Allan Jones was born Theodore Allen Jones in Old Forge, Pennsylvania. A coal miner's son, he worked in the mines until 1926. At that point in time, he received a scholarship from Syracuse University, but chose instead to study music at New York University with Claude Warford and then with Felix Leroux in Paris and Sir Henry Wood in London...See full bio »
1987Radio Days
(performer: "The Donkey Serenade" 1923)
1974That's Entertainment!
(documentary)
(performer: "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" 1919 - uncredited)
1945Senorita from the West
(performer: "What A Change In The Weather", "Am I In Love?", "Lonely Love")
1943Crazy House
(performer: "The Donkey Serenade" - uncredited)
1943Larceny with Music
(performer: "Do Your Hear Music", "For The Want Of You", "Please, Louise", "When You Wore A Tulip")
1942When Johnny Comes Marching Home
(performer: "My Little Dream Girl", "You and the Night and Music" - uncredited, "Romance" - uncredited, "Say It With Dancing", "This Is It", "The Yanks Are Coming")
1942Moonlight in Havana
(performer: "I Don't Need Money", "Only You", "Isn't It Lovely", "Rhythm of the Tropics", "Moonlight in Havana", "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now")
1940One Night in the Tropics
(performer: "You and Your Kiss", "Back in My Shell", "Your Dream", "Farandola")
1939Honeymoon in Bali
(performer: "Happy Birthday to You", "O Paradis" French version of "O Paradiso")
1938Everybody Sing
(performer: "The One I Love" 1937, "The First Thing in the Morning" - uncredited, "Cosi-Cosa" 1935 - uncredited, "The Show Must Go On" 1937, "Finale" - uncredited / "The One I Love" 1937, "Down on Melody Farm" 1937)
1937A Day at the Races
(performer: "On Blue Venetian Waters" 1937 - uncredited, "Tomorrow Is Another Day" 1937 - uncredited)
1936Show Boat
(performer: "Where's the Mate for Me?" 1927 - uncredited, "Make Believe" 1927 - uncredited, "I Have The Room Above Her" 1936 - uncredited, "You Are Love" 1927 - uncredited, "Finale: You Are Love" 1927 - uncredited and "Ol' Man River" 1927 - uncredited)
1936The Great Ziegfeld
(performer: "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" 1919 - uncredited)
In 1930, he was the featured tenor soloist in the first "complete" recording of Bach's "St. Matthew Passion", a performance by the St. Bartholomew Choir, recorded by RCA Victor, and released as a set of 24 twelve-inch records, on 78 RPM.
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