Die Hit-Giganten: Best of Swing & Jazz

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▼CD 1
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1Who’s Got the Action?
recording of:
Who’s Got the Action
writer:
Jack Brooks (English-American lyricist) and George Duning
Dean Martin2:37
2Cheek to Cheek
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-06-26)
vocals:
Fred Astaire (on 1935-06-26)
orchestra:
Leo Reisman & His Orchestra (on 1935-06-26)
recording of:
Cheek to Cheek (from “Top Hat”) (on 1935-06-26)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1935)
publisher:
Irving Berlin (England) Music Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp., 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:
Top Hat (1935 film)
Fred Astaire3:19
3You Do Something to Me
recording of:
You Do Something to Me (Fifty Million Frenchmen musical comedy)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1929)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
Fifty Million Frenchmen
Frank Sinatra2:36
4Night and Day
cover recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: File NO Releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
Tony Bennett3:36
5My Baby Just Cares for Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1957-12)
double bass:
Jimmy Bond (in 1957-12)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (in 1957-12)
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1957-12)
vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1957-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bethlehem Records (US jazz label, active 1950s–) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Beltone Studios in New York, New York, United States (in 1957-12)
cover recording of:
My Baby Just Cares for Me (in 1957-12)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Chappell Music Co. Inc., Donaldson Publishing Company, Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Gus Kahn Music Co., The Songwriters Guild and Tobago Music Co.
Nina Simone43:38
6Mack the Knife
cover recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
Louis Armstrong3:21
7I Got Rhythm
recording of:
I Got Rhythm
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)
The Oscar Peterson Trio3:03
8Work Song
Oscar Brown Jr.2:34
9Mood Indigo
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1956-01-23)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Russell Procope (on 1956-01-23)
baritone saxophone:
Harry Carney (on 1956-01-23)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1956-01-23)
double bass:
Jimmy Woode (on 1956-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1956-01-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1956-01-23)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Gonsalves (on 1956-01-23)
trombone:
Quentin Jackson (on 1956-01-23) and Britt Woodman (on 1956-01-23)
trumpet:
William “Cat” Anderson (on 1956-01-23), Willie Cook (on 1956-01-23), Ray Nance (on 1956-01-23) and Cootie Williams (on 1956-01-23)
valve trombone:
John Sanders (US jazz trombonist) (on 1956-01-23)
lead vocals:
Rosemary Clooney (on 1956-01-23)
recording of:
Mood Indigo (1930 jazz composition and song) (on 1956-01-23)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1930)
composer:
Barney Bigard (in 1930) and Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1930)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (in 1930), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) (in 1930) and Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. (in 1930)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Rosemary Clooney with Duke Ellington6:31
10Wonderful, Wonderful
recording of:
Wonderful, Wonderful
lyricist:
Ben Raleigh
composer:
Sherman Edwards
Johnny Mathis2:49
11The Girl From Ipanema
Percy Faith2:33
12Taking a Chance on Love
Ray Conniff2:34
13Dream a Little Dream of Me
recording of:
Dream a Little Dream of Me
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1931)
composer:
Fabian André (in 1931) and Wilbur Schwandt (in 1931)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Essex Music, Inc., Étienne Marrix Music, Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Gilbert Keyes Music Company, Infoswan Publications, One Less Car Music, Words & Music, Inc. (US work publisher) and ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Doris Day3:45
14Satin Doll
recording of:
Satin Doll
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1953)
additional composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1953)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1953)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Duke Ellington Music, Tempo Music Inc and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Duke Ellington3:50
15Robbin’s Nest
Erroll Garner3:20
16Caldonia
recording of:
Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head Hard?)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Fleecie Moore
writer:
Fleecie Moore
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., Cherio Corp. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (on 1945-04-16)
Woody Herman3:04
17The Calloway Boogie
recording of:
The Calloway Boogie (on 1947-12-11)
writer:
Cab Calloway and Allen Leroy Gibson
Cab Calloway3:05
18From Russia With Love
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
lead vocals:
Matt Monro
conductor:
John Barry (English score composer)
arranger:
John Barry (English score composer)
recording of:
From Russia With Love
lyricist and composer:
Lionel Bart
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
part of:
From Russia With Love (score/soundtrack of the 1963 James Bond film of the same name)
Matt Monro3.352:36
19Love for Sale
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1965-02-10)
producer:
Clyde Otis (American songwriter and record producer)
bass:
James Richardson (on 1965-02-10)
drums (drum set):
Hindal Butts (on 1965-02-10)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1965-02-10)
vocals:
Aretha Franklin (on 1965-02-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1965)
live cover recording of:
Love for Sale (on 1965-02-10)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Aretha Franklin32:32
20Them There Eyes
Carmen McRae2:49
21Cantaloupe Island
recording of:
Cantaloupe Island
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
publisher:
Hancock Music Company
Herbie Hancock5:31
▼CD 2
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1Take Five
Dave Brubeck2:59
2Milestones
recording of:
Milestones (originally titled “Miles”)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Champs Élysées Nouv Société, EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Jazz Horn Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Miles Davis5:44
3In the Mood
recording of:
In the Mood
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Wingy Manone
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein and Co. Limited and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部
is based on:
Tar Paper Stomp
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Glenn Miller3:35
4Brazil
Ray Conniff3:06
5You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Liza Minnelli2:34
6I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Mel Tormé2:55
7Black Coffee
lead vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1949-01-20)
orchestra:
Joe Lipman & His Orchestra (on 1949-01-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
recording of:
Black Coffee (1948 song) (on 1949-01-20)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1948)
composer:
Sonny Burke (producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) (in 1948)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC-based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it), Chelsea Music Publishing Co., Ltd., Sondot Music Corp. and Webster Music Co.
