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▼CD 1: Cotton Club Stomp
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Cotton Club Stomp
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra2:55
2Rhythm Is Our Business
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra3:13
3All of Me
recording of:
All of Me
writer:
Gerald Marks (in 1932) and Seymour Simons (in 1932)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Marlong Music Corp., Peermusic, Round Hill Songs, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and 日音 Synch事業部
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra3:00
4Exactly Like You
recording of:
Exactly Like You
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1930)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) (in 1930)
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:42
5Harlem Shout
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra3:03
6Ain’t Misbehavin’
Fats Waller and His Rhythm3:58
7Tuxedo Junction
Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra3:17
8Billie’s Blues
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:41
9Stormy Weather
Ethel Waters3:11
10Fine and Mellow
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:15
11It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
Fats Waller and His Rhythm2:56
12I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), 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 (holding company - do not use as release label), 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 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra2:57
13Harlem Joys
Willie “The Lion” Smith and His Cubs2:44
14Kickin’ the Gong Around
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:19
15Diga Diga Doo
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra2:53
16Nagasaki
recording of:
Nagasaki
lyricist:
Mort Dixon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1928)
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra3:28
17One O’Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:02
18Harlem Congo
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-11-01)
alto saxophone:
Chauncey Haughton (on 1937-11-01) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1937-11-01, on 1937-11-10)
alto saxophone and clarinet and clarinet:
Chauncey Haughton (on 1937-11-01)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1937-11-01)
double bass [bass]:
Beverly Peer (on 1937-11-10)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1937-11-01, on 1937-11-10)
guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1937-11-01, on 1937-11-10)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1937-11-01, on 1937-11-10)
reeds:
Chauncey Haughton (on 1937-11-01, on 1937-11-10) and Teddy McRae (on 1937-11-10)
tenor saxophone:
Wayman Carver (on 1937-11-01), Teddy McRae (on 1937-11-01) and Elmer Williams (on 1937-11-01)
trombone:
Nat Story (on 1937-11-01, on 1937-11-10) and Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1937-11-01, on 1937-11-10)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1937-11-01, on 1937-11-10), Taft Jordan (on 1937-11-01, on 1937-11-10) and Bobby Stark (on 1937-11-01, on 1937-11-10)
woodwind:
Wayman Carver (on 1937-11-01, on 1937-11-10)
conductor:
Chick Webb (on 1937-11-01)
arranger:
Charlie Dixon (Jazz banjoist) (on 1937-11-01)
recording of:
Harlem Congo (on 1937-11-01)
composer:
Harry White (jazz trombonist)
recording of:
Harlem Congo (on 1937-11-10)
composer:
Harry White (jazz trombonist)
Chick Webb and His Orchestra3:15
19Christopher Columbus
recording of:
Christopher Columbus
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Leon “Chu” Berry
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra3:05
20Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra3:10
▼CD 2: Top Hat and Tails
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Puttin’ on the Ritz
vocals:
Fred Astaire (in 1937)
recording of:
Puttin’ On the Ritz (in 1937)
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 Astaire2:10
2Undecided
Ella Fitzgerald3:18
3Bei mir bist du schön
vocals:
The Andrews Sisters (on 1937-11-24)
recording of:
Bei mir bist du schön (English version) (on 1937-11-24)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
additional composer:
Saul Chaplin
composer:
Sholom Secunda
translated version of:
בײַ מיר ביסטו שיין (Bay mir bistu sheyn)
The Andrews Sisters3:09
4Too Marvellous for Words
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1937-03-03)
alto saxophone:
Jack Stacey (on 1937-03-03)
double bass:
Slim Taft (on 1937-03-03)
drums (drum set):
Ray McKinley (on 1937-03-03)
guitar:
Roc Hillman (songwriter, arranger) (on 1937-03-03)
piano:
Bobby Van Eps (on 1937-03-03)
reeds:
Jimmy Dorsey (on 1937-03-03)
saxophone:
Fud Livingston (on 1937-03-03)
tenor saxophone:
Skeets Herfurt (on 1937-03-03)
trombone:
Bobby Byrne (on 1937-03-03), Don Matteson (on 1937-03-03) and Joe Yukl (on 1937-03-03)
trumpet:
Tutti Camarata (on 1937-03-03) and George Thow (on 1937-03-03)
lead vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1937-03-03)
orchestra:
Jimmy Dorsey’s Orchestra
conductor:
Jimmy Dorsey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.)
recording of:
Too Marvelous for Words (on 1937-03-03)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1937)
composer:
Richard A. Whiting (in 1937)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Victoria Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Harms, Inc. (on 1937-01-25)
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 (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Bing Crosby3:04
5Let Yourself Go
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1936-01-30)
vocals:
Fred Astaire (on 1936-01-30)
orchestra:
Johnny Green and His Orchestra with Chorus (on 1936-01-30)
recording of:
Let Yourself Go (from “Follow the Fleet”) (on 1936-01-30)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1936)
Fred Astaire2:37
6Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-06-27)
vocals:
Fred Astaire (on 1935-06-27)
orchestra:
Johnny Green and His Orchestra (on 1935-06-27)
recording of:
Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (from “Top Hat”) (on 1935-06-27)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1935)
part of:
Top Hat (1935 film)
Fred Astaire2:41
7I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Dick Powell3:00
8Zing Went the Strings of My Heart
vocals:
Judy Garland (on 1939-07-29)
recording of:
Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart (on 1939-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
James F. Hanley
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Judy Garland53:02
9That’s What Love Did to Me
Lena Horne3:07
10The Way You Look Tonight
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1936-07-26)
vocals:
Fred Astaire (on 1936-07-26)
orchestra:
Johnny Green and His Orchestra (on 1936-07-26)
recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”) (on 1936-07-26)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1936)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 9)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
Fred Astaire3:09
11Somebody Loves Me
recording of:
Somebody Loves Me
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva and Ballard MacDonald
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Stephen Ballentine Music Publishing Co.
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
Bing Crosby2:45
12They Can’t Take That Away From Me
vocals:
Fred Astaire
recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
Fred Astaire3:57
13The Folks Who Live on the Hill
recording of:
The Folks Who Live on the Hill
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
High, Wide and Handsome (1937 film)
Bing Crosby3:09
14Let’s Face the Music and Dance
Fred Astaire2:34
15Shall We Dance?
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1937-03-21)
vocals:
Fred Astaire (on 1937-03-21)
orchestra:
Johnny Green and His Orchestra (on 1937-03-21)
recording of:
Shall We Dance (on 1937-03-21)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
Fred Astaire2:32
16I Got Rhythm
Fred Rich and His Orchestra3:12
17Pick Yourself Up
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1936-07-26)
vocals:
Fred Astaire (on 1936-07-26)
orchestra:
Johnny Green and His Orchestra (on 1936-07-26)
recording of:
Pick Yourself Up (from “Swing Time”) (on 1936-07-26)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
Swing Time (film)
Fred Astaire2:57
18It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
recording of:
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1931)
composer:
Edward Kennedy "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)
The Mills Brothers2:49
19Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1937-03-03)
vocals:
Fred Astaire (on 1937-03-03)
orchestra:
Johnny Green and His Orchestra (on 1937-03-03)
recording of:
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (from “Shall We Dance”) (on 1937-03-03)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
Fred Astaire3:15
20Nice Work If You Can Get It
vocals:
The Andrews Sisters (on 1937-11-24)
conductor:
Vic Schoen (on 1937-11-24)
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (on 1937-11-24)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway Musical)
The Andrews Sisters2:50
21They All Laughed
Fred Astaire2:42
▼CD 3: Falling in Love Again
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Falling in Love Again
vocals:
Marlene Dietrich (actress and singer) (on 1939-12-11)
orchestra:
Victor Young and His Orchestra (on 1939-12-11)
recorded at:
Decca Studios (Hollywood; fka Recordings, Inc. 1934–40, before Decca took it over) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1939-12-11)
recording of:
Falling in Love Again (Can’t Help It) (on 1939-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
Friedrich Hollaender
translator:
Reginald Connelly and Sammy Lerner
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, BMG Songs, Inc. (in 1930) and Samuel M. Lerner Publications (in 1930)
translated version of:
Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt
Marlene Dietrich2:56
2Love Is the Sweetest Thing
Al Bowlly3:22
3Begin the Beguine
recording of:
Begin the Beguine
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell Music, Inc., 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 (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
Jubilee
Hutch3:05
4Isn’t It Romantic?
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans2:52
5The Continental
Lew Stone & His Band3:02
6Boum
vocals:
Charles Trenet (on 1938-09-30)
orchestra:
Orchestre Wal-Berg (on 1938-09-30)
conductor:
Wal-Berg (on 1938-09-30)
recording of:
Boum ! (on 1938-09-30)
lyricist and composer:
Charles Trenet (in 1938)
publisher:
Éditions Raoul Breton
Charles Trenet2:34
7Si j’étais blanche
Joséphine Baker2:43
8C’est vrai
vocals:
Mistinguett (in 1935)
conductor:
Pierre Chagnon (Conductor - Composer) (in 1935)
recording of:
C’est vrai (Revue des Folies‐Bergères « Folies en folie ») (in 1935)
lyricist:
Albert Willemetz
composer:
Casimir Oberfeld
Mistinguett2:48
9Vous qui passez sans me voir
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1936-06-19)
recording engineer:
Georges Cailly
piano:
Alec Siniavine (on 1936-06-19)
vocals:
Jean Sablon (French actor, songwriter, jazz singer) (on 1936-06-19)
conductor:
Wal-Berg (on 1936-06-19)
recorded at:
Studio Albert in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1936-06-19)
recording of:
Vous qui passez sans me voir (on 1936-06-19)
lyricist:
Charles Trenet (in 1936)
composer:
Paul Misraki and Johnny Hess (in 1936)
publisher:
Éditions Raoul Breton
Jean Sablon3:06
10J’ai deux amours
vocals:
Joséphine Baker (from 1930-10-22 until 1930-10-23, in 1956) and Adrien Lamy (from 1930-10-22 until 1930-10-23)
orchestra:
Orchestre Mélodic Jazz du Casino de Paris (from 1930-10-22 until 1930-10-23) and Jo Bouillon et son orchestre (in 1956)
conductor:
Edmond Mahieux (french conductor and composer) (from 1930-10-22 until 1930-10-23)
recording of:
J’ai deux amours (from 1930-10-22 until 1930-10-23)
lyricist:
Géo Koger and Henri Varna (French lyricist)
composer:
Vincent Scotto
recording of:
J’ai deux amours (in 1956)
lyricist:
Géo Koger and Henri Varna (French lyricist)
composer:
Vincent Scotto
Joséphine Baker3:13
11Je cherche un millionaire
vocals:
Mistinguett (in 1938, on 1938-01-19) and Léo Kok (on 1938-01-19)
orchestra:
Orchestre Marcel Pagnoul (on 1938-01-19)
conductor:
Marcel Pagnoul (conductor) (in 1938)
recording of:
Je cherche un millionaire (on 1938-01-19)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
translator:
Léopold de Lima and Marcel Cabridens (french writer and lyricist)
translated version of:
I’m Feelin’ Like a Million (film "Broadway Melody of 1938")
Mistinguett3:07
12Haïti
vocals:
Joséphine Baker (on 1934-11-16)
orchestra:
Jazz du Poste Parisien (on 1934-11-16)
conductor:
Alain Romans (on 1934-11-16)
recording of:
Haiti (du film "Zouzou") (on 1934-11-16)
lyricist:
Émile Audiffred (French singer, librettist, lyricist) (in 1934)
composer:
Vincent Scotto (in 1934)
recording of:
Haiti
lyricist:
Caetano Veloso
composer:
Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso
Joséphine Baker3:17
13There’s a Small Hotel
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans2:57
14Mad About the Boy
Gertrude Lawrence3:14
15Dance Little Lady
vocals:
Noël Coward (on 1928-04-25)
conductor:
Carroll Gibbons (on 1928-04-25)
recording of:
Dance Little Lady (from "This Year of Grace") (on 1928-04-25)
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
part of:
This Year of Grace
Noël Coward2:47
16Someday I’ll Find You
Gertrude Lawrence3:06
17Let’s Do It
Hutch3:31
18Sophisticated Lady
Jimmy Messene3:04
19Stardust
Nat Gonella and His Georgians3:05
20Goodnight Sweetheart
Al Bowlly3:20