Russ Morgan
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Biography
Russ Morgan, born Russell Morgan on April 29, 1904, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States, was an American composer and big band leader. Influenced by his parents' musical backgrounds, he began playing piano at age seven and joined local bands as a teenager. He achieved radio success with the show Music in the Morgan Manner on WXYZ Detroit. His first recordings were released under the name Russell Brown and his Orchestra for Okeh Records. By 1936, Morgan formed his own orchestra. Notable songs included "So Tired", which charted in 1949. Throughout the 1950s, his orchestra was popular, performing extensively across the United States. He died on August 7, 1969.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- So Tired
- Forever and Ever
- There Goes That Song Again
- Somebody Else is Taking my Place
- The Iowa Indian Song featuring Russ Morgan
- Linger Awhile / Stumbling
- Doll Dance
- Wabash Blues by Russ Morgan
- Sophisticated Swing
- Wabash Blues
- Hoop Dee Doo by Russ Morgan
- Put Your Little Forr Right Out
- Josephine
- Green Eyes
- Do You Ever Think Of Me
- Dogface Soldier
- Dance With a Dolly (With a Hole in her Stocking) by Russ Morgan
- The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
- Cruising Down the River
- Kittens On The Keys
- Jack In The Box
- Poor Buttermilk
- Valse Mirage
- Flapperette
