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American big band pianist, composer and conductor.
Born April 7, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Died January 19, 2014 in Palm Desert, California.

For the prolific lyricist and composer use Alan Jay Lerner.

He played with Harry James in the early 1940s. After that band disbanded he worked as musical director for Dick Haymes for thirteen years. Lerner was the last surviving member of the original Harry James Orchestra.
He often collaborated with Victor Corpora.

ALBA


Al Lerner
Ivory And Bone
1960,
Al Lerner
A Tribute To Eddie Duchin
1957
Buzz Adlam Orchestra* / Al Lerner / George Wettling Jazz Trio / Earle Spencer & His Orchestra
4 Hits On Each Record
David Lucas
So Until I See You Again / Bula Vinaka
1963, 7", Styrene, Arwin Records
Harry James & His Music Makers
Flash Harry Broadcasts 1942~46
2012, CD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM, Hep Records (3), ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James & His Music Makers
Eight Bar Riff '43~'50
2007, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Hep Records (3), ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
1941-1942
2000, CD, Comp, Classics (11), ,
Swing/Big Band
Harry James And His Orchestra
1941 Vol. 2
1999, CD, Comp, Classics (11), ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
1940-1941
1998, CD, Comp, Classics (11), ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James & His Music Makers
Harry For Hollywood
1994, CD, Album, Vintage Jazz Band, ,
Swing/Big Band/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
Two O'Clock Jump
1984
Harry James And His Orchestra
The Uncollected Harry James, Vol. 4, 1943-1946
1979, LP, Mono, Hindsight Records (2), ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
The Uncollected Harry James, Vol. 5, 1943-1953
1979, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
The Uncollected Harry James, Vol. 2, 1943-1946
1978, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
The Flight Of The Bumble Bee / Flatbush Flanagan
1949, ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
The Carnival Of Venice / Trumpet Blues
1948, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
I Don't Want To Walk Without You / I've Heard That Song Before
1947, Shellac, 10", Columbia, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
My Buddy / Prince Charming
1947, Shellac, 10", Columbia, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
Estrellita (My Little Star) / My Beloved Is Rugged
1944
Harry James And His Orchestra
I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) / Flatbush Flanagan
1944, Shellac Hollywood Pressing, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
Cherry / Jump Town
1943, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
James Session / I Heard You Cried Last Night
1943, ,
Big Band/Vocal/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
Prince Charming / Velvet Moon
1943, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
He's My Guy / You're In Love With Someone Else
1942, Shellac, 10", Columbia, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
One Dozen Roses / You're Too Good For Good-For-Nothing Me
1942, Shellac, 10", Columbia, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
I Remember You / Last Night I Said A Prayer
1942, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Vocal/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
Skylark / The Clipper
1942, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
Strictly Instrumental / When You're A Long, Long Way From Home
1942, Shellac, ,
Vocal/Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
I've Heard That Song Before / Moonlight Becomes You
1942
Harry James And His Orchestra
I Had The Craziest Dream / A Poem Set To Music
1942, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
I Cried For You (Now It's Your Turn To Cry Over Me) / Let Me Up
1942
Harry James And His Orchestra
Manhattan Serenade / Daybreak
1942, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
Sleepy Lagoon / Trumpet Blues
1942, ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
The Mole / But Not For Me
1942, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Vocal/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
Blues In The Night / All For Love
1942, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
Crazy Rhythm / Easter Parade
1942
Harry James And His Orchestra
J. P. Dooley III / Jughead
1942, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
Mister Five By Five / That Soldier Of Mine
1942
Harry James And His Orchestra
I Don't Want To Walk Without You / B-19
1942
Harry James And His Orchestra
Daddy / Aurora
1941, Shellac, 10", Columbia, ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
Yes Indeed! / It's So Peaceful In The Country
1941, Shellac, 10", Columbia, ,
Big Band/Vocal/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest / I'll Never Let A Day Pass By
1941, Shellac, 10", Columbia, ,
Big Band/Vocal/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
He's 1-A In The Army And He's A-1 In My Heart / Day Dreaming
1941, Shellac, 10", Columbia, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
Walkin' By The River / Dolores
1941, Shellac, 10", Columbia, ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
Braggin' / For Want Of A Star
1941, Shellac, 10", Columbia, ,
Big Band
Harry James And His Orchestra
My Melancholy Baby / My Silent Love
1941, ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
You Made Me Love You / A Sinner Kissed An Angel
1941, ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
You've Changed / Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
1941, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
The Devil Sat Down And Cried / Wait 'Till The Sun Shines, Nellie
1941, ,
Big Band/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
Jeffrie's Blues / Sharp As A Tack
1941
Harry James And His Orchestra
Don't Take Your Love From Me / Duke's Mixture
1941
Harry James And His Orchestra
Record Session / Nothin'
1941, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
Don't Cry, Cherie / La Paloma
1941
Harry James And His Orchestra
Rancho Pillow / The Man With The Lollypop Song
1941, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Vocal/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
The Flight Of The Bumble Bee / The Carnival Of Venice
1941, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
Lament To Love / Dodgers' Fan Dance
1941, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
Ol' Man River / Answer Man
1941, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
I'll Get By / Lost In Love
1941, ,
Big Band/Vocal/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
You Don't Know What Love Is / Make Love To Me
1941, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
Montevideo / Music Makers
1941
Harry James And His Orchestra
Trumpet Rhapsody
1941, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
A Little Bit Of Heaven / Eli-Eli
1941, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra
I Never Purposely Hurt You / Flatbush Flanagan
1941, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra
You Made Me Love You / I Cried For You
Shellac, ,
Big Band/Vocal/Swing

