The Alternative Takes in Chronological Order 1930‐1944

~ Release by Cab Calloway (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

As on back cover/booklet except:
4. wittren "Culled" in booklet but "Cullud" as original on back cover

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Gotta Darn Good Reason Now (For Bein’ Good)
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra3:19
2Sweet Jennie Lee
recording of:
Sweet Jennie Lee (on 1930-10-14)
composer:
Walter Donaldson
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra3:08
3Is That Religion?
recording of:
Is That Religion? (on 1930-12-23)
writer:
Mitchell Parish (in 1933) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1933)
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:57
4Strictly Cullud Affair
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra3:15
5Minnie the Moocher
recording of:
Minnie the Moocher (on 1933-12-18)
lyricist and composer:
Cab Calloway and Irving Mills
publisher:
Big Bad Voodoo Music, Copyright Control and J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
is based on:
Willie the Weeper
Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra3:39
6The Scat Song
Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra2:49
7I Learned About Love From Her
Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra3:06
8Jitter Bug
recording of:
Jitter Bug (on 1934-01-22)
lyricist:
Cab Calloway
composer:
Irving Mills and Edwin Swayze
Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra3:10
9Penguin Swing
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra3:27
10April in My Heart
part of:
Master Records, Inc. (number: M-906-2)
recording of:
April in My Heart (on 1938-10-27)
writer:
Hoagy Carmichael and Helen Meinardi-Stearns
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:39
11Pluckin’ the Bass
part of:
Master Records, Inc. (number: WM-1067-B)
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:43
12Calling All Bars
part of:
Vocalion (number: 27295-2)
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra3:05
13The Lone Arranger
part of:
Vocalion (number: 27297-2)
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:43
14Who’s Yehoodi?
part of:
Vocalion (number: 27301-2)
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra3:11
15(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance
part of:
Master Records, Inc. (number: WC-3163-B)
recording of:
(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (on 1940-06-27)
lyricist:
Bing Crosby and Ned Washington
composer:
Victor Young
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI Harmonies Ltd., Mills Music Limited and Mills Music, Inc.
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:53
16Bye Bye Blues
part of:
Master Records, Inc. (number: WC-3164-B)
recording of:
Bye Bye Blues (on 1940-06-27)
composer:
Dave Bennett (until 1925), Chauncey Gray (until 1925), Fred F. Hamm (until 1925) and Bert Lown (until 1925)
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:51
17Papa’s in Bed With His Britches on
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:35
18Lonesome Nights
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra3:00
19A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird
recording of:
A Chicken Ain’t Nothing but a Bird (on 1940-10-14)
lyricist and composer:
Emmett “Babe” Wallace
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc.
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:54
20Geechie Joe
recording of:
Geechy Joe (on 1941-03-05)
writer:
Cab Calloway, Andy Gibson and Jack Palmer
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:55
21Special Delivery
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra3:01
22Good for Nothin’ Joe
vocals:
Lena Horne (in 1943-01)
part of:
V Disc (number: VP 382)
cover recording of:
Good‐for‐Nothin’ Joe (in 1943-01)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Rube Bloom
Lena Horne with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra3:10
23Diga Diga Doo
vocals:
Lena Horne (in 1943-01)
part of:
V Disc (number: VP 381 (1))
recording of:
Diga Diga Doo (in 1943-01)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields
composer:
Jimmy McHugh
Lena Horne with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:23
24There’s No Two Ways About Love
vocals:
Lena Horne (in 1943-01)
part of:
V Disc (number: VP 381 (2))
recording of:
There’s No Two Ways About Love (in 1943-01)
writer:
James P. Johnson, Ted Koehler and Irving Mills
Lena Horne with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:46
25Cruisin’ With Cab
tenor saxophone:
Ike Quebec (from 1944-07-18 until 1946-09-04)
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra3:31