Jukebox Favourites: The Best of Swing

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Disc One
2▼CD: Disc Two
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Take the “A” Train
cover recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Ella Fitzgerald & The Duke Ellington Orchestra2:50
2One O’Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
The Count Basie Orchestra3:09
3Doug the Jitterbug
recording of:
Doug the Jitterbug
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
Louis Jordan3:12
4Sentimental Journey
recording of:
Sentimental Journey
lyricist:
Bud Green (in 1944)
composer:
Les Brown (American big band & jazz musician) (in 1944) and Ben Homer (in 1944)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., Holliday Publishing, Morley Music Co. Inc. and Morley Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
Doris Day & Les Brown and His Orchestra2:25
5What Is This Thing Called Love?
recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
Keely Smith3:02
6Cow‐Cow Boogie
recording of:
Cow Cow Boogie
composer:
Benny Carter, Gene de Paul and Don Raye
Ella Mae Morse2:18
7The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
recording of:
The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Williamson Music Company (from 1943 to present)
part of:
Oklahoma! (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Buddy Greco3:14
8Swanee
recording of:
Swanee
lyricist:
Irving Caesar (in 1919)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1919)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and T. B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter, Inc. (on 1919-10-31)
Connie Francis3:11
9I’ve Heard That Song Before
producer:
Don Costa (US pop music arranger & producer)
vocals:
Paul Anka (Canadian singer, songwriter and actor)
conductor:
Don Costa (US pop music arranger & producer)
cover recording of:
I’ve Heard That Song Before
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn (in 1942)
composer:
Jule Styne (in 1942)
publisher:
Cahn Music Company and Morley Music Co. Inc.
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 nominee)
Paul Anka2:42
10Yes! We Have No Bananas
recording of:
Yes! We Have No Bananas
writer:
Irving Cohn and Frank Silver (American songwriter and jazz drummer)
publisher:
Rondor Music (London) Ltd. and Salabert
Si Zentner3:24
11Tuxedo Junction
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger)
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra3:03
12Deep Purple
recording of:
Deep Purple
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1938)
composer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio)
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
Bea Wain & Larry Clinton & His Orchestra3:16
13I Got a Right to Sing the Blues
recording of:
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Al Hibbler & Jack Pleiss and His Orchestra1:47
14Let’s Get Away From It All
recording of:
Let’s Get Away From It All
lyricist:
Tom Adair
composer:
Matt Dennis (American singer, pianist, band leader)
publisher:
Dorsey Brothers Music
The Pied Pipers & Frank Sinatra2:59
15What’ll It Be?
Benny Carter and His Chocolate Dandies2:29
16The Glow‐Worm
recording of:
The Glow‐Worm (Johnny Mercer version)
additional lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Paul Lincke
translator:
Lilla Cayley Robinson
translated version of:
Lysistrata: „Glühwürmchen, Glühwürmchen flimm're” (Glühwürmchen-Idyll)
The Mills Brothers4:04
17Drum Boogie
recording of:
Drum Boogie (Krupa jazz song)
writer:
Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa
Irene Daye & Gene Krupa and His Orchestra2:47
18At the Woodchoppers’ Ball
recording of:
Woodchopper’s Ball
composer:
Joe Bishop and Woody Herman
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Woody Herman Orchestra3:27
19Chattanooga Choo Choo
recording of:
Chattanooga Choo Choo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon (in 1941)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1941 nominee)
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra3:04
20Swingin’ at the Hickory House
Wingy Manone3:18
3▶CD: Disc Three
4▶CD: Disc Four