KOMPILACE +


Různí
Voo Doo (1955-1960 Rare Ritual Sounds & Jazz Interpretations From Africa, Haiti, Cuba, Brazil And The US)
2018, CD, Comp + CD, Comp + CD, Album, RE + CD, Comp + C, Documents, The Intense Media, ,
African/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Field Recording/Latin Jazz/Religious
Allan Sherman
Live!!! (Hoping You Are The Same)
2010
Harry James (2) featuring Dick Haymes
New Yorks World's Fair ~ 1940 The Blue Room. Hotel Lincoln ~ 1941
2009, CD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM, Hep Records (3), ,
Big Band/Swing
Gary Smulyan
High Noon - The Jazz Soul Of Frankie Laine
2008, CD, Album, Reservoir (2), ,
Post Bop
Různí
Jazz In The Charts 68/100 - Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry (2)
2006, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Documents,
Artie Shaw And His Orchestra
1950
2005, CD, Comp, Classics (11), ,
Swing/Big Band
Brad Mehldau Trio
Anything Goes
2004
Různí
Jazz Lounge VI: In A Saxy Mood
2003, CD, Comp, Ayia Napa, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Jean Frye Sidwell
From The Heart
2002, CD, Album, Pacific Coast Music, ,
Smooth Jazz
Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Sam Most
A Ray Brown 3
2002, CD Paper Sleeve, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz
Harry James
Hotel Astor Roof 1942
2000, CD, Album, Jazz Unlimited, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Russell Malone
Look Who's Here
2000, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Harry James
Record Session '39-'42
1999, CD, Comp, Mono, Hep Records (3), ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal/Jump Blues
Helen Forrest
The Voice Of The Big Bands
1997, CD, Comp, Jasmine Records
Ella Mae Morse
Barrelhouse, Boogie And The Blues
1997, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Bear Family Records, ,
Vocal/Jump Blues
Harry James And His "Music Makers"*
Jump Sauce
1994, CD, Comp, Viper's Nest Gold
Různí
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
1993, CD, ,
Soundtrack/Country/Score/Ballad
Harry James
Harry James At The Casino Gardens
1988, LP, Pic, Joyce, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Ray McKinley Leading The Salute To Glenn Miller Orchestra
A Salute To Glenn Miller (40th Anniversary Memorial Concert)
1985, LP, Album, EMI, EMI, ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James
Big Bands: Harry James
1983, 2x Vinyl Half Speed Mastered, Box Set, ,
Big Band/Swing
Různí
Big Band Jazz (From The Beginnings To The Fifties)
1983, 6x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Big Band/Swing
Dick Haymes With Harry James And His Orchestra
The Big Bands' Greatest Vocalists - Dick Haymes, Volume 2, 1940-1941
1982, LP, Comp, Joyce, ,
Big Band/Vocal/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra / Dick Haymes
James And Haymes
1980, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James
Film Tracks Of Harry James
1979, LP, Joyce, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James
The Man With The Horn
1979, LP, Comp, Mono, Encore (4), ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra, Helen Forrest