Sarah Vaughan53:19
8Smooth Sailing
bass guitar:
Arnold Fishkind (on 1951-06-26)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Blowers (on 1951-06-26)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1951-06-26)
background vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers (on 1951-06-26)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1951-06-26)
recording of:
Smooth Sailing (Instrumental) (on 1951-06-26)
composer:
Arnett Cobb
publisher:
Wayne Music (smooth sailing - Cobb)
Ella Fitzgerald3:07
9I’m Coming Virginia
Jimmy Rushing2:20
10On the Sunny Side of the Street
cover recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部
part of:
American Splendor
Peggy Lee3:13
11Embarcadero
Paul Desmond3:59
12Good Bait
recording of:
Good Bait
lyricist:
Tadd Dameron
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Tadd Dameron
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Dizzy Gillespie3:02
13Girl Talk
Neal Hefti Chorus & Orchestra2:54
14Get Happy
recording of:
Get Happy
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1929)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1929)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Remick Music Corp., S.A. Music Co. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
music quoted on:
Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart")
part of:
Summer Stock
part of:
The Nine‐Fifteen Revue (1930)
Benny Goodman3:09
15Swing Is Here
Gene Krupa’s Swing Band2:57
16Bryant’s Folly
Ray Bryant4:51
17Mr. Kicks
Oscar Brown Jr.2:05
18Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
Billie Holiday2:59
19Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway3:17
20Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
vocals:
Andy Williams (US pop/jazz vocalist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1967)
recording of:
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
writer:
Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing (WP) Ltd., EMI Music Publishing France, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Saturday Music, Inc., Seasons Four Music Corp., Windswept Pacific Music Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30), Seasons Four Music (in 1967) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
cover recording of:
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
writer:
Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing (WP) Ltd., EMI Music Publishing France, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Saturday Music, Inc., Seasons Four Music Corp., Windswept Pacific Music Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30), Seasons Four Music (in 1967) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Andy Williams43:14
21Mr. Bojangles
cover recording of:
Mr. Bojangles
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Jeff Walker
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Gotillion Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Sammy Davis Jr.5:44
▼CD 3
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1Puttin’ on the Ritz
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 Astaire2:38
2Take the ‚a‘ Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train
publisher:
Billy Strayhorn (on 1941-06-12)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Tempo (on 1943-02-19)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Duke Ellington & Count Basie3:48
3Anything Goes
Cole Porter with Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks3:11
4Pennsylvania 6–5000
recording of:
PEnnsylvania 6‒5000
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
written at:
Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, New York, United States (in 1940)
Glenn Miller3:17
5Sing, Sing, Sing
recording of:
Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Prima
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.) (ended) and EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (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), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
Henry Mancini3:13
6Guaglione
Pérez Prado2:26
7'Murder' He Says
Anita O’Day & Roy Eldridge3:21
8Let’s Fall in Love
Vic Damone2:01
9Sugar Foot Stomp
recording of:
Sugarfoot Stomp
composer:
Louis Armstrong and King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
Fletcher Henderson2:51
10Good Queen Bess
Johnny Hodges3:01
11I Could Write a Book
Betty Carter & Ray Bryant2:40
12Over the Rainbow
recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (S.E. Asia) Ltd., Taiwan, フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present) 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:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 12)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
Chet Baker3:30
13Heart and Soul
Larry Clinton3:59
14The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Sonny Rollins3:32
15One O’Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Count Basie3:06
16Stompin’ at the Savoy
Chick Webb3:13
17Charleston
recording of:
Charleston (on 1925-05-07)
lyricist:
Cecil Mack (in 1923)
composer:
James P. Johnson (in 1923)
publisher:
Salabert
Paul Whiteman2:48
18Ain’t Misbehavin’
Fats Waller4:00
19How 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
Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee3:07
20Somethin’ Stupid
cover recording of:
Somethin’ Stupid
lyricist and composer:
Carson Parks
publisher:
Greenwood Music, Montclare Music and Montclare Music Co Ltd.
recording of:
Somethin’ Stupid
lyricist and composer:
Carson Parks
publisher:
Greenwood Music, Montclare Music and Montclare Music Co Ltd.
Andy Williams2:58
21Summertime
recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
lyrics quoted on:
Doin’ Time
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Billie Holiday2:54

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part of:Die Hit-Giganten (number: 2016-05-20.2) (order: 66)