S01E043

ArtistSongLabel & Cat #YearMonth
Sister Rosetta TharpeShout, Sister, ShoutDecca 480571941September
Will Bradley TrioDown The Road A PieceColumbia 357071940September
Glenn MillerChattanooga Choo ChooBluebird 112301941July
Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds Of JoyWham (Wham, Re, Bop, Boom, Bam)Decca 029621940January
Joe LigginsHoneydripper, part 1Exclusive 2071945July
Woody HermanCaldoniaColumbia 367891945March
Wynonie HarrisWynonie’s BluesApollo 3621945October
Lionel HamptonHey! Ba-Ba-Re-BopDecca 187541946January
Roy EldridgeHi Ho Trailus Boot WhipDecca 236371946August
T-Bone WalkerCome Back to Me BabyMercury 80161946August
Joe Lutcher’s Jump BandBe-Bop BluesCapitol Americana 400711947December
Roy BrownMighty, Mighty ManDeLuxe 11281948February
Gene Phillips & His Rhythm AcesRock BottomModern 5461947November
Johnnie Lee Wills & His BoysRag MopBullet 6961949December
Pee Wee King & His Golden West CowboysBull Fiddle BoogieRCA Victor 20-32321948November
The Big Three TrioAfter Awhile (We Gonna Drink Some Whiskey)Columbia 301031947September

Notes / Credits / Personnel

  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe – “Shout, Sister, Shout”: as Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra And Rosetta Tharpe
  • Will Bradley Trio – “Down the Road a Piece”: Ray McKinley [vocal, drums]; Don Raye [vocal, vibraphone]; Freddie Slack [piano]; Doc Goldberg [bass]; recorded 8/12/40; Will Bradley does not play on the recording.
  • Glenn Miller – “Chattanooga Choo Choo”: Tex Beneke and The Modernaires [vocals]; Billy May, John Best, Ray Anthony, R. D. McMickle [trumpet]; Glenn Miller, Jim Priddy, Paul Tanner, Frank D’Annolfo [trombone]; Hal McIntyre, Wilbur Schwartz [clarinet, a-sax]; Tex Beneke, Al Klink [t-sax]; recorded 5/7/41; from Sun Valley Serenade
  • Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy – “What (Wham, Re, Bop, Boom, Bam): June Richmond [vocal]; Mary Lou Williams [piano]; Floyd Smith [guitar]; Booker Collins [bass]; Ben Thigpen [drums]; Harry Lawson, Clarence Trice, Earl Thompson [trumpet]; Ted Donnelly, Jim Robinson [trombone]; John Harrington [clarinet, a-sax, b-sax]; Don Byas, Dick Wilson [t-sax]; E. Miller [a-sax]
  • Joe Liggins – “Honeydripper, part 1”: Liggins [piano, vocal]; George Callender [bass]; William Purnell [drums]; Little Willie Jackson [a-sax, b-sax]; recorded 4/20/45
  • Woody Herman & HIs Orchestra – “Caldonia”: Herman [vocal, clarinet, a-sax]; Chubby Jackson [bass]; Billy Bauer [guitar]; Dave Tough [drums]; ; rec 2/26/45 in NYC
  • Wynonie Harris – “Wynonie’s Blues”: with Illinois Jacquet and His All Stars; Bill Doggett [piano]; Charles Mingus [bass]; Ulysses Livington [guitar]; Al Wichard [drums]; Illinois Jacquet [t-sax]; Russell Jacquet [trumpet]; John Brown [a-sax]; Arthur Dennis [b-sax]; recorded 8/7/45
  • Lionel Hampton – “Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop”: Hampton [vocal]
  • Roy Eldridge & HIs Orchestra – “Hi Ho Trailus Boot Whip”: Eldridge [vocal, trumpet]; recorded 5/7/46 in NYC
  • T-Bone Walker – “Come Back to Me Baby”: Walker [guitar]
  • Joe Lutcher’s Jump Band – “Be-Bop Blues”: Joe Lutcher [vocal]
  • Roy Brown – “MIghty, Mighty Man”: Roy Brown [vocal]; Earl M. Barnes [t-sax]; Wallace Davenport [trumpet]; Clement Tervalone [trombone]; Walter Daniels [piano]; Bill Jones [guitar]; Percy Gabriel [bass]; ? [drums]
  • Johnnie Lee Wills & His Boys – “Rag Mop”: Deacon Williams [steel]; Wills [fiddle, vcl]; cover of Red Allen “Get the Mop” (1946)
  • Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys – “Bull Fiddle Boogie”: Redd Stewart [vocal]; Pee Wee King [accordion]; Chuck Wiggins [guitar]; Roy Ayres [steel]; Eugene Schuler [electric banjo]; Gene Stewart [bass]; Sticks McDonald [drums]; Shorty Boyd [fiddle]; Stephen Sholes, Charles Grean [producers]; recorded 12/47 in Chicago
  • The Big Three Trio – “After Awhile (We Gonna Drink Some Whiskey)”: Willie Dixon [bass]; Bernardo Dennis [guitar]; Leonard Caston [piano]; Charles Saunders [drums]