Został pochowany w Mount Sinai Memorial Park w Hollywood Hills.
Wybrana dyskografia Jako lider lub współlider 1952 Modern Sounds (Capitol) 1953 Shorty Rogers and His Giants (RCA Victor) Cool and Crazy (RCA Victor) 1954 Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (RCA Victor) 1955 Bud Shank–Shorty Rogers–Bill Perkins (Pacific Jazz) Collaboration (RCA Victor) The Swinging Mr. Rogers (Atlantic) Voodoo Suite – Pérez Prado–Shorty Rogers (RCA Victor) 1956 Martians Come Back! (Atlantic) 1957 Way Up There (Atlantic) Wherever the Five Winds Blow (RCA Victor) Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers (RCA Victor) 1958 Portrait of Shorty (RCA Victor) „Gigi” in Jazz (RCA Victor) Afro-Cuban Influence (RCA Victor) St. Louis Blues – Eartha Kitt with Shorty Rogers and His Giants (RCA Victor) 1959 Chances Are It Swings (RCA Victor) The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (RCA Victor) 1960 Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (MGM Records) The Swingin’ Nutcracker (RCA Victor) 1962 The Fourth Dimension in Sound (Warner Bros.) Bossa Nova (Reprise) 1963 Jazz Waltz (Reprise) Mavis Rivers Meets Shorty Rogers (Reprise) Gospel Mission (Capitol) 1980 Popo (Xanadu) Martians Stay Home (Atlantic) 1983 Shorty Rogers & His Giants* – Re-Entry (Atlas Records) Shorty Rogers–Bud Shank – Yesterday, Today and Forever (Concord Jazz) 1984