The King of Hi‐De‐Ho: 1934–1947

~ Release by Cab Calloway (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Minnie the Moocher
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1942-02-02)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1942-02-02)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1942-02-02)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1942-02-02)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1942-02-02)
reeds:
Jerry Blake (on 1942-02-02)
saxophone:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1942-02-02)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1942-02-02) and Walter "Foots" Thomas (on 1942-02-02)
trombone:
Quentin Jackson (on 1942-02-02) and Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1942-02-02)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1942-02-02), Jonah Jones (on 1942-02-02), Russell Smith (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1942-02-02) and Lammar Wright (on 1942-02-02)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1942-02-02)
recording of:
Minnie the Moocher (on 1942-02-02)
lyricist and composer:
Cab Calloway and Irving Mills
publisher:
Big Bad Voodoo Music, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
is based on:
Willie the Weeper
53:15
2Honey Dripper
orchestra:
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (on 1945-11-13)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 1689 (2))
recording of:
The Honeydripper (on 1945-11-13)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Liggins
2:57
3The Hi‐De‐Ho Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-02-03)
orchestra:
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (on 1947-02-03)
remixer:
Jaden (Jaden Smith)
recording of:
Hi‐De‐Ho Man (That’s Me) (on 1947-02-03)
writer:
Cab Calloway, Buster Harding and Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer)
3:01
4St. James Infirmary
recording of:
St. James Infirmary (Joe Primrose’s arrangement) (on 1941-07-24)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joe Primrose
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited
arrangement of:
St. James Infirmary
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
recording of:
St. James Infirmary (Joe Primrose’s arrangement) (in 1941)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joe Primrose
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited
arrangement of:
St. James Infirmary
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
3:19
5Hey Now, Hey Now
recording of:
Hey Now, Hey Now (on 1946-05-13)
writer:
Cab Calloway and Elton Hill
2:56
6The Calloway Boogie
recording of:
The Calloway Boogie (on 1947-12-11)
writer:
Cab Calloway and Allen Leroy Gibson
3:03
7San Francisco Fan
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1947-12-11)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: J 563 (1))
recording of:
San Francisco Fan (on 1947-12-11)
writer:
Sammy Mysels (songwriter) and Dick Sanford (songwriter, musician and bandleader)
3:22
8I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You
recording of:
(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance
lyricist:
Bing Crosby and Ned Washington
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI Harmonies Ltd., Mills Music Limited and Mills Music, Inc.
2:55
9Jungle King (You Ain’t Done a Doggone Thing)
3:16
10Oh Grandpa
recording of:
Oh Grandpa (on 1947-02-03)
writer:
Cab Calloway, Elton Hill and William J. Tennyson, Jr.
3:03
11Two Blocks Down, Turn to the Left
3:13
12A Chicken Ain’t Nothing but a Bird
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-10-14)
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1940-10-14)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1940-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1940-10-14)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1940-10-14)
piano:
Bennie Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1940-10-14)
reeds [clarinet, alto saxophone]:
Jerry Blake (on 1940-10-14)
saxophone [alto, baritone saxophone]:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-10-14)
tenor saxophone:
Chu Berry (on 1940-10-14) and Walter "Foots" Thomas (on 1940-10-14)
trombone:
Quentin Jackson (on 1940-10-14) and Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-10-14)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1940-10-14), Dizzy Gillespie (on 1940-10-14) and Lammar Wright (on 1940-10-14)
vocals and conductor:
Cab Calloway (on 1940-10-14)
orchestra:
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (on 1940-10-14)
recording of:
A Chicken Ain’t Nothing but a Bird (on 1940-10-14)
lyricist and composer:
Emmett “Babe” Wallace
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
2:54
13Pluckin’ the Bass
2:41
14Hoy‐Hoy
2:47
15(Hep! Hep!) The Jumpin’ Jive
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1939-07-17)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1939-07-17)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1939-07-17)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1939-07-17)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-07-17) and Chauncey Haughton (on 1939-07-17)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1939-07-17) and Walter Thomas (on 1939-07-17)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1939-07-17), Claude Jones (on 1939-07-17) and DePriest Wheeler (on 1939-07-17)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1939-07-17), Irving Randolph (on 1939-07-17) and Lammar Wright (on 1939-07-17)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1939-07-17)
part of:
Master Records, Inc. (by matrix number) (number: WM-1057)
recording of:
(Hep‐Hep!) The Jumpin’ Jive (on 1939-07-17)
writer:
Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba and Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing France and Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
2:47
16Abu Gezunt (A Bee Gezindt)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-11-20)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1939-11-20)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1939-11-20)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1939-11-20)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1939-11-20)
reeds [clarinet, alto saxophone]:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-11-20) and Chauncey Haughton (on 1939-11-20)
tenor saxophone:
Chu Berry (on 1939-11-20) and Walter Thomas (on 1939-11-20)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1939-11-20), Claude Jones (on 1939-11-20) and DePriest Wheeler (on 1939-11-20)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1939-11-20), Dizzy Gillespie (on 1939-11-20) and Lammar Wright (on 1939-11-20)
vocals and conductor:
Cab Calloway (on 1939-11-20)
orchestra:
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (on 1939-11-20)
part of:
Master Records, Inc. (by matrix number) (number: WM-1113)
2:48
17Fifteen Minutes Intermission
