George Greeley
George Greeley (born Georgio Guariglia; July 23, 1917 – May 26, 2007) was an Italian-American pianist, conductor, composer, arranger, recording artist and record producer who is known for his extensive work across the spectrum of the entertainment industry. Starting as an arranger and pianist with several notable big bands in the 1940s, he segued into the Hollywood radio scene, working on several nationally broadcast variety programs. After conducting an Army Air Force Band during World War II, he was hired by Columbia Pictures as a staff pianist and orchestrator.
George Greeley
- Name
- George Greeley
- Birth Name
- Georgio Guariglia
- Born
- 23 July 1917
- Birthplace
- Westerly, Rhode Island, US
- Died
- 26 May 2007
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, US
- Occupation
- Pianist, Conductor, Composer, Arranger
- Nationality
- United States.
- Fields
- easy listening.
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George Greeley (born Georgio Guariglia; July 23, 1917 – May 26, 2007) was an Italian-American pianist, conductor, composer, arranger, recording artist and record producer who is known for his extensive work across the spectrum of the entertainment industry. Starting as an arranger and pianist with several notable big bands in the 1940s, he segued into the Hollywood radio scene, working on several nationally broadcast variety programs. After conducting an Army Air Force Band during World War II, he was hired by Columbia Pictures as a staff pianist and orchestrator.
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Biography
Biography
Greeley worked between 1917 and 2007 across composer, conductor and pianist. The registers place that work in easy listening. This article rests on 98 catalogued compositions, 49 issued recordings and 38 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — George Greeley • Birth Name — Georgio Guariglia • Born — 23 July 1917 • Birthplace — Westerly, Rhode Island, US • Died — 26 May 2007 • Place of death — Los Angeles, US • Genre — Easy listening, Jazz, Classical, Film score, Musical, Soundtrack, Electronic • Occupation — Pianist, Conductor, Composer, Arranger • Instrument — Piano, harpsichord, mandolin • Years Active — 1940s - 1980s • Label — Capitol Records, Warner Brothers, Reprise, RCA, La-La Land Records
Early life and education
Early life and education
Greeley was born Giorgio Guariglia in Westerly, Rhode Island on 23 July 1917, soon after his family emigrated from Italy. Most of the family's members were musically gifted and could play many instruments. His father, James, had three music schools and a traveling orchestra. Georgio was taught to read music at an early age and was playing piano and mandolin when he was five. He often played four-handed piano pieces with his father, and they gave father-son recitals. He studied music at Columbia University, where he met and formed a long-time friendship with composer/arranger/bandleader Paul Weston, with whom Greeley worked in later years at Capitol Records and Columbia Records. Greeley won a scholarship to the Juilliard School in New York, where he studied piano and composition, graduating in 1939. He also studied music at the University of Southern California, and studied composition privately with Ernst Toch.
Early career with the big bands
Early career with the big bands
George Greeley entered the music business after meeting Sy Oliver, Duke Ellington's arranger. Oliver taught him the art of arranging for big bands, and Greeley began his career arranging music for several popular figures such as Tommy Dorsey, Glen Gray, Abe Lyman, Leo Reisman, and Kay Kyser. He joined the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra as pianist on the same day that Frank Sinatra became the band's new vocalist in January 1940. After about a year with Dorsey, Greeley defected to Abe Lyman because "the money was better, and Abe had me writing three arrangements a week. I'd studied composition and orchestration at Juilliard, and wanted to practice what I'd learned." Greeley then spent time during World War II conducting a U.S. Air Force band at the Santa Ana, California Army Air Base. He also became involved in the Hollywood radio scene, working as arranger on several nationally broadcast variety programs.
Work at Columbia Pictures
Work at Columbia Pictures
A virtuoso trumpet player that Greeley had met in the Air Corps (Mannie Klein) helped arrange an audition with Columbia Pictures..(successful), and Greeley went to work there as staff pianist and orchestrator. As orchestrator, Greeley would fill out the sketches supplied by composers that included Max Steiner, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Leonard Bernstein, and Dimitri Tiomkin. As pianist, he performed on about two hundred motion pictures, including Picnic and The Eddy Duchin Story. He also worked as a composer. IMDb lists some twenty movies between 1949 and 1960 for which George Greeley is credited as composer of original music, including the 1957 film Hellcats of the Navy starring Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis, Good Day For a Hanging, and The Guns of Fort Petticoat, starring Audie Murphy. Several films of which Greeley was especially proud included working as pianist on the Leonard Bernstein score for the 1954 drama On the Waterfront; and coaching Tyrone Power for The Eddy Duchin Story. In addition to performing the soundtrack songs when Eddy Duchin played (uncredited), it was Greeley's hands that performed the piano parts which Power mimed during filming.
