G.I. Jukebox (100 Original Hits from the Swing Era 1936–1946)

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

“All selections are taken from rare AFRS Recording Sessions, Transcription Sources and Air-Checks made between 1936 and 1946. None are from commercial recordings.”
“Recordings courtesy of Hindsight Records USA”

Annotation last modified on 2018-01-08 04:45 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Over 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., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
香港商百代音樂股份有限公司台灣分公司 (EMI Music Publishing (S E Asia) Ltd., Taiwan Branch), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 12th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1939 winner)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
Judy Garland2:51
2American Patrol
recording of:
American Patrol (swing version)
composer:
F. W. Meacham (in 1885)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor) (in 1942)
publisher:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment)
arrangement of:
American Patrol
Shep Fields & His Orchestra2:03
3Blueberry Hill
recording of:
Blueberry Hill
lyricist:
Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist) and Larry Stock
composer:
Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Larry Stock Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Sovereign Music Company and Victoria Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
part of:
12 Monkeys Soundtrack
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra2:34
4I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night
recording of:
I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
Higher and Higher (1944 film)
Harry James & His Music Makers2:46
5Serenade in Blue
recording of:
Serenade in Blue
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc.
Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra2:10
6I’m Just Wild About Harry
recording of:
I’m Just Wild About Harry
lyricist:
Noble Sissle
composer:
Eubie Blake
Alice Faye & Louis Prima1:49
7Tico Tico
recording of:
Tico tico (French version of "Tico‐Tico no fubá")
lyricist:
Jacques Larue (French lyricist)
composer:
Zequinha de Abreu (in 1917)
translated version of:
Tico-tico no fubá (original Portuguese version)
Ethel Smith2:45
8Avalon
recording of:
Avalon
writer:
B. G. DeSylva, Al Jolson and Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Stephen Ballentine Music, Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1920-09-04)
Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy4:10
9As Time Goes By
recording of:
As Time Goes By (the song from “Casablanca”)
lyricist and composer:
Herman Hupfeld
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (ended), Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Redwood Music, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1931)
sub-publisher:
香港商華納音樂出版有限公司台灣分公司 (Warner Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited Taiwan Branch)
part of:
Casablanca (original soundtrack of the 1942 American film)
Frances Langford2:42
10Bugle Call Rag
recording of:
Bugle Call Rag
composer:
Billy Meyers (US jazz songwriter), Jack Pettis and Elmer Schoebel
Gene Krupa and His Orchestra3:11
11Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
recording of:
Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
writer:
Bob Ellsworth, Richard Howard (US songwriter) and Russ Morgan (Big Band orchestra leader)
Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra3:04
12El Choclo
recording of:
El choclo (Villoldo work, use this if you don't know which version a recording is)
composer:
Ángel Villoldo (Argentinian musician, lyricist and poet)
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra3:28
13Lili Marlene
recording of:
Lili Marlene (English lyrics by Tommie Connor)
lyricist:
Hans Leip (from 1915-04-03 until 1937)
composer:
Norbert Schultze (in 1937)
translator:
Tommie Connor (English songwriter)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
translated version of:
Lili Marleen (Lied eines jungen Wachtpostens, original German version)
Vaughn Monroe3:04
14The Music Goes ’round and ’round
cover recording of:
The Music Goes Round and Round (by E. Farley, M. Riley, R. Hodgson)
lyricist:
Red Hodgson (in 1935)
composer:
Edward Farley (US trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist & composer) (in 1935) and Mike Riley (US jazz trombonist & songwriter) (in 1935)
Clyde McCoy Orchestra2:21
15How High the Moon
recording of:
How High the Moon
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 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 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Art Tatum2:04
16The G.I. Jive
recording of:
G.I. Jive
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Mercer
publisher:
WC Music Corp.
Woody Herman and His Orchestra3:17
17Little Brown Jug
recording of:
Little Brown Jug (arr. Finegan 1939)
writer:
Joseph Eastburn Winner (composer/publisher) (in 1868)
arranger:
John Wasson and Bill Finegan (in 1939)
arrangement of:
Little Brown Jug
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra3:14
18You Made Me Love You
recording of:
You Made Me Love You
writer:
Louis Armstrong and Percy Venable
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra3:24
19The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down
recording of:
The Merry‐Go‐Round Broke Down (best known as the Looney Tunes theme, 1937–69)
writer:
Dave Franklin (Tin Pan Alley songwriter) (in 1937) and Cliff Friend (US composer, lyricist & pianist) (in 1937)
composer:
Milt Franklyn, William Lava and Carl Stalling
Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra3:09
20We Three
Johnny Messner and His Orchestra2:58
21Moonlight Serenade
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
The Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Overseas Orchestra conducted by Sgt. Jerry Gray2:29
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Credits

Release

producer:Peter Kline
remixer:John Jungklaus
compiler:Peter Kline
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Michele International Ltd. (in 1993)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/7865247 [info]