Sam Donahue and His Orchestra

Sam Donahue and His Orchestra Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

Samuel Koontz Donahue (March 18, 1918 – March 22, 1974) was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, and musical arranger. He performed with Gene Krupa, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Billy May, Woody Herman, and Stan Kenton. == Biography == Donahue was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. He put together his first band when he was only 15 years old. Donahue played in the bands of Gene Krupa, Harry James, and Benny Goodman. During World War II, Donahue took over the... [more on Wikipedia]

Sam Donahue and His Orchestra began charting in 1941 with Do You Care?.The artist placed 12 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 8 of which reached the Top‑10.

Top songs: #1: I Never Knew - #2: My Melancholy Baby - #3: The Whistler - #4: A Rainy Night in Rio - #5: Just the Other Day
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  1941
1.
09/1941

Do You Care?
Sam Donahue and His Orchestra greentick

96 pts
19
US
vocals by Irene Daye
written by Lew Quadling & Jack Elliott [John Michael Elliott Jr.]
  1946
2.
07/1946

Dinah
Sam Donahue and His Orchestra greentick

155 pts
9
US
written by Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis & Joseph Young
3.
08/1946

#5  Just the Other Day
Sam Donahue and His Orchestra greentick

168 pts
8
US
vocals by Mynell Allen
written by Austen Croom-Johnson & Redd Evans
4.
10/1946

Put That Kiss Back Where You Found It
Sam Donahue and His Orchestra greentick

168 pts
8
US
vocals by Bill Lockwood
written by Carl Sigman & Peter De Rose
5.
12/1946

#4  A Rainy Night in Rio
Sam Donahue and His Orchestra greentick

184 pts
7
US
written by Leo Robin & Arthur Schwartz
  1947
My Melancholy Baby
6.
04/1947

#2  My Melancholy Baby
Sam Donahue and His Orchestra greentick

221 pts
5
US
hit for Gene Austin in 1928
written by Ernie Burnett & George A. Norton
7.
05/1947

#1  I Never Knew
Sam Donahue and His Orchestra greentick

308 pts
2
US
vocals by Bill Lockwood & the Blue Hues
written by Gus Kahn & Ted Fiorito
8.
11/1947

Red Wing
Sam Donahue and His Orchestra greentick

154 pts
9
US
vocals by Shirley Lloyd
written by Thurland Chattaway
9.
11/1947

#3  The Whistler
Sam Donahue and His Orchestra greentick

202 pts
6
US
vocals by Shirley Lloyd
written by Wilbur Hatch & Hal Dickinson
  1948
10.
08/1948

Saxa-Boogie
Sam Donahue and His Orchestra greentick

72 pts
24
US
written by Sam Donahue
11.
10/1948

I'll Get Along Somehow
Sam Donahue and His Orchestra greentick

65 pts
26
US
vocals by Bill Lockwood
written by Gerald Marks & Buddy Fields
12.
12/1948

September in the Rain
Sam Donahue and His Orchestra greentick

65 pts
26
US
written by Harry Warren & Al Dubin


See also...

Sam Donahue • Sam Donahue's Orchestra


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