Television work
Television work
Moving into television (between the 1960s and 1985), he composed the theme and background music for several popular TV series including My Favorite Martian starring Ray Walston and Bill Bixby, My Living Doll starring Robert Cummings and Julie Newmar, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Nanny and the Professor, and Small Wonder (1985). Greeley's theme for My Favorite Martian (1963–66) is notable as one of the first uses of an electronic instrument in a television theme and prominently features an electro-theremin, played by Paul Tanner, co-creator of the instrument, who was at the time the lead trombonist for the ABC Orchestra. The electro-theremin was also regularly used as a sound effect when Walston's character Uncle Martin raised his antennae or used his powers of levitation.
Concert appearances
Concert appearances
In addition to his film and TV work, Greeley performed as a piano soloist and guest conductor in Montreal, Korea, and Rio de Janeiro. In 1957 he did an extensive concert tour of South America, and conducted the Argentine Symphony in Buenos Aires. Greeley participated in six television variety shows when touring in Australia. In the States, among his televised concert appearances, Greeley was guest pianist on Chicago's WGN-TV series titled "Great Music From Chicago." In 1962 Greeley appeared as piano soloist with Robert Trendler conducting a program of American music. Then, appearing on the same series as piano soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1964, he performed Aram Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance," Ferde Grofe's "On the Trail" from his Grand Canyon Suite, and other works. In 1975 Greeley performed as guest pianist with the Boston Pops Orchestra, playing George Gershwin's Concerto in F under Arthur Fiedler's baton. George Greeley also performed as guest pianist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. At the time of Greeley's death, Jon Burlingame. who was a USC professor teaching a class on the history of film scoring, stated that Greeley was an "extraordinary pianist".
Personal life
Personal life
Details about Greeley's first marriage are unknown. His marriage to Jan Clayton (1966–68) ended in divorce. Greeley died from emphysema at West Hills Hospital and Medical Center in Los Angeles on 26 May 2007, aged 89. He was survived by his sister, Louise Wheeler, a brother Herbert, his two sons, Anthony and Edward; and by his long-time companion, actress Teri York.
Television series
Television series
Between 1950 and 1985, George Greeley was principal composer of the original scores and themes for approximately one hundred ninety-five television series episodes. (see IMDb.com for full episode list). • 1985 – Small Wonder – 20th Century Fox Television – composer 13 episodes • 1970–1971 – Nanny and the Professor – 20th Century Fox Television – composer 38 episodes • 1963–1966 – My Favorite Martian – CBS – composer all 107 episodes; music conductor 63 episodes; music director 12 episodes • 1964–1965 – My Living Doll – CBS – composer 26 episodes • 1950 – The Buster Keaton Show – Consolidated Television Products – composer 1 of 4 episodes
Life and work
Life and work
Greeley worked as composer, conductor and pianist. The fields Greeley worked in include easy listening. Greeley played the piano. Greeley died on 26 May 2007 in Los Angeles. Greeley is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
Explore 1917–2007
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1917
Born at Westerly.
1961
George Greeley - The Best of the Popular Piano Concertos digitised by Internet Archive.
2007
Dies at Los Angeles.
2007
George Greeley died at Los Angeles.
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Places
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Westerly.
Birth place
Los Angeles.
Death place
Catalogued output
Compositions
The entries below are works composed by the subject, as the institutional registers catalogue them; later performances and commercial recordings of the same music are listed separately. 92 further compositions are catalogued under Greeley's name without a date the collections agree on, which is why they are set apart from the dated run rather than placed in it. A selection is set out below and the complete run may be opened beneath it. Could I Have This Dance. I Made It Through the Rain. How Deep Is Your Love. 55 — 7 catalogued parts. It Must Be True. How Deep Is the Ocean? How Are Things in Glocca Morra? I Could Have Danced All Night. Bess, You Is My Woman Now. A Man Is a Necessary Evil. I Have Dreamed. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear. Just the Way You Are.