The Uncollected Harry James, 1943-1946
1977
Harry James
Radio Discs Of Harry James Volume 2
1976, LP, Comp, Joyce
The First Harry James Band Of 1939* With Frank Sinatra / The 1941 Harry James Band* With Helen Forrest
The Young Harry James
1976, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James
One Night Stand With Harry James Volume II
1975, LP, Joyce, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Harry James And His Orchestra Including Dick Haymes
1940-41
1973
Frank Sinatra
Strangers In The Night
1966
Antoni Williams*
The Antoni Williams Story
1961, LP, Album, La Gloria Records, La Gloria Records
Toni Williams
Angel Of Love
1961, 7", Single, La Gloria Records
John William
Annabel Lee
1959, 7", EP, Mono, Polydor
Connie Russell
Don't Smoke In Bed
1959
Bob Florence And His Orchestra
Name Band: 1959
1959, ,
Big Band/Swing
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers TV Favorites: Volume 1
1959
Frankie Laine
Torchin'
1958, Vinyl,
Frankie Laine
Annabel Lee / All Of These And More
1958
Frankie Laine
A Woman In Love - Flamenco - Jealousy - Annabel Lee
1957, 7", EP, Philips
Frankie Laine
Moonlight Gambler / Only If We Love
1956
Frankie Laine
On The Road To Mandalay / Only If We Love
1956
Různí
Popular Favourites No. 6
1955
Frankie Laine
I Can't Give You Anything But Love / Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now
1954, Vinyl, ,
Vocal
Dick Haymes
Never Let The Sun Set On A Quarrel
1952, 7", Decca, ,
Vocal
Dick Haymes
Sweethearts
1951
Dick Haymes
Keepsakes / Hush, Little Darlin'
1950, Shellac, 10", Decca
Happy Johnson And His International Jive Five
Barbecued Hot Dog / Jack, My Jaw Bone's Breakin'
1948
Snub Mosley And Orch.*
Hinkty Man / You And The Devil
1947, Shellac, 10", Sonora (6)
Anita Boyer, Al Lerner Quintet*
Sometimes I'm Happy / Hot Rock
1947, Shellac, 10", Black & White, ,
Swing
Frank Sinatra With Harry James And His Orchestra
It's Funny To Everyone But Me / Don't Take Your Love From Me
1944, Shellac, ,
Vocal/Swing/Big Band
Harry James And His Orchestra / Harry James (Solo) With Rhythm Accompaniment*
Memphis Blues / Sleepy Time Gal
1944, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing
Harry James And His Orchestra, Dick Haymes
Minka / Misirlou
1941, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Billy Eckstine / Dick Haymes
You Call It Madness
2xCD, Comp, RM, History, ,
Big Band/Ballad/Vocal/Swing
Helen Forrest / Doris Day
Sentimental Journey
2xCD, Comp, RM, History, ,
Vocal/Ballad/Big Band/Swing
Různí
The Trumpet Album, Vol. 2
LP, Comp, Meritt Record Society, Meritt Record Society, ,
Swing/Big Band/Dixieland/Vocal/Boogie Woogie
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers Showcase
7", EP, Mono, Roulette
Harry James & His Orchestra*
Ol' Man River / Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
1945, Shellac, ,
Big Band/Swing/Vocal
Různí
Elegy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2008, CD, Lakeshore Records, Lakeshore Entertainment Group LLC
Dick Beckner, Various
Exercise Is Fun!
LP, Tops Records