The Best of Fats Waller

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Tracklist

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1(I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead) You Rascal You
bass saxophone:
Adrian Rollini (on 1931-10-14)
clarinet:
Pee Wee Russell (on 1931-10-14)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1931-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Stan King (on 1931-10-14)
guitar:
Nappy Lamare (on 1931-10-14)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1931-10-14)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Catalyne (on 1931-10-14) and Max Farley (on 1931-10-14)
trombone:
Jack Teagarden (on 1931-10-14)
trumpet:
Sterling Bose (on 1931-10-14) and Charlie Teagarden (on 1931-10-14)
vocals:
Jack Teagarden (on 1931-10-14) and Fats Waller (on 1931-10-14)
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You (on 1931-10-14)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Theard
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
recording of:
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You (on 1931-10-14)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Theard
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
3:14
2You’re Not the Only Oyster in the Stew
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1934-09-28)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Mezz Mezzrow (on 1934-09-28)
double bass:
Billy Taylor (on 1934-09-28)
drums (drum set):
Harry Dial (on 1934-09-28)
guitar:
Al Casey (on 1934-09-28)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1934-09-28)
trombone:
Floyd O'Brien (on 1934-09-28)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (on 1934-09-28)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1934-09-28)
recording of:
You’re Not the Only Oyster in the Stew (on 1934-09-28)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke
composer:
Harold Spina
3:12
3What’s the Reason (I’m Not Pleasin’ You)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-03-06)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Rudy Powell (on 1935-03-06)
double bass:
Charles Turner (on 1935-03-06)
drums (drum set):
Harry Dial (on 1935-03-06)
guitar:
Al Casey (on 1935-03-06)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-03-06)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (on 1935-03-06)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-03-06)
recording of:
What’s the Reason I’m Not Pleasing You (on 1935-03-06)
writer:
Jimmie Grier, Earl Hatch, Coy Poe and Pinky Tomlin
2:52
4Lulu’s Back in Town
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-05-08)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Rudy Powell (on 1935-05-08)
double bass:
Charles Turner (on 1935-05-08)
drums (drum set):
Harry Dial (on 1935-05-08)
guitar:
Al Casey (on 1935-05-08)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-05-08)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (on 1935-05-08)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-05-08)
cover recording of:
Lulu’s Back in Town (on 1935-05-08)
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren
2:38
5I’m Going to Sit Myself Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-05-08)
alto saxophone, clarinet and reeds:
Rudy Powell (on 1935-05-08)
double bass:
Charles Turner (on 1935-05-08)
drums (drum set):
Harry Dial (on 1935-05-08)
guitar:
Al Casey (on 1935-05-08)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-05-08)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (on 1935-05-08)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-05-08)
performer:
Fats Waller and His Rhythm (on 1935-05-08)
recording of:
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (on 1935-05-08)
lyricist:
Joe Young
composer:
Fred Ahlert and Joe Young
publisher:
Anglo-Pic Music Co. Ltd., Azure Pearl Music, Beeping Good Music Publishing, Bluewater Music UK, David Ahlert Music, DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc., Downtown Music Publishing LLC, Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., MCA Music Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., MPL UK Publishing, Pencil Mark Music and Rytvoc, Inc.
3:32
6Dinah
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1935-06-24)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Rudy Powell (on 1935-06-24)
double bass:
Charles Turner (on 1935-06-24)
drums (drum set):
Arnold Boling (on 1935-06-24)
guitar:
James Smith (on 1935-06-24)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-06-24)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (on 1935-06-24)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-06-24)
recording of:
Dinah (on 1935-06-24)
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
3:08
7There’ll Be Some Changes Made
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1935-06-24)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Rudy Powell (on 1935-06-24)
double bass:
Charles Turner (on 1935-06-24)
drums (drum set):
Arnold Boling (on 1935-06-24)
guitar:
James Smith (on 1935-06-24)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-06-24)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (on 1935-06-24)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-06-24)
recording of:
There’ll Be Some Changes Made (on 1935-06-24)
publisher:
Harry H. Pace (in 1921)
lyricist:
Billy Higgins
composer:
W. Benton Overstreet
publisher:
Herman Darewski Music Publishing Co Ltd. and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (in 1924)
3:09
8Somebody Stole My Gal
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1935-06-24)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Rudy Powell (on 1935-06-24)
double bass:
Charles Turner (on 1935-06-24)
drums (drum set):
Arnold Boling (on 1935-06-24)
guitar:
James Smith (on 1935-06-24)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-06-24)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (on 1935-06-24)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-06-24)
cover recording of:
Somebody Stole My Gal (on 1935-06-24)
lyricist and composer:
Leo Wood (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter
sub-publisher:
Carl Gehrmans Musikförlag
3:29
9Christopher Columbus
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1936-04-08)
double bass:
Charles Turner (on 1936-04-08)
drums (drum set):
Arnold Boling (on 1936-04-08)
guitar:
Al Casey (on 1936-04-08)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1936-04-08)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1936-04-08)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (on 1936-04-08)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1936-04-08)
recording of:
Christopher Columbus (on 1936-04-08)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Leon “Chu” Berry
2:52
10It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
double bass:
Charles Turner (on 1936-06-05)
drums (drum set):
Arnold Boling (on 1936-06-05)
guitar:
Al Casey (on 1936-06-05)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1936-06-05)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1936-06-05)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (on 1936-06-05)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1936-06-05)
cover recording of:
It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie (on 1936-06-05)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Mayhew (in 1936)
2:56
11She’s Tall, She’s Tan, She’s Terrific
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-09-07)
double bass:
Charles Turner (on 1937-09-07)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1937-09-07)
guitar:
