Gordon
Jenkins Biography Page
by Patrick McAndrews:
Gordon Jenkins
Born: May 12, 1910 in Webster Groves, MO
Died May 1 , 1984
Gordon Jenkins, famous as an arranger,
conductor, composer, and bandleader, whose career spanned from the 30's thru
the 60's. As a young man, he played piano, trumpet and drums on radio. But soon
found his true talents in arranging, contributing to recordings by Benny
Goodman, Isham Jones, Lennie Hayton among others.
In 1935 he made it to broadway,
conducting "The Show Is On". From there he was hired by Paramount in 1936, then later he switched to NBC
from 1938-1944. During his time at NBC he met and became Dick Haymes' arranger
for the next four years. Recording with Haymes with the Decca label in 1943,
one of his first singles, "It Can't Be Wrong,"
hit number one in June 1943. A month later, "You'll Never Know"
became the no. 1 song on the charts for over two months. While working with
Jenkins, Haymes moved from extra work into starring roles in Hollywood with 1945's State Fair, then won an Oscar
for his rendition of "It Might as Well Be Spring." Though Haymes
never again scored another number one hit, Jenkins' reputation solidified after
that and then became the managing director for Decca and had numerous hits for
the label in the late '40s and '50s.
He's also noted for discovering the folk
group "The Weavers" in New York City at the Village Vanguard in the early
'50s, and getting them a recording session. During the 50's he continued to
work with the top talent in the industry at Decca, with such stars as Louis
Armstrong, The Andrews Sisters, and with the troubled Haymes. In 1961 he toured
in Europe with Judy Garland and conducted several
of her famous live shows. And of course there was the Decca recordings made
with Nat King Cole that had the orchestral sound that Cole's fans can easily
spot. Throughout his long, distinguished career, Jenkins best known recordings
were to come with one Frank Sinatra doing the singing, and in 1967 he won a
Grammy for Sinatra's "September Of My Years"
album.
Gordon
Jenkins Songlist Page
This partial list of Gordon Jenkins songs
(with Frank Sinatra on vocals) submitted by Patrick McAndrews:
- Where Is The One
Date: 04/10/1957 Location: Los Angeles E16820 Capitol CD: CDP 7 91209 2 -
Where Are You?
- There's No You
Date: 04/10/1957 Location: Los Angeles E16821 Capitol CD: CDP 7 91209 2 -
Where Are You?
- The Night We Called It A Day
Date: 04/10/1957 Location: Los Angeles E16822 Capitol CD: CDP 7 91209 2 -
Where Are You?
- Autumn Leaves
Date: 04/10/1957 Location: Los Angeles E16823 Capitol CD: CDP 7 91209 2 -
Where Are You? con - Gordon Jenkins; a - Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- I Cover The Waterfront
Date: 04/29/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17008 Capitol CD: CDP 7 91209 2 -
Where Are You?
- Lonely Town
Date: 04/29/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17009 Capitol CD: CDP 7 91209 2 -
Where Are You?
- Laura
Date: 04/29/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17010 Capitol CD: CDP 7 91209 2 -
Where Are You?
- Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
Date: 04/29/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17011 Capitol CD: CDP 7 91209 2 -
Where Are You? con - Gordon Jenkins; a - Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- Where Are You?
Date: 05/01/1957 Location: Los Angeles E16863-12 Capitol CD: CDP 7 91209
2 - Where Are You?
- I'm A Fool To Want You
Date: 05/01/1957 Location: Los Angeles E16867-5 Capitol CD: CDP 7
91209 2 -
Where Are You?
- Maybe You'll Be There
Date: 05/01/1957 Location: Los Angeles E16868 Capitol CD: CDP 7
91209 2 -
Where Are You?
