[1]Childers worked with Kenton for years, and also performed with the big bands of Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Les Brown, Charlie Barnet,[2] Dan Terry,[3] and others.

AllMusic.com also credits Childers as recording with The Monkees, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Captain & Tennille, The Carpenters, Tommy Sands, The Friends of Distinction, Barry Manilow, Tim Weisberg, Michael Nesmith, Laura Nyro, Teresa Brewer, The Four Freshmen, The Singers Unlimited, Billy Daniels, Anita O'Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan.

June Christy, Martha Tilton, Frances Faye, Chris Connor, Billy Eckstine, Judith Durham, Randy Crawford, Lena Horne, Patti Page, Peggy Lee, Tierney Sutton, Mel Tormé, Ray Charles & Cleo Laine, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, André Previn, Harvey Mandel, Jack Nimitz, Carl Fontana, Stanley Clarke, Maynard Ferguson, Shorty Rogers, Leith Stevens, Art Pepper, Buddy Rich, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Pete Rugolo, Marty Paich, Johnny Richards, Don Fagerquist, David Axelrod, Bob Thiele, Russell Garcia, Stan Getz, Quincy Jones, Mike Barone, Jimmy Smith, Oscar Peterson, Bob Curnow, Tommy Vig, Bob Florence, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Oliver Nelson.

Blue Mitchell, Michel Colombier, Lalo Schifrin, Ray Brown, Clare Fischer, Bobby Bryant, Henry Mancini, Bud Shank, and others.

[7] With the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band With Gene Ammons With Elmer Bernstein With Maynard Ferguson With Clare Fischer With Milt Jackson With Quincy Jones With Alan Silvestri With Stan Kenton With Carmen McRae With Oliver Nelson With Shorty Rogers With Pete Rugolo With Lalo Schifrin