Swingin’ at the Speakeasy: The Sound of the Roaring 20s & 30s

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Tracklist

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CD 1
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1Charleston
recording of:
Charleston (on 1925-05-07)
lyricist:
Cecil Mack (in 1923)
composer:
James P. Johnson (in 1923)
publisher:
Salabert
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra2:47
2Jeepers Creepers
recording of:
Jeepers Creepers
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1938)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1938)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra2:39
3Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Goo’bye)
recording of:
Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo’ Bye) (on 1922-09-11)
writer:
Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn and Dan Russo
publisher:
Salabert
Al Jolson2:29
4Anything Goes
recording of:
Anything Goes
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
part of:
Anything Goes
Cole Porter with Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks3:10
5Happy Days Are Here Again
recording of:
Happy Days Are Here Again
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
part of:
Going Hollywood (1933 film)
Johnny Marvin and His Orchestra2:21
6Yes Sir, That’s My Baby
recording of:
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Donaldson Publishing Co., Francis, Day & Hunter, Imagem CV and Imagem Music GmbH (subsidiary of Dutch music publishers Imagem)
Ace Brigode and His 14 Virginians3:10
7Singin’ in the Rain
recording of:
Singin’ in the Rain (in 1929)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.), Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., Robbins Music Corporation and シンコーミュージック・パブリッシャーズ
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (S.E. Asia) Ltd., Taiwan
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (stage musical)
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (soundtrack of the 1952 film)
part of:
The Hollywood Revue (1929 MGM musical film)
Cliff Edwards2:24
8Nagasaki
recording of:
Nagasaki
lyricist:
Mort Dixon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1928)
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:55
9Glad Rag Doll
recording of:
Glad Rag Doll
lyricist:
Dan Dougherty and Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
Earl Hines2:59
10I Got Rhythm
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1930-11-18)
recording of:
I Got Rhythm (on 1930-11-18)
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)
Ethel Waters3:05
11That Lindy Hop
recording of:
That Lindy Hop (on 1930-10-02)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Eubie Blake
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra2:56
12I’m Looking Over a Four‐Leaf Clover
recording of:
I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
writer:
Mort Dixon (in 1927)
composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter) (in 1927)
Jean Goldkette and His Orchestra3:13
13On the Sunny Side of the Street
drums (drum set):
Harry Robbins (on 1930-06-27)
guitar:
Joe Brannelly (banjo / bandleader / publisher) (on 1930-06-27)
piano:
John Firman (on 1930-06-27)
reeds:
Johnny Helfer (on 1930-06-27), Arthur Lally (on 1930-06-27) and Danny Polo (on 1930-06-27)
trumpet:
Max Goldberg (on 1930-06-27)
tuba [brass bass]:
Billy Bell (British jazz tubaist) (on 1930-06-27)
vocals:
Maurice Elwin (on 1930-06-27)
recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street (on 1930-06-27)
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
The Rhythmic Eight2:52
14Let’s Misbehave
recording of:
Let’s Misbehave (Paris musical) (on 1928-03-01)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1927)
Irving Aaronson and His Commanders2:52
15Doin’ the Uptown Lowdown
clarinet:
Jimmy Dorsey (on 1933-10-17)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1933-10-17)
drums (drum set):
Stan King (Big band-era drummer) (on 1933-10-17)
guitar:
Dick McDonough (on 1933-10-17)
piano:
Fulton McGrath (on 1933-10-17)
tenor saxophone:
Larry Binyon (on 1933-10-17)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1933-10-17)
trumpet:
Bunny Berigan (on 1933-10-17) and Manny Klein (on 1933-10-17)
vocals:
Mildred Bailey (on 1933-10-17)
recording of:
Doin' the Uptown Lowdown (on 1933-10-17)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Revel (British-born American composer)
arranger:
Randy Woltz
Mildred Bailey with The Dorsey Brothers and their Orchestra2:53
16I Wanna Be Loved by You
recording of:
I Wanna Be Loved by You (Good Boy/Some Like It Hot)
lyricist:
Bert Kalmar
composer:
Harry Ruby and Herbert Stothart (composer)
publisher:
