Jay Blackton

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Jay Blackton (born March 25, 1909, New York City, New York, USA - died January 8, 1994, Los Angeles, California, USA) was a composer, pianist, conductor and director.

Won an Oscar for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for Oklahoma! in 1955.
Blackton was also Musical Director on the Broadway musicals Annie Get Your Gun, Guys And Dolls and Hello, Dolly! (touring version) among others.

ALBUMS

Jay Blackton Cond. His Orchestra* & Chorus*

Bits Of The Best Of Berlin

1958, 7", Promo, Epic

Let Me Sing And I'm Happy: The Best Of Irving Berlin

Marlon Brando / Jean Simmons (2) ,With Orchestra Conducted By Jay Blackton

Luck Be A Lady / If I Were A Bell

Fernando Lamas - Franz Lehar* - MGM Studio Orchestra And Chorus* Conducted By Jay Blackton

The Merry Widow

Wilbur Evans, Eileen Farrell, Felix Knight, Jay Blackton

Selections From The Red Mill

Richard Rodgers And Oscar Hammerstein II / "Oklahoma" Orchestra And Chorus* Directed By Jay Blackton

1943, 6x Shellac,

M-G-M Studio Orchestra* And Chorus* , Conducted By Jay Blackton

Merry Widow Waltz

7", MGM Records

Fernando Lamas, Jay Blackton, MGM Studio Orchestra

The Merry Widow

7", EP, MGM Records, MGM Records,

Fernando Lamas, MGM Studio Orchestra, Jay Blackton

Excerpts From 'The Merry Widow'

7", EP, MGM Records

Franz Lehár - Fernando Lamas, MGM Studio Orchestra And Chorus*, Jay Blackton

Selections From The M-G-M Film "The Merry Widow"

10", Album, Mono, RE, MGM Records, MGM Records

Fernando Lamas With Jay Blackton & The MGM Studio Orchestra & Chorus* / The MGM Studio Orchestra & Chorus*

Girls, Girls ,Girls

Shellac, 10", MGM Records

Ethel Merman, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Irving Berlin, Ray Middleton, Jay Blackton

Annie Get Your Gun

Fernando Lamas, Trudy Erwin, Jay Blackton, MGM Studio Orchestra, Richard Haydn

Maxim's / Merry Widow Waltz

APPEARANCES +

Jay Blackton And His Orchestra, Fernando Lamas

The Merry Widow

Carousel / Alfred Drake & Roberta Peters Sing Leonard Bernstein

2016, CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Stage Door Records

Lover Come Back To Me - Beloved Operetta Favorites

2009, 3xCD, Comp, Dynamic Nostalgia,

2009, CD, Comp, RE, Sepia Records (2)

The Essential Collection - Broadway Shows

2008, 2xCD, Comp, Avid Entertainment,

Jazz In The Charts 50/100 (Moonlight Serenade 1939 (5))

2006, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Documents,

Brando - Music And Highlights From His Movies (Original Film Soundtrack Recordings)

2006, Box + 3xCD, Comp, Golden Stars

Irving Berlin's*

Annie Get Your Gun

2005, CD, Album, RE, Naxos Musicals,

Musical/Soundtrack

Oklahoma! Original Broadway Cast 1943-1944

2005, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Naxos Musicals,

'S Wonderful - Songs Of George Gershwin

2005, CD, Comp, Mono, Naxos Nostalgia,

The Best Of Broadway : The American Musical

2003, CD, Comp, Prism Leisure

Cole Porter, Various

2003, CD, Comp, Prism Leisure

Jerome Kern, Rudolf Friml - Kitty Carlisle, Alfred Drake

Roberta / The Vagabond King

2002, CD, Comp, RM, Decca Broadway,

Frank Sinatra In Hollywood

20 Great Broadway Showstoppers

2000, CD, Comp, Mono, ASV, Living Era,

1999, CD, Comp, Mono, Flapper

Ha! Ha! 24 Great Comedy Songs

1998, CD, Comp, Prism Leisure

Das Beste Aus Der Welt Des Musicals (Die Berühmtesten Songs Im Original)

1997, 4x CD, CD, Box Set,

Wish You Were Here (Original Cast Recording)

The Best Of Broadway: The Late '50s

1995, CD, Comp, Time Life Music, Sony Music Special Products

Original Cast! 100 Years Of The American Musical Theater - The Thirties

1995, 2xCD, Comp, Metropolitan Opera Guild,

The Best Of Broadway

From This Moment On - The Songs Of Cole Porter

1992, 4x CD, Box Set,

Swing/Easy Listening

Irving Berlin - Kim Criswell, Thomas Hampson, Ambrosian Chorus*, London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn

Annie Get Your Gun

Lauritz Melchior / Flagstad* / Lehmann* / Wagner* / Schumann*

Arias • Duets With Flagstad & Lehmann

1990, CD, Comp, Mono, RCA Victor Gold Seal

Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

A Disney Spectacular

The World Is Your Balloon

20 Film Welthits

L'Age D'or D'Hollywood

1982, 3xLP, Comp + Box, Music For Pleasure,

Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, George Sanders, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons (2), Susan Hayward

