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Gordon Jenkins (I) (1910–1984)

Soundtrack | Music Department | Composer

Prolific composer ("Manhattan Tower"), songwriter ("Goodbye"), conductor, arranger and author, educated in public schools and then a banjoist in orchestras and on radio in St. Louis, Missouri, then came to Hollywood in 1938 as music director for NBC and composer of scores for films, radio, and night club revues... See full bio »

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in Webster Groves, Missouri, USA

Died:

(age 73) in Malibu, California, USA
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2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.276 (2010) (writer: "Folsom Prison Blues" - uncredited)
 
2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Evangeline Lilly/Sam Rockwell/Million Dollar Quartet/Aaron Kelly (2010) (writer: "Folsom Prison Blues" - uncredited)
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary) (music: "P.S. I Love You")
 
2007 P.S. I Love You (writer: "P.S. I Love You")
 
2007 Mad Men (TV series)
– Marriage of Figaro (2007) (music: "P.S. I Love You" - uncredited)
– Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2007) (performer: "Caravan" - uncredited)
 
2005 Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found (TV documentary) (writer: "Folsom Prison Blues")
 
2003 The O.C. (TV series)
– The Homecoming (2003) (performer: "Caravan")
 
1999 Girl on the Bridge (writer: "Goodbye")
 
1998 Pony Glass (short) (writer: "Good-Bye" - uncredited)
 
1997 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (writer: "P.S. I Love You")
 
1994 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
– Episode #3.7 (1994) (writer: "Folsom Prison Blues")
 
1991 For the Boys (music: "P.S. I Love You")
 
1989 Designing Women (TV series)
– The Women of Atlanta (1989) ("This is All I Ask")
 
1988 Bull Durham (writer: "WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN")
 
1987 The Final Arrangement (performer: "You Are My Thrill")
 
1987 Radio Days (writer: "Goodbye" 1934)
 
1985 Sacred Hearts (writer: "Goodbye" - uncredited)
 
1979 The Wanderers (writer: "I Love You")
 
1969 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
– What It Was, Was Love (1969) (writer: "What It Was, Was Love", "What You Say", "A Secret Place", "Where You Are", "Yeah, But What If?", "A Man", "Boys And Girls", "There Goes The Bride", "To Be In Love", "Which Way Is Yesterday?", "We Had It All", "The Room With The View Inside", "Old Man", "What It Was, Was Love/Reprise")
 
1963 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
– The Robert Goulet Show (1963) (music: "This Is All I Ask" - uncredited / lyrics: "This Is All I Ask" - uncredited)
 
1960 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
– Episode dated 7 December 1960 (1960) (writer: "New York's My Home" - uncredited)
 
1959 The Ballad of Louie the Louse (TV movie) (writer: "The Ballad of Louie the Louse", "Be Mean To The Old Folks", "Don't Come To Me")
 
1956 The Benny Goodman Story (writer: "Goodbye")
 
1955 Show Time at the Apollo (TV series)
– Jazz Time (writer: "Goodbye")
 
1950 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
– Episode #3.24 (1950) (writer: "Manhattan Tower" / performer: "Manhattan Tower")
 
1945 Community Sing No. 12, Volume 10 (short) (writer: "Ev'ry Time I Fall in Love")
 
1944 San Fernando Valley (music: "San Fernando Valley" / lyrics: "San Fernando Valley")
 
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2001 One Night with Robbie Williams (TV special documentary) (additional music arranger: "It Was A Very Good Year")
 
1973 Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra (TV special documentary) (conductor, music arranger)
 
1966 Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II (TV movie) (musical director)
 
1965 Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music (TV movie) (musical director)
 
1959 The Big Party (TV series) (musical director - 1 episode)
– Episode #1.1 (1959) (musical director)
 
1958 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series) (musical director - 1 episode)
– Episode #3.1 (1958) (musical director)
 
1956 The Nat King Cole Show (TV series) (conductor)
 
1952 Bwana Devil (conductor)
 
1951 Footlight Varieties (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith (short) (composer: theme music)
 
1938 You and Me (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Cocoanut Grove (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Daughter of Shanghai (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 This Way Please (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1937 Exclusive (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
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1980 The First Deadly Sin
 
1977 Rosetti and Ryan (TV series)
 
1959 The Ballad of Louie the Louse (TV movie)
 
1959 The Phil Silvers Pontiac Special: Keep in Step (TV movie)
 
1956 Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower (TV movie)
 
1952 Bwana Devil
 
1945 Strange Holiday (uncredited)
 
1938 Tropic Holiday (uncredited)
 
1938 Dr. Rhythm (uncredited)
 
1938 College Swing (uncredited)
 
1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938 (uncredited)
 
1937 Thrill of a Lifetime (uncredited)
 
1937 Blossoms on Broadway (uncredited)
 
1937 Artists & Models (uncredited)
 
1937 Easy Living (uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1969 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
The Music Director
– What It Was, Was Love (1969) … The Music Director
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
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Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1956 Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower (TV movie) (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1956 The Nat King Cole Show (TV series) (band leader)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
1973 Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra (TV special documentary)
Himself - Conductor
 
1965 Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music (TV movie)
Himself
 
1956 The Nat King Cole Show (TV series)
Himself - Orchestra Leader
– Episode #1.6 (1956) … Himself - Orchestra Leader
– Episode #1.7 (1956) … Himself - Orchestra Leader
– Episode #1.5 (1956) … Himself - Orchestra Leader
– Episode #1.4 (1956) … Himself - Orchestra Leader
– Episode #1.3 (1956) … Himself - Orchestra Leader
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1956 The NBC Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Orchestra Leader
– Episode #1.2 (1956) … Himself - Orchestra Leader
– Episode #1.1 (1956) … Himself - Orchestra Leader
 
1954-1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Orchestra Leader
– Episode #5.16 (1955) … Himself - Orchestra Leader
– Episode #5.1 (1954) … Himself - Orchestra Leader
 
1953 The Saturday Night Revue (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1953) … Himself
 
1950 College of Musical Knowledge (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 October 1950 (1950) … Himself
 
1950 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.3 (1950) … Himself
– Episode #3.24 (1950) … Himself
 
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1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1952) Theatre: "California" American Lyric Theatre, Provincetown Playhouse, New York City, opened July 15, 1952. Music by Gordon Jenkins, lyrics by Tom Adair. See more »

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Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 424-426. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998. See more »

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