Flashbacks, Volume 4: Blue & Lonely: HeartBreakers 1927-1946

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Annotation

#4:
Date: 30 August 1944
Location: New York
Label: Decca Records
Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Fuqua, Orville "Happy" Jones, Bill Kenny, Ivory Watson (vc), Unknown Studio Orchestra (bd)
*** (not in this comp) 72370-A Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - 03:06 (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts)
72371-A I'm Making Believe - 03:09 (James Monaco, Mack Gordon)
Both titles on: - Decca Records 78: 23356 - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall / I'm Making Believe (1944)
- CID 45 EP: EUS 100.502 - Ella Fitzgerald (1954)

Annotation last modified on 2007-11-18 19:53 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Am I Blue?
Libby Holman3:10
2Whoa Babe!
The Ink Spots2:27
3The Gambling Man
Sister O.M. Terrell2:56
4I’m Making Believe
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1944-08-30)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) and The Ink Spots
recording of:
I'm Making Believe (on 1944-08-30)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
James V. Monaco
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots3:16
5Go Back to the Country
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1945-02-26)
bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1945-02-26)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1945-02-26)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Jazz Gillum (on 1945-02-26)
piano:
Roosevelt Sykes (on 1945-02-26)
Jazz Gillum2:48
6Blues 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)
Dinah Shore3:09
7Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long
recording of:
Lord, You Made the Night Too Long
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) (in 1932)
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor) (in 1932)
The Boswell Sisters2:59
8Tom, How Can You Have the Blues?
Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom2:50
9Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Bessie Smith2:59
10Blues in Disguise
Mezz Mezzrow3:14
11Moanin’ Low
recording of:
Moanin’ Low
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
Lee Morse and Her Blue Grass Boys2:51
12Profoundly Blue
Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet feat. Charlie Christian4:08
13Sweet Patootie
O’Neill Spencer3:20
14Denver Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1934-03-23)
guitar and solo guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1934-03-23)
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1991)
recording of:
Denver Blues
lyricist and composer:
Hudson Whittaker
Tampa Red2:53
15If I Had My Way
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
recording of:
If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3:10
16Some Cold Rainy Day
Bertha “Chippie” Hill3:16
17Mood Indigo
recording of:
Mood Indigo (1930 jazz composition and song)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1930)
composer:
Barney Bigard (in 1930) and Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1930)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music, Indigo Mood Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (in 1930), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 1930) and Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. (in 1930)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:09
18Be on Your Merry Way
Issie Ringold3:33
19Daddy Goodbye Blues
Ma Rainey2:50
20Smoke Dreams
xylophone:
Red Norvo (on 1937-01-08)
vocals:
Mildred Bailey (on 1937-01-08)
recording of:
Smoke Dreams (on 1937-01-08)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
Mildred Bailey3:05
21Blue (& Broken Hearted)
recording of:
Blue (And Broken-Hearted)
writer:
Grant Clarke, Lou Handman and Edgar Leslie
Benny Goodman and His Boys2:51
22Oh Ambulance Man
guitar:
Charlie Burse (in 1930)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Will Shade (in 1930)
jug:
Jab Jones (in 1930)
kazoo:
Ben Ramey (in 1930)
lead vocals:
Hattie Hart (in 1930)
vocals:
Ben Ramey (in 1930) and Will Shade (in 1930)
Memphis Jug Band2:43
23Blue Moon
Greta Keller3:17
24September Song
vocals:
Walter Huston
conductor:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
recorded at:
Decca Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song (in 1944)
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Hampshire House Publishing Corp., Warner/Chappell, 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), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, Chappell & Co. (in 1938), TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp. (in 1938) and Crawford Music Corp. (on 1938-09-24)
part of:
Knickerbocker Holiday (Kurt Weill musical)
Walter Huston2:29

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part of:Flashbacks (number: 4) (order: 4)