- I Think Of You
Date: 05/01/1957 Location: Los Angeles E16869 Capitol CD: CDP 7 91209 2 -
Where Are You? con - Gordon Jenkins; a - Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- Witchcraft
Date: 05/20/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17069-14 Capitol 45: 3859 Capitol
78: 3859 Capitol 45: 6078
- Something Wonderful Happens In Summer
Date: 05/20/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17070-11 Capitol 45: 3744 Capitol
78: 3744
- Tell Her You Love Her
Date: 05/20/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17071 Capitol 45: 3859 Capitol 78:
3859
- You're Cheatin' Yourself
Date: 05/20/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17072 Capitol 45: 3744 Capitol 78:
3744 con - Nelson Riddle; a - Nelson Riddle; v - Frank Sinatra
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Date: 07/10/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17289
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Date: 07/10/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17290
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Date: 07/10/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17291
- Adeste Fidelis
Date: 07/10/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17292 con - Gordon
Jenkins; a -
Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra; bkv - The Ralph Brewster Singers
- Jingle Bells
Date: 07/16/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17331
- The First Noel
Date: 07/16/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17332
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Date: 07/16/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17333
- The Christmas Waltz
Date: 07/16/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17334 Capitol 45: 3900 Capitol 78:
3900 con - Gordon Jenkins; a - Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra; bkv -
The
Ralph Brewster Singers
- Mistletoe And Holly
Date: 07/17/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17339 Capitol 45: 3900 Capitol 78:
3900
- The Christmas Song
Date: 07/16/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17340
- Silent Night
Date: 07/16/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17341
- I'll Be Home For Christmas
Date: 07/16/1957 Location: Los Angeles E17342 con - Gordon
Jenkins; a -
Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra; bkv - The Ralph Brewster Singers
- I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
Date: 03/24/1959 Time : Location: Los Angeles Capitol CD: CDP 7 94519 2 No
One Cares E31392
- Why Try To Change Me Now
Date: 03/24/1959 Time : Location: Los Angeles Capitol CD: CDP 7 94519 2 No
One Cares
- None But The Lonely Heart
Date: 03/24/1959 Time : Location: Los Angeles Capitol CD: CDP 7 94519 2 No
One Cares E31394
- Stormy Weather
Date: 03/24/1959 Time : Location: Los Angeles Capitol CD: CDP 7
94519 2 No
One Cares con - Gordon Jenkins; a - Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
Date: 03/25/1959 Location: Los Angeles E31420-5 Capitol CD: CDP 7 94519 2 No
One Cares E31421-21
- Here's That Rainy Day
Date: 03/25/1959 Location: Los Angeles E31420-5 Capitol CD: CDP 7
94519 2
No One Cares Frank Sinatra: con - Gordon Jenkins; a - Gordon Jenkins; v -
Frank Sinatra
- I Can't Get Started
Date: 03/26/1959 Location: Los Angeles Capitol CD: CDP 7 94519 2 No One
Cares
- Where Do You Go?
Date: 03/26/1959 Location: Los Angeles Capitol CD: CDP 7 94519 2 No One
Cares E31426
- A Cottage For Sale
Date: 03/26/1959 Location: Los Angeles Capitol CD: CDP 7 94519 2 No One
Cares CDP 7 31427
- Just Friends
Date: 03/26/1959 Location: Los Angeles Capitol CD: CDP 7 94519 2
No One
Cares con - Frank Sinatra, Gordon Jenkins; a - Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank
Sinatra
- When No One Cares
Date: 05/14/1959 Location: Los Angeles Capitol CD: CDP 7 94519 2 - No One
Cares
- I'll Never Smile Again
Date: 05/14/1959 Location: Los Angeles Capitol CD: CDP 7 94519 2
- No One
Cares E31682
- Talk To Me
Date: 05/14/1959 Location: Los Angeles Capitol 45: 4284 Nelson Riddle; a -
Gordon Jenkins, Nelson Riddle; v - Frank Sinatra
- Frank started reording for Reprise Records and his first release
was
recorded live at the Sands Hotel in Nov. 1961.