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I Cover the Waterfront
La plus que lente, L. 121, CD 128
Deck the Halls
Hurt So Bad
I Love Thee (op
If This Isn’t Love
Come Back to Sorrento
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Colonel Bogey March
Gypsy Songs, op
Canon and Gigue in D major, P. Biggest Part of Me
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The entries follow MusicBrainz
I Cover the Waterfront
La plus que lente, L. 121, CD 128
Deck the Halls
Hurt So Bad
I Love Thee (op
If This Isn’t Love
Come Back to Sorrento
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Colonel Bogey March
Gypsy Songs, op
Canon and Gigue in D major, P. Biggest Part of Me
Fire in the Morning
I Love Paris
“The Apartment” Theme
An American in Paris
Eros (op 70, no
Full Moon and Empty Arms
Joy to the World
Carol of the Drum
Away in a Manger
El amor brujo: VIII. Danza ritual del fuego
11th Hour Melody
Blue Star ("The Medic Theme"). ’O sole mio
An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair)
Body and Soul
Be My Love
Come to Me, Bend to Me
Chopin’s Nocturne in E Flat
Feels So Good
Around the World. ’O marenariello
Hawaiian Wedding Song
The Herald Angels Sing
I’ll Take Romance
Dancing on the Ceiling
Caesar and Cleopatra
All on a Christmas Morning
A Dream (op
Anthony and Cleopatra Theme
Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op
Allegro molto moderato
Die Parade der Zinnsoldaten, op
If I Loved You
III. On the Trail
A Swan, op
Every Woman in the World
Auld Lang Syne
King Kamehameha (The Conqueror of the Islands)
Hawaiian War Chant (Ta‐Hu‐Wa‐Hu‐Wai)
Deux arabesques, L. 66, CD 74: No
Andantino con moto
Being in Love
Kiss Me in the Rain
A Foggy Day (in London Town)
But Not for Me
Beyond the Reef
Die lustige Witwe: Introduktion
Feature and television films
As stated above, George Greeley started as a pianist with the Columbia Pictures music department. Most individual musicians were not credited. He then became engaged as composer of stock music and title music, usually under the principal conductor. He also wrote original themes and film scores for several films, in addition to his television series compositions. This list is derived from the IMDb website. • 1966 – Man in the Square Suit – CBS (TV movie, pilot for proposed series) – filmscore composer • 1966 – The Iron Men – (TV movie) – Jack Chertok Television Productions – filmscore composer • 1962 – Tender Is the Night – 20th Century Fox – Bernard Hermann filmscore – pianist (uncredited) • 1961 – Parrish – Warner Brothers Pictures – Max Steiner filmscore – pianist (uncredited) • 1960 – Comanche Station – Columbia Pictures – composer stock music (uncredited) • 1959 – Good Day For a Hanging – Columbia Pictures – composer stock music (uncredited) • 1958 – Screaming Mimi – Columbia Pictures – composer stock music (uncredited) • 1958 – Going Steady – Columbia Pictures – composer stock music (uncredited) • 1957 – No Time to Be Young – Columbia Pictures – composer title music (uncredited) • 1957 – The 27th Day – Columbia Pictures – composer stock music (uncredited) • 1957 – Calypso Heat Wave – Columbia Pictures – composer stock music (uncredited) • 1957 – Hellcats of the Navy – Columbia Pictures – composer title music (uncredited) • 1957 – The Guns of Fort Petticoat – Columbia Pictures – composer additional music (uncredited) • 1956 – The Peacemaker – United Artists film – composer filmscore and conductor • 1956 – Rumble on the Docks – Columbia Pictures – composer stock music (uncredited) • 1956 – The White Squaw – Columbia Pictures – composer stock music (uncredited) • 1955 – Secret of Treasure Mountain – Columbia Pictures – composer stock music (uncredited) • 1955 – Seminole Uprising – Columbia Pictures – composer stock music (uncredited) • 1955 – Pirates of Tripoli – Columbia Pictures – composer stock music (uncredited) • 1955 – On the Waterfront – Columbia Pictures – Leonard Bernstein filmscore – pianist (uncredited) • 1953 – The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (Dr. Seuss) – Columbia Pictures – Morris Stoloff filmscore – pianist (credited) • 1950 – Beyond the Purple Hills – Columbia Pictures – Gene Autry Productions – filmscore composer • 1949 – Not Wanted – Film Classics – composer, 1 of 3 musical themes
Recording artist and conductor
Recording artist and conductor