BMG Firefly, Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.), Harry Ruby Music Co., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), 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
Helen Kane2:50
17I Ain’t Got Nobody
recording of:
I Ain’t Got Nobody
lyricist:
Roger Graham
composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
Earl Hines3:10
18Singin’ the Blues
recording of:
Singin’ the Blues (on 1927-02-04)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Con Conrad and J. Russel Robinson
Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke3:00
19Ain’t Misbehavin’
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)
Fats Waller4:00
20Let’s Do It
recording of:
Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) (Paris musical)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1928)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
Paris (1928 musical)
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra2:56
21It 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) (on 1961-04-03)
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)
Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington and His Orchestra3:59
CD 2
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1Puttin’ on the Ritz
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 Astaire2:36
2Swanee
baritone vocals and whistling:
Al Jolson (on 1920-01-08)
recording of:
Swanee (on 1920-01-08)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar (in 1919)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1919)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and T. B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter, Inc. (on 1919-10-31)
Al Jolson52:37
3Minnie the Moocher (theme song)
recording of:
Minnie the Moocher
lyricist and composer:
Cab Calloway and Irving Mills
publisher:
Big Bad Voodoo Music
is based on:
Willie the Weeper
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra3:16
4Theme from Jeeves and Wooster
recording of:
Jeeves and Wooster (theme of the TV series)
composer:
Anne Dudley (English score composer)
Jeeves and Wooster1:15
5The Charleston
recording of:
Charleston
lyricist:
Cecil Mack (in 1923)
composer:
James P. Johnson (in 1923)
publisher:
Salabert
Temperance Seven3:00
6It 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 Puppini Sisters4:50
7Happy Feet
recording of:
Happy Feet
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1930)
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra2:57
8Moonglow
recording of:
Moonglow
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Will Hudson and Irving Mills
Benny Goodman Quartet3:25
9Spring Cleaning (Getting Ready for Love)
Fats Waller and His Rhythm2:28
10Someone to Watch Over Me
piano:
George Gershwin (composer) (on 1926-11-08)
recording of:
Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!) (on 1926-11-08)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1926)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), Harms, Inc. (in 1926) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
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
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Oh, Kay! (1926 musical)
George Gershwin3:11
11Cotton Club Stomp
recording of:
Cotton Club Stomp
composer:
Harry Carney, Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Johnny Hodges
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra2:56
12Because My Baby Don’t Mean “Maybe” Now
recording of:
Because My Baby Don’t Mean Maybe Now (on 1928-06-18)
lyricist and composer:
Walter Donaldson
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra2:57
13Mad Dogs and Englishmen
vocals:
Noël Coward (in 1955-06)
live recording of:
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (in 1956-06)
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
part of:
Words and Music
Noel Coward with Carlton Hayes and His Orchestra3:16
14Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
recording of:
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
lyricist:
Lew Brown (in 1931) and Buddy DeSylva (in 1931)
composer:
Ray Henderson (in 1931)
Jack Hylton and His Orchestra2:58
15My Melancholy Baby
recording of:
My Melancholy Baby
lyricist:
George A. Norton (in 1912)
composer:
Ernie Burnett (in 1911)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
version of:
Melancholy (original 1911 version of "My Melancholy Baby", lyrics by Maybelle E. Watson)
The Dorsey Brothers and Their Orchestra3:01
16Let’s All Go to Mary’s House
recording of:
Let's All Go to Mary's House (on 1926-10-13)
lyricist:
Leo Wood (American songwriter & lyricist; 1882—1929)
composer:
Con Conrad
The Savoy Hotel Orpheans3:00
17Spread a Little Happiness
recording of:
Spread a Little Happiness (Mr. Cinders)
lyricist:
Clifford Grey and Greatrex Newman
composer:
Vivian Ellis (composer)
Al Starita Orchestra with Binnie Hale3:11
18Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
recording of:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Bessie Smith2:58
19Kansas City Kitty
drums (drum set):
Harry Robbins (on 1929-09-04)
guitar:
Joe Brannelly (banjo / bandleader / publisher) (on 1929-09-04)
piano:
John Firman (on 1929-09-04)
reeds:
Johnny Helfer (on 1929-09-04), Arthur Lally (on 1929-09-04) and Danny Polo (on 1929-09-04)
trumpet:
Sylvester Ahola (on 1929-09-04)
tuba [brass bass]:
Billy Bell (British jazz tubaist) (on 1929-09-04)
recording of:
Kansas City Kitty (Leslie-Donaldson) (on 1929-09-04)
writer:
Walter Donaldson and Edgar Leslie
The Rhythmic Eight2:38
20Somebody Stole My Gal
recording of:
Somebody Stole My Gal
lyricist and composer:
Leo Wood (American songwriter & lyricist; 1882—1929) (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:02
21Tiger Rag
recording of:
Tiger Rag (original 1917 instrumental version)
composer:
Eddie Edwards (Jazz trombonist), Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro and Larry Shields
Art Tatum and His Band2:15
CD 3
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1Dream a Little Dream of MeElla Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong3:07
2The Man I Love
recording of:
The Man I Love
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:06
3Georgia on My Mind
recording of:
Georgia on My Mind (on 1930-09-15)
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia On My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra3:07
4Rock‐a‐Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody
orchestra:
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
recording of:
Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody (on 1932-12-20)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Jean Schwartz
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Al Jolson3:20
5St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
The Boswell Sisters2:48
6Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
recording of:
’Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (on 1927-05-13)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer
composer:
Turner Layton
Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke2:51
7Muskrat Ramble
recording of:
Muskrat Ramble (1926 original instrumental version)
composer:
Kid Ory (in 1926)
Kid Ory4:08
8I’ve Found a New Baby
recording of:
I’ve Found a New Baby
writer:
Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
The New Orleans Feetwarmers3:14
9Black Bottom
recording of:
Black Bottom
lyricist:
Lew Brown and Buddy DeSylva
composer:
Ray Henderson
Johnny Hamp’s Kentucky Serenaders3:11
10Wang Wang Blues
recording of:
Wang Wang Blues
lyricist:
Leo Wood (American songwriter & lyricist; 1882—1929)
composer:
Henry Busse, Buster Johnson (American jazz musician) and Gus Mueller
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra3:03
11Shim Sham Shimmy
The Dorsey Brothers and Their Orchestra3:13
12Mississippi Mud
recording of:
Mississippi Mud
writer:
Harry Barris (in 1927) and James Cavanaugh (in 1927)
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra3:26
13Tap Your Feet
Jack Hylton and His Orchestra3:21
14Button Up Your Overcoat!Ruth Etting2:48
15Daddy, Won’t You Please Come Home?Annette Hanshaw3:00
16Dinah
engineered in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1928-03-28)
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1928-03-28) and Eddie Lang (New Orleans blues) (on 1928-03-28)
piano:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) (on 1928-03-28)
violin:
Joe Venuti (on 1928-03-28)
recording of:
Dinah (on 1928-03-28)
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
Joe Venuti and His Blue Four2:50
17Little Orphan Annie
recording of:
Little Orphan Annie
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Joseph L. Sanders
The Coon–Sanders Nighthawks3:16
18If I Had a Talking Picture of YouJack Hylton and His Orchestra with Sam Browne3:32
19My Man
recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics) (on 1921-11-08)
lyricist:
Jacques Charles (French librettist and theatre producer) and Albert Willemetz
composer:
Maurice Yvain
translator:
Channing Pollock
publisher:
CBS Feist Catalog, Inc. (ended) and Éditions Salabert France
translated version of:
Mon homme
Fanny Brice3:33
20Charleston Charley
Bert Firman and His Orchestra2:29

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Release

manufactured in:EU
rights society:BIEM (international rights organization representing member societies from 58 countries)
GEMA (German rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
distributed by:Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment) (in 2013)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/7754077 [info]
ASIN:UK: B00C7XTEM8 [info]