Jimmy Kennedy 
Last updated: 29.11.25
Websites:
url15.gif Jimmy Kennedy Biography by wikipedia.org.  
url15.gif  DAHR: Jimmy Kennedy List of 95 historic recordings from 1933 to 1954.
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Chocolate Soldiers Daughter (1938), The M. Carr James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Harbor Lights (1937) Hugh Williams James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif South of the Border (1939) M. Carr Unknown
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
recordmp3.gif Chestnut Tree (1939) J. Kennedy Marion Hutton Victor: BS-035399
recordmp3.gif Home Town (1937) J. Kennedy Al Bowlly Gramophone: 0EA5063
recordmp3.gif Two Bouqets (1938) J. Kennedy Phyllis Kenny Victor: BS-019840
This list is derived from information provided by Monologues.co.uk which went down sometime in 2023.
The loss of this valuable resource is very sad and a mystery.
     Title Attribution Remarks
       
  Barmaid's Song, The Jimmy Kennedy (words & music)
Florrie Forde (perf.)
 
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Cinderella, Stay in My Arms (1938) J. Kennedy (music)
M. Carr (words)
Rex Maupin (perf.)
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pdf15.gif Harbor Lights (1937) J. Kennedy (w&m)
Hugh Williams (coauth.)
Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer Pub.
pdf15.gif South of the Border (1939) J. Kennedy (w&m)
M. Carr (coauth.)
Lawrence Welk (perf.)
Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 35 works by Jimmy Kennedy. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Barmaid's Song, The 1930 Florrie Forde (perf.)
Mistletoe Kiss 1934 Constance Carpenter (words)
Arthur Godfrey (perf.)
Margaret Whiting (perf.)
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Roll Along Covered Wagon 1934 Richard Dix (perf.)  wvicon.gif
Misty Islands of the Highlands (w&m) 1935 Michael Carr (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Why Did She Fall For the Leader of the Band? (w&m) 1935 Michael Carr (co-author)
Cafe Continental (w&m) 1936 Will Grosz (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Did Your Mother Come From Ireland? (w&m) 1936 Michael Carr (co-author)
Kate Smith (perf.)
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Harbor Lights (w&m) 1937 Hugh Williams (co-author)  Pub. pdf15.gif 
Home Town (w&m) 1937 Michael Carr (words)
Al Bowlly (perf.)
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Miller's Daughter Marianne 1937 Will Grosz (co-author)
Billy Hill (co-author)
Henry Busse (perf.)
Spike Hamilton (perf.)
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My Irish Song 1937 Michael Carr (co-author)
Something in My Eye 1937 Michael Carr (co-author)
When My Heart Says Sing 1937 Michael Carr (words)
You've Got to Take Your Pick and Swing 1937 Michael Carr (co-author)
Chestnut Tree (w&m) 1938 Tommie Connor (co-author)
Hamilton Kennedy (co-author)
Marion Hutton (perf.)
 Pub.  recordmp3.gif
Chocolate Soldiers Daughter, The 1938 Michael Carr (co-author)  
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Cinderella, Stay in My Arms 1938 Michael Carr (words)
Gray Gordon (perf.)
Sammy Kaye (perf.)
Guy Lombardo (perf.)
Rex Maupin (perf.)
Doris Rhodes (perf.)
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Neath the Spreading Chestnut Tree (w&m) 1938 Tommie Connor (co-author)
Hamilton Kennedy (co-author)
Two Bouqets 1938 Michael Carr (words)
Phyllis Kenny (perf.)
Doris Rhodes (perf.)
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South of the Border (w&m) 1939 Michael Carr (co-author)
Gene Audtry (perf.)
Gene Autry (perf.)
Lou Breese (perf.)
Bobby Byrne (perf.)
Larry Cotton (perf.)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
Jimmy Dorsey (perf.)
Marion Holmes (perf.)
Sammy Kaye (perf.)
Guy Lombardo (perf.)
Doris Rhodes (perf.)
Kate Smith (perf.)
Lawrence Welk (perf.)
Barry Wood (perf.)
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We're Gonna Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line (w&m) 1939  wvicon.gif
Her Name Was Rosita 1940 Michael Carr (words)  Pub.
And Mimi (w&m) 1942 Nat Simon (co-author)
Harry Cool (perf.)
Dick Haymes (perf.)
 Pub.
Apple Blossom Wedding, An (w&m) 1942 Nat Simon (co-author)
Perry Como (perf.)
Eddy Howard (perf.)
Sammy Kaye (perf.)
Ginny Simms (perf.)
Kate Smith (perf.)
 Pub.
Hour Never Passes, An (w&m) 1944  Pub.
On the Old Spanish Trail (w&m) 1947 Kenneth L. Smith (co-author)
Andy Devine (perf.)
Jane Frazee (perf.)
Tito Guizar (perf.)
Bob Nolan (perf.)
Sons of the Pioneers (perf.)
Estelita Rodriguez (perf.)
Roy Rogers (perf.)
Trigger (perf.)
 Pub.
Chapter in My Life Called Mary, A 1949 Nat Simon (co-author)
Merry-Go-Round Waltz 1949 Arthur Finn (words)
Sammy Kaye (perf.)
Guy Lombardo (perf.)
Art Mooney (perf.)
 Pub.
Red We Want Is the Red We Got, The (w&m) 1950 Bickley Reichner (co-author)
Down the Trail of Achin' Hearts 1951 Nat Simon (words)
Patti Page (perf.)
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Last Night My Heart Crossed the Ocean (w&m) 1951 Cliff Sundin (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Who Knows Love (w&m) 1951 Nat Simon (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
God's Little Candles (w&m) 1952 Jimmy Boyd (perf.)  wvicon.gif
If You're Going My Way (w&m) ? Wally Ridley (co-author)
Oh! Ain't It Grand to Be in the Navy ? Michael Carr (words)