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1940-06-27)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1940-06-27)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1940-06-27)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1940-06-27)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1940-06-27)
reeds:
Jerry Blake (on 1940-06-27)
saxophone:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-06-27)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1940-06-27) and Walter Thomas (on 1940-06-27)
trombone:
Tyree Glenn (on 1940-06-27), Quentin Jackson (on 1940-06-27) and Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-06-27)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1940-06-27), Dizzy Gillespie (on 1940-06-27) and Lammar Wright (on 1940-06-27)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1940-06-27)
part of:
Master Records, Inc. (by matrix number) (number: WC-3160)
2:49
18Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
recording of:
Everybody Eats When They Come to My House (on 1947-12-11)
writer:
Jeanne Burns
42:45
19I Want to Rock
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1942-02-02)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1942-02-02)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1942-02-02)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1942-02-02)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1942-02-02)
reeds:
Jerry Blake (on 1942-02-02)
saxophone:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1942-02-02)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1942-02-02) and Walter "Foots" Thomas (on 1942-02-02)
trombone:
Quentin Jackson (on 1942-02-02) and Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1942-02-02)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1942-02-02), Jonah Jones (on 1942-02-02), Russell Smith (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1942-02-02) and Lammar Wright (on 1942-02-02)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1942-02-02)
2:48
20My Gal
alto saxophone:
Jerry Blake (on 1941-07-03), Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1941-07-03) and Hilton Jefferson (on 1941-07-03)
baritone saxophone:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1941-07-03)
double bass:
Milton Hinton (on 1941-07-03)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1941-07-03)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1941-07-03)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1941-07-03)
tenor saxophone:
Chu Berry (on 1941-07-03) and Walter Thomas (on 1941-07-03)
trombone:
Tyree Glenn (on 1941-07-03), Quentin Jackson (on 1941-07-03) and Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1941-07-03)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1941-07-03), Jonah Jones (on 1941-07-03) and Lammar Wright (on 1941-07-03)
vocals and conductor:
Cab Calloway (on 1941-07-03)
recording of:
My Gal (on 1941-07-03)
writer:
Al Bernard and Ernest Hare
2:39
21I Ain’t Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me)
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1935-07-02)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1935-07-02)
guitar:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1935-07-02)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1935-07-02)
reeds:
Arville Harris (on 1935-07-02) and William Thornton Blue (American jazz reed player) (on 1935-07-02)
saxophone:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1935-07-02)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1935-07-02), DePriest Wheeler (on 1935-07-02) and Harry White (jazz trombonist) (on 1935-07-02)
trumpet:
Doc Cheatham (on 1935-07-02), Edwin Swayze (on 1935-07-02) and Lammar Wright (on 1935-07-02)
woodwind:
Walter Thomas (on 1935-07-02)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1935-07-02)
recording of:
I Ain’t Got Nobody (on 1935-07-02)
lyricist:
Roger Graham
composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
3:01
22I’ll Be Around
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1942-02-02)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1942-02-02)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1942-02-02)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1942-02-02)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1942-02-02)
reeds:
Jerry Blake (on 1942-02-02)
saxophone:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1942-02-02)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1942-02-02) and Walter "Foots" Thomas (on 1942-02-02)
trombone:
Quentin Jackson (on 1942-02-02) and Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1942-02-02)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1942-02-02), Jonah Jones (on 1942-02-02), Russell Smith (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1942-02-02) and Lammar Wright (on 1942-02-02)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1942-02-02)
recording of:
I’ll Be Around (on 1942-02-02)
lyricist and composer:
Alec Wilder (American composer)
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc., Primary Wave 3 Songs (BMI) and TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc.
3:04
23Nagasaki
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1935-07-02)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1935-07-02)
guitar:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1935-07-02)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1935-07-02)
reeds:
Arville Harris (on 1935-07-02) and William Thornton Blue (American jazz reed player) (on 1935-07-02)
saxophone:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1935-07-02)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1935-07-02), DePriest Wheeler (on 1935-07-02) and Harry White (jazz trombonist) (on 1935-07-02)
trumpet:
Doc Cheatham (on 1935-07-02), Edwin Swayze (on 1935-07-02) and Lammar Wright (on 1935-07-02)
woodwind:
Walter Thomas (on 1935-07-02)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1935-07-02)
recording of:
Nagasaki (in 1935)
lyricist:
Mort Dixon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1928)
2:54
24Weakness
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1934-09-04)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1934-09-04)
guitar:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1934-09-04)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1934-09-04)
reeds:
Eddie Barefield (on 1934-09-04) and Arville Harris (on 1934-09-04)
saxophone:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1934-09-04)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1934-09-04) and Harry White (jazz trombonist) (on 1934-09-04)
trumpet:
Doc Cheatham (on 1934-09-04), Edwin Swayze (on 1934-09-04) and Lammar Wright (on 1934-09-04)
woodwind:
Walter Thomas (on 1934-09-04)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1934-09-04)
3:07

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ASIN:US: B00000G1MT [info]