Complete 1943-1951 Mercury Master Takes

~ Release by Dinah Washington (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼CD 1
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1Embraceable You
cover recording of:
Embraceable You
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music, New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
music quoted on:
Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart")
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
2:57
2I Can’t Get Started
cover recording of:
I Can’t Get Started
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with 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 (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
2:49
3When a Woman Loves a Man
cover recording of:
When a Woman Loves a Man
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1938)
composer:
Bernie Hanighen (in 1938) and Gordon Jenkins (in 1938)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
2:56
4Joy Juice
2:49
5Oo Wee Walkie Talkie
2:43
6The Man I Love
2:59
7You Didn’t Want Me Then
2:32
8A Slick Chick (on the Mellow Side)
recording of:
A Slick Chick (On the Mellow Side)
lyricist and composer:
Harvey Brooks (US jazz pianist and composer)
2:43
9Postman Blues
2:56
10That’s Why a Woman Loves a Heel
2:54
11Stairway to the Stars
cover recording of:
Stairway to the Stars
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
3:01
12I Want to Be Loved
cover recording of:
I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)
lyricist and composer:
William “Pat” Best
2:54
13You Satisfy
2:50
14Fool That I Am
cover recording of:
Fool That I Am
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Hunt
2:34
15There’s Got to Be a Change
2:36
16Mean and Evil Blues
recording of:
Mean and Evil Blues
composer:
Claude Demetrius and Irene Higginbotham
2:50
17Since I Fell for You
cover recording of:
Since I Fell for You
lyricist and composer:
Buddy Johnson (in 1945)
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (ended), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (ended) and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
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
2:41
18West Side Baby
2:59
19You Can Depend on Me
cover recording of:
You Can Depend on Me
composer:
Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
2:44
20Early in the Morning
cover recording of:
Early in the Morning
writer:
Dallas Bartley, Leo Hickman and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
publisher:
Cherio Corp.
2:37
21I’m Afraid of You
cover recording of:
I’m Afraid of You
writer:
Teddy McRae and Frances Kraft Reckling
2:52
22I Love You, Yes I Do
cover recording of:
I Love You, Yes I Do
lyricist and composer:
Henry Glover and Sally Nix
2:40
23Mean and Evil Blues
recording of:
Mean and Evil Blues
composer:
Claude Demetrius and Irene Higginbotham
1:55
24Evil Gal Blues
cover recording of:
Evil Gal Blues
lyricist:
Lionel Hampton
composer:
Leonard Feather
publisher:
Modern Age Music Co.
2:55
25I Know How to Do It
recording of:
I Know How to Do It
writer:
Leonard Feather and Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist)
3:13
26Salty Papa Blues
recording of:
Salty Papa Blues
writer:
Leonard Feather and Lionel Hampton
3:05
27Homeward Bound
recording of:
Homeward Bound
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Feather
2:50
▼CD 2
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1Don’t Come Knockin’ at My Door
2:56
2I Wish I Knew the Name of the Boy
2:33
3No More Lonely Gal Blues
2:51
4Walkin’ and Talkin’
recording of:
Walkin’ and Talkin’
lyricist and composer:
Leo Hickman
2:35
5Ain’t Misbehavin’
cover recording of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1929)
composer:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) (in 1929) and Fats Waller (in 1929)
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
2:51
6What Can I Say After I Am Sorry
cover recording of:
What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry?
lyricist and composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1926) and Abe Lyman (in 1926)
2:40
7Tell Me So
2:41
8I Can’t Face the Music
cover recording of:
I Can’t Face the Music
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist)
2:59
9Pete
2:24
10Am I Asking Too Much
2:51
11I’m Getting Old Before My Time
3:00
12Record Ban Blues
3:18
13Resolution Blues
vocals:
Dinah Washington (in 1949)
recording of:
Resolution Blues
writer:
Leonard Swain and Dinah Washington
3:18
14I Want to Cry
cover recording of:
I Want to Cry
lyricist:
Lille Randall
composer:
Harry Pirone
3:13
15Long John Blues
vocals:
Dinah Washington (in 1948)
recording of:
Long John Blues
lyricist and composer:
Tommy George
3:12
16In the Rain
2:56
17I Sold My Heart to the Junkman
cover recording of:
I Sold My Heart to the Junkman
writer:
Leon René and Otis René
3:11
18I’ll Wait
recording of:
I'll Wait
lyricist and composer:
Alec Wilder
3:07
19It’s Too Soon to Know
cover recording of:
It’s Too Soon to Know
lyricist and composer:
Deborah Chessler
2:44
20Why Can’t You Behave
2:49
21It’s Funny
2:38
22Laughing Boy
cover recording of:
Laughing Boy
lyricist and composer:
Jack Segal (US songwriter)
2:34
23Am I Really Sorry
2:54
▼CD 3
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1How Deep Is the Ocean
cover recording of:
How Deep Is the Ocean?
