Jimmie Durante  (1893-1980)
Last updated: 04.05.26
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url15.gif Jimmy Durante Biography by wikipedia.org.  
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
  Midi File(s) from various sources      
audiomidi15.gif I've Got My Habits On (1921) Unknown
audiomidi15.gif Inka Dinka Doo (1933) James Pitt-Payne
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Daddy, Your Mama Is Lonesome For You (1921) J. Durante (music)
C. Smith (words)
Bob Schafer (words)
M. Smith (perf.)
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pdf15.gif I've Got My Habits On (1921) J. Durante (music)
C. Smith (words)
Bob Schafer (words)
G. Wells (perf.)
Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Inka Dinka Doo (1933) J. Durante (music)
Ben Ryan (words)
J. Durante (perf.)
Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
  As performer        
pdf15.gif Let's Call It a Day (1932) L. Brown (w&m)
R. Henderson (coauth.)
Lupe Vélez (perf.)
J. Durante (perf.)
Hope Williams (perf.)
Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
The peformer is featured on 13 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
     Title Composer Attribution Remarks
         
perf15.jpg Let's Call It a Day (1932) Lew Brown Ray Henderson (co-author)
Jimmie Durante (perf.)
Lupe Vélez (perf.)
Hope Williams (perf.)
perf15.jpg New Moon Is Over My Shoulder (1934), A Nacio Herbert Brown Arthur Freed (words)
Jimmie Durante (perf.)
perf15.jpg Count Your Blessings (1933) Ferde Grofé Irving Caesar (words)
Edgar Guest (words)
Jimmie Durante (perf.)
Stuart Erwin (perf.)
Marjorie Rambeau (perf.)
Lupe Vélez (perf.)
perf15.jpg My Dog Loves Your Dog (1934) Ray Henderson Irving Caesar (words)
Jack Yellen (words)
Jimmie Durante (perf.)
Alice Faye (perf.)
Rudy Vallée (perf.)
perf15.jpg Down in the Depths (1936) Cole Porter Jimmie Durante (perf.)
perf15.jpg Good-Bye, Little Dream, Good-Bye (1936) Cole Porter(w&m) Jimmie Durante (perf.)
perf15.jpg It's De-Lovely (1936) Cole Porter Jimmie Durante (perf.)
perf15.jpg Ours (1936) Cole Porter Jimmie Durante (perf.)
perf15.jpg Red, Hot and Blue (1936) Cole Porter Jimmie Durante (perf.)
perf15.jpg  Ridin' High (1936) Cole Porter Jimmie Durante (perf.)
perf15.jpg You've Got Something (1936) Cole Porter Jimmie Durante (perf.)
perf15.jpg This Is It (1939) Arthur Schwartz Dorothy Fields (words)
Richard Carlson (perf.)
Jimmie Durante (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.)
Tamara Toumanova (perf.)
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 7 works by Jimmie Durante (1893-1980). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Daddy, Your Mama Is Lonesome For You 1921 Chris Smith (words)
Bob Schafer (words)
Mamie Smith (perf.)
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I Didn't Start in to Love You 1921 Bob Schafer (words)
Sam Coslow (words)
I've Got My Habits On 1921 Chris Smith (words)
Bob Schafer (words)
Isabella Patricola (perf.)
Gilbert Wells (perf.)
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I Know Darn Well I Can Do Without Broadway 1928
I Ups to Him and He Ups to Me 1929
Inka Dinka Doo 1933 Ben Ryan (words)
Jimmie Durante (perf.)
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Umbriago 1944 Irving Caesar (words)