Concurrent with his work at Columbia Pictures, Greeley worked for Capitol Records, where he was a music director, arranger, and conductor for various artists including Gordon MacRae, Dean Martin, Ella Logan, Tony Martin, Dorothy Warenskjold, Jane Powell, Jane Froman, and Keely Smith. At the behest of his friend Paul Weston, Greeley also played piano (and harpsichord) on recording sessions for acts including Frankie Laine, Jo Stafford, Hoagy Carmichael, Sarah Vaughan, Eartha Kitt, and Doris Day. Many of those recordings have been now re-mastered and re-issued as CDs. George Greeley was among the earliest artists signed to the Warner Bros. Records label when it was founded in the late 1950s, and he was instrumental in providing that company with the same elegant instrumental pop sounds that Billy Vaughn brought to Dot Records and Percy Faith brought to Columbia Records. As a recording artist for Warner Bros. Records, Greeley produced and performed as pianist (and occasionally as conductor) on fourteen popular albums between 1957 and 1967. His first album, The World's Greatest Popular Piano Concertos became Warner Bros. biggest hit to date, and Greeley's subsequent recordings were also hits for the label. Regarding the use of the phrase "Piano Concertos," Greeley stated that he hated the term, but Jim Conkling, the boss of the new Warner Bros. Records felt that the term sounded classy. The musicians performing with Greeley were an all-star collection of free lancers billed for publicity's sake as the "Warner Bros. Orchestra." Greeley said "because I was playing piano, I called some of my friends to come and conduct." Those friends included Felix Slatkin, Harry Bluestone, Ray Heindorf, and Ted Dale. Greeley's 1961 album for Warner Bros. Records, The Best of the Popular Piano Concertos, peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200. On loan to Dot Records, he also ghost-conducted albums by Billy Vaughn and Lawrence Welk. Greeley's stint at Warner Brothers ended as times and popular tastes changed. He was let go by Mike Maitland who had succeeded Jim Conklin as label president. Ironically he was personally signed to the Reprise label by his old friend and bandmate, Frank Sinatra. Even more ironic, Sinatra sold the label to Warner Bros., and Greeley was trimmed once more. Never on the street, Greeley had already begun working in television and more success were to come...in television and concerts across the country.
Capitol Records recordings LP and EP box sets
Capitol Records recordings LP and EP box sets
In the 1950s it was common practice for some Capitol recordings to be published in both the LP format (10-inch and 12-inch) and in the EP box set format (FBF). Some LPs were also still being issued on 78 RPM discs (e.g. With a Song in My Heart). During the 1950s, many recordings listed as "soundtracks" were actually studio recordings, as the film music was not yet released separately from the film. Many of these recordings have been remastered and reissued as CDs. EPs are shown separately when not a box set. A few Columbia Records recordings are listed here because ownership and labels changed for some artists in the late 1950s, and because Greeley worked for Columbia Pictures. • 1950 – Paul Weston Conducts Chopin, Debussey, Ravel – Paul Weston Conductor – George Greeley Piano – Capitol CC-184 (10-inch LP) & Capitol FBF-184 (2-EP box set) • 1951 – Painting the Clouds with Sunshine – Dennis Morgan, Lucille Norman – Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by George Greeley – Capitol L-291 (10-inch LP), also FBF-291 (4x45rpm box set) • 1952 – With a Song in My Heart (Soundtrack) – Jane Froman – Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by George Greeley – Capitol L-309 (10-inch LP) [Also DDN-309, 4-record 78 rpm box set; KDF-309 4-record 45 rpm singles box set; and FBF-309 2-EP box set] This album was the Best-selling album of 1952, and spent 25 weeks at the top of the Billboard chart. [Reissued as L-309 in 1955 as 12-inch LP with 12 songs; reissued in 1968 with 10 songs as M-11891. Re-issued in 1996 as CD with 20 Jane Froman songs; re-ssued in 2000 as split-release CD with Jane Froman songs from her Pal Joey soundtrack album.] • 1952 – Roberta – Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman, Anne Triola – Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by George Greeley – Capitol L-334 (10-inch LP); DDN-334 (4 × 78 rpm); & Capitol FBF-334 (2-EP box set) • 1952 – The Merry Widow – Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman – Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by George Greeley – Capitol L-335 (10-inch LP) & Capitol FBF-335 (2-EP box set) • 1952 – The Desert Song – Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman, Bob Sands – Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by