Isham Jones

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It Had To Be You (1947 Version) 00:00 Tools
Stompin' at the Savoy 00:00 Tools
It Had to Be You 00:00 Tools
I'll See You In My Dreams 00:00 Tools
Sweet Georgia Brown 00:00 Tools
Stardust 00:00 Tools
Who's Sorry Now 00:00 Tools
Nola 00:00 Tools
Swingin' Down the Lane 00:00 Tools
I`ll See You In My Dreams 00:00 Tools
California Here I Come 00:00 Tools
On the Alamo (1947 Version) 00:00 Tools
Swingin' Down the Lane (1947 Version) 00:00 Tools
The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else 00:00 Tools
It's Funny To Everyone But Me 00:00 Tools
A Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia 00:00 Tools
All Wrong 00:00 Tools
Farewell Blues 00:00 Tools
Wabash Blues 00:00 Tools
Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia 00:00 Tools
Star Dust 00:00 Tools
Life Begins When You're in Love 00:00 Tools
Who`s Sorry Now? 00:00 Tools
Blue Prelude 00:00 Tools
With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming 00:00 Tools
You've Got Me Crying Again 00:00 Tools
For All We Know 00:00 Tools
(When It's) Darkness on the Delta 00:00 Tools
Spain 00:00 Tools
There Is No Greater Love 00:00 Tools
The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise 00:00 Tools
On The Alamo 00:00 Tools
REMEMBER 00:00 Tools
Together, We Two 00:00 Tools
Swingin’ Down The Lane 00:00 Tools
Junk Man 00:00 Tools
nobody's sweetheart 00:00 Tools
Rock Your Blues Away 00:00 Tools
No Greater Love 00:00 Tools
My Ideal 00:00 Tools
Lazy Day 00:00 Tools
I Wanna Be in Winchell's Column 00:00 Tools
I'll Never Have to Dream Again 00:00 Tools
I Hate Myself 00:00 Tools
Swingin Down the Lane 00:00 Tools
What's the Use 00:00 Tools
(There Is) No Greater Love 00:00 Tools
Lonesome Lover 00:00 Tools
My Baby Just Cares for Me 00:00 Tools
Miss Hannah 00:00 Tools
frankie and johnny 00:00 Tools
My Best Girl 00:00 Tools
Some Other Day, Some Other Girl 00:00 Tools
Goodnight Sweet Dreams 00:00 Tools
Nina Rosa 00:00 Tools
Feeling That Way 00:00 Tools
NOT A CLOUD IN THE SKY 00:00 Tools
Ida, I do 00:00 Tools
Sweet Sue-Just You 00:00 Tools
What's the Use? 00:00 Tools
IN MY HEART IT'S YOU 00:00 Tools
The Blue Room 00:00 Tools
Swinging Down The Lane 00:00 Tools
Trees 00:00 Tools
where is my sweethart hiding 00:00 Tools
Memphis Blues 00:00 Tools
Wait'll You See 00:00 Tools
That Certain Party 00:00 Tools
Forgetful Blues 10-10-1923 00:00 Tools
You Got 'em 00:00 Tools
It Had To Be You (From "When Harry Met Sally") 00:00 Tools
When Shadows Fall I Hear You Calling 00:00 Tools
DANGER 00:00 Tools
On the Alamo (From "Les Tricheurs") 00:00 Tools
Let Me Linger In Your Arms 00:00 Tools
Let That Be a Lesson to You 00:00 Tools
You're Just a Dream Come True 00:00 Tools
Doin' The Uptown Lowdown 00:00 Tools
I'll Never Have To Dream Again (1947 Version) 00:00 Tools
Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me 00:00 Tools
Three Thirty Blues 00:00 Tools
I Keep Remembering 00:00 Tools
Georgia Jubilee 00:00 Tools
Blue Evening Blues 00:00 Tools
Headin' For Home 00:00 Tools
Stompin At The Savoy 00:00 Tools
My Honey's Lovin' Arms 00:00 Tools
Old Lace 00:00 Tools
Louisville Lady 00:00 Tools
Stomping at The Savoy 00:00 Tools
Three-Thirty Blues 00:00 Tools
Don't Tell Her What Happened To Me 00:00 Tools
You Don't Know What You're Doin' 00:00 Tools
Eleanor 00:00 Tools
Why Can't This Night Go On Forever 00:00 Tools
Ridin' Around In The Rain 00:00 Tools
Dallas Blues 00:00 Tools
Good Evenin' 00:00 Tools
Aunt Hagar's Children Blues 00:00 Tools
The One I Love 00:00 Tools
What's the Use No 00:00 Tools
Darkness on the Delta (When It's) 00:00 Tools
Paddelin' Madeline Home 00:00 Tools
The Original Charleston 00:00 Tools
It's the Blues 00:00 Tools
I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight 00:00 Tools
Isham Jones, Al Jolson - My Love Belongs to Somebody Else 1924 00:00 Tools
I'm Sitting on Top of the World 00:00 Tools
Good Evening 00:00 Tools
I'll Be Blue, Just Thinking of You 00:00 Tools
There's a Wah-Wah Girl in Agua Caliente 00:00 Tools
Song of the Blues 00:00 Tools
I Can't Believe It's True 00:00 Tools
When Shadows Fall I Hear You Calling California 00:00 Tools
Jimtown Blues 00:00 Tools
Lonesome Lover [1dQR] 00:00 Tools
I've Found a New Baby 00:00 Tools
Isham Jones - Swingin' Down the Lane 00:00 Tools
Isham Jones - Damfinoname-again 00:00 Tools
Isham Jones - Feedin' The Kitty 1924 00:00 Tools
Sweet Jennie Lee 00:00 Tools
