Gypsy (studio, 1945 autumn: HUB HU-474)

~ Recording by Don Byas and Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Gypsy?:??Don Byas and OrchestraGypsy / NancyDon Byas and OrchestraSingle
HUB (1940s shellac)3017
1.21Gypsy2:26Don Byas and OrchestraThe Chronological Classics: Don Byas 1945Don ByasAlbum + Compilation
Classics (French jazz reissue label)910
10.1The Gypsy2:26Don ByasClassic Don Byas Sessions 1944 – 1946Don ByasAlbum + Compilation
Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)MD10-277

Relationships

recorded in:New York, New York, United States (in 1945)
producer:Ben Bart (agent / producer) (task: possibly supervised by)
alto saxophone:Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (in 1945)
tenor saxophone:Don Byas (from 1945-08 to present)
Hal Singer (in 1945)
vocals:Ruble Blakey (in 1945-08)
stream for free:https://archive.org/details/78_gypsy_don-byas-and-orchestra-ruble-blakey-b-reid_gbia0064376a [info]
recording of:The Gypsy (in 1945)

The Gypsy

lyricist and composer:Billy Reid (UK orchestra leader and songwriter)
publisher:Colgems-EMI Music Inc.
MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996)
referred to in medleys:Medley: The Gypsy / A Tree in the Meadow (order: 1)
later translated versions:Een gipsie