George Greeley – Capitol L-351 (10-inch LP) & Capitol FBF-351 (2-EP box set);(The Desert Song charted # 10 for one week) Issued in UK as Capitol (EMI) LC-6606. Issued in Australia as F-351 (2-EP box set) • 1953 – The Desert Song / Roberta – Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman – Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by George Greeley – Capitol P-384 (LP) [Also released in 1956 as T-384] • 1953 – The Student Prince – Gordon MacRae, Harry Stanton, Dorothy Warenskjold – Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by George Greeley – Capitol L-407 & Capitol FBF-407 (2-EP box set); Reissued in the UK in 1968 • 1953 – Three Sailors and a Girl (Soundtrack) – Gordon MacRae, Jane Powell – George Greeley Conductor and Arranger – Capitol L-485 (10-inch LP) & FBF-485 (2-EP box set) Released on CD in 2006. • 1953 – Piano Demitasse – George Greeley, Piano – Capitol H-438 (LP) and Capitol FBF-438 (2-EP box set) • 1953 – Piano Demitasse: George Greeley At the Piano – Capitol LC-6614 (10-inch LP) (Issued in England) • 1954 – Naughty Marietta – Gordon MacRae, Marguerite Piazza – Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by George Greeley – Capitol L-468 (LP) & Capitol FBF-468 (2-EP box set) Released in Australia as Capitol CLC-030 (LP). • 1954 – Songs by Grieg and Dvorak – Dorothy Warenskjold – George Greeley Conducting the Concert Arts Orchestra – Capitol P-8247 (12-inch LP, Stereo). • 1954 – Ella Logan Sings Favorites from Finian's Rainbow – Accompanied by George Greeley – Capitol H-561; Capitol/EMI (Australia) L-561 (10-inch LP) [One source says recorded in 1954, released in 1955]. • 1955 – The Student Prince / The Merry Widow – Gordon MacRae – Chorus and Orchestra conducted by George Greeley – Capitol T-437 (LP) • 1955 – Naughty Marietta / The Red Mill – Gordon MacRae – Chorus and Orchestra conducted by George Greeley – Capitol T-551 (LP) (Carmen Dragon conducted The Red Mill) • 1955 – Love Songs Italiane – Tony Romano – George Greeley Conductor – Capitol H-478 (10-inch LP) & Capitol EAP-478 (2-EP box set) [Also issued in UK as LC-6688 & Capitol/EMI (Australia) H-478 (both 10-inch LPs); reissued in 2013 as CD (Various releases section)] • 1956 – The Eddy Duchin Story (Soundtrack) – Orchestra Conducted by Harry Geller – George Greeley and Harry Sukman, pianists – Capitol L-716 (LP) • 1956 – Melodia Imortal:The Eddy Duchin Story (Soundtrack) – Orchestra Conducted by Harry Geller – George Greeley and Harry Sukman, pianists – Capitol T-716 (Brazil) • 1956 – Tu Seras un Homme, Mon Fils:(The Eddy Duchin Story) (Soundtrack) – Orchestra Conducted by Harry Geller – George Greeley and Harry Sukman, pianists – Capitol T-716 (France) Capitol 7-inch singles and EP • 1950 – "Chopin's Prelude Op.28 No. 4 in E-minor" – Paul Weston and His Orchestra – George Greeley, Piano – Capitol-687 (from 1950 LP) • 1950 – "Sometime" / "No Other Love" (Chopin adaptation) – Jo Stafford – Paul Weston and His Orchestra – George Greeley, Piano – Capitol-1053 Note 1 • 1952 – "It's Magic" – Doris Day – George Greeley Piano – Columbia Catalogue 38188 (#2 US) + 1 million in sales Note 2 • 1952 – "High Noon" – Frankie Laine – George Greeley, Harpsichord – # 5 US, # 7 UK Note 3 • 1952 – "Flapperette" – Paul Weston Conductor – George Greeley, Piano – Columbia Records • 1952 – "O, Come Away" / "Love in My Heart" – George Greeley, Piano – Capitol KDF-335 [Instrumentals of songs from "The Merry Widow"] • 1952 – "You Belong to Me" – Jo Stafford – Paul Weston Conductor – George Greeley, Piano – Columbia Catalogue 39811 (# 1 US, # 1 UK) Note 4 • 1953 – "I Believe" – Frankie Laine – George Greeley, Harpsichord – 18 weeks on UK Singles Chart Note 5 • 1954 – Songs of Dvorak and Grieg – Dorothy Warenskjold, Soprano – George Greeley Conducting the Concert Arts Orchestra – Capitol Classics FAP-8250 (EP) [Composers names were reversed on EP] • 1955 – "Memories Are Made of This" – Dean Martin – George Greeley, Piano – (EP) (#1 US) Note 6 • 1956 – The Eddy Duchin Story (Soundtrack) – Orchestra Conducted by Harry Geller – George Greeley and Harry Sukman, pianists – CAP-716 (EP); also Capitol/EMI (Australia) EAP 1-716 (EP) • 1962 – "On the Trail Again" Frankie Laine – George Greeley, Harpsichord – Capitol Note 7 • 1964 – "Sentimental Journey – Doris Day – George Greeley, Piano – Capitol CL-2360 (Mono) & CS-9160 (Stereo) [Recorded 9-11-64] Note 8 Note 9
Warner Brothers recordings, LP
Warner Brothers recordings, LP
