The Essential Collection

~ Release by Fats Waller (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Won't You Take Me Home?
performer:
Thomas Waller with Morris's Hot Babies (on 1927-05-20)
Thomas Waller with Morris's Hot Babies2:47
2You Rascal, You
trombone:
Jack Teagarden (on 1931-10-14)
vocals:
Jack Teagarden (on 1931-10-14) and Fats Waller (on 1931-10-14)
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 Orchestra3:11
3Handful of Keys (Piano Solo)
solo performer:
Fats Waller (on 1929-03-01)
recording of:
Handful of Keys (on 1929-03-01)
composer:
Fats Waller
Fats Waller2:45
4Loveless Love (Organ Solo)
pipe organ and solo pipe organ:
Fats Waller (on 1927-01-14)
recording of:
Loveless Love (on 1927-01-14)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy
Fats Waller3:08
5Harlem Fuss
performer:
Fats Waller and His Buddies (on 1929-03-01)
Fats Waller and His Buddies2:38
6That's What I Like About You
vocals:
Jack Teagarden (on 1937-10-14)
performer:
Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra (on 1937-10-14)
recording of:
That’s What I Like About You (on 1937-10-14)
lyricist and composer:
Walter Donaldson
Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra3:22
7Valentine Stomp (Piano Solo)
solo performer:
Fats Waller (on 1929-08-02)
Fats Waller3:23
8I Wish I Were Twins
performer:
Fats Waller and His Rhythm (on 1934-05-16)
recording of:
I Wish I Were Twins (on 1934-05-16)
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Frank Loesser and Joseph Meyer (US songwriter)
Fats Waller and His Rhythm2:39
9Hog-Maw Stomp (Organ Solo)
solo performer:
Fats Waller (on 1927-02-16)
Fats Waller3:04
10Won't You Get Off It, Please?
performer:
Fats Waller and His Buddies (on 1929-12-18)
Fats Waller and His Buddies2:59
11Don't Let It Bother You
additional spoken vocals:
Harry Dial (on 1934-08-17) and Fats Waller (on 1934-08-17)
performer:
Fats Waller and His Rhythm (on 1934-08-17)
recording of:
Don’t Let It Bother You (on 1934-08-17)
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Revel (British-born American composer)
Fats Waller and His Rhythm2:49
12I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling (Piano Solo)
solo performer:
Fats Waller (from 1929-08-02 to present)
recording of:
I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling (from 1929-08-02 to present)
lyricist:
Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter) and Fats Waller
Fats Waller2:50
13Sweet Sue - Just You
performer:
Fats Waller and His Rhythm (on 1935-06-24)
recording of:
Sweet Sue, Just You (on 1935-06-24)
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.
Fats Waller and His Rhythm2:53
14Soothin' Syrup Stomp (Organ Solo)
solo performer:
Fats Waller (on 1927-01-14)
Fats Waller2:57
15I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
performer:
Fats Waller and His Rhythm (on 1935-05-08)
recording of:
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (on 1935-05-08)
lyricist:
Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Fred Ahlert and Joe Young (US lyricist)
publisher:
Anglo-Pic Music Co. Ltd., Azure Pearl Music, Beeping Good Music Publishing, Bluewater Music UK, David Ahlert Music, DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc., Downtown Music Publishing LLC (PRS-affiliated), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., MCA Music Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., MPL UK Publishing, Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP) and Rytvoc, Inc. (ASCAP)
Fats Waller and His Rhythm3:29
16Twelfth Street Rag
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1935-06-24)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Rudy Powell (on 1935-06-24)
double bass:
Charles Turner (US jazz bassist, active 1930s) (on 1935-06-24)
drums (drum set):
Arnold Boling (on 1935-06-24)
guitar:
James Smith (US jazz guitarist active 1930s, recorded with Fats Waller) (on 1935-06-24)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-06-24)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1935-06-24)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-06-24)
performer:
Fats Waller and His Rhythm (on 1935-06-24)
recording of:
12th Street Rag (on 1935-06-24)
publisher:
Euday L. Bowman (on 1914-01-30)
lyricist:
James S. Sumner
composer:
Euday L. Bowman
arrangement of:
Twelfth Street Rag
recording of:
Twelfth Street Rag (on 1935-06-24)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Euday L. Bowman
