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Gordon Jenkins

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Wikimp3 information about the music of Gordon Jenkins. On our website we have 41 albums and 17 collections of artist Gordon Jenkins. You can find useful information and download songs of this artist. We also know that Gordon Jenkins represents Jazz genres.

Biography

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Gordon Jenkins enjoyed sizable fame as an arranger, conductor, composer, and bandleader from the '30s through the '60s. He began as a multi-instrumentalist freelancing on radio, then became a prolific arranger, contributing to sessions by Isham Jones, Benny Goodman, Lennie Hayton, and others. He conducted The Show Is On in 1935 on Broadway. After a stint with Paramount, he worked for NBC in Hollywood from 1938-1944 and was Dick Haymes' arranger for four years after that. He became the managing director for Decca and had several hits for the label in the late '40s and '50s. He's noted for spotting the Weavers folk group in the Village Vanguard in the early '50s, getting them a recording session and later backing them. He supported other stars such as Louis Armstrong, the Andrews Sisters, and Haymes in the '50s. Later he was Judy Garland's conductor for an English concert, and then Nat King Cole's arranger and conductor for a time. Jenkins won a Grammy in 1967 for the Frank Sinatra album September of My Years.

Title: Alone

Artist: Gordon Jenkins

Genre: Jazz

Title: Bingo

Artist: Gordon Jenkins

Genre: Rock, Punk Rock

Collections

Featuring albums

Title: Greatest Hits

Artist: Martha Tilton

Genre: Pop

Title: On the Air

Artist: Dick Haymes

Genre: Pop

Title: The Great Artie Shaw

Artist: Artie Shaw

Genre: Jazz

Title: Gold

Artist: Louis Armstrong

Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop

Title: On Top Of Old Smokey

Artist: The Weavers

Genre:

Title: Gold

Artist: Ella Fitzgerald

Genre: Jazz

Title: Love Is Jazz

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

Title: Singin' Satchmo

Artist: Louis Armstrong

Genre: Jazz

Genres