Ceelle Burke

Cecil Louis Burke, who performed as Ceelle Burke, was a musician and performer.^[1]^[2] He was born in Los Angeles.^[1] After working with the Norman Thomas Quintette, he joined Curtis Mosby's Blue Blowers. He collaborated with Leon Rene on the song Lovely Hannah.^[3] He recorded From Twilight 'Til Dawn with his orchestra on Capitol Records in 1943.^[4] Alan Warner and Billy Vera produced. Leon Rene wrote the song. He also played with Jackie Kelso.^[5]

Burke recorded several songs on Rene's label Exclusive Records.^[6]

Songs

"From Twilight 'Till Dawn" [mx#: AM02686] with 'The 3 Shades and the 4 Dreamers' (backing vocal group)
"Lovely Hannah" [AM02689] with 'The 3 Shades and the 4 Dreamers' (backing vocal group)
"Mexico Joe (The Jumpin' Jivin' Caballero)" [AM03113] with Ivie Anderson (lead vocalist)^[6]
"Play Me the Blues" [AM03114] with Ivie Anderson (lead vocalist)
"Your Make Believe Ballroom" [AM03115] with 'The Pied Pipers' (vocal group)
"Now or Never" [AM03116]
"When the Ships Come Sailing Home Again" [AM03117]
"When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano" [AM03118]

^ ^a ^b Barros, Paul De (2 January 1993). Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 9780912365862 – via Google Books.
^ "Ceelle Burke - SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com.
^ "Ceelle Burke". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2 January 2019. p. 162 – via Google Books.
^ "Ceelle Burke And His Orch.* With The 3 Shades* And The 4 Dreamers* - From Twilight 'Till Dawn / Lovely Hannah". Discogs.
^ Feather, the late Leonard; Gitler, Ira (November 18, 1999). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press. p. 380 – via Internet Archive. c. l. burke los angeles.
^ ^a ^b "Exclusive Records". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 26, 1944. p. 82 – via Google Books.
^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions". Library of Congress, Copyright Office. July 6, 1946 – via Google Books.