The Chronological Classics: Willie Lewis and His Entertainers 1936-1938

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1Sing, Sing, Sing
alto saxophone:
George Johnson (1930s American jazz musician, worked primarily in Europe) (on 1936-10-15) and Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1936-10-15)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-10-15)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1936-10-15)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1936-10-15)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1936-10-15)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1936-10-15)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1936-10-15)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1936-10-15)
trumpet:
Arthur Briggs (on 1936-10-15) and Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1936-10-15)
recording of:
Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) (on 1936-10-15)
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)
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers2:41
2Knock, Knock, Who's There?
alto saxophone:
George Johnson (1930s American jazz musician, worked primarily in Europe) (on 1936-10-15) and Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1936-10-15)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-10-15)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1936-10-15)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1936-10-15)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1936-10-15)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1936-10-15)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1936-10-15)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1936-10-15)
trumpet:
Arthur Briggs (on 1936-10-15) and Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1936-10-15)
recording of:
Knock, Knock, Who's There? (1936 version) (on 1936-10-15)
writer:
William Henry Davies, Vincent Lopez (American bandleader and pianist), Johnny Morris (Jazz pianist) and Johnny Tipson
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers3:04
3Sweet Sue
alto saxophone:
George Johnson (1930s American jazz musician, worked primarily in Europe) (on 1936-10-15) and Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1936-10-15)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-10-15)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1936-10-15)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1936-10-15)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1936-10-15)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1936-10-15)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1936-10-15)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1936-10-15)
trumpet:
Arthur Briggs (on 1936-10-15) and Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1936-10-15)
recording of:
Sweet Sue, Just You (on 1936-10-15)
lyricist:
Will J. Harris (early 1900s songwriter/lyricist)
composer:
Will J. Harris (early 1900s songwriter/lyricist) and Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd.
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers2:59
4Organ Grinder's Swing
alto saxophone:
George Johnson (1930s American jazz musician, worked primarily in Europe) (on 1936-10-15) and Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1936-10-15)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-10-15)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1936-10-15)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1936-10-15)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1936-10-15)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1936-10-15)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1936-10-15)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1936-10-15)
trumpet:
Arthur Briggs (on 1936-10-15) and Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1936-10-15)
recording of:
Organ Grinder’s Swing (on 1936-10-15)
lyricist:
Irving Mills and Mitchell Parish
composer:
Will Hudson
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers3:27
5On Your Toes
alto saxophone:
George Johnson (1930s American jazz musician, worked primarily in Europe) (on 1936-11-12) and Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1936-11-12)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-11-12)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1936-11-12)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1936-11-12)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1936-11-12)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1936-11-12)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1936-11-12)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1936-11-12)
trumpet:
Arthur Briggs (on 1936-11-12) and Jack Butler (jazz trumpeter/vocalist) (on 1936-11-12)
vocals:
Jean Tranchant (son) (on 1936-11-12)
recording of:
On Your Toes (on 1936-11-12)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
part of:
On Your Toes
Jean Tranchant avec l'orchestre de Willie Lewis3:00
6There's a Small Hotel
alto saxophone:
George Johnson (1930s American jazz musician, worked primarily in Europe) (on 1936-11-12) and Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1936-11-12)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-11-12)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1936-11-12)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1936-11-12)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1936-11-12)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1936-11-12)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1936-11-12)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1936-11-12)
trumpet:
Arthur Briggs (on 1936-11-12) and Jack Butler (jazz trumpeter/vocalist) (on 1936-11-12)
vocals:
Jean Tranchant (son) (on 1936-11-12)
recording of:
There’s a Small Hotel (from “On Your Toes”) (on 1936-11-12)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1936)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1936)
part of:
On Your Toes
part of:
Pal Joey
Jean Tranchant avec l'orchestre de Willie Lewis3:17
7Le soleil s'en fout
alto saxophone:
George Johnson (1930s American jazz musician, worked primarily in Europe) (on 1936-11-12) and Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1936-11-12)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-11-12)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1936-11-12)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1936-11-12)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1936-11-12)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1936-11-12)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1936-11-12)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1936-11-12)
trumpet:
