Chuck Connors
Biography
Kevin Joseph "Chuck" Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in both the National Basketball Association (Boston Celtics 1946–1948) and Major League Baseball (Brooklyn Dodgers 1949, Chicago Cubs, 1951). With a 40-year film and television career, he is best known for his role as Lucas McCain on the ABC series The Rifleman (1958–1963).
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Money Jungle
1962
Jingle Bell Jazz
1962
Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits
1967
At Newport
1957
Digital Duke
1987
The Fabulous Baker Boys (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1989
The Intimate Ellington
1977
Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert
1970
Ella At Duke's Place
1966
The Feeling Of Jazz
1988
Master Of Jazz
1987
History Of Jazz
1978
The Ellington Suites
1976
The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (A Suite In Eight Parts)
1975
Recollections Of The Big Band Era
1974
It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
1974
Togo Brava Suite
1972
Second Sacred Concert
1970
Francis A. & Edward K.
1968
Antibes Concert
1967
The Popular Duke Ellington
1966
Concert In The Virgin Islands
1965
Afro-Bossa
1963
Who's Who In The Swinging Sixties
1962
Credited work
1,079 releases · 147 albums · active 1957–2026
- Performance · 1,651
- Other credits · 63
Studios: National Recording Studios, New York City · Atlantic Studios · RCA Studio A · Newport Jazz Festival
Frequent collaborators
- Duke Ellington
- Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
- Various
- Ella Fitzgerald
- The Duke Ellington Orchestra
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington