Carroll Gibbons
Carroll Gibbons
Person from United States
Genres: jazz, swing, female vocalists, piano, british
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About Carroll Gibbons
Carroll Gibbons (January 4, 1903 - May 10, 1954) was a British (but American-born) musician, bandleader and composer. He was born and raised in Clinton, Massachusetts. In his late teens he travelled to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1924 he returned to London with the brassless Boston Orchestra for an engagement at the Savoy Hotel in the Strand. He liked Britain so much that he settled there and later became the co-leader (with Howie Jacobs) of the Savoy Orpheans and the bandleader of the New MayFair Orchestra, which recorded for the Gramophone Company on the HMV label. In 1929 Gibbons appeared in the British film Splinters (as Carroll Gibbons and His Masters Voice Orchestra). Gibbons made occasional return trips to the United States but settled permanently in England, though he did spend a couple of years (1930-1931) in Hollywood, where he worked as a staff composer for MGM films. He took exclusive leadership of the Savoy Hotel Orpheans, which recorded hundreds of popular songs between June 1932 and his death in London at the early age of 51. As a composer, Gibbons' most popular songs included "A Garden in the Rain (1928) and "On The Air" (1932). The later was covered by Rudy Vallee in 1933 and by Lud Gluskin in 1936. Gibbons' instrumental numbers "Bubbling Over" and "Moonbeam Dance" were also quite successful in the United Kingdom.
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Carroll Gibbons — Top 18 songs
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Gibbons | This Year's Kisses | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | Never In A Million Years | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | Good Little Bad Little You | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | Sing, Baby, Sing/You Turned The Tables On Me | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | Top Hat, White Tie & Tails | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | Ten Little Miles From Town | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | When It`s Sleepy Time Down South | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | You And I | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | It Had To Be You | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | What Time Have We Got To Lose | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | On the Air (Slow Foxtrot / Mel | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | Wake Up And Live 1937 | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | Pardon My Southern Accent Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | Baby Mine Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | Sing My Heart 1939 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s | ||
| Carroll Gibbons | Little Miles From Town |