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Miyoshi Umeki (aka Nancy Umeki) Discography on Mercury
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Miyoshi Umeki aka Nancy Umeki (May 8, 1929 - August 28, 2007), a Japanese female jazz singer, moved to the U.S. and made a contract with Mercury label in the 1950s. She recorded five 45rpm singles as well as two LPs as a lead vocalist. One more LP was a recompiled budget release. And there is even a various compilation LP which contains one track by Miyoshi Umeki.
Among of her recordings on Mercury, the most famous tune may be “Sayonara” (written by Irving Berlin), the title song of the movie “Sayonara”, on which Miyoshi Umeki herself acted and won the Best Supporting Actress of the Academy Award (I have not confirmed yet, but somebody told me the soundtrack LP by RCA Victor contains the tune “Sayonara” sung by Miiko Taka, another Japanese actress on the movie). By the way, Miyoshi Umeki recorded two different “Sayonara”s: “Sayonara (The Japanese Farewell Song)” on MG-20165 is a different tune with the same title.
The period Miyoshi Umeki recorded on Mercury: 1955 - 1959.
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The Miyoshi Umeki Release Listing on Mercury
| No. (45rpm) |
Title | Artist(s) | (Note) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury 70838x45 |
How Deep is the Ocean? c/w Why Talk? |
Miyoshi Umeki | maroon label |
| Mercury 70880x45 |
The Little Lost Dog c/w The Story You're About to Hear is True |
Miyoshi Umeki | black label |
| Mercury 71215x45 |
The Mountain Beyond the Moon c/w Oh What Good Company We Could Be |
Miyoshi Umeki with Red Buttons | - |
| Mercury 71216x45 |
Sayonara (The Japanese Farewell Song) c/w Be Sweet Tonight |
Miyoshi Umeki | black label |
| Mercury 71243x45 |
Sayonara c/w On and On |
Miyoshi Umeki | black label |
| No. (Mono) |
No. (Stereo) |
Title | Artist(s) | Jacket | (Note) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury MG-20161 |
- | Songs for the Mood You're In | Various Artists | ![[MG-20161]](/mercury/img/MG20161_Fs.png) |
black Mercury MS1/MS1 |
| Mercury MG-20165 |
- | Miyoshi Sings for Arthur Godfrey | Miyoshi Umeki | ![[MG-20165]](/mercury/img/MG20165_Fs.png) |
black Mercury MS1/MS1 |
| Mercury MG-20568 |
Mercury SR-60228 |
Miyoshi | Miyoshi Umeki | ![[MG-20568]](/mercury/img/MG20568_Fs.png) |
black Mercury |
| Wing MGW-12148 |
- | Miyoshi - Singing Star of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song | Miyoshi Umeki | |
blue Wing |
The Miyoshi Umeki Discography on Mercury
Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)
| Miyoshi Umeki with Hugo Peretti Orchestra | |||
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Miyoshi Umeki (vo), with Hugo Perretti (arr, cond) and his Orchestra. |
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| Recorded in New York City, 1955. | |||
| (master no.) | (track title) | (45rpm release no.) | (LP release no.) |
| YW12184 | How Deep is the Ocean? (How High the Sky?) | Mercury 70838x45 |
Mercury MG-20161 Mercury MG-20165 Wing MGW-12148 |
| YW12185 | Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man |
Mercury MG-20165 Wing MGW-12148 |
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| YW12186 | Why Talk? | Mercury 70838x45 | |
| YW12187 | Hanna Ko San |
Mercury MG-20165 Wing MGW-12148 |
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| Miyoshi Umeki with David Carroll Orchestra | |||
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Miyoshi Umeki (vo), with David Carroll (arr, cond) and his Orchestra. |
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| Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL in 1956? | |||
| (master no.) | (track title) | (45rpm release no.) | (LP release no.) |
| YW13200 | The Little Lost Dog (from French film “Chiens perdus sans collier”) |
Mercury 70880x45 | Wing MGW-12148 |
| YW13201 | The Story You're About to Hear is True | Mercury 70880x45 | |
| Miyoshi Umeki with Hugo Peretti Orchestra | |||
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Miyoshi Umeki (vo), with Hugo Peretti (arr, cond) and his Orchestra. |
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| Recorded in New York City, 1956. | |||
| (master no.) | (track title) | (45rpm release no.) | (LP release no.) |
