L’Histoire du jazz vocal – The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1911–1940

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Annotation

Tracklist errors:
Track 10.24 is listed as "Delta Blues" by Son House in the booklet and on the cover. The actual song on the medium is "Love in Vain" by Robert Johnson however.

Annotation last modified on 2024-01-06 12:20 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Ezekiel Saw the Wheel [1940]
recording of:
Ezekiel Saw de Wheel (in 1940)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Charioteers2:44
2A Ship Without a Sail [1940‐02]
recording of:
A Ship Without a Sail (in 1940-02)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1929)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1929)
Lee Wiley3:26
3East St. Louis Blues [1940‐02‐23]
recording of:
East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well) (on 1940-02-23)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Faber Smith2:51
4I Got Rhythm [1940‐02‐27]
recording of:
I Got Rhythm (on 1940-02-27)
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)
included in:
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)
Viola Jefferson2:33
5Body and Soul [1940‐02‐29]
recording of:
Body and Soul (on 1940-02-29)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) 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 (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)
Billie Holiday2:59
6New Long Down Dog [1940]
Champion Jack Dupree3:01
7It Never Entered My Mind [1940‐03‐02]
recording of:
It Never Entered My Mind (on 1940-03-02)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1940)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Lorenz Hart Publishing Co.
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)
Shirley Ross3:13
8The Hour of Parting [1940‐05‐01]
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1940-05-01)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (clarinetist) (on 1940-05-01)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1940-05-01)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1940-05-01)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1940-05-01)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1940-05-01)
vocals:
Maxine Sullivan (jazz singer) (on 1940-05-01)
recording of:
The Hour of Parting (on 1940-05-01)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Mischa Spoliansky (composer)
Maxine Sullivan2:50
9T‐Bone Blues [1940‐06]
T‐Bone Walker3:18
10My Castle’s Rockin’ [1940‐06‐03]
recording of:
My Castle’s Rockin’ (on 1940-06-03)
lyricist and composer:
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter2:34
11Trouble [1940]
bass:
Bill White (brother of blues singer Josh White)
guitar:
Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
vocals:
Sam Gary, Bill White (brother of blues singer Josh White) and Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
Josh White3:21
12Laughing at Life [1940‐06‐07]
recording of:
Laughing at Life (on 1940-06-07)
writer:
Charles Kenny (songwriter, violinist), Nick Kenny, Bob Todd and Cornell Todd
Billie Holiday2:59
13You’re Driving Me Crazy [1940‐07‐26]
recording of:
You’re Driving Me Crazy (on 1940-07-26)
lyricist:
Walter Donaldson
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1930)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Donaldson Publishing Co., Larry Spier Music LLC and Tobago Music Co.
Valaida Snow2:22
14I Want a Little Girl [1940‐08‐08]
recording of:
I Want a Little Girl (on 1940-08-08)
lyricist:
Billy Moll (songwriter)
composer:
Murray Mencher
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Jimmy Rushing2:41
15The Dirty Dozens [1940‐09‐26]
Sammy Price2:37
16Piney Brown Blues [1940‐11‐11]
double bass:
Abe Bolar (on 1940-11-11)
drums (drum set):
A. G. Godley (on 1940-11-11)
guitar:
John Collins (US jazz guitarist) (on 1940-11-11)
piano:
Pete Johnson (US boogie‐woogie pianist) (on 1940-11-11)
trumpet:
Hot Lips Page (on 1940-11-11)
vocals:
Big Joe Turner (on 1940-11-11)
recording of:
Piney Brown Blues (on 1940-11-11)
lyricist:
Big Joe Turner
composer:
Pete Johnson (US boogie‐woogie pianist)
Big Joe Turner2:58
17Stardust [1940‐11‐11]
bass:
Sid Weiss (on 1940-11-11)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1940-11-11)
guitar:
Clark Yocum (on 1940-11-11)
piano:
Joe Bushkin (on 1940-11-11)
saxophone:
Heinie Beau (on 1940-11-11), Don Lodice (on 1940-11-11), Paul Mason (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-11-11), Johnny Mince (on 1940-11-11) and Fred Stulce (on 1940-11-11)
trombone:
George Arus (on 1940-11-11), Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1940-11-11), Les Jenkins (on 1940-11-11) and Lowell Martin (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-11-11)
