Vocal Jazz — 1930s and 40s, foundations of popular music
16 songs — 53 minutes
| Artist | Song | Label & Cat # | Year | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bing Crosby | Young and Healthy | Brunswick 6472 | 1933 | January |
| Jimmie Lunceford | Rain | Decca 00415 | 1934 | December |
| Jack Teagarden | Your Guess Is Just As Good As Mine | Brunswick 6993 | 1934 | September |
| Louis Armstrong | Dinah | live in Copenhagen | 1933 | October |
| Casa Loma Orchestra | The Lady From St. Paul | Brunswick 6486 | 1932 | December |
| Gene Krupa | Variety Is the Spice Of Life | Brunswick 8346 | 1939 | March |
| Will Bradley | So Far, So Good | Columbia 35422 | 1940 | February |
| Tommy Dorsey | Are You Having Any Fun? | Victor 26335 | 1939 | August |
| Frank Sinatra | Fools Rush In | Victor 26593 | 1940 | March |
| Cab Calloway | Says Who? Says You, Says I! | OKeh 06422 | 1941 | September |
| Dinah Shore | Mad About Him, Sad Without Him… | Victor 27940 | 1942 | June |
| Artie Shaw | Comes Love | Bluebird 10324 | 1939 | July |
| June Christy | Ride On | V Disc 590 | 1946 | February |
| Martha Tilton | Does Everyone Know About This | Capitol unreleased | 1944 | October |
| Anita Boyer | How Little We Know | ARA 123 | 1945 | May |
| Hoagy Carmichael | Stardust | Decca 00284 | 1942 | July |
Notes / Credits / Personnel
- Bing Crosby – “Young and Healthy”: with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians; Eddie Lang? [guitar]; Lebert Lombardo [trumpet]; recorded 1/12/33
- Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra – “Rain”: Sy Oliver, Willie Smith, Eddie Tompkins [vocals]; Lunceford [sax]; Willie Smith [clar, a-sax]; Laforet Dent [a-sax]; Moses Allen [bass]; Jimmie Crawford [drums]; Al Norris [guitar]; Ed Wilcox [piano]; Henry Wells, Russell Bowles [trombone]; Eddie Tompkins, Sy Oliver, Tommy Stevenson [trumpet]; recorded 12/17/34 in NYC
- Jack Teagarden – “Your Guess Is Just As Good As Mine”: Teagarden [vocal, trombone]; Benny Goodman [clarinet]; Charlie Teagarden [trumpet]; Frankie Trumbauer [sax]; Art Miller [bass]; Terry Shand [piano]; Herb Quigley [drums]; Casper Reardon [harp]
- Louis Armstrong – “Dinah”: recorded live in Copenhagen
- Casa Loma Orchestra – “The Lady From St. Paul”: Pee Wee Hunt [vocal, trombone]; Billy Rauch [trombone]; Glen Gray [a-sax]; Stanley Dennis [bass]; Joe Hall [piano]; Tony Briglia [drums]; Pat Davis, Kenny Sargent [t-sax]; Joe Hostetter, Bobby Lee Jones, Frank Martinez [trumpet]; Mel Jenssen [violin]; Gene Gifford [banjo]; Hutchenrider [reeds]
- Gene Krupa and His Orchestra – “Variety Is the Spice of Life”: Irene Daye [vocal]; Sam Musiker [clarinet, t-sax]; Mascagni “Musky” Ruffo, Bob Snyder [a-sax]; Sam Donahue [t-sax]; Ray Cameron, Charles Frankhouser, Nick Prospero [trumpet]; Dalton Rizzoto, Bruce Squires, Toby Tyler [trombone]; Ray Biondi [guitar]; Milt Raskin [piano]; Horace Rollins [bass]; Gene Krupa [drums]; recorded 3/10/39
- Will Bradley – “So Far, So Good”: Carlotta Dale [vocal]; Ray McKinley [drums]; Steve Jordan [guitar]; Felix Giobbe [bass]; Freddie Slack [piano]; M. Hucko [t-sax]; Bill Corti, Jim Emert, Will Bradley [trombone]; Herbie Dell, Joe Weidman, Steve Lipkins [trumpet]; A. Mendelsohn, J. Huffman [a-sax]
- Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra – “Are You Having Any Fun?”: Edythe Wright [vocal]; Hymie Shertzer, Fred Stulce [a-sax]; Gene Traxler [bass]; Cliff Leeman [drums]; Carmen Mastren [guitar]; Howard Smith [piano]; Johnny Mintz [reeds]; Skeets Herfurt, Irving Russin [t-sax]; Tommy Dorsey, Ward Silloway, Elmer Smithers [trombone]; Jimmy Blake, Andy Ferretti, Yank Lawson [trumpet]; recorded 8/3/39
- Frank Sinatra – “Fools Rush In”: with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra; Bunny Berigan, Jimmy Blake, B. Cusumas [trumpet]; George Arus, T. Dorsey, Dave Jacobs, L. Jenkins [trombone]; Benny Heller [guitar]; Sid Weiss [bass]; Bob Kitsis [piano]; Buddy Rich [drums]; Don Lodice, Paul Mason, Johnny Mince, H. Schertzer, Fred Stulce [sax]
- Cab Calloway and His Orchestra – “Says Who? Says You, Says I!”: Dizzy Gillespie [trumpet]; Palmer Bros [backing vocals]; Hilton Jefferson [a-sax]; Jerry Blake [clarinet, a-sax]; Andrew Brown [b-sax]; Milton Hinton [bass]; Danny Barker [guitar]; Cozy Cole [drums]; Bennie Payne [piano]; Chu Berry [t-sax]; Jonah Jones, Tyree Glenn [trumpet]; recorded 9/10/41 in NYC
- Dinah Shore – “Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues”: Gordon Jenkins [conductor]; recorded 6/12/42
- Artie Shaw and His Orchestra – “Comes Love”: Helen Forrest [vocal]; Shaw [clarinet]; George Auld, Les Robinson, Tony Pastor [sax, clarinet]; Al Avola [guitar]; George Arus, Les Jenkins [trombone]; Johnny Best, Chuck Peterson, Bernie Privin, Harry Rodgers [trumpet]; Sid Weiss [bass]; Buddy Rich [drums]; Bob Kitsis [piano]; recorded 6/12/39
- June Christy – “Ride On”: with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra; Kenton [piano]; E. Safrankski [bass]; R. Collier [drums]; Johnny Anderson, R. Burgher, B. Childers, B. Lymperis, R. Wetzel [trumpet]; M. Kahak, J. Simms, B. Varsalona, F. Zito [trombone]; Al Anthony, B. Mussulli [a-sax]; S. Aleccia, B. Cooper [t-sax]; B. Gioga [b-sax]; B. Ahern [guitar]; recorded 10/9/45 in NY
- Martha Tilton – “Does Everyone Know About This”: Eddie Miller [t-sax]
- Anita Boyer – “How Little We Know”: with Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
- Hoagy Carmichael – “Stardust”: Hoagy [vocal, piano]; Spike Jones [drums]; Artie Berstein [bass]; recorded 5/11/42 in Los Angeles
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