Songs That Won the War: GI Jive

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

#6:
Date: 3 November 1943
Location: New York
Label: Decca Records
Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Fuqua, Orville "Happy" Jones, Bill Kenny, Howard McGhee, Ivory Watson (vc), Bill Doggett (p), Bernie Mackey (g), Bob Haggart (b), Johnny Blowers (d)
71482-A Cow Cow Boogie - 02:52 (Benny Carter, Don Raye, Gene DePaul)

Decca Records 78: 18587 - When My Sugar Walks Down The Street / Cow Cow Boogie (1943)
CID 45 EP: EUS 100.502 - Ella Fitzgerald (1954)

Annotation last modified on 2007-11-18 19:56 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1G.I. Jive
Johnny Mercer3:31
2Tangerine
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra, voc. Helen O’Connell & Bob Eberly3:12
3He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings
Kay Kyser & His Orchestra feat. Harry Babbitt3:13
4Wings Over the Navy
performer:
Sam Brown (UK singer/songwriter)
Lew Stone & His Band feat. Sam Brown3:16
5American Patrol
recording of:
American Patrol (swing version)
composer:
F. W. Meacham (in 1885)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor) (in 1942)
publisher:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment)
arrangement of:
American Patrol
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:18
6Cow Cow Boogie
cover recording of:
Cow Cow Boogie
composer:
Benny Carter, Gene de Paul and Don Raye
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots3:00
7Lili Marlene
Marlene Dietrich3:26
8Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line
Ray Ventura3:15
9Shoo Shoo Baby
vocals:
The Andrews Sisters (on 1943-10-05)
recording of:
Shoo Shoo Baby (on 1943-10-05)
lyricist and composer:
Phil Moore (composer, jazz pianist and orchestra leader)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
The Andrews Sisters2:52
10Goodbye Mama (I'm Off to Yokohama)
Frankie Masters & His Orchestra3:19
11Across the Alley From the Alamo
producer:
Paul Cohen (Nashville country producer)
recording of:
Across the Alley From the Alamo (on 1968-04-16)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Greene (US songwriter Joseph Perkins Greene, 1915-1986)
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys2:10
12Boogie Woogie
alto saxophone:
Hymie Shertzer (on 1938-09-16) and Fred Stulce (on 1938-09-16)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1938-09-16)
drums (drum set):
Maurice Purtill (on 1938-09-16)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1938-09-16)
piano:
Howard Smith (swing jazz pianist) (on 1938-09-16)
reeds:
Johnny Mintz (on 1938-09-16)
tenor saxophone:
Deane Kincaide (on 1938-09-16) and Hymie Shertzer (on 1938-09-16)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1938-09-16), Les Jenkins (on 1938-09-16) and Buddy Morrow (on 1938-09-16)
trumpet:
Yank Lawson (on 1938-09-16), Lee Castaldo (on 1938-09-16) and Charlie Spivak (on 1938-09-16)
recording of:
Boogie Woogie (on 1938-09-16)
composer:
Clarence “Pine Top” Smith
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:07
13Mr. Five by Five
Freddie Slack, voc. Ellie Mae Morse & Freddie Slack3:01