Jazz Vocal Groups: New York – Los Angeles – Hollywood – Chicago 1927–1944 (reissue)

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#TitleArtistLength
1Charlie Two‐Step (1933)
clarinet:
Jimmy Dorsey (on 1932-09-13)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1932-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Stan King (on 1932-09-13)
guitar:
Dick McDonough (on 1932-09-13)
piano:
Martha Boswell (on 1932-09-13)
tenor saxophone:
Larry Binyon (on 1932-09-13)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (on 1932-09-13)
trumpet:
Bunny Berigan (on 1932-09-13)
vocals:
The Boswell Sisters (on 1932-09-13)
recording of:
Charlie Two-Step (on 1932-09-13)
writer:
Hoagy Carmichael
The Boswell Sisters2:25
2Mood Indigo (1933)The Boswell Sisters3:17
3Dinah (1934)
guitar:
Bobby Sherwood (on 1934-12-13)
vocals:
The Boswell Sisters (on 1934-12-13)
recording of:
Dinah (on 1934-12-13)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
B & G Akst Publishing Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
The Girl’s Suite
The Boswell Sisters3:04
4From Monday On (1928)
recording of:
From Monday On (in 1928)
writer:
Harry Barris and Bing Crosby
Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys2:48
5Side By Side (1927)
alto saxophone:
Jimmy Dorsey (on 1927-04-29)
cornet:
Red Nichols (on 1927-04-29)
double bass:
Al Armer (on 1927-04-29)
baritone vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1927-04-29)
tenor vocals:
Harry Barris (on 1927-04-29) and Al Rinker (on 1927-04-29)
vocals:
The Rhythm Boys (on 1927-04-29)
orchestra:
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (on 1927-04-29)
conductor:
Paul Whiteman (on 1927-04-29)
arranger:
Max Farley
recorded at:
Liederkranz Hall in New York, New York, United States (on 1927-04-29)
cover recording of:
Side by Side (on 1927-04-29)
lyricist and composer:
Harry M. Woods (in 1927)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部
Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra3:06
6So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Go Together (1929)Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys3:03
7Steambot Bill (Trad) (1927)
recording of:
Steambot Bill (in 1927)
writer:
[traditional]
California Ramblers2:49
8Diga Diga Do (1932)
alto saxophone:
Otto Hardwick (on 1932-12-22)
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Harry Carney (on 1932-12-22)
alto saxophone, clarinet and soprano saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1932-12-22)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Barney Bigard (on 1932-12-22)
double bass [bass]:
Wellman Braud (on 1932-12-22)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1932-12-22)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1932-12-22) and John Mills, Jr. (on 1932-12-22)
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1932-12-22)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (on 1932-12-22) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1932-12-22)
trumpet:
Freddy Jenkins (on 1932-12-22), Arthur Whetsel (on 1932-12-22) and Cootie Williams (on 1932-12-22)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1932-12-22)
baritone vocals:
Harry Mills (on 1932-12-22)
bass vocals:
John Mills, Jr. (on 1932-12-22)
tenor vocals:
Donald Mills (on 1932-12-22) and Herbert Mills (on 1932-12-22)
vocals:
Harry Mills (on 1932-12-22)
orchestra:
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1932-12-22)
arranger:
Duke Ellington (on 1932-12-22)
recording of:
Diga Diga Doo (on 1932-12-22)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields
composer:
Jimmy McHugh
recording of:
Diga Diga Doo (in 1932)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields
composer:
Jimmy McHugh
The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra3:11
9I’ve Found A New Baby (1934)
recording of:
I’ve Found a New Baby (in 1934)
writer:
Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams
The Mills Brothers2:50
10Some Of These Days (1934)
recording of:
Some of These Days (in 1934)
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks
writer:
Spencer Williams
The Mills Brothers2:37
11Boog It (1940)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-04-10)
guitar:
Norman Brown (on 1940-04-10)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1940-04-10)
baritone vocals:
Harry Mills
bass vocals:
John Mills, Sr.