Call Me Madam, Guys And Dolls, I'll Cry Tomorrow

1981, LP, Comp, Stet Records

Rose Marie / The Merry Widow

Rodgers And Hammerstein*

Oklahoma! Broadway Cast Album

The Golden Age Of Entertainment

1979, 4x Cassette, Box Set,

Big Band/Swing/Vocal

The Utter Glory Of Morrissey Hall

Rodgers*, Harnick* - Original Cast*

Eleanor Steber, Helen Jepson, Risë Stevens, The Robert Shaw Chorale And Cab Calloway

A Collector's Porgy & Bess

Bluebird Of Happiness And Other Wonderful World Favourites

Danny Kaye (2) And Company*

Danny Kaye (2) And Original Broadway Cast*

Two By Two (Original Broadway Cast)

Joel Grey & "George M!" Company

1968, 7", Promo, Columbia

Rodgers And Hammerstein*

Call Me Madam/Guys And Dolls-Music From The Film Soundtracks

Charles M. Schulz

You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown - An Original MGM Album Musical Based On Charles Schulz' Peanuts

Lucy's Little Known Facts / Snoopy's Suppertime

Cast Of The TV Special Androcles And The Lion

Androcles And The Lion

Original Broadway Cast*

A Time For Singing

Noël Coward / Herman Levin Presents José Ferrer, Florence Henderson

The Girl Who Came To Supper

Mr. President - Original Broadway Cast

1963, 7", Jukebox, Columbia

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II*

1962, 7", Jukebox, Command, Command, Command

1962, LP, Album, Gat, Command, Sparton,

Mr. President - Original Broadway Cast

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II*

Friml*, Romberg*

The Vagabond King / The Student Prince

George Gobel, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols

Let It Ride! (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Rodgers And Hammerstein*

Oklahoma! (Part Three)

1959, 7", EP, Capitol Records

Albert Hague , Lyrics By Dorothy Fields / Featuring Gwen Verdon Co-starring Richard Kiley Presented By Robert Fryer And Lawrence Carr

Redhead (An Original Cast Recording)

The Di Mara Sisters

Memorie Di Roma

Rodgers And Hammerstein's*

Oklahoma! Part 3

1958, 7", EP, Brunswick,

Tony Randall (3), Jacquelyn McKeever, Edward Platt With Susan Johnson (4) And Paul Valentine (2), Stanley Carlson, Alexandra Danilova And Members Of The Original Broadway Cast* With Eileen Rodgers

The Jolson Story "You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet"

The Jolson Story - Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder...

Fifty Years Of Great Operatic Singing Volume V: 1940 - 1950

1956, LP, Comp, Mono, His Master's Voice

Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts

1956, 7", EP, CID (2)

New Faces Of '56, Original Cast

Rodgers Et Hammerstein*

Marlon Brando / Jean Simmons

Luck Be A Lady / If I Were A Bell

Rodgers And Hammerstein's*

Amru Sani / Tiger Haynes & Ann Henry

Hurry / Scratch My Back

Marlon Brando / Jean Simmons

Samuel Goldwyn's Guys And Dolls

Soundtrack/Musical

50 Years Of Great Operatic Singing

1955, 5x Vinyl,

Opera/Operetta/Classical/Romantic/Modern

Rodgers And Hammerstein's*

By The Beautiful Sea

Oklahoma! & Carousel

1953, 10", RCA Victor

Songs From Carousel

1953, 7", EP, RCA Victor

Songs From Mademoiselle Modiste

1953, 7", EP, RCA Victor

Victor Herbert - Doretta Morrow, Felix Knight

Mademoiselle Modiste And Naughty Marietta

1953, 10", Mono, RCA Victor,

George & Ira Gershwin

Songs From Porgy And Bess / Songs From Girl Crazy

1953, 10", RCA Victor

Harold Lang, George Britton, Edith Adams*

1953, 7", EP, RCA Victor, RCA Victor

Doretta Morrow, Felix Knight With Jay Blackton And His Orchestra

Naughty Marietta

Mary Martin And Ethel Merman

The Actual Recording Of The Duet From The Ford 50th Anniversary Television Show

Ethel Merman And Mary Martin

The Actual Recording Of The Duet From The Ford 50th Anniversary Television Show

From The Musical Production "Call Me Madam"

1952, 7", EP, RCA Victor,

Gems From The Original Cast Recording - Wish You Were Here

1952, 7", EP, RCA Victor,

Gertrude Lawrence

Limehouse Blues / Someday I'll Find You

1952, Shellac, 10", Brunswick

Gertrude Lawrence

Merry Widow Waltz / Maxim's

Bing Crosby And Dorothy Kirsten / Bing Crosby With The Lee Gordon Singers And Sonny Burke And His Orchestra

