Al Hirt's version of "When the Saints Go Marching In" was used as the theme song for WLOL's Fighting Saints broadcasts.
A Trumpeter's Lullaby has been recorded by Roger Voisin, Harry Freistadt, Rafael Méndez, Doc Severinsen, Al Hirt, and Susan Slaughter, among others.
While at RCA he engineered albums for Henry Mancini, Cal Tjader, Al Hirt, Rosemary Clooney, Liverpool Five, The Astronauts, Sam Cooke ("Bring It on Home to Me," "Cupid," "Another Saturday Night") in 1961.
Noted alumni include singer and actor Aaron Lazar, trumpeter Al Hirt, singer and entertainer Tennessee Ernie Ford, composers Harold Morris, Conlon Nancarrow and Christy Altomare of Spring Awakening fame, as well as pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin.
He has performed across the United States with many jazz artists including Al Hirt, Pete Fountain, Shirley Jones, and many others.
Red Nichols, Al Hirt, Pete Candoli, Horace Heidt, the California Ramblers, Miss Patricola on Victor, the Hoosier Hot Shots on Melotone, and Henry Busse with his orchestra, have all recorded the song.
From the late '50's until his semi-retirement in 1990, he arranged music for Nina Simone (1967), Al Hirt, Benny Goodman, Connie Francis, Sam Cooke, The Softones, The Tokens, The Platters, Brook Benton, Sylvia, Ray, Goodman & Brown, Cameo, Little Peggy March, Della Reese, Panama Francis and Pat Thomas among others.