Fats Waller and His Rhythm2:47
17Viper's Drag (Piano Solo)
solo performer:
Fats Waller (on 1934-11-16)
recording of:
Viper's Drag (on 1934-11-16)
composer:
Fats Waller
is based on:
If You’re a Viper
Fats Waller2:56
18Got a Bran' New Suit
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-08-20)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Rudy Powell (on 1935-08-20)
double bass:
Charles Turner (US jazz bassist, active 1930s) (on 1935-08-20)
drums (drum set):
Arnold Boling (on 1935-08-20)
guitar:
James Smith (US jazz guitarist active 1930s, recorded with Fats Waller) (on 1935-08-20) and John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1935-08-20)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-08-20)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1935-08-20)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-08-20)
performer:
Fats Waller and His Rhythm (on 1935-08-20)
recording of:
Got a Bran’ New Suit (on 1935-08-20)
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
part of:
The Band Wagon (1953 film)
Fats Waller and His Rhythm2:33
19My Very Good Friend The Milkman
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1935-06-24)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Rudy Powell (on 1935-06-24)
double bass:
Charles Turner (US jazz bassist, active 1930s) (on 1935-06-24)
drums (drum set):
Arnold Boling (on 1935-06-24)
guitar:
James Smith (US jazz guitarist active 1930s, recorded with Fats Waller) (on 1935-06-24) and John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1935-06-24)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-06-24)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1935-06-24)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-06-24)
performer:
Fats Waller and His Rhythm (on 1935-06-24)
recording of:
My Very Good Friend the Milkman (on 1935-06-24)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964)
composer:
Harold Spina (composer/conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
Fats Waller and His Rhythm43:30
20Woe! Is Me
performer:
Fats Waller and His Rhythm (on 1935-08-20)
recording of:
Woe Is Me (on 1935-08-20)
lyricist:
James Cavanaugh and Dick Sanford
composer:
Robert Emmerich (writer "Our Love")
Fats Waller and His Rhythm2:55
21Sugar (Organ Solo)
solo performer:
Fats Waller (on 1927-05-20)
Fats Waller3:00
22When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful
performer:
Fats Waller and His Rhythm (on 1935-11-29)
recording of:
When Somebody Thinks You’re Wonderful (on 1935-11-29)
lyricist and composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell and Callicoon Music (in 1935, in 1991)
Fats Waller and His Rhythm3:38
23I've Got My Fingers Crossed
performer:
Fats Waller and His Rhythm (on 1935-11-29)
recording of:
I've Got My Fingers Crossed (on 1935-11-29)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
Fats Waller and His Rhythm2:37
24Sugar Rose
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1936-02-01)
celesta and piano:
Fats Waller (on 1936-02-01)
clarinet, reeds and tenor saxophone:
Gene Sedric (on 1936-02-01)
double bass:
Charles Turner (US jazz bassist, active 1930s) (on 1936-02-01)
drums (drum set):
Yank Porter (jazz drummer) (on 1936-02-01)
guitar:
James Smith (US jazz guitarist active 1930s, recorded with Fats Waller) (on 1936-02-01)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1936-02-01)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1936-02-01)
performer:
Fats Waller and His Rhythm (on 1936-02-01)
Fats Waller and His Rhythm3:09
25Baby Brown
performer:
Fats Waller and His Rhythm (on 1935-01-05)
Fats Waller and His Rhythm2:32
26Let's Sing Again
double bass:
Charles Turner (US jazz bassist, active 1930s) (on 1936-06-05)
drums (drum set):
Arnold Boling (on 1936-06-05)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1936-06-05)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1936-06-05)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1936-06-05)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1936-06-05)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1936-06-05)
guest performer:
Fats Waller and His Rhythm (on 1936-06-05)
recording of:
Let’s Sing Again (on 1936-06-05)
writer:
Gus Kahn and Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
Fats Waller and His Rhythm2:17
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