Kenny Ball

Late Kenny Ball at Flameburst
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About the artist

Kenny Ball (born Kenneth Daniel Ball on 22 May 1930 in Ilford, Essex; died 7 March 2013) was an English jazz musician, best known as the bandleader, lead trumpet player and vocalist in Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen. Ball began his career in the 1950s as sideman in bands before forming his own Trad jazz band in 1958. Ball and his band enjoyed the longest unbroken success for bands of their generation, with their hits like "Samantha" and "Midnight in Moscow" remaining popular in dixieland and trumpet circles.

Top songs

  1. Midnight in Moscow
  2. I Wanna Be Like You
  3. The Green Leaves of Summer
  4. March of the Siamese Children
  5. Sukiyaki
  6. I Wanna Be Like You - Remastered
  7. So Do I
  8. Samantha
  9. I Still Love You All
  10. Heartaches
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  1. Rondo
  2. Midnight in Moscow - Remastered
  3. Acapulco 1922
  4. When I'm Sixty Four
  5. Hello Dolly
  6. Casablanca
  7. Hawaiian War Chant
  8. Tin Roof Blues
  9. My Mother's Eyes
  10. Dark Eyes
  11. Black & Tan Fantasy
  12. Jazz Me Blues
  13. Green Leaves of Summer
  14. Someday You'll Be Sorry
  15. Someday (You'll Be Sorry)
  16. Deck the Halls
  17. Caterina
  18. Margie
  19. Temptation Rag
  20. The Pay Off
  21. Nina Never Knew
  22. I Still Love You
  23. Ostrich Walk
  24. American Patrol
  25. Basin St Blues - Live
  26. Livery Stable Blues
  27. Dinah
  28. Big Noise from Winnetka
  29. The Pay-Off
  30. Milenberg Joys
  31. That's a Plenty
  32. Riverside Blues
  33. Caterina - Remastered
  34. Lazy River
  35. I Love You, Samantha
  36. Down By The Riverside
  37. Heartaches - Remastered
  38. Swanee River
  39. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
  40. Black and Tan Fantasy
  41. Sukiyaki - Remastered
  42. Midnight in Moskow
  43. Georgia Swing
  44. South Rampart Street Parade
  45. Your Mother Should Know
  46. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
  47. Savoy Blues
  48. Mood Indigo
  49. Midnight To Moscow
  50. Them There Eyes
  51. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
  52. White Cliffs Of Dover
  53. 1919 March
  54. Podmoskovnye vetjera
  55. 900 miles
  56. High Society
  57. Teddy Bears' Picnic
  58. The Pay-Off (A Moi De Payer)
  59. Nuages
  60. Original Dixieland One Step
  61. The British Grenadiers
  62. Midnight in Moscow (Studio Re-Record)
  63. Someday
  64. Waltzing Matilda
  65. frankie and johnny
  66. Eton Boating Song
  67. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
  68. Teddy Bear's Picnic
  69. Teddy Bears Picnic
  70. Cornet Chop Suey
  71. 1919 Rag
  72. Your Feet's Too Big
  73. Lambeth Walk
  74. You Mother Should Know
  75. aura lee
  76. Chimes Blues
  77. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
  78. Basin Street Blues
  79. 55 Days at Peking
  80. Beale Street Blues
  81. Potato Head Blues
  82. Mozart: Rondo
  83. Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano
  84. So Do I - Remastered
  85. stepping along to the beat
  86. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
  87. The Pay Off - Remastered
  88. Sorry
  89. Lincolnshire Poacher
  90. You Made Me Love You

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