If You Were Only Mine 00:00 Tools
Honestly 00:00 Tools
I Only Found You for Somebody Else 00:00 Tools
Just Born To Be Lonesome 00:00 Tools
Out of Space 00:00 Tools
China Boy (1) 00:00 Tools
Black Magic 00:00 Tools
There's a Wah Wah Girl In Agua Caliente 00:00 Tools
Isham Jones - Somebody's Wrong 1924 (Brunswick 2500-B) 00:00 Tools
Farewell Blues - Isham Jones 00:00 Tools
BROKEN HEARTED MELODY 00:00 Tools
Charleston 00:00 Tools
I Hate Myself for Being Mean to You 00:00 Tools
China Boy 00:00 Tools
Blue Lament (1) 00:00 Tools
Dallas Blues (1) 00:00 Tools
Wabash Blues -10-1921 00:00 Tools
Tiger Rag 00:00 Tools
Isham Jones - You Don't Know What You're Doin' (1931) 00:00 Tools
Blue Room 00:00 Tools
Isham Jones - I'll See You In My Dreams (1924) 00:00 Tools
Together We Two 00:00 Tools
I’ll See You In My Dreams (featured in the film “I’ll See You in My Dreams”) 00:00 Tools
Stompin' At The 00:00 Tools
Paddlin' Madelyn Home 00:00 Tools
There's Nothing Left To Do But Say Goodbye 00:00 Tools
One Little Word Lead to Another 00:00 Tools
All Mine - Almost 00:00 Tools
Who's Sorry Now? 00:00 Tools
I'll See You In My Dreams (1924) 00:00 Tools
Everyone Says I Love You 00:00 Tools
Pasadena 00:00 Tools
Men of Honor 00:00 Tools
At Sundown 00:00 Tools
It Had To Be You 1924 00:00 Tools
Wabash Blues (1921) 00:00 Tools
China Boy (A) 00:00 Tools
Dallas Blues (A) 00:00 Tools
Slappin' the Bass 00:00 Tools
Marcheta 00:00 Tools
I'll See You In My Dreams 1925 00:00 Tools
Four or Five Times 00:00 Tools
Sweet Lorraine 00:00 Tools
My Melancholy Baby 00:00 Tools
My Honey's Lovin Arms -7-1922 00:00 Tools
You're in Kentucky Sure as You're Born 00:00 Tools
Bing Crosby - Some Of These Days 00:00 Tools
Make Believe 00:00 Tools
Forgetful Blues 00:00 Tools
Dream A Little Dream Of Me 00:00 Tools
Say It While Dancing 00:00 Tools
Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me? 00:00 Tools
Isham Jones - It Had To Be You 1924 00:00 Tools
Mama Loves Papa 00:00 Tools
Foolin' Around 00:00 Tools
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Isham Edgar Jones (January 31, 1894 – October 19, 1956) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter. Jones was born in Coalton, Ohio, to a musical and mining family, and grew up in Saginaw, Michigan, where he started his first band. In 1911 one of Jones' earliest compositions "On The Alamo" was published by Tell Taylor Inc. (Taylor had just formed a publishing company the year before when his song "Down By The Old Mill Stream" became a big hit.) In 1915 Isham Jones moved to Chicago, Illinois, which remained his home base until 1932, when he reestablished himself in New York City. Jones also toured England with his orchestra in 1925. The Isham Jones band made a series of popular gramophone records for Brunswick throughout the 1920s. He led one of the most popular dance bands in the 1920s and 1930s. His first successful recording, Wabash Blues written by Dave Ringle and Fred Meinken, was recorded in 1921 by Isham Jones and his Orchestra. This million-seller stayed twelve weeks in the U.S. charts, six at No. 1. Noted musicians who played in Jones' band included Louis Panico, Benny Goodman (although he did not make any records during the short time he was with them), Woody Herman, Walt Yoder, and Roy Bargy. Reed virtuoso Al Gallodoro appeared briefly with Jones in 1933, taking part in a record date October 3. Jones was reportedly a strict taskmaster and was known for being rather cold and distant. His lushly romantic compositions seem at odds with his reported personality. From the start, his Brunswick records were extremely popular. There was a gap from October 1927 to June 1929 where Jones did not record due to disbanding and reorganization. From 1929 to 1932, his Brunswick recordings became even more sophisticated with often very unusual arrangements (by Gordon Jenkins and others; Jones was his own arranger early on, but cultivated others for offbeat arrangements). During this period, Jones started featuring violinist Eddie Stone as one of his regular vocalists. Stone had an unusual, almost humorous tone to his voice. His other vocalists included Frank Sylvano, Billy Scott, Arthur Jarrett and Stone beginning in 1929 and in 1932, he added Joe Martin, another of the band's violinists, as a frequent vocalist. In April that year, young Bing Crosby recorded two sessions with Jones' group which included "Sweet Georgia Brown". Crosby at this point in his career