The Chronological Classics: Ethel Waters 1929-1931

~ Release by Ethel Waters (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Second Handed Man
piano:
Pearl Wright (on 1929-06-06)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1929-06-06)
2:50
2True Blue Lou
double bass:
Joe Tarto (on 1929-06-07)
drums (drum set):
Stan King (Big band-era drummer) (on 1929-06-07)
guitar:
Tony Colucci (guitarist) (on 1929-06-07)
piano:
Frank Signorelli (on 1929-06-07)
reeds:
Jimmy Dorsey (on 1929-06-07)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1929-06-07)
trumpet:
Bob Effros (on 1929-06-07)
violin:
Ben Selvin (on 1929-06-07)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1929-06-07)
recording of:
True Blue Lou (on 1929-06-07)
writer:
Sam Coslow, Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) and Richard A. Whiting
3:02
3Do I Know What I’m Doing
double bass:
Joe Tarto (on 1929-06-07)
drums (drum set):
Stan King (Big band-era drummer) (on 1929-06-07)
guitar:
Tony Colucci (guitarist) (on 1929-06-07)
piano:
Frank Signorelli (on 1929-06-07)
reeds:
Jimmy Dorsey (on 1929-06-07)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1929-06-07)
trumpet:
Bob Effros (on 1929-06-07)
violin:
Ben Selvin (on 1929-06-07)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1929-06-07)
2:52
4Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo
double bass:
Joe Tarto (on 1929-06-07)
drums (drum set):
Stan King (Big band-era drummer) (on 1929-06-07)
guitar:
Tony Colucci (guitarist) (on 1929-06-07)
piano:
Frank Signorelli (on 1929-06-07)
reeds:
Jimmy Dorsey (on 1929-06-07)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1929-06-07)
trumpet:
Bob Effros (on 1929-06-07)
violin:
Ben Selvin (on 1929-06-07)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1929-06-07)
2:51
5Georgia Blue
piano:
Pearl Wright (on 1929-07-08)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1929-07-08)
3:26
6I Like the Way He Does It
piano:
Pearl Wright (on 1929-07-08)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1929-07-08)
2:35
7Waiting at the End of the Road
trumpet:
Bob Effros (on 1929-07-11)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1929-07-11)
3:22
8Trav’lin’ All Alone
trumpet:
Bob Effros (on 1929-07-11)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1929-07-11)
recording of:
Trav’lin’ All Alone (on 1929-07-11)
composer:
J.C. Johnson
3:00
9Long Lean Lanky Mama
trumpet:
Bob Effros (on 1929-07-11)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1929-07-11)
2:51
10Better Keep Your Eye on Your Man
trumpet:
Bob Effros (on 1929-07-11)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1929-07-11)
2:59
11Porgy
double bass:
Joe Tarto (on 1930-04-01)
guitar:
Tony Colucci (guitarist) (on 1930-04-01)
piano:
Frank Signorelli (on 1930-04-01)
violin:
Ben Selvin (on 1930-04-01)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1930-04-01)
recording of:
Blues for Porgy (on 1930-04-01)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
3:38
12(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue
double bass:
Joe Tarto (on 1930-04-01)
guitar:
Tony Colucci (guitarist) (on 1930-04-01)
piano:
Frank Signorelli (on 1930-04-01)
violin:
Ben Selvin (on 1930-04-01)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1930-04-01)
recording of:
Black and Blue (on 1930-04-01)
lyricist:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) and Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
publisher:
Memory Lane Music Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
3:04
13My Kind of Man
baritone saxophone:
Adrian Rollini (on 1930-06-03)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1930-06-03)
piano:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) (on 1930-06-03)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1930-06-03)
trumpet:
Manny Klein (on 1930-06-03)
violin:
Ben Selvin (on 1930-06-03)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1930-06-03)
3:03
14You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
baritone saxophone:
Adrian Rollini (on 1930-06-03)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1930-06-03)
piano:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) (on 1930-06-03)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1930-06-03)
trumpet:
Manny Klein (on 1930-06-03)
violin:
Ben Selvin (on 1930-06-03)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1930-06-03)
recording of:
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me (on 1930-06-03)
lyricist:
Irving Kahal (in 1930)
composer:
Pierre Norman Connor (in 1930) and Sammy Fain (in 1930)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Sony/ATV Harmony (in 1930)
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:25
15You’re Lucky to Me
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1930-08-29)
recording of:
You’re Lucky to Me (on 1930-08-29)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Eubie Blake
3:11
16Memories of You
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1930-08-29)
recording of:
Memories of You (on 1930-08-29)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1930)
composer:
Eubie Blake (in 1930)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
3:20
17I Got Rhythm
clarinet:
Jimmy Dorsey (on 1930-11-18)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1930-11-18)
trumpet:
Manny Klein (on 1930-11-18)
violin:
Ben Selvin (on 1930-11-18)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1930-11-18)
recording of:
I Got Rhythm (on 1930-11-18)
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)
part of:
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)
3:10
18Three Little Words
clarinet:
Jimmy Dorsey (on 1930-11-28)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1930-11-28)
trumpet:
Manny Klein (on 1930-11-28)
violin:
Ben Selvin (on 1930-11-28)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1930-11-28)
recording of:
Three Little Words (on 1930-11-28)
lyricist:
Bert Kalmar (in 1930)
composer:
Harry Ruby (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music (music publishing) and MPL Music Publishing Inc.
3:10
19When Your Lover Has Gone
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1931-02-10)
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1931-02-10)
piano:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) (on 1931-02-10)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1931-02-10)
trumpet:
Manny Klein (on 1931-02-10)
violin:
Joe Venuti (on 1931-02-10)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1931-02-10)
recording of:
When Your Lover Has Gone (on 1931-02-10)
lyricist and composer:
Einar Aaron Swan
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
3:11
20Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1931-02-10)
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1931-02-10)
piano:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) (on 1931-02-10)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1931-02-10)
trumpet:
Manny Klein (on 1931-02-10)
violin:
Joe Venuti (on 1931-02-10)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1931-02-10)
recording of:
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (on 1931-02-10)
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Sam H. Stept
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Remick Music Corp.
3:17
21You Can’t Stop Me From Loving You
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1931-06-16)
guitar:
Dick McDonough (on 1931-06-16)
piano:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) (on 1931-06-16)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1931-06-16)
trumpet:
Manny Klein (on 1931-06-16)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1931-06-16)
3:25
22Without That Gal
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1931-06-16)
guitar:
Dick McDonough (on 1931-06-16)
piano:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) (on 1931-06-16)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1931-06-16)
trumpet:
Manny Klein (on 1931-06-16)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1931-06-16)
2:54

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part of:The Chronological Classics (number: 721) (order: 230)