The Ghost of Smokey Joe (1939-03-28, mx. WM-1011-1)

~ Recording by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1The Ghost of Smoky Joe2:53Cab Calloway and His OrchestraThe Ghost of Smoky Joe / Floogie WalkCab Calloway and His OrchestraSingle
Vocalion (US, active 1920s-1970s)v4807
1.8The Ghost of Smokey Joe2:45Cab CallowayCab CallowayCab CallowayAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)LN 3265
1.3The Ghost of Smoky Joe2:47Cab Calloway and His OrchestraThe Chronological Classics: Cab Calloway and His Orchestra: 1939‐1940Cab Calloway and His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)595
1.17The Ghost of Smokey Joe2:49Cab Calloway and His OrchestraThe King of Hi‐De‐HoCab Calloway and His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
ConiferCDHD 260
1.11The Ghost of Smokey Joe2:48Cab CallowayFlashbacks, Volume 1: High & Low: DrugSongs 1917–1944Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2000-10-16
Trikont (German independent label)TRIKONT US-0275
3.21The Ghost of Smokey Joe2:49Cab Calloway and His OrchestraThe Chronological Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, Volume 2: 1935‐1940Cab Calloway and His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
JSP Records (UK jazz/blues reissues)JSP914A, JSP914B, JSP914C, JSP914D
1.19The Ghost of Smokey Joe2:47Cab Calloway & His OrchestraJazz in the Charts 048 (1939)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Membran Music Ltd.223747-222
1.21The Ghost of Smokey Joe2:48Cab CallowayNew York 1938-1939, Vol. CCab CallowayAlbum + Compilation
  • -2006
JSP Records (UK jazz/blues reissues)
1.21The Ghost of Smokey Joe2:47Cab CallowayCocaine Blues: Vintage Songs About Cocaine & HeroinVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Grammercy RecordsCD-398
1.3The Ghost of Smokey Joe2:44Cab Calloway30’s & 40’s Era Halloween, Vol. 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Red Devil Records (reissue label)
1.55The Ghost of Smokey Joe2:45Cab CallowayMinnie the Moocher at the MorgueVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2020-10-30
Moochin' About
1.18The Ghost of Smokey Joe2:47Cab Calloway and His OrchestraHalloween StompVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Bootleg
1.69Ghost of Smokey Joe2:45Cab CallowayGNR: More Where That Came FromVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • -2013-05-24
(unknown)
1.1The Ghost of Smoky Joe2:44Cab CallowayBoog‐ItCab CallowayAlbum + Compilation
Jazz & Jazz (Italian)JJ-607
1.2The Ghost of Smokey Joe2:49Cab CallowayThe Best of Cab CallowayCab CallowayAlbum + Compilation
Hallmark Music & Entertainment306522

Relationships

double bass:Milt Hinton (on 1939-03-28)
drums (drum set):Cozy Cole (on 1939-03-28)
guitar:Danny Barker (on 1939-03-28)
piano:Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1939-03-28)
reeds:Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-03-28)
Chauncey Haughton (on 1939-03-28)
tenor saxophone:Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1939-03-28)
Walter Thomas (on 1939-03-28)
trombone:Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1939-03-28)
Claude Jones (on 1939-03-28)
DePriest Wheeler (on 1939-03-28)
trumpet:Shad Collins (on 1939-03-28)
Irving Randolph (on 1939-03-28)
Lammar Wright (on 1939-03-28)
vocals:Cab Calloway (on 1939-03-28)
part of:Master Records, Inc. (by matrix number) (number: WM-1011) (order: 777)
recording of:The Ghost of Smokey Joe (on 1939-03-28)

Related works

The Ghost of Smokey Joe

lyricist:Ted Koehler
composer:Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist)