Russ Morgan
Russ Morgan was a major arranger and composer in the pre-rock era. He played in New York groups during the early '20s and did arrangements for Victor Herbert and John Philip Sousa. He was a music director on radio in Detroit in 1926, doing arrangements for Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Louis Armstrong, the Boswell Sisters, and the Dorsey Brothers. Later, Morgan wrote Cotton Club reviews, conducted an orchestra on Broadway, and served as music director for Brunswick. He played with Freddy Martin in 1934 and formed his own band in 1936. During the late '30s, '40s, and '50s, he led an extremely successful orchestra. The songs were simple, coy, and often embarrassingly contrived, but radio audiences loved them. Morgan introduced the Ames Brothers singing group in 1949. The coming of rock & roll ended Morgan's reign, but he kept doing concerts and shows in Las Vegas during the '50s and '60s. His son Jack kept the band going into the mid-'80s.
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The Best of Russ Morgan
Jazz - Released by Legacy International on 13 Jan 1965
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Dance Along with Russ Morgan
Jazz - Released by Legacy International on 3 Jul 1960
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Music in the Morgan Manner
Jazz - Released by Legacy International on 17 Mar 1959
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Russ Morgan at Catalina
Jazz - Released by Legacy International on 27 Feb 2019
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All Those Wonderful Years
Vocal Jazz - Released by Jerden on 14 Oct 2014
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The Very Best Of
Pop - Released by Classic Music International on 19 Apr 2010
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Russ Morgan and His Wolverine Band
Jazz - Released by HIFI Records on 27 Feb 2019
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Nearer My God to Thee
Classical - Released by Legacy International on 3 Jul 1965
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Music in the Morgan Manner
Jazz - Released by Everest Records on 21 Jul 1965
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Let's All Sing Along with Russ Morgan and Eddie Wilser
Jazz - Released by Legacy International on 27 Feb 2019
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Let's Dance...
Lounge - Released by Music Manager on 22 Jun 2021
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You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You
Pop - Released by Music Manager on 10 Jun 2015
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Nostalgic Memories-The Very Best Of Russ Morgan-Vol. 154
Jazz - Released by RP-DSP on 28 Nov 2011
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Into the Fifties
Jazz - Released by Jasmine Records on 17 Aug 2012
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Dance with a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stocking) (Billboard Hot 100 - No. 03)
Jazz - Released by Music Manager on 19 Dec 2018
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Cruising Down The River (On A Sunday Afternoon) (Billboard Hot 100 - No. 01)
Jazz - Released by Music Manager on 19 Dec 2018
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