Kickin’ the Gong Around (1931-10-21, mx. E-37268-A)

~ Recording by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.2Kickin’ the Gong Around3:16Cab Calloway and His OrchestraBetween the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea / Kickin’ the Gong Around (original, “Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.”)
1.2Kickin’ the Gong Around?:??Cab Calloway and His OrchestraBetween the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea / Kickin’ the Gong Around
1.1Kickin’ the Gong Around?:??Cab Calloway and His OrchestraKickin’ the Gong Around / You Gotta Ho‐De‐Ho
1.1Kickin’ the Gong Around?:??Cab Calloway and His OrchestraKickin’ the Gong Around / You Gotta Ho‐De‐Ho
1.2Kickin’ the Gong Around?:??Cab Calloway and His OrchestraMinnie the Moocher / Kickin’ the Gong Around
  • 1935-07 JP
1.2Kickin’ the Gong Around3:17Cab Calloway and His OrchestraBrunswick Collectors’ Series
  • 1943-10 US
1.16Kickin’ the Gong Around?:??Cab CallowayMr. Hi. De. Ho. 1930‐1931
1.4Kickin’ the Gong Around3:19Cab Calloway and His OrchestraCruisin’ With Cab (Topaz Jazz)
1.13Kickin’ the Gong Around3:11Cab Calloway and His OrchestraThe Chronological Classics: Cab Calloway and His Orchestra: 1931‐1932
1.7Kickin' the Gong Around3:11Cab CallowayThe Hi-De-Ho Man
1.3Kicking the Gong Around3:12Cab CallowayA Portrait of Cab Calloway
  • 1998-12-26 GB
1.11Kickin’ the Gong Around3:13Cab Calloway and His OrchestraCotton Club: Harlem 1924 - Broadway 1936
2.12Kickin’ the Gong Around3:15Cab Calloway and His OrchestraThe Chronological Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, Volume 1: The Early Years 1930‐1934
1.3Kickin' the Gong Around3:12Cab CallowayJitterbug
1.8Kickin' the Gong Around3:12Cab CallowayThe Hi-De-Ho Man: 1930-1933
1.5Kicking the Gong Around3:11Cab CallowayMinnie the Moocher
1.12Kickin' the Gong Around3:10Cab CallowayQuadromania Jazz Edition: Cab Calloway: The Scat Song
  • 2005-02-28 DE
1.14Kickin’ The Gong Around3:11Cab Calloway & His OrchestraJazz in the Charts 011 (1931)
1.5Kicking the Gang Around3:14Cab CallowaySex and Drugs and Rock and Roll
59.2Kickin' the Gong Around3:11Cab Calloway and His OrchestraThe Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 3/5: Big Bands - The Giants of the Swing Big Band Era
  • 2008-10-24 DE
1.8Kicking the Gong Around3:15Cab CallowayJukebox Favourites: Hits of the 30s & 40s
  • 2012-07-16 -
1.8Kicking the Gong Around3:15Cab CallowayJukebox Favourites: Hits of the 30s & 40s
  • 2012 -
1.4Kickin’ the Gong Around3:14Cab Calloway and His OrchestraThat Old Arlen Magic
  • 2013-03-16 GB
1.2Kickin’ the Gong Around3:16Cab Calloway and His OrchestraBetween the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea / Kickin’ the Gong Around (reissue)
1.9Kickin' the Gong Around3:12Cab CallowayHi-De-Ho
1.2Kickin’ the Gong Around?:??Cab Calloway and His OrchestraMinnie the Moocher / Kickin’ the Gong Around
(unknown)
1.16Kickin’ the Gong Around?:??Cab Calloway« Mr. Hi.De.Ho. » 1930.1931
1.20Kicking the Gong Around3:09Cab CallowayKicking the Gong Around
1.16Kicking the Gong Around3:12Cab CallowayThe Best of Cab Calloway

Relationships

banjo:Morris White (on 1931-10-21)
double bass:Jimmy Smith (on 1931-10-21)
drums (drum set):Leroy Maxey (on 1931-10-21)
piano:Benny Payne (on 1931-10-21)
reeds:Andrew Brown (on 1931-10-21)
trombone:DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-10-21)
Harry White (on 1931-10-21)
trumpet:Reuben Reeves (on 1931-10-21)
Edwin Swayze (on 1931-10-21)
Lammar Wright (on 1931-10-21)
woodwind:Walter Thomas (on 1931-10-21)
lead vocals:Cab Calloway (on 1931-10-21)
vocals:Cab Calloway (on 1931-10-21)
recording of:Kickin’ the Gong Around (on 1931-10-21)

Related works

Kickin’ the Gong Around

lyricist:Ted Koehler
composer:Harold Arlen