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1932)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
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
3:04
2New York, Chicago & Los Angeles
recording of:
New York, Chicago and Los Angeles (Dinah Washington song composed by "Mitchell")
writer:
Mitchell
2:00
3Give Me Back My Tears
2:41
4Good Daddy Blues
2:27
5Baby Get Lost
recording of:
Baby Get Lost
writer:
Leonard Feather and Billy Moore, Jr. (40s US composer/arranger)
publisher:
Modern Age Music Co.
2:53
6I Only Know
2:29
7Drummer Man
2:48
8I Challenge Your Kiss
cover recording of:
I Challenge Your Kiss
writer:
Leon Gary and Stephen Paul (''I Challenge Your Kiss'' co-writer)
3:14
9Fast Movin’ Mama
2:16
10Juice Head Man of Mine
recording of:
Juice Head Blues
writer:
Dinah Washington
2:46
11Shuckin’ and Jivin’
2:23
12Richest Guy in the Graveyard
2:55
13Journey’s End
recording of:
Journey’s End
writer:
Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987), Lucky Millinder and Jimmy Mundy
3:13
14It Isn’t Far
cover recording of:
It Isn’t Fair
writer:
Richard Himber, Sylvester Sprigato and Frank Warshauer
3:04
15My Kind of Man
3:27
16If I Loved You
cover recording of:
If I Loved You (Carousel)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
2:30
17Why Don’t You Think Things Over
2:33
18Big Deal
vocals:
Dinah Washington (in 1950)
recording of:
Big Deal
writer:
Teddy Stewart and Dinah Washington
2:45
19I’ll Never Be Free
cover recording of:
I’ll Never Be Free
writer:
Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss
publisher:
Abilene Music Inc. (in 1950, in 1977) and Claude A. Music Co. (in 1950, in 1977)
2:47
20I Wanna Be Loved
cover recording of:
I Wanna Be Loved
lyricist:
Edward Heyman and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1932)
2:52
21Love (Me) With Misery
2:57
22Harbor Lights
cover recording of:
Harbour Lights
lyricist:
Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
composer:
Hugh Williams (aka Hugh Williams)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
3:05
23I Cross My Fingers
3:01
24Time Out for Tears
cover recording of:
Time Out for Tears
writer:
Irving Berman and Abe Schiff
3:20
▼CD 4
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1Only a Moment Ago
cover recording of:
Only A Moment Ago
lyricist:
Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
composer:
Milton Ager
2:59
2Fine Fine Daddy
2:34
3Please Send Me Someone to Love
cover recording of:
Please Send Me Someone to Love
lyricist and composer:
Percy Mayfield (until 1950)
publisher:
ATV Music
3:04
4Ain’t Nobody’a Business But My Own
cover recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
3:09
5I’m So Lonely I Could Cry
3:13
6My Heart Cries for You
cover recording of:
My Heart Cries for You
additional writer:
Percy Faith and Carl Sigman
is based on:
La Jardinière du roi
2:46
7I Apologize
recording of:
I Apologize
writer:
Ed G. Nelson (Popular music songwriter and bandleader), Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman
publisher:
DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc.
3:21
8I Won’t Cry Anymore
vocals:
Dinah Washington (in 1951)
conductor:
Jimmy Carroll (1913 - 1972, songwriter, orchestra arranger & conductor) (in 1951)
cover recording of:
I Won’t Cry Anymore (in 1951)
lyricist:
Fred Wise
composer:
Al Frisch
publisher:
Erika Publishing, Myra Music Co. and United Music Corp.
recording of:
I Won’t Cry Anymore
lyricist:
Fred Wise
composer:
Al Frisch
publisher:
Erika Publishing, Myra Music Co. and United Music Corp.
3:25
9Don’t Say You’re Sorry Anymore
3:18
10Mixed Emotions
3:01
11Cold, Cold Heart
cover recording of:
Cold, Cold Heart
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Rightsong Music Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-02-16)
3:23
12Baby Did You Hear
recording of:
Baby, Did You Hear?
writer:
Robert M. Ecton and Katie Lee (US folk singer, actress, writer, photographer & environmental activist)
3:07
13New Blowtop Blues
cover recording of:
New Blowtop Blues
writer:
Jane Feather and Leonard Feather
2:41
14What’s the Matter With Baby
2:43
15Don’t Hold It Against Me
2:52
16Be Fair to Me
2:59
17Just One More Chance
cover recording of:
Just One More Chance
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
2:55
18Saturday Night
2:30
19If You Don’t Think I Am Leavin’
2:43
20I’m a Fool to Want You
cover recording of:
I’m a Fool to Want You
writer:
Joel Herron (in 1951), Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (in 1951) and Jack Wolf (in 1951)
publisher:
Barton Music Corp., Integrity Music Corp., Sergeant Music Co., The International Music Network and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
2:41
21I’m Crying
2:44
22Out in the Cold Again
cover recording of:
Out in the Cold Again
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
3:14
23Hey, Good Looking
cover recording of:
Hey, Good Lookin’
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-03-16)
2:43