Kings of Swing

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Tracklist

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1Ciribiribin
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1939-11-08)
alto saxophone:
Dave Matthews (jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-11-08)
baritone saxophone:
Bill Luther (Jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-11-08) and Drew Page (on 1939-11-08)
bass and double bass:
Thurman Teague (Jazz bassist) (on 1939-11-08)
brass:
Claude Lakey (on 1939-11-08)
drums (drum set):
Mickey Scrima (jazz percussionist) (on 1939-11-08)
guitar:
Red Kent (on 1939-11-08)
instruments:
Claude Lakey (on 1939-11-08)
piano:
Jack Gardner (piano) (on 1939-11-08)
saxophone:
Claude Lakey (on 1939-11-08), Bill Luther (Jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-11-08), Dave Matthews (jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-11-08) and Drew Page (on 1939-11-08)
trombone:
Truett Jones (Jazz trombonist) (on 1939-11-08), Dalton Rizzotto (Jazz trombonist) (on 1939-11-08) and Bruce Squires (on 1939-11-08)
trumpet:
Claude Bowen (on 1939-11-08), Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1939-11-08), Jack Palmer (jazz trumpeter and singer) (on 1939-11-08) and Jack Schaeffer (on 1939-11-08)
lead vocals and lead vocals [vocal chorus]:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1939-11-08)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
orchestra:
Harry James and His Orchestra (on 1939-11-08)
conductor:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1939-11-08)
arranger:
Andy Gibson (trumpet, arranger, composer)
recording of:
Ciribiribin (They’re So in Love) (Harry James theme song) (on 1939-11-08)
lyricist:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Alberto Pestalozza
is based on:
Ciribiribin (original Italian version)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Harry James2:28
2It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
alto saxophone:
Harry Carney and Johnny Hodges
banjo:
Fred Guy
baritone saxophone:
Harry Carney
clarinet:
Barney Bigard, Harry Carney and Johnny Hodges
double bass:
Wellman Braud
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
soprano saxophone:
Johnny Hodges
tenor saxophone:
Barney Bigard
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
trumpet:
Freddie Jenkins, Arthur Whetsel and Cootie Williams
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol
lead vocals:
Ivie Anderson
recording of:
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (on 1932-02-02)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1931)
composer:
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (Duke Ellington, US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1931-08)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music and EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:13
3Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)
recording of:
Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Prima
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.) (ended) and EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
Benny Goodman8:43
4Nightmare
recording of:
Nightmare
composer:
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw2:52
5I'll Never Smile Again
recording of:
I’ll Never Smile Again
lyricist and composer:
Ruth Lowe
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Pickwick Music (publisher), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Tommy Dorsey3:12
6Tuxedo Junction
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger)
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
Glenn Miller4:09
7Let Yourself Go
Bunny Berigan2:06
8Stormy Weather
recording of:
Stormy Weather
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:05
9Music, Maestro, Please
recording of:
Music Maestro Please
lyricist:
Herb Magidson (in 1938)
composer:
Allie Wrubel (US composer and songwriter) (in 1938)
medley of:
Spela maestro
Tommy Dorsey2:56
10Two O'Clock Jump
recording of:
Two O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist), Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James2:56
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