I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (Columbia matrix W140630-1)
~ Recording by Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Green & Fletcher Henderson
Annotation
Some credits were entered in the database as 27-3-1925, which could be a typo or misreading somewhere along the line. I can't find any evidence of a recording on that date.
There is a conflict from different sources as to whether Fred Longshaw or Fletcher Henderson was the pianist. These sound like the same recording to me:
Fletcher Hendersen credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-SSFdhidGU
Fred Longshaw credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzNw0SpKsvM
This source lists Longshaw: https://books.google.com/books?id=TBB0Jh4QlOcC&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270#v=onepage&q&f=false
This source names Henderson: https://books.google.com/books?id=_J9HAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1565&lpg=PA1565#v=onepage&q&f=false
As well as this one: https://books.google.com/books?id=dGUyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68#v=onepage&q&f=false
Given the level of detail and context in the last book, I have concluded that it's Henderson.
Annotation last modified on 2018-03-20 03:36 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.2 | I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:24 | Bessie Smith | The Bessie Smith Story, Volume 1 | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | GL 503 |
| 1.3 | I Ain't Goin' to Play No Second Fiddle | 3:20 | Bessie Smith | Nobody's Blues But Mine | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | G 31093 |
| 1.4 | I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:30 | Bessie Smith | 1925-1933 | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Hermes | HRM 6003 |
| 1.4 | I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:30 | Bessie Smith | Bessie Smith 1925-1933 | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Nimbus Records (UK classical label) | HRM 6003 |
| 1.8 | I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:24 | Bessie Smith | The Collection | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 44441 |
| 1.23 | I Ain't Going to Play Second Fiddle | 3:19 | Bessie Smith | St Louis Blues | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Buda Records | 82465-2 |
| 1.15 | I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:22 | Bessie Smith | 1923-1933 Empress of the Blues | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Giants of Jazz (Italian) | CD 53090 |
| 2.10 | I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle | 3:24 | Bessie Smith | The Complete Recordings, Volume 2 ("DIDP" on disc faces) | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | C2K 47471 |
| 2.10 | I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle | 3:24 | Bessie Smith | The Complete Recordings, Volume 2 | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 47471 |
| 2.10 | I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle | 3:24 | Bessie Smith | The Complete Recordings, Volume 2 | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 468767 2, COL 468767 2 |
| 1.5 | I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:24 | Bessie Smith | Empress of the Blues | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Classic Blues | CDCD 1030 |
| 1.10 | I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:23 | Bessie Smith | Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 31: Empress of the Blues | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Charly Records | |
| 1.19 | I Ain't Gonna Play a Second Fiddle | 3:19 | Bessie Smith | 19 Reflective Recordings | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Audio Archive | AA032 |
| 1.19 | I Aint Gonna Play A Second Fiddle | ?:?? | Bessie Smith | Dixie Flyer Blues | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Music Mirror (Swiss) | 1010.2052-2 |
| 1.19 | I Aint Gonna Play A Second Fiddle | ?:?? | Bessie Smith | Dixie Flyer Blues | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| KOCH International (Austrian label, imprint in use from 1990 to 2000; LC 05680), Selected Sound Carrier | 1010.2052-2 |
| 1.22 | I Ain’t Gonna Play Second Fiddle | 3:23 | Bessie Smith | I Ain’t Got Nobody | Bessie Smith / Josh White | Album + Compilation |
| History (TIM AG imprint) | 20.1952-HI |
| 1.21 | I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle | 3:25 | Bessie Smith | Volume 6: 1925 | Louis Armstrong | Album + Compilation |
| Média 7 | MJCD-55 |
| 1.21 | I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:23 | Bessie Smith | The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1924-1925 | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Classics Records (compilations of the Chronological Series) | 812 |
| 1.16 | I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:21 | Bessie Smith | Bessie's Blues | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Hallmark Records (Pickwick UK imprint, unrelated to the US Hallmark greeting card label) | 304032 |
| 1.2 | I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:23 | Bessie Smith | Club Verboten | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| DCC Compact Classics | DZS(4)-135 |
| 1.14 | I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle | 3:23 | Bessie Smith | The Essential Bessie Smith | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | C2K 64922 |
| 1.17 | I Ain’t Gonna Play Second Fiddle | 3:26 | Bessie Smith | The Quintessence: The Empress 1923-1933 | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Frémeaux & Associés | FA 223 |
| 1.15 | I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:24 | Bessie Smith | Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 31: Empress of the Blues | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Charly Records | CD BM 31 |
| 1.15 | I Ain't Gonna Play no Second Fiddle | 3:22 | Bessie Smith | Midnite Jazz & Blues: Empress of the Blues | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Weton-Wesgram | MJB105 |
| 2.3 | I Ain’t Gonna Play Second Fiddle | 3:20 | Bessie Smith | Great Divas | Anita O’Day / Bessie Smith / Ella Fitzgerald / Ivie Anderson / Dinah Washington | Album + Compilation |
| Foreign Media Music | 7203 |
| 1.9 | I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle | 3:23 | Bessie Smith | The Complete Recordings, Volume 4 | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Frog Records (UK jazz reissues) | DGF43 |
| 1.18 | I Ain't Goin' to Play No Second Fiddle | 3:24 | Bessie Smith | Bessie Smith Vol. 2 'St. Louis Blues': Original Recordings 1924-1925 | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Naxos Blues Legends | 8-120691 |
| 1.2 | I Ain't Goin' to Play No Second Fiddle | 3:22 | Bessie Smith | Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Bessie Smith | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | CK 90493 |
| 1.2 | I Ain't Goin' to Play No Second Fiddle | 3:22 | Bessie Smith | Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Bessie Smith | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 512572 2 |
| 1.15 | I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:25 | Bessie Smith | Greatest Hits | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.9 | I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:22 | Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Green & Fletcher Henderson | Jazz in the Charts 004 (1925–1926) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Membran Music Ltd. | 223703-222 |
| 3.21 | I Ain't Going to Play Second Fiddle | 3:23 | Bessie Smith | Queen of the Blues, Volume 1 | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| JSP Records | JSP929A, JSP929B, JSP929C, JSP929D |
| 1.16 | Ain't Gonna Play Second Fiddle | 3:21 | Bessie Smith | The Essence of Bessie Smith | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Delta Music (main label of Delta Music GmbH and its UK & US subsidiaries) | 33311 |
| 92.14 | I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:29 | Bessie Smith | The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 1/5: Classic Jazz – From New Orleans to Harlem | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Membran International GmbH | 232093 |
| 1.21 | I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:22 | Bessie Smith | The Anthology | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Not Now Music | |
| 1.2 | I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:24 | Bessie Smith | The Perfect Blues Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music UK (~2002-2006) | 886978478320 |
| 1.3 | I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | 3:22 | Bessie Smith | The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Bessie Smith | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| World Music Network | RGNET1264CD |
| 1.15 | I Ain't Goin' to Play No Second Fiddle | 3:21 | Bessie Smith | Bessie Smith Blues Queen | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation |
| Phoenix Records (Spanish jazz reissue label) | 131538 |
| 1.19 | I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle | 3:23 | Bessie Smith | The Best Of | Bessie Smith | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| recorded in: | New York, New York, United States (on 1925-05-27) |
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| cornet: | Louis Armstrong (on 1925-05-27) |
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| piano: | Fletcher Henderson (on 1925-05-27) |
| trombone: | Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1925-05-27) |
| vocals: | Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-05-27) |
| other databases: | https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000030395 [info] |
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| recording of: | I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (on 1925-05-27) |
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Related works
I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
| lyricist and composer: | John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford |
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