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"The night a sinner kissed an angel" The real beginning of Sinatra's greatness. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.139.23.60 (talk) 00:10, 25 October 2003 (UTC)[reply]

Sinatra recorded it with Tommy Dorsey, not Harry James 24.167.107.149 01:14, 21 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And he wrote "I Don't Want To Walk Without You" - Bacharach, weep your heart out. (James didn't write it, Jules Styne and Frank Loesser did 24.167.107.149 01:14, 21 July 2007 (UTC))[reply]

I think it would help this article to include some information on his favorite hobby, running race horses. I believe he had a few stakes winners over the years.T.E. Goodwin 05:22, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Georgia (country) flag??

Is there any reason to have the country of Georgia flag on the bio box for Harry James? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.221.242.101 (talk) 18:56, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Citations & References

See Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags Nhl4hamilton (talk) 10:50, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

HARRY JAMES - Trumpet Blues

can someone please tell me what year harry james recorded trumpet blues? thanks.

.. remoat —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.59.8.42 (talk) 03:25, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Harry James Show

Harry James had a TV Show in 1951 and there should be mention of it in the article.

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Jewish American musician

Revert edits listing James as a Jewish American musician. While there are a few questionable sources on the web making this claim, there are more reliable sources indicating James was not Jewish. Peter Levinson's biography, Trumpet Blues: The Life of Harry James, states on p.112 that when James discussed the matter of marriage to Helen Forrest, James's father objected to his marrying a Jewish girl. On p. 283, Levinson states that Father William Kenny of Christ the King Catholic Church gave James communion in Valley Hospital on July 2, 1983, three days before James died. On p. 118, Levinson states CBS approached James about taking over Glenn Miller's radio show, sponsored by Chesterfield cigarettes. At first, there was opposition from Ligget and Meyers, which owned Chesterfield, "largely because its executives believed that James was Jewish" - whether it was his prominent nose, his recording of "Eli, Eli," his sentimental approach to love songs, or any of several other reasons. If James was indeed Jewish, the sentence would have read instead, "largely because James was Jewish." It should be noted that James initially turned down the offer because of this apparent antisemitism.

On pp. 93-94, Levinson offers an explanation of how the misconception of Harry James being Jewish may have started. James wrote an instrumental arrangement of the Yiddish folk song "Eli, Eli." For the recording, in an attempt to establish the proper mood to play the song, James wore a yarmulke, thus becoming perhaps the first method trumpet player. As a publicity stunt, at James's premier performance of the tune at Flatbush Theater in Brooklyn, James was photographed with Rabbi Jacob Altman, who was invited by James to approve the mood and treatment of the James version of the song.

Bubbatex (talk) 02:30, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Jack Benny look-alike in Harry James Orchestra

Harry James' band often included a small string section. One of the violinists was a dead ringer for Jack Benny. It couldn't have actually been Jack; that would be well known, and I have yet to turn up any other mention of it.

I've seen him in about three or four movies that feature the Harry James Orchestra. The best shot (complete with supercilious grin) is in Springtime in the Rockies (1942), at 16:39 into the film. And it isn't just me hallucinating; when I showed this to my family, they all gasped.

Can anyone verify this? I don't mean the resemblance (that's beyond doubt), I mean Harry James being known at the time to have done it.

BMJ-pdx (talk) 09:13, 27 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The guy at the back centre in this photo? Martinevans123 (talk) 09:22, 27 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Turned Down by Lawrence Welk?

 When I was growing up my parents used to watch Lawrence Welk every week.  I remember one show where Welk said that years ago a young trumpet player auditioned for Wbelk's band.  Welk did not like his plalying and did not hire him.  He then went on to say that he had misjudged that trumpet player and that the trumpet player was a guest on his show that night.  It was Harry James.  Am I remembering correctly and, if true, shouldn't it be mentioned somewhere in the article that James was turned down by Welk early in his carreer? 2600:1700:7F11:6420:24FA:87F5:BC6A:A95D (talk) 05:17, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]