W = Mono, WS = Stereo. Uncommon practice at the time, one of Conklin's contributions as president of the new label was to make all albums available in stereo. The earliest recordings were in fact recorded in 2-track mono with the orchestra on one track and his piano isolated on the other, the same as the early Beatles would be five years later. Greeley's albums were mostly recorded at Thorne Nogar's Radio Recorders Annex studio on Sycamore Street in Hollywood. Warner Bros. Records chief engineer was Lowell Frank, and Alvino Rey, Producer, supervised from the control booth. Most of these albums were arranged and orchestrated by George Greeley. Conductor credits were not always available on the album covers. • 1957 – The World's Ten Greatest Popular Piano Concertos – The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra conducted by Ted Dale – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – W/WS-1249 Note 1 • 1959 – Latin Rhythms in Hi-Fi – The Bobby Havana Boys – George Greeley, Piano and Orchestra – W/WS-1298 (LP) • 1959 – World Renowned Popular Piano Concertos – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – W/WS-1291 Note 2 • 1959 – Greatest Motion Picture Piano Concertos – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – W/WS-1319 Note 3 • 1959 – The 22 Best Loved Christmas Piano Concertos – Warner Bros. Orchestra conducted by Ted Dale – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – W/WS-1338 Note 4 • 1960 – The Most Beautiful Music of Hawaii – Warner Bros. Orchestra conducted by Ted Dale – featuring "The Outriggers" – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – W/WS-1366 [Valiant VS101, New Zealand and UK; Warner Bros 4017, UK] • 1960 – Popular Piano Concertos of the World's Great Love Themes – Warner Bros, Orchestra conducted by Ted Dale – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – W/WS-1387 Note 5 • 1961 – Piano Italiano – Warner Bros. Orchestra – featuring Mandolin Choir – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – W/WS-1402 [WM 4306 in UK, WS 1402 in Mexico] • 1961 – The Best of the Popular Piano Concertos – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – 'W/WS-1410 (Compilation LP) (Peaked at # 29 on the Billboard 200) Note 6 • 1961 – Popular Piano Concertos of Famous Film Themes – Warner Bros Orchestra conducted by Felix Slatkin – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – W/WS-1427 (featuring 10.5 minute concert version "Main Theme from Exodus") (LP) [Liner notes by Max Steiner and Ernest Gold] • 1961 – Parrish (Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Composed and conducted by Max Steiner – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – W/WS-1413. Note 7, Note 8 • 1961 – Popular Piano Concertos of the Great Love Themes from "Parrish" – Composed and Conducted by Max Steiner – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley. Guest Pianist – WS-1413 (LP) (Contains 2 bonus tracks, same catalog number as above) • 1961 – Popular Piano Concertos from the Great Broadway Musicals – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – W/WS-1447, Liner Notes by Paul Weston (LP) • 1962 – George Greeley Plays George Gershwin – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – W/WS-1451 (Liner notes by George Greeley) (LP) Also released in Mexico Also released in UK as Gershwin's World, 1962 • 1962 – Themes from 'Mutiny on the Bounty' and Other Great Films – George Greeley, His Piano and Orchestra – W/WS-1476 (LP) • 1963 – A Classic Affair – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – W/WS-1503 (LP) • 1967 – Piano Mood Deluxe – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records BP-8532 (Stereo) Japanese Gatefold LP Warner Bros. Records, 7-inch singles and EP • 1957 – "Street Scene" / "Laura" / "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" / Chopin's "Polonaise" WB ESA-1249 (EP) (from album WB-1249) • 1959 – "My Love" / "Malaguena" – George Greeley, Piano – WB-5100 [Issued in Canada WB-36770] • 1960 – "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" / "Around the World" – George Greeley, Piano – WB P-2517W (Japan, Snow Records) • 1960 – "The World Is Far Away" / "You Have Funny Ways" – George Greeley, Piano – WB-5141 • 1960 – "Love Music from Tristan and Isolde" / "My Love" – George Greeley, Piano – WB-5175 [Released in Canada as WB-27638] • 1960 – "Come Back to Surriento" / "Guenevere" – George Greeley, Piano – WB-5188 • 1961 – "Tara's Theme" / "Tara's Theme" – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Piano – WB-5207 • 1961 – "Unchained Melody" / "Anniversary Song" – George Greeley, Piano – WB-5210 • 1961 – "Allison's Theme from Parrish" / "Lucy's Theme