Henri Rene & His Orchestra
Conductor and arranger Henri Rene was born and raised in Germany, where he studied at Berlin's Royal Academy of Music; he emigrated to the U.S. during the mid-1920s, appearing with a series of orchestras before returning to Berlin a few years later to serve as an arranger with a German record label. Rene came back to the States in 1936 to accept the position of musical director with RCA-Victor's international arm; in 1941, he also formed his own orchestra. After serving with the Allied forces in World War II, he returned to RCA to arrange and conduct a variety of classical recordings; during the mid-1950s, he began issuing a series of LPs -- Music for Bachelors, Music for the Weaker Sex, Compulsion to Swing and Riot in Rhythm among them -- that were forerunners of the space-age pop aesthetic. As a producer, Rene also helmed a number of releases for RCA's "Stereo Action" series, as well as Harry Belafonte's 1956 landmark LP Calypso and a handful of Eartha Kitt efforts; he left the label in 1959, working freelance for the remainder of his career.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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The Vagabond King (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Jean Fenn, Oreste, Henri Rene & His Orchestra
Film Soundtracks - Released by Foyer on 1 Jan 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Lp Library
Jazz - Released by old library records on 16 Jan 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
White Heat (Original Album - 1959)
Pop - Released by Sass on 8 Jan 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Serenade to Love (Full Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1956)
Pop - Released by Weird Music - Lounge on 1 Jan 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Serenade to Love
R&B - Released by Realistic Records on 15 Oct 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Paris Loves Lovers (Full Album Plus Bonus Tracks)
Pop - Released by Weird Music - Lounge on 1 Jan 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Music for Weaker Sex (Full Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1956)
Pop - Released by Weird Music - Lounge on 1 Jan 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Music For Bachelors
Jazz - Released by RCA - Legacy on 17 Aug 1956
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Thursday's Child
Eartha Kitt, Henri Rene & His Orchestra
Pop - Released by SINETONE AMR on 5 Oct 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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