Happy Birthday Fats

~ Release by Fats Waller (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1I Simply Adore You
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-05)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-05)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-05)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-05)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-05)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-05)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-05)
recorded at:
NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-05)
live recording of:
I Simply Adore You (on 1938-07-05)
writer:
Paul Mann (German/American pianist and composer) and Ned Wever
2:29
2Handful of Keys
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-05)
recorded at:
NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-05)
live recording of:
Handful of Keys (on 1938-07-05)
composer:
Fats Waller
1:58
3Honolulu Bundle
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-12-27)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-12-27)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-12-27)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1940-12-27)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-12-27)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1940-12-27)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-12-27)
4:18
4Watcha Know Joe
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-12-27)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-12-27)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-12-27)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1940-12-27)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-12-27)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1940-12-27)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-12-27)
live recording of:
What'cha Know, Joe?
writer:
Sy Oliver
3:03
5Oh Susannah
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-11-20)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-11-20)
recording of:
Oh! Susanna (on 1939-11-20)
orchestrator:
Herbert Spencer (Production music composer)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Stephen Foster (composer)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11745)
2:52
6B Flat Blues
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-08-07)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-08-07)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1939-08-07)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-08-07)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-08-07)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-08-07)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-08-07)
recording of:
B flat Blues (on 1939-08-07)
writer:
Fats Waller
3:11
7The Spider and the Fly
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-08-07)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-08-07)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1939-08-07)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-08-07)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-08-07)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-08-07)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-08-07)
recording of:
Spider and the Fly
writer:
J.C. Johnson, Andy Razaf and Fats Waller
2:38
8Waller Jive
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1943-09-16)
recorded at:
Victor Studios (Cherokee (A,B,C,D)) in New York, New York, United States (on 1943-09-16)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 181 (1))
1:06
9I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-03-11)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-03-11)
medley including a recording of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (on 1935-03-11)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1929)
composer:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) (in 1929) and Fats Waller (in 1929)
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! see annotation), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling (on 1935-03-11)
lyricist:
Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter) and Fats Waller
medley including a instrumental recording of:
My Fate Is in Your Hands (on 1935-03-11)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
6:19
10I Wish I Were Twins
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1934-05-16)
clarinet:
Ben Whitted (on 1934-05-16)
double bass:
Billy Taylor (jazz bassist) (on 1934-05-16)
drums (drum set):
Harry Dial (on 1934-05-16)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1934-05-16)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1934-05-16)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1934-05-16)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1934-05-16)
recording of:
I Wish I Were Twins (on 1934-05-16)
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Frank Loesser and Joseph Meyer (US songwriter)
2:39
11Baby Brown
alto saxophone, clarinet and reeds:
Rudy Powell (on 1935-03-11)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-03-11)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-03-11)
recording of:
Baby Brown
lyricist and composer:
Alex Hill (20th century US jazz pianist)
1:25
12How Can You Face Me
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Rudy Powell
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-03-11)
reeds:
Rudy Powell (on 1935-03-11)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-03-11)
recording of:
How Can You Face Me? (on 1935-03-11)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
1:48
13Don’t Let It Bother You
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-03-11)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-03-11)
recording of:
Don’t Let It Bother You (on 1935-03-11)
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Revel (British-born American composer)
1:15
14California Here I Come
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-03-11)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-03-11)
recording of:
California Here I Come (on 1935-03-11)
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva and Al Jolson
composer:
Joseph Meyer (US songwriter)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons (on 1924-01-07)
recording of:
California Here I Come (in 1935)
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva and Al Jolson
composer:
Joseph Meyer (US songwriter)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons (on 1924-01-07)
2:33
15Night Wind
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1935-03-11)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1935-03-11)
recording of:
Night Wind (on 1935-03-11)
writer:
Bob Rothberg (tin-pan alley songwriter)
composer:
Dave Pollock
3:14
16Dark Eyes
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-12-28)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-12-28)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1940-12-28)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-12-28)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1940-12-28)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-12-28)
live recording of:
Dark Eyes (with English lyrics) (on 1940-12-28)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Florian Hermann (composer)
translated version of:
Очи чёрные (Dark Eyes, original version by Y. Hrebinka)
3:22
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