The 1930's: The Singers

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Tracklist

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1(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue
double bass:
Joe Tarto (on 1930-04-01)
guitar:
Tony Colucci (guitarist) (on 1930-04-01)
piano:
Frank Signorelli (on 1930-04-01)
violin:
Ben Selvin (on 1930-04-01)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1930-04-01)
recording of:
Black and Blue (on 1930-04-01)
lyricist:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) and Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
publisher:
Memory Lane Music Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Ethel Waters3:05
2Blue Again
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1931-04-20)
alto saxophone:
Lester Boone (on 1931-04-20)
baritone saxophone:
George James (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-04-20)
drums (drum set):
Tubby Hall (on 1931-04-20)
guitar:
Mike McKendrick (Jazz banjo and guitar) (on 1931-04-20)
piano:
Charlie Alexander (US jazz pianist) (on 1931-04-20)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Washington (jazz tenor sax) (on 1931-04-20)
trombone:
Preston Jackson (jazz trombonist) (on 1931-04-20)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-04-20)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-04-20)
recording of:
Blue Again (on 1931-04-20)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra3:13
3(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal, You
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. (PRS-affiliated)
Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra3:14
4I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby
recording of:
I’m Crazy ’bout My Baby (and My Baby’s Crazy ’bout Me) (on 1931-03-05)
lyricist:
Alexander Hill (American jazz pianist)
composer:
Fats Waller
Fats Waller with Ted Lewis and His Orchestra3:10
5Dinah
orchestra:
Benny Krueger Brunswick Studio Orchestra
performer:
The Mills Brothers
recording of:
Dinah (on 1931-12-16)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
B & G Akst Publishing Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
The Girl’s Suite
Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers2:53
6Old Yazoo
recording of:
Old Yazoo (on 1932-06-29)
writer:
Fats Waller
The Boswell Sisters3:14
7The River's Taking Care of Me
Connee Boswell with The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:02
8All My Life
Ella Fitzgerald with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:12
9Doin' What I Please
Don Redman and His Orchestra2:56
10My Old Man
recording of:
My Old Man (on 1933-12-06)
writer:
Bernie Hanighen and Johnny Mercer
The Spirits of Rhythm2:53
11Frankie and Johnny
recording of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of "Frankie and Albert")
publisher:
Carl Sandburg (in 1927)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 254)
is based on:
You’re My Baby
version of:
Frankie and Albert (traditional song without the lyrics from "You’re My Baby", first published 1904)
Chick Bullock & His Levee Loungers3:09
12Chasin' Shadows
recording of:
Chasing Shadows
lyricist:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter)
composer:
Abner Silver
Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang3:03
13Out Where the Blue Begins
Henry “Red” Allen and His Orchestra2:58
14Lover Come Back to Me
clarinet:
Hank D'Amico (on 1938-01-10)
double bass:
Pete Peterson (jazz bassist) (on 1938-01-10)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1938-01-10)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1938-01-10)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1938-01-10)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1938-01-10)
trumpet:
Jimmy Blake (jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-01-10)
vocals:
Mildred Bailey (on 1938-01-10)
recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (The New Moon) (on 1938-01-10)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and 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) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II
Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra3:17
15Rose of the Rio Grande
recording of:
Rose of the Rio Grande
lyricist:
Edgar Leslie
composer:
Ross Gorman and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:58
16Mean to Me
recording of:
Mean to Me
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:08
17Mama's Gone - Goodbye
vocals:
Midge Williams (on 1937-11-23)
recording of:
Mama’s Gone, Goodbye (on 1937-11-23)
writer:
Peter Bocage and Armand J. Piron
Midge Williams and Her Jazz Jesters3:01