- Moonlight In Vermont
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 646
- You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 647
- Imagination
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 648
- In The Still Of The Night
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 649
- Without A Song
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 650
- On The Road To Mandalay
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 651
- The Moon Was Yellow
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 652
- The One I Love Belongs
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 653 To Somebody Else
- The Second Time Around
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 654
- Here's That Rainy Day
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 655
- Young At Heart
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 656
- Witchcraft
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 657
- You Make Me Feel So Young
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 658
- Just One Of Those Things
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 659
- Don't Cry Joe
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 660
- The Lady Is A Tramp
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 661
- April In Paris
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 662
- River Stay Away From My Door
Date: 11/05/1961 Location: Sands Hotel, Las Vegas 663 con - Antonio
Morelli;
a - Billy May, Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mandel, Nelson Riddle, Sy Oliver; p
-
Bill Miller; v - Frank Sinatra
- The Song Is Ended
Date: 01/15/1962 Location: Los Angeles 740-9
- All Alone
Date: 01/15/1962 Location: Los Angeles 741-1
- Charmaine
Date: 01/15/1962 Location: Los Angeles 742-9
- When I Lost You
Date: 01/15/1962 Location: Los Angeles 743-11 con - Gordon Jenkins; a -
Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- Remember
Date: 01/16/1962 Location: Los Angeles 744-3
- Together
Date: 01/16/1962 Location: Los Angeles 745-6
- The Girl Next Door
Date: 01/16/1962 Location: Los Angeles 746-5
- Indiscreet
Date: 01/16/1962 Location: Los Angeles 747-2 Reprise 0107 con -
Gordon
Jenkins; a - Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- What'll I Do
Date: 01/17/1962 Location: Los Angeles 748-6
- Oh, How I Miss You Tonight
Date: 01/17/1962 Location: Los Angeles 749-3
- Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Date: 01/17/1962 Location: Los Angeles 750-2
- Come Waltz With Me
Date: 01/17/1962 Location: Los Angeles 751-1 con - Gordon Jenkins; a -
Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- Don't Wait Too Long
Date: 04/13/1965 Location: Hollywood H3295
- September Song
Date: 04/13/1965 Location: Hollywood H3296
- Last Night When We Were Young
Date: 04/13/1965 Location: Hollywood H3297
- Hello Young Lovers
Date: 04/13/1965 Location: Hollywood H3298 con - Gordon Jenkins;
a - Gordon
Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- I See It Now
Date: 04/14/1965 Location: Hollywood H3299
- When The Wind Was Green
Date: 04/14/1965 Location: Hollywood H3300
- Once Upon A Time
Date: 04/14/1965 Location: Hollywood H3301
- How Old Am I?
Date: 04/14/1965 Location: Hollywood H3302
- Tell Her (You Love Her Each Day)
Date: 04/14/1965 Location: Hollywood HX3320 Reprise 0373
- When Somebody Loves You
Date: 04/14/1965 Location: Hollywood HX3321 Reprise 0398 con -
Gordon
Jenkins; a - Ernie Freeman, Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- How Old Am I?
Date: 04/22/1965 Location: Hollywood H3302 Over-dubbed with
guitar on
3/14/68 and
released as a single-Reprise 0677. New master number assigned
L6506.
- It Was A Very Good Year
Date: 04/22/1965 Location: Hollywood H3352-7 Reprise 0429
- The Man In The Looking Glass
Date: 04/22/1965 Location: Hollywood H3353-2
- This Is All I Ask
Date: 04/22/1965 Location: Hollywood H3354-5
- It Gets Lonely Early
Date: 04/22/1965 Location: Hollywood H3355-12
- How Old Am I?
Date: 04/22/1965 Location: Hollywood L6506 Reprise 0677 con -
Gordon
Jenkins; a - Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- The September Of My Years
Date: 05/27/1965 Location: Hollywood H3442-17 Reprise 0531 con -
Gordon
Jenkins; a - Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- You Are There
Date: 06/29/1967 Location: New York K5296-4 Reprise 0610
- The World We Knew (Over And Over)
Date: 06/29/1967 Location: New York K5297-5/6 Reprise 0610
- This Town
Date: 06/29/1967 Location: New York K5298-2 con - Billy Strange;
a - Billy
Strange, Ernie Freeman, Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- Born Free
Date: 07/24/1967 Location: Hollywood K6108
- This Is My Love
Date: 07/24/1967 Location: Hollywood K6109 Reprise 0631
- This Is My Song
Date: 07/24/1967 Location: Hollywood K6110
- Don't Sleep In The Subway
Date: 07/24/1967 Location: Hollywood K6111
- Some Enchanted Evening
Date: 07/24/1967 Location: Hollywood K6112
- This Town
Date: 07/24/1967 Location: Hollywood K6113 Reprise 0631 con - Billy
Strange,
Ernie Freeman, Gordon Jenkins, H. B. Barnum; a - Billy Strange, Ernie
