Decca: The Legendary Big Band Singers

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Minnie the Moocher
recording of:
Minnie the Moocher
lyricist and composer:
Cab Calloway and Irving Mills
publisher:
Big Bad Voodoo Music
is based on:
Willie the Weeper
Cab Calloway3:10
2Thanks a Million
recording of:
Thanks a Million
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
Louis Armstrong2:44
3The Melody Man
Sy Oliver3:05
4Until the Real Thing Comes Along
Pha Terrell2:58
5Wham! (Wham-Rebop-Boom-Bam)
recording of:
Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam)
lyricist:
Marion Joseph "Taps" Miller
composer:
Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.)
publisher:
Victoria Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
June Richmond3:02
6Sent for You Yesterday
recording of:
Sent for You Yesterday
lyricist:
Jimmy Rushing
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.)
Jimmy Rushing2:59
7Sing for Your Supper
recording of:
Sing for Your Supper (from “The Boys from Syracuse”)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
The Boys From Syracuse
Helen Humes2:45
8Vol Vist Du Gaily Star
recording of:
Vol Vistu Gaily Star
lyricist:
Bud Green
composer:
Martin Block (composer) and Slim Gaillard
Bon Bon3:06
9Blues to the Lonely
Jack Teagarden2:59
10Green Eyes
recording of:
Green Eyes (version of Spanish song “Aquellos ojos verdes”)
composer:
Nilo Menéndez
translator:
Eddie Rivera (lyricist, "Green Eyes") and Eddie Woods (songwriter)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Peer International Corporation (BMI), Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
translated version of:
Aquellos ojos verdes
Helen O’Connell & Bob Eberly3:28
11Hootie Blues
recording of:
Hootie Blues
writer:
Walter Brown (US jazz/blues singer) and Jay McShann
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
Walter Brown2:56
12Trouble in Mind
recording of:
Trouble in Mind
lyricist and composer:
Richard M. Jones
publisher:
State Street Music Publ. Co. Inc., Universal Studios, Inc. (formerly known as MCA Inc.) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:29
13When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
recording of:
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
writer:
Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) and Irving Mills
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra2:45
14Blues in the Night
recording of:
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Woody Herman3:15
15You Always Hurt the One You Love
recording of:
You Always Hurt the One You Love
lyricist:
Allan Roberts (songwriter)
composer:
Doris Fisher
publisher:
Doris Fisher Music Corp.
Kay Starr2:34
16Blow Top Blues
recording of:
Blow Top Blues
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Feather
Dinah Washington3:21
17Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-12-01)
clarinet:
Herbie Fields (on 1945-12-01)
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1945-12-01)
recording of:
Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop (on 1945-12-01)
writer:
Curley Hamner and Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton3:21
18I Wish I Knew
recording of:
I Wish I Knew
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Jimmy Scott3:06
19Since I Fell for You
recording of:
Since I Fell for You
lyricist and composer:
Buddy Johnson (in 1945)
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (ended), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (ended) and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Ella Johnson3:16
20What Will I Tell My Heart?
cover recording of:
What Will I Tell My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) and Peter Tinturin
Arthur Prysock3:00