Russ Morgan

Russ Morgan

Russ Morgan

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Top Songs

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Cruising Down the River
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Hurry Home (Vocal - Russ Morgan)
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You Got Me (Vocal - Carolyn Clarke)
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I Must See Annie Tonight (Vocal - Jimmy Lewis)
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What Do You Know About Love

Albums

  • Music In The Morgan Manner: The Hits Collection 1935-56

    Nov 2018 • 50 songs

  • All Those Wonderful Years

    Oct 2014 • 11 songs

  • The Sheik of Araby

    Oct 2014 • 11 songs

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Russ Morgan

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Russ Morgan was a major arranger and composer in the pre-rock era. He played in New York groups during the early '20s and did arrangements for Victor Herbert and John Philip Sousa. He was a music director on radio in Detroit in 1926, doing arrangements for Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Louis Armstrong, the Boswell Sisters, and the Dorsey Brothers. Later, Morgan wrote Cotton Club reviews, conducted an orchestra on Broadway, and served as music director for Brunswick. He played with Freddy Martin in 1934 and formed his own band in 1936. During the late '30s, '40s, and '50s, he...
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