Let’s Do It: Deep Magic from the Dawn of Pop

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistLength
1Maple Leaf Rag
piano:
Scott Joplin
remaster of:
Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin
recording of:
Maple Leaf Rag (piano rag)
composer:
Scott Joplin (in 1899)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (number: 74)
Scott Joplin3:14
2Ory’s Creole Trombone
recording of:
Ory’s Creole Trombone
composer:
Kid Ory
Kid Ory3:08
3They Didn’t Believe Me
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1942-04-06)
piano:
Jimmy Van Heusen (on 1942-04-06)
tenor saxophone:
Herbert "Bumps" Meyers (on 1942-04-06)
vocals:
The Mellowaires (on 1942-04-06)
orchestra:
Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra (on 1942-04-06)
recording of:
They Didn’t Believe Me (on 1942-04-06)
lyricist:
Herbert Reynolds
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd.
part of:
The Girl From Utah
Johnny Mercer2:49
4Me and My Shadow
recording of:
Me and My Shadow
lyricist:
Billy Rose
additional writer:
Al Jolson
composer:
Dave Dreyer
publisher:
Bourne Co. and Larry Spier Inc.
Whispering Jack Smith3:11
5Dangerous Nan McGrewHelen Kane2:30
6The Thrill Is Gone
recording of:
The Thrill Is Gone (Henderson/Brown song, first performed in 1931)
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Ray Henderson
publisher:
DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc. and Redwood Music Ltd.
Rudy Vallée3:27
7Creole Love Call
recording of:
Creole Love Call (on 1927-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington with Adelaide Hall3:14
8Lazy Bones
clarinet:
Larry Binyon (on 1933-06-06) and Jimmy Dorsey (on 1933-06-06)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1933-06-06)
drums (drum set):
Stan King (on 1933-06-06)
guitar:
Dick McDonough (on 1933-06-06)
piano:
Fulton McGrath (on 1933-06-06)
tenor saxophone:
[unknown] (on 1933-06-06) and Larry Binyon (on 1933-06-06)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (on 1933-06-06)
trumpet:
Mannie Klein (on 1933-06-06)
vocals:
Mildred Bailey (on 1933-06-06)
arranger:
Glenn Miller
recording of:
Lazy Bones (on 1933-06-06)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd.
The Dorsey Brothers with Mildred Bailey3:07
9The Continental
recording of:
The Continental (from the 1934 film "The Gay Divorcee")
lyricist:
Herb Magidson (in 1934)
composer:
Con Conrad (in 1934)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Magidson Music, Inc., The Songwriters Guild and Warner Bros., Inc.
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1934 winner)
Nat Gonella3:01
10Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
recording of:
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (on 1932-06-17)
lyricist and composer:
James A. Bland
publisher:
Knox Music, Inc.
The Boswell Sisters2:48
11The Duke Insists
Reginald Foresythe2:46
12I've Got a Gal in KalamazooGlenn Miller3:14
13Diga Diga Doo
recording of:
Diga Diga Doo
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields
composer:
Jimmy McHugh
Benny Goodman2:35
14Thanks for the MemoryBob Hope and Shirley Ross3:09
15Skyliner
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Barnet (on 1944-08-03)
recording of:
Skyliner (for brass band, Geldard)
composer:
Charlie Barnet
arranger:
Bill Geldard
arrangement of:
Skyliner
Charlie Barnet3:02
16Snowfall
recording of:
Snowfall (on 1941-05-26)
writer:
Claude Thornhill and Ruth Thornhill
publisher:
Chappell and Warner Chappell Music
Claude Thornhill2:59
17A Cottage for Sale
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1945-05-02)
alto saxophone:
Albert "Budd" Johnson (on 1945-05-02) and Sonny Stitt (on 1945-05-02)
baritone saxophone:
Leo Parker (on 1945-05-02)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (on 1945-05-02)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1945-05-02)
guitar:
Connie Wainwright (on 1945-05-02)
piano:
John Malachi (on 1945-05-02)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Ammons (on 1945-05-02), Taswell Baird (on 1945-05-02) and Dexter Gordon (on 1945-05-02)
trombone:
Alfred “Chippy” Outcalt (on 1945-05-02), Taswell Baird (on 1945-05-02), Howard Scott (on 1945-05-02) and Gerald Valentine (on 1945-05-02)
trumpet:
“Shorty” Connel (on 1945-05-02), Boonie Hazel (on 1945-05-02), Gail Brockman (on 1945-05-02) and Fats Navarro (on 1945-05-02)
valve trombone:
Billy Eckstine (on 1945-05-02)
vocals and conductor:
Billy Eckstine (on 1945-05-02)
orchestra:
Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (on 1945-05-02)
cover recording of:
A Cottage for Sale (on 1945-05-02)
lyricist:
Larry Conley
composer:
Willard Robison
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
Billy Eckstine2:49
18Life Gits Tee‐Jus Don’t ItTex Williams2:58
19Catfish Boogie
Tennessee Ernie2:17
20Flamingo
cover recording of:
Flamingo (on 1951-01-10)
lyricist:
Edmund Anderson
composer:
Ted Grouya
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Company and Grouya Publishing Int.
Earl Bostic2:37
21The Breeze and I
recording of:
The Breeze and I (in 1955)
lyricist:
Al Stillman
composer:
Ernesto Lecuona
publisher:
E.B. Marks Music Corp.
translated version of:
Andalucía
Caterina Valente3:28
22Johnny One Note
recording of:
Johnny One Note
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
Ted Heath2:20
23I’ll Wear the Green Willow
Jeri Southern3:02
24Swamp Girl
Frankie Laine3:19
25The Man with the Golden ArmBilly May2:53
26Count Your BlessingsBing Crosby3:09

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