Al Casey (on 1937-09-07)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1937-09-07)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1937-09-07)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1937-09-07)
2:38
12The Sheik of Araby
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-04-12)
alto saxophone:
William Allsop (on 1938-04-12), Jimmy Powell (on 1938-04-12) and Fred Skerritt (on 1938-04-12)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (on 1938-04-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-04-12)
guitar:
Al Casey (on 1938-04-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-04-12) and Lonnie Simmons (on 1938-04-12)
trombone:
John Haughton (on 1938-04-12) and George Robinson (on 1938-04-12)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (on 1938-04-12), John "Bugs" Hamilton (on 1938-04-12) and Nathaniel "Courtney" Williams (on 1938-04-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
cover recording of:
The Sheik of Araby (on 1938-04-12)
lyricist:
Harry B. Smith (in 1921) and Francis Wheeler (in 1921)
composer:
Ted Snyder (in 1921)
publisher:
Jerry Vogel Music, Mills Music, Inc., Redwood Music and Salabert
recording of:
The Sheik of Araby (on 1938-04-12)
lyricist:
Harry B. Smith (in 1921) and Francis Wheeler (in 1921)
composer:
Ted Snyder (in 1921)
publisher:
Jerry Vogel Music, Mills Music, Inc., Redwood Music and Salabert
3:08
13Two Sleepy People
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (on 1938-10-13)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-10-13)
guitar:
Al Casey (on 1938-10-13)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-13)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (on 1938-10-13)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
recording of:
Two Sleepy People (from the 1938 film "Thanks for the Memory") (on 1938-10-13)
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation, Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
3:06
14A Good Man Is Hard to Find
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (on 1939-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-01-19)
guitar:
Al Casey (on 1939-01-19)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-01-19)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (on 1939-01-19)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
recording of:
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (on 1939-01-19)
composer:
Eddie Green (in 1918)
publisher:
Mayfair Music Corp.
3:06
15Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (on 1939-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-01-19)
guitar:
Al Casey (on 1939-01-19)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-01-19)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (on 1939-01-19)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
recording of:
Hold Tight (on 1939-01-19)
lyricist:
Leonard Ware
writer:
Kent Brandow, Lenny Kent and Leonard Ware
composer:
Jerry Brandow, Lenny Kent and Leonard Ware
2:07
16’Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (on 1939-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-03-09)
guitar:
Al Casey (on 1939-03-09)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-03-09)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-03-09)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (on 1939-03-09)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-03-09)
recording of:
It Ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It) (on 1939-03-09)
writer:
Sy Oliver and Trummy Young
2:51
17Your Feet’s Too Big
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-11-03)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (on 1939-11-03)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-11-03)
guitar:
John Smith (on 1939-11-03)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-11-03)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-11-03)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (on 1939-11-03)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-11-03)
recording of:
Your Feet’s Too Big (on 1939-11-03)
lyricist:
Ada Benson
composer:
Fred Fisher (in 1936)
3:06
18Darktown Strutters Ball
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (on 1939-11-03)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-11-03)
guitar:
John Smith (on 1939-11-03)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-11-03)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-11-03)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (on 1939-11-03)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-11-03)
recording of:
Darktown Strutters’ Ball (on 1939-11-03)
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks (in 1917)
publisher:
J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. and Leo Feist, Inc.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
2:44
19I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (on 1939-11-03)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-11-03)
guitar:
John Smith (on 1939-11-03)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-11-03)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1939-11-03)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (on 1939-11-03)
vocals:
Una Mae Carlisle (on 1939-11-03) and Fats Waller (on 1939-11-03)
recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (on 1939-11-03)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields
composer:
Jimmy McHugh
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc.
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス, コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
cover recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields
composer:
Jimmy McHugh
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc.
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス, コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
2:58
20You Run Your Mouth, I’ll Run My Business
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (on 1940-04-11)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-04-11)
guitar:
John Smith (on 1940-04-11)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-04-11)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (on 1940-04-11)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
cover recording of:
You Run Your Mouth and I'll Run My Business (on 1940-04-11)
lyricist and composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
3:05
21Let’s Get Away From It All
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (on 1941-03-20)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1941-03-20)
guitar:
Al Casey (on 1941-03-20)
Hammond organ:
Fats Waller (on 1941-03-20)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1941-03-20)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (on 1941-03-20)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1941-03-20)
recording of:
Let’s Get Away From It All (on 1941-03-20)
lyricist:
Tom Adair
composer:
Matt Dennis
publisher:
Dorsey Brothers Music
3:03
22’Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (on 1940-11-06)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-11-06)
guitar:
Al Casey (on 1940-11-06)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-11-06)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-11-06)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (on 1940-11-06)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-11-06)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studio #2 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1940-11-06)
recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1940-11-06)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music and MCA Music Publishing
part of:
American Splendor
3:00