in.	5/22/1950	Buddy stay off of that wine	Eddie Marshall ; Trail Dusters	Male vocal solo, with string band	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	D4AB-0437	10-in.	11/22/1944	Someday	Elton Britt ; Skytoppers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	D4AB-0438	10-in.	11/22/1944	Weep no more, my darlin'	Elton Britt	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	D4AB-0439	10-in.	11/22/1944	The best part of travel	Elton Britt ; Skytoppers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	D4AB-0440	10-in.	11/22/1944	I'm a convict with Old Glory in my heart	Elton Britt ; Skytoppers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	D5AB-0075	10-in.	2/6/1945	Soldier's last letter	Elton Britt	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	D5AB-0076	10-in.	2/6/1945	Goodbye, may God take care of you	Elton Britt	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	D5AB-0077	10-in.	2/6/1945	Dreamy Rio Grande	Boyd Heath	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	D5AB-0078	10-in.	2/6/1945	Smoke on the water	Boyd Heath	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	D5VB-0294	10-in.	6/8/1945	When day is done	Dick Leibert	Instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	D5VB-0295	10-in.	6/8/1945	In a little clock shop	Dick Leibert	Instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	D6VB-3280	10-in.	11/19/1946	Empty saddles	Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra	Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance septet	instrumentalist, guitar, leader
Victor	D6VB-3281	10-in.	11/19/1946	Time on my Hands	Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra	Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance septet	instrumentalist, guitar, leader
Victor	D6VB-3282	10-in.	11/19/1946	Basin Street blues	Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra	Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance septet	instrumentalist, guitar, leader
Victor	D6VB-3283	10-in.	11/20/1946	Frenesi	Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra	Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance octet	instrumentalist, guitar, leader
Victor	D6VB-3284	10-in.	11/20/1946	The Kerry dance	Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra	Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance octet	instrumentalist, guitar, leader
Victor	D6VB-3285	10-in.	11/20/1946	The moon of Manakoora	Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra	Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance octet	instrumentalist, guitar, leader
Victor	D6VB-3286	10-in.	11/26/1946	Standing in the need of prayer	Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra	Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance septet	instrumentalist, guitar, leader
Victor	D7VB-0994	10-in.	6/23/1947	Mother, Mother, Mother (is it good or is it bad)	Toots Camarata ; Beryl Davis ; Toots Camarata Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	D7VB-0995	10-in.	6/23/1947	You're breaking in a new heart (while you're breaking mine)	Toots Camarata ; Beryl Davis ; Toots Camarata Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	72674	10-in.	1/4/1945	Gee baby ain't I good to you	Gulf Coast Five		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	72675	10-in.	1/4/1945	Is there somebody else	Gulf Coast Five		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	75421		10/19/1949	You're my thrill	Billie Holiday		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	75422		10/19/1949	Crazy he calls me	Billie Holiday		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	75423		10/19/1949	Please tell me now	Billie Holiday		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	75424		10/19/1949	Somebody's on my mind	Billie Holiday		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	81977		12/16/1951	Oh, my darlin'	Johnny Desmond		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	81978		12/16/1951	Battle hymn of the Republic-1	Johnny Desmond ; Ray Charles Singers		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	81979		12/16/1951	Until (Anema e core)	Johnny Desmond ; Ray Charles Singers		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	84736		6/22/1953	Memphis blues	Ray McKinley Orchestra		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	84737		6/22/1953	Ol' shanks mare	Ray McKinley Orchestra		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	84738		6/22/1953	Rhythm-a-tic	Ray McKinley Orchestra		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	84739		6/22/1953	Long gone	Ray McKinley Orchestra		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	84921		7/29/1953	Cincinnati dancing pig	Big Jon Arthur		leader
Decca	84922		7/29/1953	Little red caboose	Big Jon Arthur		leader
Decca	86515		7/2/1954	It's not the whistle (that pulls the train)	Kitty Kallen		leader
