1930s Vocal Jazz — jazz and pop
15 songs — 51 minutes
| Artist | Song | Label & Cat # | Year | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Armstrong | St. Louis Blues | OKeh 41350 | 1930 | January |
| Jimmie Rodgers | Blue Yodel No. 9 | Victor 23580 | 1931 | September |
| The Boswell Sisters | Shout Sister Shout | Brunswick 6847 | 1931 | April |
| Bing Crosby | One More Time | Victor 22700 | 1931 | March |
| Mildred Bailey | Georgia On My Mind | Victor 22891 | 1931 | November |
| Frankie Trumbauer | Long About Midnight | Brunswick 9594 | 1934 | February |
| Teddy Wilson | What a Little Moonlight Can Do | Brunswick 7498 | 1935 | August |
| Milton Brown | Oh You Pretty Woman | Bluebird 5444 | 1934 | May |
| Bob Wills | Get With It | Vocalion 03096 | 1935 | December |
| Jimmie Lunceford | Hittin’ the Bottle | Decca 00765 | 1935 | September |
| Count Basie | Boo-Hoo | Decca 01228 | 1937 | March |
| Midge Williams | I’m in a Happy Frame of Mind | Vocalion 04026 | 1938 | February |
| Artie Shaw | Between a Kiss and a Sigh | Bluebird 10055 | 1938 | November |
| Golden Gate Quartet | Preacher and the Bear | Bluebird 7205 | 1937 | August |
| The Ink Spots | If I Didn’t Care | Decca 02286 | 1939 | January |
Notes / Credits / Personnel
- Louis Armstrong – “St. Louis Blues”: Teddy Hill [t-sax]; Luis Russell [piano]; Alber Nicholas [clarinet]; Will Johnson [guitar]; Otis Johnson [trumpet]; Charlie Holmes [a-sax]; JC Higginbotham [trombone]; Pops Foster [bass], Paul Barbarin [drums]; Henry Allen [trumpet]
- Jimmie Rodgers – “Blue Yodel No. 9”: also referred to as “Standin’ in the Corner”; Louis Armstrong [trumpet]; Lil Armstrong [piano]; recorded 7/16/30 in Hollywood
- The Boswell Sisters – “Shout Sister Shout”: Tommy Dorsey [trombone]; Jimmy Dorsey [clarinet, alto sax]; Manny Klein [trumpet]; Arthur Schutt [piano]; Eddie Lang [guitar]; Joe Venuti [violin]; Joe Tarto [bass]; Stan King [drums]
- Bing Crosby – “One More Time”: released as Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra; last song Crosby recorded with big band before going solo
- Mildred Bailey – “Georgia On My Mind”: written by Hoagy Carmichael; Matty Malneck [violin]; Nat Natoli [trumpet]; Roy Bargy [piano]
- Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra – “Long About Midnight”: Jack Teagarden [vocal, trombone]; Dick McDonough [guitar]; Art Miller [bass]; Herb Quigley [drums]; Roy Bargy [piano]; Trumbauer [sax]; Mischa Russell [violin]; Bonaccio, Cordaro, & Strickfaden [reeds]
- Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra – “What a Little Moonlight Can Do”: Billie Holiday [vocal]; Benny Goodman [clarinet]; John Kirby [bass]; Cozy Cole [drums]; John Trueheart [guitar]; Teddy Wilson [piano]; Ben Webster [t-sax]; Roy Eldridge [trumpet]; recorded 7/2/35
- Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies – “Oh You Pretty Woman”: Milton Brown [vocal]; Ocie Stockard [vocal, guitar, banjo]; Derwood Brown [vocal, guitar]; Wanna Coffman [bass]; Cecil Brower [fiddle]; Fred Calhoun [piano]; their first release
- Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys – “Get With It”: Leon McAuliffe [electric gtr] (first rec of electric guitar); Tommy Duncan [vocal, sax], Herman Arnspiger [guitar], Sleepy Johnson [guitar], Johnnie Lee Wills [banjo], Art Haynes [banjo, fiddle], Bob Wills [fiddle] Thomas Lansford [bass], Smokey Dacus [drums]; Al Stricklin [piano]
- Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra – “Hittin’ the Bottle”: Sy Oliver [vocal]; Eddie Durham [resonator guitar]
- Count Basie and His Orchestra – “Boo-Hoo”: Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Bobby Moore [trumpet]; George Hunt, Dan Minor [trombone]; Caughey Roberts [a-sax]; Lester Young, Herschel Evans [t-sax]; Jack Washington [a-sax, b-sax]; Count Basie [piano]; Freddie Green [guitar]; Walter Page [bass]; Jo Jones [drums]
- Midge Williams with Her Jazz Jesters – “I’m in a Happy Frame of Mind”: Charlie Shavers [trumpet]; Buster Bailey [clarinet]; Pete Brown [a-sax]; Billy Kyle [piano]; James McLin [guitar]; John Kirby [bass]; O’Neil Spencer [drums]; recorded 2/18/38 in NYC
- Artie Shaw and His Orchestra – “Between a Kiss and a Sigh”: Helen Forrest [vocal]; Les Robinson [a-sax, clarinet]; Hank Freeman [a-sax, b-sax, clarinet]; Tony Pastor [t-sax, clarinet]; Ronnie Perry [t-sax, clarinet]; Les Burness [piano]; Sid Weiss [bass]; Al Avola [guitar]; Cliff Leeman [drums]; Chuck Peterson, John Best, Claude Bowen [trumpet]
- Golden Gate Quartet – “Preacher and the Bear”: recorded 8/4/37
- The Ink Spots – “If I Didn’t Care”: Bill Kenny [lead vocal]; Morty Howard [vocal arrangement]; 19 million copies sold
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