I'd Rather Lead a Band

~ Release by Loudon Wainwright III (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1How I Love You (I’m Tellin’ the Birds, Tellin’ the Bees)
cover recording of:
How I Love You (I’m Tellin’ the Birds, Tellin’ the Bees)
writer:
Lew Brown and Cliff Friend (US composer, lyricist & pianist)
3:26
2Ship Without a Sail
cover recording of:
A Ship Without a Sail
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1929)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1929)
3:57
3Ain’t Misbehavin’
cover 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! see annotation), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
3:05
4I’m Going to Give It to Mary With Love
cover recording of:
I'm Going to Give It to Mary With Love
lyricist and composer:
Cliff Edwards (actor/musician, best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket)
3:16
5The Little Things in Life
cover recording of:
The Little Things in Life
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
3:34
6So the Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together2:54
7A Perfect Day
2:40
8I Thought About You
recording of:
I Thought About You
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Burke & Van Heusen, Jerry Leiber Music, Lewis Music Publishing Co., Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Silver Seahorse Music LLC, Twentieth Century Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
2:48
9I’d Rather Lead a Band
cover recording of:
I’d Rather Lead a Band (from “Follow the Fleet”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1936)
3:41
10My Blue Heaven
cover recording of:
My Blue Heaven
lyricist:
George A. Whiting (popular songwriter) (in 1924)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1924)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
composed at:
New York Friars Club in New York, New York, United States (in 1924)
2:52
11Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea3:06
12Heart and Soul
cover recording of:
Heart and Soul
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
publisher:
Famous Music Corp. (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
2:38
13You Rascal You (I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead)
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You
lyricist and composer:
Sam Theard
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
2:59
14More I Cannot Wish You
cover recording of:
More I Cannot Wish You (from "Guys and Dolls")
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
part of:
Guys and Dolls (Broadway musical)
3:06