was still singing in a jazz idiom, transitioning to his better known "crooner" style. In August 1932, Jones signed with Victor, and these records are generally considered among the very best arranged and performed commercial dance band records of the Depression era. Victor's recording technique was especially suited to Jones' band. In October 1932, he teamed up with the Three X Sisters in New York who had just departed from CBS radio. They recorded "experimental" songs for RCA Victor which Jones began to fuse jazz and early swing music. They recorded "Where, I Wonder Where?" and "What Would Happen To Me If Something Happened To You." His Victor releases had an almost symphonic sound, often with a strong use of tuba. He stayed with Victor until July 1934, when he signed with Decca. (Jones' recordings during this period rivaled Paul Whiteman and other dance orchestras as examples of the very best and most popular dance music of the era.) Jones' Decca recordings are often unfavoribly compared to his Victor recordings. He continued the same high standard of fine arrangements and well chosen songs (as well as bunch of rerecordings of his Victor hits), but Decca's flat recording technique made his Decca's sound like it was a smaller band, which it wasn't. After he left Decca in 1936, he again retired and his orchestra was taken over by band member Woody Herman. Jones started a new band in 1937-38 and recorded a handful of sessions under the ARC labels: Melotone, Perfect and Banner. In the 1940s, Jones resided on his poultry farm in Colorado, which he occasionally left for short tours with pickup bands. He later resided in Los Angeles. He moved to Hollywood, Florida in 1955, and died there of cancer in 1956. (He is interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles, and perhaps for that reason is often erroneously listed as having died in Hollywood, California.) His great-nephew is the noted jazz drummer Rusty Jones. Isham Jones' compositions (he wrote the music, Charles Newman and Gus Kahn were among his lyricists ) included: "You gave me your Heart" Brunswick 2350-A "The Sneak!" Brunswick 2350-B "Dog on the Piano" Brunswick 2646-A "Mahsi" Brunswick 2646-B "Meet Me In Bubble Land" 1919 "On the Alamo" recorded 1922 (composed & published in 1911) "Swingin' Down The Lane" 1923 "I'll See You in My Dreams" 1924 "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" 1924 "It Had To Be You" 1924 "Spain" 1924 "Song Of The Blues" (1929) "Not A Cloud In The Sky" 1929 "What's The Use?" 1930 "Feeling That Way" 1930 "You're Just A Dream Come True" (his theme song) 1931 "I Wouldn't Change You For The World" 1931 "Let That Be A Lesson To You" 1932 "I Can't Believe It's True" 1932 "One Little Word Led To Another" 1932 "The Wooden Soldier And The China Doll" 1932 ["Calvacade of Vitaphone Shorts Volume 1: Swing, Swing Swing:1931-1944"(Cat. #ML103928) 1934] "I'll Never Have To Dream Again" 1932 "Pretending You Care" 1932 "There's Nothing Left To Do But Say Goodbye" 1932 "Why Can't This Night Go On Forever?" (another theme song) 1932 "You've Got Me Crying Again" 1933 "Honestly" 1933 "Old Lace" 1933 "Something Seems To Tell Me" 1933 "You're Welcome" 1933 "Bubbles In The Wine" 1933 "All Mine, Almost" 1934 "There Is No Greater Love" 1936 During the 1920s, Isham Jones had several number one records on the pop charts in the U.S.: "Wabash Blues" was number one for six weeks in 1921; "On the Alamo" was number one for four weeks in 1922; "Swinging Down the Lane" was number one for six weeks in 1923; "Spain" was number one for two weeks and "It Had To Be You" was number one for five weeks in 1924; and, "I'll See You in My Dreams" was number one for seven weeks and "Remember" was number one for one week in 1925. His 1930 version of "Star Dust" was one of the best selling versions. Jones commissioned Victor Young to write a ballad instrumental of the mid-tempo tune and it was this arrangement (with Victor Young's violin solo) which became such a hit. Mitchell Parish wrote lyrics for the song at this time. In 1989, Isham Jones was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2005, "California, Here I Come", recorded by Al Jolson With The Isham Jones Orchestra on Brunswick in 1924, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2007, "It Had To Be You", recorded by Isham Jones and His Orchestra on Brunswick in 1924, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.