| YW13884 | If I Give My Heart to You |
Mercury MG-20165 Wing MGW-12148 |
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| YW13885 | I'm in the Mood for Love |
Mercury MG-20165 Wing MGW-12148 |
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| YW13886 | China Nights (Shina No Yoru) |
Mercury MG-20165 Wing MGW-12148 |
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| YW13887 | My Baby's Comin' Home |
Mercury MG-20165 Wing MGW-12148 |
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| YW13888 | Slowly Go Out of Your Mind |
Mercury MG-20165 Wing MGW-12148 |
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| YW13889 | Teach Me Tonight |
Mercury MG-20165 Wing MGW-12148 |
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| YW13890 | 'S Wonderful | Mercury MG-20165 | |
| YW13891 | Sayonara (The Japanese Farewell Song) | Mercury 71216x45 | Mercury MG-20165 |
| YW13892 | Over the Rainbow |
Mercury MG-20165 Wing MGW-12148 |
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| Miyoshi Umeki | |||
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Miyoshi Umeki (vo), with unknown orchestra. |
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| Recorded in New York City on November 29, 1957. | |||
| (master no.) | (track title) | (45rpm release no.) | (LP release no.) |
| YW15154 | Sayonara (from Warner Bros. picture) | Mercury 71243x45 | Wing MGW-12148 |
| Miyoshi Umeki with Red Buttons | |||
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Miyoshi Umeki (vo), Red Buttons (vo on YW15940, YW15941), with unknown orchestra. |
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| Recorded in New York City on September 27, 1957. | |||
| (master no.) | (track title) | (45rpm release no.) | (LP release no.) |
| YW15939 | On and On | Mercury 71243x45 | |
| YW15940 | The Mountain Beyond the Moon (with Red Buttons) | Mercury 71215x45 | |
| YW15941 | Oh What Good Company We Could Be (with Red Buttons) | Mercury 71215x45 | |
| YW15942 | Be Sweet Tonight | Mercury 71216x45 | |
| Miyoshi Umeki with Hal Mooney Orchestra | |||
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Miyoshi Umeki (vo), Hal Mooney (dir), tps, tbs, woodwinds, vib, g, b, ds, xyl, bells, strings. |
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| Recorded in New York City, 1959? | |||
| (master no.) | (track title) | (45rpm release no.) | (LP release no.) |
| YW18762 | PB2149 | That Old Feeling |
Mercury MG-20568 Mercury SR-60228 |
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| YW18763 | PB2150 | They Can't Take That Away From Me |
Mercury MG-20568 Mercury SR-60228 |
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| YW18764 | PB2151 | Jeepers Creepers |
Mercury MG-20568 Mercury SR-60228 |
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| YW18765 | PB2152 | My Heart Stood Still |
Mercury MG-20568 Mercury SR-60228 |
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| YW18766 | PB2153 | Sometimes I'm Happy |
Mercury MG-20568 Mercury SR-60228 |
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| YW18767 | PB2154 | Gone with the Wind |
Mercury MG-20568 Mercury SR-60228 |
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| YW18768 | PB2155 | I Could Write a Book |
Mercury MG-20568 Mercury SR-60228 |
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| YW18769 | PB2156 | My Ship |
Mercury MG-20568 Mercury SR-60228 |
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| Miyoshi Umeki with Perry Burgett Orchestra | |||
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Miyoshi Umeki (vo), Perry Burgett (cond), Hal Mooney (dir) tps, tbs, woodwinds, vib, g, ds, xyl, bells, strings. |
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| Recorded in New York City, 1959? | |||
| (master no.) | (track title) | (45rpm release no.) | (LP release no.) |
| YW18770 | PB2157 | You Make Me Feel So Young |
Mercury MG-20568 Mercury SR-60228 |
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| YW18771 | PB2158 | Wonder Why |
Mercury MG-20568 Mercury SR-60228 |
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| YW18772 | PB2159 | I'm Old Fasioned |
Mercury MG-20568 Mercury SR-60228 |
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| YW18773 | PB2160 | Pick Yourself Up | unissued | |