Freeman, Gordon Jenkins, H. B. Barnum; v - Frank Sinatra
- All Or Nothing At All
Date: 06/13/1971 Location: Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles
- Angel Eyes
Date: 06/13/1971 Location: Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles
- Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
Date: 06/13/1971 Location: Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles
- I'll Never Smile Again
Date: 06/13/1971 Location: Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles
- I've Got You Under My Skin
Date: 06/13/1971 Location: Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles
- My Way
Date: 06/13/1971 Location: Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles
- Nancy
Date: 06/13/1971 Location: Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles
- Ol' Man River
Date: 06/13/1971 Location: Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles
- That's Life
Date: 06/13/1971 Location: Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles
- The Lady Is A Tramp
Date: 06/13/1971 Location: Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles
- Try A Little Tenderness
Date: 06/13/1971 Location: Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles con - Bill Miller;
a - Billy Byers, Don Costa, Ernie Freeman, Gordon Jenkins, Nelson Riddle,
Quincy Jones; g - Al Viola; v - Frank Sinatra
- Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Date: 06/04/1973 Location: Hollywood RCA4011
- You Will Be My Music
Date: 06/04/1973 Location: Hollywood RCA4012
- Noah
Date: 06/04/1973 Location: Hollywood RCA4013 con - Gordon
Jenkins; a -
Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- Nobody Wins
Date: 06/05/1973 Location: Hollywood RCA4014
- The Hurt Doesn't Go Away
Date: 06/05/1973 Location: Hollywood RCA4015 con - Gordon
Jenkins; a -
Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- Winners
Date: 06/21/1973 Location: Hollywood RCA4026
- Let Me Try Again
Date: 06/21/1973 Location: Hollywood RCA4027 con - Gordon Jenkins;
a - Don
Costa; v - Frank Sinatra
- Empty Tables
Date: 06/22/1973 Location: Hollywood RCA4028
- Walk Away
Date: 06/22/1973 Location: Hollywood RCA4029
- Send In The Clowns
Date: 06/22/1973 Location: Hollywood RCA4030-25
- There Used To Be A Ballpark
Date: 06/22/1973 Location: Hollywood RCA4031 con - Gordon
Jenkins; a -
Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- You're So Right (For What's Wrong In My Life)
Date: 08/20/1973 Location: Hollywood RCA4188
- Dream Away
Date: 08/20/1973 Location: Hollywood RCA4189 con - Gordon
Jenkins; a -
Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- Empty Tables
Date: 05/07/1974 Location: Hollywood SCA4720-9
- If
Date: 05/07/1974 Location: Hollywood SCA4721-2
- The Summer Knows
Date: 05/07/1974 Location: Hollywood SCA4722-18 con - Gordon
Jenkins; a -
Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- The Saddest Thing Of All
Date: 09/24/1974 Location: Hollywood SCA5051
- Just As Though You Were Here
Date: 09/24/1974 Location: Hollywood SCA5052
- Everything Happens To Me
Date: 09/24/1974 Location: Hollywood SCA5053 con - Gordon
Jenkins; a -
Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- The Saddest Thing Of All
Date: 08/18/1975 Location: New York TCA5601
- Merry Christmas Little Angel
Date: 08/18/1975 Location: New York TCA5602 Orchestral track
recorded on
8/4/75. con -
Gordon Jenkins; a - Gordon Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- The Future
Date: 12/17/1979 Location: Los Angeles XCA-9306
- I've Been There!
Date: 12/17/1979 Location: Los Angeles XCA-9307
- Song Without Words
Date: 12/17/1979 Location: Los Angeles XCA-9308 con - Gordon
Jenkins; a -
Gordon Jenkins; acc - Los Angeles Phiharmonic; v - Frank Sinatra
- What Time Does The Next Miracle Leave?
Date: 12/18/1979 Location: Los Angeles XCA-9304
- World War None!
Date: 12/18/1979 Location: Los Angeles XCA-9305
- Before The Music Ends
Date: 12/18/1979 Location: Los Angeles XCA-9309 con - Gordon
Jenkins; a -
Gordon Jenkins; acc - Los Angeles Phiharmonic; v - Frank Sinatra
- Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Date: 04/08/1981 Location: Hollywood ZCA1030
- Everything Happens To Me
Date: 04/08/1981 Location: Hollywood ZCA1031
- It Never Entered My Mind
Date: 04/08/1981 Location: Hollywood ZCA1032
- The Gal That Got Away
Date: 04/08/1981 Location: Hollywood ZCA1032 con - Gordon
Jenkins, Vincent
Falcone, Jr.; a - Gordon Jenkins, Nelson Riddle; v - Frank Sinatra
- Thanks For The Memory
Date: 07/20/1981 Location: New York ZNY2619
- I Loved Her
Date: 07/20/1981 Location: New York ZNY2620
- A Long Night
Date: 07/20/1981 Location: New York ZNY2621 con - Gordon Jenkins;
a - Gordon
Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- South, To A Warmer Place
Date: 07/21/1981 Location: New York ZNY2622 con - Gordon Jenkins;
a - Gordon
Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra
- Monday Morning Quarterback
Date: 09/10/1981 Location: New York ZNY2634
- Hey Look, No Crying
Date: 09/10/1981 Location: New York ZNY2635 con - Gordon Jenkins;
a - Gordon
Jenkins; v - Frank Sinatra