Milady / Looks Like A Cold, Cold Winter

1951, Shellac, 10", Brunswick

Alfred Drake, Mimi Benzell, Frances Bible

The Vagabond King

May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You / Sing Everyone Sing

The Original Broadway Cast*

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn

A Little Girl From Little Rock / Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend

1950, Shellac, 10", Promo, Decca

Lauritz Melchior

Because / The House I Live In

Call Me Madam - Original Show Album

Gaylord Carter, Conrad Thibault

Here Comes The Bride: Music For Your Wedding

Bing Crosby Sings The Song Hits From Broadway

Songs She Made Famous

Irving Berlin / Eddie Albert, Allyn McLerie*, Mary McCarty

Miss Liberty (Original Broadway Cast)

Souvenir Album Volume 4

Alfred Drake And Howard Da Silva / Celeste Holm

Pore Jud Is Daid / I Cain't Say No

1947, Shellac, 10", Brunswick,

Soundtrack/Musical

Oh! What A Beautiful Mornin' / Oklahoma

1947, Shellac, 10", Brunswick

Celeste Holm And Lee Dixon (2) / Alfred Drake

All Er Nothin' / The Surrey With The Fringe On Top

1947, Shellac, 10", Brunswick

Doin' What Comes Natur'lly / Moonshine Lullaby

Annie Get Your Gun Chorus* And Orchestra* / Robert Lenn And Kathleen Carnes

Show Business / Who Do You Love I Hope

All My Love / Keep Smiling At Trouble

I'm An Indian Too / You Can't Get A Man With A Gun

Lauritz Melchior

In Songs From MGM's "Two Sisters From Boston" and Other Selections

1946, 3xShellac, 10", Album, RCA Victor Red Seal

You May Not Love Me /Just My Luck

Ethel Merman With Ray Middleton

Annie Get Your Gun

Ethel Merman And Ray Middleton

They Say It's Wonderful / Anything You Can Do

They Say It's Wonderful / These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)

Album Of Memories

Alfred Drake, Betty Garde, Ralph Riggs, Joseph Buloff

Oklahoma! Volume 2

1945, 2xShellac, 10", Album, Decca,

Gladys Swarthout

I Wonder As I Wander / Cantiga De Ninar

Oklahoma! Featuring Members Of The Original New York Production

Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers*

Songs From Babes In Arms

7", EP, RCA Victor

Silvertone Presents Command Records

5xLP, Comp + Box, Command,

Conrad Thibault

I Love You Truly / Oh Promise Me

Let's Be Buddies / I Got Rhythm

One Sweet Letter From You / They Say It's Wonderful

Shellac, 10", Brunswick,

Vilia / Maxim's

Shellac, 10", MGM Records

Rodgers And Hammerstein*

LP, RE, Glo, Decca

Lauritz Melchior

The House I Live In / My Country

Shellac, 10", RCA Victor Red Seal

Ray Middleton, Robert Lenn And Kathleen Carnes

My Defenses Are Down / Who Do You Love I Hope

Shellac, 10", Decca

Rodgers And Hammerstein*

LP, Album, RE, Capitol Records, Capitol Records

Ethel Merman / Jimmy Durante

If You Catch A Little Cold (I'll Sneeze For You) / Blow Gabriel, Blow

Shellac, 10", Brunswick

Westinghouse Stereophonic High Fidelity

5xLP, Album + Box, Comp, Command, Command, Command, Command, Command

Alfred Drake And Joan Roberts / Joan Roberts

People Will Say We're In Love / Many A New Day

Rodgers And Hammerstein*

The Rodgers And Hammerstein Deluxe Set (Oklahoma! / Carousel / The King And I)

Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Box Set,

Soundtrack/Musical

I Got Lost In His Arms / I Got The Sun In The Morning

Rodgers And Hammerstein*

Kenny Baker (2) – Karen Kemble / Wilbur Evans – Eileen Farrell – Felix Knight

Selections From The Operetta Babes In Toyland / Selections From The Red Mill

The Original Hit Performances Of The Thirties Forties & Fifties

Met Stars On Broadway

When You Were Sweet Sixteen / All My Love

Under The Influence

The Best Of Broadway A Treasury Of Great Showtunes Oklahoma

2002, CD, Comp, Reader's Digest Music

The Only Other Broadway CD You'll Ever Need

1999, CD, Comp, RCA Victor,

Those Wonderful Years: On Broadway, Volume 2

American Songbook Series: Dorothy Fields

You're The Top: Cole Porter In The 1930s (Disc Two)

Big Band/Music Hall/Musical

1976 June/July Red Seal Sampler / Victrola Sampler

1976, LP, Mono, Promo, Smplr, RCA Red Seal, RCA Victrola,

The Great Stars - The Golden Years Of Show Business

Country/Big Band/Soundtrack/Music Hall

The Original Hit Performances! The Middle Forties

Broadway & Hollywood Sound Spectacular

LP, Comp, S/Edition, Command, Command

Magnavox Presents Command Records

LP, Comp, Command, Command

The Golden Age Of Entertainment

Oklahoma! Motion Picture Soundtrack