from Parrish" – George Greeley, His Piano and Orchestra – WB-5218 [Released in Italy as "Vento Caldo" WB-5218; released in New Zealand as W-5218; released in UK as WB-45] • 1961 – "Tender is the Night" / "Tonight" – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, piano – WB-5239; also issued in Canada and Australia as WB-5239; issued in UK as WB-57 Note 9 • 1962 – "What Now My Love" / "11th Hour Melody" – George Greeley, Piano – WB-5264 [Issued UK as WB-62] • 1962 – "Theme from Ride the High Country" / "Being in Love" – George Greeley, Piano – WB-5293 • 1962 – "Tender is the Night" / "Tonight" – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, piano – WB-5511 (single); also issued in Australia, WB-5511 Note 10 • 1962 – "Tender is the Night" / "Tonight" / Chopin's "Polonaise" / "Mattinata" – George Greeley, Piano – WB-5511 (EP)[same cat # as single] • 1962 – "El Maintenant" / "11th Hour Melody" / "Si tendre est la nüit (Tender is the Night)" / "Tonight" – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Pianist – EP-17 (France) (EP) • 1962 – "Theme From Mutiny on the Bounty" / "Love Song from Mutiny on the Bounty(Follow Me)" – George Greeley, Piano – WB-5311 [Released in Australia as WB-5311; UK release WB-81] • 1962 – "Les Revoltes du Bounty" / "Love Song from Mutiny on the Bounty (Follow Me)" / "Small World" from Gypsy / "Paris is a Lonely Town" from film Gay Purr-ee – George Greeley, His Piano and Orchestra – WEP-1415 France (EP)
Various labels recordings LP and CD
Various labels recordings LP and CD
• 1959 – Billy Vaughn Plays Stephen Foster – Billy Vaughn Conductor – Arranged by George Greeley – Dot Records DLP-25260 (LP) • 1960 – A Keely Christmas – Keely Smith – Arranged and Conducted by George Greeley – Dot Records DLP-25345 (LP) Re-mastered and reissued by Jasmine records in 1994 on CD. • 1961 – Dearly Beloved – Keely Smith – Arranged and Conducted by George Greeley – Dot Records DLP-25387 (LP) Re-mastered and reissued by Jasmine records in 1996 on CD. • 1961 – His Greatest Hits – Tony Martin – Arranged and Conducted by George Greeley – Dot Records DLP-25360 (LP) • 1963 – Piano Rhapsodies of Love – George Greeley, His Piano and Orchestra – Reprise Records R9-6092 (LP) • 1968 – The Desert Song – Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman, Bob Sands – Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by George Greeley – Music For Pleasure MFP-1184 (UK) [Reissue of CAP L351] • 1969 – Greeley Plays Gershwin – George Greeley, Piano – Harmony Records HS-11309 (Abridged version of WB-1451) • 1970 – Christmas Rapsody – Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra – George Greeley Guest Pianist – Harmony H-30015 (LP) [remake of WS-1338] • 1980 – Love the World Away – George Greeley and His Orchestra – RCA Music Service R-250162 (2-LP set of Orchestral Music produced by Greeley) • 1981 – That Lovin' Feeling – George Greeley and His Orchestra – RCA Music Service R-263741 (2-LP set of Orchestral Music produced by Greeley) • 1990 – Parrish (Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Composed and Conducted by Max Steiner – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Pianist – HiFi Hits Limited [Remaster of WS-1413] • 1994 – A Keely Christmas – Keely Smith – Arranged and Conducted by George Greeley – Jasmine Music DLP-3345 (CD Remastered release) • 2004 – Dearly Beloved – Keely Smith – Arranged and Conducted by George Greeley – Jasmine Music DLP-3387 (CD Remastered release) • 2004 – The Best of the Popular Piano Concertos – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – (Compilation CD) Collectors' Choice Music CCM-475 [Remastered WS-1410] • 2007 – My Favorite Martian (Original Television Series Soundtrack) – George Greeley Composer and Conductor – La-La Land Records LLLCD 1060 (CD) • 2008 – The Music of Victor Herbert (Naughty Marietta, The Red Mill, & Sweethearts) – Gordon MacRae – George Greeley Conductor – Anteater Records CD (AECD-1004) Note 1 • 2010 – The Desert Song – Gordon Macrae, Lucille Norman – Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by George Greeley – Hallmark 77902 (CD) [Re-issue of Capitol L-351] • 2010 – The Desert Song / Roberta – Gordon Macrae, Lucille Norman – Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by George Greeley – Sinetone AMR-510 (CD) [Reissue of 1953 Capitol Split Release P-384] • 2011 – Parrish (Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Composed and Conducted by Max Steiner – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Pianist – Master Classic Records (UK) • 2011 – The World's Ten