Arthur Briggs (on 1936-11-12) and Jack Butler (jazz trumpeter/vocalist) (on 1936-11-12)
vocals:
Jean Tranchant (son) (on 1936-11-12)
Jean Tranchant avec l'orchestre de Willie Lewis2:37
8Love
alto saxophone:
George Johnson (1930s American jazz musician, worked primarily in Europe) (on 1936-11-12) and Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1936-11-12)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-11-12)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1936-11-12)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1936-11-12)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1936-11-12)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1936-11-12)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1936-11-12)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1936-11-12)
trumpet:
Arthur Briggs (on 1936-11-12) and Jack Butler (jazz trumpeter/vocalist) (on 1936-11-12)
vocals:
Jean Tranchant (son) (on 1936-11-12)
Jean Tranchant avec l'orchestre de Willie Lewis3:13
9Ol' Man River
alto saxophone:
Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1937-10-18)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1937-10-18)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1937-10-18)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1937-10-18)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1937-10-18)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1937-10-18)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1937-10-18)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1937-10-18)
trumpet:
Arthur Briggs (on 1937-10-18) and Jack Butler (jazz trumpeter/vocalist) (on 1937-10-18)
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat) (on 1937-10-18)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers3:01
10Swing Brother Swing
alto saxophone:
Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1937-10-18)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1937-10-18)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1937-10-18)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1937-10-18)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1937-10-18)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1937-10-18)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1937-10-18)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1937-10-18)
trumpet:
Arthur Briggs (on 1937-10-18) and Jack Butler (jazz trumpeter/vocalist) (on 1937-10-18)
vocals:
Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1937-10-18)
recording of:
Swing, Brother, Swing (on 1937-10-18)
writer:
Walter Bishop, Sr., Raymond Lewis and Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader)
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers2:48
11Swing Time
alto saxophone:
Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1937-10-18)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1937-10-18)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1937-10-18)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1937-10-18)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1937-10-18)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1937-10-18)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1937-10-18)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1937-10-18)
trumpet:
Arthur Briggs (on 1937-10-18) and Jack Butler (jazz trumpeter/vocalist) (on 1937-10-18)
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers2:23
12Doin' the New Low Down
alto saxophone:
Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1937-10-18)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1937-10-18)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1937-10-18)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1937-10-18)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1937-10-18)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1937-10-18)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1937-10-18)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1937-10-18)
trumpet:
Arthur Briggs (on 1937-10-18) and Jack Butler (jazz trumpeter/vocalist) (on 1937-10-18)
recording of:
Doin’ the New Low Down (on 1937-10-18)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers2:35
13Swinging for a Swiss Miss
alto saxophone:
Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1937-10-18)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1937-10-18)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1937-10-18)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1937-10-18)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1937-10-18)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1937-10-18)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1937-10-18)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1937-10-18)
trumpet:
Arthur Briggs (on 1937-10-18) and Jack Butler (jazz trumpeter/vocalist) (on 1937-10-18)
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers3:15
14Basin Street Blues
alto saxophone:
Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1937-10-18)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1937-10-18)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1937-10-18)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1937-10-18)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1937-10-18)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1937-10-18)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1937-10-18)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1937-10-18)
trumpet:
Arthur Briggs (on 1937-10-18) and Jack Butler (jazz trumpeter/vocalist) (on 1937-10-18)
recording of:
Basin Street Blues (on 1937-10-18)
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated)
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers3:18
15The Maid's Night Off
alto saxophone:
Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1938-05-04)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1938-05-04)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1938-05-04)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1938-05-04)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1938-05-04)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1938-05-04)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1938-05-04)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1938-05-04)
trumpet:
Jack Butler (jazz trumpeter/vocalist) (on 1938-05-04) and Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-05-04)
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers3:07
16Who's Sorry Now
alto saxophone:
Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1938-05-04)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1938-05-04)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1938-05-04)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1938-05-04)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1938-05-04)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1938-05-04)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1938-05-04)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1938-05-04)
trumpet:
Jack Butler (jazz trumpeter/vocalist) (on 1938-05-04) and Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-05-04)
recording of:
Who’s Sorry Now? (1923 song) (on 1938-05-04)
lyricist:
Bert Kalmar (in 1923) and Harry Ruby (in 1923)
composer:
Ted Snyder (in 1923)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), Waterson, Berlin & Snyder (on 1923-03-07) and Mills Music Corporation (in 1929)
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers2:58
17Swnging at the Chez Florence
alto saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1938-05-04) and Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1938-05-04)
baritone saxophone and saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1938-05-04)
clarinet, reeds and tenor saxophone:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1938-05-04)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1938-05-04)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1938-05-04)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1938-05-04) and John Mitchell (early jazz banjoist/guitarist) (on 1938-05-04)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1938-05-04)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1938-05-04)
trumpet:
Jack Butler (jazz trumpeter/vocalist) (on 1938-05-04) and Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-05-04)
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers2:36
18Coquette
alto saxophone:
Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1938-05-04)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1938-05-04)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1938-05-04)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1938-05-04)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1938-05-04)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1938-05-04)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1938-05-04)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1938-05-04)
trumpet:
Jack Butler (jazz trumpeter/vocalist) (on 1938-05-04) and Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-05-04)
recording of:
Coquette (on 1938-05-04)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) and Carmen Lombardo
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers3:07
19Memphis Blues
alto saxophone:
Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1938-05-04)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1938-05-04)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1938-05-04)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1938-05-04)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1938-05-04)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1938-05-04)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1938-05-04)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1938-05-04)
trumpet:
Jack Butler (jazz trumpeter/vocalist) (on 1938-05-04) and Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-05-04)
recording of:
The Memphis Blues (on 1938-05-04)
lyricist:
George A. Norton (in 1913)
composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1912)
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers2:43
20A Shanty in Old Shanty Town
alto saxophone:
Willie Lewis (clarinet) (on 1938-05-04)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1938-05-04)
drums (drum set):
Ted Fields (Jazz drummer) (on 1938-05-04)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1938-05-04)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1938-05-04)
reeds:
Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (on 1938-05-04)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (on 1938-05-04)
trombone:
Billy Burns (on 1938-05-04)
trumpet:
Jack Butler (jazz trumpeter/vocalist) (on 1938-05-04) and Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-05-04)
vocals:
Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-05-04)
recording of:
In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town (on 1938-05-04)
lyricist:
Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Little Jack Little and Ira Schuster
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers3:01
21Goodbye to Summer
clarinet:
Joe Hayman (on 1938-09-27)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1938-09-27)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (on 1938-09-27)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1938-09-27)
trumpet:
Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-09-27)
vocals:
Greta Keller (on 1938-09-27)
Greta Keller3:38
22I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1938-09-27)
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1938-09-27)
trumpet:
Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-09-27)
vocals:
Greta Keller (on 1938-09-27)
recording of:
I’m Gonna Lock My Heart (and Throw Away the Key) (on 1938-09-27)
composer:
Jimmy Eaton (songwriter) and Terry Shand (jazz pianist/composer)
Greta Keller3:09
23Poor Little Angeline
alto saxophone:
Willie Lewis (clarinet) (in 1938-12)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (in 1938-12)
drums (drum set):
Tommy Benford (in 1938-12)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (in 1938-12)
piano:
Herman Chittison (in 1938-12)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (in 1938-12)
tenor saxophone:
Fletcher Allen (in 1938-12) and Roscoe Burnett (in 1938-12)
trombone:
Billy Burns (in 1938-12) and Eugène d’Hellemmes (in 1938-12)
trumpet:
Theodore Brock (in 1938-12) and Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (in 1938-12)
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers3:00
24Lambeth Walk
alto saxophone:
Willie Lewis (clarinet) (in 1938-12)
double bass:
Wilson Myers (in 1938-12)
drums (drum set):
Tommy Benford (in 1938-12)
guitar:
John Mitchell (Jazz guitarist) (in 1938-12)
piano:
Herman Chittison (in 1938-12)
saxophone:
Joe Hayman (in 1938-12)
tenor saxophone:
Fletcher Allen (in 1938-12) and Roscoe Burnett (in 1938-12)
trombone:
Billy Burns (in 1938-12) and Eugène d’Hellemmes (in 1938-12)
trumpet:
Theodore Brock (in 1938-12) and Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (in 1938-12)
recording of:
The Lambeth Walk (in 1938-12)
lyricist:
Douglas Furber (in 1937) and L. Arthur Rose (in 1937)
composer:
Noel Gay (in 1937)
publisher:
Cinephonic Music Co., Ltd. and Richard Armitage Ltd
Willie Lewis and His Entertainers3:02

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part of:The Chronological Classics (number: 847) (order: 356)