The 'V' Discs & More

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Annotation

Tracks 1-14 from V-Discs; tracks 15-25 are commercial recordings from the post-war period.

Annotation last modified on 2022-10-02 23:09 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
recording of:
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
writer:
Bill Austin (in 1944) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (in 1944)
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
2:43
2Knock Me a Kiss
recording of:
Knock Me a Kiss
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Mike Jackson (American jazz pianist and composer, 1888-1945)
publisher:
Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
2:19
3I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
recording of:
I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
writer:
Roy Jordan and William Weldon (blues slide guitar player)
publisher:
MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996)
2:55
4I've Found a New Baby
recording of:
I’ve Found a New Baby
writer:
Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
1:51
5Five Guys Named Moe
recording of:
Five Guys Named Moe
writer:
Jerome Jerry Bresler and Larry Wynn
3:11
6Jumpin' at the Jubilee
2:01
7You Can't Get That No More
recording of:
You Can’t Get That No More
writer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Sam Theard
3:03
8The End of My Worry
1:36
9How High Am I
recording of:
How High Am I?
writer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter), William Strethen Davis and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
2:21
10Hey Now, Let's Live
2:26
11Deacon Jones
recording of:
Deacon Jones
writer:
Hy Heath, Johnny Lange and Richard Loring
2:13
12I Like 'em Fat Like That
recording of:
I Like 'em Fat Like That
writer:
Claude Demetrius, Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
2:02
13Bahama Joe
2:40
14Nobody but Me
2:56
15Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
recording of:
Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
writer:
Wild Bill Davis, Duke Groaner, Fleecie Moore and Charlie Stewart
2:30
16It's So Easy
recording of:
It's So Easy
writer:
Allan Roberts (songwriter) and Doris Fisher
2:55
17Inflation Blues
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1947-12-01)
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1947-12-01)
double bass:
Dallas Bartley (on 1947-12-01)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morris (1940-50s jazz drummer) (on 1947-12-01)
electric guitar:
Carl Hogan (on 1947-12-01)
piano:
Bill Doggett (on 1947-12-01)
tenor saxophone:
Eddie Johnson (1940s tenor saxophonist) (on 1947-12-01)
trumpet:
Aaron Izenhall (on 1947-12-01)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1947-12-01)
recording of:
Inflation Blues (on 1947-12-01)
writer:
Charlie Alexander (US jazz pianist), Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Tommy Southern
publisher:
PIC Corp.
2:59
18Why'd You Do It, Baby?
recording of:
Why'd You Do It, Baby?
writer:
Jeff Dane and Ben Lorre
3:17
19Salt Pork, West Virginia
recording of:
Salt Pork, West Virginia
writer:
Fleecie Moore and William J. Tennyson, Jr.
2:52
20That Chick's Too Young to Fry
recording of:
That Chick's Too Young to Fry
writer:
Tommy Edwards and Jimmy Hilliard
2:35
21Texas and Pacific
recording of:
Texas and Pacific
writer:
Jack Wolf Fine and Joseph E. Hirsch
publisher:
MPL UK Publishing
3:01
22Reet, Petite and Gone
recording of:
Reet Petite and Gone
writer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Lora Lee
2:42
23Sure Had a Wonderful Time
recording of:
Sure Had a Wonderful Time
writer:
Claude Demetrius and Fleecie Moore
3:03
24Open the Door Richard
recording of:
Open the Door, Richard (1946 song)
lyricist:
Dan Howell and John Mason ("Spider Bruce", vaudeville comedian)
composer:
Jack McVea
2:56
25Barnyard Boogie
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-04-23)
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1947-04-23)
bass and double bass:
Dallas Bartley (on 1947-04-23)
claves and maracas:
The Calypso Boys (on 1947-04-23)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morris (1940-50s jazz drummer) (on 1947-04-23)
electric guitar:
Carl Hogan (on 1947-04-23)
piano:
Wild Bill Davis (on 1947-04-23)
tenor saxophone:
Eddie Johnson (1940s tenor saxophonist) (on 1947-04-23)
trumpet:
Aaron Izenhall (on 1947-04-23)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1947-04-23)
recording of:
Barnyard Boogie (on 1947-04-23)
writer:
Wilhelmina Gray and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
2:48