Decca	86516		7/2/1954	I'm a little teapot	Kitty Kallen		leader
Decca	86517		7/2/1954	Polly pigtails	Kitty Kallen		leader
Decca	86518		7/2/1954	I'm a lonely little petunia (in an onion patch)	Kitty Kallen		leader
Decca	87506		3/7/1955	The water tumbler tune	Fran Allison		leader
Decca	87507		3/7/1955	If I had a dollar bill tree	Fran Allison		leader
Decca	87508		3/7/1955	Come see the cow that goes meow	Fran Allison		leader
Decca	87509		3/7/1955	Rhyming song	Fran Allison		leader
Decca	87818		4/25/1955	The little doggie with the big woof-woof	Pinky Lee		leader
Decca	87819		4/25/1955	Lost a Scottie named Skippie	Pinky Lee		leader
Decca	87820		4/25/1955	Ticky ticky tembo	Pinky Lee		leader
Decca	88522		9/19/1955	When Winky winks at you	Jack Barry		leader
Decca	88523		9/19/1955	Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the sea	Jack Barry		leader
Decca	88524		9/19/1955	The Make-Lika song	Jack Barry		leader
Decca	88525		9/19/1955	Mister Bungle	Jack Barry		leader
Decca	88866		11/4/1955	The tenor doodle-doo	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	88867		11/4/1955	Angus McFergus Mac Tavish	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	88868		11/4/1955	Pete planet	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	89218		1/18/1956	The little rascals	Jack Barry		leader
Decca	89219		1/18/1956	March of the little rascals	Jack Barry		leader
Decca	89633		3/29/1956	Just say I love her	Johnny Desmond		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	89634		3/29/1956	When	Johnny Desmond		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	89635		3/29/1956	There's no tomorrow	Johnny Desmond		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	89636		3/29/1956	You alone	Johnny Desmond		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	89681		3/29/1956	Come back to Sorrento	Johnny Desmond		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	89869		5/2/1956	I have but one heart	Johnny Desmond		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	89870		5/2/1956	Anema e core	Johnny Desmond		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	89871		5/2/1956	Tara talara tala	Johnny Desmond		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	89872		5/2/1956	You're breaking my heart	Johnny Desmond		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	89873		5/2/1956	I only know I love you	Johnny Desmond		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	89874		5/2/1956	I don't know, I don't care	Johnny Desmond		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	89875		5/2/1956	You're the only one for me	Johnny Desmond		instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	100389		8/7/1956	That's my heart strings (That's my boy)	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	100390		8/7/1956	The bus stop song-1	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	100391		8/7/1956	It came upon the midnight clear	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	100392		8/7/1956	Oh, little town of Bethlehem	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	100393		8/7/1956	Silent night	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	100394		8/7/1956	Twelve days of Christmas	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	100682		10/2/1956	Winky and twinky	Jack Barry		leader
Decca	100683		10/2/1956	Huckleberry Finn	Jack Barry ; Mae Questel		leader
Decca	100684		10/2/1956	Bolla Walla winkle	Jack Barry ; Mae Questel		leader
Decca	106459		2/2/1959	Lydia, the tattooed lady	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	106460		2/2/1959	Viva la compagnie	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	106461		2/2/1959	Aura Lee	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	106462		2/2/1959	There is a tavern in the town	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	106463		2/3/1959	My little bimbo down on a bam	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	106464		2/3/1959	Tit willow	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	106465		2/3/1959	I never see Maggie alone	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	106466		2/3/1959	Oh, by Jingo	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	106467		2/6/1959	The kling kling bird	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	106468		2/9/1959	Rebecca came back from Mecca	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	106469		2/9/1959	There's a hole in my bucket	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	106470		2/9/1959	Polly wally doodle	Burl Ives		leader
Decca	106538		2/9/1959	We love ye, Jimmy	Burl Ives		leader

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mottola, Tony," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/207075.

Mottola, Tony. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/207075.

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