tenor vocals:
Donald Mills and Herbert Mills
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1940-04-10), The Mills Brothers (on 1940-04-10), Donald Mills (on 1940-04-10), Harry Mills (on 1940-04-10), Herbert Mills (on 1940-04-10) and John Mills, Sr. (on 1940-04-10)
recording of:
Boog It (on 1940-04-10)
writer:
Cab Calloway, Jack Palmer and Buck Ram
recording of:
Boog It (in 1940)
writer:
Cab Calloway, Jack Palmer and Buck Ram
Louis Armstrong2:39
12Minnie The Moocher Is Dead (1940)
recording of:
Minnie the Moocher Is Dead (in 1940)
writer:
Jimmie Lunceford
The Dandridge Sisters2:29
13Oh! Red (1938)
recording of:
Oh! Red (in 1938)
composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy
The Ink Spots3:14
14Christopher Columbus (1936)
recording of:
Christopher Columbus (on 1936-06-18)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Leon “Chu” Berry
recording of:
Christopher Columbus (in 1936)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Leon “Chu” Berry
The Ink Spots3:10
15Cow Cow Boogie (1943)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1943-11-03)
orchestra:
The Ink Spots
cover recording of:
Cow Cow Boogie (on 1943-11-03)
composer:
Benny Carter, Gene de Paul and Don Raye
cover recording of:
Cow Cow Boogie (in 1943)
composer:
Benny Carter, Gene de Paul and Don Raye
Ella Fitzgerald2:56
16Utt‐Da‐Zay (1939)
recording of:
Utt Da Zay (The Tailor’s Song) (in 1939)
writer:
Irving Mills and Buck Ram
The Quintones2:52
17Sometimes I’m Happy (1941)
recording of:
Sometimes I’m Happy (in 1941)
lyricist:
Vincent Youmans
composer:
Irving Caesar
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
part of:
Hit the Deck (1927 musical)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Mildred Bailey3:12
18The Duck’s Yas, Yas, Yas (1937)
recording of:
The Duck's Yas, Yas, Yas (on 1937-05-27)
writer:
James Johnson
The Three Peppers2:22
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1Chattanooga Choo Choo (1941)Glenn Miller7:53
2I Know Why (1941)
recording of:
I Know Why (in 1941)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren
Glenn Miller3:01
3Blues In The Night
recording of:
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me) (in 1941)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. and WB Music Corp.
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Glenn Miller4:41
4Dr. Watson And Mr. Holmes (1934)The Spirits of Rhythm2:41
5My Old Man (1933)
recording of:
My Old Man (in 1933)
writer:
Bernie Hanighen and Johnny Mercer
The Spirits of Rhythm2:51
6I Never Dreamt (1941)
recording of:
I Never Dreamt (1941) (in 1941)
writer:
Parsons
Earl Hines2:57
7I’ll Never Smile Again (1940)Tommy Dorsey3:13
8Milkman Keep These Bottles Quiet (1944)
recording of:
Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet (Broadway Rhythm, 1944 film) (in 1944)
writer:
Gene de Paul and Don Raye
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
The Pied Pipers2:31
9Lullaby Of Broadway (1944)Johnny Mercer2:37
10Embreceable You (1941)
recording of:
Embraceable You (in 1941)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music, New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd., WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2024-01-01)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
Tommy Dorsey2:53
11Heat Wave (1941)
recording of:
Heat Wave (from the 1933 musical “As Thousands Cheer”) (in 1941)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1933)
Tommy Dorsey2:11
12Are You For It (1941)
recording of:
Are You Fer It (in 1941)
writer:
Nat King Cole and Carl Sigman
The Nat King Cole Trio3:13
13There’s A Small Hotel (1942)
recording of:
There’s a Small Hotel (from “On Your Toes”) (in 1942)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1936)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (in 1936)
part of:
On Your Toes
part of:
Pal Joey
Claude Thornhill3:23
14Rockin’ Chair (1940–41)
recording of:
Rockin’ Chair (1929 Hoagy Carmichael song) (in 1940)
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1929)
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd.
Alvino Rey2:17
15Juke Box Saturday Night (1944)
recording of:
Juke Box Saturday Night (in 1944)
lyricist:
Al Stillman
composer:
Paul McGrane
Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band3:02
16Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bars (1940)
recording of:
Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar (1940 song) (in 1940)
writer:
Hughie Prince, Don Raye and Eleanore Sheehy
The Andrews Sisters2:53
17Clementine (1944)
recording of:
Clementine (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
Elmer "Sonny" Dunham2:51
18You’ve Laughed At Me For The Last Time (1944)Mel Tormé3:03