Greatest Popular Piano Concertos – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – Marathon Media International (CD release of WB-1249) • 2011 – World Renowned Popular Piano Concertos – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – Marathon Media International [CD release of WB-1291] • 2011 – Greatest Motion Picture Piano Concertos – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – Marathon Media International (CD release of WB-1319) • 2011 – Popular Piano Concertos of World's Great Love Themes – Warner Bros. Orchestra – George Greeley, Guest Pianist – Marathon Media International (CD release of WB-1387) • 2013 – Love Songs Italiane – Tony Romano – George Greeley Conductor – Vintage Music [CD release of Capitol Records H-478] • 2013 – My Favorite Martian(Original Television Soundtrack) – George Greeley Composer and Conductor – Red Bitch Music (CD) Singles • 1958 – "Star Dust" / "Tenderly" – Pat Boone – Arranged by George Greeley – Dot Records Note 2 • 1958 – "The Drugstore's Rockin'" – Pat Boone – Arranged by George Greeley – Dot Records Note 2 • 1958 – "Moonglow" / "Yes Indeed" – Pat Boone – Arranged by George Greeley – Dot Records Note 3 • 1961 – "Tea Leaves" / "Close" – Keely Smith – George Greeley, Conductor – Dot Records 16089 (from Dearly Beloved LP) • 1961 – "La-Bou-Lay-A" / "Young in Years" – Keely Smith – George Greeley, Conductor – Dot Records 16182 (from Dearly Beloved LP) • 1963 – "Caesar and Cleopatra Theme" / "Anthony and Cleopatra Theme" – (from 20th-Century Fox film Cleopatra) – George Greeley, His Piano and Orchestra – RepriseR-20181 • 1966 – "Who's Afraid?" (from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) / "Jungle Fantasy" – George Greeley, Piano Reprise Records R-0490
Recordings and discography
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Recordings and discography
The discography assembled here is a record of how Greeley's music has been published, not of what Greeley composed. 49 sound issues are catalogued, carrying dates from 1950 to 2007. An issue is a published recording, distinct from the composition it carries, from a printed score of that composition and from any single performance of it; none of the entries below is counted in the catalogue of compositions above, and several of them carry the same work in different readings. The 1960s are the densest decade of publication, with 28 issues. The performers and issuing labels are as the discographic register states them; where it names no performer the article names none.
Parrish (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1961
What Now My Love / 11th Hour Melody
1962
The Best of the Popular Piano Concertos
1961
Piano Mood Deluxe
1967
Anthony and Cleopatra Theme / Caesar and Cleopatra Theme
1963
Tender Is the Night
1961
Flapperette / Low in the Lehigh Valley
1952
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956
Oh, Come Away / Love in My Heart
1952
George Greeley at the Piano
1953
Lucy's Theme from "Parrish" / Allison's Theme from "Parrish"
1961
Popular Piano Concertos of the World's Great Love Themes
1960
My Favorite Martian
2007
El Maintenant
1962
Come Back to Sorrento / Guenevere
1960
Theme from "Mutiny on the Bounty" / Love Song from "Mutiny on the Bounty"
1962
Popular Piano Concertos of the Great Love Themes from "Parrish"
1961
Popular Piano Concertos of Famous Film Themes
1961
Popular Piano Concertos From the Great Broadway Musicals
1961
The World's Ten Greatest Popular Piano Concertos
1959
The Main Theme from "Gone with the Wind" (Tara's Theme) / The Main Theme from "Gone with the Wind" (Tara's Theme)
1961
Ella Logan Sings Favorites from "Finian’s Rainbow’
1954
Songs of Dvorak and Grieg
1954
Piano Rhapsodies of Love
1963
The 22 Best Loved Christmas Piano Concertos
1959
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing / Around the World
1960
Greatest Motion Picture Piano Concertos
1959
World Renowned Popular Piano Concertos
1959
The Desert Song / Roberta
1953
Piano Italiano
1961
My Love / Malaguena
1959
Street Scene
1958
A Classic Affair
1963
Les Revoltes du Bounty
1962
Love the World Away
1980
Themes from "Mutiny on the Bounty" and Other Great Films
1962
Tender Is the Night / Tonight
1961
That Lovin' Feeling
1981
Painting the Clouds With Sunshine
1951
Paul Weston Conducts Chopin, Debussy, Ravel
1950
Being in Love / Ride the High Country
1962
The Most Beautiful Music of Hawaii
1960
Songs by Grieg and Dvorak
1954
The Desert Song
1952
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3101608: George Greeley
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