trumpet:
Ziggy Elman (on 1940-11-11), Ray Linn (on 1940-11-11) and Chuck Peterson (trumpet) (on 1940-11-11)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1940-11-11)
vocals:
Connie Haines (in 1940), The Pied Pipers (American vocal group, active 1930s-50s) (in 1940) and Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (in 1940, on 1940-11-11)
conductor:
Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader)
performer:
The Pied Pipers (American vocal group, active 1930s-50s) and Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
arranger:
Sy Oliver
recorded at:
RCA Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1940-11-11)
cover recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1940-11-11)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
Frank Sinatra3:15
18War Time Blues [1940]
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-05-17)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Fred Williams (Blues drummer) (on 1940-05-17)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1940-05-17)
piano:
Joshua Altheimer (on 1940-05-17)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:58
19The Man I Love [1940‐11‐13]
alto saxophone:
Gus Bivona (on 1940-11-13), Skip Martin (on 1940-11-13) and Bob Snyder (Jazz woodwind player) (on 1940-11-13)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1940-11-13)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1940-11-13)
drums (drum set):
Harry Jaeger (on 1940-11-13)
guitar:
Mike Bryan (Musician - Guitar Player) (on 1940-11-13)
piano:
Bernie Leighton (on 1940-11-13)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1940-11-13) and Jack Henderson (saxophonist) (on 1940-11-13)
trombone:
Red Gingler (on 1940-11-13) and Lou McGarity (on 1940-11-13)
trumpet:
Alec Fila (on 1940-11-13), Irving Goodman (on 1940-11-13), Jimmy Maxwell (Trumpet) (on 1940-11-13) and Cootie Williams (on 1940-11-13)
vocals:
Helen Forrest (on 1940-11-13)
arranger:
Eddie Sauter
recording of:
The Man I Love (on 1940-11-13)
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)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
Helen Forrest3:53
20Key to the Highway [1940]
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-05-09)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-05-09)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Jazz Gillum (on 1940-05-09)
recording of:
Key to the Highway (in 1940)
writer:
Big Bill Broonzy and Charles Segar
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Wabash Music Co. (BMI-affiliated)
Jazz Gillum2:43
21Sweet Lorraine [1940‐12‐06]
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1940-12-06)
double bass:
Wesley Prince (on 1940-12-06)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1940-12-06)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1940-12-06)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1940-12-06)
cover recording of:
Sweet Lorraine (on 1940-12-06)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1928)
composer:
Cliff Burwell (in 1928)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Everbright Music Co. and Mills Music, Inc.
Nat King Cole2:57
22Embraceable You [1940‐12‐09]
recording of:
Embraceable You (on 1940-12-09)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music (new age music), New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2024-01-01)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
Helen Ward3:18
23Blind Barnabas [1941]
The Golden Gate Quartet2:11
24Love in Vain
recording engineer:
Vincent Liebler
executive producer:
Art Satherly
producer:
Don Law
guitar:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1937-06-20)
vocals:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1937-06-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Soul Jam Records (in 2015)
recorded at:
a makeshift studio located in the Brunswick Records Building (on 1937-06-20)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2011)
recording of:
Love in Vain Blues (on 1937-06-20)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
Robert Johnson52:28
25Me and My Chauffeur [1941]
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-05-21)
bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
guitar:
Little Son Joe (on 1941-05-21) and Memphis Minnie (on 1941-05-21)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1941-05-21)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2013)
recording of:
Me and My Chauffeur Blues
writer:
Memphis Minnie
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Memphis Minnie2:49
26Jezebel [1941]
The Golden Gate Quartet2:47