L’Histoire du jazz vocal – The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1911–1940

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Annotation

Tracklist errors:
Track 10.24 is listed as "Delta Blues" by Son House in the booklet and on the cover. The actual song on the medium is "Love in Vain" by Robert Johnson however.

Annotation last modified on 2024-01-06 12:20 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Puttin’ on the Ritz [1930‐03‐26]
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1930-03-26)
vocals and performer:
Fred Astaire (on 1930-03-26)
orchestra:
Columbia Studio Orchestra (on 1930-03-26) and Van Phillips and His Orchestra (on 1930-03-26)
recording of:
Puttin’ On the Ritz (on 1930-03-26)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1929)
publisher:
Berlin Irving Music Corp and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
Idiot’s Delight (film)
Fred Astaire2:34
2On Revival Day [1930‐06‐09]
recording of:
On Revival Day (on 1930-06-09)
lyricist and composer:
Andy Razaf
Bessie Smith2:58
3Baby Won’t You Please Come Home [1930‐07‐28]
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1930-07-28)
alto saxophone:
Jimmy Dudley (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1930-07-28) and Don Redman (on 1930-07-28)
banjo:
Dave Wilborn (on 1930-07-28)
clarinet:
Jimmy Dudley (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1930-07-28), Don Redman (on 1930-07-28), Prince Robinson (on 1930-07-28) and George Thomas (jazz saxophonist) (on 1930-07-28)
drums (drum set):
Cuba Austin (on 1930-07-28)
piano and vibraphone [vibes]:
Todd Rhodes (on 1930-07-28)
soprano saxophone:
Don Redman (on 1930-07-28)
tenor saxophone:
Prince Robinson (on 1930-07-28) and George Thomas (jazz saxophonist) (on 1930-07-28)
trombone:
Ed Cuffee (on 1930-07-28)
trumpet:
Langston Curl (on 1930-07-28), George "Buddy" Lee (American jazz trumpeter, 1920s) (on 1930-07-28) and Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1930-07-28)
tuba:
Ralph Escudero (on 1930-07-28)
vocals:
George Thomas (jazz saxophonist) (on 1930-07-28)
cover recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home (on 1930-07-28)
writer:
Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
George Thomas & McKinney’s Cotton Pickers3:14
4Good News [1930‐08‐08]
recording of:
Good News (on 1930-08-08)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Hall Johnson1:17
5I Got Rhythm [1930‐11‐18]
recording of:
I Got Rhythm (on 1930-11-18)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
Ethel Waters3:09
6No Woman No Nickel [1931]
Bumble Bee Slim3:31
7Shine [1931‐03‐09]
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1931-03-09)
alto saxophone [alto sax]:
Les Hite (on 1931-03-09) and Marvin Johnson (US jazz saxophonist and bandleader) (on 1931-03-09)
banjo:
Bill Perkins (jazz guitar and banjo) (on 1931-03-09)
clarinet and tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Charlie Jones (jazz clarinet/sax) (on 1931-03-09)
double bass [bass] and tuba:
Joe Bailey (US double bassist and songwriter) (on 1931-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Lionel Hampton (on 1931-03-09)
piano:
Henry Prince (on 1931-03-09)
trombone:
Luther Craven (on 1931-03-09)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-03-09), McLure "Red Mac" Morris (on 1931-03-09) and Harold Scott (on 1931-03-09)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-03-09)
recording of:
Shine (on 1931-03-09)
lyricist:
Lew Brown (in 1910) and Cecil Mack (in 1910)
composer:
Ford Dabney (in 1910)
Louis Armstrong & His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra3:27
8Shipwreck Blues [1931‐06‐11]
Bessie Smith3:24
9Heebie Jeebies [1931‐06‐26]
recording of:
Heebie Jeebies (on 1931-06-26)
lyricist and composer:
Boyd Atkins
George Morton & Mills Blue Rhythm Band3:13
10It’s the Girl [1931‐07‐08]
recording of:
It's the Girl (on 1931-07-08)
lyricist:
David Oppenheim (songwriter, composer)
composer:
Abel Baer
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
The Boswell Sisters3:13
11Can’t Be Bothered With No Sheik [1931‐08‐19]
Rosa Henderson3:20
12Stardust [1931‐11‐04]
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1931-11-04)
alto saxophone:
Lester Boone (on 1931-11-04) and George James (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-11-04)
double bass:
John Lindsay (US trombonist/bassist, worked with Jelly Roll Morton) (on 1931-11-04)
drums (drum set):
Tubby Hall (on 1931-11-04)
guitar:
Mike McKendrick (Jazz banjo and guitar) (on 1931-11-04)
piano:
Charlie Alexander (US jazz pianist) (on 1931-11-04)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Washington (jazz tenor sax) (on 1931-11-04)
trombone:
Preston Jackson (jazz trombonist) (on 1931-11-04)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-11-04) and Zilner Randolph (on 1931-11-04)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-11-04)
recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1931-11-04)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
Louis Armstrong3:37
13Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl [1931‐11‐20]
recording of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version) (on 1931-11-20)
writer:
James “Tim” Brymn, Dally Small and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Bessie Smith2:50
14Georgia on My Mind [1931‐11‐24]
recording of:
Georgia on My Mind (on 1931-11-24)
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
Mildred Bailey3:30
15Too‐Too Train [1932]
Big Bill Broonzy2:54
16How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone [1932]
Leroy Carr2:54
17It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing [1932‐02‐02]
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)
Ivie Anderson3:12
18I Wanna Count Sheep [1932‐03‐10]
recording of:
I Wanna Count Sheep Till the Cows Come Home (on 1932-03-10)
writer:
Little Jack Little and Joe Young (US lyricist)
Harlan Lattimore3:04
19Some of These Days [1932‐05‐26]
recording of:
Some of These Days (on 1932-05-26)
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks
writer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
Bing Crosby2:36
20Little Brother Blues [1932]
Josh White3:03
21Rockin’ Chair [1932‐08‐18]
producer:
Barry Feldman
vocals:
Mildred Bailey (on 1932-08-18)
recording of:
Rockin’ Chair (1929 Hoagy Carmichael song) (on 1932-08-18)
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1929)
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
Mildred Bailey & The Matty Malneck Orchestra3:03
22Willow Weep for Me [1932‐09‐26]
recording of:
Willow Weep for Me (on 1932-09-26)
lyricist and composer:
Ann Ronell (in 1932)
publisher:
Ann Ronell Music and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
Irene Taylor3:28
23My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms [1933‐01‐26]
recording of:
My Honey’s Loving Arms (on 1933-01-26)
writer:
Joseph Meyer (US songwriter) and Harry Ruby
Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers3:01
24I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues [1933‐03‐07]
recording of:
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (on 1933-03-07)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Lee Wiley & The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra2:46
25Stormy Weather [1933‐05‐03]
recording of:
Stormy Weather (on 1933-05-03)
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
Ethel Waters & The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:05
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