Other Esquire 78 rpm records... |
All Esquire modern jazz was issued with the 10- or 12- prefix number but there was another series prefixed 5-. These were 10 inch 78rpm discs and were classified as 'light music'. Of the 100 or so titles released about 30 were by Esquire's contracted jazz stars. This listing has been taken from an Esquire catalogue dated July 1956. Not all numbers have been accounted for. Further details including band personnels are available by clicking on the links, where shown, just make a note of the date and titles and look them up in the discographies. The date shown is the recording date...5-005
| Johnny Dankworth Seven
| 29/7/50
| Sam's song (vcl Marion Williams) / The haunted ballroom
| Dankworth | 5-010
| Johnny Dankworth Seven
| 14/10/50
| Don't blame me (vcl Frank Holder) / Lament and wild dance
| Dankworth | 5-018
| Vic Lewis Orchestra
| 27/2/51
| Just one of those things (vcl Marion Williams) / Thinking of you
| Lewis | 5-019
| Vic Lewis Orchestra
| 27/2/51
| Rhapsody in blue (part one) / Rhapsody in blue (part two)
| Lewis | 5-023
| Johnny Dankworth Seven
| 27/4/51
| Blue moon (vcl Alan Dean) / So in love | Dankworth | 5-024
| Vic Lewis Orchestra
| 7/5/51
| Be my love / Tea for two (vcl Marion Williams)
| Lewis | 5-029
| Vic Lewis Orchestra
| 27/2/51
| Deed I do (vcl Marion Williams) / You go to my head
| Lewis | 5-030
| Johnny Dankworth Seven
| 27/5/51
| Marching through Georgia / Stardust
| Dankworth | 5-042
| Alan Clare
| 9/6/51
| There's a small hotel / Lover
| Clare | 5-052
| Johnny Dankworth Seven
| 8/11/51
| Lush Life / Mr and Mrs Mississippi (vcl Cleo Laine)
| Dankworth | 5-053
| Pete Pitterson's West Indians with the Sepia Five (vocal group)
| c1951
| Let's go a-huntin' / Mango time
| | 5-054
| Alan Clare
| 24/11/51 | 9/6/51 Poinciana | You go to my head Clare | 5-055
| Johnny Dankworth Seven
| 17/12/51
| It's no sin (vcl Cleo Laine) / Wedding of the painted doll
| Dankworth | 5-057
| Alan Clare
| 24/11/51
| Caprice Viennois /The swan
| Clare | 5-058
| Pete Pitterson's West Indians with the Sepia Five (vocal group)
| c1951
| Ball game / West Indian folk music
| | 5-060
| Johnny Dankworth Seven
| 4/3/52
| I've got you under my skin (vcl Frank Holder / The very thought of you (vcl Cleo Laine)
| Dankworth | 5-061
| Cab Kaye with the Gerry Moore Trio
| 1/3/52
| Don't never stop lookin' / Everything I have is yours
| Kaye | 5-063
| Johnny Dankworth | with strings 6/5/52
| I never knew (vcl Kathran Field) / Down Memory Lane (vcl Kathran Field)
| | 5-065
| Cab Kaye with the Gerry Moore Trio
| 1/3/52
| If I could hold you / Hypnotized
| Kaye | 5-066
| Johnny Dankworth | with strings 6/5/52
| Belle of the ball / Someone to watch over me
| | 5-069
| Cab Kaye with the Norman Burns Quintet
| 17/5/52
| Night and day / Oh lady be good | Kaye | 5-079
| Cab Kaye with the Norman Burns Quintet
| 17/5/52
| Pennies from heaven / More than you know | Kaye | 5-088
| Ronnie Scott Orchestra
| 13/4/53
| Have you heard (vcl Johnny Grant) / Indian summer | |
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